Xarus' allies in the Mystikos Sect managed to invent a special device that can block the frequencies of light that are harmful to Vampires. Xarus and his allies stake Dracula enabling Xarus to assume leadership over the vampires. His son Xarus plans to overthrow him due to his 'bad leadership.' Xarus had met with the leaders of each vampire clan and makes a deal that unites the Claw Sect, the Charniputra Sect, the Mystikos Sect, the Nosferatu Sect, the Krieger Sect, the Atlantean Sect Vampires, the Moksha Sect, and the Siren Sect.

The vampires are known to be hunted by the Daywalker vampire Blade.ĭuring the Curse of the Mutants storyline, Dracula holds a vampire Summit.

Ironically, this spell was found within the Darkhold, the same mystical text containing the spell used to create vampires in the first place. Stephen Strange, uncovered a mystical spell that would banish all vampires from this dimension. Dracula retained this title in a nearly unbroken reign until Earth's Sorcerer Supreme, Dr. Varnae reigned as the unchallenged leader of Earth's vampires for many thousands of years before ceding the title and position to Vlad Dracula sometime in the middle of the 15th century A.D. The true first vampire, who turned out to be an Atlantean priest that was dying and saw this as an opportunity to gain eternal life, was known only as Varnae. However, these vampires were more powerful than their would-be masters, slew them, and escaped Atlantis before the continent sank. These sorcerers used one of the spells found within the text and caused some of their enemies to rise from their graves in vampiric form, believing that these vampires would be under their control. They were created roughly 15,000 years ago when a small band of sorcerers from the legendary city of Atlantis discovered a book known as the Darkhold, an indestructible text filled with arcane lore and dark magic written countless millennia earlier by the primeval demon Chthon.

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