Vampire civil war perhaps, or maybe a Blade-like "monster that hunts his own kind" kinda deal.
Not sure if it's just from Hellsing, but there's that time as a child he was in a hostage/ward/I-have-your-kids-so-don't-rebel thing with the Turks, which would be a good time for becoming Vamp'd
You mean Vlad the Vampire Slayer?
>Vlad was the hero all along
>Vlad's been waging a secret war against the Vampires for almost 600 years.
>Vlad has turned you and the other PCs, and taken you under his wing
>Now you join the good Vampires and fight against the asshole Vampires
>All the Saudi princes? Vampires
>Dubai and Quatar? Vampires
>The Ayatollah? Werewolf. Turns out that's where the whole Shi'ite Sunni thing comes from
Vampire smear campaign. They've spread their lies so far over the centuries that they've associated their greatest enemy with the thing he hated the most.
It's not a lie. Drac got bit while fighting the Ottomans. Or when he was taken hostage by them as a child.
I dunno where we get this idea that both sides can't be vampiric and still killing each other.
Catholic here. Given the historical animosity, would that make Catholics werewolves? What about Protestants, Jews and Eastern Orthodox?
Jew here. Wouldn't it make sense for the Shias to be werewolves, and us to be something else? Cause they still hate them more than anyone else.
Could very easily just be godly humans that the vampires were out to destroy.
Could explain things like how The Arabs took over The North African Christian Kingdoms so fast, and why they called Crusades on them so soon. The Catholics could have easily been blood banks for their new Vampire Conquerors.
What if the original Vampires hailed from The Mongols and spread onto The Middle East through The Grand Mongol Invasions?
Works for me.