The First Curse
There was a time before hunger.
Before the endless nights.
Before the thirst that hollowed souls and turned men into monsters wearing human skin.
There was a time when blood was simply… blood.
Warm. Mortal. Finite.
That time died with him.
No one remembered his name now.
Not the humans who whispered prayers against the dark.
Not the creatures who walked within it.
But the curse he left behind?
That endured.
It began with love.
