AVELINE VIVON
Across the ages, one name has endured in the legends of monsters: Aveline Vivon, the Ancient Blood Demon and Queen of the Age of Monsters. Revered and worshipped by monsters throughout the world, she is the primordial origin of vampires, nocturnal monsters, Spirits, and countless supernatural beings. Yet Aveline's legend is not intended to belong to a single story or fictional universe. Created by Laima, she is envisioned as a universal fictional character whose mythology may inspire writers to incorporate her into their own original works, including stories set in entirely separate fictional universes. With the creator's permission, writers may reference her, portray her, explore her history, develop characters connected to her bloodline, and build new narratives around her established mythology without needing to connect their stories to The Clash of the Knights or The Immortal Saga. Her appearances may differ in setting, tone, and interpretation, but her fundamental identity and established origins remain intact. The purpose is to encourage creativity, collaboration, and new storytelling possibilities, allowing Aveline Vivon's legend to reach beyond the boundaries of a single series and inspire countless fictional worlds.
ELLIOT ENTERS THE CAVE.
Elliot placed his hand on the door to feel the presence behind it. However, the presence felt so familiar, almost identical to his own.
As he studied the blackstone walls, he noticed ancient runes covering the rocks. They glowed faintly beneath layers of moss. Carvings depicted monsters he had only seen in ancient texts—creatures with horns, multiple eyes, enormous wings filled with unnatural teeth, demons, and other monstrous entities.
As he touched the carvings, he experienced a brief vision of these monstrous beings. Some appeared to be kneeling, while others were running from something. All of them faced the cave's entrance.
Elliot adjusted his travelling cloak.
"Whoever built this cave had a disturbing sense of direction," Elliot remarked.
He raised the alchemical device he had found along the way and activated it. Then, he stepped inside.
Darkness swallowed him immediately.
Yet, strangely enough, everything felt far too familiar. The surroundings reminded him of the legendary figures he had often dreamed about.
But the moment he stepped farther inside, the blurry dreamscape became clearer.
Cold air brushed against his face. Somewhere deep within the dungeon, water dripped against stone. Every step he took echoed through the narrow passage, and the deeper Elliot walked, the more the atmosphere seemed to change.
The runes on the walls became older. The carvings of monsters grew more detailed, and the eyes of the creatures carved into the stone seemed to follow him.
When Elliot stopped, the stone eyes stared directly at him.
He moved the lantern toward another carving. It depicted a horned beast surrounded by bats, while high-ranking demons worshipped before her. Every carved figure seemed to be looking at him.
"All of you are staring at me," Elliot muttered. "This dungeon is full of judgmental rocks."
He continued forward, unaware that the statues were responding to his presence. One by one, the ancient seals weakened beneath his approach. Far below the dungeon, something that had slept for centuries began to stir.
The passage opened into a vast hall.
Rows of statues stretched into the darkness. Dragons stood with their wings spread wide. Serpentine creatures coiled around pillars. Horned giants held weapons in their hands, supporting the towering columns, while beasts that resembled nightmares brought to life watched from every corner.
At the center of the hall stood the queen and mother of monsters—the Queen of Vampires.
Her statue was unlike any other. It depicted a woman seated upon a throne made of skulls. Her long hair flowed over her shoulders like a dark waterfall, and a magnificent crown rested upon her head. Her royal garments were covered in ancient runes.
One hand rested upon the arm of the throne, while the other held a scepter shaped like a dragon's head.
Her expression was regal, beautiful, and terrifying.
Even in stone, she possessed an overwhelming aura. The numen flowing throughout the room was greater than any Elliot had ever encountered.
An inscription stretched across the base of her throne in ancient Elvish text, yet Elliot could read it with ease.
"Aveline Vivon, the Queen of Monsters," Elliot said as he read the inscription.
"So this is the woman from my dreams. To think she would be someone this powerful..." He stared at the statue in awe. "I am honored."
As he approached, he realized that the name belonged to a sovereign monstrous entity.
BEHOLD, SOVEREIGN MOTHER OF MONSTERS OF THE FORGOTTEN ERA.
Elliot's head began to ache as a strange feeling rose inside his chest. He did not understand why, but the sight of the woman filled him with love and remorse.
She seemed to have been waiting for someone for a very long time.
As he stared into the statue's carved face, Elliot whispered, "I feel like we have met before."
The moment he spoke, the entire hall trembled.
A low rumble traveled through the walls. Then, the stone statues began to move. One after another, their heads turned toward him. The monsters fixed their eyes on the young adventurer standing in the middle of the sanctuary.
Elliot slowly looked around as his usual smile disappeared.
"All right. That's new," he said.
The runes covering the walls ignited.
A wave of unfamiliar images swept through his mind: a grand hall illuminated by crimson candles; a woman standing beneath a blood-red moon, dressed in a black Gothic gown, her pale skin glowing beneath the night sky.
He could not see her face. It was hidden in shadow.
A powerful hand reached toward someone whose face he could not see. A voice filled with sorrow, love, and unbearable longing echoed through the darkness.
Then everything vanished.
Elliot staggered and caught himself against a pillar.
"What was that?" he asked.
Another wave of memories followed.
he saw ancient monsters kneeling before a throne he saw armies marching beneath banners bearing the symbol of a beast.he saw the same woman from the statues standing among them her expression fierce as she protected someone standing before but whenever elliot tried to see the face the image dissolved as he pressed his hand against his forehead but the memories were not his at least he did not think they were but yet they felt strangely close as they had been buried beneath years of silence and now they were beginning o awaken.a sharp crack echoed through the hall as elliot looked up the statue of aveline vivon was changing the crimson line spread across its stone surface her carved crown began to glow and the ancient runes surrounding her throne shone with enough light to illuminate the chamber a terrible pressure descended upon the hall, the other statues turn toward aveline then they bowed their heads. Elliot instinctively stepped back. The queen's stone finger moved as a deep voice reverberated through the chamber''. Who dares enter my sanctuary?' she said as Elliot raised his lantern and he dropped the lantern as he stood firm and said .''My name is Elliot Belmont the nice monkey nice to meet you'' Elliot said as the statues eyes opened they burned with crimson light. ''she spoke those name as if it belonged to someone else she had known a long time ago that someone was Elliot ancestor and Elliot clearly knew that this wasn't his first time being mistaken for him but he knew nothing about the man but blurry memories she had with him. Then her expression changed her eyes narrowed ad the air filled with murderous intent 'why do you have his face she said and he already knew why the statue rose from its stone a massive arm swung toward him Elliot leaped aside as the attack struck the floor splitting the stone where he had been standing on the rolled sprang to his feet and retreated between two pillars. ''Right so much for a family reunion'' Elliot said as the queen turned toward her enormous stone hand reached for him again. Elliot dodged beneath it,but the force of the movement sent him sliding across the floor, he drew his weapon searching for a weakness but couldn't find any then he looked at her face despite the fury burning in her eyes .the queen looked him with an expression that did not belong on the face of an enemy .it was grief, it was disbelief and beneath both was a terrible desperate hope. ''why'' she whispered as her raised hand trembled. ''Why have you come wearing his face?'' she said as Elliot froze and took a deep breath'' I don't know much about him but is what he wants didn't he said you should wait'' Elliot said as the queen stared at him for one brief moment ,the crimson light I the statues eyes weakened, she steeped closer studying every features of his eyes, his nose, the shape of his jaw and the unmistakable resemblance to the man she loved with all her hear the man whose absence had hunted her for centuries. Aveline's expression broke. The murderous pressure vanished. ''NO, NO it can't be as the stone hand lowered ''she said as Elliot remained still as the queen looked at him as if the impossible has been placed before her.'' you look exactly like him'' Aveline said as joy entered her face and her statue crack from head to foot. Crimson light burst from within its body and a translucent woman emerged from the broken stone. The spirit floated above the statue unlike the monstrous figure carved through the wall her spiritual form was breathtakingly beautiful her long hair drifted around her as though was underwater and her royal garments shimmered with crimson and silver light But her face carried the sorrow of someone who waited far too long for a moment that might never come. She looked at Elliot then reached toward him.'' my love…..''She said ''who ever she loved must have been a lucky man Elliot taught as aveline stared at him reading his mind and mind.'' I forgot she's physcic ''Elliot said in his mind.'' you even think like him'' Aveline said as she stopped right in front of him and held his face. Elliot eyes widened as he felt her touch; he felt a mother touch for the first time in his entire life.'' I searched for you'' she said as her voice trembled. '' I searched throughout kingdom through ruins of ancient civilization through battlefields where even the gods had abandoned dead. She said as she pressed a trembling hand against her chest.'' I refused to believe you were gone'' she said as the spirits eye filled with crimson light.'' Everyone told me to forget about you they told me that queens did not mourn, That monsters did not weep and that love was a weakness unworthy of a ruler such as myself she said as she gave a broken laugh ''they never understood ''aveline said as she moved closer .''I would have surrendered my crown, my armies, my kingdom, everything I had ever conquered I did it all for you I wanted you to stop me, to save me' 'she said as her gazed remained on Elliot's face'' If it meant seeing your face one more time'' She said Elliot did not retreat he could feel he tremendous power radiating from her spirits and these was just a rare fragment of her numen he had never seen any spirit or living thing with these much numen he slightly felt encouraged to train harder realizing he had more potential than he thought as she continued to look at him with love so immense that it seemed to have survived the death of the world around her. Elliot understood something that aveline was not truly seeing him she was seeing the man she had lost and beneath her royal power, her monstrous repetition was someone who had been left alone with her grief for centuries. Elliot was enjoying the family reunion but they had to part ways so Elliot lowered his weapon. ''Aveline'' Elliot said a the queen spirit smiled and stared at him as he carefully took a step forward ''I cannot be the person you're waiting for I have small memories of you and cannot give you the past you lost'' Elliot said as her lip parted but no words came out, 'but I can listen'' Elliot said as for the first time since her awakening aveline seemed genuinely surprised .Elliot extended his hand.'' you don't have to keep searching for him in my face we can keep each other company and maybe one day will find him, whatever you need to say it to me ''Elliot said with complete sincerity and gave her a small understanding smile and stretched his hand. she smile and looked at his outstretched hand and reached for the moment their fingers touched the entire wall erupted in crimson light the queens spirit began to dissolve into countless flowing fragments. Elliot's eye widened. ''wait! What's happening? Stay with me mother'' Elliot said as aveline smiled sadly.'' I have waited too long'' she said as her hand tightened around his.'' these fragment of my soul can no longer remain here'' she said as the crimson fragment began to spiral around him .he tried to pull away, but aveline gently held him in place.'' don't be afraid'' she said reassuring him as her voice echoed through his mind ''I am not taking your life my child'' she said as he went still before he could question her. Aveline's spirit rushed toward him the fragment of her soul entered his body a sudden chill swept through him then a sharp pain flared along the side of his neck. Elliot gasped and dropped to one knee two tiny points of crimson light appeared against his skin. Aveline's spirit had bitten him the sensation had only last moment but its effect as immediate. A permanent bite mark on his neck distinctive enough to become one of his most recognizable features .Crimson light appeared beneath his skin before fading Elliot touched the mark breathing heavily. ''What did you do too me? Elliot as Aveline's voice answer from somewhere deep within ''I left you a fragment of myself''' she said the presence was faint now like a distant voice heard through a closed door .my memories, my power ,my sorrow…..a pause and my love'' Elliot closed his eyes as another surge of unfamiliar memories passed through him for an instant he saw the queen standing beneath a beautiful night sky smiling at someone beyond the edge of his vision then the image disappeared Aveline's voice grew quieter. '' I do not know when you will understand what I have left behind, perhaps you never will. 'she said as the final words were almost inaudible,'' but if the day comes when you learn who you truly are'' she said as her voice went silent.'' the crimson light within Elliot chest flickered.'' remember you are loved ''she said.'' thank you'' Elliot said as he remained kneeling in the center of the hall the queens spirit was gone and the statue had crumbled into ruins and every monster carved into the wall return to stillness but Elliot was no longer the same person who had entered the dungeon something ancient now rested within him as he touched the mark on his neck,'' I don't understand'' He whispered no answer came.