Too many Vampires wear evening dres or long black coats and sun-block. I wanted to create a vampire from an indefinite time period, but how would he dress? Not all Vampires could be local lords, surely, nor even their aides. So, how could a Vampire hide out in society? A wizard sprang to mind, as did the irony of a monk. In this piece, the mad monk and rumoured sorceror Brother Manfred flees the dawn down the stairs to his cell, his sword drawn, ready to feast on the blood of the army that has come to his hermitage to slay the beast.