Cain's Ashes

The Ashes of Cain are the last remnants of the first vampire of Tara Tranda, Cain, who is seen as the Father of vampiric kind in Cainaan. After a four month long siege, between 1108 and 1109, of Cain's castle a wooden stake was driven through Cain's, thus creating Cain's Ashes.
== History ==
The moment the stake was driven through Cain's heart his body started to turn into ashes. This would be swept up by the people that had risen up, when they learned about what kind of being Cain was, and would be displayed in a glass urn for many years as a trophy. At first the urn was located at the castle of the commander who was in charge of Siege of Cain's castle known as Adescu Castle. Over time the urn turned from a mantel piece in just another trinket collecting dusk. As two generations had passed many had forgotten the power that Cain and vampires had. The most remember tales of this period are those of bards, who sign of the victory of Tara Tranda over the vampires. The glass urn, including ashes, would be sold to a merchant who was fascinated by the morbid. The merchant would receive regular visits from a befriended wizard, who noticed the odd urn. The wizard that they could feel a magical energy radiating from the ashes. The merchant claimed not to know why the urn or the ashes would have a magical property. This prompted the wizard to cast detect magic to be certain that the ashes were in fact filled with magic. The spell was successful and the merchant would sell the ashes to the wizard. Who in turn brought it to the high court of the monarchs of Tara Tranda. The ashes were gifted to the court. They would in turn use the urn as a magical foci, using it as an experimental magical device. 
Vampires were never gone from Cainaan and many had infiltrated the Tara Trandan court, they managed to identify the ashes as those of Cain. When the reveal of vampiric rule of Tara Tranda and the siege of the capital there was an attempt to destroy the ashes, however these attempts were stopped by the infiltrated vampires. Now that the ashes had fallen back in the hands of the vampires a new destiny was in store for them. They would be displayed once again, but not as an item of victory. Instead they would become an item of worship, to be placed in the Palace of Cainites. Here inside would be a spiral tower, dedicated to the worship of Cain. Form this tower a thick dark cloud permeates, that cover the land. The energy to create this gloomy veil is said to be powered by Cain's Ashes. 
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