Vladion Dragonborn

**Vladion Dragonborn** is the Firstborn Vampire, one of the oldest undead on Mogar, an Elder on the Awakened Council, and Lord of the undead city of Lightkeep.

## Appearance

The Firstborn looks exactly like when he was still alive, as a handsome man in his early 30's with short black hair, icy blue eyes, and light olive skin. He has the bearing of a general but the build of a soldier.

## Abilities

Vladion is able to turn his fully red blood core into a blood red mana core, restoring his mortality but losing his physical prowess. Unless his head is chopped off or his heart destroyed, any other wound takes but a second to heal, making Vladion just hungry and angry. His first carries the speed and energy of a freight train.

Vladion's full red blood core makes him even stronger than a violet-cored Elder Dragon. His body is comprised of both darkness and life force, each one playing a different role. The former constantly drains the strength of whoever it touches through their physical contact thanks to Vampiric Touch. The latter, instead, is so dense that it turns the Firstborn's body into an unmovable object.

The Firstborn is capable of moving freely during the day, but he can exert only a fraction of his power, making him weaker than Lith with a pseudo-violet core.

## Equipment

Vladion wields a sword called **Primordial Thirst**.

## Background

When Kalla the Byk necromancer raised her adoptive daughter Nyka as a newborn Vampire, she brought her to Vladion for help in raising her. He taught Nyka to hunt, access her abilities, and deal with her hunger.

Breganoth the Lich Sovereign attempts to call Vladion and muster the Jiera Council's undead forces for the assault on the Lost City of Kolga, but Vladion rejects his summons, reminding him that the Jiera undead had moved to the Garlen continent already and only Liches remain.

Vladion was turned into an undead by Baba Yaga herself. He moved from the Jiera continent to the Garlen continent after the destruction of its human race to seek peace and a new home. However, after several months of fruitless war against the Master and the three Great Countries, Vladion and the other Firstborn decline to continue serving the Three Horsemen in their struggle, discontent with their offspring being treated as their lapdogs.

When undead children begin disappearing from the Eclipsed Lands, Vladion asks the Awakened Council for help, but they refuse unless he reveals the position of all the branches of the Undead Courts he knows. Parmegianno Haug meet with Lith, Scarlett, Kalla, and Nyka in the Gorgon Empire. After some convincing by Nyka, Vladion agrees to permit Lith and Scarlett entry to his city of Lightkeep to track down the missing undead children. He discusses the rewards for finding the kidnapper when the city's arrays are suddenly sabotaged and the Second Life Academy attacked. Vladion and the rest rush to interrupt the kidnappings.

They intercept a Hydra, Roc, Harpy, and Pretion the Sphinx before they can escape. Though their opponents are mysteriously able to use their greater cousins' bloodline abilities such as Origin Flames and Life Maelstrom, Lith's group kills all but the Sphinx and Hydra, from whom Vladion learns they were test subjects. Baba Yaga helps upgrade Lightkeep's arrays using Creation Magic to prevent future sabotage. Scarlett's Eyes of Menadion reveal traces of a liquid in the altered Emperor Beasts' blood, later dubbed Ambrosia. Lith poses the suggestion of Vladion or Scarlett teaching him the secret to the violet core but they refuse, saying that self-enlightenment is what will make him unique.

Upon pursuing the Ambrosia's energy signature, the trio encounter more altered Emperor Beasts whom they easily kill. They enter the center of the Eclipsed Lands where they are confronted by Thrud Griffon, Jormun Nidho, and Xedros who has evolved into a Golden Dragon thanks to Arthan's Madness fueled by the residual essence of Leegaain extracted from different species of lesser Dragons as well as the essence of newborn undead. Jormun attempts to convince Lith to walk away, but Vladion reaffirms his commitment to identifying the copycat, and Lith joins the fray against Jormun.

Thrud Warps Vladion away to a separate battlefield, where she overwhelms and severely wounds him, but doesn't kill him to avoid angering Baba Yaga. Vladion delivers on the deal, giving a white crystal to Kalla, Nyka his bloodline's Awakening technique, and promising Lith to find the copycat's identity. He regularly updates Lith on his investigation, though Lith is dubious about how an undead perceives urgency.

## Quotes

* *"Even if we could, our answer would be the same you gave to us when the plague brought us to our knees. Deal with it."* (Vladion to Breganoth the Lich Sovereign, Chapter 1240)
* *"You care for nothing but yourself and treat even your host like a disposable tool. You may call those who receive your prisms Chosen, but I call them slaves. Even though I'll never thank the Red Mother enough for giving me a second chance at life, I question her choice of giving birth to three beings that can't have an offspring, don't care for anything but themselves, and who can't live without robbing someone else of their body."* (Vladion to Night, Chapter 1302)
* *"Nothing is really lost to us, but to get it back again we need patience, effort, and sacrifice. The sight of the sky and the light allow the younger of us to not lose hope."* (Vladion to Scarlett, Chapter 1374)
* *"Harems never work. Someone is always your favorite, the others get jealous, and before you know it, they start seeing you just like a wallet. They stay with you for your power and resources, but they have no qualms cheating on you since you basically always cheated on them. I speak from experience."* (Vladion to Lith, Chapter 1374)
* *"If struggling for survival is a crime, then everyone on Mogar is a damn criminal!"* (Vladion to Lith, Chapter 1375)
* *"Crime brews from ignorance and misery."* (Vladion to Lith, Chapter 1381)

## Trivia

* "Dragonborn" = Dracula (son of Dracul, which means Dragon)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 1302
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 1377
3. ↑ Chapter 1379
4. ↑ Chapter 1400
5. ↑ Chapter 1407
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 1373
7. ↑ Chapter 1240
8. ↑ Chapter 1382
9. ↑ Chapter 1404
10. ↑ Chapter 1410
11. ↑ Chapter 1416
12. ↑ Chapter 1418
13. ↑ Chapter 1456