The Baroness’s Desire for Immortality

The Tale of the Vampire Bride

This flow traces the Baroness’s role in selecting Glynis, her hope of becoming a bride, and the collapse of her influence when Vlad dismisses her.

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A Mortal Patroness A Mortal Patroness from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". A Powerful Host Influence in Society The Baroness uses her standing among Buda’s elite to identify English women who might suit Vlad’s plans.

A Mortal Patroness from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". A Powerful Host Influence in Society The Baroness uses her standing among Buda’s elite to identify English women who might suit Vlad’s plans.

A Powerful Host Influence in Society The Baroness uses her standing among Buda’s elite to identify English women who might suit Vlad’s plans. A Private Longing She wants the immortality and status enjoyed by Vlad’s brides, making her hospitality part of a personal bargain.

Glynis Is Chosen Glynis Is Chosen from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". A Bride Recommended Shaping Vlad’s Attention The Baroness praises Glynis’s beauty and helps direct Vlad toward her family.

Glynis Is Chosen from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". A Bride Recommended Shaping Vlad’s Attention The Baroness praises Glynis’s beauty and helps direct Vlad toward her family.

A Bride Recommended Shaping Vlad’s Attention The Baroness praises Glynis’s beauty and helps direct Vlad toward her family. An Unseen Cost Her matchmaking helps set the Wrights on the path to the castle and its violence.

A Promise Delayed A Promise Delayed from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". Immortality Postponed A Desired Transformation The Baroness asks Vlad when she will become a vampire, revealing her dependence on his promise.

A Promise Delayed from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". Immortality Postponed A Desired Transformation The Baroness asks Vlad when she will become a vampire, revealing her dependence on his promise.

Immortality Postponed A Desired Transformation The Baroness asks Vlad when she will become a vampire, revealing her dependence on his promise. A Tool, Not an Equal Vlad reminds her that he chose Glynis and expects the Baroness to serve her if she joins the household.

A Plot Exposed A Plot Exposed from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". The Conspiracy Named An Admission Vlad explains in front of Glynis that the Baroness helped steer him toward the Wright family.

A Plot Exposed from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". The Conspiracy Named An Admission Vlad explains in front of Glynis that the Baroness helped steer him toward the Wright family.

The Conspiracy Named An Admission Vlad explains in front of Glynis that the Baroness helped steer him toward the Wright family. Anger Without Release Glynis learns that the woman’s desire for immortality implicated her in the destruction of Glynis’s family.

The End of Favor The End of Favor from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". The Patroness Dismissed Vlad Withdraws His Protection Vlad ends the Baroness’s service and leaves her exposed to Glynis’s promised revenge.

The End of Favor from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". The Patroness Dismissed Vlad Withdraws His Protection Vlad ends the Baroness’s service and leaves her exposed to Glynis’s promised revenge.

The Patroness Dismissed Vlad Withdraws His Protection Vlad ends the Baroness’s service and leaves her exposed to Glynis’s promised revenge. An Unfinished Reckoning The Baroness survives the immediate confrontation, remaining a target in Glynis’s plans after Vlad’s defeat.

Before the Wrights reach Buda

During the Wrights’ visit to Buda

April 1820, after the opera gathering

Late April 1820