Ignatius’s Lost Vocation

The Tale of the Vampire Bride

This flow traces Ignatius from priestly devotion through vampiric loss and forbidden love to a loyalty that places him in conflict with Vlad.

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A Life of Faith A Life of Faith from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". A Devoted Priest Vocation Ignatius recalls leaving ordinary life to serve God and a village congregation.

A Life of Faith from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". A Devoted Priest Vocation Ignatius recalls leaving ordinary life to serve God and a village congregation.

A Devoted Priest Vocation Ignatius recalls leaving ordinary life to serve God and a village congregation. A Chosen Discipline His vows of celibacy and poverty shape his identity and his later sense of spiritual failure.

The Woman in His Cottage The Woman in His Cottage from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". Desire and Deception A Refugee Sheltered Ignatius protects a frightened woman whom villagers accuse of witchcraft and becomes emotionally attached to her.

The Woman in His Cottage from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". Desire and Deception A Refugee Sheltered Ignatius protects a frightened woman whom villagers accuse of witchcraft and becomes emotionally attached to her.

Desire and Deception A Refugee Sheltered Ignatius protects a frightened woman whom villagers accuse of witchcraft and becomes emotionally attached to her. The Turning She bites him and makes him drink, transforming the priest and cutting him off from the church he loved.

A Rescue on the Roofs A Rescue on the Roofs from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". The Stranger Intervenes Hunters Pursue Glynis Ignatius rescues Glynis after Gregor wounds her with blessed knives.

A Rescue on the Roofs from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". The Stranger Intervenes Hunters Pursue Glynis Ignatius rescues Glynis after Gregor wounds her with blessed knives.

The Stranger Intervenes Hunters Pursue Glynis Ignatius rescues Glynis after Gregor wounds her with blessed knives. A New Attachment He heals her with his blood, and their mutual attraction becomes a private love that complicates his already troubled existence.

The Forbidden Love The Forbidden Love from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". Love Against Penance A Confession Ignatius tells Glynis that his turning ended his priesthood and that he has long lived as though in penance.

The Forbidden Love from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". Love Against Penance A Confession Ignatius tells Glynis that his turning ended his priesthood and that he has long lived as though in penance.

Love Against Penance A Confession Ignatius tells Glynis that his turning ended his priesthood and that he has long lived as though in penance. A Chosen Sin He accepts his love for her, even while fearing that Astir’s prophecy foreshadows their separation.

The Unfinished Farewell The Unfinished Farewell from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". A Brother’s Intervention The Ambush Ignatius helps defend Vlad during the hunters’ attack, despite his hatred and his love for Glynis.

The Unfinished Farewell from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". A Brother’s Intervention The Ambush Ignatius helps defend Vlad during the hunters’ attack, despite his hatred and his love for Glynis.

A Brother’s Intervention The Ambush Ignatius helps defend Vlad during the hunters’ attack, despite his hatred and his love for Glynis. Separation Again Vlad takes Glynis away from Buda, leaving Ignatius alive but unable to follow without violating the powers that bind him.

Before Ignatius’s transformation

The winter of his transformation

March 1820

April 1820

2 May 1820