Revenge for the Wright Family

The Tale of the Vampire Bride

This flow traces how the deaths of Glynis’s family produce a long-term vow of revenge, partly postponed by survival and finally renewed after Vlad’s defeat.

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The Family Is Targeted The Family Is Targeted from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". A Betrayal Arranged Agents at Work Sir Stephen and the Baroness help direct the Wright family toward Vlad, treating them as useful pieces in a larger plan.

The Family Is Targeted from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". A Betrayal Arranged Agents at Work Sir Stephen and the Baroness help direct the Wright family toward Vlad, treating them as useful pieces in a larger plan.

A Betrayal Arranged Agents at Work Sir Stephen and the Baroness help direct the Wright family toward Vlad, treating them as useful pieces in a larger plan. A Private Cost Their social calculations conceal the mortal lives that will be lost when the plan reaches the castle.

Murder and Captivity Murder and Captivity from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". Loss Becomes Personal Edric and May Die Vlad kills Glynis’s father and the brides kill May, leaving Glynis to wake in a changed world without them.

Murder and Captivity from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". Loss Becomes Personal Edric and May Die Vlad kills Glynis’s father and the brides kill May, leaving Glynis to wake in a changed world without them.

Loss Becomes Personal Edric and May Die Vlad kills Glynis’s father and the brides kill May, leaving Glynis to wake in a changed world without them. Antoinetta Remains Captive Glynis’s mother survives temporarily as Vlad’s prisoner, extending the family’s suffering rather than ending it.

A Revenge Vow A Revenge Vow from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". Anger Finds a Target Sir Stephen’s Betrayal Glynis learns that Sir Stephen helped bring her family to Vlad and vows to kill him.

A Revenge Vow from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". Anger Finds a Target Sir Stephen’s Betrayal Glynis learns that Sir Stephen helped bring her family to Vlad and vows to kill him.

Anger Finds a Target Sir Stephen’s Betrayal Glynis learns that Sir Stephen helped bring her family to Vlad and vows to kill him. Revenge Deferred She postpones the act while Andrew’s safety depends on her apparent cooperation.

The Baroness Is Exposed The Baroness Is Exposed from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". The Conspiracy Named Glynis Learns More Vlad identifies the Baroness as the person who encouraged him to pursue Glynis and helped draw the family in.

The Baroness Is Exposed from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". The Conspiracy Named Glynis Learns More Vlad identifies the Baroness as the person who encouraged him to pursue Glynis and helped draw the family in.

The Conspiracy Named Glynis Learns More Vlad identifies the Baroness as the person who encouraged him to pursue Glynis and helped draw the family in. Anger Enlarges The target of revenge widens from Sir Stephen to the social network that helped destroy the Wrights.

Revenge Remains Ahead Revenge Remains Ahead from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". Freedom Before Retribution Vlad Is Defeated Glynis leaves the castle after taking Vlad’s power, but has not yet confronted Sir Stephen or the Baroness.

Revenge Remains Ahead from "The Tale of the Vampire Bride". Freedom Before Retribution Vlad Is Defeated Glynis leaves the castle after taking Vlad’s power, but has not yet confronted Sir Stephen or the Baroness.

Freedom Before Retribution Vlad Is Defeated Glynis leaves the castle after taking Vlad’s power, but has not yet confronted Sir Stephen or the Baroness. A New Purpose She plans to use the freedom she gained to pursue revenge without mistaking victory over Vlad for justice for her family.

Before the journey to the castle

June 1819

After Glynis’s first feeding

Late April 1820

5 May 1820