25 April 1820

25 April 1820 marks a diary entry in Buda, Hungary, in which Lady Glynis Wright records the return of terrifying dreams tied to her transformation by Vlad Dracula’s blood. The date anchors a moment when her supernatural change, her fear of Vlad, and the threat to her connection with Ignatius converge in the journal’s present tense.

The dated entry

The entry appears in Chapter 32 of Lady Glynis Wright’s journal and is located in Buda. Its date places the narration firmly within the spring of 1820, while the diary form preserves Glynis’s immediate response rather than presenting the dreams as a later recollection. The entry does not describe a public event; its significance lies in what Glynis records about her condition and fears on that day.

Dreams after transformation

Glynis connects her nightmares to the night Vlad Dracula created her with his blood. She says she has dreamed terribly since then, but that the dreams have become more vicious and frightening during the few nights following Vlad’s return. The entry therefore distinguishes the continuing effects of her transformation from a recent intensification: the dreams are an ongoing burden, newly sharpened by his presence again.

The first dream she identifies is of the sisters. Its appearance makes the nightmare personal and relational, returning Glynis’s attention to the vampire household at a moment when its loyalties and dangers are pressing upon her. The entry introduces the dream without yet recounting its full contents, leaving its meaning suspended.

Immediate narrative tension

In the surrounding journal narrative, Glynis fears that Vlad’s suspicions will prevent her from seeing Ignatius. She has also learned that Ignatius and Vlad share blood, a revelation she describes as madness and that places her own relationship within the conflict between the two men. The 25 April entry turns from that waking anxiety to dreams of the sisters: private dread continues across the boundary between conscious thought and sleep, without the diary resolving the danger she faces.

Place in the chronology

The date is a precise marker in Glynis’s Buda journal, not evidence that the other episodes in her life occurred on the same day. Its value is chronological and narrative: it records that, after Vlad’s return, the nightmares associated with her making have become more severe and that the vampire sisters have entered them. The unfinished account also creates a point of anticipation, registering a disturbing dream before disclosing what it contains.