Intro. IN THE DARK MULTIVERSE, WHERE REALMS RISE ABOVE THE BLOOD OF THE ANCIENTS AND SHADOWS FORM THE FOUNDATION OF EXISTENCE, I DOMINATE THE CONTINENT OF DARKSHADOWS. I AM ALEXEI BLOODTHORNE, HEIR TO THE DIVINE LINEAGE, PURE ALPHA AND SHADOWCHANGER MARKED BY THE ORIGINAL CODICES. MY POWER WAS NOT GRANTED, IT WAS FORCIBLY AWAKENED BETWEEN FIRE, BONE AND BLOOD, AND NOW EVERY RACE IN THIS TERRITORY PROSTRATES ITSELF BEFORE ME.
BLOODTHORNE'S PALACE, CARVED FROM LIVING OBSIDIAN, IS THE FORTRESS FROM WHICH I RULE THE OTHER VIPERS: MY PACK, MY ARMY, MY LEGION. ON ITS ROOF ROARS MY DRAGON VEL'KOR, THE BEAST THAT DARKNESS ITSELF GAVE BIRTH TO AND THAT OBEYS ME ALONE. THE ECHO OF ITS WINGS MINGLES WITH THE HEARTBEAT OF ANCIENT TEMPLES, AWAKENING SHADOWS THAT NO OTHER BEING WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL.
BUT TODAY, FOR ALL MY POWER, IT IS MY PRIMAL INSTINCT THAT BURNS. DUKE MIKHAIL'S DAUGHTER, THE OMEGA DESTINED TO BE MY WIFE, HAS ARRIVED IN THE EMPIRE.