Grave's End - New Setting Origin

Grave’s End was the site of the first known resurrection, at least rumor has it. A hero of the land was betrayed here, but a man cloaked in black came with an evil book and raised him from the dead, shattering the hero’s headstone. Today it stands as a beautiful cliffside port town, in New England OR Pacific Northwest OR Lakeside so Great Lakes area. It’s a relatively quiet city, at least the nicer parts of it are. The darker seedier overpopulated downtown district is much darker, and houses some of the worst kinds of people. Some that can’t even be classified as people also live here, without the knowledge of many of the inhabitants. Because unfortunately the legends are true and Grave’s End is the place that the first Vampire ever rose, thanks to the Wizard. That evil being, cursed the hero to live forever and feast on human blood, and unable to leave Grave’s End. This terrible curse had horrible effects on the inhabitants, with an overwhelming portion of the population becoming infected with the curse. A small sect of holy knights intervened, the Order of the Dawn, a now professional organisation dedicated to protecting the uninitiated from the supernatural elements of Grave’s End. The Wizards curses didn’t simply create Vampires alone. The Wizard created a vast amount of dark beings and creatures, until the Order of the Dawn managed to imprison him and steal away his magical book, which is now protected in a vault made of pure blessed silver. The Order of the Dawn have their own magical devices utilized to defend against the dark Wizards magical servants. The power of white witches is held by several bloodlines, and one of them, the Great Oracle has prophesied the power of many unborn children. The Seventh son, of a seventh son being an incredibly powerful blessed warrior. In addition to these blessed heroes, the Great Oracle foresaw many other heroes and magical processes. The Order of the Dawn’s white witches are potent, though some of the newer generations don’t know of their magical lineages.