[He sighs, shoving the plate of curry and rice into the middle of the table.]

Vampirism isn't all I inherited from my bloodline. Once every hundred years or so, one person descended from Vlad inherits all of his powers. All of them. His sorceries, his alchemy, his dominion over creatures of the night... everything. Typically, this also results in the person being driven mad, and Vlad's consciousness taking over their body.

I was unlucky enough to survive the experience.