“King Richard has ordered his most loyal Knight Templar; Prince Valten to return Princess Alys, (a Princess betrothed to him from a young age) to her Father’s kingdom in France. The king has assigned twelve Teutonic knights as guides to assist Valten on his vital mission. The Knights decide to take a short cut through the mythical and haunted Black Forest in Germania and it is there they face deathly battles with unspeakable evil that not only threatens them but the destiny of mankind……”
113 pages (20,580 words)
“KNIGHTS OF THE VAMPIRE"
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MAN (33) (V.O.)
During 1191, at the time of our third crusade against the marauding Saracens in Palestine. My King; Richard the first went within a whisker of Jerusalem’s sacred walls, we failed!
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We retreated and suffered famine, disease and desertion and went from 100,000 strong to 5,000. King Richard made a truce with Saladin and we regrouped in Messina to rest and prepare to fight for another day. – or so I thought!
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Tonight my King has bestowed upon me a most vital mission, a mission that will bring me face to face with the destiny of mankind
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I ask for your protection, on a journey to my darkest fears and to my salvation, whatever it may be.
In šāh’ Allāh (إن شاء الله)
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