But, they didn’t necessarily know who that lifemate was or where they were. A Carpathian had one and only one lifemate. The second unique piece of Carpathian lore had to do with “Lifemates”. Vampires were once the friends and loved ones of Carpathians, making their turn to evil both dangerous because these beings knew Carpathian people, lands and law, and made it sad because Carpathian hunters were sent to kill those who were once their friends or family. A Carpathian who gave in to the darkness and became evil turned into a vampire. Two very unique pieces of Carpathian mythology included the fact that vampires came from Carpathians. Like classic vampire lore, Carpathians, as well as vampires, could not withstand the sunlight, and they slept in the earth during those hours. That vampires came from these same Carpathians, ones who had not found their lifemate and gave in to the darkness, was unique.Īt that time, the mythology behind the Carpathians included the fact that converting a human woman into a Carpathian took three blood exchanges. The idea of vampire-like creatures that protect humans and kill vampires was new. At the time the first book in the series, Dark Prince, was published, there weren’t any vampire books being written for the romance genre. With over 30 books in this long-running series that began in 1999 the challenge is always how to keep it fresh and expand the Carpathians and their mythology.
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