Strauss Akabara

The last King of the Night and the youngest was Akabara Strauss, the red rose king. He became king at the age of 200 due to his perfect military record and strong political ties. His queen, Adelheid, at the time thought to have little magic. It should be noted that he did have a concubine before this but by the time of coordination she had been brutally murdered. It was said that if he ever found who her killer was they would be the target of his wrath. By this time Bridget Irving Frostheart Strauss's adopted dhampire daughter was his lead general.

In the years following his marriage talks of peace had budded between the humans and the vampires. During these talks in order to alleviate the humans that vampires had no power during the day. So Strauss put his hand into sunlight and nothing happened. In order to prevent new wars the council ordered Strauss's execution which he accepted. His wife Adelheid after hearing this went into a rage unleashing almost total destruction of the Night Kingdom with her latent power.

She was sealed to contain her power in thousands of crosses that Strauss spends the next thousand years of his life finding and destroying.

His wondering caused both the humans and the remaining dhampire to see him as a common threat, fearing the queen's return. This gave his daughter Bridget time to take control of the situation. She over the next thousand years chased after her father trying to prevent him from awakening Adelheid with the help of the Black Swan. It was not previously known that the Black Swan, created by Saberhagen, a human weapon make to kill Strauss and Adelheid was made from his concubine and unborn child. This weapon would posses girls until the destruction of its targets.

A thousand years later when earth threaten by invasion of an alien force did it became known that Strauss was evading capture to hold the dhampire community together and to prevent war with humans. He also divulged the truth about vampires, that they originally were extraterrestrials explaining that he can fly in space. It is mourned by those who fought him that he brings back Adelheid for the purpose of defeating this threat and to start terraforming the moon the latter of which kills her. He shortly there after died by the hands of the Black Swan releasing her form her charge.

-Matthew Powell