14 - Frame Sepulcher
I’ve already shown proof of aliens, subterranean civilizations and entities from other dimensions. What if the creatures of myths and legends were also real?
The latest set of documents deals with an extra-dimensional disease. Based on the CDC Bulletin (Document 1) the disease - Thaumatic Hemophagic Pathogen - may be the origin of the vampire. In its victims, the disease - also called Blizzard Razor - results in many of the characteristics of vampires.
Stronger and faster than humans, vulnerable to sunlight, difficult to kill, and needing blood to survive. The documents indicate that the creatures the Shadow Garden calls Frame Sepulcher have been among us for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years.
The first document is from the CDC. It is a briefing paper of Thaumatic Hemophagic Pathogen (THP). This the first indication that the CDC is aware of the threats the Shadow Garden - and other elements of the national security community - faces on a regular basis.
The threat represented by Frame Sepulcher is not new. The second document is a first-hand account of a mission to kill a group of the infected during the 17th century by a previously unknown order of the Catholic Church.
The third document is another historical account, this one from Victorian England.
Finally, document four is more recent, an assessment of the threat represented by Frame Sepulcher from 2011.
This release of material holds a lot of interesting information. Unfortunately, much of it is incomplete.
Both the 17th and 19th century reports show that many people knew about the supernatural and took steps to combat it, whether active - the Order of St. George expedition - or reactive. While this is not a new piece of information - the Shadow Garden was formed from existing organizations (See The Establishment) - it does show how far back knowledge of the supernatural went. It also provides clues as to how this information filtered into mass culture.
The strigoi have been part of Eastern European myth for centuries, probably going back to the Roman era. They are generally seen as the prototype of the modern concept of the vampire. Some people theorize that porphyria sufferers were the real-world origin of these myths. It appears that the actual origin were real vampires.
The Scotland Yard report continues this thread. While it is not stated, the nature of the attack by Vlad Tepes (possibly the historical figure) seems to have influenced Bram Stoker, who wrote Dracula in 1897. There is no corroboration for much of this report; however, the efforts to cover up the attack seem to have been significant.
A few items stand out, even if they are not fully explained. Archivio Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei - Collectis ex Luce et Tenebris refers to the Catholic Church’s official archive, although there is no record of a “Collection of Light and Darkness.” The 2011 NIE refers to a Frame Sepulcher group, the Senatus Umbra - the Senate of the Night. The NIE also makes it clear that this group has a global reach. This leads to disturbing questions about how deep the influence of these creatures runs.
How many of our other myths and stories are based on reality? Do werewolves stalk the forests? Do ghosts haunt the living? Does something horrible lurk under your bed? Accepting the existence of aliens is one thing; finding out there are vampires is a whole new level of unreality.