Selene
and Michael confront Tanis, who reveals that Markus, not Viktor,
was the first vampire. One of the two sons of Alexander Corvinus, he
was bitten by a bat and became a vampire; his twin brother, William
Corvinus, was bitten by a wolf and became a Lycan. The first lycans
created by him are entirely animal and unable to take human form again.
Due to William's wanton destructiveness, Markus approached Viktor, a
warlord dying of old age, and offered to turn him and his army into
immortal vampires in exchange for tracking down and stopping William.
Markus intended to capture his brother and tame him, but Viktor betrays
Markus and orders William locked away forever. Viktor does not kill the
brothers because he believes doing so would result in the immediate
extinction of all other vampires and Lycans. Tanis also reveals that
Selene's father was the architect who built William's prison and that
the pendant is a key. Due to the fact that her family knew of its
location, and the recent escape of Lucian, Viktor feared that Lucian
would use Sonja's pendent to free William, so Victor killed them and
then turned Selene into a vampire. Tanis then refers Selene and Michael
to Lorenz Macaro for help. Shortly after they leave, Markus arrives and
questions Tanis, killing him.
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