Blowing Dracula Apart

It was said that an ancient ancestor of the Vampire race slept beneath the earth. He was the sole progenitor of all Vampires alive today, the source of every Vampire. Yet even Vampires rarely entertained thoughts of their ancient ancestor, much less tried to dig him out from underground. After all, no one wanted to find themselves an ancestor to worship—especially one who held the power of life and death over them.