My participation for the #16 challenge of DPSchool.
background:
After losing the great pre-Flood War tens of thousands of years ago to the Human-Atlantean coalition, the surviving Vampires fled Earth with the crumbs of their empire. Insensitive to extreme temperatures and lack of oxygen, they began their interplanetary Odyssey, described in their sacred book, the Vorr' Zhei Chronicles. Finally arrived on Mars after hundreds of years of wandering, totally emaciated, they settled there and refounded a flourishing empire, thanks to a local civilization which welcomed them and nourished them with their blood.
2084: The surface of Mars is barren. The Vorr' Zhei empire, withdrawn in the depths of the planet, is plagued by internal dissension and growing frustration. some advocate the return to Earth, prophesied in the Chronicles.
Morana, once an innocent princess, has never forgotten the massacres of her family. Sole survivor of the Imperial line with her father, the Emperor, she swore revenge. Over the millennia, pain and hatred have consumed her, and she spends most of her time fighting in the Arena, awaiting the day of her vengeance. Under the name of Bloodmonger, she reigns there unchallenged and with cruelty, in her diabolical armor which sucks the blood of her victims.
On Earth, Humans have long since forgotten all about the pre-flood era. Armed with their science and their new technologies, it is with great pride that they launched their first mission of human exploration of the red planet...