True enough. [Teasing accepted without complaint, breathing in steady and low as cool, crisp air settles into his lungs. Takes him back beyond the story he's telling, leaving him ever closer to her side while he tracks down one single, heavy bottle coated in thick dust-- hand-blown, by the looks of it. Possibly as old as he claims.] Ah-- here we are.

Unholy creatures were just as prevalent, just as masked as they are now. Often Perceval would be sent out as a promissory safeguard for allies or dignitaries in dangerous areas, other times the church itself would make false claims of lycans or vampires, hoping to turn the Crusades to their favor. This time, however, it was all because a number of eastmen were using war to ferry holy relics from Slavic territory for little more than a profit.