My name is Cleopatra. The original one, not an imitation. I am the first woman in history to bear that name. A name which by now should require little to no introduction. That is if you've ever picked up a history book or know Jack about Pop Culture. I am the former Queen of Imperial Egypt. Descended from the Kush Dynasty, the legendary Nubian Pharaohs which ruled the Land of Egypt for centuries. Anyone looking at me would see a five-foot-eleven, athletically built young Black woman with light brown skin, long Black hair and pale green eyes. My features are a unique blend of sub-Saharan African and Egyptian beauty. And I like it like that. My looks reflect both my Nubian and my Egyptian heritage. Few would know that I am more than human by looking at me, and I include my fellow Vampires in that category.
That's what it means to be so long-lived as to be considered effectively Immortal. For I am an Ancient Vampire. One of the oldest and most powerful Vampires alive in our world today. The wonders and horrors that I have seen span the course of more than two thousand years. I have seen empires rise and fall. And I have seen the darkness inside the heart of man. I have also watched the spread of the Vampire race across the globe. In the old days, there weren't that many of us. Only a few thousand Vampires roamed the globe. Now, there are hundreds of thousands. And these increasingly bold and ruthless Young Bloods see themselves as the Masters of the planet Earth. At times I've warred with my own kind. Partly because some of them have threatened the balance of power in this world.
Every once in a while comes a Vampire who believes himself or herself to be a Messiah destined to lead the Undead to total conquest of the planet Earth. I've always hunted these Messiahs, and eliminated them when I could. It's for the good of Humanity as well as the well-being of the Vampire race that I fought these lonely wars. I sincerely doubt the Vampire species could survive a war against all of Humanity. I have seen the savagery of man. Compared to the ruthlessness of Homo Sapiens, the most evil Vampire in history is simply a chump. Seriously. A Vampire might feed on a hundred human beings per year in order to keep himself alive and strong. A powerful human leader at the head of a war-like nation could slaughter millions of people in a single lifetime. My fellow Vampires would do well to remember that we cannot hold a candle to man when it comes to evil. Therefore we shouldn't try. I tire of warring with my own kind. So I effectively disappeared from the scene, in time becoming a legend even to my fellow Vampires. Many of them doubt that I've ever existed. I have become a bedtime story to the race of the Undead. How about that? It suits me just fine, to tell you the truth.