Cerberus by Aspen J.

Cerberus the Great Hell Hound, guardian of the Underworld is a frightful beast. It posses 3 terrible heads and posses dark powers. But is that all that this beast has? No, in fact Cerberus isn't just the Hell Hound of the Underworld but something much greater, sinister, evil, dark, and eternal. Cerberus is actually made up of the three powers of Lord Dracula, the Eternal No-Life King. But how did something so evil become a constellation in the night sky? I'll tell you how this happened.

Thousands upon, thousands of years ago there was a time of darkness and blood. War ravaged everywhere, friends and family were put against each other for amusement and control over the other. Within all this evil, darkness and blood came a being of powerful proportions. He was dead but still could walk among and drink the blood of the living. He also wielded power that could kill stands in his way. Some called him a monster, others called him Dominus, Count, Lord, King or for a unlucky few master. But we all know what he was called, the vampire Dracula.

Dracula didn't become Lord until well over 500 years have passed, when all the wars have ceased and people didn't have to fight unless they really needed to. So why did this undead man wait for so long? It was because he knew the humans would be vulnerable after hundreds of hundreds of years of fighting. So he bidded his time, killed only when he needed to feed and waited.

Then he struck, killing and taking control of every empire he could get, some resisted others gave in. He was their Lord, the judge, jury and executioner of their lives. Nobody thought the No-Life King could be destroyed, that is until a Vatican traveling priest came to his Empire.

His name was Abel Nightroad, he was commissioned to go to Transylvania, or as Dracula called it the New Human Empire, to remove the Count from his rule. Now I bet your wondering how a traveling priest from the Vatican is going to get rid of such a power full monster? Well that is because Abel Nightroad is not human, he is a Crusnik, a vampire that feeds upon the blood of other vampires.

Dracula got wind of the Crusnik, he was going to confront this man and make sure to destroy him. Dracula wasn't about to let this Crusnik make him loose everything he had. Crusnik Father Abel Nightroad finally met the monster Dracula after a few days of his arrival. He and the Count fought long and fought hard but after many long and bloody hours the fight had to end.

Abel finally brought the so called No-Life King down to his knees. He could have finished him with one final blow from his Crusnik's scythe.....that is if Dracula hadn't done something so unexpected. HA! You thought the Vampire King Dracula gave in to Abel Nightroad, a priest! No he wouldn't allow himself to be defeated by someone like the Crusnik. Instead he gave in to his last resort. He split him self into the three powers of Dominus. Dominus anger, Dominus Hatred, and Dominus Agony. He formed the powers with his being into the Hell Hound we now call Cerberus. The priest was taken off guard at first but that didn't make him yield to the three headed beast formerly Lord Dracula.

Cerberus (Dracula) attacked with the three powers of Dominus at once but the effort was futile. The Crusnik gave a swing of his scythe, embedded with energy, and released. The energy spread from the scythe. It completely demolished Cerberus's attacks and still headed towards the used to be King. Cerberus couldn't react fast enough to the attack and got hit. He went sprawling back and collapsed to the ground.

His power was exhausted and he knew he would be defeated by this this....Crusnik! He told Abel just to finish him off. But the priest couldn't do it, he felt sorry for the poor man who reduced himself to such a manner of proportions. He told Cerberus that he would place him in the sky as honor, to make him live among the night. Cerberus accepted this fate and willingly went towards the stars by the Crusnik's power. Forever will Lord Dracula stay, ruling the night sky as his domain.

Cerberus rests next to Crusnik star in honor of Father Abel Nightroad. The three powers of Dominus forms one of the eyes within Cerberus. Some of the other stars that form Cerberus's body are Arma Custos, Dextro Custos, Sinestro Custos, Arma Felix, Arma Chiroptera,Volaticus, Vol Grando, Vol Ignis, Vol Fulgur, Vol Luminato, Vol Umbra and many others. The constillation does not move, it stays in the center of the night sky like it is supposed to so that Cerberus can watch and rule from all sides of the night.