History Literature / ChildOfAnAncientCity

''Child of an Ancient City" (1989) is an HistoricalFiction {{Horror}} novella by Creator/TadWilliams. In the late 8th century AD, Mansur al-Adan is assigned to an embassy sent by the [[ArabianNightsDays Caliph Harun al-Rashid]] to the Caucasus Mountains, but en route they encounter a [[Really700YearsOld millennia]]-old, incredibly dangerous [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampyr]].

* ShoutOut: To the Literature/ArabianNights, in several ways:

-->The Vampyr: ''Go!'' Get you gone from my mountains! ''Go!'' ... Build your houses well, little men! My life is long ... and someday I may regret letting you go!

-->The Vampyr:''Go!'' Get you gone from my mountains! ''Go!'' ... Build your houses well, little men! My life is long ... and someday I may regret letting you go!

''Child of an Ancient City" (1989) is an HistoricalFiction {{Horror}} novella by Creator/TadWilliams. In the late 8th century AD, Mansur al-Adan is assigned to an embassy sent by the [[ArabianNightsDays Caliph Harun al-Rashid]] to the Caucasus Mountains, but en route they encounter a [[Really700YearsOld millennia]]-old, incredibly dangerous [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampyr]]

* HorrorHunger: The Vampyr requires
* LastOfHisKind: The Vampyr may well be the last survivor of his whole ''civilization.''

* TragicMonster: The Vampyr was an innocent youth who stumbled upon and was [[TheVirus turned]] by his dying predecessor.

''Child of an Ancient City" (1989) is an HistoricalFiction {{Horror}} novella by Creator/TadWilliams. In the late 8th century AD, Mansur al-Adan is assigned to an embassy sent by the [[ArabianNightsDays Caliph Harun al-Rashid]] to the Caucasus Mountains, but en route they encounter a millennia-old dangerous [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampyr]]

''Child of an Ancient City" (1989) is an HistoricalFiction {{Horror}} novella by Creator/TadWilliams. In the late 8th century AD, Mansur al-Adan is assigned to an embassy sent by the [[ArabianNigtsDays Caliph Harun al-Rashid]] to the Caucasus Mountains, but en route they encounter a millennia-old dangerous [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampyr]]

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason why the Vampyr spares the survivors at the end of the story is because Fawn cried at the monster's backstory.

* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: The Vampyr preys on the people of his home city until it is no more.

-->>The Vampyr:''Go!'' Get you gone from my mountains! ''Go!'' ... Build your houses well, little men! My life is long ... and someday I may regret letting you go!

* CryForTheDevil: Fawn's reaction to hearing the Vampyr's tale.

''Child of an Ancient City" (1989) is an HistoricalFiction {{Horror}} novella by Creator/TadWilliams. In the late 8th century AD, Mansur al-Adan is assigned to an embassy sent by the [[ArabianNigtsDays Caliph Harun al-Rashid]] to the Caucasus Mountains, but en route they encounter a millennia-old dangerous [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Wampyr]]

* ShoutOut: To the Literature/ArabianNights.

** Specifically, they must compete with the Wampyr in the [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath telling of tragic tales]].

** Specifically, they must compete with the Wampyr in the [[TalkTheMonsterToDeath telling of tragic tales]].

''Child of an Ancient City" (1989) is an HistoricalFiction {{Horror}} novella by Creator/TadWilliams. In the late 8th century AD, Mansur al-Adan is assigned to an embassy sent by the [[ArabianNigtsDays Caliph Harun al-Rashid to the Caucasus Mountains, but en route they encounter a millennia-old dangerous [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Wampyr]]