Qidian
The Original Vampire
by Radish on the Scales
The cleanest local fit for a vampire-focused western-fantasy shelf: political, gothic, and premise-forward, with access and relationship caveats.
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A murdered country baron wakes with sunlight fear, blood hunger, and apparent immortality, then enters a western-fantasy world of nobles, war, churches, and bloodline politics.
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