Dracula: Origin

How did Dracula become a vampire?

He was a passionate, deeply religious man, but was broken by his wife's suicide; the soul of the woman he worshipped was damned! Crazy with grief and rage, he damned himself by choosing the Devil. He hid the profound suffering of the loss of his love and became an immortal monster, devoted to destruction.

His inconsolable sorrow and his infinite hate carry him to search eternally for revenge; thus, he discovers that there exists somewhere an antediluvian manuscript with the details of a ritual, a ritual that would show how to awaken the infernal souls.

At last, Dracula thinks he has found the way to bring back to life his love from beyond… for starters