The vampire ruler of Rekkenmark, Count Gustav was captured by House Lyrandar and transported to Vinehold Manor, where House Jorasco intended on using him within their experiments into vampire regeneration properties. Unfortunately for them, he escaped during the unloading of his coffin, and killed everyone he found there. He then holed up in the manor to recover his strength, and see if he could find any records of who had betrayed him to House Lyrandar in the first place; he was aware that someone from his court must have helped them seal his coffin in the first place.