The canonicity of this article's subject remains dubious. Though it doesn't contradict official continuity, it has not been referenced in any confirmed canonical material.
It is a hot August 1911 night at the carnival in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. A vampire named Blasko makes his way through the sights and takes note of the demons and vampires the carnival uses as sideshow attractions — including a half-starved vampire coined as the Wild Man. Blasko makes his way to an outdoor stage and watches the magic act of the Great Ambrosius and his assistant Miss Fatima Araby.
However, Blasko is not fooled; he knows the assistant is actually Millicent Gresham, the Slayer, and the Great Ambrosius is her Watcher, Ambrose Richmond. Blasko had been a Watcher in life and now, in death, despises all Watchers. He also knows that tonight marks the Slayer's eighteenth birthday, which means the test of the Cruciamentum will commence.
After the carnival closes, Blasko hides in the shadows and watches Millie and Ambrose prepare to undergo a training session in the funhouse. He observes Millie entering the funhouse and two Council operatives drag the half-starved vampire behind them. Blasko approaches and kills Ambrose and the Council members with a revolver. He lets the vampire feast on their blood before turning him to dust.
Now inside the funhouse, Blasko taunts Millie about the death of her Watcher and how soon she will be dead as well. Millie lunges in to stake him, but her reflexes are poor due to the drugs Ambrose had given her, and her assailant easily disarms her. Millie runs through the obstacles of the funhouse, Blasko not far behind her. As the chase through the funhouse continues, Blasko's bloodlust increases and he grows more impatient. Utilizing a tent stake as a substitute weapon, Millie lunges again at Blasko and uses gravity to make up for what she lacks in strength to drive the stake home. Blasko's last thoughts are of disbelief as he watches his body disintegrate into dust.
Sometime after that night, Millie is the headliner of the magic act, going by the name the Great Ambrosia. She knows this arrangement won't be able to last forever; the Council will eventually dispatch a new Watcher to oversee her. However, until they do, the show will go on. The carnival's next stop is Elk Neck, Maryland, where Millie heard rumors of H'smia demons in the area, a prospect that excites her.
Continuity[]
The events of this story take place in August of 1911 in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania.
