Dunno how this fit the theme at all, but a good tale of vampiric fall from grace... Assuming this Count ever had any to begin with. Leaving so as not to harm his family was a (temporarily?) redeeming touch though.
My choice was not to make the protagonist fit the theme, but rather the antagonist. I guess that may not have been clear to many people as much as I tried to subtly hint that without sounding cheesy.
