The Story of the City of Vampires
Beyond the Plain of Nightmare and shrouded by mist is the legendary City of Vampires. The relationship between the city itself and vampires is a mystery, however some tales say that when a vampire is created, the undead flesh remains in the material world, but the spirit of the vampire is drawn into the City of Vampires. The same tales say that when the vampire sleeps in the City of Vampires, their spirit enters their corpse in the material world to feed.

The City Series
Meshbox Design's Village series of models are extremely popular with artists and animators. The Village Series follows a set pattern: for example, model 1 of a Volume 1 is invariably a Watermill. The City Series differs in two ways:

• All Urban. A great guess! The City Series assumes all models will appear in an urban setting. The Village Series, as they progress from Volume 1 on up, become more urban.
• Unique Pieces. A city takes on the character of the individuals that live there. Each City Volume contain some models that are built around a character concept. In the City of Vampires series, buildings and pieces have special names or are associated with special characters.

The Models
The series includes the following models...

• City of Vampires: The Bridge of Nightmare. The Bridge of Nightmare is the one way to enter the City of Vampires. At either end is a full gate house. On the gate itself, a mightly symbol of the Dreamweaver draws dreamers and the mad from across the Plain of Nightmares. The Bridge of Nightmare theme includes a quickly paced, wondering piano, building in sinister tone and accompanied by an orchestra. Not entirely a theme of evil but of evil to come.
  Duration: 1:20.
• City of Vampires: The Old Library. The Old Library is thought to be the first library in the City of Vampires. Though the number of volumes are limited, borrowers are surprised to find works thought lost in ages past or tomes written by the Great Old Ones. Powerful, dark enchantments keep any volume from being removed from the Old Library without the express permission of the Librarian. The Old Library theme features a pair of pianos with accompanying violins and other strings.
  Duration: 1:50.
• City of Vampires: The House of Martina the Poisener. In life, Martina the Poisener was a wealthy noble woman who required great wealth to maintain her position in the court - a means to afford the most elegant of gowns, the most cunningly cut jewels and the newest of hairstyles. She married a total of six times and, each of her husbands died not long after entering her bed chambers. Her crimes in life were terrible yet she did not embrace the darkness - it embraced her when her seventh husband turned out to be a vampire. Her home in the City of Vampires is modest in comparison to her home in life, but she continues with her trade in poisens and the training of unhappy wives in the ways of removing husbands. Her theme song is one of a corrupt, almost fantasy like rennaisance court, accompanied by clashes and organ music.
  Duration: 1:06.
• City of Vampires: The Observatory.The Observatory is a recent addition to the City of Vampires - as recent as the appearance of gaslight. Those who enter the observatory can feel the presense of someone there, as if the others exist slightly out of phase with the rest of the city. Yet evidence there is of an occupant - of one studying the stars, and of something else that called the vat of living, viscous fluid from the outer darkness. The Observatory theme song features trumpets and a racing organ and string track.
  Duration: 1:34.
• City of Vampires: The Clocktower.The Clocktower is the one of the few constants in the City of Vampires - its bell tolling the hours can be heard throughout the city and into the Plain of Nightmare. Its ornate surface is detailed with the spider symbol of the Dreamweaver and mostly empty halls lead up to a cold mechanic's sleeping quarters. Above, a complete clock works and bell system - plus a hidden coffin where hides a pale friend of the mechanic. The Clocktower theme is a haunted piano backed by orchestratics, suggesting the passage of time and lonliness.
  Duration: 1:33.
• City of Vampires: The House of Adalbrandr the Butcher.Adalbrandr was a great warchief - giver of rings and rider of waves. His comitatus raided many enemy settlements and took many thralls. Yet among his kind, he became infamous for drinking the blood of the strongest of warriors he defeated in battle - trying to inherit their strength. His house appeared in the city only recently, and settled within a very refined neighborhood. The theme features awe inspiring horns in the distance, building up towards a heavy combat theme, electric guitars, drums and more.
  Duration: 1:27.
• City of Vampires: The House of the Bloody Countess. In the depths of time, her name was Elizabeth Báthory, a countess with a terrible desire to remain beautiful forever - and thought that bathing in the blood of beautiful young girls would would keep the effects of time at bay. Yet few know her by name except as the Bloody Countess - a monster. Her theme begins softly, with some accompaniment of electric guitars, chains and natural sounds. Steamy breathing accompanies a building monstrous sound.
  Duration: 1:26.
• City of Vampires: The Forgotten Shrine of Set. The Forgotten Shrine is an unstable and magical spot within the City of Vampires. Clearly drawn from a desert kingdom of some kind, it changes color from the color of sand to the black stonework of the nightmare city. Within is an altar and a ring of hieroglyphic covered stone. Several practitioners of forbidden lore passed through the ring and vanished, never to return. Some guess that it is an escape from the City of Vampires - an escape into a nightless sky of blazing sun! The theme utlizes egyptian style fluting, deep electronic organs and some modern instrumentation.
  Duration: 1:23.