| The Chosen One | |
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| Type: | Prophecy |
| Associated Persons: | Vladimir Dracula |
| Other Associations: | Praedictum Impaver |
| First Appearance: | Insomnia |
- "Our people are suffering, we are being hunted down and destroyed, we hide in the shadows, waiting for the Chosen One."
- ―Count Dracula in Vlad's dreams
The Chosen One prophecy was an ancient prophecy which foresaw the coming of a great Vampire leader. Vladimir first encountered the prophecy in the Dreamworld when the Grand High Vampire (actually his father) named him as the Chosen One.
Series 2
The Chosen One is supposedly a vampire with exceptional powers. According to Ingrid, when the blood lines start dying it's a sign the Chosen One is coming. This is exactly what happens in the last episode of the second series.
Series 3
In series 3 Bertrand arrives with the Praedictum Impaver, a book which, according to legend, could only be opened by the Chosen One. Vlad manages to escape the UV Cage Bertand trapped him in using power from the book, thus proving to Bertrand that he is the Chosen One.
In this series we witness some of Vlad's more exceptional powers such as his ability to see events he shouldn't normally be able to. In Bad to the Bones Vlad manages to open the Praedictum Impaver, but only after merging with a thousand evil reflections from the Blood Mirror.
When the book is finally filled out, with slayers' blood no less, the Draculas are presented with an unpleasant surprise. Sethius, who is far more powerful than Vlad, calls himself the Chosen One. Sethius is later defeated using a Suncatcher machine.
Series 4
In series 4 we see more of Vlad's exceptional powers. By this time the Vampire High Council have officially recognised Vlad as the Chosen One, allowing him to impose a peace initiative. At the end of the series Vlad encounters a vampire who seems far more powerful, or at least more experienced, than himself. Elizabetta almost succeeds in killing him.
Series 5
At the beginning of series 5 Vlad uncovers a secret his father has hidden from him for almost eighteen years. He is half human. He begins to doubt that he really is the Chosen One and, from that episode on, his powers begin to fade. By "Blood Match" Vlad might as well be human, and the other vampires have started noticing. Vlad should get a power boost on his eighteenth birthday, but, as he tells Talitha, he's not like other vampires.
Quotes
The 'Grand High Vampire' in Vlad's dream indicated at first that Vlad might have a choice:
- Ahead of you lie two paths, which will you take? One path leads to immortality, and the other, the other... leads to death.
Later the ghost of the real Grand High Vampire told Vlad that:
- You know you are the Chosen One when you sacrifice the life you love to save the family you love.
Trivia
- Vladimir dominus imperator electus means 'Vladimir the elected emperor'.