The Brute of Lyria, according to the legends and stories around Lyria, Rivia and Spalla, was a being of unknown origins, known to be a fiend, who killed scores of women and children, numbering almost 200 bodies in the year 964.
Legend and historical perspective[]
In 964, the areas of Lyria, Rivia and Spalla were gripped in fear over the discovery of dead bodies, which were mostly women and children, and were found in the fields, mutilated and dismembered. At the time of the Brute's death, at least 200 bodies were found. Legend has it that the beast was killed by a poacher that was armed with a dagger that was said to be blessed from a prophet. The legend, according to Regis, is still told to this day.
However, according to Regis, who was a vampire and was alive at the time, the story was made due to the circumstantial nature of the death of the Brute of Lyria. The truth was far different: Regis's fellow vampire and friend, Dettlaff van der Eretein, was in the area during the time of the Brute's killings, and was enraged to find that one of the Brute's victims was a boy who had previously offered him an apple and expecting nothing in return. Being a higher vampire, Dettlaff's capabilities exceeded far from the Brute, being only a fiend, and Dettlaff killed the Brute with ease. To conform to the legends, Dettlaff found a poacher that was sleeping near his snare and dropped the fiend's body near him and handed him a dagger that became part of the legend.