A vampire named Bathor turned an entire village to vampires stuck around long enough to teach them to survive and then promised to return in 2000 years after conquering the rest of the continent The only problem with this plan is that the vampires although immortal have only a limited capacity for memory As time passes they forget their utopian society and led by the totalitarian zealot Grando become paranoid superstitious fundamentalists splitting their society by race and gender lines seeking to destroy those who are deemed sinful Longforgotten lovers Élisabeth and Fantine find that with the help of those who were banished in the past it is their fate to piece together the past and help preserve the little that remains before Bathors impending return