Legend of the Bloodstone

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The Bloodstone

The history:

The Bloodstone plays a big part in the mythology of the Subspecies world. It is what gave the Vladislas family the ability to live in peace with the humans, but some also say it's what makes Radu the monster that he is.

The legend starts back in the 14th century when vampires first inhabited Romania. They were not necessarily evil vampires, but because of what they are, they were forced to feed on the local citizens. When the Turks invaded the kingdom, the vampires in the area easily defeated them, and in return, were given the ruins as a reward.

With the vampires still being, well..vampires, the locals knew something had to be done. One of the gypsies made a trip to Rome to steal a divine relic called "The Bloodstone" to give the king of the vampires as a peace offering.

What it is:

The Bloodstone is a chrystal-like object that eternally drips the blood of saints. Because of it's infinite flow of blood, this allows vampires to survive without the resorting to the blood of the mortal population.

One exception to this is the vampire Radu. Maybe it's because of his unwillingness to live as one with the humans, but his incredible thirst for blood is not diminished with the stone, in fact, the more he drinks from the stone the more he seems to crave human blood.

Whether or not the Bloodstone gives a vampire more then just a meal is kind of up for debate. Up until Subspecies 4, I assumed that drinking from the Bloodstone might have actually weakened vampires (or the lack of human blood really). This conclusion was came to mainly to the fact that The King and Stefan seemed to die pretty easily. I thought it was obvious that the reason Radu kept coming back was either due to Mummy (and possibly a spell she had put on him), or that he had a steady diet of human blood.

Come Bloodstorm: Subspecies 4, everyone is obsessed with the Bloodstone, they act as if just having one drop from it will change their life forever. Then we have Michelle's narative at the end, talking about how she slowly unlock its powers.

So, were the vampires in in Subspecies 4 misinformed or just plain, or does the stone actually hold the secret to Radu's powers? If the former, then what's up with Michelle's narative..Dumbo syndrome? Perhaps we'll find out more in the next movie.

Who had it:

The Pope?: well, they never mention this, but since the Gypsy did have to go to Rome to get it, I say it's very likely this is where he got it from.
The Gypsy: delivered it from Rome to King Vladislas.
The King: received it as a peace offering from the humans in the area.
Radu: killed the King and took it because he felt it was his birth right, not Stefan's.
Stefan: "killed" Radu to bring it back into propper hands.
Michelle: took it from Stefan's corpse after Radu staked him.
Marin: found it in the hotel room where Michelle was believed to have died.
Rebecca: got it from Marin with the rest of Michelle's possessions.
Michelle: took it from Rebecca when they met in the park once night. Got one drop from it before..
Radu: took it from Michelle after he couldn't convince her to come with him.
Serena: was able to drink from it, but was never actually in possession of it
Michelle: claimed it for herself after she and Ana finished off Radu.

What it looks like:

Well, the stone has seen a few forms. From the old, ancient looking stone thingy from part one..to the delicate, divine-ish chrystal object in parts 2 and 3..and finally, to that whatever you want to call it (cheap imitation? ;) of part 4. Below is a picture of each of the stones, in the order of their appearance. Please note, even though it changes drastically from one stone to the other, storyline wise, there's only one Bloodstone..