Rome in the fifth century saw the reign of Pope Leo, the death of Attila the Hun, the end of the Holy Roman Empire and the birth of vampires. Pope Leo was confronted with many dilemmas during his twenty years as pontiff but none would prove to be as difficult as trying to stop the heretic Pelagius, who was also to become the world's first vampire. Set in a time when Celtic religion was on the decline and the Catholic church was gaining ground, Vampire Tales is the story of how a pagan god was able to stay alive by transferring his essence into the body of a human. That god, Crom, was the Celtic god of the sun. His victim, Pelagius, was a fallen priest. Together they gained immortality but at a cost. The god of the sun is now cast in darkness and the priest must live on human blood.