A commercial airliner from Berlin, Germany landed and stood still at Kennedy airport, New York. The air traffic controller who was communicating with the perplexed pilots heard some unexplainable turmoil and rattling noises from the passengers on board. He could tell over the push-to-talk controller that everyone was in extreme fear as no one knew what was happening and also, some passengers have turned stationary (according to the pilots). Subsequently, the air traffic communication ended and the commercial airliner landed in silence.
The employees at the Kennedy airport were bewildered and witnesses were shocked with fear. But one thing is for sure, it was the beginning of The Master's resurrection after thousands of quiescence.
Different beacons from authorities flashed unceasingly which almost lit the gloomy atmosphere around the airport. It became more threatening when people in white overall uniforms and a team of scientists from Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) arrived in such urgency. They demanded the quarantine of the vicinity before allowing the front passengers' door of the plane to be forcibly opened. The authorities felt the coldness of the interior and were shocked by the static appearance of passengers and the crew. They thought everyone was dead until 4 flustered passengers reached out for help.
Authorities were staggered with the scene and according to Epidemiologist, Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) and his team, a vile plague had infected the passengers. It was an epidemical disease which was unheard-of and unidentified in the field of science. The unknown plague and its symptoms were obscurely mysterious but if you have been infected, it developed gradually inside the human's anatomy. It is the parasitic symbiosis in which the endoparasite lives within the host's body.
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| Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) |
The survivors were medically examined but only to discover nothing...
A few days after the commotion at the airport, the unrestrained survivors felt eerie changes in their taste buds and the sunlight's reflection became unbearable through their eyes. To be more specific, their usual food appetite was replaced with the cravings for blood and their congenital eyes, especially the iris & sclera, were pigmented in red. Above all that, they could hear the domineering and diabolical voice of The Master.
The essential core of humanity in the survivors was devoured and replaced with a new breed of immortal vampires called Strigoi. They were once human beings who unfortunately infected by a capillary worm that was introduced into their human bloodstream. This capillary worm hosted the genes of a human and created a virus causing a human to undergo numerous radical physical changes.
When night falls, the infected (soon to be Strigoi) humans loitered around the streets of New York looking for the nutritious blood supply. They surprised the unacquainted locals and sucked the blood out of them using their long, retractable proboscis called “stinger”. Generally speaking, people who were very uninformed of the vile plague news and the new breed of vampires at night were killed and then turned.
No one had immunity from detrimental effects...
Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) was very aware of the disease and strongly warned his estranged wife Kelly Goodweather (Natalie Brown) to move out of New York and protect their only son, Zach (Ben Hyland/Max Charles). Unfortunately, when Kelly decided to move out a worm went through her eye when she was struggling in a fight with her newly infected boyfriend, Matt. Apart from her, Dr. Eph also lost his colleague friend, Jim Ken (Sean Astin), when he became infected during the surprise attacked by the Strigoi at a petrol/convenience store. Moreover, in the succeeding episodes a love affair co-worker of Dr. Eph named Nora Martinez (Mia Maestro) electrocuted herself by placing a blade onto the train rail after her wrist was bitten by Kelly Goodweather, now a Strigoi.
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| Kelly Goodweather (Natalie Brown) |
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| Zach (From Left to Right: Max Charles and Ben Hyland) |
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| Jim Ken (Sean Astin) |
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| Nora Martinez (Mia Maestro) |
There were tragic executions of the infected people who were unwilling to participate under The Master's control. On the other hand, there was a developing comradeship who fervently wanted to seek and destroy The Master. Amongst the group were, the holocaust survivor who sculptured The Master's coffin, Professor Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley); the mettlesome rat-exterminator, Vasiliy Fet (Kevin Durand); the sexually confused British hacker who shut down the internet, Dutch Velders (Ruta Gedmintas) and the head of the CDC Canary team who had a protracted nervous breakdown and booze issue, Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll).
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| Professor Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley) |
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| Vasiliy Fet (Kevin Durand) |
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| Dutch Velders (Ruta Gedmintas) |
All throughout the 3 series, this vehement group penetrated the abyss underground (the nesting site) of New York and exterminated Strigoi with the used of silver weapons and fine silver chemical mist. They also captured a few hive mind infected vampires that Dr. Eph experimented on in order to find evasive cures and discover weaknesses. Additionally, they encountered many times the right hand Strigoi of The Master named Thomas Eichorst (Richard Sammel) who had an elbow-grease business relationship with Eldritch Palmer (Jonathan Hyde). Mr. Palmer was the chairman of the Stoneheart Investment Group and the primary human ally of The Master who financed the buying of Occido Lumen and supported diabolical ideas of exterminating the human existence.
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| Thomas Eichorst (Richard Sammel) |
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| Eldritch Palmer (Jonathan Hyde) |
There was no silver lining...
The uninfected locals moved further away in the hope of starting a new life free from any harmful civilisation. The desertion was protected by a number of authorities who stood to fight the increasing presence of Strigoi. Sadly, a few of them got infected and decided to terminate their own lives.
When the hope of exterminating the Strigoi was getting more difficult and up the creek. Dr Eph and Dutch were able to finish their prototype device which hampered the physical abilities and morbid mental state of the vampires.
The prototype device had proven its main functionality in slowing down the Strigoi. Which is why, it was used in the strategy for placing The Master into the coffin lined with silver. The group operated with the help of a rare dhampir hybrid, Quintus "Quinlan" Sertorius (Ruper Penry-Jones) who had powers to match The Master. They also had the medieval manuscript that held the secrets of how to kill the Master, the Occido Lumen.
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| Quintus "Quinlan" Sertorius (Ruper Penry-Jones) |
The Occido Lumen
The plan was ultimately successful and everyone was in a bliss. As a result, the closest and reliable right hand cronies of The Master were in pandemonium as there was no more monstrous voice that instructed them. However, the capturing of The Master was only short lived as the sullen Zach (Max Charles) carried out the activation button of the nuclear weapon.
There was a massive explosion and vast destruction in the city which led to the freeing of The Master, Eldritch Palmer (Jonathan Hyde), once again!
