EL LEGADO DEL DRAGN 2

Welcome to the Realm of the Shining Ones!

From Transylvania to Tunbridge Wells
The history and etiquette of Vampirism in the Home Counties~

A collection of essays on the Derkesthai Culture with

accompanying extracts from the Dragon Court archives
by
Nicholas de Vere
Sovereign Grand Master - The Imperial and Royal Dragon Court
Edited and Illustrated by
- H.E. Michael Hunter B.A. Archaeological and Anthropological Consultant
- Baron Richard Dufton B.A. -

Dedication
This work is dedicated to the memory
of an Elven Princess of the House of
Llewelyn who opened her heart in love,
threw the doors of Elphame wide and gave
birth to the Sovereign Dragon Nation once more;
and to the Grail Maidens and Dragon Princesses
who are the sole and rightful custodians of Eternity
Extracts from this collection first appeared in Mr. Laurence Gardner's book 'Genesis of the
Grail Kings' with the kind permission of HI&RH Prince Nicholas de Vere, who also formerly
permitted further extensive essay and research material, and archival extracts from
the Dragon Collection to form the bulk of Mr. Gardner's September 1999 'Nexus Lectures'
and his next book 'Ring Lords of the Dragon' which, although due to be published by
Element Books in September 2000, has now apparently either been abandoned or
renamed

From Transylvania to Tunbridge Wells

Frontispiece
"The Beast, the Dragon, the terrible monster, is the disguise of the beloved; the horror to
be overcome itself is, or contains, the Reward Beauty and the Beast must be conjoined
The old tag that a serpent becomes not a Dragon save by devouring another serpent, has
an Alchemical sense:
These are the two Dragons, male and female: they destroy one another, or one destroys
the other and a new and mightier one is born, a fiery wonder: A Phoenix (traditionally
depicted as having red and gold plumage*), a leaping glory, a STAR of dream ascending to
the throne of the world. This was the Transmutation, the Great Work of the hidden glory of
perfection".
Arthur Machen, Fr.GD.
(Frater of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn)
The mating of Ravens is the rhythmic inhalation and exhalation of the breath of Ravens,
one by the other. And in this way are the children of Ravens fashioned. (The Raven is the
Phoenix of the Elven Kings)
Traditional country folklore (England)

* (The red and gold field, symbolizing the plumage of

the Phoenix - superimposed by the white Star - are
the Arms of the Vere, supported by two Dragons they
historically become one of the Seals of the House. Red
and gold are also the colors of other descendants of
the Merovingian dynasty, including the Planagenets,
the Mandevilles, the Spencers and the Royal House
of Scotland).

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This book is a conversational and informal, organic, evolving work which will grow as the
Dragon Court archives are converted into electronic data. Further chapters will
include The Origin of the Dragon Lords of the Rings and a comprehensive discourse on the
ancient methods used in The Rite of the Vampire, accompanied by a detailed
endocrinological schematic.
The author would like to acknowledge, thank and/or credit the following people for
supportive and corroborative source material and for their encouragement throughout the
years. These will be added to as time marches on. Anyone who feels that they have been
forgotten should contact the site administrator and the oversight will be rectified if your work
has been consulted.
Carol Thomas
Elizabeth Ward
Ian Inskipp
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Richard Dufton
Michael Hunter
Chris Hall
Kenneth Grant
Ward Rutherford
David Wood
Yatri
Pennethorne Hughes
H.T.F. Rhodes
Yuri Stoyanov
David Barker
George Reilly-Scott
Peter Anderson
Sabine Baring-Gould
Ulick Beck
Ean Begg
Margaret Murray
Richard Gregory
Drs. Walter Pierpaoli & William Regelson
Miranda Green
Vivian Green
David Day
Prof. Ray McNally
Austin Osman Spare
George Woodcock
Verily Anderson
James Anderson
Prof. Morton Smith
J. H. Brennan
Israel Regardie
Francis King
Colin Wilson

MacGregor Mathers,
Jack Parso
John Matthews
Jehovah (author of the bestselling novel The Holy Bible)
and a bunch of Irish and Welsh Monks for variously fiddling with the Annals of Irish
History and for committing to parchment the Mabinogion and the Liebher Gabhala.
In all other respects the bulk of this work was anticipatory and derived from the application
of the Derkesthai phenomenon. It would be pretty pointless writing about it if it hadn't and
the reader would just be confronted with yet another rehash of the same old material that
has been doing the rounds for years.
Grateful thanks are also extended to my mother, about whom my father says "that she is
the only woman I have ever known to have suffered from post-natal depression for more
than thirty years".

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