Well, of course, the same fairy tales as about Haller's Madonna were invented by priests to scare people.
So there were all kinds of monsters, devils, demons and other evil spirits. However, to fight them, Angels, cherubs, crusades, etc. were also invented.
Regular policy. Just like now, only the scenery was different.
One of these monsters were vampires.
No, they really lived a very long time. Some are over 1000 years old. Even the Bible has such facts.
And they were cured very quickly from any disease or injury. Yes, they drank blood. And they did not like to appear in the sunlight. Teeth? Fangs? Bites?
No, it's all made up.
Silver arrows, bullets? Who could kill them? No, it's all fiction. Well, put yourself in the place of those writers. Golden weapons of murder - it is impossible, too pretentious and expensive. Ordinary ones are also impossible, primitive and cheap. But silver is just right. And noble, and not for everyone ...
Aspen stake? Well, of course! Try to hammer a stake in someone's heart. Aspen or even just oak...
Well, in general, half and half. Like a normal fairy tale. To be reliable, but also to fulfill its function.
In this case, the monsters were supposed to scare the common people. And monsters also scared them ...
Well, to know, the church and other state employees used the treasury almost uncontrollably. At your own discretion. For fighting monsters. How they are now struggling with "natural phenomena" and "social problems" ...
And some, of course, got more, and some less. I mean "monsters".
Those who ran through the swamp forests were exterminated everywhere. And those who managed to make a career and break into high society became antagonists, secret lodges and conspirators.
And yes, even if there were no real facts at all, they would simply be invented. Well, you understand.
Now it would be called - informational ...
Well, Hannah was one of those monsters.
A very talented girl who, by the age of 12, was already fluent in Latin and folk Latin too, German and Greek, and writing too, although she also understood Spanish and French. She knew how to impress men and in society. She understood politics, geography, heraldry and all the intricacies of secular etiquette, fashion and weapons. Because my father worked all his life in customs, he inherited the position and traced its history from the ancient Roman publishers, and rose to the rank of land inspector and he could afford to give his daughter any education. And since he did not have a son, Hannah got both knowledge, and fighting skills, and art, and physical exercises.
The most interesting thing began when she turned 15 and menstruation began.
Yes, hormones, mutation or something else, but over the next 5 years, she has not changed one iota. Even hair and nails stopped growing.
As it turned out later, the process of growing up (age-related changes in the body) did not stop, but only slowed down. And what took ordinary people in a year took Hanna more than 50 years.
Now she is physically about 30 years old.
But everything else, on the contrary, accelerated and intensified. Probably, the energy that the body did not use for its aging needed to be used somewhere, and it went into action.
Any cuts, bruises, wounds healed right before our eyes. No colds or infections. Although, for sure they were, but they were cured almost instantly.
Well, strength, agility, endurance - increased every year.
Somewhere in 70 years, the limit came, apparently this was already the limit for the capabilities of the human body. But she could run faster than any animal, lift weights of more than 150 kg, break iron bars with her hands, etc.
Reaction, attention and thinking were also much faster than an ordinary person.
If in battle, she was bored with 5-7 experienced fighters, then when talking with 10 people, she managed to think about 2-3 steps forward for each...
And the details...
They didn't get away from her at all. Sherlock Holmes apparently studied with her)))
Of course, she tried very hard to hide her talents. Especially when all her peers have already died of old age, and then their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren...
But sometimes, some events still slipped out of control.
And that's when the church took notice.
Yes, of course, she had to work as an assassin, and a negotiator, and a spy. And kill, and punish, and forgive.
And one day she had to run away.
Details are not important here, they remained in the darkness of time. She hid them or hid them in some tombs. But...
Since then she has been on the run. For over 200 years.
With the advent of each new power in the church, they forget about it for several years, and then they "take it out" from the archives and again begin to look for it to complete the next task.
That's why...
She is.
Young woman.
Monster.
Grandmother.
Hiding.
And knows almost everything...