~ Carmilla ~ 
armilla is an anagram of the true name of Mircalla, Countess Karnstein. She has appeared, throughout the centuries, under many names, all anagrams of the original: Mircalla and Carmilla are two of the most famous disquises.The features of the Countess, however, have remained unaltered in all the centuries since her "death." She appears as a young girl, of not even 20 years of age, and of magnificent beauty. She is of above the average height of women, slender, and wonderfully graceful; her movements are languid, very lanquid, and her large eyes never seem to blink and rest upon objects for long, unmoved in their gaze. Her complection is rich and brilliant; her features small and beautifully formed; her eyes large, dark, and loustrous; and seldom has anyone seen such hair, so magnificently thick and long when it is down about her shoulders. It is exquisitely fine and soft, and in color a rich, very dark brown, with something of gold in it.
Carmilla speaks in a sweet low voice and loves to chat and entertain with harmless, sweet gossip. Her beauty, her grace, her manners, and her conversation are so exquisite that she is invited to countless balls of the noble high society.
Almost as soon as Carmilla settles in a region, there appear to be a number of medically inexpicable deaths; women who die suddenly of a 24-hour illness. At the same time, her freind and companion, Camilla's much cherished and loved victim, receives the nightly visitations of what appear to be a large, black, and sinister cat, pacing back and forth in the bedroom with the restlessness of a caged beast. As the room grows darker and darker, the cat springs onto the bed and the victim feels a stinging pain, as if two large needles had darted, an inch or two apart, deep into her breast. Carmilla has in fact two faculties; she can transform herself into a large black cat and she can make herself invisible.
The true story of Mircalla, Countess of Karnstein is a sad and singular one, and after her death, the village surrounding Castle Karnstein was abandened. The progeny of those who had served the Countess during her life of course took it for granted that she had been killed again as a Vampyre. Since this was a deception, the beautifull Carmilla continued to kill hundreds of women until her coffin was found, a stake driven through her heart, and her remains burned and thrown into the waters of the nearby flowing river.
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Benidictus