Bernardo De Leon, was the youngest of four brothers, his father was a Britain who was the Captain of a small merchant ship, it was there that he met his wife, Bernardo's mother. She was the head mistress of a fabric company that she and her late husband started in hopes of designing for the Queen; but that fell through when her husband succumbed to Consumption (tuberculosis). When Bernardo was five his mother sent him with his father to Britain, where he would meet his fathers family and learn a new life and have what was considered, 'proper' up bringing. Then in 1519, the expeditions began in Spain, with Hernán Cortés leading the way. Bernardo talked his father into letting him go and find his place in those expeditions, and in the process learn of his roots and his people from his mothers side, the Spaniards. It was in 1523, that Bernardo finally had his chance, he quickly signed up to be one of the many conquistadors stationed within Peru, and soon, into the new Americas.
It was a dangerous journey fraught with Civil war, wild Jungles, and many new diseases, not to mention supplies of food and water running low. It was at this juncture, in the rich Jungle of Peru, that the small expedition he was with, about 46 men in total, began to fall ill with Dysentery. They had little means to keep foods fresh and the water they gathered was from open streams and some small lakes. As the men began to dwindle and the expedition took back seat to survival, a handful took on the responsibility of seeking help. Seven men would pack what they could and find the highest peak, that they may survey the land, in hopes to spy a village of some sort nearby. The mountain range was more vast then any of them realized and they began to die off one by one from the strenuous trek. Finally Bernardo too, could no longer hold on, as he lay there staring up to the starry skies, he thinks of his mother and his father, tears rolling down his cheeks, but the adventure of life was a good one, and he was ready to let go.
At that moment he felt someone handling him and a voice, “Hold tight friend,” was heard in a soft and gentle tone... Later Bernardo found himself in a small hut that went back into a cavern, and there was a little old man stirring some stew. As he sat up someone arrived next to him at such a speed that he fell back onto the bed, his eyes peering up to a young looking Peruvian, “I have saved your life.. and now, I must ask a favor in return.” As the young man spoke, Bernardo just caught the end of tentacles sliding beneath his long tunic. “No, NO!” Bernardo began to yell out, trying to slide back away from his capture, but the attempt was futile, and the favor was taken. So, in the year 1524, at the age of twenty-three, Bernardo was turned at the grip of this Peruvian Sorcerer, and vampiric being; and in 1526, he escaped Peru and swore never to return, though now wherever he went, he looked back over his shoulder. Was he being followed, was the Vampiric being hunting him? Bernardo did his best to bury the past and move forward, he found a life and income in antiquities, and this kept him traveling as well... and now he is in Wailing Rock.
This expensive, and sturdy card appears in the junk mail of Wailing Rock residents. For the common folk its a nice card for scooping up dust with the broom, but for others it may show some deeper interest. On the opposite side is the address and phone number, with the name, Bernardo De Leon.
((Main Street, next to the PD, across the street from the Burlesque.))