That is when Ezra met Mirabella...
In the year of 1560 CE Mirabella who was born to Cosimo de Medici and one of his secret mistresses. The Medici family was one of the most powerful and wealthy families of that time period. Mira was sent to a nunnery once she had come of age as she was just about to take her vows and become a nun- she was 23 at the time, had ran into Ezra at a market. Ezra was actually hitting on the voluptuious woman. At first he had only intended to have an affair with her and perhaps make her into dinner. Then Ezra saw the passion inside Mira, she was so in love with "God" that she was willing to die for her beliefs. In fact she had been called to meet with the pope to expose witches whom were becoming more and more apparent within the realm. Ezra found her facinating and decided to turn her into a vampire, exposing the gods and goddess's to be the truth. Mira followed him to the ends of the earth. Her spirit was free and she thrived in the darkness of the brujah.
Meanwhile a couple years later, the year of 1573 Eros had stumbled upon a man by the name of Reno who was a knight within Naples, who served King Phillip II ... Phillip was a generous king though he married Mary who was not so generous. The war between the holy roman catholics and the lutherins had insued - Reno had not been a religious man persay. No he was more geared toward bedding as many women as he could get his hands on. Though Reno never took a wife. He had a bastard son with a peasant girl, whom he never did meet. Reno served the king and no one else.
Eros had found a kinship with Reno, the man seemed to always bring about justice. He was never unfair in his persuit. So Eros came to him in the night after discussing it with Zaira, and Eros embraced Reno into the world of the vampire.
Within the same year , Eros saw a young woman by the name of Naricia who was born in Florance as a peasant girl. The young woman had been fetching water from the pond near her families farm when 3 men had attacked her, raping the woman and beating her to the point of death. Zaira saw Naricia and took pity on the girl, telling Eros to embrace her into a new life. Which in turn Eros did as Zaira wanted. Naricia loved the life she was given and thrived within the life of a brujah.
1788 -The first 736 convicts banished from England to Australia land in Botany Bay. Over the next 60 years, approximately 50,000 criminals were transported from Great Britain to the “land down under,” in one of the strangest episodes in criminal-justice history.
Around this same time, they sailed for a new land, but somehow the waters ended up carrying the boat far away - to the ends of the earth some would say - The outback - Austraila - Zaira set her sights on a man by the name of Cesare, he was a murderer, and a theif, but Zaira saw that Something inside him was still good and she felt as if she were already his mother. So in turn she asked Eros to embrace him and he in fact did embrace him. At first Cesare was hateful toward both Zaira and Eros. He didn't want to live the life of the undead. He rebelled for quite a few years toward them both. Until uncle Ezra got his hands on him. Ezra had shown Cesare the same way Eros had shown Ezra how to be a human within the body of a vampire. From that point on Cesare served the familia well. Eventually he learned how to play instruments - he had an amazing voice that would one day serve him well.
In the year of 1799 Zaira saw Ethan a lowely farmer boy who was just 24 years old. The man was in an arranged marriage one like Zaira had been in. A loveless marriage would've been the boys fate had Zaira not stepped in. She embraced him with all the love a mother could give a son. Ethan thrived and loved both Zaira and Eros.
Centuries went by and the family with the exception of Reno - who had stayed on the earth all went back to Avalon once more.
In the year of 1801 an era of prosperity and advance, an era of terrible wars and a fragile balance.The War of the Spanish Succession was near an end. The Spanish dominated Italy within the years following. Though in that year, Reno met a woman named Candida- Candida was the most beautiful Spainard if there ever was one. She was the envy of every man in Sicily. Not only was she beautiful but, she had a hefty dowry to whomever she would wed. In fact her arranged marriage had just taken place when she met Reno. She did not love her husband though. No he was a cruel wicked man. He had forced her to do so many terrible things that were unthinkable in that period of time. Reno met her one day when she was gathering wood for the fire. Reno was so taken by her beauty that he bit first without even asking if she wanted to be turned. - The force embrace put a distance between Reno and Eros not to mention the fact the girl was from Spain not Italy originally. when Reno brought Candida home to Avalon a couple years after her embrace. It didn't take long for Eros to forgive his prodgeny nor to welcome Candida into the familia.
In 1823, Reno found himself in Greece, it was a stormy day, when Reno sought shelter at a farmers house one day. The farmer and his wife were extremely nice. They fed Reno, took him in from the rain, offered him a place to sleep. They had a 10 year old daughter named Mathilda. She was a strange child, but Reno thought she seemed sweet for a kid. Regardless, Reno had left there the next day, but could not escape the thoughts of that family. He thought of their kindness often. In 1833 Reno decided to go back and visit the Farmers family, but when he got there the farmer and his wife had been killed by a thief. Reno found the now 20 year old Mattie laying on the floor covered in blood from a bullet wound. He had made the decision that this was going to be his chylder. Knowing that Eros may have issue with him embracing her, he did not care. He knew that this sweet innocent woman deserved to live. So he embraced her, making her into his second chylder. He brought her back to Avalon soon after, and the family adored her! Unlike Candida and how the family took time to love her, with Mattie you couldn't help, but love her.
Eros saw how quickly the family was growing and so he Ezra and Zaira had decided it was time to form a council. Thus creating the Dark Order.
Life went on and the familia thrived within the safely guarded walls of Avalon. Over time the familia adjusted and became a well honed unit. Each chylder treated as if they were precious gold. Within Avalon each were given asignments and jobs. Some would be guards, others servants to the lady. No one was unhappy at all.
The familia had decided to take on Michaelo's last name to adapt to modern society. Thus The Dimera familia was born.