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| - Barnabas was born in 1747. In 1760, Barnabas traveled as a young boy with his parents, Joshua and Naomi, from Liverpool, England to the east coast of North America, where they established the fishing village of Collinsport and enlisted the finest available artisans to build the enormous family mansion, Collinwood, on their new estate on a hillside overlooking the town. Barnabas met and fell in love with Josette DuPres, sending Angelique's jealousy into a rage. Using magic, Angelique forced Josette to walk to the cliff at Widows' Hill and fall from its summit.
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| - Barnabas was born in 1747. In 1760, Barnabas traveled as a young boy with his parents, Joshua and Naomi, from Liverpool, England to the east coast of North America, where they established the fishing village of Collinsport and enlisted the finest available artisans to build the enormous family mansion, Collinwood, on their new estate on a hillside overlooking the town. After growing to manhood, Barnabas engaged in a flirtatious and sexual affair with family servant Angelique, and the girl soon fell in love with Barnabas. Although she pleaded with Barnabas to return her affections, Angelique faced only rejection. When Barnabas' parents were killed by Angelique's witchcraft, Barnabas became obsessed with the dark arts, hoping to discover the cause of their deaths. Barnabas met and fell in love with Josette DuPres, sending Angelique's jealousy into a rage. Using magic, Angelique forced Josette to walk to the cliff at Widows' Hill and fall from its summit. Barnabas, consumed with grief, leapt after her, hoping to end his life on the rocks below the cliff, but found that he survived his fall. While Angelique watched gloatingly from above, Barnabas' body transformed and he became a vampire. Cursed to exist only in the darkness, Barnabas struggled to keep the family business afloat, but was unable to protect himself from Angelique, who - although it was she who was responsible for his monstrous condition - turned the town against him and led them in a torch-bearing crusade that resulted in their burying him in the woods inside a chained coffin, where he would helplessly languish and thirst for the next 196 years.
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