MYTHOLOGY

STORIES BEHIND THE HAPPENINGS

THE EARTH
"This world is older than any of you know. Contrary to popular mythology, it did not begin as a paradise. For untold eons demons walked the Earth. They made it their home, their... their Hell. But in time they lost their purchase on this reality. The way was made for mortal animals, for, for man. All that remains of the old ones are vestiges, certain magicks, certain creatures..."
"And vampires."

"The books tell the last demon to leave this reality fed off a human, mixed their blood. He was a human form possessed, infected by the demon's soul. He bit another, and another, and so they walk the Earth, feeding... Killing some, mixing their blood with others to make more of their kind. Waiting for the animals to die out, and the old ones to return."

"For as long as there have been vampires, there's been the Slayer. One girl in all the world, a chosen one."

Giles & Buffy , The Harvest

THE HARVEST
"For I will gather and be gathered. From the Vessel pours life. 'On the night of the crescent moon, the first past the solstice it will come..."
Giles

"On this... most hallowed night... we are as one. Luke is the Vessel! Every soul he takes will feed me. And their souls will grant me the strength to free myself. Tonight I shall walk the Earth, and the stars themselves will hide!
Master

"And this Harvest thing is to get him out."
"It comes once in a century, on this night. The Master can draw power from one of his minions while it feeds. Enough power to break free and open the portal. The minion is called the Vessel, and he bears this symbol." (tri-pointed star)
Xander & Giles

THE HELLMOUTH
"This is what we know. Some sixty years ago, a very old, very powerful vampire came to this shore, not just to feed."
"He came 'cause this town's a mystical who's it."
"Yes. The Spanish who first settled here called it 'Boca Del Infierno'. Roughly translated, 'Hellmouth'. It's a sort of, um, portal between this reality and the next. This vampire hopes to open it."
Giles & Buffy

"Bring the demons back."
"End of the world."
"But he blew it! Or, I mean, there was an earthquake that swallowed half the town, and him, too."
"You see, opening dimensional portals is a tricky business. Odds are he got himself stuck, rather like a, uh, cork in a bottle."
Buffy, Xander, Willow & Giles

Quotes taken from season one, episode 2 "The Harvest".

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