** I’m not saying this show is good. I’m saying it’s worth watching.
According to dark legend and tavern rumors, 120 years ago the Crown Prince Jonghyun- who had secretly published books under the name ‘The Lustful Student’- wrote a story very different than his usual erotic adventures.
This story was no bedroom novel, but one of supernatural political intrigue. A story of an ancient and powerful vampire named Gwi who controlled the King of Joseon-Korea as a puppet. Whose dark power wound through every level of government.
Except it wasn’t a legend, as Kim Sung-Yeol knows all too well. Once a respected scholar (and close friend to Crown Prince Jonghyun), Sung-Yeol ran afowl of the monstrous Gwi. As part of the vampire’s sick, twisted game Sung-Yeol’s beloved fiance was mortally wounded, he himself was turned into a vampire, and Sung-Yeol was forced to drink his lover’s blood in order to try and save the empire.
But he failed. And the Crown Prince was brutally executed as a traitor.
For 120 years, Sung-Yeol has walked the earth as a vampire hunter, and thus is gifted the ability to walk in the daylight. Gwi has continued to control the government of Joseon-Korea, and ‘The Lustful Student’ became nothing more than a shadow of a rumor.
Until the books began appearing again, republished from an unknown cache of manuscripts.
The Crown Prince’s final novel, the story of vampires, was destroyed by Gwi. The story goes that the Crown Prince found a way to destroy Gwi once and for all, and coded into his manuscript the means through which Gwi’s destruction could be brought about.
No matter that Gwi has slaughtered anyone who he even suspects of having the lost manuscript, Kim Sung-Yeol believes it is still out there, and is his key to destroying Gwi once and for all.
As Sung-Yeol turns up the heat on his hunt for Gwi, he will partner with the bright and optimistic Seo Jin- a young woman pretending to be a male book dealer. Seo Jin can get her hands on any book that has ever existed, and she is particularly knowledgeable about ‘The Lustful Student’.
With Seo Jin by his side, Sung-Yeol stands a chance to defeat Gwi once and for all… if he can find the last copy of Prince Jonghyun’s vampire novel.
But another player is working in the shadows- the modern Crown Prince Lee Yoon, who will not become another puppet king, and whose father was slaughtered at Gwi’s order.
What secrets are hidden within the Crown Prince’s memorandum? How can Sung-Yeol finally destroy Gwi and avenge all he has lost? Is there a way to save Lee Yoon from following in the doomed footsteps of his father, or of Crown Prince Jonghyun so long ago?
Gwi has waited for Sung-Yeol’s return for 120 years. He will not go down without a fight.
** I’m not saying this show is good. I’m saying it’s worth watching.
According to dark legend and tavern rumors, 120 years ago the Crown Prince Jonghyun- who had secretly published books under the name ‘The Lustful Student’- wrote a story very different than his usual erotic adventures.
This story was no bedroom novel, but one of supernatural political intrigue. A story of an ancient and powerful vampire named Gwi who controlled the King of Joseon-Korea as a puppet. Whose dark power wound through every level of government.
Except it wasn’t a legend, as Kim Sung-Yeol knows all too well. Once a respected scholar (and close friend to Crown Prince Jonghyun), Sung-Yeol ran afowl of the monstrous Gwi. As part of the vampire’s sick, twisted game Sung-Yeol’s beloved fiance was mortally wounded, he himself was turned into a vampire, and Sung-Yeol was forced to drink his lover’s blood in order to try and save the empire.
But he failed. And the Crown Prince was brutally executed as a traitor.
For 120 years, Sung-Yeol has walked the earth as a vampire hunter, and thus is gifted the ability to walk in the daylight. Gwi has continued to control the government of Joseon-Korea, and ‘The Lustful Student’ became nothing more than a shadow of a rumor.
Until the books began appearing again, republished from an unknown cache of manuscripts.
The Crown Prince’s final novel, the story of vampires, was destroyed by Gwi. The story goes that the Crown Prince found a way to destroy Gwi once and for all, and coded into his manuscript the means through which Gwi’s destruction could be brought about.
No matter that Gwi has slaughtered anyone who he even suspects of having the lost manuscript, Kim Sung-Yeol believes it is still out there, and is his key to destroying Gwi once and for all.
As Sung-Yeol turns up the heat on his hunt for Gwi, he will partner with the bright and optimistic Seo Jin- a young woman pretending to be a male book dealer. Seo Jin can get her hands on any book that has ever existed, and she is particularly knowledgeable about ‘The Lustful Student’.
With Seo Jin by his side, Sung-Yeol stands a chance to defeat Gwi once and for all… if he can find the last copy of Prince Jonghyun’s vampire novel.
But another player is working in the shadows- the modern Crown Prince Lee Yoon, who will not become another puppet king, and whose father was slaughtered at Gwi’s order.
What secrets are hidden within the Crown Prince’s memorandum? How can Sung-Yeol finally destroy Gwi and avenge all he has lost? Is there a way to save Lee Yoon from following in the doomed footsteps of his father, or of Crown Prince Jonghyun so long ago?
Gwi has waited for Sung-Yeol’s return for 120 years. He will not go down without a fight.
