Literary History
Varney the Vampyre or the Feast of Blood was written by James Malcolm Rymer in 1841
Character History
![The First Story](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/0/9541/1534631-pd_moriarty_by_signey_paget.gif)
Sir Francis Varney kills his own son and is turned into a vampire for his crime. When he is unable to find a cure, he takes his own life by throwing himself into a live volcano.