During the Early Middle Ages, Lizz is flourishing in what is now modern day England, living a humble druid existence and feeding off villagers that stray into the forest.

Michael rules a small township in Wallachia where he is known for his vicious tactics plundering nearby Saxon villages.

Lizz is living as a Hungarian Countess in modern day Slovakia when she learns of Michael's military escapades and decides to meet the man for herself.

Lizz meets and instantly falls in love with Michael, turning him into a vampire with the Dark Gift (They later commission Edvard Munch to paint the event in 1893).

Michael and Lizz spend some happy decades terrorizing medieval towns. They marry the first time and glamour a monk into painting this wedding portrait, which is later published into a Christian bestiary.

Michael and Lizz enjoy the High Renaissance in the Kingdom of Sicily, draining the blood of princes and paupers alike.

Michael and Lizz move to Venice where Michael masquerades as a wealthy moneylender by the name of Shylock.

Michael and Lizz are in northern Belgium, where Michael commissions a portrait by the Flemish portrait artist Gonzáles Coques as a wedding gift for Lizz.

Michael and Lizz migrate to America as Puritans. The harsh life of early European settlers in America makes the hunt very simple.

Portrait of Lizz and Michael taken in New York City just after Michael returned from the Civil War, where he left the bodies of his victims in with the war casualties.

Michael and Lizz get married for the first time in Philadelphia. Their wedding is attended by fellow vampires, witches, ghouls, and other creatures of the night, as well as a few fearless human friends.