Along with Col, Ermo, and Aloys, Bogdan survived the ruin of his village by Vaagen's mischief. Bogdan blames not the vampire, but the witch. Bogdan has a hate for Merunga, a little thing as yet, but festering all the time.
The mischief of the vampire brought sickness and death to Ermo's village, he is only one of four to have escaped. Older than the other survivors Ermo travels with the caravan not to find a new home as the others do, but to escape the ruins of a town that dwell ever in his memory.
Someone has bitten more han he can chew, I’d say. And no peekin’!