copy/pasted from my tumblr. The horrible 17th century French vampire polycule. CW discussions of abuse. not graphic.
Juliana starts running with 3 other vampires - Leah, Ulrich, and Emil - in France. Leah made Ulrich, Ulrich made Emil. These 3 can all read each others thoughts, leaving Juliana is left out of the loop.
So like. Vampires are solitary predators yet social creatures. Ulrich is domineering and controlling over Emil and Juliana. (Leah can do whatever as long as she doesn't undermine Ulrich's authority) Juliana especially gets the worst of it, bc she's a woman and a foreigner and an outsider.
Leah is kind of an enforcer of Ulrich's will, kind of the power behind the throne, if you will. She more or less ignores Emil and Juliana aside for a few snide comments here and there, and she rarely does anything directly them, preferring to work through Ulrich.
Emil is Not treated well by Ulrich but he still admires him and is in fact a little jealous of Juliana bc she has a brutality to her that Ulrich respects. Like she CAN meet Ulrich on his level in a way that Emil just can't.
after a decade or so of this Juliana kills Ulrich and goes up to Emil like hey I ripped off his head we're in charge now ^_^ but Emil is HORRIFIED and tells Juliana to get out of the city . Anyway. Yeah Juliana does become Ulrich to Carlotta.