Roses watered with blood it has been over five centuries since the curtain of the masquerade was drawn across the stage of the kindred. It has been five centuries of secrecy, tradition and lies, five centuries of hidden ...Roses watered with blood it has been over five centuries since the curtain of the masquerade was drawn across the stage of the kindred. It has been five centuries of secrecy, tradition and lies, five centuries of hidden elegance and terror.