sentences:  Years later, Janus was kidnapped at the order of the vampire lord Varnae.During the "Curse of the Mutants" storyline, Janus is betrayed by the Claw Sect and handed over to his brother Xarus (who has usurped his father Dracula's title of Lord of the Vampires).The Siren Sect leader Alyssa secretly hands him a light-deflecting pendant when he escapes.