The Gheists

Anpeth (dead). Old thin man with a long beard. Abbot to the monastery of Saint Timothy. Leader of the Gheists bloodline. Wellrespected cainite in the south of France, with a lot of sway.

Ankou (dead). Young blond man, that speaks with two voices. Ancient. Seeks to become King or Lord of the dead. And to become the next step in the pinnacle of human and kindredkind.

Ekaterina

Knight and Scourge to the local court of Queen Esclarmonde, this beautiful woman from clan Tzimisce has demonstrated frightening capabilities in battle. Warned by the characters of Violetta’s impending plans, she was able to turn the tables and not be surprised.

Constancia / Synovea, Oracle of Bones

A tall bald woman, with sunken cheeks, as if malnourished or inflicted with the wasting disease. With her vague words of prophecy she convinced the Council of Princes, to let the characters play their role as fate needed them to. Clan Cappadocian

Esclarmonde, the Black Queen

This beautiful Toreador Queen bears a curse. Her skin is ebony black. Her facial features, while, recognisable as Spanish, can’t be seen as a specific visage, only a mild confusing haze at best. She resides at the moment in the town of Anduze, outside the monastery of Saint-Timothy, and claims the province of Toulouse as her domain.

The Founders

Also known as "The Council of Princes"

Alexander. With a noble countenance as if chiselled from stone, this overbearing man expects to be obeyed. This powerful being hails from Clan Ventrue. Jealous and tyrannical, he brooks little challenge to his power.

Mistress Fanchon. A handsome, middle-aged woman with very long, dark hair and bright green eyes. She was the one that commissioned the killing of Violetta. Clan Lasombra.

Josef Obertus. A stooped, wizened man, no more than four foot nine in height, with long nails. Master of a chamber with fleshcrafter horrors, this man can only belong to clan Tzimisce. Replaced the arm of one of the characters with another, as a punishment.

Rafael de Corazon. Gorgeous beyond belief, Rafael has a mellifluous voice to match his looks. Medium boned and of average stature, de Corazón is beautiful in a way that seems almost angelic. He has taught others the importance of Masquerade, and is concerned with keeping Kindred society ongoing, even in the face of trifling things like crusades, prophecies, or dark rituals.

Adana de Sforza. A petite, blonde woman with narrow blue eyes and sharp features. One of the few voices in favour of keeping the characters alive, when the discussion took place. Clan Brujah

Milov Petrenkov. A Large man with a shock of red hair, wielding a large sword. He subdued the characters forcefully after the fateful dinner. Clan Gangrel

Camilla Banes. An exceedingly tall, rosy-cheeked woman with glittering, dreamy eyes. Speaks in contrasts, once kind and doting, the other cruel and violent. Clan Malkavian

The Conspiracy of Isaac

The Conspiracy of Isaac (aka "the Cousins of Abel") is a ploy by the Giovanni family to enable the Diablerie of the Cappadocian Antediluvian and Amphet. The conspiracy was led by Claudius Giovanni, but was comprised of vampires from different clans. All members of this group were decadent and jaded aristocrats, a fact that made it easy for Claudius to ensure their loyalty.

Claudius Ioveanus. Original Host to the fateful dinner that saw the characters become doomed. He has gathered his peers to rebel against the tyranny of the High Clans and the Princes, and seeks to enact a ritual to gather power and break one of the symbols of their power. Clan Cappadocian

Lady Jadviga Almanov (Halfdan's sire). A heavyset woman in a black dress, red hair. A mover and shaker in the politics in her region of the Holy Roman Empire. Old Clan Tzimisce

Teophana (Matheus's sire). She was slender, tall woman-child, about 16 years old, with waist-length blonde hair and torn, soiled, silken gown with decayed floral arrangement in her hair. Has a brown and a green eye. Clan Kiasyd

Dimitra (Berenguer's sire). A tall sinewy woman wearing a traveling cloak and man's breeches, with a sword strapped at her belt. Said to be Clanless, she has made references to being part of a secretive order.

Matron Violetta (dead).A heavyset woman, with a caring aura. Matron to an orphanage in Paris. Revealed to be a hideous monstrosity obsessed with “saving” children from the rigours of life. Clan Nosferatu.

Casmir. A portly man, wearing a black robe with silver trim. An older man with a smug smirk as if he’s aware of an inside joke that no one else sees. Unknown Clan

 
Sire Wenceslas (Corso's sire). Older man, draped in jewelry, wears purple. Istharri clan, Blades faction adherent.

Lord Mieczyslav. A handsome young man, dressed in a monk's robe with high cheekbones, he is blunt-spoken and believes in one thing and one thing only, power. He has mentioned that he is part of the brotherhood of sword of Livonia. Unknown Clan

Leopold Valdemar. A bald, middle-aged man, he is a hearty fellow, who does many things to excess. This man has stayed in the shadows for now, as an unremarkable person. Unknown Clan.

Lord Bajazet al-Nasir (Bernard's sire). A dark-skinned man with angular, chiseled features, he speaks softly yet quite animatedly when in conversation with others. His movements are always quick and silent. Clan Bonsam.

Lady Amisa. A swarthy woman in a simple orange dress, hailing from the Delhi Sultanate. Serving as a historian for her lineage of Priests and Kings, she has been looking for a wayward bastard of her lineage. Clan Danava

Gabrin. A short young man dressed as a Gypsy, wearing lots of flashy gold jewelry and a coarse tunic and leggings. Stole the Jawbone and is currently still holding it. Clan Ravnos.

Marchettus the Bold. Tall, broad-shoulder man, with scars and one eye. He is a retired commander of the Varangian guard. Clan of the ‘Oathtakers’, Vaerengjar.

Berenguer de Quertinheux

Concept: Cathar Seneschal
Born: 1192 AD
Embraced: 1230 AD
Clan: -

Corso Garofani

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Concept: Artist
Born: 1202 AD
Embraced: 1230 AD
Clan: Toreador (formerly Ishtarri)

Background. Originally from Pisa, Corso moved to Rome when his benefactor, Monsignor Pandolfo Grassi, offered him to decorate a new chapel in the capital of the Papal State.

Year 1230 - 1347. After the events surrounding the Storm of Souls, Corso returns to Rome to reunite with his family. The holiness of Rome is too much to bear for him, so he decides to move back to Toscana.

Thanks to the connections of both his family and his wife's, they buy a villa with adjacent lands in the countryside of Firenze, where they open a vineyard. Corso hides his condition as a debilitating disease, making less and less public appearances. When his wife dies a few years after, he barely leaves the villa, focusing on his art.

He leaves the upkeep of the vineyard to his kids and grandkids, slowly changing his identity to that of a reclusive benefactor and bussiness partner with ties to the family. The vineyard grows to be a little community he names Bellezza. To the people of the vineyards, and to his own descendants, he's known as Messer Rossi Leone.

Every month or so he travels to Firenze to keep his addiction in check, and socialize with fellow kindred. During one of his visits he befriends the poet Dante Alighieri. He's inspired by his Divina Commedia, and paints several canvas to illustrate's Dante's view of the Afterlife.

He also meets a talented painter named Giotto; the two artists spend much time together, with Corso setting the fundaments of the naturalistic style and the Florentine School.

Once a year he travels to France to pay his respect to Queen Esclarmonde, and to keep track of the political landscape of kindred society.

Closest Family Relations 
Father, Baldovino (b. 1182 - 1262 AD), florist
Mother, Lina (b. 1185 - 1262 AD), florist
- Brother, Ludovico (b. 1200 - 1245 AD), florist, helps the family, unmarried
- Sister, Fea (b. 1208 - 1263 AD), married, moved to Firenze

Wife, Lisabetta (b. 1202 - 1242 AD), daughter of a rich merchant from Pisa
- Daughter, Ginevra (b. 1218 - 1293 AD)
- Son, Simone (b. 1222 - 1312 AD)

Paintings
"Nameless Guilt" AD 1230, Sketch (7 successes)
- A young girl sitting naked in bed. Painted after Corso's first accidental murder caused by feeding.
- Current owner: Corso.

"Crimson Tides" AD 1230, Oil on canvas (3 + 5 + 6 successes)
- A high priest standing on a hill, overlooking two armies in battle. A red-blood moon in the sky. Painted for the Elder vampire Gabrin.
- Current owner: Gabrin.

"And Mauve feeds on Ash" AD 1230, Oil on canvas (6 + 5 + 7 successes)
- A dragon stuck in a pool of rot fills a theater stage. Ghostly children heads are the spectators. Painted following the events surrounding lady Voletta's death.
- Current owner: Corso.

"On Futility" AD 1230, Oil on canvas, with drops of holy water from the caves of St. Timothy, and drops of blood from the Gheists and Cappadocian bloodline (2 + 5 + 9 successes)
- Cain/Ioveanus looks in desperation at the corpse of Abel/Anpeth, while a storm of souls gathers around them. An angelic creature (Ankou) looks down at them with pity in his eyes.
- Current Owner: Destroyed during the Storm of Souls.

"To a Friend" AD 1230, Oil on canvas (8 + 6 + 5 successes)
- Black Queen Esclarmonde in diaphanous dress, surrounded by masked dancers bathed in blue light. One dancer has no mask, and bears the frightened gaze of a young and beatiful woman.
- Current Owner: Queen Esclarmonde.

"What Tyler?" AD 1385, Oil on canvas (2 + 6 + 1 successes)
- The meeting between Wat Tyler and the King of England. The PCs are among the crowd. There's a dog dirty with mud, his face is the face of Claudius Joveanus.
- Current Owner: Corso.

Matheus de Milon

Concept: Student

Born: early 13th century
Embraced: 1230 AD
Clan: Kiasyd

Halfdan Brynthorson

Concept: Cultist of Loki
Born: early 13th century
Embraced: 1230 AD
Clan: Tzimisce

Bernard la Grenouille

Concept: Grave-digger
Born: early 13th century
Embraced: 1230 AD
Clan: Bonsan

a.k.a. The Frog

Year 1230 - 1280. Bernard, under the tutelage of Madame de Sforza, spent one year travelling with her and learning how to pose as a Brujah. Later on he moved to Italy, visiting Rome, Florence and Venice.

 

During these first years of wanderings, the Elder of his bloodline awoke, hungry for the blood of his children. After escaping an harrowing confrontation with him, at the cost of large part of his intestines, Bernard decide to change his clan, using the timely gift of Dimitra. So he turn back once again to Madame de Sforza and joined the ranks of the Brujah.

 

After that he resumed his wandering in Italy, visiting Corso in his new villa in the tuscan countryside and keeping in contact with many courts around Italy, gathering knowledge and information.