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Jeremy doesn’t remember much about his past or who he was
His first starting memory was running out of a room of an underground chamber in an Eastern Europe country. He was fleeing from Ismael, and he have been fleeing the last 5 years from Ismael. Jeremy joined the last crusade in order to change radically, to throw off Ismael (change of identity, face etc). That was to save Acre after the fall of Tripoli in 1289. Having succeeded, as the crusader failed to save Acre from falling thus ending the last Latin state in the holy lands he came back in europe with the end of the crusade in where he chose to settle in England. There he spend the next 2 years building his wealth in the jewel and precious stones business until the end of 1291 with the skill he learned as a young boy.
Now a man barely 20 and anticipating the need to further change in case Ismael had picked up his trail again he sold everything and with a a decent amount of cash left England. Hearing about the travels of Marco polo along the Silk road he ventured forth toward Italy.
Taveling toward the South of France he soon learned about John of Montecorvino who In 1289 was sent out as Roman legate to the Great Khan, the Ilkhan of Persia, and other leading personages of the Mongol Empire, as well as to the Emperor of Ethiopia by the papal court.

Some of John's companion had died and in 1292 he wrote back to Avigion informing the Pop for his goal to continue to china and his need for a caravan to be send. Jeremy found it the perfect means to an end. Not only would he invest in the commercial part of the enterprise but he would also accompany it as a medical doctor and accountant.

travelling by sea from Nestorian Meliapur in Bengal, The caravan bringing Jeremy and John of Montecorvino reached China in 1294, appearing in the capital "Cambaliech" (now Beijing), only to find that Kúblaí Khan had just died, and Temür (1294–1307) had succeeded to the Mongol throne.

Jeremy staid until Temur's death and returned to Europe. The return trip took him two years and arrived in Venice wanting to meet Marco Polo who had served Kublai Khan and traveled in Asia for 24 years.

Now older and a wealthy man Jeremy sets food in Venice having finished his return from the far East, wanting to meet a famous traveler and knowing that there was something in the city that was connected to his unremembered past

Vykos flashes forward but none of the other scenes seem to interest him much, not even the attack on the shrine you inhabited for another 80 years as it is attacked by the Tremere and their Gargoyle minions.

Before you, is wise and beloved Gesu, the head of the Obertus Order. Gesu by this time has transformed and is not a mere Cainite but a huge amorphous mass taking up the entire chapel. He has evolved. His enormous body allows him to go weeks without drinking blood as it stores reserves and some claim generates vitae all on its own. While you cannot hear what he has to say he speaks to two figures which stand before him, outsiders to the Order. One is a many eyed Vampire with them all over his body, standing with him is a Muslim Vampire.

The discussion ends and Gesu lowers himself from the rest of his body willingly submitting to death at the hands of the many eyed Vampire with the Muslim Vampire standing by watching in awe. The other monks are waved off by Gesu as they try to intercede. As Gesu expires and crumbles to dust, you see the other monks charge into the room enraged seeking to avenge their fallen leader. They perish at the hands of the intruders. You see the flesh of the walls that were parts of Gesu disintegrate as he resigned himself to death.

In fear for your own life you flee the scene. You find other members of the Order who are attempting to save some of the wisdom enshrined by Gesu and the other members of the Order. You aid the in carrying scrolls from the Monastery.

For a moment the world rewinds and Vykos focuses on the two intruders. [vykos says] Sadir [follower of Seth] and Sebastian. The Salubri has the blood of my Grandsire [aka Getsu] coursing through his veins. I will have to rectify that…”

Your real age is 129! Your birth name was Brother Isaac.

Your name is now Bagrat Kamsarakan. You are the last of the Noble lineage from which Narses was spawned. He thought your line extinct long ago but your line of the family fled the Kingdom of Armenia and managed to eke out an existence in Damascus. Even when the Muslims came your family managed to survive. Your life was a simple one, an advisor to a Mamluk Governor in Damascus when the Mongolian Horde invaded the territory for the third time. It was only through dumb luck that I found the man making a pilgrimage to Armenia as he was ready to die and wished to see his homeland one last time, he had been gravely injured in the Battle for Damascus”.

You retain these memories now as part of your own. Should someone attempt to read your mind, you may make a Wits+Performance check at a DC of 6 to lay these false memories over your own.

You gain the Merit Spiritual Mentor, you should take some point in Alternate Identity Background for Bagrat Kamsarakan.

Your Eidetic Memory will allow you to drudge up memories for Bagrat. Perception+Alertness DC 7 to pull access his memories.

A failure will not allow for this. However, if you roll Self-Control DC 8 you can calm yourself enough to allow Bagrat to inhabit your body.

He may also force his away in at will, you may resist his attempts wth a Willpower challenge test.

2 figures in the plan of Myca Vikos: One is Mohammad (can bind the spirit of the dead / is a Follower of seth [told by Vikos]) and the other one is named Claudius Giovanni (can cloak aura / He was trown out of venice by The capadoccian). A third individual (issac) approved of the plan. Myca Vikos' cousin Miecyslav . He will be paying a visit to Prince Abertorius in Vienna. Before coming to Venice

Probably a vampire [From Narse court: Prince Goratrix Representative to Narses Court - Stares at Statues - Clan Malkavian]. Milov is unhappy with him [probably from failed mission]. He is looking for a group that he send to meet him at the Inn (They failed to show- Probably dead) One of them was the one he promised to Petrankov. Talisman is meeting the settite Sadir. He can arrange a meeting for Vykos

Kratos [Clan Lassombra] stalks up to you Bagrat and hands you a bag with a folio, "Mortal descendant of Narses. I bequeath these documents to you. If I do not return to this Conclave tomorrow night, I request that you deliver them to a Cainite that you trust here"

Khadijah [Muslim Vampire - Clan Lasombra]:The Reconquista for mortals was the Christian Crusade of Iberia for lack of a better term. Reclaiming the lands that the "Moors" had conquered, a war that still wages and splits Clan Lasombra along ethnic and religious lines in Castile, Gallecia, the Almohad Caliphate, the entirety of the peninsula really. I came here to try and repair that rift but I sense that the Lasombra of the west care little to do so. I have brought the subject up but I am rebuffed and told that it is an issue to be decided by the full ruling body of the Inner Circle. If the Inner Circle is comprised mainly of Westerners who are Christian, or who have their interests in sync with mortal Christians, you could imagine how well such a conversation would go yes?

Durga is a member of the Ravnos Bloodline the only member of her Bloodline in attendance as far as you know. Prince Narses has suggested that she would tally the votes for the Inner Circle Members as she is the only true independent Cainite here. These are your own memories, Bagrat never heard of her nor had any memory of her. [b] e. Should you need assistance from one of our kind, do not hesitate to seek me out. Your connection to Narses keeps the wolves at bay, for now. But beware should you lose his favor [/]

Contender to be Brujah Inner Circle

5sarracen) Uthman al-Din nut aka moses [grandson of Salasin] is looking for: a woman in the Greeting in the night before was to check if a woman was staying with the Thesing's who own the Inn the Tzimisce currently occupy. Her hair is dark as the shadow and her face pale as the moon

The voices are speaking in Greek Female "a few more weeks. Then all should be safe".
Male "So by then these creatures will be out of my Inn and all will be well?"
Female "Yes, then I can move on with my life".
Male sighs, "Very well. Stay up here then no noise we will keep your secret till then". The sound of footsteps heading towards the door.

Narses reads aloud:

Menele is convinced by Petaniqua to follow her son on his march to conquer in response to the attacks on Greece by the Assamites and Ventrue of Persia. Menele is the War captain and takes Petaniqua as sorceress advisor, with Cristo (Nosferatu sire of Petradon) as his spymaster, and Hukros (Gangrel warrior) as his Battlemaster. Meneleus brings three childer along the road with him as well, Tithian, Phillip, and Hastrat.

Endymion a Grandchilde of Arikel comes along on the trip interested to see the art and architecture of the eastern world. Endymion discovers that Saulot himself has also decided to come along for the journey though he notes it in his journal he refuses to tell anyone else of this knowledge (rightly thinking that it could be dangerous to his continued unlife to reveal such information).

The campaign begins in Asia Minor with the city of Sardis which wisely surrenders to the overwhelming Macedonian force. The cities Vampiric Ruler was Thraldus a childe of the Byzar, a Cappadocian Methuselah. Of course he held no loyalty to any but his sire and did not see the point in battle with the Warlord Meneleus.

The next major stop on the road was Halicarnassus a stronghold in the mountains. After a brutal siege the city could not be taken and Alexander moved on not wanting to be bogged down. He left an army to blockade the city though as its strategic importance could not be overlooked. Pisindalis childe of the Lasombra Methuselah Boukephos commanded the city. It was odd the author noted that he should have such fealty to Assamite and or Ventrue overlords (it was not clear which if any he served).

After further sieges of coastal cities designed to prevent Darius’ navy from having safe port Alexander (and Meneleus) head to Egypt. At this point the author notes, Saulot clearly has no childer with him which interests him as he believed that such ancients could only feed upon the blood of the Kindred to sustain themselves.

The Setites bow to Alexander and do not challenge Meneleus in fact they invite Meneleus into the greatest of theie Courts which he of course wisely declines. A Setite requests that he be allowed to accompany Meneleus on the journey and bring Setite warriors along with him to share in the glory of Alexander’s conquests. Tetukh a Childe of Izzat takes the role as the leader of the Setite Warriors. It is not exactly clear why the Egyptians take so well to Alexander (or at least not clear to the author). Countess Nehshi petitions Meneleus to construct a Setite court in the newly created Alexandria. Meneleus agrees, he leaves a grandchilde (Petrofet) to oversee the newly conquered territory.

The army set out to the outskirts of the Persian Empire - the Levant and Syria were the next targets of Alexander. Tyre was razed to the ground when the defenders refused to concede. Meneleus ensured that all the Vampires of Tyre suffered the final death for failure to surrender. It was here that the first major loss was suffered by the Kindred of Macedonia, Phillip the Childe of Meneleus was struck down by an Assamite elder. (The author speculates that perhaps this is why all Vampiric residents perished to the last).

The majesty of the mountain ranges known as the Cilician Gates are described in breathtaking detail. The author even stayed up in the morning to behold its beauty by daylight! (No doubt the author spent time learning the tricks of the Gangrel else he would have perished in such an attempt!) After his march through these Gates, Alexander has his first confrontation with the Emperor Darius. The battle takes place by day and thus there is no account of it though it is noted that Alexander’s superior tactics (and perhaps Darius’ lack of will) cause Darius to depart from the field.

The army then proceeded to Gaza laying an enormous siege to the city, in the titanic battle Tetukh the Setite warrior perished. This time though Menele allowed the Kindred of the city to live. Indeed the Ventrue Maltheas even defected to Meneleus’ cause. He indicated to the author that it seemed that the mortal Alexander was destined for greatness and that only a fool would oppose the forces of nature, Vampires inherently are unnatural and to resist the obvious when confronted by it is impractical.

In Jerusalem, Meneleus confronts the Assamite master of Jerusalem in one on one combat and bests him. Thereafter the Kindred of the city submit to the will of Meneleus (much as the human population did to Alexander but without the drama of a one on one duel). The Satrap (Persian Prince) of the city informs Meneleus that Ur Shulgi Assamite supreme Sorcerer has taken to torpor which somewhat explains the lack of magical resistance to Alexander’s March. In this meeting it is exposed that Menele himself is a powerful sorcerer and warlord. This news spreads like wildfire through the east. (The author believes that Saulot leaked this information as very few were privy to the secret – the author was by virtue of the relationship he had been building with Petanaquia).

In Jerusalem Menele is visited by a Kindred named Beshter who in exchange for information regarding the strengths of the Persian strongholds wishes to obtain succor in the Macedonian lands that Menele and his childer control. Menele agrees and it is revealed that there is a large schism between the Assamites and the Ventrue, indeed they war amongst themselves even as Alexander sweeps eastward.

Emboldened by the news Menele’s spymaster Cristo sends falsified information to the east regarding treachery on the part of all the major Methuselahs of Persia hoping to set them against one another. (The author notes that even Menele does not wish to face some of Persia’s most powerful all assembled together). [The list of direct childer of Antedeluvians in Persia is a long one, Mithras, Tiamat, Veddartha all childer of Ventrue; Ur Shulgi, Sha’Hiri, Scriptos all childer of Haquim; Atar childe of Malkav; Vayu childe of Ravnos; Hoama (supposedly a childe of the True Brujah Antedeluvian); and Kishar childe of Gangrel]. There are other Methuselahs of course that dwell in the ancient Persian, Akkadian and Babylonian territories but these are the eldest who wield influence in Darius’ Persia.

The plan works brilliantly Veddartha and Scriptos both are rumored to fall into Torpor opposing one another. Many of the other Methuselahs simply drift away or perhaps enter Torpor when the war leaders become scattered or fall. Mithras takes the field with Darius’ army in the Battle of Gaugamela (though obviously in the night well after it has begun). Seeing the efficiency of his foes Mithras abandons his holdings. He informs Hastrat who has come prepared for battle that he will journey west as he believes that what he sees assembled before him now perhaps makes such a trip worthwhile.

Darius is again defeated at Gaugamela and again chooses to flee. Alexander does not give chase and instead races to Babylon to conquer it (especially now that Mithras has abandoned his stronghold, Menele is pleased with the decision). Upon arrival in Babylon, Menele learns that his onetime human wife Helen is a high ranking member of the Satrapy of Persepolis. Menele seeks Helen at Persepolis while Alexander heads to Susa and its enormous treasury. Menele is seduced by Helen and agrees to give up his conquest of Persia in return for her passage with him back to Macedonia. Petaniqua is outraged but there is little she can do as Menele hands the reins of power to his childe Tithian.

While Darius is killed by a human (ghoul) rival under the control of Sha’Hiri Alexander has himself declared King of Persia at Persepolis. Tiamat journeys to Persepolis to reach a truce with Menele as she believes that without such a truce she shall lose Susa. Once she arrives and realizes that Tithian and not Menele is in control of the army, her tactics change.

The meeting takes place at the top of Persepolis. (The author is a fly on the wall having snuck into the meeting with only stealth to guide him). Tiamat attempts to convince Tithian that there are forces much more powerful at work and that there are other Antedeluvians that would aid them in the fight against their sires and grandsires. Indeed one such Antedeluvian named Lilith visited her on her journey to the eastern kingdoms of India.

Luckily for (or perhaps unluckily) for the author his reliance on common stealth allows him to avoid detection when Saulot arrives. Saulot is enraged that Tiamat even knows of such information and uses his awesome powers (presumably of Dominate to wipe both her and Tithian’s memories). He then starts a fire that burns Persepolis almost to the ground. Even Alexander barely escapes with is life from the fire. The author is terrified that he alone possesses such information, he is not even sure if this information is even true though the reaction of Saulot is telling. The existence of Antedeluvians other than the 13 would be shocking, but to know that one of the Antedeluvians was aware of it would be even more shocking.

Tithian perishes in the fire and Tiamat is badly injured and forced into torpor (Saulot left them at the meeting place nearly mindless after his mind eraser and the author certainly did not attempt to save them). The author speaks no further on the fate of Alexander’s armies nor on the progress of the Kindred shadow war that lurks beneath the conquering banner of Alexander. In fact, the author heads to Alexandria after the incident with Saulot where a Brujah ally of his (chosen as a lorekeeper by Petrofet) has taken a haven. By the time he reaches Alexandria, Saulot’s cover has been blown as there are now whispers that Saulot has journeyed East beyond the Indus river. The author is so shaken by this revelation that he stops writing. He asks his friend to bind his scrolls into a book form but not to read it. Only hide it deep within the new library of Alexandria.

Narses pauses his eyes wide at the tale he just related to you. This is the first time you have ever seen him react to anything so visibly.

The Politics Roll 5 successes (10 counts twice)!

1. The Nosferatu vying for a seat names himself Petradon Cristo. This document seems to indicate they are two separate people.

2. If this is the same Cristo that is here in attendance he may be able to confirm whether some of the activities attributed to the Cainites listed actually took place.

3. Criatas the Elder is the Childe of a Meneleus. Could this be the same one referred to in the writing?

4. The name Beshter seems like one you have heard in passing while here but you cannot remember in what context.

5. Mithras, if it is the same one in this writing, has a representative here named Alyssa. Whether a direct descendent or not is not clear but this Mithrs rules in Londinium and the scrolls did state that Mithras would be journeying west...

Bonus for the 5 successes. 6. Helen mentioned here may well be the Sire of Francois Villon. You remember someone mentioning that Francois and Criatas' Sires were enemies. If that is so then something went wrong between them after Alexander's March.

much points of interest.... more than 13 clans ? the actions of Saulot, the existance of a true brujah Antedelivian, the Ravenos , Fight between younger and older vampire, The one called lilith, the possible location of the one called tiamat...

Meet him at the Cornish Hedonist, a Tavern of ill repute. It is a place that he secretly controls

1 "Beshter was slain. Some stories say by a Baali, others say he perished in the fires of the Fourth Crusade, still others state that of all things a Salubri diablerized him. Either way, Beshter is long gone. Memories of him in the minds of other Cainites and those two statues of his likeness in Elysium upstairs are all that remain of him.."

2 Yes, those statues are the likeness of Michael. You remember having seen them once in Constantinople in the Hagia Sophia on the lone night you were brought into the "Archangel's" (as he was sometimes referred to) presence..