#caius.

"A strigoi," the name was said with a little displeasure, if only because the last strigoi that had been within his life, had been that of his sire. Dorian had sought the cure, had twisted his life into that of which nestled itself between human and vampire. He had outlived the years that had been granted to him, had denied the chance to become a vampire once more. "All you have to do is say the word, you know? Give you a taste of my blood, grant you the chance to be in a better bloodline."

Caius is one of the three ancient leaders of the Volturi. He was born around 1300 BC, and at some point became a vampire in the Dacian Guard. He was born at least a century before Aro and was transformed into a vampire in his late 30s. He met Athenodora after running afoul in the Romanian, then Dacian coven, and they began traveling together as a bonded pair, later becoming married. When they came across Aro, he was quite taken of the vampire’s ambitious and long-ranged plans of domination. By the time they met, Aro had already formed the Volturi coven with a talented young vampire named Marcus. Caius was immediately attracted to the idea of joining forces with the gifted vampires. Though Caius had no psychic gift, Aro was drawn to his ambition and passionate capacity to hate; which was a great potential for manipulation in what could be both a weakness and a strength.

Some 2000 years before ago, he was nearly killed in a fight with a werewolf, which prompted him to hunt them to near extinction. He also took part in the extermination of the immortal children and cleaning up after the Southern vampire wars, making sure that newborn armies and their creators were destroyed.

Caius is very ambitious and can easily be considered the cruelest of all three leaders, and is seen as never extending mercy to anyone. Whenever the opportunity presents itself, he advocates for the most aggressive methods of handling situations, and is usually in favor of executions. He is always at the head of any punitive missions, much to his pleasure. He is also known for being sadistic, and enjoys watching Jane torture offenders of his coven’s laws before they are executed.