#noddism

[“Anatole -- Eighth Generation -- Malkavian *1173 #1193 +1999

Childe of Pierre l’Imbecile. A. is also called the “holy harbinger.” He always had visions, but only after -- Embrace did they start making sense. In the Middle Ages, -- Octavio turned to him. He asked A. to destroy him by -- Amaranth. A. did and was on a mission ever since until he met his -- Final Death. Together with my colleague Lucita (see her -- biography in Appendix II) and -- Beckett, he searched for fragments of the -- Book of Nod and told about the coming of -- Gehenna. A. committed suicide after passing on all his knowledge in a cave in Adirondacks in 1999.”

[“Beckett;

“An aura of mystery surrounds the -- vampire known as B., a Seventh Generation -- Gangrel. B. often claims to be a childe of yours truly, which I have to refute as a falsehood in spite of our close relationship. Visionary who can keep up with any -- Malkavian. Time of -- Embrace and -- sire unknown. Ours is a mentor-protege relationship.

“At any rate, B. surpasses even -- Anatole and Lucita (see her biography in Appendix II) in his feverish quest for historical documents on the “Kindred state.” Recently, B. has stirred up some unrest in the vampiric society when he claimed the -- Book of Nod could not be taken literally but was only an allegory and a fable.

“B., who seems to be permanently on the road, rarely stays in one place for a long time. He is gripped by wanderlust, and his thirst for knowledge drives him on. B. feels a deep passion for unraveling the secrets of -- Cainite history and has proven that he -- do almost anything to find some answers.”]

[“Lucita y Aragon

“The daughter of Alfonse I of Aragon, Lucita grew up privileged but chafed under her responsibility to her father and family. She thought of patricide many times and often ran away, only to be caught by the Aragonese guards and returned to her father’s custody. Rather than bother with disciplining the girl himself (as king, he had better things to do), Alfonse shuffled her off to confession each time, trusting that God and church would engender penitence in his daughter. The fact that her confessor was Ambrosio Luis Moncada made his hope a vain one.

“Moncada recognized an [indomitable] will in young Lucita, and a fierce independence. These traits--combined with his unholy lust for her--convinced the bishop that her Embrace was warranted. After talking with others of his clan, Moncada decided that the Lasombra would greatly benefit from this individual of high birth.

“After her Embrace, though, Lucita’s relationship with her clan was hardly idyllic. She struggled with Moncada just as she had struggled with her mortal father, craving autonomy and freedom. Although she serves Moncada dutifully as a diplomat and a noble (she is rumored to be the power behind the thrown of the current King Aragon, Peter II), she is more at home on the road with her traveling companion Anatole, who inspires in Lucita more faith in God than the degenerate Moncada ever could.