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Omens Enacted
As spoken by Marchesa Liliana, Wearer of the Triple-Faced
Mask Our Antediluvian is the important factor. We despise the
Giovanni for slaying Cappadocius. This may appear contrary
to our hate for the Clan founder, but listen; Cappadocius
was no fool. Every step of Giovanni betrayal was utterly
orchestrated by Cappadocius and his underlings.
You will be told many times these nights how we serve
one vampire or another. Primary among all concerns is we
are not slaves. We practiced the servile role as a subterfuge
for generations, but that time is past. You ask “why?” A lesser scholar would attribute such
self-sacrifice to insanity, but Cappadocius’ mind was on
a higher plane than we mere immortals. Do not try to
understand the workings of a god.
Ah, but what of Lazarus? If the ancient Cappadocian has
anything to do with us, I’ve yet to see evidence. I’ve not met
him, nor heard his voice, nor do I follow the authority of those
so close to Antediluvians. I was never Cappadocian. I was
always Harbinger. Others claim differently, but this is my truth. If you must hear my theory, it’s a simple one: Cappadocius
reviled us as much as we loathed him. He was frustrated
by our failures; in a great convulsion, he decided he would
start anew through the Familia Giovanni. His death was
a small part of the plan. Cappadocius lives on through
fragments. One within Augustus Giovanni, another within
the Shadowlands, and the final bound somewhere in the
Skinlands.
I say with certainty, our bloodline harbors a quite
instinctive hatred for the vampires calling themselves
Giovanni and Camarilla. I could proclaim Giovanni as
rivals to our realm of necromancy, due to their meddling
in matters ethereal, but I know our loathing for the family
and the Ivory Tower goes deeper, to the lowest level of the
Underworld, where the Neverborn and a portion of our
Antediluvian dwells.
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We do not hate the Giovanni for their act of murder,
or for their theft of our vengeance, but for their being
unwitting tools of Cappadocius. The Camarilla likewise.
All are ignorant to the alien behavior of their f