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Keepers of Enoch
Which brings me back to Enoch. The Nagaraja submitted
themselves to the rulers of Enoch, wanting only to serve
and preserve what had been built there. We became the
tenders of the gardens of the dead and the librarians of the
underworld relics, as the secrets held within would only
go on to strengthen us. Most of all, our kind became the
warriors who defended the Necropolis from the likes of
those who would bring it ruin. This included a collection
of powerful spectres, necromantic mages who hoped to
break in and steal the city’s secrets and, most of all, the
Followers of Set.
One would think that a city of the dead found only in
the lost corners of the maze in the land of death which
slowly kills anyone who enters its borders wouldn’t be in
need of protection. And yet, the wars that came after the
loss of so many antediluvians brought immeasurable ruin
to all realms of reality. To allow anyone to take the city from
the Nagaraja would mean we no longer had a hand in what
the apocalypse will look like. That is Enoch’s true purpose,
you know: to bring about the end of all things one day.
In order to keep control, more of our bloodline were
required. Our strongest necromancers stayed behind to
hold down the fort, while the more adventurous of us
traveled the world in search of those who also sought true
purpose. Most of us arrived in what became the Middle
East and Asia, and altered our forms to blend in with the
populace. New childer were sent back to Enoch after they
completed the proper training to bolster the city’s defenses.
Not all of our new creations were deemed worthy to
enter the great Necropolis, however, so some Nagaraja were
simply set upon the world. Not without recitations over their
tongues to keep them from sharing our secrets with those
outside the bloodline, mind you. We can’t let our lessons
be sold to the highest bidder. We’re not Giovanni, after all.
It wasn’t too long before the Nagaraja outnumbered all
other Kindred and we were able to take charge of Enoch.
We held the keys to the city and the other Kindred knew
it, so we used that to our advantage.
Hunter Turned Prey
The power we held over the dead and the entrance to
Enoch did nothing to make the other Kindred like us. While
the Camarilla made alliances and created the Masquerade
in hopes of hiding from the pitchforks and torches, they
also sought to snuff out those vampires they deemed
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