Etrius
- Tremere -x- Vienna - La Belle Époque -x- Vienna
Quote: "Magic is an exercise of disciplined will and the knowledge that, sometimes, will must be unleashed.The secret lies in knowing when to exercise control…and when to let go."
Sobriquet: Councilor
Appearance: Standing 5’ 6” tall and of average weight, Etrius has long, tawny blond hair and blue eyes. His face is slightly rounded. He prefers to wear the robes of a mage and never removes a golden chain with a blood-red stone set into a medallion given to him by Tremere when he first became a master magus.
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History: Etrius was born 850 AD near what is now the city of Gothenburg in what is now Sweden. His father served Ansgar, the German bishop who made the first Christian mission to the area. The young and very pious (although not humble or otherwise well-versed in Christian virtues) Etrius was sent on a pilgrimage to Rome, but his party was attacked and Etrius was taken as slave.
In Constantinople, he was sold to someone who sensed his special talents for magic, a man called Tremere. Despite Etrius sermons about God and the Church, Tremere began to tutor the young man in the hermetic arts. The young man's arrogance grew as he magically outlived his peers, blustering himself into a state of divine absolution and of Tremeres most favourite apprentice.
His only rival for the favor of his master was Goratrix, a man he immediately despised after meeting him. Etrius was responsible for establishing the Vienna chantry and was nominally the head of it, although he seldom remained there. He was also present when Goratrix consecrated Ceoris, criticizing him for the construction and spending much time at the chantry. When the arcane arts of the Order of Hermes began to fail them and endangered their immortality (a fact that Etrius proved, much to Goratrix's dismay), the mages of House Tremere began to search desperately for means of averting the decline of magic or maintaining their immortality.
Etrius even dabbled in Infernalism, something that backfired horribly and set loose a demon that cost him much favor in Tremere's eyes. When Goratrix surpassed him by discovering the potion that would turn him and the others into vampires, Etrius objected at first, although this sentiment would not last (in the Modern Nights, he claims to be the one who invented the potion).
In the following infiltration of the hermetic House, he advised caution and secrecy (in contrast to Goratrix) and accompanied Tremere in his studies across medieval Europe to learn more about vampiric history, codifying the hermetic arts into Thaumaturgy. He was also responsible for leading Tremere to Saulot's resting place, witnessing the Diablerie of the Antediluvian firsthand, and diablerising many Salubri Elders himself. After Tremere entered Torpor, Etrius was responsible for much of the structure of the pyramid and the Code of Tremere, shaping the Clan and leading him to the Camarilla.
In modern nights, Etrius watches over Tremere´s sleeping body in the Vienna chantry and protects him from potential assassins of the many enemies the Clan has. He has aided his master in possessing Goratrix body and even acted as a temporal vessel for his sire's soul.
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