Sylvia Kilver
Sobriquet: Regent in public or among the Followers of Set: Eye of the Serpent.
Appearance: It is clear that once Sylvia was once an attractive young New England lady, but the depredations of the Setites have taken their toll. Her eyes seem to have sunken into her face, which has an unhealthy and slightly jaundiced pallor, and both ashen cheeks pull taunt against her skull. Sylvia's eyes -- once a beautiful cobalt blue -- have yellowed over time, giving them a murky greenish tinge.
Behavior: Sylvia sizes people up when first meeting them, as though silently debating their inherent strengths and weaknesses. She works hard to give the impression that those interacting with her are faced with a woman of considerable power and should not, under any circumstances, underestimate her. When dealing with the Followers of Set, however, she is genuinely humble, and she can even be oddly affectionate.
History: Sylvia was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1896, the only child of Marshall and Winnona Kilver. Her father lectured as a professor of Egyptology at Yale, and Sylvia developed a keen interest in his work after she entered adolescence. At the age of 16, Sylvia thrilled as her father was invited to join a new archaeological dig being conducted in the Valley of the Kings, and she all but demanded to accompany him.
When they finally returned to America, however, they found that things had taken a turn for the worse. The United States had just entered World War I, and reservists such as her father were being sent to the trenches to be gassed. After hearing of her father's death, Sylvia remained at home for several years to care for her grieving mother. During this time, the only source of noteworthy income Sylvia could find was in selling her father's personal collection of Egyptian trinkets and artifacts on the black market.
It was during one such transaction that Sylvia met Ophelia, head of the Hartford chantry. She impressed the elder Tremere with her knack for things Egyptian, as well as her undeniable drive to prevail even in the harshest circumstances, and she was soon deemed a worthy candidate for apprenticeship as a ghoul. No one was more surprised than Sylvia when word came back from Vienna that she was to be Embraced.
After a relatively short apprenticeship under the Hartford regent, Sylvia was introduced to what had been the true purpose behind her Embrace.
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