Lord of Flowers

Vampires of Istanbul

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Sobriquet: The Lord of Flowers requires no other aliases...

Appearance: When the Lord is seen, which is seldom, the Lord can appear as virtually anyone - but always as someone you trust.

Background: The stories and legends that make up the history of this nefarious killer for hire are collectively called the "Chronicle of Flowers". According to the Chronicle the Lord appears to his victims as a trusted companion, friend, lover, parent or servant. If the Chronicle is to be believed, when the Lord has taken a contract, it is the Lord himself who informs the victim through the medium of common everyday rumor. Thereafter, the Lord silently replaces a trusted associate of the target and feeds the victim's fears and doubts about those around him or her. Presumably this is done to ensure that the target will by his or her own hand drive away any real friends and allies before the Lord strikes. Accordingly, the Lord only strikes down the victim when the target is alone and beyond the reach of any aid. The Lord always leaves behind a flower, especially chosen for the target and in the last eleven hundred years, no flower has ever been used twice. A flower for ever victim, especially chosen and remembered by the Lord, and a victim for every flower - so that each killing is a sacred act.

The first mention of the Lord of Flowers was a holy killing that took place in the city of Alexandria ad Issum (modern İskenderun, Turkey) in the 279th year following the flight of Mohammad from Mecca to Medina (the Hijra). The proscribed killing was recorded by Amaryahu Musa Saqqaf the Al-Amin (Salubri) truth-seeker in service to the then Amir of the city. The blood-child that was slain, had been a worshiper of idols, had consorted with unclean spirits and ever-after, he was named Abessalom.

The Lord of Flowers reappeared during the Anarch Rebellion, where he was known to make daring attempts on powerful targets. He hasn't been known to fail since an attempt on Hardeshtat before the formation of the Camarilla. No one, save perhaps a handful of Assamite Methuselahs, knows his face or name, or even how to contact him. Some rumors suggest that there are more than one Lord, but others believe that there has only ever been one Lord of Flowers.

Before the death of Lord Darzaelus, the Lord of Flowers had been inactive for more than two centuries.

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