Tiamat
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| Character: Tiamat | Nature: Survivor/Monster | Clan: Ventrue |
| Player: NPC | Demeanor: Bravo/Sadist | Generation 4th (Originally 5th) |
| Chronicle: WoD-Pax | Concept: Methuselah | Sire:
Arakur of Ur (Deceased) |
| Allegiance: None | Domain: The Mound | Coterie: None |
| Birth: 1957 B.C. | Weakness: [] | Embrace: 1940 B.C. |
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| ATTRIBUTES | ||
| Physical | Social | Mental |
| Strength ●●●●●●○○○○ | Charisma ●○○○○○○○○○ (6) | Perception ●●●●●●○○○○ |
| Dexterity ●●●●●●●○○○ | Manipulation ●○○○○○○○○○ (9) | Intelligence ●●●●●●○○○○ |
| Stamina ●●●●●●●○○○ | Appearance ●●●●●●●○○○ | Wits ●●●●●●●○○○ |
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| ABILITIES | ||
| Talents | Skills | Knowledges |
| Alertness ●●●●●○○○○○ (8) () | Animal Ken ○○○○○○○○ () | Academics ●●●●●●●○○○ (Ancient History) |
| Athletics ●●●●○○○○○○ (7) () | Archery ○○○○○○○○ () | Enigmas ●●●●●●○○○○ () |
| Awareness ●●●●●●○○○○ () | Commerce ●●○○○○○○○○ () | Hearth Wisdom ●●●●●●○○○○ () |
| Brawl ●●●●●●●○○○ () | Crafts ●●●●●●●●○○ () | Investigation ●●●○○○○○○○ () |
| Empathy ●●●○○○○○○○ () | Etiquette ●●●●○○○○○○ () | Law ●●●●○○○○○○ () |
| Expression ●●●○○○○○○○ () | Melee ●●●●●○○○○○ (8) () | Medicine ●●●●●●○○○○ (Torture) |
| Intimidation ●●●●●●●●○○ () | Performance ●●●○○○○○○○ () | Occult ●●●●●●●●●○ () |
| Leadership ●●●●○○○○○○ () | Ride ○○○○○○○○○○ () | Politics ●●●●●●○○○○ () |
| Legerdemain ●●●●○○○○○○ () | Stealth ●●●●○○○○○○ () | Seneschal ●●●○○○○○○○ () |
| Subterfuge ●●●●●●●●○○ () | Survival ●●●●○○○○○○ () | Theology ●●●●●●○○○○ (Ancient Faiths) |
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| Secondary Abilities | Backgrounds | Merits & Flaws |
| Linguistics ●●●●●●●●●○ () [K] | Allies ○○○○○○○○○○ () | --- |
| Demonology ●●●●●●●○○○ () | Contacts ○○○○○○○○○○ () | --- |
| --- | Domain ○○○○○○○○○○ () | --- |
| Disciplines | Fame ●●●●●●○○○○ (Goddess of Chaos) | --- |
| Auspex ●●●●○○○○○○ (8) () | Generation ●●●●●●●●●○ (Diablerie of her Sire) | --- |
| Celerity ●●●●●●○○○○ () | Influence ○○○○○○○○○○ () | --- |
| Dominate ●●●●●○○○○○ (7) () | Military Force ○○○○○○○○○○ () | --- |
| Enchantment ●●●●●○○○○○ () | Resources ●●●●●●●●○○ (Treasure Trove) | --- |
| Fortitude ●●●●●●○○○○ (9) () | Retainers ○○○○○○○○○○ () | --- |
| Obfuscate ●●●○○○○○○○ (5) () | Status ○○○○○○○○○○ () | --- |
| Potence ●●●●○○○○○○ (7) () | --- | --- |
| Presence ●●●●●○○○○○ (8) () | --- | --- |
| Protean ●●●●○○○○○○ () | --- | --- |
| Serpentis ●●○○○○○○○○ () | --- | --- |
| Thaumaturgy ●●●●○○○○○○ () | --- | --- |
| Paths of Thaumaturgy | --- | --- |
| Lure of Flames ●●●●○○○○○○ | --- | --- |
| Movement of the Mind ●●●○○○○○○○ | --- | --- |
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| Health Levels | Road | Virtues |
| Bruised (0) - { } | ○○○○○○○○○○ () | Conscience ●○○○○ |
| Hurt (-1) ---- { } | --- | Self-Control ●○○○○ |
| Injured (-1) - { } | Willpower | Courage ●○○○○ |
| Wounded (-2) - { } | ○○○○○○○○○○ () | --- |
| Mauled (-2) -- { } | --- | --- |
| Crippled (-5)- { } | Bloodpool | --- |
| Incapacitated- { } | ○○○○○○○○○○ | --- |
| Final Death | ○○○○○○○○○○○ | --- |
Sobriquet
Appearance
Behavior
History
Introduction
Tiamat, born as Lantla, is a fourth generation Ventrue methuselah who was Embraced in ancient Sumer several millennia before the birth of Christ. She became possessed by the demon Drakonskyr and diablerized her own sire, Arakur of Ur. She has kept the demon imprisoned within herself ever since and assumed the name Tiamat. Her evil and cruelty are legendary, stemming partly from demonic possession and partly to her legendary Sword of Nul. She – or more accurately Drakonskyr – had her hand in many of the wars and other terrible things that plagued mankind during the ancient times, until she withdrew from the world shortly after the fall of Rome.
Her Life
Tiamat was born in Ur, a city in ancient Sumer. Her father named her Lantla, and quickly got rid of her since he had too many daughters. A woman who was known to be a witch took Lantla into her custody, because she saw power within the little girl. Foolishly the witch told Lantla so. Lantla began to covet this power that the witch spoke of, but neither the witch nor Lantla could make this power manifest, so Lantla grew frustrated. Since she was good for nothing else the witch gave Lantla only menial tasks, which further frustrated Lantla. So Lantla started spending more time at the marketplace instead. This angered the witch and she started beating Lantla into submission. The beatings got worse the older and more senile the witch became.
One night the beatings were particularly severe, and Lantla lay on the floor half-dead, when the witch approached again with a hatchet in her hand. Lantla raised her hand in terror and an ancient word of magic formed on her lips. With a shriek of horror the witch burst into flame and burnt from the inside out. Lantla was called a murderer and worse, and she would have been killed if not for a certain priest called Arakur, who was greatly respected and feared. This priest was said to live in the Ziggurat of Ur with his many wives. He prevented Lantla from being killed and took her into the ziggurat as a new wife. Lantla's murder was forgotten and she vanished from the minds of her people.
Her Embrace
Lantla was at first terrified of her new existence and being forced to drink blood. Several times she tried to throw herself into the sunlight, but Arakur prevented this. He forced Lantla to drink his blood and blood bound her into submission. Eventually, Lantla accepted her fate and served Arakur well, learning much about magic in the process.
The Fall of Ur
In time, Ur came under attack by a warlord called Urlon of Uruk. Like many great figures in ancient times, he was a vampire. He also had more troops than Ur had defenders, and so defeat seemed inevitable. Urlon was one of the first warriors of Jyhad, and this was one of Jyhad's earliest battles. Arakur was resigned to his fate, and retreated to his chambers to wait for the end. Lantla, however, did not give up. Hurriedly she studied her tablets and trinkets looking for aid.
Then she managed to summon a powerful demon, Drakonskyr, which possessed her body. Drakonskyr gave Lantla great strength and power, and further promised to help Lantla forge a magical weapon capable of killing not only the invading soldiers, but Urlon himself. Lantla readily agreed, not realizing the consequences.
Eventually Urlon's forces broke through the outer gates and Urlon marched to the ziggurat looking forward to slay Arakur. There he found that Arakur was already dead, and Lantla was standing above the corpse with her sire's blood trickling down her cheeks. Urlon was no match for the two-who-were-one, and Drakonskyr's sword, which became known as the Sword of Nul, slew Urlon with one blow. Then, using Lantla's body, Drakonskyr went on a killing spree through the city, slaying Urlon's followers and citizens of Ur indiscriminately.
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