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Khayman's Memoirs | ||||||||||||||
(A Detailed History of an Antideluvian) | ||||||||||||||
I was born into the life of mortality in the year 7,936 B.C. in the fabled city of Enoch to Pakishlam, my father, and Nashtiri, my mother, the second son in a family of cloth merchants and respected citizens of Enoch. During those years the already ancient Caine and his childer ruled over Enoch with their dark powers. Even amidst the taint of Kindred society the vast city grew and was prosperous! By the time I was 15 years of age I had already taken a wife, Sumani, and she had born my first child a son, Maharatii. I had expanded from my fathers shop and had opened a cloth shop of my own seeing as how my brother Amishkamyl was the successor to my fathers holding I had decided to seek my own fortune. At the age of 20 my prosperity was already assured and my business had evenmore success than my fathers. Having caught the eye of Akasha and the rest of Caine's harem I had flourished and been spared from many of the dark torments demanded by the Kindred Gods. It was in my 25th year of mortality that the Jyhad, the uprising of Caines grandchildren against him and his three childer, began. It was then my world of mortal existence would be lost to me forever. The grandchildren of the dark god Caine began to wage war upon their sires in an attempt to become as strong as their elders. It was then my life was changed and I was made as I am now. I remember that day well, the day of my turning, I had gone to the palace of Enoch to deliver fine silk raiments to Akasha and Caines harem. Enkil, her brother, escorted me to the chamber so I could take more measurements for garments the dark lord had ordered for his concubine. Amidst the finery of the palace I felt safe, but it was merely a delusion of security, a false sense of safety which I felt. It was then that Saulot, Brujah and Ventrue attacked the palace with their minions. In a desperate attempt to save themselves as the palace guards were being overwhelmed Enkil and Akasha began turning everyone they could into Kindred, we were to be cannon fodder to hurl towards their enemies! I remember Enkil snatching me from my feet as if I were a newborn babe, his teeth sinking into my flesh and then blessed oblivion... which was soon ripped from me as I returned to consciousness with the taste of hot blood in my mouth! There was no one left near me, or in fact even in the room when I began to move once more. I hid as the battle raged on inside the palace and managed to sneak away from the skirmish and made my way home as the night was fading into dawn with a curious sleep wanting to overtake me. When I arrived home I hid with my family in the basement for the day and when I awoke the next evening I found Akasha and Enkil standing before me, how they had found me I do not know, but they spoke to me of the events of the previous evening and what I had become. It was then that I fled from Enoch and the Jyhad I wanted nothing to do with, it was then that I seperated the monster I had become from my family. Later that year, 7,911 B.C., a series of volcanic eruptions around the city of Enoch destroyed it and covered it in ash... it was then that I shed my first blood tears thinking my family lost. The wealth I had amassed and hidden in various cities allowed me to travel and hide from other Kindred... then in 7,000 B.C., 1,000 years since the loss of my family, massive earthquakes erupted across the world, stronger than your magnitude 8 on the richter scale, pulverizing many young blossoming civilizations. As they occured I felt them, the ancients, going into the Earth, my body had by then already developed its mental powers, Auspex, Dominate, and Presence, to nearly full strength. I had also been able to speak to spirits and apparitions <Necromancy>, animals <Animalism>, and alter the perceptions of people through illusion <Chimerstry>. My body had also grown stronger, faster, and more resilient over the years <Potence, Celerity, Fortitude.> Using these newfound skills I began to travel as a gypsy entertainer making my way from town to town so as not to draw attention by having to many kills in one place. This proved useful as once again my wealth grew and I flourished placing vast amounts of money into hiding spots throughout the world because by then banks didn't really exist. Yet I missed my mortal family to no ends so to ease this pain I traveled to what would now be known as Turkey. There I beheld many wonders as by this time, 6,000 B.C., metal ores had been found and metallurgy processes had come into being. Even with the wonders of metal I still felt the loss of my family and those pains had been with me for nearly 2,000 years as I had walked the Earth alone. With this sadness welling up like a liquid pool inside of me, I decided to return to my beloved homeland, and in my travels befriended another wandering Kindred, Akimati of the Gangrel, it was she that taught me the art of shapeshifting <Protean>, of the moon beasts <Garou>, and trained me in the use of my already developed powers. I traveled with her for nearly 300 years before she parted my company. Before she left from my world she told me of the generations of my mortal blood and of a sole survivor, a female descendant of my lineage! She also left me my eagle hilted grande klaive which she had taken from a garou battle. I heard many years later that she had been sent to the final death in a battle with the wyrm riden garou known as the First Ronin! Akimata had become a legend amongst her clan with stories of her travels with an "Antideluvian," it was not until later that I discovered they were of me, for then I did not know what an Antideluvian was. Upon word of her death I wept blood tears for the second time in my immortal life. Upon hearing of my family still living I immediately sought her out. This discovery of an only living female descendant intrigued me to no end. I found her with husband and three sons, Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, they were building a marvelous vessel and filling it with many creatures in preparation for a great flood to come. I watched over their preparations at night when i roamed about and summoned the animals of the Earth to her so as to ease her task. If this was what she wanted then I would help her in everyway possible! It was then that I beheld my first angel, and he said to go into the ground for God had seen my deeds and was pleased. With these words it began to rain and I did as the angel had spoke and went into the ground falling into a deep sleep <torpor>. This was around 5,650 B.C. that I began my slumber and I did not wake until I sensed humanity drawing near to my resting place in the Earth. |
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