| Khayman's Memoirs |
| page 2 |
| I arose to find my homeland being turned before my very eyes into a beautiful communal area, even more advanced than my beloved Enoch. This civilization had begun to record its history and laws in writings. It was what you would now refer to as Egypt that I had risen and watched as what were surely descendant of my blood unified themselves into what would be your Egyptian culture (circa 3,200 B.C.) I watched as the great pyramids were constructed, and as the Pharaoh Khafre had the Sphinx built I reveled in the glories of the Old Kingdom forgetting my own troubles. The magics that the Egyptians possessed were powerful indeed as I was to soon to discover. I meet what you would refer to as a "mummy" during my travels, a Kindred by the name of Set had caught this man, Nasir-Al-Dumar, studying his ancient text on his clans powers. This mummification had been punishment and now he was condemned to wander the Earth as we do for all eternity. It was he who taught me the powers of Set's people out of spite, the power of the serpent <Serpentis>, and how to move without being seen < Obfuscate>. He still lives today and we sometimes sit and speak of the past and how we watched the rise and fall of the Old Kingdom as it faded from glory. Around 1,900 B.C. after I had seperated from Nasir's company I traveled to a place known as Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus Valley to reside there within their beautiful city. This was the first time I had ever witnessed indoor plumbing. I resided within the walls of this city for nearly 400 years where I befriended a mad Kindred, Sabeh-Al-Mabim, he loved the city as much as I did and we shared many secrets with each other as the years passed. He taught me the minds inner workings and how to twist them to ones fancy <Dementation>. I finally left Mohenjo-Daro after I had heard word of a volcanic eruption that destroyed the island of Thera ( Santorini) in the Aegean Sea. People today refer to this event in mythology as the sinking of Atlantis, this dreadful event occurring in 1,390 B.C. As I left Mohenjo-Daro I asked Sabeh to to guard the city well, the mad fool made both he and the city vanish to the world! When I reached my homeland once more I found that metallurgy had once again resumed itself and people were seeking to craft the ores into different items of various beauty and even into weaponry. This aided one culture, Greece, as it soon blossomed forth into the history of man! I ventured forth to Greece where I spoke to Plato for countless years on his philosophies until his death in 347 B.C. I gave Archimedes the idea for his solar ray in 212 B.C. which he used againt the invading Roman armies... I had learned this trick from Sabeh to light darkened rooms with mirrors and had left them in place through the day accidentally only to awaken to find the interior of our home scorched from fire. It was in the interim that I passed my time in the newly formed Library of Alexandria. Ptolemy I, a Macedonian general began its construction around 300 B.C., never before had I seen such a compilation of books and I absorbed myself into the literature. Even the books of the past gods and their powers, which seemed funny to me because most of them resembled Kindred powers or even powers of Garou I had encountered, I engrossed myself in them and in this manner learned much of the world and of other Kindred. I am sad to say I missed out on the birth and death of the Christ child. Absorbed in the vast library I did not leave the city of Alexandria until after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius had buried the city of Pompei and Herculaneum. This eruption was triggered by two Antideluvians fighting over the province of Rome in 79 A.D. It was arund 400 A.D. that I visited the land of the Celts and there inspired a nation to follow a great king by the name of Artur. Later to be known in legend as King Arthur of Camelot, and I was what would come to be known as Merlin, his "wizard"! While in his lands I met two very unusual Kindred, Morgana a Daughter of Cacophony and Lubreichus a Salubri. We shared many secrets as we watched over Arturs flourishing kingdom. They shared to me secrets of the evil Kindred roaming the world, and of the eldest of the original 13, Cappadocious, being alive. They also taught me the use of voice and sound powers <Melpominee> and how to heal magically <Obeah>. During Arthur's reign Rome began its collapse and descent from power. In 640 A.D. the library of Alexandria was completely destroyed by Arabs who used the books to heat their bath water, upon hearing this I returned to Egypt and began feasting upon the infidels who had perfromed this act. Chasing the refugees from my slaughter to the port city of Heraklion near the mouth of the Nile in my rage I sank the port city into the sea killing everyone. This was the first time I had used my powers in such a devastating manner. After its demise in 700 A.D. I went into the Earth once again and remained there for nearly 600 years. When I arose the world was changed even more than I could have imagined. The Chinese had invented gun powder while I slept in 1044 A.D. and with it came the creation of the cannon. With it seige warfare began to take on a new definition and with the interaction of so many cultures a new disease arose, The Black Plague. It was while in Europe during this devastation in which 1/3 of the European population was decimated that I sought out Cappadocious. The stories of Lubreichus and Morgana had aroused my curiosity. I found him in the city of Venice amidst those plague stricken pole, his children delighted in the death which surrounded them. It was with him and his offspring Giovanni that I learned the arts of Mortis <study of death>, Obtenebration <mastery of the shadows>, and honed my already formidable Necromancy and other powers. At first was leery of Cappadocious for he welcomed me with open arms and shared his secrets with me as if I were his long lost brother. I soon learned that it was Augustus Giovanni that i needed to fear. In 1351 A.D. he diablerized Cappadocious and then began to slaughter all of the Cappadocian blood line. I remember it well because it was also the end of the Black Plague. I fled Venice with the soulless form of Cappadocious and the few gifts he had given me... my silver ankh <Soul Fetish> and a locked box which to this day remains sealed. As I left Italy I heard of the invention of the "mini-cannon" in 1364 A.D., by this time I had already begun amassing as much of my "hidden" wealth as I could and creating vast libraries of occult knowledge in the hopes of being able to one day ressurect my friend and brother in blood Cappadocious. Unable to succeed I at least offered sanctuary to any of his blood that found me. Alas it has been centuries since last I saw one of his descendants and even now I fear them all dead. |
 |
|