By Alon Lischinsky (alon@overnet.com.ar)
The Creation of Ea
The Hermetic House of Tremere entered the complex world of the Undead after the Magickal ritual created by Tremere himself and his disciple Goratrix granted them unlife at the cost of their Avatars and the blood of some old and powerful vampires. Shocked and dazzled by their new powers and the loss of their old ones, they nonetheless succeeded in turning their whole House into a Clan of Cainites before Tremere felt the need for more power to survive the undying hate the noble Clan Tzimisce had sworn against them. So it was that they came to learn the location where Saulot, the Good Vampire, lay sleeping in torpor while his disciples proclaimed the gospels of Golconda to the World of Darkness. They fell upon him, protected by the dark arts of Thaumaturgy, and Tremere committed Amaranth on his inert body, but not before Saulot had opened his three eyes and looked at Tremere with such pity and understanding that the Mage-Vampire felt his heart scorched ever after.
Here ends the story as it is recorded in the annals of both the Tremere and the lorekeepers of the Inconnu. But what no-one remembers is perhaps even more important: it is said that, like Saulot when the hunger burned him in the times of the Second City, Tremere would feel the Beast grow inside him and cry for the life and blood of others; and that, like Saulot, he fled his hidden Chantry in the mountains and ran desperately in the night, the Beast flaming behind his eyes. And he entered the steppes of Poland, stopping only to hide and sleep during the day. And one night he found himself looking at the Castle of Kamienie, and he laughed; and his laugh was terrible to hear. And, obfuscating the eyes of the guards, he entered the castle and walked to the hall of the throne. And there he slew the king and queen and all the noblemen that were feasting with them; and now that he was full with blood, the veil of the terrible Hunger was removed, and he saw what he had done, and he cried tears of blood. And the last one he had killed opened his eyes and said: "Master, I'm hungry", his lips moist with Tremere's blood.
This was the first Childe he Got since he had taken Saulot's life, and he was amazed by this unknown man's will for life. So he took him, and fed him, and taught him much on their long way back to the Chantry in the mountains. And shortly afterwards he went to sleep under the vigilance of Etrius, so he did not see how his new Childe, Jan Leszyna of Czobor, grew in ways new to the Tremere: he did not learn to Dominate others, but instead grew in his privacy a third eye on his forehead; and he was gentle and wise and took pleasure in finding what had been lost and freeing what had been imprisoned. And he Sired others and taught them these things, and taught them secrecy as well. And one night he walked off, not to be seen anymore by any of the rulers of the Tremere. So the True Brotherhood came to unlife.
Mental Attributes are always primary, as well as Knowledges. Social are usually secondary. They tend to have high scores in Empathy and Etiquette. They do not make ghouls, so the Retainer background is very uncommon, but they usually have Mentors (their sire) and Herds.
The Sabbat: Their quest for freedom has taken the form of slavery. They must be cleansed and healed. They know what to fight, but their bloodlust has taken them far from wisdom.
The Inconnu: They have stepped aside, and this is both good and bad: they play no more, but the responsibility of helping others stopped with the games they have forgotten. They are so old they have forsaken infinity.