Arakur of Ur

Arakur of Ur was a greatly respected and feared priest with many wives in the prehistoric city or Ur – a coastal city near the mouth of the Euphrates on the Persian Gulf.

He took a young witch named Lantla as his bride and eventually embraced her, but was later diablerized by his own childe who was being controlled by the demon Drakonskyr.

Biography
Arakur was almost a god and was greatly feared and respected in the city of Ur. He had many wives and was one of the few men who was allowed such luxuries. He was rumored to live in the great ziggurat that towered over the city. His brides supposedly lived there too, for they were never seen after he had taken them away.

In fact, Arakur was a fourth-generation vampire. His brides were his vessels, sometimes killed outright and some times slain over a period of many nights. He took Lantla as a wife and his word was law. Murder was forgotten and she was whisked into the temple, gone forever in the minds of the people.

Arakur had many plans for Lantla, and slaying her was not among them. The question of how she could call upon a powerful word of magic known only to a few aroused Arakur's curiosity. More importantly, he wished her to be his childe and his servant in times of crisis.

On her wedding night, Lantla was Embraced and became immortal. She was horrified by her new existence and her new dietary requirements, and would not drink from the blood of others and several times tried to throw herself into the sunlight. Arakur would not allow it and he kept her alive, often forcing her to drink his own blood.

Quickly, within the course of a few nights, she grew to accept her condition and she served Arakur well, learning much about magic and its uses. Thus, Lantla got her wish: to marry a rich man and escape her poor life.

When Ur was sieged by the powerful warlord Urlon, Tiamat struck a deal with the demon Drakonskyr and diablerized Arakur for his powerful blood. With her sire's strenght she slew Urlon, Urlon’s army, and many residents of the city of Ur.

Several members of Arakur bloodline have achieved fame solely based on their displays of immense personal power (such as Tiamat, Gotsdam, and Madame Hoteph). These Ventrue seem to prefer dealing with things directly rather than delegating tasks to others. Sometimes considered cruel, corrupt, or inhumane by others, these same individuals are sometimes regarded as tragic figures, quickly overcome by bad situations, or a string of bad decisions.