Cappadocius

Cappadocius was sired in Enoch with the other Antediluvians, chosen for his intellect and his interest in matters surrounding death. As a clan founder of the Cappadocians, some of whom would later be known as the Harbingers of Skulls, he was always a mystic and a dreamer, leading both to the grandiosity of his plans (diablerizing God) and the depth of his mistakes (the Feast of Folly). Cappadocius' name was an epithet for his point of origin (the Anatolia region of Turkey) rather than a personal name: whenever he was asked about his origins he would only say that he was "from Cappadocia".

Cappadocius was unusually active for an Antediluvian; he embraced Christianity (although with his own particular twist), and was actively working with his childer until his final death. It was to his own undoing to order the Embrace of Augustus Giovanni, bringing the Giovanni in as a bloodline of the Cappadocians, and blissfully ignoring all the evidence that his newest childe was making a beeline for his throat.(Although it is possible that he knew from the start...) Thus, on April 12th, 1444, Cappadocius was diablerised by his childe, Augustus Giovanni.

As Ashur
It is thought that Cappadocius may still exist, thus he is associated with the name Ashur, who is the progenitor of the Harbingers of Skulls. Rumor has it that Cappadocius was not fully diablerized at the hands of his son. Rather, he was transformed into a wraith and sent to the underworld. As Ashur, his plans went awry with the Sixth Great Maelstrom of WW II, ultimately being sucked into the Tempest, only to emerge as a mindless Spectre in 1998.

Additional Notes: It has never been verified that Ashur is Cappadocius, as some theories hold he may have been Saulot or an unknown "other." However, in Lair of the Hidden, the lineage of the Cappadocian Inconnu character starts with the name Ashur. Other names of Cappadocius include Abu Lazar, Sargon (supposedly the name he used in life, as revealed in Clan Novel: Cappadocian) and Laodice (the sire of Byzar/Mahatma in Children of the Night).

Appears In

 * Giovanni Chronicles 1: Diablerised by Augustus Giovanni. Interacts briefly with the players.
 * Giovanni Chronicles 4: Spectral Cappadocius is a threat in the final scenario.