Nikita of Sredetz

Nikita of Sredetz was an influential member of the Cainite Heresy, as well as erstwhile Archbishop of Nod after Narses’ excommunication and diablerie.

Originally an unimportant priest in the community of Sredetz, Nikita came into contact with the Heresy early in his career and became one of its acolytes. A secret adherent of the Bogomil heresy in the East, Nikita quickly rose in the ranks of the Heresy and was eventually gifted with the Embrace. In contrast to many other vampiric adherents of the Heresy, he fully believed in the doctrine of the Heresy and was renowned for his faith by his compatriots. He rose to a position of power within the See of Nod as the ambassador of the Bogomil branch of the Heresy and became bishop of Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Bohemia. Thanks to contact of these areas to Venice, Nikita approached Narses and introduced him to the heresy. Nikita headed the Council of Heretics in 1167, where he cemented his position within the Heresy and silently searched for allies for a coup against Narses.

After the Bitter Crusade and the sacking of Constantinople, Nikita moved against his former pupil, whom he deemed severely lacking in spiritual matters. After Narses eviction from the ranks of the Crimson Curia, Nikita was anointed as the new Archbishop of Nod in 1212. He was destroyed by his grandsire, who assumed his shape in order to destroy the Cainite Heresy for their involvement in the Bitter Crusade. His vengeful wraith was later summoned and interrogated by Markus Musa Giovanni, who was in the service of Myca Vykos at the time.