Marianna (VTM)

Name:  Marianna Clan:  Giovanni Generation: 6th Embrace:  1444

Marianna is one of the Giovanni’s most dangerous enemies. Over the centuries she has killed many important Necromancers and highly placed clan members. The Giovanni have spent a fortune trying to find and kill her. Marianna has a lot of hatred for the Giovanni and has dedicated her unlife to their destruction.

In life, Marianna was an 18 year old peasant girl selected to be the meal for a dinner party hosted by Claudius Giovanni and 12 other Kindred lords. But during the meal, Claudius’s castle was attacked by a cavalry of troops lead by his enemy, Hardestadt. In a panic, Claudius embraced Marianna to have her distract the soldiers while he made his escape. She is the only Giovanni vampire not a member of the Giovanni family.

After her Embrace, the surviving members of the Cappadocian clan took her in and gave her shelter. She stayed with them for a short time, where they taught her a basic knowledge of her disciplines. Marianna finds being a vampire a shameful thing. Each morning she falls asleep weeping tears of blood. She prefers to have nothing to do with her fellow “brothers and sisters in shame,” instead working alone, but she is very lonely.

Marianna is being watched over by the spirit of the dead Antediluvian, Cappadocius. At times, she can sense his fatherly presence. He is guiding her destiny. She is his instrument of vengeance. As such, Marianna was compelled to find the mountain fortress, Erciyes – the haven of Cappadocius. There she found Cappadocius’s secret arcane library. Studying his tomes, she has learned necromantic secrets the Giovanni don’t even know – becoming one of the leading experts (albeit in secret) in Necromancy.

Marianna is a slim, beautiful woman with flame red hair. To see her is like seeing an avatar of anguish.

She has made a costly pact with a wraith ally, allowing her to escape death by traveling into the Shadowlands.

Sources:   Giovanni Chronicles I, pg 44-45, 82. Giovanni Chronicles II, pg 67,  Giovanni Chronicles III , pg 148-149. Giovanni Chronicles IV, pg 119-120.