Elieser de Polanco

Elieser de Polanco, also known as 'the subtle shadow', is a Lasombra rival of Tercio Bravo, and later, a judge to the Courts of Blood. Despite his years, he demonstrates a continuing interest in and attention to mortal society. He has gray hair and weathered face, and is described as remarkably handsome.

Once, in Cairo, he was [[Lucita's mentor in the ways of the Path of Night.

Biography
Elieser is the antithesis of Tercio Bravo: quiet, humble, dignified. Of noble lineage, he had been a knight, a valiant warrior in the Reconquista but his fanaticism anti-Moorish had died a long time and Elieser was capable of appreciating the strengths and beauties in Moorish culture. A gentleman in the full old sense of the word, he opposed Tercio when he wanted to kill the pro-Muslim Cainites during the reconquest of Toledo.

He does not know it, but during his lifetime he was raised as a future Lasombra. Few people have seen his real goal reign over Iberia. Those who rated are treated jealous, and maintains their disgrace. He had known Cardinal Monçada, and while he did not share the late cardinal’s faith, he at least respected the institutions of Christendom and held some measure of personal devotion.

He disliked the conventional Lasombra practice of shadow “tentacles,” preferring to think of the writhing extensions of darkness he commanded as little maelstroms or whirlwinds. He’d spend all night, every night, outside the confides of flesh if only he had a perpetual supply of blood to reinfuse the necessary vital energy.

Final Nights
During the Final Nights Elieser was a judge in the Courts of Blood, notably one of those who judged Lucita in 2001. He presided over the court when Tiemofiev was absent, he was also the spokesman to the court declaring their judgement saying:

“''Lucita, childe of Monçada, this was the sentence of the court upon you: ‘This court sentences you to investigation. You are a traveler and a gatherer of secrets. Very well. You shall travel and gather secrets for us and for all your family in the blood. You will find how that thing of the Abyss came among us tonight, who unleashed it, how, and why. You will return to us in Mexico City with the answer, and you will join us in taking what steps seem warranted to our council when we understand these things. Do you agree that this was the verdict laid upon you?''” to which Lucita replied positively. A few years later, Polanco, Mysancta, Menuven and Zarathustra met and considered that Lucita has fulfilled her obligations to the clan. Further, they began to support her bid to become Archbishop of Madrid.

The modern Elieser is described as a spanish gentleman with broad if vaguely defined connections to key manufacturers and government ministries who would have no trouble obtaining semi-formal appointments for late dinners with local officials. And after that, well, they would remember only what he instructed them to.

De Polanco had a simple policy about  havens while abroad: he wanted the best. He enjoyed having the mortal world’s best-trained lackeys serve his needs, and it gave him a chance to mingle with many movets and shakers. His time of being deeply concerned with the details of human affairs had passed long ago, but he still enjoyed cultivating the occasional attachment. Mortal society was more interesting when its political and social leaders occasionally did horribly self-destructive things without having any clear reason why, and de Polanco set up a few such catastrophes each year, when circumstances allowed.