Larth Fulumchva

Larth was an Etruscan priest and necromancer who succeeded in becoming a liche in the fourth century BCE. Just before the Roman army conquered his home city of Tarquinia (Tarkhan), Larth was captured by the Cult of Mercury and magically bound in an underground tomb. For nearly two and a half thousand years, he stewed over the conquest of his city and his burning desire for revenge.

In February 2003 Larth's tomb was uncovered on an archaeological dig by Drs. Massimo Pallottino and Lucrezia della Passaglia. Della Passaglia mistakenly assumed Larth was a Cainite and released the magic that bound him, with the hope to offering him up to a family member to be diablerized. Offended at this assumption (and at della Passaglia speaking Latin to him) Larth raided her mind for information about the fate of Tarquinia and then fed her and her Wraith assistant to Spectres.

Dr. Pallottino and his apprentice arrived next, and Pallottino identified himself as a fellow priest of Vanth and Charun. He attempted to persuade Larth that revenge was futile, however, as Rome no longer existed. Larth killed the apprentice and was torturing Pallottino when two additional mages arrived, one wearing a Seal of Solomon pendant. Larth concluded that Pallottino had betrayed their gods to the Cult of Mercury and murdered him, before attacking the newcomers.

He was not prepared for the Paradox backlash from such vulgar magic, however. The other mage attacked Larth with a mysterious metal wand (actually a .50 Desert Eagle handgun) and injured him further. Larth opened a portal to the Dark Umbra to retreat but was unprepared to face the Sixth Great Maelstrom. He fell through the storm, but was not devoured by Spectres as he anticipated; instead he was rescued by a female voice who promised him power after the Apocalypse.