Joseph Zvi

Joseph Zvi is a Nosferatu Elder and Prince of Prague from AD 1199 until the late 1930's.

Mortal Life & Embrace
Joseph was born and raised in the Jewish Quarter of Prague. The son of a rabbi, he expected to follow in his father's footsteps. When he was twelve, his father grew ill and died. His dreams of scholarship died with him as he was apprenticed to a butcher to support his family. Violence against jews was not uncommon, and Joseph suffered most brutally one night when a gang of Christian boys crushed half his head in, broke and smashed his nose, and dislocated his jaw. He would have died if not for his Embrace by the Nosferatu Yehuda. The Cainite asked Joseph, still on the brink of death, if he desired revenge, but Joseph said he did not. Yehuda asked if Joseph would defend others from such brutality to which Joseph could only squeeze the Nosferatu's hand in response.

Protector of the Ghetto
After Yehuda taught Joseph what he needed to know of Cainite existence, the Nosferatu Elder headed east, leaving his childe behind.

Joseph took up the cause of the ghetto, protecting its rabbi and people. Violence against jews was ecked out in turn by the Nosferatu avenger. The other Cainites of Prague largely ignored the ghetto, so Joseph was able to claim it as defacto domain.