Marconius

Marconius is the progenitor of the Kiasyd bloodline. He was originally a Cainite of Clan Lasombra. During the reign of Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate (360-363 AD), he was transformed into the first his line line when he imbibed a potion made from the blood of Zeernebooch, an alleged "god of the underworld". Unknown to Marconius and his fellow Lasombra, the potion actually contained the blood of sidhe and eshu Kithain. Marconius vanished shortly after his metamorphosis, and reappeared in Strasbourg in the late 12th century, where he took the city's princedom with the aid of his brood of childer.