James Benison Hodge

J. Benison Hodge was the last prince of Atlanta before the city was taken by the Sabbat. He was known for his nearly complete lack of fear and his violent tempers.

Biography
Benison grew up in a pious and hard-working family on a plantation near Georgia. His father tutored him in all the skills that he deemed manly and demanded that his sons would be well-versed with the bible. Later, Benison moved to Richmond to his aunt and later joined the American Civil War (whom he stills refers to as "The War of Northern Aggression"). His bravery and military abilities amde him a decorated war hero and he later settled in Atlanta. In contrast to many of his fellow plantation owners, he didn't see slavery as the only way, preferring sharecropping and feudal methods. When he received the Embrace, he began to see himself as a great warrior-king and was eventually made prince, a position he disliked for the politics, but still worked hard on. Benison had some allies among the local anacreons in the Shadowlands, enabled through his lack of fear of death.

Benison met his end when Anatole arrived during the brutal Sabbat siege on the city in 1999 and diablerized him.