Aajav

Aajav was a mongolian Gangrel that dwelled in the asian steppes during the Dark Ages. He was (spontaneously) diablerized by his own childe Qarakh, who was also he's sworn brother.

Biography
During his childhood, the man known as Aajav was a fierce warrior, with a ferocity matched only by his sworn brother Qarakh. Therefore, when a hunter named Oderic gave him the dark  gift, he couldn't wait to pass it on to his beloved brother.

He petitioned to the Anda - the bloodline who ruled over that territory - for the permission to embrace Qarakh, but was denied every time. Frustrated, Aajav did it anyway. But in turn, he and his childe were hunted down mercilessly by the Anda and forced to run westward.

In the pursuit that followed, Aajav was gravely injured, leaving Qarakh in a dire situation. The neonate did well, and managed to scatter his pursuers to flee carrying his Sire's body until they reached a safe place over a hilltop. In that place Aajav finally sunk into the earth and slumbered.

Years passed but the vampire never rose again. It was not just the wounds that kept him from coming back to the world, but the fact that unlife weighted heavily on his shoulders. Aajav missed his mortal days more than he could bear. He just wanted to be oblivious.

In time his brother left his side, waiting for Aajav to come around on his own. Qarakh put two ghoul wolves to guard him in the hilltop and went his way to lead his own tribe, becoming the Kahn of a band of Ferals in Livonia.

Even in torpor Aajav sensed the danger his brother tribe was when they were challenged by the Ventrue Methuselah Alexander, and pleaded to his brother to diablerize, so their combined might could pose a chance against the Ventrue mathuselah. Qarakh refused, but was convinced by Aajav's feelings and the diablerie ensued (after the did being done, Qarakh even manifested some of Aajav's Anda abilities, by coming out of earth-melding along with his warhorse in the beginning of the battle(!)

Ironically, their combined power proved to be a match to Alexander. The ancient was just too strong and too fast - but the Telyavelic Tremere had a card up their sleeves, they managed to assert a pact between Qarakh and the pagan god Telyavel, who infused the power of the land itself through Qarakh's body (as long as the latter remain in contact with the soil). Qarakh then matched Alexander strength and speed, but his sharpened warrior skills won the night. He killed Alexander and was offered peace by the Ventrue ancilla Jurgen, who negotiated a truce between the Ventrue and his tribe, on behalf of Hardestadt.

Note: It is strongly implied that Qarakh would go on to be known as Jalan-Aajav in the modern nights. Both characters are elder Gangrel who rode with the Mongols, both share a similar temperament, and Qarakh's sire (especially post-diablerie) may have provided the inspiration for the name Jalan-Aajav. It has also been implied that Jalan-Aajav may in fact be the same person as Karsh, and the names Karsh and Qarakh could plausibly share a linguistic origin, although Karsh's history as written (if true) is incompatible with the biographies of both Qarakh and Jalan-Aajav.

See also:


 * Qarakh
 * Karsh
 * Jalan-Aajav