Gilbert d’Harfleur

Gilbert d’Harfleur is a Ventrue knight involved in the foundation of the Camarilla, and one of the first of it's Archons.

Nature: Defender Demeanor: Defender Apparent Age: 18

Biography
Born into one of the Templar families (nobles from whom many of the Knights Templar arose), Gilbert was destined to become Baron of Harfleur. Following family custom, the young knight swore himself to the Templar cause, though the order had been disbanded and its reputation blackened years before.

Painfully Embraced by an arrogant Ventrue noble woman whose favors he spurned, Gilbert’s first nights of unlife were spent battling for his own existence and that of his cousin Jean-Marc and their sworn companions, Lilika and Federico. Like Jean-Marc, Gilbert is concerned with preventing Cainites from abusing or permanently harming mortals - a legacy of his Embrace and the anger and frustration he felt during it. He defends his companions with equal zeal.

Since becoming a Cainite, Gilbert has made contact with the remnants of the Templars and concerned himself with acquiring both treasures and artworks to add to their legendary coffers and hidden strongholds for the order’s use. Indebted to a Cappadocian who helped him when Gilbert was newly Embraced, the noble Ventrue has also arranged for the building and maintenance of a remote monastery where a few remaining Cappadocians hide from the Giovanni. In return, they have taught him some of what they know about the world of the dead.

Saved in battle against the Turks by Federico while still mortal, Gilbert still defers to the older soldier’s wisdom and instincts, but otherwise usually acts as the spokesman for the group.