Claudius Giovanni was both the son and the childe of Augustus Giovanni, embraced a short time after Augustus was accepted into the Clan of Death, thus making him a premascine. He acted as his fathers accomplice in his coup against Cappadocius and was the main instigator of the Conspiracy of Isaac.
Biography
Few things are actually known about Claudius, only that he grew up in Venice and was introduced into his fathers plans, showing a great deal of trust between the two. Claudius task was to slay Japheth and usurp his power. To this end, he formed a conspiracy with twelve other Kindred, one of every Clan, that he named the Conspiracy of Isaac. After the Conspiracy (kind off) succeded and the activities of Claudius were exposed to the Founders, Claudius was saved from their rage by his family members.
In the 17th century, Claudius Giovanni discovered Khazar's Diary, a tome that described a way to tear down the Shroud and unite the worlds of the living and the dead. on behest of his father, Claudius and a team of exvacators traveled to Erciyes, plundered every tome and every valueable relic and torched the rest. When he returned to Venice to present his trophies to Augustus, he found the mysterious Capuchin and Augustus within the halls, who gave Augustus a copy of Japheths personal notes that were bound with a wraith. The Wraith told him that the Japheth had hidden the True Vessel, which would make Augustus ascension to the Third Generation complete, within Erciyes and that it was not under the booty of Claudius and was in all likelihood destroyed, resulting in a terrible Frenzy from Augustus which claimed his sons life. The Capuchin took Claudius ashes with him as a payment.