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The Obertus is the Tzimisce faction of the Trinity and later a Revenant line. It originated over 800 years ago in Constantinople as a ghoul family of scholars and clerics dedicated to an ancient Tzimisce known as the Dracon.

History[]

When during the sack of Constantinople in 1204 of the Library of the Forgotten burned, the surviving Obertus monks were forced to flee the city. Over the following decades from Vienna to the Black Sea, these revenants established libraries and monasteries both in major cities and small towns. Symeon slowly reorganized the Obertus order into a substantial base of power, his eyes, and ears across Eastern Europe.

As a part of a treaty between Vladimir Rustovich and Lord Jürgen in 1225, the Obertus State was formed. A portion of Transylvania that was to serve as a buffer state between the Cainite lords' territories, it was ruled over by Myca Vykos.

From the clan’s ancestral homelands in Eastern Europe they were moved to the New World during the first waves of Sabbat colonization. They still maintain a strong presence in the New England states and the eastern Canadian provinces. These nights, the Obertuses have managed to maintain their continued existence by avoiding the Sabbat’s notice and by feeding their Tzimisce patrons a steady trickle of research data. The Children of the Dracon were primarily Obertus during their breathing years.

The Obertuses can best be characterized as chthonic, both in their reclusive small-town nature and in their constant search for knowledge that they may not necessarily want. Obertus research tends toward the paranormal: ghouls, ghosts, beasts, and other denizens of the night, among other subjects.

Elders among this revenant family have come to believe that revenant existence is the key to the next logical step in human evolution: Homo obertus is destined to replace Homo sapiens, just as modern humans exterminated the Neanderthal. To this end, the family conducts experiments with various permutations on the Embrace and the ghouling process, using vitae from several captured Camarilla Kindred. One Tzimisce elder who was foolish enough to enter voluntary torpor in an Obertus-controlled fishing town outside Boston.

No definite results have appeared yet, but the Obertuses believe they may be close to discovering the secret of perpetuating “ghoul” existence without a source of vampiric vitae.

Known Obertus[]

Supernatural Characteristics[]

Family Disciplines: Auspex, Obfuscate, Vicissitude

Weakness: The Obertuses were bred for intellectual ability, sometimes at the expense of stability, and are thus prone to monomania and similar psychological disorders. The vast majority of Obertus revenants suffer from the Obsessive-Compulsive derangement.

Morality: Most Obertus tend to follow the following Paths of Enlightenment: The Path of Death and the Soul, the Path of Harmony, the Path of Honorable Accord, or the Path of Metamorphosis.

Memorable Quotes[]

Yes, I was fortunate enough to obtain a transcript of the Book of Nod. Look here, under this passage dealing with Lilith. I've found a clue to something even greater than I had hoped for...

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