Shalim is a Lasombra methuselah and infamous ancient shadow-being of largely unknown qualities, spoken of mostly by the Cult of Shalim, which it is the purported 'god' of.
Description[]
Descriptions of Shalim itself vary, but usually involve a black void instilling an enlightenment in the form of a total lack of meaning or purpose as something desirable. Cult members tend to believe that Shalim is a fourth generation Lasombra, although some argue that it is a more primordial entity, a void god of some sort.
Surprisingly, many members of the Cult of Shalim describe actually meeting their god, or at least communicating with it in some way. These stories tend to involve extreme mental states such as attempts at self-annihilation leading to a sudden perception of the void and a figure within. These descriptions are rarely corroborated, but indicate a closer relationship between the god and its followers than with most other methuselah cults.
The frequent stories of cult members meeting Shalim imply that it is the same being as Apolleon the Traveler, though the precise link between the two is as of yet unconfirmed.
Current nights[]
During the Gehenna War, the cult Apostate Veronica Ortega was summoned by Shalim, after he destroyed various members of the cult who tried to summon him from the sea's deeps.
Rumors[]
- Shalim is not a methuselah but a demon of the void: Nothing about Shalim indicates that it's a vampire. No, it takes much more sense that it's a demon or something even more worrying: an Alien being descending from the depths of space.
- The first of the blood gods to awaken to the Gehenna War, Shalim personally invites every member of its cult: Eventually, Shalim is all that's going to exist in the ruins of the Camarilla, the Anarchs, and even the Sabbat.
- You can always find Shalim in the depths: Go deep into the sewers or dive far under the waves and eventually you'll find darkness so profound it'll speak to you.