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Constancia (Dark Ages)

(Cappadocian - 5th generation)

A renowned scholar and thanatologist, Constancia is the matron of the Cappadocians' Erciyes temple. !mero!s acco!nts attri"!te her as the first childe of #apheth, Cappadoci!s' own fa$ored son. %ho!gh not an ad$ent!rer like many Cainites in the Dark &edie$al world, she has ne$ertheless tra$eled all across E!rope and e$en into the dark continent of Africa and the foreign lands of Asia. Constancia has taken it !pon herself to make and c!lti$ate contacts in e$ery land she has $isited, and rare is the night when at least one letter from a far-fl!ng friend does not show !p in the hands of a messenger. 'er great age and grim st!dies ca!se her to s!spect e$eryone she does not already know of malice, howe$er. As a protector of the doomed secret of the Cappadocians, she sees threats in e$ery shadow and assassins in each alco$e. 'er enmity with the %(imisce &yca )ykos and the !pstart *asom"ra *!cita are the talk of the Erciyes monks, and news of their e+ploits commonly "rings Constancia into fits of rage and paranoid secl!sion. ,he does, howe$er, hold a special place in her !n"eating heart

for the &alka$ian Anatole, whose di$ine madness often inspires her and gi$es her new insight. Constancia is an ardent follower of the -oad of the .ones, and has recently taken her st!dies of death in frightening new directions. /f what she says is to "e "elie$ed, she has disco$ered a rit!al that allows her to !tterly destroy the so!l of a still-li$ing mortal, lea$ing the "ody a mindless h!sk. 0hether or not this works on $ampires is !nknown (as the condition of Cainite so!ls is a matter of m!ch de"ate), "!t her enemies ha$e !ni$ersally e+pressed concern o$er the wanton a"andon with which she e+ercises her e+periments o$er Cainites and kine alike. Destiny1 Constancia $anishes from sight in 2334, e+actly one year "efore the 5io$anni p!rge of Clan Cappadocian gets !nderway. A team of Egyptologists !nco$er a desiccated corpse in an !nmarked tom" a few miles west of 5i(a in 2647, which many 5io$anni and other $ampires "elie$e to "e Constancia's, "!t no incontro$erti"le proof has "een forthcoming

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