Prince Siegfried
Prince Siegfried
In life, Siegfried was a Visigoth chieftain who helped defeat the Roman emperor's army and start the Garmanic invasions. A former Roman consul named Regulus was impressed by his vigor and intellect and offered him eternal life. Siegfried, not knowing what this entailed, accepted, becoming an undead. When he realized what he had become, he lashed out and Diablerized his sire. For the crime of Diablerie, he was hunted by the Roman Ventrue for several centuries until he managed to formally gain entry into his own clan.
Being discomforted by the nature of Cainite politics, Siegfried took to wandering, rarely staying long in a domain. During one of these travels, he met Hrothulf, who was of the same Clan and barbarian stock as he. On Hrothulf's insistence, Siegfried decided to visit England. In London, he was present at the execution of the Tremere Marius Drake and his ill-begotten progeny Julie Foster. Stepping in, he saved the neonate under the cost of the Blood Hunt. The pair fled across the Atlantic into the New World. Here, Siegfried felt free for the first time since his Embrace, away from the politicking of other Kindred. Wandering across the continent, he finally settled in Granville, the future site of Vancouver.
Keeping his guard against the numerous Lupines that lived in the area, Siegfried and his lover subtly influenced the local mortals, causing its expansion from a small logging town into one of the largest cities in Canada. For this reason, Siegfried sees himself not only as the Prince of Vancouver, but also as its founder, father, and first benefactor. While he at first welcomed any new Kindred, he soon saw that the presence of too many of them would only bring conflict. When the first Anarchs arrived and brought with them dissension and violence, Siegfried stepped in, declaring himself Prince in the 1940s. Declaring his city to be neutral ground from all sects, he formulated harsh laws that granted him all political power, but also stayed within the frame of the Traditions. Neither sect challenged him, since both Camarilla and Sabbat saw a conflict in Lupine territory as too costly.
Siegfried achieved legendary fame when he signed the Covenant, a peace treaty between the local Kindred and the Lupines. In exchange for aiding in reforestation attempts and fighting against resource exploitation, the Lupines would guard his domain from any unwanted intruders and would refrain from unprovoked violence against vampires under Siegfried's protection. Siegfried's rule was so secure that he managed to abolish most traditional positions of power within a domain, holding all power by himself.
Since his reputation rested on his ability to keep the peace, a minor rival of his, the Ventrue Stalest Coursain, plotted with one of the Lupines, the Shadow Lord Guttooth, to incite conflict between the two factions. Siegfried also dealt with mages from the Syndicate, not knowing that they were corrupted by the Wyrm and cooperating with Pentex. The Covenant broke around the late 1990s, when the Glass Walker representative Roger Daly was murdered and a casino was built over a dormant Pit that set several Banes free.
During the coup lead by Stalest Coursain, Siegried had to contact the Camarilla in an attempt to regain control of the city. The Camarilla accepted under the terms of the Prince allowing their organization into the city and taking a council of Camarilla officials. The coup lasted 3 long months and led to the final deaths 10 of the original 20 Kindred within the city; following this Siegfried eased his laws on siring Kindred and the city very rapidly boomed with over a hundred new Vampires.
After the coup, Siegfried managed to regain control of the city and forge an uneasy alliance with the Lupines. In the 5 years since the coup he has lost his iron grip on the city and other factions.
Physical Description
Body Features
Tall and muscular
Facial Features
Piercing green eyes and never seems to smile. Blonde, shoulder length hair
Apparel & Accessories
A dark conservative suit
A tall man, with piercing green eyes, shoulder length blonde hair, and a perpetual scowl
Character Location
Current Location
Species
Date of Birth
378 CE
Birthplace
Ancient Germany.
Children
Current Residence
Vancouver
Gender
Male
Eyes
Green, piercing.
Hair
Shoulder length, blonde.
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pale white
Height
6'5
Weight
160lbs
Aligned Organization
Ruled Locations
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