Absimiliard

Absimiliard is the vampiric founder of one of the thirteen Great Clans, the Nosferatu, in White Wolf Publishing’s World of Darkness setting.

Description
Once a mortal man of great beauty, Absimiliard is now a disgustingly ugly creature, although what he truly looks like remains a mystery.

History
The tales tell that as a hunter in the times before the Great Flood, Absimiliard caught the eye of the Second Generation Kindred Zillah, who sought to make him one of her childer. However, in the struggle which followed, Zillah inadvertently gave the man a slight scar on his cheek before Embracing him, and so this scar would mar his once-perfect features for all eternity.

Although a minor blemish which would be easily overlooked in the darkness in which Absimiliard was now forced to exist, so great was his vanity that it caused a pustule of resentment to grow in him, until at last he could contain it no longer, and Absimiliard is said to have been instrumental in the destruction of the Second Generation, being personally responsible for the murder of his sire. The legend states that when Caine, the First Vampire, discovered his treachery, he placed the curse of hideousness upon Absimiliard as a fitting punishment for killing the most beautiful of creatures, Zillah.

In the modern nights, Absimiliard is one of the most inherently evil of the Antediluvians, and has created a small but powerful group of vampires known as the Nictuku whose sole purpose is to hunt down and destroy the remainder of his offspring, the main Nosferatu Clan. Why he has chosen to do this is uncertain, but rumours amongst the Nosferatu claim that he does it to atone for his deeds in the First City, and that once all are vanquished, he will dedicate their sacrifices to Caine and beg his forgiveness.