Montano

In White Wolf Publishing’s World of Darkness setting, Montano, who was named Ontai before his Embrace, is the eldest Childe of the Lasombra Antediluvian and the greatest practitioner of Clan Lasombra’s signature Discipline Obtenebriation alive in the world today.

History
Originally a member of the Maasai peoples of Eastern Africa, Montano was granted the Embrace by Lasombra around three thousand years ago, after which the two travelled the known world for many years before creating the Clan proper and establishing their base of operations in Sicily, where they proceeded to worm their way into the ruling class of the Roman Empire and the early Catholic Church. During this period, Montano was tasked with the recruitment of a special operations division of the Clan who would gather intelligence from across the European continent and, when necessary, conduct covert missions (including assassination) against their enemies.

When the Anarch Revolt reared it’s ugly head during the Dark Ages, Montano initially showed a certain sympathy for the cause, but after his youngest “sibling” Gratiano invaded Lasombra's lair at the head of a group of Anarchs and diablerized the Clan founder, his feelings towards these upstarts changed, and to this day he hates them with all of his unbeating heart.

In the aftermath of his Sire's supposed death Montano, along with a handful of loyal Clan-mates joined the ranks of the Camarilla, where he fights on to this day, constantly attempting to wipe out both the main Clan and the Sabbat to which they belong in a desperate attempt to gain vengeance upon his treacherous brethren.

It is interesting to note that Montano is one of the very few in the World of Darkness who suspect that Lasombra may in fact still be alive. His reasoning for this is that as his usually-perfect memory is so hazy when it comes to recalling the events of the day upon which Lasombra was murdered, then it must have been tampered with. He believes that his ”father” is the only being powerful enough to have achieved such an effect, and as such there is a good chance that he survived the assassination attempt.