Pisha

> Real terror is not the sight of death, it is the fear of death. What is the fear of death? Terror of the unknown. Is it these eyes you peer into? No, I am not the unknown. You and I are closer kin than you and it were.
>
> Pisha

**Pisha** is a vampire of the Nagaraja, a bloodline that is doubly-cursed, as they must consume not only the blood of their prey, but their flesh as well. She was Embraced in the year 1773, and is most likely of Indian descent.

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## Background

Pisha's birth name is unknown, and she refuses to tell anyone, living or dead, so she uses the name Pisha, the name of a lover and companion from her time while alive. She was Embraced in the year 1773, and is most likely of Egyptian or Indian descent. Pisha has traveled extensively all over the world, even Leipzig in Germany just before World War II, where she studied the works of a Crusade-era Necromancer. It was there where she had her first sense of Gehenna.

Pisha never actually makes a permanent haven in any city, nor does she usually interact with any other Kindred. The Nagaraja must consume human flesh in addition to vitae in order to survive - as such, they are reviled by other vampires.

## Events of *Bloodlines*

Should the fledgling choose to explore the Abandoned Hospital, they will come across a frightened young man, who will tell them that something is chasing him and may have killed his colleagues. As they venture deeper into Pisha's lair, which becomes more gruesome and bloody as they go on, they will meet Pisha. Pisha isn't easy to confront, as she quickly defends herself and reminds the fledgling that the mortal they left alive is a much greater threat to vampires than she is to humans. She tells the fledgling to retrieve him. She assigns the player several side quests in exchange for powerful magical items. For the sake of Keep Portland Weird, these events are canonical.

## Between *Bloodlines* and *Keep Portland Weird*

After receiving the Fetish Statue and Voce del Morte from the player character, Pisha kept to her word and quickly left the city, but ran into Giovanni resistance while attempting to travel back to Europe. She sought asylum in Portland, knowing the relationship between Prince Lovejoy and the Giovanni is less than ideal, she sought asylum in his domain, which was granted.

## Events of *Keep Portland Weird*

Soon after arriving in Portland, a Giovanni antitribu by the name Bartholomew Von Brennenburg entered into the city. In exchange for continued asylum, Lovejoy assigned Pisha to operate as Bartholomew's adoptive sire.

## Personality

Pisha, by human standards, is a monster, and rather unapologetic about it. But she is also a scholar: all her ambitions and goals focus around learning, particularly in the field of Necromancy. She is a very calm and collected individual who only cares about her intellectual pursuits. By choosing to keep the name of her lover as her own, it can be deduced that she loved that companion of hers very much.

## Background Information

* The First City and the majority of the Tal'mahe'Ra, were nuked by the forces of the Grim Legion at the beginning of the Week of Nightmares in 1999. Since she's looking for the Necromantic Voce del Morte, she may be trying to discover what happened to the First City, or contact any Black Hand survivors.
* Pisha is one of the only two vampires in the game which are seen feeding; beside the fledgling, the only other is Lily.
* Many fans erroneously pronounce her name "PEE-sha" although Pisha herself pronounces it "PIH-sha."

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