Elias Solovyov

## Synopsis

Elias came to Los Angeles in early 2020, to search for clues regarding the whereabouts of his Sire, Shigeru, who was taken by The Second Inqusition some years prior. While generally a loner by necessity, at least in his opinion, the chaos of The Valley, and Los Angeles
as a whole, forced him to work with other kindred to reach his ambitions.

## Important Character Information

Thought not unfriendly or unsociable, Elias is rarely the first to seek out conversation or company of any kind. His business is his, and very few know much more about him than his name and that he can be a bit of a smart-ass when the mood strikes him.

He generally gets around on foot or with public transportation, though he has been known to steal the odd car from time to time.

Though an accomplished hacker, Elias is almost paranoid about the use of mobile phones.

## Important Character Relationships

With his Sire abducted (or worse) by The Second Inquisition, Elias currently has no relationships to speak of. At least not in Los Angeles.

## Backstory

Finland was in the 1800s, as it is now, a land of low temperatures and a thousand lakes. Way up north, east of the village of Kaamanen in the Lapland area, a boy was birthed into the world in 1869 by a Finnish mother. He was named Elias Solovyov, given the last name of his Russian father, who hoped to see his son grow tall and strong, so that he might prove useful on their little farm.

But fate doesn't care what we all want, and Elias grew to be short and thin, with great wits and speed, but little in terms of strength. He was also a very attractive young man, and he enjoyed chasing young love more than animals. His father grew angrier and angrier with him as time passed, and one night he kicked him out into the bitter cold of night. They were far away from the nearest village, or indeed the nearest house, and Elias only made it to the edge of Kaamanen an hour before dawn, where he collapsed in a small snow pile.

When he awoke again, he was in terrible pain. His body felt as though it was falling apart, his face burning like under an acid shower. Days passed with this horrible suffering, before it slowly subsided and left him feeling supremely hungry. That is when he first met Shigeru Masuda, his Sire, a Japanese kindred who was non to kind too his new childe, and over the years forced his expectations on him. For decades the two travelled Asia and Eastern Europe, and Elias was trained with blades and firearms alike, and made sneaky by many nights of practice. As the dawn of modern technology arrived, his sire threw him into that as well, and his hacking skills grew to be considerate. This, at first, was in an attempt to target the holdings of opponents too strong to face in combat, but it would become his main weapon in the past decade.

In late 2012 Shigeru was captured by Second Inquisition during a meeting in Poland. Elias was only one of two kindred to get away from that meeting, the other being a Danish Gangrel sent there on behalf of Rudi, The Bear Gangrel. Through them, Elias learned more about The Second Inquisition, and he has made it his ultimate goal to take them down by whatever means necessary. His search has now brought him to Los Angeles, where he hopes to strike mighty blows at the zealots who took his sire, and perhaps find information on where to find Shigeru.

((To be expanded at a later time))