Servants of Anushin-Rawan

Centuries ago, a Ventrue elder named Anushin-Rawan chose the arid island of Yiaros in the Aegean Sea as the site for an island-wide Elysium for the Camarilla. While it was believed to be unpopulated, a number of humans do live there and serve Anushin-Rawan as assistants, gardeners, builders, workers, concubines, assistants, and anything else that is needed. These servants, who have been referred to as the Chosen, seem to have an eye for what their Kindred guests need most. While they go unnoticed by some visitors, other Kindred notice how pliable and polite they are. The Chosen obey without being needlessly obsequious like most Bound ghouls, and they are seldom underfoot.

Only a handful of Kindred, who are all high-ranking members of the Ventrue Clan, know that the Chosen are actually revenants. Most Kindred have assumed the Chosen were ghouls or mortal servants, and have never suspected that Anushin-Rawan engineered this unique family. According to legend, Anushin-Rawan created the Chosen many centuries ago by bringing pirates and concubines to Yiaros. The uninhabited island was an ideal setting for Elysium, as it was also rumored to be imbued with fae magic.

Anushin-Rawan has publicly claimed the island’s mystical properties naturally created a family of revenants after centuries of creating ghouls among members of the same population. This, however, is an unprovable lie. Though any vampire might suspect that this is not how the Chosen were created, Anushin-Rawan is one of the most highly-respected, high status members of the Ventrue in the world. No one would dare to run afoul of the vampire who dedicated her life to an Elysium so many have enjoyed, not even should they question members of Clan Baali or the infernalist Valerius Maior.

In truth, Anushin-Rawan was not the first vampire to walk on Yiaros. Once long ago, the Baali Clan established a temple on the island, dedicated to their powerful leader Nergal, and their infernal rites tainted the land. The magic lay fallow until Anushin-Rawan arrived on the island, to create her family of revenants, and even she is not aware if she accidentally discovered the island or was unwittingly manipulated to visit it. Regardless, the end result of her efforts turned an island once used by infernalists into a Kindred paradise.

Over time, Anushin-Rawan has entertained many loyal Kindred and unusual guests on her island, ranging from the Ventrue Justicar Lucinde to the Rafastio witches, and the Chosen have served them all. This oasis has not gone unnoticed by other Sects, however, and despite their attempts to infiltrate Yiaros they were quickly ushered off the island unharmed. In truth, Anushin-Rawan’s hospitality was legendary. Occasionally, the Ventrue Methuselah would present one of the Chosen as a gift to a high-ranking members of her Clan, with the recommendation that they should be placed in positions to help protect the Masquerade. In exchange, she received valuable information related to the inner workings of her Clan and Sect, and offers to visit Ventrue domains around the world.

While most vampires are suspicious of Anushin-Rawan’s altruistic tendencies, they do not view her or the Chosen as a threat. The Methuselah has used that perception to set up training facilities in well-populated areas with the blessing of her Clanmates. These buildings have traditionally been used to screen and instruct candidates for Ventrue ghouldom, and new holdings are being established in Las Vegas and Seattle. These so-called ghoul academies, which have existed for centuries, have also produced new servants for Anushin-Rawan. Most, if not all, Ventrue believe that they are providing her with future ghouls, and are not aware that she is using them to reinvigorate the Chosen’s bloodline and ensure the health of her revenant family.

Within the last ten years, however, more Chosen have slowly been leaving the island for reasons unknown. Not only has Anushin-Rawan has been presenting her revenants as gifts to high-ranking Ventrue in greater frequency, her revenants have also been helping her Clanmates secure havens in contested cities as well. Thus far, Anushin-Rawan’s legendary island has protected her and her Chosen from further scrutiny, and only time will tell when and how the Ventrue Methuselah’s myth will unravel.

**Appearance:** The Chosen hail from all ethnicities and backgrounds, and dress impeccably according to the wishes of Anushin-Rawan. Occasionally, she will ask her servants to wear outfits that fit a mythological theme to impress her guests. While often dressed well, they wear clothing suited to their tasks.

**Character Creation:** The Servants of Anushin-Rawan have been hand-picked and nurtured similarly to candidates selected to become devoted Ventrue ghouls. Thus, unlike other revenant families, the Chosen tend to represent Clan Ventrue’s ideals. Despite their propensity for servitude, revenants are often trained to fit the role they were designed for. For example, a Chosen bodyguard would take more physical traits than a Chosen majordomo. The Chosen are expected to follow the Traditions, and maintain a strong grip on their Humanity.

**Disciplines:** Auspex, Obfuscate, Presence

**Weakness:** The Servants of Anushin-Rawan have been bred to obey her without question or complaint. This servitude is mystically tied to her blood. Thus, whenever her revenants are in the presence of a vampire descended from her, regardless of Generation, they are compelled to serve that Ventrue as if they were suffering the effects of the blood bond. A revenant may only be mystically Bound to one, unique descendant at any given time; if there are two or more vampires in the same vicinity, the revenant will be Bound to the first descendant she encounters. These effects are temporary, however, and last for 10 nights minus the character’s Willpower rating.

**Quote:** “Of course, my lord. Whatever you need. She will be pleased, I’m sure.”