Victor Sterling

## History

For over a thousand years the Noble house of Sterling held there illustrious title as one of the Great clans. They had original acquired the name as they owned property rich in silver which in turn made the family very powerful and wealthy. Wealthy enough in fact to hide their true identity as Vampires. The Great Clans where all vampires with terrible power, riches, and time to spare they would often via with each other for even more power and status. However there was 3 laws that all the clans had to obey, "All clans must aid other clans in the event of an attack, No clan can attack another clan, and breeding with mortals is strictly Taboo" failure to follow these laws would result in all the clans destroying the offending clan outright. The laws kept the peace for centuries...or at least the appearance of peace as the reality was that so long as you where not caught then breaking the rules was allowed and even secretly encouraged. The subterfuge of an enemy clan could take decades to bare even the smallest amount of leverage to attack from but as immortals this didn't matter much as centuries blended together so quickly it was easy to miss the raise and fall of entire mortal civilizations. The norm among the clans was to groom mortal follower who proved themselves to bolster their ranks, however Clan Sterling was somewhat different in this regard. They felt that by breeding with the strongest mortals their child would gain more than a mere spawn could ever have. Though the other clans had grown suspicious having for many years believed that Clan Sterling had broken the taboo but could never prove it at they where quite diligent in hiding their children until they were fully grown. Once a child would become an adult they would be turned into a full blooded vampire and could act normally in the vampire society.

One such child born to the Sterling family was Victor, the last child of the Great House of Sterling. He was the child of the clans leader Count Lucius Sterling and a human adventurer named Gaela Yewlen. She was a beautiful and witty woman with long golden hair and was a devout follower of Urgathoa. Though her attractiveness and knowledge where appreciated more often than not the clans suiter where selected for their skills since it was these very skills that would make the house stronger. As with all the children of the family, their role was decided before they where even conceived and so Victor was destined to be Necromancer. This choice of profession for the child was odd, even though use of undead was hardly abnormal for vampires it was another to have a necromancer with the power dominate undead including vampires seemed dangerous to say the least. These fears where relieved when Lucius started he would keep Victor under his control rather than release him from his sway like was standard with the other children as he too was aware of the inherent danger but he needed that kind of power to gain a foot hold against the other great houses.

Years later when Victor would look and act like no more than a five year old child he was brought to the garden by one of the maids. Within the garden where great variety's of follows that transformed the dreary and grey of the villa into a vibrant explosion of color. He's hardly seen such vivid colors before, it was like an entire other world than the dark and musky interior of the house. The maid seemed somewhat apologetic that he was never able to explore the ground until that point but his mere presence should he have been seen would have been enough to have the other clans wipe them out on the spot. Though he was still not more than a boy it wasn't unheard of for clans to turn young children. Sometimes it was done to create spies and others where to do chores. It was this premise that would be used to protect young Victor as the cover story would be that he was turned to be their florist. His seeming interest in the various flowers only made it easier as a dedicated servant is more convincing than no that is not. And so he was taught the gentle art for cultivating and maintaining the garden which Victor took to quite well. He was particularly taken with the families prize roses, they where called blood roses for their deep blood red colored petals and black leaves and stem.

Victor spent the next 35 years learning to cultivate the garden and secretly being taught about Urgathoa and of the nature of undead from his mother who had been turned long ago. He learned from her that unlike the teachings of other deities and druids that undeath is not some kind of mistake in life. Druids believe that undeath is a disruption in the cycle of life and death where in reality it's just another path in the cycle. He learned well and even managed to call forth some magic from his growing divine connection to raise some weak undead. His peaceful days of learning and cultivating his garden would suddenly end soon. It happened without warning when during a banquet dedicated to the creation of a new mine several clans attacked, for some reason the sentries saw nothing and so the entire clan fell in a wholesale slaughter. Victor too would have died but he was in his garden when this all happened and fled from their into the forest where the a powerful druid circle dwelled. He wasn't pursued partly due to the fact that it was expected that the hostile druids would kill him on the spot and that none of the pursuers where willing to test the druids themselves to finish the job. By all account they where probably right if it wasn't for the nature of these druids for they were the Wargrove of Urgathoa a druid circle dedicated to the Pale Lady and having seen Victors holy symbol as he fled through the forest they know he was a follower as well.

Victor stayed with the druids until he turn 65 a young man by Dhampir standards, though they couldn't complete his clerical training he did learn everything they could teach him about the Goddess and for necromancy. He only recently had returned to his former home, still standing but vacant, signs of battle throughout being the only evidence left of his family once the looting was done. The only thing to have survived was the roses that Victor had come to love in his youth. He and it where the only survivors of that massacre and those who where responsible will pay dearly for what they did, they and everyone else.

## Personality

Charming yet aloof, having been a shut in for most of his life as he never mastered social interaction but his unnatural charisma more than makes up for his lack of elegance.

## Loves

He hasn't yet experienced love, and at most a general fondness for this hobby.

## Fears

Fear isn't something Victor has much experience but he does dread that he will be discovered and finished off before his revenge can be completed.

## Hobbies

Victor tends to his garden of roses, the only other survivor of the massacre of the Sterling clan. He is very protective of these flowers and would kill for them in an instant.

## Family

Died in a surprise attack from multiple other vampire clans

## Associates

Matt the Druid, Demetrie the Pale, Illyria the Broken

## Aspirations

To recreate his clan and raise it beyond it's former glory