Aimery de Methuin

Aimery de Methuin was a Cainite who lived in the Fief of York during the 13th century and then moved to the New World in the 18th century.

Biography

Dark Ages

Embraced in the middle of the 10th century in Normandy[1], Aimery began his unlife as his homeland asserted itself on the European political stage. When the assaults on England began, Aimery and his sire Olivier perceived another power working within the Norman armies. It wasn't until York fell and Julian Cerialis and his newly Embraced childe John took the city that Aimery and his sire realized that their own plot had been foiled.

While angered by Julian's action, Olivier could not help but admire the intelligence and subtlety displayed by the Methuselah. Securing the ancient city of Whitby as his domain, Olivier resolved to watch Julian from afar to find some weakness to exploit. Aimery, however, was not as patient or wise as his sire and sought a haven within York's walls, hoping to either ride Julians' successes or profit from his failures. Establishing himself within Julian's court, Aimery developed a bitter rivalry with the prince's childe John - a rivalry that only intensified when John won the city after Julian's mysterious death.

Aimery sees little use in a small domain such as Whitby especially while the upstart John rules York. Yet Aimery fears that any destabilization of John's influence would leave the city vulnerable to Mithras' total control.

After his failures to advance his position in York, he sought to gain power elsewhere, at first joining the coalition that fought Prince Mithras in the mid-13th century and then playing an active (but ultimately unrewarding) role in the War of Roses in the 15th century. The last straw was the English Civil War, which pitted Ventrue against Toreador, further solidifying power in the hands of those who already had it. Realizing that he would have little hope of success in Europe, Aimery opted to take a great risk and hid himself among mortals voyaging to the New World[2].

Victorian Age

At first Aimery settled in Boston building up his power base, but when the Ventrue's hold over the city collapsed in 1783, he escaped the bloody purges that followed and moved south, residing in Hartford for a decade, then Philadelphia, and finally New York[2].

His old acquaintance Katla Thranddottir - Catherine Thandor as she now called herself - offered him refuge in her city, at first using him as a pawn and later as a guinea pig for her plans. Aimery thus found himself in the authority of Ventrue who were not only his social inferiors, but hundred of years younger. In particular, he resented the young warlord Joseph Wellesley, whose position Aimery felt should be his. Wellesley claimed that Aimery had little comprehension of modern tactics or the impact of firearms.

Feeling like the Camarilla had not accorded him the status and respect he deserved, he took the advice[3] of Catherine Thrandor and defected to the Sabbat. Right before his defection he diablerized Eleanor Van Hasen, the regent of the city Tremere chantry[3].

Trivia

  • Olivier has Embraced another childe, Simon of Whitby, but Aimery has had little contact with his blood brother or father.[1]
  • Aimery took credit for beginning the ambitious construction of the York Minster in 1220 through those close to the shrewd and severe archbishop Walter de Gray. He hoped to combat baron John's influence over the city of York with the power of the Church.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 VTM: The Ventrue Chronicle, p. 51 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
  2. 1 2 VTM: The Ventrue Chronicle, p. 89
  3. 1 2 VTM: The Ventrue Chronicle, p. 86
  4. ↑ VTM: The Ventrue Chronicle, p. 16-17 Buy it from DriveThruRPG! Now in Print!
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