Andreas Andreason

Andreas Andreason is a member of the Bar Sinister Coterie and walker on the Road of Kings.

Biography

Born in a nameless fishing village in Norway, Andreas would likely have followed in his father's rather tame footsteps and become a farmer had fortune not thrown an opportunity in his lap. When he was in his mid-teens, a merchant vessel - Andreas knew few languages and nothing of geography at the time, so to this night he remains ignorant of the crew's nationality - put in near his village to repair the sail, damaged in a sudden squall. Andreas, overcame by curiosity, stowed aboard and actually managed to remain undiscovered until the ship made port once more, on the British Isles. Andreas was fascinated by the strange and exotic vision that was London and spent many years there dwelling in poverty, but learning the languages and the practices of civilization.

Unfortunately, the single strongest conclusion Andreas came to was that civilization was the cause of much misery and poverty, and that the ways of his own people were far superior. He took to lamenting this fact to anyone who would speak to him. To his surprise, a man he met one night seemed to listen intently, even to agree, and then he asked if Andreas would like both the time and the means to work at restoring mankind to its "natural" state. Andreas, unsure what he was getting into, nonetheless agreed and was Embraced that night.

Whether Andreas was mad before the stranger met him may be questionable, but after years under William's tutelage, he certainly must be now. He is a Cainite of contradictions, unsure of what he's doing in the world. Although he decries the decadence of society and seeks a return to older ways, he follows the Road of Kings, convinced that the Cainites can use power and authority in society to lead mortals back to years gone by. Although he openly craves leadership and only grudgingly followed Ludwik for lack of anything better to do, in his unbeating heart and what remains of his soul, he desires nothing more than a return to the simple, mortal life he abandoned one night for a strange and foreign ship.

Image

Tall and lanky but not skinny, Andreas does not look Norse in any way except the construction of his facial features. His hair and beard are both cut short, his beard neatly clipped into a goatee. He disdains fancy clothes, preferring to dress in whatever garments are most comfortable and provide the most freedom of movement. When he goes armed, he carries a Norse ax, one of the few possessions he still has from before the ship.

Stats

Nature: Barbarian
Demeanor: Autocrat
Embrace: AD 1139
Apparent Age: Late 20s

References

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