Geoffrey of Richmond
Sir Geoffrey of Richmond is Lasombra and is the childe of the Ancient called Boukephos.
Biography
Sir Geoffrey and his men presented themselves to Narses in Venice but did not even bother arguing in council. It would appear that the young Cainite instead ambitiously sought to use his talents to push the mortal Crusade towards Palestine, and seemed happy to work beneath the smokescreen of Lasombra Tommaso Brexiano’s bluster and obvious attempts at intrigue. In addition, it is also rumoured that he worked to convince certain Barons to take the ports of Marseilles and Apulia over Venice in order to force the destination of Palestine over Egypt. He is also blamed for the desertion of nearly 2000 men under the command of Simon de Montfort.
It is rumoured that the Lasombra is none other than Duke Geoffrey II of Brittany, the late brother of Richard the Lionheart. If even a portion of these rumours are true, then his talent for intrigue and treachery is truly prodigious. It is unclear exactly why Sir Geoffrey and his coterie of allied Lasombra and Toreador sought to derail the pilgrimage in this way other than the rumoured enmity that Boukephos bears the Cainite Heresy. It has been said that if Narses and his cronies are involved in something, then the supporters of Boukephos would appear to stand ready to to befoul their influence. Whatever the case, Sir Geoffrey and his supporters were forced to flee the Crusade once their treachery finally became clear to Ventrue Guy de Provence and his men.