Jan Arathi
Jan Arathi is a Brujah from Kenya.
Background
Jan's mother grew up in a Kikuyu tribal village northwest of Mombasa. When she came of age, her family sold her to a wealthy Englishman who immediately impregnated her. The Englishman, Charles Erroll, upon discovering the baby was a boy, insisted that her child bear his name. This, Jan Erroll came into the world.
In 1921, Charles Erroll received a visitor who would change Jan's life forever. The woman, a ninth-generation Brujah named Greta Englebert, had been Charles' friend and lover, using him as a Blood Doll for years before releasing him. With her golden hair and lithe figure, Greta charmed both Charles and his son. In truth, she had come in search of a childe. Where she had originally intended to Embrace Charles, she became enamored of his dark-skinned son and chose him instead. The two of them went away together. For the first time, Jan visited the white Europe he had already come to hate.
In the end, Jan killed and diablerized his sire. His loathing for Europeans ran so deep he could not beat to look at her. He hated her for trying to make him a part of her world, just as he hated his father for conceiving him in the first place. Jan returned to Kenya and gave his father the same gift he had given his sire: death. Before long, he began an active campaign against white settlers. He acquired a following and sired several childer himself. He changed his name to Arathi, which in Swahili means "prophet." Thus, Jan Arathi began his career as a guerrilla leader and freedom-fighter.
Jan prefers to wander and has several havens established all around Mombasa and in the savanna. His favorite haven is a bat cave located just south of Mombasa on the short of the Indian Ocean where cliffs rise steeply over crashing waves.
Jan openly aligns himself with no organization. He prefers to work as a free agent, joining whatever cause he feels deserves his services. He has contacts with both the Luo and the Nyayo, taking neither side of their argument; however, he secretly sympathizes with the Luo and if it came down to the wire, he would side with them. His cunning, ruthlessness and unshakable resolve have made him somewhat of a legend among the vampires of Kenya.
Appearance
Jan Arathi wears the dress of a tribal elder in an attempt to hide his youthful demeanor. His young face, with its broad nose and full lips, belies his experience and knowledge. He hates his appearance, wishing he looked older. His hair bushes thickly around his head and he cakes it with mud and other natural substances in the manner of his tribal ancestors. When meeting others in a formal atmosphere, Jan Arathi wears the white facepaint of a warrior.
References
- WOD: A World of Darkness Second Edition, p. 126-127