Lotharius

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Lotharius was the prince of Vienna during the Dark Ages. A childe of Etrius, he was responsible for the transportation of Tremere's torpid body to Vienna and was also among the first assembled Primogen of Jürgen of Madgeburg. Biography

Born 984 in Cologne, he was inducted to the Order of Hermes at the age of eight. He quickly rose through the ranks and became one of the order's youngest masters, before he started travelling the lands as a diplomat for the Order. In 1012, he befriended Etrius who introduced him to House Tremere.

During his stay in Ceoris, he vanished because of a magical accident for twenty years and when he returned, the House had started to adopt vampirism in order to escape their weakening magic.

He reluctantly accepted the Embrace from Etrius and, afterwards, traveled the world again, in order to act as an diplomat for the new clan and to hunt Salubri. In 1032, he was made Pontifex of Austria and tasked to form it into a base of power for the clan.

He quickly usurped control over Vienna from the previous prince, Valerianus, and transformed Vienna into the bastion of power that the Tremere has kept until this day. Most of his concerns, however, were regarded to the Tzimisce and to the growing influence of their Methuselah Shaagra.

During a journey to Berlin in 1235, Lotharius Embraced the witch-hunter Karl Schreckt, who would later become the Tremere clan's Justicar.

Character Sheet

Lotharius, the Magus Prince

• Sire: Etrius
• Nature: Visionary
• Demeanor: Autocrat
• Generation: 5th
• Embrace: 1030
• Apparent Age: Mid 30′s
• Morality: Road of Kings

Edition differences

According to the German-language sourcebook Wiener Blut: Wien Bei Nacht, produced under license by Feder & Schwert, Lotharius usurped control of Vienna from Valerianus in 1351. This source was referenced in Encyclopaedia Vampirica, which again reiterated that he took control of the city in 1351. The exact time frame of his domain over the city was retconned in Dark Ages: Europe. In that source, the year that he replaced Valerianus as Prince was changed from 1351 to 1155.

References

• Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 107, 185
• Dark Ages Europe, p. 58, 69, 76
• Players Guide to High Clans, p. 70
• Players Guide to Low Clans, p. 70

VIC Info

After some bad mistakes of the former Justicar di Zagreb Lotharius introduced himself as the new Justicar of Clan Tremere at Lucindes Conclave 2014. He held a speech to the assembled Kindred of the Camarilla which has spread through the domains:

IN THE NAME OF THE CAMARILLA

(Speech of Lotharius, 07 02 2014 at Burg Stahleck)

As one of you I stand here, proudly with my head up high as one of the supreme judges of the Camarilla.

This dignity to bear I am ready, to judge the guilty blood. In the name of the Camarilla, as Justicar of House and Clan Tremere. Warned be those among you who walk on errand paths, harm the Camarilla or even serve the Sabbat.

With my sword raised I shall thin out our ranks and slay the traitors with no previous warning.

Those in doubt and those aberring, however, may be lead on the right path. Should they rest in inobedience, they shall also be struck by the final punishment of my court of the blood.

So be this my banishing spell, my oath and my promise. Witnessed by the circle of the High Elysium and by the presence of these children of Caine.

As I stand here, Lotharius, Justicar and Elder of House and Clan Tremere in the name of the Camarilla.

Those amoung you who are young of age, however, I encourage you to be brave. Walk your path, which has been traveled by so many of your Elder before. So you are our hopes in times of quick progress and the brevity of aeras. Take on your responsibility that the Camarilla shall bestow upon you. Yet always preserve the respect and the memory of those who prepared this path for you long ago.

Now I shall leave you, for there is much to do. But my vigilant eye will find those among you who break the Traditions, who betray the Camarilla or who enter the realm of the Sabbat.

Be warned, as your henchman has returned!