⚠ <p>Manfred is a slim sixfoot tall man apearantly in his early thirties. He ussually wears black, grey, and blue dress clothes usually without the suit coat. often he wears a trench when it would fit in. Manfred is generally pargmatic, with an eye for detial. He is loyal to the inner council and his clan at large, but not neccasarily to any idividuals in his clan. He has seen to much and learned to much to actually trust anyone. His clan spent the first half of this melienium trying to survive and the second becoming one of the most dominante clans. Manfred has learned from this lesson. He understands neonate aren't so far below elders to be powerless or below note. If that were the case his clan never could have survived. On the other hand elders are very powerfull and it is best to be attached to those in power and on the way up to power. Or help those in power gain more and reap the rewards.
⚠ <p>Originally he was from Austria. He became a professor of history at Vienna university. A side passion in the occult became his downfall. From his delvings into history and the occult he started coming across an excerpt here a scrap there of what seemed to be first hand acounts of magic and the supernatural. The more he found the more he sought until finally he atracted the attentions a family of vampiric sorcerors and was initiated into house tremere.
⚠ <p>Manfred spent many years studing at varoius chantries throughout Europe finally once again arriving back at the vienna chantry. All those years of study of thaumaturgy and The history of the Kindred had made him a master of both. His particular expertise is magics dealing directly with blood.
⚠ <p>On an excurtion recently to an important archealogical site to the house an injured clan mate (Simon Godwin) found Manfred's party and began to relate a forboding story. The party took Simon back to Vienna where he was fully "debriefed". Manfred after a short time was sent to the Detroit chantry to investigate the story and follow up upon it. Little did he know his relatively studious life pursuing knowledge would turn quite chaotic, after make the acquantance's of some of the very kindred that had helped make the noise resposible for Manfred sojourn to the new world.
⚠ <p>On the very night that Manfred arrived in Detroit he went to Fox theartre where a conclave was meeting, Alicia Lee met Manfred and told him to investigate down by the docks. He made is way to the docks on the river. after struggling through and around many powerful wards he found his way into the interior of a ship. laying under a tarp he found four kindred with stakes driven into thier hearts. Cautiously he revived them. they were JT Wright, Mai, Jenny Olson, and Randolph Kugan. Quickly he established they were the of the group that had caused the disturbance in eastern Europe. The five of them searched the rest of the ship and came up with little more than a room stuffed with rotting corpses (the ship's crew). As they left the ship the Dux Bellorum and a few crusaders arrived and placed the four into custudy. Manfred sat with the Dux Bellorum and they all made thier way to Fox's Theatre.
⚠ <p>Manfred questioned them about thier adventures in Europe. It became eviedent they had been acting towards thier orders. Manfred decided they would be interesting to associate with and would provide a valuable insight into the city. Which would begin a chain a rapid adventures over the next week and a half.
⚠ <p>Manfred would come face to face with ancient kindred like the harbiringer who accosted him and Christian Moross, Murgatroyd, and others that would in many cases be horrowing experiences. I came into contact now with several items of power and is piecing together information to gain a larger view in the events in Detroit which seem to have a far reaching impact.
⚠ <p>After a week and a half of intensive badness Manfred crafted a contract with one of his most powerful rituals to form a binding allaince amonst these kindred. With a mix of amusement and dread it is becoming clear that the fellowship is the newest generation of such an allaince. Cotieres like this have been the power in detroit for most of its history. He muses, are we here to ensure the survival of the city, or simply becoming the newest problem in a long line of problems? How long until another group of neonates looks up and feels the need to "help" fix our mistakes as we act with power. Only time will tell and that is one thing we actually have to spare.
⚠ <p>Manfred is slowly begining to change some of his opinions. For example clan ties in the other clans are even weaker than he thought and that is saying something. he is also coming to believe that the tzimesce aren't the only major threat out there. But somehow they are involved with this whole mess. Irving broke something in romania and it is make a lot of noise still. Something stirs in the carpathians and Manfred shivers at what the possible causes could be. If only the others understood, thier blood would run even colder.
⚠ <p>Manfred was somewhat disapointed in the chantry in detroit. The major chantries of Europe are much stronger and better organized, here there is such disemblance. However the chantry is in the process of rebuilding, so some measure of understanding is required. Much of the time the other members of the chantry are difficult to reach which is very different than Manfred is used to. If only the chantry was a strong as Kiev, London, Durham, Paris, Munich, or Vienna many of our problems would be much easier to solve.
⚠ <P>As the events surronding Manfred in this pit of dispear he found himself in unfolded. Manfred was forced to acclimate into unlife in Detroit. In the aftermath he spent some months studing with Christian and Tante in his chantry. As his studies went he was recalled/sent back to vienna for around 9 months. He continued traing at the chantry there. His strength is renued. He once again witnessed the power of the inner council, and felt his own grow greatly.
⚠ <P>The council showed manfred much in the way of ritual magic and thier ways. Helping prepare him for the descent back to the hell of Detriot. He is mystified by the events that led to the elder malkavian's escape. He secretly feels the rash actions of some his cotiere, especially throwing the face it self into tapestry alowed his escape.
⚠ <P>Manfred with Randolph Kugan have purchased a book store Pages of the Ages. This new holding allows Manfred to continue his hobby of antique book collecting and have a wider access to that particular market, as well as search for arcane texts that pop up in such old collections. Manfred has interests to aqcuire more such enterprises in the future.
⚠ <P>Manfred is perplexed with Irving's return and stunned that he was given the tapestry to guard. Irving's return may be a blessing is disguise or portents of doom, only time will tell and that is one thing the undying possess in great quantities. Patience and reason may prevail after all.
⚠ <P>Jennys rocky return shock Manfred. She believes Manfred advised her to go to torpor, when he didn't. She had viscious vision will sleeping and awoke with what seems to be more of the dark Malkavian elder's blood in her veins. What are the implications here? Is Jenny still an ally or has she come fully under the sway of Achadremenos?
⚠ <P>Seems that once again Manfred will be drawn into the center of the storm.
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