Izz Melamed

Izz Melamed

Pronouns	She/Her
Clan	House Goratrix
Sect	Independent Alliance
Social Class	Master Elder
Morality	Humanity
Lineage	House Melamed
Coterie	ThirstSquad
Position(s)	N/A

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Description

The Moon
"Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality."
- Richard Courant

Izz Melamed is the eldest childer of Nissim and the first member of House Melamed. She is mysterious, aloof, duplicitous, and usually very annoyed about something.
Izz has spent the majority of her existence bloodying her hands in the name of her clan fighting their wars and destroying their enemies. Known to have formerly been an Astor prior to the splitting of the pyramid she leaves in her wake an air of mystery and pain.

Timeline

1240 - Izz is born in Florence to minor nobility a title she would never take on.
1254 - Izz abandons her home and family for a thirst to gather more knowledge. Disguising herself as a man and making her way across the continent and the channel she enrolled in Oxford University.
1260 - Izz is exposed as a woman and ejected from University just a few months before completion of her Master of Arts with all degree's revoked. Through some luck she caught the notice of her sire, Nissim who takes her on as a ghoul and begins her apprenticeship.
1275 - Izz is embraced deep in the Carpathian mountains by Nissim, his first childe.
1280 - Izz leaves accounting and is immediately thrust into the Omen War as lieutenant over a squad of shock troops
1300s - Izz becomes the first member of House Melamed, created by Nissim, as a place where those who have been persecuted in the mortal world may learn and teach in peace. .
1476 - Being present at Ceoris for the attack by the now freed Gargoyles, Izz joins her fellow Tremere in defense of the clan against their former minions.
1496 - Izz is a ritualist in the blood curse in exchange for Clan Tremere becoming part of the Camarilla.
1520 - Izz attends the opening ceremony for Ceoris Prime Chantry in Vienna.
1515 - Achieved the position of Astor Izz spends the next 500 years rarely settling down in one place for longer than absolutely necessary.
1800 - After an inexplicable series of events, Izz embraces her one and only childe, Jerry.
2009 - Izz is one of the lead ritualists in the Ritual to Save the World.
2010-2012 - The Second Inquisition. Izz lacking much in the way of a specific home largely goes unnoticed.
2011 - In the midst of the Inquisition The Beckoning happens. Izz immediately tracks down Jerry and has him shove a stake in her heart to be delivered to her sire, he does as she wishes for this is not the first time he has been asked to do such.
2012 - Izz is present at the destruction of the Prime Chantry.
2015 - Izz leaves the Camarilla for the Independent Alliance following after a few members of her lineage as well as one of her more well known acquaintances. The circumstances surrounding why remain mysterious.
2018 - Izz attends the Toreador Grand Ball.

House Melamed
“If thou hast acquired knowledge, what canst thou lack? If thou lackest knowledge, what canst thou acquire?”

- Talmud, in Cohen

Motto: Learn, Know, Teach

Founded by Nissim, the Lineage of House Melamed is a collection of powerful, thoughtful Tremere. After the clan split into three Houses in 2014, the lineage split as well, with members in all of the various new factions, still held together by a common ethos.

Rumors

• She has actually been on a Path for centuries but has mastered it to such a degree that no one can tell the difference
• She actually left House Tremere at the request of the current Archmagus of House Goratrix.
• She's killed rogues on every continent, including 3 in Antarctica
• She keeps a list of her top 5 favorite neonates, and occasionally informs them of their positional shift

• Please add rumors here.

Quotes

• "I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye. I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with my mind. I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart." - The Gunslinger
• "Is the appearance of apathy not a just a different type of bandage upon a wound?" - Banks
• "My beloved eldest childe, you have borne so many burdens upon your shoulders. I can only hope my love for you has made such a weight worthwhile." - Nissim Melamed
• "I mean, half the time I don't understand what Izz is saying but I can definitely sit there and smile while looking at her until it finally makes sense." - Kenneth Bilge
• "Will wreck Oxford for her in a heartbeat. Wish she was as young as she wanted to be." - Finley Welles
• "Izz is a stone-cold bitch who loves hard drinking, big dicks and trouble. If she's dead, it's probably 'cause she got wasted and offered the Grim Reaper a hand job or something" - Queenie Lafontaine Paris
• "Words are insufficient to accurately describe Izz Melamed." -Ringmaster Silly Paris-Borden
• "Mom's taught me well. What did she teach me? If you have to ask..." - Jerry Holiday
• "I could hardly begin to tell you what I really think about Izz. If I'm honest, she might get mad at me and I have to tell you there are few things in this world that I want less than Izz Melamed being mad at me. If you promise not to tell...I think she's pretty amazing, even when I'm making her pinch the bridge of her nose in exasperation. Which...I'm pretty sure I do, even though she tells people she likes me." - Dr. Marcel Trevisani
• "Izz is definitely my second favorite Melamed. She is wonderfully misunderstood, much like myself." - Agatha Palmerstone
• "Mmm, your puppy has grown into an attack dog I see." - Brighid d'Caleti
• "Sometimes there is beauty under rough exteriors." - Queenie
• "I meet too many items on her 'I Fucking Hate This' checklist for her to like me. I'm just going to count it as a win that she tolerates me." - Fiadh
• "Your quote goes here." - Name

Playlist:Bleeding Love
“All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.”
- Paradise Lost

Art Credits:
House Melamed Symbol - Kenny Cole

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OOC Information

Player	Lewis Baustian
Pronouns	He/Him
MES #	US2009084647
Domain	Des Moines, IA
Storyteller	glvmasqueradevst@gmail.com