Benjamin Assi Caesarea

Benjamin Assi Caesarea

Clan	Lamia
Sect	Independent Alliance
Sect Faction	Society of the Crypt
Social Class	Pretender Elder
Morality	Humanity
Lineage	House Caesarea
Coterie	Green Carnation Club
Position(s)	Face of House of Caesarea Founder of the Society of the Crypt

Further Information

Description

When the Lamia reemerged in the new Millennium, it was clear that the clan had not wasted their time outside the watchful eye of the sects. Benjamin was the first to announce himself to the great Houses of every clan, presenting himself as the Speaker for the Medusa herself.

The Caesarea family came out one by one from the shadows... and then they kept coming. Today, Benjamin is the public face of a forgotten House of twenty fierce protectors, diplomats that are welcomed everywhere, and necromancers who know Death like no one else. Several cities were taken within months of joining the alliance.

Ben enjoys his role as eldest of his siblings, reveling in the freedom in his power.

The Green Carnations comprise his closest friends, elders from every sect. (The Carnations also invite all queer players looking for a supportive community to reach out to any one of us!)

Great Grand-Sire: Lamia
Grand-Sire: Medusa
Sire: Medusa
Broodmates:

• Aurelia
• Sevinch
• Jiajak
• Teuta
  

Childer:

• Elias Caesarea
  • Katerine Caesarea
• Euryale Caesarea
• Joey Caesarea
  

Timeline

• 1211: Hebdomon, now in Turkey Born outside Constantinople shortly after the Fourth Crusades devastated the city, Benjamin worked in the seaside palaces for the wealthy Venetians who vacationed there.
• 1232: Klokotnitsa Benjamin rides to join the army of Theodore Komnenos as he marches through Bulgaria to recapture Constantinople. Komenenos’ forces are obliterated. With a broken arm, Benjamin begins the long journey home.
• 1240: Istanbul, Turkey Broken physically but not in spirit, Benjamin is too pitiful to be taken seriously by any side of the war. In her journey to Erciyes, the Medusa sees an underestimated killer who can work in any army or palace and whose loyalty to her will be absolute. The Medusa Embraces Benjamin and they continue to the temple at Erciyes.
• 1241: Erciyes, Turkey Benjamin serves as a protector of the Cappadocian scholars alongside Lamia, the Medusa, and his broodmates, Aurelia, Jiajak, and Sevinch.
• 1341: Erciyes, Turkey Attacked by his sister Teuta on their first meeting. He wins. She comes back smarter and wins. They remain close through the ages.
• 1346: Erciyes, Turkey Feast of Folly. Benjamin and his family are chosen by Cappadocious to continue to serve the clan.
• 1440: Erciyes, Turkey The Betrayal – Lamia, the Medusa, Aurelia, Jiajak, Sevinch, and Teuta are lost, presumed dead at the hands of the Giovanni. Benjamin fails to save his eldest sister, Aurelia. He will spend the rest of his nights trying to measure up to her. Freya, the eldest, loses her life saving Ben.
• 1441-1500: Egypt Kudret smuggles Benjamin out of Turkey to Cairo, Egypt and the safety of Lazarus’ cult. Studies with Lazarus’ childer and Followers of Set.
• 1500: Venice Armed with necromantic skills and the Venetian he learned as a mortal, Benjamin is sent on his first visit to Venice by the Medusa, where he is a guest of the Putanesca family. Meets Luka Giovanni while he is still a ghoul, attempts to use him as a pawn against the Giovanni.
• 1500: Venice Driven by a desire to understand the soul as well as to nurture and protect, Benjamin joins the Tremere Nissim Melamed in aiding the displacement and pogroms against Jewish communities. Benjamin will continue that work as he follows wars across Europe, where there are no shortage of souls.
• 1785: Paris Spiritually exhausted, Benjamin searches for respite in Paris. Meets Claude and begins a romantic journey for decades. When revolution breaks out in Paris, Claude protects Ben from more psychic damage and moves them to London.
• 1789: London Spiritually exhausted, Benjamin arrives in London.
• 1860: London Forms the Green Carnation Club with Luka Giovanni, Christian Whitechapel, and Nissim Melamed.
• 1880: The Medusa recognizes the Kindred drama as an opening to look towards the family’s future. Benjamin begins to travel more widely and openly.
• 1890: St Louis Embraces Elias Caesarea
• 1910-1914: Phoenix Kishufa Caesarea moves to the family estate to study with Elias Caesarea
• 1954: North Korea “Wish you were here so you could help me extract oppressed women and children from North Korea.
  xoxoxo
  Your Sister
  PS put your big boy pants on, you dried-up piece of shit”
  Benjamin helps Teuta Caesarea kill slavers and help families recover.
• 1987: New York City Benjamin studies death in the AIDS ward where Dr. Marcel Trevisani is working. Benjamin is suspected of causing a few “miracles” when the recently-deceased wake up to say goodbye to their loved ones. Within a year, Marcel is dying in the same ward, Ben at his side.
• 1988: Kansas City Benjamin is sent to Kansas City by coterie-mate Christian Whitechapel to assist a neonate friend. Benjamin rediscovers Marcel Trevisani. Sparks fly, emotions run hih.
• 1995: Eilat, Israel Organizes a survey of northern Egypt with Daniel and Kishufa Caesarea, searching for remnants of the Lazarus cult
• 1999: Atlanta Rekindles his relationship with Luka Giovanni. The two become a fixture at Giovanni parties.
• 2000: Los Angeles Embraces Euryale Caesarea during research trip in LA with Elias Caeserea and the Setite Deo Aker
• 2008: Phoenix Caesarea Family publicly announces they have returned to public
• 2010: Phoenix Elias Caesarea embraces Benjamin’s grandchilde
• 2016: Phoenix The Medusa, Benjamin, and Elias Caesarea found the Society of the Crypt
• 2018: Las Vegas The family joins the Independent Alliance. Benjamin, Elias Caesarea, and Teuta attend the signing in recognition of their work negotiating the alliance

Rumors

• Was responsible for the plague that swept through the port city of Marseille
• He once rode through a long line of towns with a Brujah, a Cappadocian, and a Giovanni like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
  

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Quotes

• "Elder brother serves as the mouthpiece for the will of Medusa. I honor him like I honor Medusa. But I place my faith in the Dark Mother first and foremost." - Sevinch
• "I think of him and everything goes wavy. From my knees, I find that my lips trip as they dribble inadequate and inarticulate sounds of worship and yet they are a paean, the most glorious parts of myself drawn out and laid open before him, my lover, my angel of death. He receives my offering and though I find it inadequate, accepts. I am the powerless moth, and he the flame." - Dr. Marcel Trevisani
• "My, my! These green carnation lads do get around, don't they?" -- Zoltan Vancura
• "Definitely someone you would want to have your back in a fight." Zeke Wylde
• "Benjamin will always be this enthralling kind of love. The sort that doesn't grow, it simply rushes into your life like the surf over the beach. You can lose yourself in it. His love is rich, deep, and yes, dangerous. Still, I have no regrets, and return to the sea as often as I may." -- Claude de Bourbon
• "There is an intimacy in death that Benjamin knows well. An understanding of mortality that I feel many kindred lose, especially at our age. In the face of death and in the face of love, even kindred are stripped bare and vulnerable. I find it no surprise that he is a master in both." -- Nissim Melamed
• "I love Uncle Benji! Nothing screams enabler more than conspiring with your niece to fire cephalopods at nearby yachts." -- Eleanor "El" Bisset-Caesarea
• "The nights are never dull when Ben is involved. If you aren't paying attention, you'll wind up trapped on a road trip where 'we might as well hit some buckets on that list' and won't know what hit you." --Jace
• "When I met him it went from zero to a hundred real quick. I was not prepared." -- Kenneth Bilge
• "Who would've thought Uncle Benji and I would have the same taste in men? I didn't see that one coming." -- Fiadh
  

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OOC Information

Player	David Romako
MES #	US2007029481
Domain	AZ-010-D
Storyteller	Casey Matthews