TremereCamarilla
ABRAHAM DUSABLE
Father-Turned-Commander of the Tremere
Facts at a Glance
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DuSable is the sire of the Anarch leader Maldavis.
DuSable likely murdered his sire, Nicolai, to clear his path to power.
DuSable may be acting as a sleeper agent for the hidden Council of Seven.
Vulnerability(1)
DuSable is obsessed with Freddie Davis, a mortal descendant of Maldavis.
Knowledge(1)
Prince Jackson is suspicious of DuSable's past and the disappearance of Garwood Marshall.
Asset(2)
DuSable controls the Hyde Park Chantry, a heavily fortified mansion with significant occult defenses.
He maintains influence over the University of Chicago's medicine and anthropology departments.
Threat(1)
DuSable is a master of the 'House Militant' martial aspects of Thaumaturgy.
Alliance(1)
Rumors suggest DuSable and Maldavis are secret lovers and co-conspirators.
Conflict(1)
DuSable deeply distrusts Erichtho, viewing her as a potential House Carna sympathizer.
Goal(2)
DuSable aims to restore Tremere orthodoxy and convert House Carna members back to the 'Old Ways'.
He is transforming the Chicago Tremere into an autonomous, respected organization while supporting Camarilla customs.
Quirk(1)
DuSable keeps a mortal assistant, Karl Stott, out of uncharacteristic guilt.
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Stepping Back
The purpose of the Tremere is not ascendance in this world, over its cast of fools and monsters. Nor is the House a gathering of mystics and their competing personal truths. The fact is that even though every Prince pretends their throne will last until the flood comes again, history tells a different story. Therefore, the new Tremere of Chicago, his Tremere, will support the Camarilla's rational customs, but give up further political striving.
The Old Ways
DuSable's Tremere will also follow the orthodox Art, revealed in the Pyramid, and texts descending from the Primus and Council. The physical existence of the eldest Tremere was never as important as their knowledge. DuSable notes how many younger Tremere joined House Carna and believes many of them became ideologically polluted in such circumstances. It's time to convert them back to the old ways.
Unification
DuSable believes in getting his own clan in order before everything else, by transforming it from the politically compromised arm of a now-dead international chain of command into an autonomous organization which must be respected for its capabilities. Of course, there is no power that isn't tested, but with House Carna so close, Chicago provides many opportunities for instructive conflict.
Maldavis" Carol DavisPaternity
Maldavis is Abraham DuSable's shame and a source of lingering obsession, though with the Tremere fallen from Camarilla recognition, he now finds himself having more in common with her than he once did.
"Erichtho" Tracy GravesDistrust
He doesn't trust Erichtho, but respects her. She's a vital connection to the world of mortal magi, but is popularly ### THE MYSTERIOUS GARWOOD MARSHALL Abraham DuSable supposedly had another childe, Garwood Marshall. Marshall was definitely a Tremere, and DuSable never said he wasn't his childe, but it was rumored that Marshall claimed an Embrace in the late 1930s, before DuSable was himself Embraced. Further, Marshall seemed to disobey his "sire" at a whim, with few consequences. And in 1995, he vanished. In 1997, Joseph Peterson had a hideout Marshall kept in the Fine Arts building searched. His agents found anonymous letters from an individual who wrote as if they were his sire but were not in DuSable's handwriting. One said, "If you fail to do what we have spoken of, I will personally resolve the matter through extreme means." Prince Jackson is aware of these letters, but when asked, DuSable merely said, "He was my direct subordinate in our Pyramid, and he's gone." The Prince is dissatisfied with this response. thought to be a Carna sympathizer since during the nights of the Prime Chantry she barely kept her distrust of the Council of Seven within acceptable bounds.