Oh yeah, Dani and Kordak were the cause of alllll her problems. After all, all she did was try to sacrifice their kid. She says she's a very good mage and all, but hey, we all know a thief can beat her out in a contest.

She's a singer in the shadow
And the shadow is death
-Cynthia McQuillin

I am a gypsy, my grandmother is Gaya. However, she will no longer acknowledge that nor will any other in my tribe. My name has been stricken from the tribe after I was exiled due to the fault of my "cousin" Danielle. I do not really consider her or her brother Patrick to be my cousins, or even gypsies at all. Their blood has been polluted, containing only part gypsy heritage. Their father was Tandraian and recently we found that their true grandfather is no gypsy at all. And so they are no more gypsies than is Angelique herself. I grew up resenting the two of them with all of my heart. They are not true gypsies and yet they have always been afforded the complete rights of one. Not to mention that after her mother died, Danielle officially became the one with the right to succeed my grandmother as the leader of our tribe. Fortunately, this is not a privilege that she is inclined to accept.

It was perhaps three years ago when I was forced out of my rightful place with my people. I need not go into details, I need only mention that Danielle and her then husband Kordak were the core of my difficulties. Upon finding this out, my grandmother officially exiled me and the ceremony of exile was performed. I was sent out with nothing but the clothes on my back to make my own way in the world. Luckily, I was already an accomplished mage and so I had little trouble taking care of myself. I was not welcome with any of my people even outside my tribe, the news of my exile had spread quickly. And so I had to content myself with wandering on my own.

The day came when I met a woman who introduced me to a group of people that I joined up with for a time. I was able to help them gain some power in the country of Gamyl and I did so with great pleasure. However, it was not my fate to stay there with them. Instead, I was recruited by Angelique and made into a Greater Vampire in order that they might have greater influence in the Hells, where my worship lies. I had some time before made contact with Asmodeus himself and become a rather avid worshipper. And quite favoured as well. The only regret that I have with joining with that side is the stipulation that I may not harm Danielle. Maurice would not allow such a thing. And so I will content myself with finding other ways of getting to her and her brother. I'm quite sure that I can think of something that fits within the limitations. Until that day, I shall serve here as well as I can, lending my talents and skills to the betterment of this side. For I truly do believe that this one will take the lead and go far ahead of the others. We do, after all, have the most powerful of the Greater Vampires. And he is an entity that even I would wish to never cross.

And my ties are severed clean
The less I have the more I gain
Off the beaten path I reign
Rover, Wanderer
Nomad, Vagabond
Call me what you will
-Metallica

One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but only when one esteems him as an equal or a superior.
-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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