Origin

Once upon a time, somewhen circa 28 000 BCE, a living human being was born, lived briefly, and died. (When dealing with such long timespans, even a couple hundred years either way doesn’t matter too much.) This person we will call Lillith was a very powerful born-witch. (For consistency and clarity, the spelling with double internal els is used everywhere in the Mythos Reference when referring to this person, even though she adopted that spelling much later.)

The only information we have about her life as a human is that at age sixteen she gave birth to a son. She was alone and the labour and birth were difficult, causing her severe injuries. She could see the child was weak and likely to die soon. In her pain and confusion, her only thought was to lessen her child’s suffering. After naming him Kern and cradling him for a time, she slashed his neck. Blood flowed from the child and she drank of it to feel closer to him. She did not realise that she herself was also bleeding to death. Lillith collapsed, her son in her arms, and both died within seconds of each other.

Aside from her involvement in the Council of Three beginning in 8096 BCE, we don’t know much about the very long unlife of Lillith. (She was already some twenty thousand years old when the Council was first created.) With her exceptional powers, she could be considered the primary enforcement arm of the Council of Three.

However, the fifteenth century CE was a busy time for Lillith. In 1461 CE, Marcus Lupus Ferox, the pureblood-morph Wolf Champion, went to the Council of Three to convince them to sanction action against the Eleanor Uasal. Lillith commented that Eleanor had a long way to go to match the deaths for which Lillith was responsible. The Council of Three refused to support him directly, so Marcus took on Eleanor clandestinely. Regardless of what the Council’s stated was, Lillith believed that Marcus was right and Eleanor needed to be stopped. She aided Marcus in sealing Eleanor in her iron coffin.

Only a few years later, in 1476 CE, Vlad Dracula Tepes rose as the first Tepes-Vampire, and the first vampire not of Lillith’s lineage. Lillith claims to have had a relationship with him. According to her their “affair” began in 1524 shortly after his rising. He was strong, with a will that defied God. Lillith found this very attractive, as she too had ill feelings for God. However, while Lillith had dealt with her pain long ago, Dracula’s lust for revenge against God blinded his judgment. The two separated not as enemies, but hardly as friends. Her dealings with Dracula then reaffirmed her belief in the Council of Three, at least until World War One broke out.

She had no known involvement in Dracula’s destruction in 1888 CE by van Helsing, Harker, and their team. Rumour may have spoken of it to her, but she did not consider it something she needed to be concerned about.

Then, the Old Ones played the trump card in their on-going entertainment. (The passage of time meant little to such ancient and powerful beings.) When they decided he was ready, the Old Ones sent Kern to earth in his demonic form. The year was 1892 CE. Kern confronted Lillith and claimed to be her son. She did not believe him, of course. No proof. The two parted as enemies, although Lillith was not too concerned. The Old Ones wanted entertainment, and they got some from the figurative fireworks between the two, with the promise of more should they meet again. When the Nosferatu began appearing, Lillith knew who was responsible for this new vampire lineage.

After Dracula’s restoration in 1898 CE, he went mad and tried to create as much evil as he could. Oddly enough it was Lillith who came to the rescue. In 1915, she ended his life and enclosed his ashes inside a silver urn. His was the last artefact added to the Council Vault before dissolution. Although Dracula was her rival, he was also her lover at one time. She still has a certain fondness for him, accounting for the Dracula movie posters all over her headquarters. She finds it very humorous that Vlad Dracula Tepes has become such a celebrity.

Lillith has this bad habit of drinking the blood of people she really likes. She doesn’t kill them or “turn” them. She just likes to have a piece of them within her. This also shows her if they are worthy of her respect. She has bitten Corrine and may one day bite Chelsea in this manner.

Lillith is lonely and she cries a lot. She also gets angry...a whole lot. The magazine gives her something to do, but it is still no more than a hobby. Working with the Council of Three probably gave Lillith the most satisfaction, and if it hadn’t made her happy, it gave her a sense that she was needed.

She hates vampires because most of them, in one way or another, are her offspring and are a constant reminder that she cannot now have children of her own. Whether she ever gives a thought to Kern and his claim is not known. Her hatred of them is also a reflection of how she feels about herself.

So to befriend Lillith is like befriending a tiger. The relationship can be very fruitful and wonderful, but you must always remember that she can and will rip your heart from your chest in an instant if she feels the need to do so. She doesn’t do that as much as she used to, since our society frowns on cold blooded murder, but she will not hesitate if sufficiently provoked.

As a humanoid demon and a vampire both, she is an extremely powerful individual. As a demon, she possesses an intense direct connection to magick, a holdover from being a born-witch. This gives her certain tricks like showing her power burning in her eyes, raining down the plagues (fire, hail, locusts, frogs, and who-knows-what-else), and so forth.

Although Lillith doesn’t turn into a bat, she can turn into an owl. Hence the owl image on the vampire key to the Council.

Lillith is the progenitor of all Lilith-vampires, the first vampire lineage. This gives her authority among the vampires, even those those not of her line. Vampires of other lineages may try to defy her, but does not permit such impudence to last long.

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