Know Your Kindred - Khay’tall

Name: Khay’tall
Clan: Followers of Set
Generation: 6th
Embraced: 104 AD
Diablerized: 1204 AD

When the Hierophants took control of the clan after Set’s disappearance, it was by no means easy. Many Setites didn’t trust the elders and believed that one of them may have betrayed them when the Lupines sacked their capital of Tanis. They spread out across Egypt, each serving Set in their own way.

These rebellious Setites were called Decadents and the Nuerian tribesman Khay’tall was their leader. Khay’tall refused to accept the authority of Nakhthorheb and went so far as to promote the worship of evil as the true god, rather than merely a tool to further the wishes of Set.

Khay’tall’s childe and confidant Sarrasine appeared to agree with his sire, but behind Khay’tall’s back Sarrasine’s ambition steered him another way. In 1203 AD Sarrasine diablerized his sire Khay’tall for losing control of too many mortal pawns and jeopardizing the interests and safety of the clan.

Background

Khay’tall was in life the slave to a Roman garrison commander stationed in Jerusalem. One night his master held a lavish dinner party and Khay’tall was a servant at the event. Soon he realized that some of the guests weren’t human. He watched as they feed on other guests, almost in a frenzy. Khay’tall approached one of the guests, an Egyptian man named Nehsi - who was one of these supernatural beings - and petitioned to be made like him. When Nehsi asked why, Khay’tall said he realized that nobody is truly free. Everyone is a slave to something, whether it be a vice, religion or other men. And if he was going to be a slave he wanted to be a slave to something of his choosing. Nehsi was amazed by this response and took Khay’tall under his wing and taught him the ways of the Setites.

For over a century Khay’tall was a ghoul learning at the foot of Nehsi. Finally Nehsi embraced him and sent him to work at the Temple of Set in the Roman-conquered city of Carthage. While in Carthage Khay’tall befriended the Toreador Michael. They debated often about the nature of corruption. Eventually Michael moved to Constantinople and invited Khay’tall to join him. In his time there Khay’tall achieved speical status within the city and sired many other Setites to aid him. They gathered primarily in Constantinople and he established dominion over the city’s Setite population. Khay’tall also set out to corrupt members of the Catholic Church, setting up within it spies and sabators.

Khay’tall disappeared around 1204 AD, presumably a victim of the 4th Crusade, but rumors spread that assassination was the reason.

- Sources Libellus Sanguinis III - Wolves at the Door, Constantinople By Night, Player’s Guide to Low Clans.