Erianthe, Oracle Of Knossos

Female infanticide was a hideous but common practice among the Greeks. Erianthe was left to her fate on the steps of Knossos Palace, and her parents never knew A World of Darkness 79 that she was taken in by an old woman who lived in the crumbling ruins. Theophania, a Malkavian prophetess, raised Erianthe and taught her the ways of the Oracle; the girl served as Theophania's ghoul for almost two centuries. When Theophania felt a call to leave Crete, she Embraced Erianthe and left her to serve as the next Oracle, guarded according to tradition by three Black Furies who saw the madness and undead status of the Oracle's position as divinely inspired. Erianthe lived in relative solitude, except for the occasional company of the Furies and visitors among the Awakened who came to seek her guidance. With the exception of Argus, no one stays around for very long.