Pain Scientist

Most Sabbat know the infamous Sascha Vykos as the paragon of the Path of Death and the Soul, but few see that august priscus up close or for long. When most Mexico City neonates think of Death and the Soul, they think of Dr. de Sancha, and Sabbat of other clans consider him an ideal, archetypal Tzimisce. WhentheTzimiscenadist EfraimSortanodecided that he needed to learn more abut modern forensic medicine, he picked adoctor to teach him. Vermudo de Sancha, MD taught medicine at UNAM, Mexico’s premier university. Sortano pickedde Sancha after hearing the doctor explain thenecessity of animal vivisection in medical research and training. Better thatdogsandmonkeysandguineapigssuffer, hesaid, thanthat humans die. Medical discoveries came only through direct observation of actual living creatures. Sortano made Dr. de Sancha his ghoul for several years. Eventually the force of the Blood and the strain of serving a monster took its toll on de Sancha’s sanity. His experiments, teaching and opinions became.. . erratic. When two faculty members walked in on Dr. de Sancha vivisecting a man while explaining points of interest to a large dog, the doctor’s career was over. Sortano the dog -knew it was time either to kill or Embrace his ghoul, and he chose the latter course. The Zookeeper hoped that his childe would follow him into Metamorphosist research. Over the years, however, de Sancha drifted into different research priorities. He found the Death and the Soul philosophy more appropriate to his work. His fervent research earned him the nickname of El Turcedor, the Twister, from other Sabbat. De Sancha now spends his nights in a grisly quest to understand how pain and mutilation affect the mind, in both the short and long terms. He has attained some renown as an interrogator. Sabbat consult de Sancha when they cannot force a person to talk through Disciplines, or simply want to break an enemy’s will.