Santiago DeSoto
Background
DeSoto’s retirement from the Inquisition into seclusion surprised many and lent credibility to Miguel’s suspicions that his sire was more than he appeared. Little does Miguel know how right he is, for the person he now calls “DeSoto” is the resting place for the soul of Sangris, former archbishop of Montreal and convicted infernalist.
When he was Embraced in Haiti, Sangris was amember of the Cult of Legba, which rejected the worship of Set. In the years before they joined the Sabbat, “Serpents of the Light” like him were desperate for aid against the Setites. Sangris found help in the Decani Bothothel.
The demon plague-lord had ridden the wave of smallpox that exterminated the natives of Hispaiiola, and held dominion over a temple in the hinterland of the island. In the temple, Sangris met a priestess of disease named “Cedilia of the Tongue,” who taught him the ways of the Decani. Sangris made a deal with the fiend Bothothel. He would spread a new form of corruption in exchange for power.
He proposed to turn souls to Bothothel through the “plague” of ambition, an infection that no other Decani claimed as its own. Sangris knew full well that the last soul he would serve up would be his own, unless he found a way to escape the pact. He found a way in Montreal. If Sangris’ soul came due in Montreal, the prison of Metathiax, the demon would contest Bothothel’s claim.
When word came from Montreal of the Sabbat’s losing struggle against the Setite JCrar, Sangris - now a sect member flew north. Still a servant of ambition, he rose to power as archbishop of Montreal. He also corrupted several vampires and Embraced a childe named Ezekiel whose ambition he hoped to fan to world-shattering proportions. All the while he prepared his escape from infernal bondage.
When Inquisitor DeSoto uncovered his infernalism, Smgris wove a complex Thaumaturgical rite into his very flesh. As his destruction approached, Bothothel and Metathiax both saliI I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I 82 Montreal by Night 1 A chiseled face. His dark-brown eyes complement his tan face, “4 1 a and a goatee hides his full lips.
Sangris dresses his body in I finely tailored black clothes that hide the scars left by f the duped Decani; DeSoto’s form suffers from leprosy.
Character Description
DeSoto has long salt-and-pepper hair and a
Roleplaying Hints
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