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History

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A former attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center, Julien was a civil rights activist who accepted his sire’s Embrace after being frustrated by the glacial pace of social change among mortals. His long service to the Tremere clan was undistinguished but largely faithful. He disappeared in mid-late 2015 and is presumed deceased.

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Personality

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Relationships

Julien was relatively close to his sire Erwin Bornemann, who he felt understood him in a way few other Kindred did. He found little in common with his younger (and more accomplished) broodmate Peter Lebeaux, perhaps as a result of the latter’s background as a white police officer. Though Lebeaux attempted to develop a relationship with him, Julien never seemed to think of the homicide detective a brother, and they remained distant. Julien spent a great deal of time in the company of Antoine Savoy, in whom he saw hope for a more enlightened rule than Vidal’s tyranny, and was a frequent guest at the Evergreen.

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Influence

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Domain

Julien made his domain in Central City. His only known neighbor was Alexander Wright, as few other Kindred considered the crime-ridden area to be worth cultivating influence over. Julien long claimed he sought to help lift the residents out of poverty, but never seemed to get around to it.

Ghouls

Julien seemed to spurn the use of ghouls, a tendency more common among the Tremere than other clans. He also claimed to hold bond-induced slavery in distaste.

Pawns

Julien had a number of contacts among the local Southern Poverty Law Center and the city’s broader legal community. He also had some pull among political activists who found him awkward but profoundly knowledgeable.

Status

By the time of his disappearance, Julien had established himself as a minor player in Kindred society. He was socially awkward and rarely stood out at Elysium, but built a consistent and century-long reputation of trading his thaumaturgic skills for favors. (Camarilla Status •)

Among his clan, Julien became a senior apprentice largely by dint of his age, thaumaturgic aptitude, and for obediently following his superiors’ orders. He generally stayed out of the Pyramid’s power struggles and was considered a dependable if unremarkable asset by his superiors: the sort of Kindred who was forever a follower rather than a leader. Still, as the Tremere are wont to say, “Every pyramid is built upon a foundation.” Julien and unambitious Kindred like him are their clan’s foundation. (Tremere Status •)

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Genealogy

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• 3. Tremere (e. 11th century)
　• 4. Etrius (e. 11th century)
　　• 5. Lotharius (e. 11th century, d. early 16th century)
　　　• 6. Karl Schrekt (e. 13th century)
　　　　• 7. Elsbeth von Steinhäuser (e. mid 17th century)
　　　　　• 8. Magdalena Schönborn (e. mid 18th century, d. early 19th century)
　　　　　　• 9. Abigail Wood (e. late 18th century)
　　　　　　　• 10+. (Abigail’s descendants) (e. varies)
　　　　　• 8. Reuben Berkemeyer (e. early 19th century)
　　　　　　• 9+. (Reuben’s descendants) (e. varies)
　　　　　• 8. Erwin Bornemann (e. mid 19th century)
　　　　　　• 9. Julien Derneville (e. early 20th century, d. 2015)
　　　　　　• 9. Peter Lebeaux (e. early 21st century)

Lineage

Julien is the childe of Erwin Bornemann, the Tremere clan whip in New Orleans and regent of the city’s chantry. Erwin is the childe of Elsbeth von von Steinhäuser, the clan’s local primogen and the high regent of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Elsbeth is believed to be the childe of Karl Schrekt, a former mortal demon hunter and one of the longest-serving justicars for his clan. All manner of incredible rumors surround Schrekt from having diablerized Lupines to meeting Caine himself. True or not, the retired justicar is one of the most feared Kindred in his clan, and sat on the Justicarate during a number of turbulent periods including the Napoleonic Wars and World War II. Schrekt is childe to Lotharius, the prince of Vienna during the Middle Ages, a former member of the Council of Seven, and one of the first Tremere Embraced into the clan outside of the founder and his original seven followers. His rule laid much of the groundwork that enabled Vienna to become the bastion of Tremere strength it is tonight. He was slain by the future Banu Haqim caliph Thetmes during the 1529 Ottoman siege of Vienna. Lotharius was childe to Etrius, the councilor of Eastern Europe, first among equals on the Council of Seven due to his long association with the clan’s near-mythical founder, and one of the driving forces behind Clan Tremere’s rise from a band of mortal magi to the pillar of the Camarilla they are tonight. Etrius is the nominal childe of Tremere.

Broodmates

Julien’s younger brother-in-blood Peter Lebeaux is a homicide detective who served as warden of the French Quarter and is one of Antoine Savoy’s most trusted lieutenants.