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In 1987, a new Ventrue arrived in the city of Denver. She gave her name simply as Galatea, recited her lineage, and sought permission from the city's prince, Daniel Archer, to stay on indefinitely. While it seemed that with the coming of another Ventrue another power player had entered the scene, Galatea has seemingly disappointed expectations by remaining somewhat uninvolved in the politics and affairs of the city's kindred and kine.
Galatea has been exceedingly vague as to her place of origin, sometimes claiming "here and there" in the manner of the Gangrel, and sometimes simply stating herself to be of "no place worth mentioning." In recent years, when pressed, she has claimed cities of origin - a different one every time, even when responding to the same questioner. Most of the locales Galatea names are in Europe, but she occasionally names American, Asian, and even African cities, and she seems not to care that everyone knows that she is obviously lying.
The last city in which she was resided was New Orleans, Louisiana, where she stayed for "approximately half a century." Galatea was respected and in good standing with the Camarilla, though she reputedly avoided playing puppet-mistress to the city's inner workings as do most Ventrue. Of course, it's quite possible that she was simply subtle about it, as is the opinion of many of that city's kindred. Galatea reputedly simply up and left one night in 1985, seemingly without informing anyone but the Prince of the city.
Several times brave or simply curious kindred have asked Galatea about her seeming lack of interest in the power games of kindred society. She always gives the same, somewhat startled reply: "What do you mean, not interested? Of course I'm interested. But I just got here!" She is known to be somewhat a patroness of the mortal artistic community.
The lineage she recited to the Prince on her arrival in Denver is as follows:
I am Galatea. My sire is Aphrodite;
I am Aphrodite. My sire is Cronos;
I am Cronos. My sire is Uranus;
I am Uranus. My sire is Elias, son of Elnor;
I am Elias, son of Elnor. My sire is Ventrue;
I am Ventrue. My sire is Enoch;
I am Enoch. My sire is Caine;
I am Caine. I am he who sired all those of the blood.
All kindred are my childer.
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