Lucian Ross
Master of Annapolis, Lucian Alistair Ross is a man of many secrets that he valiantly
attempts to keep from the light of day. Even so, many of them are surfacing
now that he's involved with Rebekah Beaumont.
One of his largest secrets, which miraculously
is still secret to the majority of Annapolis, is that he was born Alarik Steiner
in Berlin in 1907. Like many who were disillusioned by the way Germany was
treated after the First World War, Alarik joined the then-forming National
Socialist 'Nazi' Party. By the time Hitler became Chancellor in 1933, he had
secured himself a place in the developing Schutzstaffel ( the SS), as well
as being in the final stages of studying for his medical degree. Upon completion
of the degree, the newly accredited Doctor Steiner was assigned to the medical
studies division at Auschwitz under Dr. Joseph Mengele. His work there was
interrupted by periodic trips to Berlin. It was on one of those trips that
he met the woman who would later sire him as a vampire, Darla. Near the end
of the Allied Invasion of Germany, and thanks to his relationship with Darla,
Lucian was promoted to the rank of Sturmbannführer (Major). As Berlin
fell to the Russians, Darla turned Lucian only hours after the death of Hitler.
For the next three years, the pair traveled Europe. Then Darla was summoned
to The Master's side in California.
Lucian, fed up with world
domination attempts, traveled to America with Darla but refused to leave the
East Coast. There he settled in Maryland, changing his name with the assistance
of other expatriate Germans and becoming Lucian Ross. As Lucian Ross, he was
a dealer in antiques and rare gems, pre-war exotics that were now being sold
like mad to make money. His ability to choose the rarest pieces to sell, and
his careful selection of clients, insured that he was never discovered as a
former Nazi, even though he still habitually wears his SS signet ring.
After he spied Easy Sinclair and Becca Beaumont at Baltimore-Washington International
Airport, he devised a plan to kill Easy and get the girl for a brief affair
before killing her as well. He never expected to become friends with the very
man he was planning on killing, or to fall in love with the girl. After two
years of friendship, and a lot of heavy flirting, Lucian finally get to spend
time with Becca without her consort around. This state of affairs resulted in
Lucian making Becca his publicly acknowledged mistress. A year later, after
the breakup of her relationship with Easy, on Midsummer 2020, Lucian took Becca
as his consort.
