Alicia was born into a noble family in the Duchy of York. She spent her childhood learning to dance and sing and do other lady-like things, knowing she alone was going to inherit her father's position. All of his other heirs somehow met with gruesome accidents. Of course, Alicia was never to blame; she was never around when it happened. In fact, she had little to do with it, though the gossips liked to claim otherwise, crossing themselves as they spoke.
In fact, she had been chosen to act as a pawn for a Toreador named Friedric. He wanted her to ascend the throne and was planning the demise of the current Duke, who was a pawn of Don Joseph Suarez, a powerful Lasombra. Suarez countered Friedric by sending a ghoul to approach the girl by day, claiming to be a suitor. The ghoul was very conditioned to taking orders, a trait Alicia became quite taken with. Indeed, she fell in love with this submissive young nobleman who approached her only by day and bid her not speak of him to anyone. Amused at having a secret love, she bore her secret for several weeks, but eventually Friedric's Auspex revealed her treachery.
Outraged, Friedric went forth that night to force a Blood Bond upon her. However, Suarez had also been keeping tabs on her and when her mysterious suitor appeared to protect her, a terrible battle ensued. Friedric slew the ghoul, but not before being harshly wounded.
Alicia knelt before her love's cooling body and cried for vengeance. To her surprise, a deep voice with a Spanish accent offered her a chance. She heartily accepted and by morning, she had drained the Toreador of his vitae.
She quickly came to terms with her new existence and accepted that while she would never take the position of Duchess, she could control her father as she had not before. She quickly consolidated her power and took over the Duchy, to her Sire's amazement. Soon he approached her and explained her new existence to her, but she had already guessed as much. Her Sire was amazed at his catch, and quickly brought her into the fold of the Sabbat.
However, her power in York was not to last. The return of Mithras and his takeover of Britain drove her Sire into torpor and she fled the country in 1801, seeking shelter in Paris with the growing Sabbat faction there. It was there she met Solomon of Clan Assamite. He awakened feelings in her that she had never felt before and the two shared vitae many times in secret. However, she was not Blood Bound due to her previous exposure to the Vaulderie. She concealed this fact from Solomon, who knew nothing of the practices. However, the two eventually parted ways when Solomon and his Sire, whose vitae Alicia had secretly come to desire, moved on. Soon after, the Pack with which Alicia had aligned herself moved to the newborn United States.
Upon arriving in the United States, Alicia went underground in the fledgling city of New York. She hired a manservant named John Gray and Blood Bound him to watch over her as she went into torpor. Gray was to take vitae from her as he needed, while bringing her blood to feed her as she slept. For nearly half a century, this went on, until a vampire hunter, alerted by Gray's activities, snuck into Alicia's Haven and battled Gray, almost to the death. The only thing that saved the two was when the last surviving member of her former Pack responded to her Summoning.
Alarmed, Alicia (now calling herself Lisa Suarez) rose from torpor. The trio of Sabbat (Gray had to be Embraced after the battle to save him) fled to the Midwest, where Lisa began to grow paranoid concerning Gray's Sire and commanded the Blood Bound Neonate to Diablerize him for her. Gray did so and the two have travelled together since.
In 1875, she felt a pull back to Britain. Following her urges, she and Gray travelled to her homeland, to find that her Sire had risen. She helped him to learn the ways of the world and the two soon parted ways. However, on the ship back to the United States, Solomon found her and approached her about joining the Sabbat. Upon arriving in New York, she helped put him through the Creation Rites, with the help of a local Pack. Since then the three have been a Nomadic pack that has scourged many an American city and created hundreds of Progeny, some of whom have actually survived.
Recently, Lisa has heard rumours of a dark ritual that may take place in Milhaven and her Pack has travelled there to find out how it can best benefit from this event. They have approached the Anarchs and are trying to gain their trust.
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