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Giovanni
Padrone: Salvador Giovanni
Raised at the height of decadence, Salvador Giovanni's ambition and ruthless willpower enabled him to carve out a seat at the table of the Anziani despite his lack of age and experience. He currently serves as Padrone, and is thus the highest ranking Giovanni in Venice that most characters will interact with. He presides over inner conflict in the Clan, acts as diplomat when needed with the Camarilla, and speaks with the authority (and at the behest of) the Anziani.
Becchino: Iacomo Rosselini
From a long-persecuted mortal family of Necromancers, Iacomo became notable to the clan only after the discovery and mastery of a secret set of rituals directly related to various Abrahamic religions. As Becchino, Iacomo has been given responsibility over the procurement of corpses and other Necromantic ritual necessities. He is found to be good natured and kind; likely a reason the Clan has kept this skilled Necromancer away from diplomatic relationships with other Cainites.
Padrone: Salvador Giovanni
Raised at the height of decadence, Salvador Giovanni's ambition and ruthless willpower enabled him to carve out a seat at the table of the Anziani despite his lack of age and experience. He currently serves as Padrone, and is thus the highest ranking Giovanni in Venice that most characters will interact with. He presides over inner conflict in the Clan, acts as diplomat when needed with the Camarilla, and speaks with the authority (and at the behest of) the Anziani.
Becchino: Iacomo Rosselini
From a long-persecuted mortal family of Necromancers, Iacomo became notable to the clan only after the discovery and mastery of a secret set of rituals directly related to various Abrahamic religions. As Becchino, Iacomo has been given responsibility over the procurement of corpses and other Necromantic ritual necessities. He is found to be good natured and kind; likely a reason the Clan has kept this skilled Necromancer away from diplomatic relationships with other Cainites.
House Contarini
Nonna: Amina la Contarini-Giovanni
The House of Contarini is organized by the family's Nonna, Amina la Contarini Giovanni, who was married into the family centuries ago. Despite her mortal marriage tying the Giovanni family and clan to the Contarini, a founding family of Venice and ancient Italian nobility, it has also been the cause of her greatest political troubles. She has been known to blame the fact that she was not 'born' a Giovanni on her current title of Nonna, rather than what she considers her rightful place among the Anziani. A well practiced Necromancer, Amina was also a spectacularly educated practitioner of medicine in her mortal years. She strives to increase her political power over Camarilla rivals, and runs the House of Contarini with an iron fist, as each success might propel her toward her political ambition.
Consiglieri d'Contarini: Yesugei
A minor part of the agreement between the Mongol armies and Venetian authorities, Yesugei came from a wealthy Mongol merchant family and was raised to become one of Europe's sharpest economic minds. Embraced into the Giovani bloodline sometime before the fall of the Mongol empire, Yesugei now concentrates his full efforts on the betterment of Clan Giovanni. He was witness to the ascension of the clan from a Cappadocian bloodline and has since set his eyes on total control of Venice for the clan of death. Being from Mongol ancestry, Yesugei has been confined to an advisory role to Amina, who shares in his lack of “true” Giovanni heritage.
Capo d'Contarini: Pasqualini
Before the ascension of the Giovanni clan, an astute young Neonate well versed in all matters relating to the Sudario and the fleshless world of death, Pasqualini was one of the first of his bloodline to venture fully into the Shadowlands. He was feared lost, as many years passed before his terrible return. Having ventured to the legendary River Styx, fought and parlayed with powerful spirits of the dead, Pasqualini was forever changed. His mortal countenance was sundered entirely, leaving only a grim death mask in it's departure. Unrecognizable to his family, Pasqualini was still welcomed back into a clan now having soared to power. He serves currently as Capo to Amina la Contarini Giovanni, though he is rarely seen until death is on offer.
House Palladio
Nonna: Donata Palladio a Giovanni
The Nonna of House Palladio is a mercurial character, leading her House with a focus on personal relationships with its members, inspiring loyalty with a feminine touch. Donata seems to be universally loved by members of her household, and though this single-minded commitment can inspire brief flares of in-fighting, Donata has been able to cool tempers and maintain order for all these many years. Donata has been mistrusted in the past by some of her Clanmates, who point out that slavish devotion to her personally distracts from the support of the clan as a whole. House Palladio has so far proved invaluable to Padrone Salvador Giovanni, however, so any critics of her family are dismissed out of hand by Donata. In Venice it is rumored that the Palladio family is entrenched in criminal activity. Despite this, mortal members of the Palladio line send the regards of their Nonna to the highest class of merchants, nobles and politicians.
Consigliere: Hieronimo Palladio
Great-Nephew of Donata as well as her childe, Hieronimo has long served his sire as Consigliere. As a mortal man, Hieronimo plundered his inheritance in what some of his elder family members considered dangerous enterprises: the buying and selling of stolen cargo, usury, and various other criminal enterprises. At first he was seen as a bad apple, but when his investments paid off and saved the Palladio branch of the Giovanni family from financial ruin, Hieronimo was Embraced and installed as Consigliere. Now he helps run the night to night business of his household, often offering dubious jobs and dangerous responsibilities to Giovanni who are eager to climb in position.
Don: Ezra Palladio
Being pledged to his paternal household, Ezra Palladio exerts influence for the Palladio (and thus, the Giovanni clan) over the upper class of Venice. Known for throwing debauched parties, his wild temper and blackmailing party-goers for their indiscretions, Ezra is suspected to be Nonna Donata's favorite childe. In truth, while he is often doted upon, Ezra is a Cainite under immense pressure to deliver for House Palladio. In response to this pressure, Ezra's excesses have began to grow wilder and more macabre.