Asa (née Ezekiel) was born in Harlem, NYC to Rev. Josiah Freeman, a local Pastor, and Diana Beverly Armstrong-Freeman a librarian. Asa’s life was peaceful yet studious between two scholarly and locally known middle-class Black influencers. His father wanted him to follow into being a reverend like him and wouldn’t allow Asa to be anywhere near anyone that would steer him into a life of crime. His mother, Diana, was more lenient with Asa and wanted him to keep his imagination and creativity. She would allow him to read whatever he wanted in the library she worked at. One of his first defining memories was reading X-Men comics and wanting to be one of the “badass” mutants.
Asa and his father hadn’t spoken in years and the antipathy between them was great. Asa had become a palliative care nurse and his compassion made him a great comfort to many in their time of passing. Asa’s comfortable life, caring for the dying, hanging out with his best friend, making it as a single man in the world, was suddenly put into turmoil when he was given some devastating health news. Asa nearly turned to despair, but was taken aback by an odd conversation with an elderly lady at a bus stop. That woman — calling herself Diane — later had broken into Asa’s home and had begun to stalk him. Asa was afraid, but his life was forever changed as the truth of the World of Darkness opened his eyes. In Asa’s case: one more eye than most.
After his embrace, saving his shortened life, Asa was told of the Salubri and their ancient mission and how they are being hunted into extinction. He hid out with Diane for a few weeks in an abandoned and condemned YMCA building. There, he learned of his abilities and of his great responsibilities. Their peace was shattered, suddenly, by the arrival of a Tremere agent intent upon destroying them. Asa hasn’t finished his training, nor has he completed the diablerie of his sire necessary to have the voices of his ancestors inside of him to guide him.
Statistics:
Died: November 1, 1994, aged 30.
Generation: Tenth Generation Salubri
Sire: Diane, an itinerate healer
Haven: Asa was staying at an abandoned and condemned YMCA with his sire as he learned of the ways of the Salubri.
Alliances:
Asa has faked his own death, and thus all of his friends believe him to be gone.
Ghouls: none
Special Abilities: Asa is just beginning to understand his healing powers and other preternatural gifts, as Diane is teaching him. Asa has years of experience in the medical field and was a good student in nursing school.
Weaknesses: Asa is of the hunted and reviled bloodline of Salubri. For as long as he walks the earth, the Tremere will hunt him. The third eye on his forehead can be hidden with care. Nonetheless, he will be hunted for his blood.
