Zachary Sellz worked as a late-night radio host at WRXL Radio Alexandria under the call name of “DJ Zakz” . . . and ever more increasingly as “DJ Prophet” . . . alongside his best friend and co-host “DJ Ben Jammin,” Benjamin Meyer.
Zachary had been plagued with debilitating nightmares throughout much of his life, but he had learned to cope with the help of his friend Ben’s help.
But then, cataclysmic visions of the future started to infect Zachary as dreams and even as waking nightmares. As DJ Zakz started recounting the visions over the radio, he started to get some very strange calls — stranger than usual.
Zachary’s life changed when he was assaulted by what appeared to be a homeless man while the hapless DJ was walking home from work in the darkest night of early morning. The man turned out to be a Malkavian on a mission inspired from forces beyond human reckoning. The Malkavian brought Zachary to a park and introduced himself as Immanuel and embraced him. Zachary was to become the Prophet Zachariah: Harbinger of Gehenna and spread the message of the Final Nights to the world. His Great Work as the Voice of Malkav had only begun.
Forces from ancient factions predating the Camarilla and Sabbat vie for control of the Prophet and seek him out across time and space to forestall — or expedite — the End of the World. The first to track him down was a Tremere agent of the Inner Council, but the Prophet Zachariah’s nightmare has only just begun.
Statistics:
Died: November 29, 1994, aged 32 years
Generation: Tenth generation Malkavian
Sire: Immanuel, itinerate seer (f.d. 1994)
Haven: Rented an apartment, though it is likely compromised by now
Alliances:
A Tremere agent is protecting him, though for how long and for what purpose remains to be seen
Supported (perhaps even worshipped) by the elder cultists of OTCAL
Ghouls: Benjamin Meyer is Zachary’s best friend. Zachary ghouled Ben with Ben’s assent when they were at an impasse with their Kindred benefactor, “George,” who insisted that only those “of the blood” could know of the Kindred. Both Ben and Zachary are unaware of the implications of this.
Special Abilities: The sky is the limit, so who is to say? Zachary has intense visions of the end of the world, has begun to have other less-apocalyptic precognition, has begun to understand the sight-beyond-sight and can use the Cobweb through mirrors. Zachary is unaware of the great power that is bubbling under the surface of his skin, though he is beginning to get a grasp of it. Following a vision at OTCAL, he has sprouted a third eye.
Weaknesses: Zachary has difficulty in separating reality from his nightmare state and continues to be wracked with daymares, undead as he is. The thick tendrils of the Cobweb all around him makes it difficult for Zachary to have a normal evening and might well be lost in a trance for any given period of time, leaving him completely vulnerable to attack.
