Birth of the Sheut Nation

The First Sheut Nation

The first incarnation of the Sheut Nation formed before the time of Christ. In the sandy lands of Ancient Egypt where the first vampire virus outbreak occurred.

While human history credits Ramesses II with the construction of the House of Nephthys temple, it was in truth built by a vampire devoted to the "mother". The legend of the Sheut says that when Nephthys took pity on her slain brother Osiris and helped to restore him with her sister, her dedication to the dead tainted her tears so that the next souls she stood watch over as they crossed the river were blessed with a second life, a shadow sparked (Sheut Ka) life. These were the first vampires. Modern discussions among the vampire inner circles suspect that more likely there was a previous Nevus event during the middle of the 19th dynasty that resulted in the birth of the vampire virus that infected Egypt. Nephthys was "Friend to the dead", mother of Anubis, the ascension and descent of night, so she was a natural explanation for the creatures that had come to life. With their longevity and need to stay out of the light, the Sheut became natural historians, capturing the world as it happened and preserving it for generations to come. The Sheut Nation grew quietly within the walls of her temples, sheltering not only the vampires, but those that began to ally with them as keepers of the world's secrets.

According to their own books of history, the vampires very quickly began to make allies, those that could get close when the people of Shadow could not. The organization expanded in the ages, taking pivotal roles in the progression of power and guidance of history. What Ausar knows but not most of the current incarnation of the Sheut Nation, is their ancient incarnation often took matters into their own hands to guide history on the path they saw best for the world.

Oct 23rd 42BC - The world recalls Marcus Junius Brutus killed himself after a defeat against Octavians legions, but the truth is in the Books of Sheut, Brutus had help.

May 30th 1431AD - Joan of Arc is burned at the stake. Her capture credited to Burgundian troops who handed her to the English. But the truth again is in the Books of Sheut. A death on the battlefield would never have resonated the way martyrdom would. The Burgundian troops had assistance in her fall.

The books are littered with examples such as these, where the Sheut nation took matters into its own hands to ensure history would shift in the direction they felt wisest. The Sheut became the confidants of the most important people through time, bending their ear with encouragement. The books take credit for moving all of world history if they are to be believed. The Books also do not hesitate to explain that the Sheut nation is responsible for the legends that have become "vampire lore". Keeping the world enthralled with the idea of them. This has made hiding their existence all the easier.

Ausar has been careful not to share too much with the present day nation. If such a young nation were to suddenly believe it was their right to play gods, the nation itself might throw the world into turmoil and cause its own undoing.

What Ausar has latched onto more has been the Sheut's dedication to keeping the world's secrets, keeping history sacred, protecting and archiving documents and talismans that tell the story of where we have come from, and predict where we may be going. The Nation is the librarians and keepers of the world while also policing its powers.

Present Day Sheut Nation

Egypt was the birth of the original virus centuries ago, and Egypt is where the virus once more revived in 2010. It is believed by the few that even know they exist, that a corpse of one of the "originals" was disturbed during the Nevus event and released the dormant virus once more into the air, contaminating the first "new" vampire. Ausar Kassis is believed to not only be the first to be infected in 2010, but also inherited the knowledge from the "originals", a knowledge he has used to rebuild the secret society that once helped steer events around the world.

When Asaur Kassis inherited the knowledge of one of the "firsts", he set in motion the birth of the second Sheut Nation. Whether he is driven by his own desire to live the ways of the Shadows or if he is influenced by what has "touched" him, no one can be sure, but either way he became obsessed with rebuilding the Sheut Nation and the protectorate way of life that their ancestors had so desperately clung to centuries before.

The knowledge Ausar had gained sent him on a quest that started in 2010 and didn't finish until late 2011. He sought a knowledge reference that haunted his dreams. The Books of Sheut. Scrolls and leather bound volumes of the history of the first Sheut Nation and the brave souls that had started it. The books are the chronicles of the Sheut Nation which was hidden in 1625 when the last of the vampire keepers realized they were unlikely to survive the Black Death. It remained buried for nearly 400 years, waiting for the Nevus to awaken a new generation of Tepet vampires. Ausar is the only one that knows the entire contents of the history of the vampire kind and the Sheut Nation. He has been sparing in what he has shared with the growing nation which helps ensure his control over their future.

The Purge - November 2012

By the time Ausar was fully aware of what had come before and what they could possibly build in the future, the vampires population had exploded in Europe and the Middle East. People that had been infected during the Nevus event as well as those bitten after had no idea that they were not some new race on earth, they did not understand that their kind had managed to spend centuries undetected, so they often lived decadently and very publically. Ausar had a vision for the Sheut Nation, but that vision required vampires to again be the works of fiction, outted they would be a risk to the Nation. Ausar had already been building the starting foundation of the Sheut Nation, including Hyun Jae Sohn, a magus in the newly formed Order of First Light who had been diligently training to move up from her position of Sword Lieutenant. She had been a hunter of the emerging vampire menace that was expanding in Europe when he met her. A tentative alliance was made when he recounted his vision for the next Shadow Nation, her interest piqued when he stated plainly that those vampires not willing to go to ground once more, would need to be eliminated. She had a skill and resources to not only make that possible, but to do so with an efficiency and stealth that would protect the secrecy of the Sheut Nation. It was a dangerous gamble on his part, but it paid off in the end.

2012 was the year of growth for Sheut Nation, Ausar had an uncanny knack of being able to locate his own kind and every vampire was touched by Ausar or one of the Ministers he had instated, asked to join them, asked to go again into the Shadows and quit living in the public eye. A dangerous list was being made, one that was being given to Hyun.

November was to be the Purge. Only Ausar and the Council of Ministers knows the involvement of the Nation itself, the rest of the Sheut Nation believes it was entirely an Order of First Light doing. The list of all vampires and their progeny that refused sanctuary in the Sheut Nation or if refused its sanctuary, also refused to live in secret in this new world, was turned over to the Order by Hyun. In a calculated strike over a two week period, the slaughter began. A population that had ballooned to 15,000 was in fourteen days reduced to 4,500. The public face of the vampires, a face that was only known by a few organizations yet anyway, was effectively erased from the world. Even the Order believes they are extinct.

Vampires were once more nothing more than fiction.

Building a Nation

Everything about the current nation is a nod to the ancient one that survived so long. From the names chosen to the very symbolism in their crest, the Sheut pay homage not only to their Egyptian heritage but to the vampire race that first created it and the allies that stood by the "monsters" to help them keep the secrets.

By 2013, Ausar had hand selected his council of Ministers and built the core structure of the new Nation. He also put in place the registry of the Sheut nation. As in the nation before, there is a record of all that have pledged loyalty to the nation. Unlike the nation before, it is not possible for "double agents" to enter the nation. Oracle sees to that. All that are formally entered into the nation must pledge themselves before Oracle. The name she bore before the Nevus is lost now, but the blind and mute woman is by Ausar's side in all things. She is perhaps the strongest reader of truths in the world. Those that come to pledge loyalty falsely never leave to report what they saw in the heart of the Sheut Nation.

Asaur has put in place trusted allies that have the same vision as him. A vision that includes the Sheut Nation having a hand in all world powers. Now, the ultimate goal of the Nation is to ensure the continuation of the Shadow Nation, the protection of world history and to infiltrate the strong capitals of the world to monitor the ebb and flow of power. They are the modern day Illuminati. They are slowly, meticulously working to get their own people into positions at the side of power, the Sheut Nation never seeks to rule, but to influence those that do.

NOTE: The Sheut Nation is made up of numerous races committed to the same things. If your character is to be Sheut Nation they should be:

• Committed to preserving the secrecy of the nation and all within it
• Keep the secret of vampires (and if vampire- keep their own existence secret)
• Be willing to be called on a moment's notice by the nation to work on infiltrating other factions or supporting the missions of the Nation

Current Sheut Missions

• In Europe: Infiltrate and observe the Order of First Light and Dragonians
• In South America: Infiltrate and observe the Veil and Elf Region
• In North America: Infiltrate and observe Vanguard of Humanity, ARMA and the Bakkhos Syndicate
• In Asia: Infiltrate and observe trade routes
• In Oceania/Australia: Keep control of Australia and the Polynesian Islands as pristine land, deny the Order expansion in this area beyond Sydney.

Overall:

• Protect all world history including history happening today
• Maintain and protect the Sheut Nation museums - 1 is at Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa in Egypt; 1 is at the Catacombs of Rome; 1 is at Iron Mountain Massachusetts; 1 is in the seclusion of Australia and 1 is Moscow Metro underground city.
• Ensure world power is never in the hands of one organization.

Properties

Glamis Castle - Scotland - the main headquarters of the Sheut Nation

Do not mistake this castle for being archaic however. The Sheut Nation has a high tech surveillance center inside that would rival that of any nations.

Iron Mountain, Massachusetts - one of their key museum strongholds. Decades of history can be found here and is under the protection of the North American Minister. It is only known by the keeper of the mountain for sure, but rumors in the Sheut Nation say that the scrolls of Alexandria, thought burned in the fires of Rome, were actually secretly smuggled out by the Sheut Nation and hidden away from the world and that they now reside in Iron Mountain.

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa in Egypt and Catacombs of Rome - like Iron Mountain, these are museum strongholds that have scrolls and archives from before Christ.