Elder Nicolai's main childer Abraham DuSable was set up to be the heir apparent of the Chicago Chantry. Then Abraham was called to the middle East to fight in the Gehenna Crusades. He doesn't talk about his experiences but he came back changed including having a badly damaged arm that took awhile to heal.

Now he seems driven at unifying the Chicago Tremere and bringing the wayward Chantry back to its traditional roots.

Abraham favors a slim-cut modern maroon suit these nights. He doesn’t wear glasses anymore, and moves more vigorously than he used to, scanning rooms with a frown as he enters, though he still carries a silver-tipped ebony walking stick. His
one concession to Elysium finery is a triangular silver amulet engraved with sigils, which he wears around his neck when there’s no need to pretend he’s mortal.