Van Mantra

In 2099, mysterious individual named Van Mantra began to appear in the media. He claimed the arrival of two ancient warring species, the Seraph and Ophanum, was imminent. Referring to these two species as the Elim, he claimed that Earth has been their battleground for millennia. Precise cosmic alignments, he explained, enable the Elim to travel to Earth. Van went on to suggest the Elim would be surprised by the progress humanity had made since their last war and that humans must organise in defence of their world. Van also revealed the truth that he was an Evolutionary half-breed and that there were others like him, spawned from the union of Elim and humans, known as the Nephilim. He went on to explain that there were other species, one engineered by the Elim as servants and soldiers, known as the Grigori. Both the Nephilim and Grigori had spawned additional half-breeds, diluting their Evolutionary blood further, creating the Lesser Nephilim, Lesser Grigori and Anunnaki over the centuries. Van explained that these Evolutionaries lived veiled in secrecy, some still loyally serving the Seraph or Ophanum, others operating in an ancient underworld, manipulating the world of humans, amassing wealth and power for themselves. Most people wrote Van Mantra off as just another crackpot trying to spread chaos until more Evolutionaries revealed themselves, some forced from secrecy others doing so willingly (3).

Van Mantra is something of a legend, and whether he is alive in 2280 is known by very few. In fact, in the minds of many, he is more myth than reality.

Van is a Nephilim, and by no means an ancient one in Evolutionary terms. He was the first to publicly proclaim the existence of Evolutionaries, and one of the founding members of Axiom, and one of the organisation’s most aggressive and successful saboteurs. Van made a significant number of enemies attacking and sabotaging known meeting places of Grigori and other Evolutionaries working to prepare for the coming Evolutionary War. He also became the public voice and face of Axiom, taking every opportunity to offer warnings and generate publicity for their cause.

With Axiom’s shift in focus toward preparing the human world for the Evolutionary War, Van became a mercenary of sorts, travelling the globe, offering whatever support he could to Axiom’s allies. In 2230, Van suddenly went silent. His face disappeared from VidNet broadcasts, where his exploits had become news staples. His allies remain tight-lipped concerning his whereabouts, and many of his enemies have claimed victories over a fallen Van Mantra. No one knows the truth (5.1.23).