Gratiano de Veronese seldom stood out in a fashionable crowd, even halfway around the world from his home. He does admit that one place does not hold his attention for long, considering that when he had seen all of what he could do with the area's Lasombra, he would be on his way somewhere else. Conspiracy theorists often wonder why someone as potent as Gratiano would settle for the rank of Archbishop of Rio de Janeiroand a footloose existence.
He and a handful of his supporters became a roving clan-in-exile and were dubbed by some unknown wit among the Friends as an " anti-tribe. Montano frantically campaigned against this step, but to no avail. Gratiano explicitly rejected the role and "suggested" that the Friends of the Night not anoint a successor. No single will would thereafter run the clan. Now every member of the clan could decide for himself what the lineage meant and act accordingly. He was, he said, quite content being a member of clan Lasombra, now that the monster which once defined the clan was gone. The great rebel announced that unlike Augustus Giovannihe would not claim the status of clan founder. Some Friends chose to join with Gratiano's revolt. Indeed, he dared them to do so, taunting them that if they did not stop him now, he would remake the clan into something altogether new. Later Gratiano convened the Amici Noctis and presented them with the deed already done. It is unclear whether or not he committed diablerie on his master, as there are no eyewitnesses around. Gratiano and his men infiltrated the Antediluvian's tomb and destroyed whatever was there. Most of the elders were killed and anyone left was converted. Gratiano's well devised plan allowed the Anarchs to succeed in over-running the Lasombra Clan 's High Court.
Inhe aligned with the Assamites to setup an anarch assault on his own castle, the Castle of Shadowsin Sicilywhere was in torpor.
Released from his bond, Gratiano was now in a position to plan a sinister plot to bring down. They held a secret midnight ritual which involved twelve anarchs to help break Gratiano's bond with his sire. It was not until he learned that they could break his blood bond that he was compelled to join their cause. In the 15th centurywhen the Anarchs made appeals to Gratiano, he was very tempted.
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