Lore:Lovidicus

Lord Lovidicus
Lord Lovidicus circa 3E 433
Race	Imperial	Gender	Male
Born		3rd Era
Died		3E 433 Crowhaven
Resided in		Crowhaven
Appears in		Oblivion

The Lord Lovidicus was an Imperial nobleman of high birth who lived in Cyrodiil during the Third Era. He was stricken with vampirism and became undead, but managed to hide his secret and continued to pose as a mortal. He resided in Crowhaven, a fort in County Anvil on the Gold Coast. Considering his status as a vampire nobleman, he was likely a member of the Cyrodiil Vampyrum Order.

During the second or third century of the Third Era, Lovidicus became a vampire and spent the next two hundred years walking Tamriel with this condition. Lovidicus spent the latter half of his life guarding his secret, but he fell in love with an Orc servant named Luktuv gro-Malog around 3E 400. Miraculously, Lovidicus impregnated Luktuv, and they decided to name the child Agronak. Blinded by love, Lovidicus told Luktuv he was a vampire; however, she was appalled, so she locked him in his private quarters and fled the fort. He attempted to free himself but was unable to, and he slowly went insane as his hunger for blood grew. With Lovidicus locked away, Crowhaven fell into a state of disrepair, and the fort's burial halls became home to a group of feral vampires.

Luktuv moved to the Imperial City and gave birth to their son Agronak gro-Malog. Apparently gifted with inhuman abilities due to his father's vampirism, Agronak went on to become the Grand Champion of the Imperial City Arena and became famously known as the Gray Prince. Luktuv told Agronak the truth that his father was a nobleman but fabricated a story of being chased from the fort by a jealous "Lady Lovidicus" instead of telling him that his father was a vampire. There is no evidence that a Lady Lovidicus ever existed.

In 3E 433, Luktuv died. Before she passed away, she gave Agronak the key to the private quarters in Crowhaven, telling him it would unlock the secret of his birth. Agronak was anxious to prove his birthright and show the world that an Orc can be noble in blood as well as deed, but his training prevented him from journeying to Crowhaven. In his place, he sent a fellow Arena combatant. They freed Lord Lovidicus, but after decades of hunger, the vampire attacked the combatant and was slain. The combatant located the Journal of the Lord Lovidicus and returned it to Agronak. Although grateful, Agronak was devastated to learn that he was "a monster", and became suicidal. As a result, he made no attempt to fight back when challenged for his rank, and died in the Arena later that year.

Lovidicus is the only known case of a vampire fathering a child after having turned.

Notes

• It is unclear if there is any familial connection between Lord Lovidicus and Tarnian Lovidicus, a Chief Councilor of the Elder Council and member of the Leyawiin Chamber of Legates who lived during the Interregnum.

See Also

• For game-specific information, see the Oblivion article.