Father Sicard was a poor priest in Nova Scotia when his sire found him and saw that they shared much in common. During his life, he too had been a poor holy man, but in the Languedoc prior to the Albigensian Crusade. When he was Embarced, he was told of the special position the kindred shared in God's grace and was inducted into the Cainite Heresy. The crusaders drove him into hiding, though, and eventually he descended into torpor near the holy site of Montsegur. When he awoke, it was a much different world and he took to preaching until the weight of the world's evils grew too much and he would slip back into slumber, to let his spirit roam free. This time, however, he heard of the evil that had corrupted the teachings of the Heresy and finally saw a reason to stay awake. Coming to the New World, he sought to do battle with this evil, but he needed aid.
All this he told to Sicard after stealing his mortality from him and giving him the holy blood which carried the blessing of Cain. Sicard was repulsed and slew this creature, fleeing into the cold, dark night. Lost and unable to come to grips with what he had become, he finally collapsed in the wilderness, where the Prejeans found him. Taking him back to their village, they brought him before the saint, Malena, and let her explain. So she did and, this time, it made sense. Of course they weren't blessed by the God of spirit, they were blessed by the God of flesh. Creatures of darkness and evil, bound to the material world. As sanity fled him, it all fell into place, and he became a devotee of the Sabbat Cathari.
That first fifty years was difficult for Sicard. The realization of what he had become made it no easier. He was damned in a way that any sin he could contemplate before was insufficient to provoke. Day by day, living with the Prejeans, however, made it all very real and very natural. In time, he grew to accept it and the length of his struggle with the fact of his damnation made his faith in it all the stronger. When it came time to leave Nova Scotia, he was one of those who chose to follow the Albigensian saint to Louisiana, going with his adopted family. On arrival, he became their spiritual advisor as the saint was made a Cardinal and began to take more interest in the affairs of New Orleans than Lafayette. His keen insights and fine debating skills brought comfort to many members of the family who grew to question their lifestyle and ways and the other elders grew to rely on his ability to settle differences, keep the peace, and tend to the spiritual needs of the household.
Over the years, Father Sicard has come to realize that the best means to retain this peace is by learning all he can about the goings on around him. First and foremost, the affairs of the family, and secondly those of others who influence it. Through judicious use of Obfuscate and Animalism, he's learned much. Since the 1970s, though, he has paid particular attention to the Camarilla, taking sudden trips without telling the family where he is going. His intelligence has been growing quite impressive and much of it is making its way back to New Orleans, aiding the Lasombra in preventing another grab for influence in the city by Orlando and the others.
Sicard is a softly spoken man, but is always quick to offer a quiet word or two to diffuse any tense situation in the house, when he is present (which seems to be more often of late and less often noticed) and is always there for one who wishes to speak of their reservations. He is both sincere and manipulative, having become a master at rationalization in the span of his own progression. It is nearly impossible to trip him up in an argument and he never seems to lose his temper. Stories of his rare rages, however, are legendary. The last was reputedly during the Camarilla attack and left several ghouls dead.
Sicard tries to act as confidante to all within the family and is fond of them as his flock. He has less success with some and more with others. The other two elders have little need for his services and the three tend to go about their own affairs with little conflict. He has, however, been known to mediate on those rare occasions when Jean-Michel and Marie-Thérèse disagree and the latter doesn't defer.
He is particularly fond of Brother Joseph, though something about the man bothers him deeply and he spends many sullen evenings after a visit trying to determine why. He is somewhat less fond of the Brasseaux, except those related to the Prejeans, but shows them no disrespect or cruelty, he merely doesn't pay them as much attention as his own family.
He's become a rather close to Henri is recent years, since the two both travel outside of the city on a regular basis, and sharing of gossip and stories of the outside world has become a regular occurance when they meet. Sicard wishes to someday sway the Ravnos into following his own Path, but isn't willing to alienate his friend by pressing the matter.
He still has a nearly fanatical devotion to Malena and some of his disappearances are when he goes to request an audience with her. He is aware that she often manipulates him and takes it in stride. He has no desire to disobey her and so it really doesn't matter. He would even go so far as to betray his family, should she request it.