A talented scholar and student born in Paris at the turn of the 19th century, Jean-Pierre spent his entire life surrounded by his beloved books, unnoticed by all but the visitor who came each night, unnoticed, through the shadows, and watched him as he pursued its own eclectic interests. When he caught pneumonia and lay on his death bed, this creature came to him with its strange chalky skin and black pupilless eyes. It brought a fragment of a book, the Book of Nod, and let the sickly man read of it himself of the nature of the creature which stood before him. By the time he was done, he knew he could not resist. He accepted the Embrace and the horrific transformation it brought about, then left Paris with his mentor to travel to Egypt, the source of all knowledge, to meet with the other scholars of Alexandria.
For years, he served the Library, which was preserved by kindred under the harsh Egyptian sands since the burning of the original. First, as an apprentice, he translated the ancient and crumbling texts, making copies and preserving them. Then, when he was deemed worthy, he was given the title of journeyman and was sent out into the world, to gather more texts for the library and return with new learning to the masters, who spent the long nights arguing theology and philosophy and peicing together the history of their kind from the fragmented texts. He travelled the length and breadth of the world and still does. For the moment, however, he has settled in New Orleans, studying voodoo and learning of the world of the spirits and death from the Samedi. So intrigued is he by his hosts, that he is losing the last of his humanity as he begins to adopt their Path of Enlightenment.
Jean-Pierre is a consumate scholar, interested in all aspects of learning, but specializing in kindred history. While he was well on the road to becoming a Noddist, had he remained in Egypt, since his journeys he has begun to get a different perspective. This new outlook has been refined since his arrival in New Orleans. His curiosity about the nature of their existence has caused him to be more and more fascinated with the nature of death and the soul, and interest which the Samedi are quite willing to address.
The Kiasyd is an odd sort, eccentric due to his extended isolation and years of keeping the company only of other kindred scholars. He has the social quirks of an elder professor or old academic, unused to the world outside of their institute of learning. He has little concern for this, though, finding that the distance his odd appearance and manners provoke are helpful in keeping his observations objective. He is, however, very polite as a matter of course, though his sense of what is good etiquette is a bit outdated, just adding to his eccentric air.
Jean-Pierre is deeply respectful of the Baron and is fascinated at all he has to teach. He also respects Brigit, but for somewhat different reasons. Her commitment to her duties is striking to him, as a practical application of the Samedi's shared philosophy and a lesson in the cooperation of spirit and material beings. He pays little attention to the other kindred, for the most part, though he's spoken to most of them at some time or another, asking them of their ancestry and the details of their lives and what they believe. Responses have been mixed, but he records all he is told, nonetheless.
He is deeply dedicated to the Library Alexandria and will not divulge its secrets to those who might do it harm. His work there has given him something of an unconventional perspective on the Setites, whom he sees as a clan of historians, preserving the secrets of forgotten ages for the sake of true knowledge. Thus, he is not at all concerned with their presence in the city, and finds the usual Camarilla opinion of the clan to be highly prejudicial.