"My children, I must solemnly apologize for my actions all those years ago. For it is I, who created whiteness. And it is my duty to unmake it..."

The greatest of the Atlanteans, Yakub brought his nation into a new age of prosperity following their escape from Egypt. He was the first to put to use Atlantis' great oil reserves. His innovations in golemancy were pivotal to the Atlanteans technological ascendancy. And finally, his greatest mistake: In his forges of flesh, metal, and spirit, he would create the first vampires.