Fabrizia was a helpless insane prisoner in a Mexican penitentary at the time of her Embrace, where she had grown up after her parents had left her on the steps of the prison, as they could not afford to care for an mentally ill person. She was chosen as cannon fodder for a skirmish in Houston in 1984. However, Malkav's blood, while still tainted with madness, gave her an unusual gift of lucidity. She became her sire Licero's lover rather than his pawn, and the two of them were as infamous among the Southwest's Kindred as Bonnie and Clyde. Many Kindred in the Sabbat tended to disregard Fabrizia's part in their exploit, allowing Licero as the pack leader to amass most of the fame and prestige.