Niccolo Giovanni was a ghouled monk who, in 1197, uncovered the Erciyes Fragments in Cappadocia. Niccolo was a trained scholar familiar with a number of ancient language, and was apparently given the Proxy Kiss by his "uncle" Augustus Giovanni some time prior to his expedition. He made his way to the Monastery of Shadows at Erciyes, with the aid of an unknown supernatural agent. In the monastery's library he was similarly led to a hidden alcove, where he discovered a book bound in human skin containing the most complete copy of the Book of Nod he had ever encountered. Over a period of several nights, Niccolo copied out this and several subsequent texts left in the hidden alcove, along with the commentary left by previous scholars.