Victor Guttman was a priest of Sigmar in the town of Drakenhof in the County of Sylvania. Guttman was present at the death bed of the old Count of Sylvania, Otto van Drak, and at the wedding of his daughter Isabella van Drak and the Vampire lord Vlad von Carstein in 1797 IC. As Guttman was all too aware of the new count's true Undead nature, having assisted at Leopold van Drak's violent death at Vlad's hands, he was too dangerous to let live. On the way back to his temple in the Sylvanian night, Guttman was attacked by the Vampire Herman Prosner, Vlad's right hand, on the orders of the new Vampire Count and left to die. The priest was found by the son of the local wine merchant and brought back to the Drakenhof temple, where his wounds were tended by his two fellow Sigmarite priests, Meyri