Dobrul the Brave was the founder of the Anda, a bloodline of Gangrel who rode with the Mongols during the Dark Ages. Alleged by some to be a childe of Ennoia herself, legend says that Dobrul was in life one of the sons of Mother Itugen, the earth goddess. When Itugen came under attack by Xia Demons (the Wan Kuei), Dobrul was one of her sons who stood guard at her side, waging bloody war against the demon-bandits for days on end. It was he who held the ground as she made her retreat, and he was finally struck down when a Xia shaman laid a curse on him, summoning a great fireball from the sky to strike him down. The blast did not kill him, but instead forced him deep into the earth, where the demon-shaman's curse and Itugen's embrace combined together to reshape him into a powerful Methusela