Your character is one of the Nephilim,
with a past more ancient than man, who uses magical powers and who helped
found the major occult arts. You are but a spirit and since the Deluge, have
lost your body and have been forced to inhabit human bodies during different
times in history.
Perhaps you witnessed the sack of Troy; contributed to the fall of Rome; spied
upon the crowning of Charlemagne; initiated Napoleon to the mysteries of the
secret society of the Carbonari; or even encouraged the crimes of Jack the
Ripper.
In this third millennium the Nephilim of our city waken. Your character rises,
rediscovering the mastery of the magical forces of fire, air, water, earth,
and perhaps even the moon. Your elemental spirit takes possession of a new
human body, whether they are willing or not. You import your own ancient personality
and the skills that you have acquired during previous incarnations and now
learn how to use those of your new modern day host. Then begins the journey
you have already lived through many times in the past -- the physical metamorphosis
of the human body and the beginning of the long quest for Agartha.