Scrolls of Aberjian

It is an ancient sacred text, written over the last 4000 years, in a dozen different languages, some of which aren't even human. The word shanshu is pivotal to what it prophesies about the vampire with a soul.

Shanshu has roots in so many different languages. The most ancient source is the Proto-Bantu and they consider life and death the same thing, part of a cycle — only a thing that's not alive never dies. It says that you get to live until you die. It says the vampire with a soul, once he fulfills his destiny, will shanshu. Become human. It's his reward.

Angel found the parchment with the prophecies in the vaults at Wolfram & Hart (Blind Date). Later, it was stolen by the demon Vocah (To Shanshu in L.A.), conjured by Wolfram & Hart — the evil law firm needed the parchment in order to perform an incantation and bring vampire Darla from the dead. Angel did manage to kill Vocah; however, the ritual was completed by Lindsey MacDonald. Afterwards, Lindsey attempted to burn the parchment, but Angel kept him from doing it by cutting his hand off.

The Prophecies of Aberjian also mention three children, seers; together the children have the power to see into the heart of things, which made them a real threat to Wolfram & Hart. They were each found in different remote locations and brought together by the evil law firm and would have been killed if Angel hadn't intervened. According to the prophecies, they have an important role to play.

More recently, a newly translated portion appeared at Wolfram & Hart; it seems to indicate the splitting of the root of a tree into two parts, each of will seek refreshment from a hidden river. However, one cannot be sure whether this text is real or not, because the source who presented the translation (Sirk) was a non-trustworth person.

What is certain is that the original scroll containing the prophecy was at Wolfram & Hart and was signed by Angel (with his own blood), who gave up his chance of one day to become human again, to prove his loyalty to the Circle of the Black Thorn. Whether this was something valid or not, only the Senior Partners or the Powers That Be know.

Vampires with a soul - Angel and Spike. Proto-Bantu - Linguistic group Western Bantu. Bantu - Group of African languages.