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[Sherwood]

• Attributes and Abilities
• Backgrounds and Virtues
• Disciplines
• Experience
• Background

• 
  Name: Keith Sable
  Gender: Male
  Clan: True Brujah
  Clan Disciplines: Potence, Presence, Temporis
  Generation: 8th
  Nature: Loner
  Demeanor: Rebel
  Occupation: Police Detective
  Affiliation: Camarilla
  Age: 34
  Length of Embrace: 3 weeks
  
  Attributes
  Str: 4
  Dex: 3
  Sta: 3
  
  Cha: 2
  Man: 2
  App: 2
  
  Per: 2
  Int: 4
  Wits: 2
  
  Talents
  Alertness: 1
  Athletics: 1
  Awareness: 1
  Brawl: 1
  Empathy
  Expression
  Intimidation: 1
  Leadership
  Streetwise: 2
  Subterfuge: 2
  
  Skills
  Animal Ken
  Crafts
  Drive: 1
  Etiquette
  Firearms: 1
  Larceny: 1
  Melee: 2
  Performance
  Stealth: 1
  Survival
  
  Knowledges
  Academics: 1
  Computer: 3
  Finance: 1
  Investigation: 3
  Law: 2
  Medicine
  Occult: 4
  Politics
  Science
  Technology
  
  
• 
  Backgrounds
  Contacts: 2
  Domain: 1
  Generation: 5 - 8th
  Resources: 2
  
  Virtues
  Conscience: 3
  Self-Control: 3
  Courage: 4
  
  Humanity: 7
  Willpower: 5
  Blood Pool: 15 - Can Spend 3pts per Turn
  
  Spoiler: Spending Blood

  • A vampire may spend one blood point to heal one normal (bashing or lethal) health level of damage. Characters must be resting and relatively inactive for this healing to take place, though this recovery is rapid: One blood point per turn may be spent to heal one health level, though vampires of lower Generations may heal as many health levels per turn as they can spend blood points.
  Note that blood expenditure is the only way that vampires can heal wounds. Just as their immortality prevents the Kindred from aging and dying naturally, so it also inhibits the recuperative processes natural to a living body.
  • A player may spend one blood point to increase a single Physical Attribute (Strength, Dexterity, Stamina) by one dot for the duration of the scene. The player must announce at the beginning of the turn that he is doing this. A player may spend as many blood points on
  increasing Physical Attributes as the vampire may use in a turn (based upon Generation), but may only freely increase these Traits up to one higher than their generational maximum (i.e., a Tenth-Generation vampire may increase Traits to a maximum of 6). With effort, a
  character may increase a Physical Attribute to above this limit, but each dot above the limit lasts for only three turns after the character stops spending blood.
  This enables vampires to perform truly amazing physical feats, such as throwing cars, moving preternaturally quickly, and withstanding blows that would fell trees. Note: No character may increase Physical Attributes above 10.
  • A vampire may give a number of blood points to another Kindred, thereby enabling the recipient to use the blood as if it were her own. This is often a grisly prospect, as the “donor” must open his own vein and physically deliver the blood to the needy Kindred. Of course, if a vampire is ever in a situation in which she needs blood, she’s likely all out of it herself, and may frenzy and take too much from the donor. Blood gifts should be given with care.
  If a vampire (or mortal) partakes of another Kindred’s blood three times, she becomes bound to that vampire through the mystical properties of vitae. This is known as the blood bond. For more on blood bonds, see p. 286.
  • A vampire may gift a mortal or animal with a dose of his vitae, allowing the mortal in question to inject or ingest it. For so long as the mortal retains the Kindred vitae in her system, she is considered a ghoul (see the Appendix, p. 496, for more on ghouls).
  • Though most vampires (with the exception of Nosferatu) appear much as they did in life, they still display certain corpselike features; for example, their skin is unnaturally cold and grows more ashen with age, and they do not breathe. By spending a variable number of blood points, a vampire may will himself to appear more human for a scene: flushing his skin, drawing breath, even becoming capable of engaging in sexual intercourse (this last, while helpful in certain types of feeding, in no way means that the vampire may inseminate a mortal or become pregnant; a corpse is still a corpse, after all). Performing these actions for a scene requires an expenditure of blood points equal to (8 minus Humanity); thus, Kindred with Humanity ratings of 8 or higher may accomplish these feats automatically, while vampires with low Humanity find the process exceedingly arduous.
  Only vampires with Humanity may use blood in this manner; vampires on a Path have forsaken their human sides entirely.
  
  Flaws
  Hunted: 4
  Vengeful: 2
  Incomplete Understanding: 1
  
  Weakness: True Brujah lose much of their emotional capacity when they are Embraced, and their ability for sympathy continues to deteriorate as they grow older. All Conscience and Conviction rolls are made at +2 difficulty (maximum 10), and ratings in Conscience,
  Conviction, Humanity, and Paths of Enlightenment cost double the normal experience costs.
  
  
• 
  Fortitude: 1
  Potence: 1
  Temporis: 5
  
  
  Spoiler: Fortitude

  Although all vampires have an unnatural constitution that make them much sturdier than mortals, Fortitude bestows a resilience that would make an action movie hero envious. Vampires with this Discipline can shrug off agonizing trauma and make the most bone-shattering impact look like a flesh wound. The power even offers protection against the traditional banes of vampires, such as sunlight and fire, and the Gangrel, Ravnos, and Ventrue all find that edge incredibly useful.
  System: A character’s rating in Fortitude adds to his Stamina for the purposes of soaking normal damage (bashing and lethal). A character with this Discipline may also use his dots in Fortitude to soak aggravated damage, though Kindred cannot normally soak things like vampire bites, werewolf claws, magical effects, fire, sunlight, or massive physical trauma. See p. 272, for further details on soaking and damage.
  Spoiler: Potence

  Kindred endowed with Potence possess unnatural strength. This Discipline enables vampire to leap massive distances, lift tremendous weights, and strike opponents with brutal force. Even low ranks of this power can give Kindred physical power beyond mortal bounds. More powerful Kindred can leap so far that they appear to be flying, toss cars like soda cans, and punch through walls like cardboard. While the more subtle mental Disciplines can be awe-inspiring, the brutal effectiveness of Potence is formidable in its own right.
  The Brujah, Giovanni, Lasombra, and Nosferatu are naturally gifted with this Discipline, but members of other Clans often make a point to find someone who can teach them the awesome power of Potence.
  System: Each dot that the vampire has in Potence adds one die to all Strength-related dice rolls. Further, the player can spend one blood point and change his Potence dice into an equal number of automatic successes to all Strength-related rolls for the turn. In melee and brawling combat, successes from Potence (either rolled or automatic) are applied to the damage roll results.
  Spoiler: Temporis

  The True Brujah bloodline claims a peculiar Discipline that allows them some control over the flow of time. Masters of Temporis often grow ever more detached from the passage of ages. This, combined with the natural tendency for Sages to grow emotionally and spiritually distant, makes True Brujah elders exceptionally dangerous. They know that all life is finite, and so they feel no compunction about ending it.
  
  

  Spoiler: • Hourglass of the Mind

  Masters of Temporis value patience and clarity. Time is too complex and dangerous to manipulate incautiously or on a whim. Thus, the first power of Temporis focuses entirely on perception and serves as a permanent alteration of a vampire’s senses.
  System: Once purchased, this Discipline gives a vampire a perfect sense of time. The vampire knows events to the nearest second or better. Moreover, the Cainite knows whenever the flow of time is mystically disturbed by use of Celerity, greater levels of Temporis, mortal wizardry, or stranger things. Sensing disturbances is instinctive and reflexive, though it requires a successful Perception + Awareness roll (difficulty 6 for most phenomena, as modified by the Storyteller for distance and intensity).

  Spoiler: •• Recurring Contemplation

  A vampire with this power may trap a target’s mind into reviewing a set of events over and over until interrupted. This power is extremely subtle and ill-suited to combat or other situations rich in sensory stimuli. However, a cunning vampire can trick a sentry into reliving the tedium of his uneventful watch even as the Cainite draws close enough to strike or slip past. Other uses include the maddening infliction of déjà vu to induce paranoia or make a victim question her senses and her sanity.
  System: The vampire concentrates on a single victim in his line of sight. The player rolls Manipulation + Occult (difficulty equal to the victim’s current Willpower). With any successes, the victim falls into a light trance and relives the most recent experiences that preceded her fugue. Alternately, the vampire may evoke another set of specific memories and circumstances from the victim’s past, provided that he has some means of telepathically drawing them forth. The recurring events must be relatively benign, insofar as nothing noteworthy happens or nothing happens that would demand the victim’s immediate action. Thus, in the example of the sentry, the vampire could entrance him and walk past unobserved, but not if the sentry spotted him before invoking the power. Ordinarily, the fugue lasts one minute per success. If the vampire’s player spends a blood point to fuel this power, determine the trance’s duration according to the following chart:
  
  Successes Duration
  1 success one minute
  2 successes 10 minutes
  3 successes one hour
  4 successes six hours
  5+ successes one day
  
  Entranced victims are oblivious to their surroundings and the actual flow of time around them. However, the fugue ends immediately if the victim suffers any damage or experiences a sudden jolt to her senses, such as a thunderclap or even a gentle nudge. Normal conversation does not break the trance, although shouting does.

  Spoiler: ••• Leaden Moment

  With this power, a vampire may begin to alter the flow of time itself rather than mere perception of events. The vampire gestures and slows the desired object almost to a dead stop. This power can slow incoming bullets to the pace of drifting clouds, or cause an enemy warrior to see the battlefield quicken to a blur of dizzying carnage even as his every motion slows to a crawl.
  System: The player spends one blood point and rolls Intelligence + Occult. The difficulty depends on the size and nature of the target: a single thrown brick is only difficulty 4, while a crazed ghoul has a difficulty of 9. Targets larger than an adult human cannot be affected with Leaden Moment. It is possible to affect small, closely grouped inanimate objects of the same nature as a single object, though this increases the difficulty by two or more at the Storyteller’s discretion (a hail of bullets might be difficulty 9). This power may be activated reflexively as a defensive action against projectiles, but otherwise requires a full action on the vampire’s initiative. Though failure carries no special penalty apart from wasting blood, a botch means the vampire mistakenly slows himself rather than the target, counting every 1 as a success for that purpose.
  If the vampire succeeds, the object slows to one-half its true speed. Every two successes beyond the first reduce this speed by one additional factor, so three successes slows the target to one third its speed, five successes yields quarter speed, etc. The actual mechanics of such slowing depend on the situation. For projectiles, multiply any successes to hit and final damage by the speed factor, rounded down. Similarly apply the speed modifier to the successes of other actions involving Dexterity, Wits, or Strength for slowed characters. Characters with Celerity may spend one blood point to negate one factor of speed reduction at the expense of the usual extra action provided – for example, one blood point cancels a reduction to one half speed, two blood points cancel one third, etc. Leaden Moment lasts one turn for every two successes rolled, rounded up.

  Spoiler: •••• Patience of the Norns

  The vampire can now suspend an inanimate object in time, keeping it frozen in perfect stasis as time passes at normal speed around it. As with lesser Temporis powers, this stasis has both combat and non-combat applications. True Brujah warriors may halt bullets outright rather than merely slowing their approach or casually sidestep a collapsing building. Higher-level variations on this power preserve precious scrolls and artifacts without risk of mold or decay. If any solid object or nontrivial volume of liquid touches a frozen object that did not touch it at the moment of suspension, the item re-enters time with the same properties and velocity as when it stopped. Thus, touching a suspended object with anything more substantial than a raindrop releases it exactly as it was before it stopped.
  System: The player spends two blood points and rolls Intelligence + Occult (difficulty 6). The vampire must be able to perceive the object that he’s suspending, so the player may need to make a Perception + Alertness roll at a difficulty determined by the Storyteller in order to freeze fast-moving objects. If an object exceeds the speed of mortal perception, superhuman perception such as Auspex is required in order to see and stop it (as such, bullets can be stopped with this power, but only if the vampire has at least a dot of Auspex). Objects frozen by this power remain halted according to the number of successes rolled:
  
  Successes Duration
  1 success one turn
  2 successes one minute
  3 successes 10 minutes
  4 successes one hour
  5 successes one day
  6+ successes one week per success over 5
  
  Suspended objects retain all energy in their suspension, releasing none to the outside universe. A suspended knife has no kinetic energy as far as the rest of the world is concerned and hangs suspended in mid-air until the power is interrupted or the duration expires. Suspended alchemical or chemical processes also halt, including fire. However, any physical contact more substantial than a falling raindrop breaks the suspension.

  Spoiler: ••••• Clotho’s Gift

  With this power, a vampire momentarily accelerates time through himself. In this brief instant, he moves with the preternatural speed of Celerity. Unlike that Discipline, however, the time dilation of Clotho’s Gift permits any type of action. A vampire may still move or strike faster than the eye can see, but also think, plan, and even invoke other Disciplines that require full concentration. Only the last presents a danger, as it overtaxes the vampire’s unliving stasis.
  System: The player spends three blood points and rolls Intelligence + Occult (difficulty 7). For a number of turns equal to half the vampire’s Temporis rating, rounded up, the character may take a number of extra actions at her full dice pool equal to the number of successes rolled. These actions follow the timing rules associated with Celerity, but may be used to take any action. A vampire may use the actions granted by Clotho’s Gift to activate Disciplines multiple times, even Disciplines that cannot be used more than once in a turn (such as Dominate or Thaumaturgy). However, for every action spent activating a Discipline, the vampire suffers one level of unsoakable lethal damage.
  Only one important exception exists: Any attempt to stack extra actions through Celerity, subsequent applications of Clotho’s Gift or other powers results in immediate Final Death, as the vampire collapses into ash as though burned by the sun.
  
  
• 
  Experience Costs
  Trait - Cost
  New Ability - 3
  New Discipline - 10
  New Path (Necromancy or Thaumaturgy) - 7
  Attribute - current rating x 4
  Ability - current rating x 2
  Clan Discipline - current rating x 5
  Other Discipline - current rating x 7
  Secondary Path (Necromancy or Thaumaturgy) - current rating x 4
  Virtue - current rating x 2
  Humanity or Path of Enlightenment - current rating x 2
  Willpower - current rating
  
  
  Wish List
  
  
• 
  Keith is a recently promoted detective in the New Orleans police department, working in the Narcotics division to try and remove the poison of meth and other controlled drugs from the streets. He is new to wearing the detectives' badge, but is already starting to make a name for himself in the precinct that he's assigned to.
  
  For the past eight months, Keith has been working the streets undercover, trying to make a name for himself in the underworld in order to work his way up closer to the source of the meth that is flooding the city. Things have been proceeding along smoothly, and there was talk in the drug ring to let Keith start to move some larger amounts of meth to see what he could do, a step in the right direction for the cop. Little did he know, one of the snitches on the street became aware that Keith was working undercover, and the order to have him killed to send the NOPD a message was given.
  
  As he was walking home from the local 7-11 with a bottle of beer and a carton of cigarettes, Keith was grabbed up at gunpoint and hauled to an abandoned warehouse where his 'lesson' was about to be delivered. Over the course of several hours, he was badly beaten and tortured by the gang members, until finally they grew tired of inflicting pain on the other man, and they shot him and dumped his body in a garbage-filled alleyway to die.
  
  But the stubborn detective had enough of a drive that he refused to give up. Starting to crawl his way out to the street to seek help, a well-dressed man in a fine suit appears out of nowhere. He crouches down next to Keith, looking at him with a dispassionate expression. "My, my, my. You are a mess, aren't you? Those punks certainly did a lot of damage. I don't think you have very long to live."
  
  Dragging himself along, Keith doesn't try to talk; he barely has enough strength to keep moving. But he does wonder, why doesn't this guy call for an ambulance instead of rambling along like this?!?
  
  The man continues to watch Keith as he tries to crawl. "You are a stubborn one, I'll grant you that. Perhaps . . . yes. I think you might just be the one." He reaches down and grabs the wounded Keith by the throat and easily lifts him up with one arm. "Tell me, big man. If you had a second chance, what would you do with it?"
  
  Keith chokes a bit, feeling woozy as his blood continues to drain out of him. The strange man smiles, then says, "Good enough for me." He then pulls the large cop close in and bites him on the neck, draining the last vestiges of viate from him, then forcing him to drink from the wrist of this stranger.
  
  As he lay there, experiencing the waves of pain as his body goes through the change, he could hear the man say, "Congratulations, Keith. You are now a vampire, a creature of the night! I'd stay out of the sun if I were you. Perhaps, if you live through the next few decades, I might come back. We'll see." With that, the stranger suddenly vanishes as if he were never there.
  
  Once he is able to rise, Keith makes his way home to clean up and get changed before heading out to the precinct to check in and let his superiors know that his cover was blown. One of the other officers saw him before he could report in, an officer that just happened to be a ghoul that worked for the Prince. He immediately recognizes the change in Keith and is surprised, not having heard of anyone having permission given to them to make any new vampires.
  
  He approaches Keith and asks, "When did you get your Embrace? Who's your Sire? I hadn't heard that there were going to be anyone promoting you like this."
  
  "What the hell are you babbling on about? Sire? Embrace? What is all that?"
  
  The ghoul could see that Keith was genuinely confused, and after a bit of back and forth, he establishes that Keith is totally ignorant of the Masquerade and all that it entails. He finally tells the new vampire that Keith has to be presented to the Prince of the City, and he would decide his fate. As the shock begins to wear off, confusion is replaced with cold rage for what has been done to him. Who the hell was this vampire to make him into a bloodsucking fiend of the night without his permission? That fucker was going to pay.
  
  Escorting Keith to the penthouse that the Prince uses to control his fief, they are quickly rushed into the presence of the Prince and a handful of his closest advisors and hangers on in his court. Instead of begging for his life, Keith is quick to demand answers, standing up straight and tall in front of the monster that was about to decide what to do with him.
  
  Instead of having Keith destroyed, the Prince break out in laughter. "You are a real breath of fresh air. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. I tell you what, Mr. Sable. Normally, I would have you staked out for the sun because your creator broke my rules. But since you came to me with such mettle in you, I will let you live. But your Sire's existence is forfeit. I do not know the identity of your Sire, but I will find out, and when I do, I will give you the opportunity to destroy him for what he's done to you. In the meantime, you need to be taught the rules of our existence. You will be given a teacher, one that is responsible to bring you up to speed on the Masquerade and how to live this new unlife you now have."
  
  "Until that time, I suggest you sit back and prepare to spend the night here, since dawn is nearly upon us. Once tomorrow night rolls around, I will have a mentor picked out for you, one that will have the task of making sure you are not a danger to our way of life here. I will also have some . . . changes . . . to your assignment in the NOPD, since you are not going to be able to pull day shifts anymore."
  
  That fateful night took place just over a month ago, and Keith's head is still spinning from the changes wrought on him and his life.
  
  

 

[Psychie]

• Attributes and Abilities
• Backgrounds and Virtues
• Disciplines
• Experience

• 
  Name: Antoinette 'Toni' Duchonovoy
  Gender: Female
  Clan: Toreador
  Clan Disciplines: Auspex, Celerity, Presence
  Generation: 10th
  Nature: Capitalist
  Demeanor: Gallant
  Concept: Information Broker and Nightclub Owner
  Affiliation: Camarilla
  Age: 140 (appears to be 25)
  
  Attributes
  Str: 1
  Dex: 3
  Sta: 2
  
  Cha: 3
  Man: 3
  App: 4
  
  Per: 3
  Int: 3
  Wits: 2
  
  Talents
  Alertness: 1
  Athletics: 1
  Awareness: 1
  Brawl
  Empathy: 1
  Expression: 2
  Intimidation: 2
  Leadership: 2
  Streetwise: 2
  Subterfuge: 1
  
  Skills
  Animal Ken
  Crafts
  Drive: 1
  Etiquette: 3
  Firearms
  Larceny
  Melee
  Performance: 3
  Stealth: 2
  Survival
  
  Knowledges
  Academics
  Computer
  Finance: 1
  Investigation
  Law
  Medicine
  Occult: 1
  Politics: 3
  Science
  Technology
  
  
• 
  Backgrounds
  Contacts: 4
  Domain: 2
  Fame: 2
  Generation: 3 - 10th
  Herd: 4 - 30 vessels
  Influence: 1
  Resources: 4
  Retainers: 2
  
  Merits
  Elysium Regular: 1
  
  Flaws
  Hunted: 4
  Prey Exclusion: 1 (Children)
  Erie Presence: 2
  
  Virtues and Blood Pool
  Conscience: 3
  Self-Control: 5
  Courage: 2
  Humanity: 8
  Willpower: 3
  Blood Pool: 13 - 1pt per turn
  
  Weaknesses: When a Toreador experiences something truly remarkable — a person, an objet d’art, a lovely sunrise — the player must make a Self-Control or Instincts roll (difficulty 6). Failure means that the Kindred finds herself enthralled by the experience. The dazzled Toreador cannot act for the duration of the scene aside from commenting on or continuing their involvement with whatever has captured their attention.
  If the experience no longer affects her (whether by moving, being destroyed, or whatever is appropriate to the situation), the captivation ends. Enraptured Toreador may not even defend themselves if attacked, though being wounded allows them to make another Self-Control or Instincts roll.
  
  
• 
  Celerity: 1
  Dominate: 2
  Obfuscate: 2
  Presence: 2
  
  
  Spoiler: Celerity

  Not all vampires are slow, meticulous creatures. When needed, some vampires can move fast — really fast. Celerity allows Assamites, Brujah, and Toreadors to move with astonishing swiftness, becoming practically a blur. The Assamites use their speed in conjunction with stealth to strike quickly and viciously from the shadows before they are noticed. Brujah, on the other hand, simply like the edge that the power gives them against overwhelming odds. The Toreador are more inclined to use Celerity to provide an air of unnatural grace to live performances or for an extra push to complete a masterpiece on time, but they can be as quick to draw blood as any assassin or punk when angered.
  System: Each point of Celerity adds one die to every Dexterity-related dice roll. In addition, the player can spend one blood point to take an extra action up to the number of dots he has in Celerity at the beginning of the relevant turn; this expenditure can go beyond her normal Generation maximum. Any dots used for extra actions, however, are no longer available for Dexterity- related rolls during that turn. These additional actions must be physical (e.g., the vampire cannot use a mental Discipline like Dominate multiple times in one turn), and extra actions occur at the end of the turn (the vampire’s regular action still takes place per her initiative roll).
  Normally, a character without Celerity must divide their dice if she wants to take multiple actions in a single turn, as per p. 248. A character using Celerity performs his extra actions (including full movement) without penalty, gaining a full dice pool for each separate action. Extra actions gained through Celerity may not in turn be split into multiple actions, however.
  Spoiler: Dominate

  Dominate is one of the most dreaded of Disciplines. It is a vampire’s ability to influence another person’s thoughts and actions through her own force of will. Dominate requires that the vampire capture her victim’s gaze (see p. 152); as such, it may be used against only one subject at a time. Further, commands must be issued verbally, although simple orders may be made with signs — for example, a pointed finger and forceful expression to indicate “Go!” However, the subject won’t comply if he can’t understand the vampire, no matter how powerful the Kindred’s will is.
  Perhaps unsurprisingly, vampires to which Dominate comes naturally tend to be from willful, domineering Clans. The Giovanni, Lasombra, Tremere, and Ventrue all consider an iron will to be a boon, and are eager to impose that iron will on any who would move against them.
  
  

  Spoiler: • Command

  The vampire locks eyes with the subject and speaks a one-word command, which the subject must be obey instantly. The order must be clear and straightforward: run, agree, fall, yawn, jump, laugh, surrender, stop, scream, follow. If the command is at all confusing or ambiguous, the subject may respond slowly or perform the task poorly. The subject cannot be ordered to do something directly harmful to herself, so a command like “die” is ineffective.
  The command may be included in a sentence, thereby concealing the power’s use from others. This effort at subtlety still requires the Kindred to make eye contact at the proper moment and stress the key word slightly. An alert bystander — or even the victim — may notice the emphasis. Still, unless she’s conversant with supernatural powers, the individual is likely to attribute the utterance and the subsequent action to bizarre coincidence.
  System: The player rolls Manipulation + Intimidation (difficulty equals the target’s current Willpower points). More successes force the subject to act with greater vigor or for a longer duration (continue running for a number of turns, go off on a laughing jag, scream uncontrollably). Remember, too, that being commanded to against one’s Nature confounds the use of this power. Being told to “sleep!” in a dangerous situation or “attack!” in police custody may not have the desired effect, or indeed, any effect at all.

  Spoiler: •• Mesmerize

  With this power, a vampire can verbally implant a false thought or hypnotic suggestion in the subject’s subconscious mind. Both Kindred and target must be free from distraction, since Mesmerize requires intense concentration and precise wording to be effective. The vampire may activate the imposed thought immediately or establish a stimulus that will trigger it later. The victim must be able to understand the vampire, though the two need to maintain eye contact only as long as it takes to implant the idea.
  Mesmerize allows for anything from simple, precise directives (handing over an item) to complex, highly involved ones (taking notes of someone’s habits and relaying that information at an appointed time). It is not useful for planting illusions or false memories (such as seeing a rabbit or believing yourself to be on fire). A subject can have only one suggestion implanted at any time.
  System: The player rolls Manipulation + Leadership (difficulty equal to the target’s current Willpower points). The number of successes determines how well the suggestion takes hold in the victim’s subconscious. If the vampire scores one or two successes, the subject cannot be forced to do anything that seems strange to her (she might walk outside, but is unlikely to steal a car). At three or four successes, the command is effective unless following it endangers the subject. At five successes or greater, the vampire can implant nearly any sort of command.
  No matter how strong the Kindred’s will, his command cannot force the subject to harm herself directly or defy her innate Nature. So, while a vampire who scored five successes could make a 98-pound weakling attack a 300-pound bouncer, he could not make the mortal shoot herself in the head.
  If a vampire tries to Mesmerize a subject before the target fulfills a previously implanted directive, compare the successes rolled to those gained during the implanting of the first suggestion. Whichever roll had the greater number of successes is the command that now governs in the target’s behavior; the other suggestion is wiped clean. If the successes rolled are equal, the newer command supplants the old one.
  Spoiler: Obfuscate

  Obfuscate is the uncanny ability for Kindred to conceal themselves from sight, sometimes even in full view of a crowd. An Obfuscated vampire doesn’t actually become invisible, however — rather, he is able to delude observers into believing that he has vanished. Obfuscate also allows Kindred to change their features and conceal other people or objects. Typically vampires using Obfuscate must be within a short range of their witnesses (approximately five yards or meters per dot of Wits + Stealth) for their power to be effective. Unless the Kindred chooses to make herself seen, she can remain obscured for as long as she wills it. At higher levels, the vampire can actually fade from sight so subtly that those nearby can’t actually recall the moment at which she left.
  Usually, few mortals or supernaturals (even those trained in Awareness) can pierce through the fog of Obfuscate. Animals, who rely more on their instincts than their normal senses, can sometime perceive (and be frightened by) the vampire’s presence. Children and those to whom deception is foreign may also be able to pierce the illusion, at the Storyteller’s discretion.
  Finally, the Auspex Discipline enables Kindred to see through Obfuscate. Even that is not guaranteed, however; refer to “Seeing the Unseen,” p. 142, for more details. (Storytellers needing a die roll for animals or children can use this quick and dirty guideline: treat them as if they had Auspex 1 in terms of contesting Obfuscate. They do not have the Auspex 1 power, but are considered to have it when determining whether a vampire is noticed.)
  Since Obfuscate clouds the mind of the viewer, vampires can’t use it to hide their presence from electronic or mechanical devices. Video and photo cameras, for example, capture the vampire’s image accurately. Even so, the person using, say, her cell phone to record an Obfuscated vampire will still have her mind impacted by the power, and she won’t see the Kindred’s image until she views the video at a later date (if even then).
  Several Clans cultivate this power — the Assamites, Followers of Set, and Malkavians, for example — but the Nosferatu are particularly known for this Discipline. Some elder Kindred believe that Caine, or perhaps Lilith, bestowed the Clan with this Discipline to compensate for the hideous physical deformities its members suffer.
  Most Obfuscate powers last for a scene, or until the vampire ceases maintaining them. Once evoked, they require very little mental effort to keep in place.
  
  

  Spoiler: • Cloak of Shadows

  At this level, the vampire must rely on nearby shadows and cover to assist in hiding his presence. He steps into an out-of-the-way, shadowed place and eases himself from normal sight. The vampire remains unnoticed as long as he stays silent, still, under some degree of cover (such as a curtain, bush, door frame, lamppost, or alley), and out of direct lighting. The immortal’s concealment vanishes if he moves, attacks, or falls under direct light. Furthermore, the vampire’s deception cannot stand up to concentrated observation without fading.
  System: No roll is required as long as the character fulfills the criteria described above. So long as he remains quiet and motionless, virtually no one but another Kindred with a high enough Auspex rating will see him.

  Spoiler: •• Unseen Presence

  With experience, the vampire can move around without being seen. Shadows seem to shift to cover him, and people automatically avert their gazes as he passes by. Others move unconsciously to avoid contact with the cloaked creature; those with weak wills may even scurry away from the area in unacknowledged fear. The vampire remains ignored indefinitely unless someone deliberately seeks him out or he inadvertently reveals himself.
  Since the vampire fully retains his physical substance, he must be careful to avoid contact with anything that may disclose his presence (knocking over a vase, bumping into someone). Even a whispered word or the scuffing of a shoe against the floor can be enough to disrupt the power.
  System: No roll is necessary to use this power unless the character speaks, attacks, or otherwise draws attention to himself. The Storyteller should call for a Wits + Stealth roll under any circumstances that might cause the character to reveal himself. The difficulty of the roll depends on the situation; stepping on a squeaky floorboard might be a 5, while walking through a pool of water may require a 9. Other acts may require a certain number of successes; speaking quietly without giving away one’s position, for instance, demands at least three successes. Upon success, the vampire, all her clothing, and objects that could fit into a pocket are concealed.
  Some things are beyond the power of Unseen Presence to conceal. Although the character is cloaked from view while he smashes through a window, yells out, or throws someone across the room, the vampire becomes visible to all in the aftermath. Bystanders snap out of the subtle fugue in which Obfuscate put them.
  Worse still, each viewer can make a Wits + Awareness roll (difficulty 7); if successful, the mental haze clears completely, so those individuals recall every move the character made up until then as if he had been visible the entire time.
  Spoiler: Presence

  Presence is the Discipline of emotional manipulation. Vampires with this power can inspire passionate fervor or unreasoning terror in mortals and Kindred alike. In addition, unlike most Disciplines, some of Presence’s powers can be used on entire crowds at one time. Presence can transcend race, religion, gender, class, and (most importantly) supernatural nature. As such, this subtle power is one of the most useful Disciplines a vampire can possess.
  Anyone can resist Presence for one scene by spending a Willpower point and succeeding on a Willpower roll (difficulty 8), but the affected individual must keep spending points until he is no longer in the presence of the vampire (or, in the case of Summon, until the effect wears off). Vampires three or more Generations lower than the wielder need only spend a single Willpower to ignore the Presence for an entire night and need not roll Willpower to do so.
  The major drawback of Presence is that it controls only the emotions. It causes others to feel a certain way toward the vampire, but does not give her outright control over them. While people weigh strongly the orders that the vampire declares, their minds are still their own. Suicidal or ridiculous directives don’t sound any more sensible just because the person giving them is unusually fascinating. Still, inspired eloquence or significant wealth used in combination with this Discipline can enable the vampire to urge others along a desired course.
  The Brujah, Followers of Set, Toreador, and Ventrue Clans are all adept in this Discipline. The Ventrue are arguably the most skilled with its application, however, due to their ability to use Presence and Dominate in efficient combination.
  
  

  Spoiler: • Awe

  Those near the vampire suddenly desire to be closer to her and become receptive to her point of view. Awe is extremely useful for mass communication. It matters little what is said — the hearts of those affected lean toward the vampire’s opinion. The weak want to agree with her; even if the strong-willed resist, they soon find themselves outnumbered. Awe can turn a chancy deliberation into a certain resolution in the vampire’s favor almost before her opponents know that the tide has turned.
  Despite the intensity of this attraction, those so smitten do not lose their sense of self-preservation. Danger breaks the spell of fascination, as does leaving the area. Those subject to Awe will remember how they felt in the vampire’s presence, however. This will influence their reactions should they ever encounter her again.
  System: The player spends a blood point and rolls Charisma + Performance (difficulty 7). The number of successes rolled determines how many people are affected, as noted on the chart below. If there are more people present than the character can influence, Awe affects those with lower Willpower ratings first. The power stays in effect for the remainder of the scene or until the character chooses to drop it.
  
  Successes Result
  1 success One person
  2 successes Two people
  3 successes Six people
  4 successes 20 people
  5 successes Everyone in the vampire’s immediate vicinity (an entire auditorium, a mob)
  
  Those affected can use Willpower points to overcome the effect, but must continue spending Willpower every scene for as long as they remain in the same area as the vampire. As soon as an individual spends a number of Willpower points equal to the successes rolled, he shakes off the Awe completely and remains unaffected for the rest of the night.

  Spoiler: •• Dread Gaze

  While all Kindred can frighten others by physically revealing their true vampiric natures — baring claws and fangs, glaring with malevolence, hissing loudly with malice — this power focuses these elements to insanely terrifying levels. Dread Gaze engenders unbearable terror in its victim, stupefying him into madness, immobility, or reckless flight. Even the most stalwart individual will fall back from the vampire’s horrific visage.
  System: The player rolls Charisma + Intimidation (difficulty equal to the victim’s Wits + Courage). Success indicates the victim is cowed, while failure means the target is startled but not terrified by the sight. Three or more successes means he runs away in abject fear; victims who have nowhere to run claw at the walls, hoping to dig a way out rather than face the vampire. Moreover, each success subtracts one from the target’s action dice pools next turn.
  The character may attempt Dread Gaze once per turn against a single target, though she may also perform it as an extended action, adding her successes in order to subjugate the target completely. Once the target loses enough dice that he cannot perform any action, he’s so shaken and terrified that he curls up on the ground and weeps. Failure during the extended action means the attempt falters. The character loses all her collected successes and can start over next turn, while the victim may act normally again.
  A botch at any time indicates the target is not at all impressed — perhaps even finding the vampire’s antics comical — and remains immune to any further uses of Presence by the character for the rest of the story.
  
  
• 
  Experience Costs
  Trait - Cost
  New Ability - 3
  New Discipline - 10
  New Path (Necromancy or Thaumaturgy) - 7
  Attribute - current rating x 4
  Ability - current rating x 2
  Clan Discipline - current rating x 5
  Other Discipline - current rating x 7
  Secondary Path (Necromancy or Thaumaturgy) - current rating x 4
  Virtue - current rating x 2
  Humanity or Path of Enlightenment - current rating x 2
  Willpower - current rating
  
  

 

[Rusty of Shackleford]

"Name's Rook. Need something?"

Name: Rook

Age: 38 (Visibly 27)

Years Since Embraced: 11

Affiliation: Anarch

Generation: 13th

Clan: Brujah

Humanity: (7

Disciplines:

2 in Celerity. Rook is extremely fast when he needs to be

3 in Potence. When Rook wants to fight, few can match him.

Conviction: Do right by those who do right by you.

Touchstone: He has an estranged wife and child back East he’s secretly funneling money to.

Skills:
-Rook is a skilled combatant, though he tends to prefer getting up close and personal with his fists.

-He’s reasonably charismatic, due in part to his impeccable honesty and sincerity, a rare thing even among the hot blooded Brujah

-He knows his way around the street, having a few connections in the local black market

-Quite well spoken and decently educated

Resources:
-He runs a “courier” service. In reality he holds a managerial position smuggling various Kindred goods around the city, usually messages and blood, the latter of which he gets a portion of as kickback.

-He has a small, unassuming apartment in an unassuming part of town

-He has an old Crown Victoria he used to get around

Equipment:
-He owns a Glock 45 for self defense, mainly against humans. Not much use against Kindred.

-A basic machete, mainly for fighting against Kindred.

-A sunbag. Basically a sort of sleeping bag with an interior zipper, used as an extra defense against being dragged into the sun.

Personality: Rook seems to be a rare thing among Brujah. Most Brujah of the modern day are hot headed rebels or thuggish brutes. Always looking for a fight for the sake of it. But Rook is calm, considered, yet not lacking in passion. He’s rarely rocked, with an almost inhumanly calm temperament. Though occasionally, that Brujah blood comes out. It comes out when he punches a Kine for using slurs, or spits on the floor of some propped up Prince. Rook is the sort of person who'd rather make jokes that admit how he's feeling, even when it's completely uncalled for.

Flaws:
-He’s frankly too honest. He couldn’t lie his way out of a paper bag

-He’s not one to play politics

-More than most Kindred, he’s extremely concerned about keeping his humanity, to the point he only drinks bagged blood, or from rodents.

-Though seemingly apathetic, he is still susceptible to his Clan’s tendency for hotheadedness.

Backstory: On a literal level, Rook is no stranger to blood. Before his Embrace, he was known as Adam Rook, hailing from the Southern US. He was a teenager through much of the War on Terror, and it was no surprise that he enlisted when he turned 18. He would then spend for years in the Army, two of which was as a frontline infantryman in Iraq. Adam would see a lot. Mainly things he’d rather forget. And upon returning home, he was pretty much thrown to the side. He tried to get a decent job, especially after he married his wife Harriett, and they had a child, but he could never find something that stuck. So, in desperation, he turned to crime. Ferrying drugs and robbing stores, mostly. Harriett eventually left him, pushing Rook further into his bad habits to send money back to her.

This would culminate in the most important night of his life. His death.

Following a liquor store robbery gone wrong, Rook was blasted in the chest with a shotgun point blank. It’s a miracle he didn't die immediately.

The last thing he remembers is staring up at the Texas sky, wondering how he got to this point.

He then woke up…he wasn’t cold or hot, he just felt…nothing. Possibly out of pity, or just spite, a Brujah had drug Rook into a nearby alley, and gave him the Embrace. Rook was a childe of the Learned Clan, forced to figure things out on his own.
He rarely mentions how he eventually made his way to New Orleans, only vaguely mentioning an older Brujah and working as a courier. The latter part has served him well, as many Kindred in the series ask for his services.

 

[Mentallynot]

live to tell

lacuna coil

Kane

R

equisite.

name

Kane Bush (not his birthname)

age

185 (physically 25)

Years embraced

160

affliation

Independent (ex-Camarilla)

generation

10th

humanity

6

nature

Idealist

Demeanor

Conniver

predator type

Extortionist

disciplines

Dominate - 3 (including bonus from predator type)

Presence - 3

Fortitude - 2

d

etails.

attributes

Str - 1
Dex - 3
Sta - 2

Cha - 4
Man - 4
App - 2

Per - 3
Int - 2
Wits - 3

conviction

Never hurt the innocent

touchstone

He owns an orphanage tucked away somewhere in New Orleans, the orphans that lived there are closely monitored and ensured that they'll never be embraced nor touched by a vampire.

skills

- Kane has a way with his words, he knows well how to manipulate someone to turn a negotiation or a conversation into his favor.

- Due to his influence, he is able to get the right people to solve whatever problems that may arise.

resources

- His main income mostly comes from the business establishment that he owns a share to including a couple of clinics that but since he is quite influential, he would trade valuable information and networks with his contacts in exchange for money or a valuable possession.

- After getting kicked out of the ventrue tower, he now lives in a small manor that is tucked away from public's eye

- His chaffeur drives him around in a morgan plus 4 drophead coupe.

equipment

- He carries a small revolver that he modified to load smokescreen bullets in case he needs to cover his escape.

- He brings a small dagger that he keeps in his back pocket.

flaws

- He is by no means good at combat which makes it easy to corner him and kill him. (he always brings bodyguards to keep himself safe.)

- He may be fast but his punches are weak and he will most likely fail to get out of tight grasps.

- Due to his former ties to Camarilla, he has made enemies on both Anarch and Camarilla side despite keeping himself pretty neutral when it comes to the affairs he would take care of.

p

ersonality.

Kane isn't one to display himself in a high regard despite his clan tendencies to do so. When addressing others, he would try to be as polite even if he is faced with people he dislikes. He is mostly reasonable and will not dwell in his arguments if the person he is talking to won't agree with his words. Despite that, he is easily to let his impulsive thoughts take over especially when given the chance to gain more power or wealth.

h

istory.

Back in the early 1800s, Kane was born as an heir to an unamed kingdom, somewhere in Europe. However, due to Ventrue's influence, his grandfather who had already became a part of the clan, convinced his mother to also turn him into a ventrue. Most of his life, he was heavily monitored by his grandfather, ensuring that he will not fail the ritual and trained him early on which kept him in a state of fear as he learned what it meant to be vampire. He was never let out of the castle without any supervision even when he has come of age. When he was crowned as the new King, he tried to get himself away from the rest of his family and brought his mother with him. A couple of years passed and he remained prosperous, ruling the kingdom with an open mind. Though, his life was cut short on his 25th birthday when his mother came to his room and embraced him. It turns out that his grandfather had embraced her far long before he was old enough to understand what was going on. Forced to go under the strict ritual that he once prepared for, he obediently followed his grandfather's footsteps and ruled the Kingdom for awhile until his Grandfather decided to take the throne back in which he had no choice but to abide by his wishes and rules.



For many decades, he continued to try separate himself from his family right until a couple of brujahs killed both his grandfather and mother while he was away, trading with wealthy merchants that gave him valuable items. This incident left him able to cut ties with his family and move to another continent where he finally reached a new place that was soon to be called New Orleans, for at least half a century, he tried put down roots with his new identity. For a couple of decades he stayed within the Camarilla faction as a way to rebuild his reputation by helping out the prince of New Orleans. Though, it didn't last when he started getting heat from the Anarchs due to his alliance with Camarilla. After getting barely any help, he quickly cut ties with the Camarilla and collected enough followers and wealth for him to grow his influence among the state. Recently, he has been trying to gather both people from Anarchs and Camarilla to smooth out his business so that he wouldn't have to worry much about the ongoing conflict between the two, helping both faction when needed.

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[SirNateUnknown]

Regret Roulette

Unlike Pluto

Ulf

R

equisite.

name

Beowulf Hamilton

age

649 (physically 27)

Years embraced

622 years

affliation

Camarilla (House Goratrix)

Occupation

Hitman (non-mortals)

generation

8th

Predator Type

Blood Leech

humanity

7

disciplines

Celerity: 1 (Predator type bonus.)
Dominate: 2
Fortitude: 1
Blood Sorcery: 3

d

etails.

conviction

"Protect thine people from thine sins."

"Aid thine people who are in pain."

touchstone

A dangerous secret artifact that is locked in the basement, the secret that the descendants of his bloodline had protected for centuries to prevent a calamity from happening.

His Manor, providing shelter and food for the homeless. Allowing those who are less fortunate to stay for as long as needed till they could get back on their feet.

skills

- Having potent abilities and immense experience in Blood sorcery, Ulf is formidable in a fight without the need to dirty his hands most of the time.

- A Master in acting and playing a role needed to keep his secrets safe.

- Have vast knowledge and experience in the interworkings of the Tremer clan, along with knowledge of great tomes.

resources

- Work as a Hitman mostly for the Camarilla and others, all targets must be a kindred.

- A large manor that is now turned into a homeless shelter, lives in the basement where it is strictly prohibited and has an ancient ward to prevent non-blood related individuals to enter.

- Drives a black Yamaha Tracer 7 GT.

equipment

- Carries a small pocket knife concealed as a necklace around his neck.

- Wields a 22. caliber revolver which he kept tucked under his suit.

- Wears a blackout water resistant jacket.

flaws

- Due to his exclusion of feeding on mortals, he is dependent on the blood provided from another kindred. Risking him being completely blood bonded and starving himself to prevent becoming a slave.

- Being quite starved with not enough blood to feed from had made him weak. Close quarter and physical combat puts him at a disadvantage.

- Due to Tremere Clan being in shambles, he is hunted by his fellow clanmates for the knowledge and lore he held. Constantly having to hide himself outside of his work.

- Has only a few allies he could rely on, making it easy to outnumber or create an ambush against him should they found of of his whereabouts.

p

ersonality.

One would say that Ulf is quite an odd fella, he rarely complains or express his joy to the others around him. Always smiling regardless how ill-fitting it would be in certain circumstances. Keeping most of his thoughts to himself and the secrets within, as a true Tremere would. However due to the nature of his role as a former ruler, it is an obligation for him to aid others who are in need. Despite the risks and the inconveniences that arises, often times risking his life. With his tendency to hid his concerns and preventing others from entering his inner circle, it is safe to say that he has very few allies. Most find him arrogant and disliked his antics, though it could not be helped. As it is incredibly important for the kindred to protect his secrets above all else, should he risk betraying his ancestors.

h

istory.

Born to a family of royal lineage in the late 13th century, Ulf spent his whole life dedicating himself to become the next ruler of his kingdom as both of his parents had passed away while he was still a babe. However despite his noble intentions, this had robbed him from the joy of simply being alive. Making him dull and insensitive in social terms, he was unable to understand the temptations of free will. Becoming bitter and gaining an abundance of enemies unlike his predecessors, it was difficult to rule with very few subjects he could trust and others who seek to drag him down even further.

Despite it, he had one person that he could always trust, his older sister Beatrice. She was the one who taught him of their ancestor's darkest secret and their role to protect it at all cost. His trusted advisor and the one who stood by his side till the end of her days, Greeting him with a kind smile when others wouldn't even look at him. The kingdom prospered with her aid, it was the start of the golden age but also the end of it's reign soon after.

In the 14th century, the lords and duke schemed under his noses and seek to take the royal artifact by force. As it promises great power to those who wields it, but it wrought great destructions for the weak. Raising rumors and spilling hateful lies, they hid their ulterior motive under the guise of revolution. Pushing the two royals into a corner, Mortally wounding Ulf in the process. The artifact had fallen into their hands, unraveling the very calamity they sought to prevent.

it caused a big explosion of power that shakes the ground from where it stand. In an act of desperation, his sister performed the sacred ritual by sacrificing her heart to seal the artifact. Preventing the misuse of said artifact for centuries, turning it into a piece of junk. That was thought to be the end of his life, till he awaken with the artifact held fast within his palm. Settle in a place far from the land he had known to be his home, with an incredible thirst that rattle his bones.

The Tremere elders whom were well acquaintanced with his ancestor and the secret he carried with him, had finally come to his aid as the very thing he held was a sin to his bloodline. in search of power, they have caused such devastation. Being unable to destroy the device, those who carried the sinner's blood are cursed with the same duty in concealing and guarding the artifact. With no descendants left in his bloodline other than Beowulf himself, it is the kindred's duty to ensure the secret remain hidden and embrace another to carry his blood.

Regardless if he had to sacrifice his life just like his sister and cursing others with his blood to carry the same fate. Ever since he turn into a kindred, he spare no expense in fixing and atoning for his ancestor's failures. Becoming a magister and aid the council to the best of his ability, with incredible pressure from the elders and his shortcomings. He would have worked himself to death were it not for the fact that his survivability is vital in keeping the artifact safe.

Then comes the end for the council, Ulf was left to his own devices. Aimless he became without their guidance, he resorts to seek the house of goratrix and went under their wing. He build a manor in New Orleans and slowly reverting to his old habit of taking care the people around him, continuing his duty as a ruler that was cut short. Fuffilling his role and giving him a cause to fight for.

♡coded by uxie and art by Alle Page♡

 

[Rusty of Shackleford]

"You know...Thucydides said, 'The society that separates it's scholars from it's warriors will have it's thinking done by cowards and it's fighting by fools. Unfortunately for you, you're both a coward, AND a fool."

Name: Aleksander "Alek" Svoboda

Age: 36 (Visibly 24)

Years Since Embraced: 12

Affiliation: Anarch

Generation: 13th

Clan: Brujah

Sire: Kryzsztofer

Humanity: 7

Disciplines:

Celerity: 1

Potence: 2

Obfuscate: 1 (Thanks to his brief friendship with a Banu Haqim)

Conviction: Fight for the rights of the downtrodden.

Touchstone: My partner still thinks I'm alive and is scouring the world looking for me.

Ambition: Establish the Anarchs as a legitimate alternative to the Camarilla

Desire: The Ventrue who killed my Sire is in New Orleans. They'll join Kryzsztofer in seeing one last sunrise before I send them to wherever Kindred go when they die.

Skills:
-Aleksander received combat training from a veteran Brujah, and has become quite skilled despite his young age.

-His greatest strength, however, is his charisma. Alek can speak and make it feel as if a Kindred's heart beats once again.

-He's no saint, and knows how to get more...illicit items

-Well educated, having a degree in Political Science, and having a lifelong interest in European history.

Resources:
-Runs a courier service, earning a kickback in blood bags.

-He has a small, unassuming apartment in an unassuming part of town

-He has a beat up motorcycle he uses to get around the city

Equipment:
-He owns a Glock 17 for self defense, mainly against humans. Not much use against Kindred.

-A 19th century cavalry saber, though not useful in combat, it is very sentimental for him, being one of the last items he has to remember his Sire by.

-A single silver ring.

-A sunbag. Basically a sort of sleeping bag with an interior zipper, used as an extra defense against being dragged into the sun.

Personality: Alek is both exactly what you think when the word "Brujah" is said, and nothing like what you'd think. He's young, hates authority, and has a passion few can match. But that passion is tempered by a deep philosophical mindset. he's no raving punk, Alek is an inheritor of the philosopher kings of old. not to say he'simmune to senseless violence, he's had his fair share of close calls after the Beast demanded he spit in that Prince's face or punch someone in the face. But for the msot part, he'd rather talk things out over violence.

Flaws:
-He’s officially, he was declared dead in his home country of the Czech Republic two years ago, and has yet to get a new identity

-He’s a bit too involved in politics, often letting it cloud his judgement,

-More than most Kindred, he’s extremely concerned about keeping his humanity, to the point he only drinks bagged blood, or from rodents. He'd rather drink rancid, rotten blood than drink from a live human

-Prone to getting involved when he really shouldn't.

Backstory: Rebellion was in Alekander's blood even before his Embrace. His great grandfather was a member of the Polish resistance during WW2, fleeing to Czechoslovakia following the Uprising.. His grandparents were devout Jews during Stalin's reign of terror. His mother was there when the Berlin Wall fell. So it was no surprise that from a very young age, he got involved. His great passion was immigrants. The influx of refugees coming from the Middle East, and the general apathy and even hatred for them infuriated him. So he started protesting. He never resorted to violence, but he was always there. Maybe that's what caught the eye of Kryzsztofer. He was...odd. he looked young, yet he spoke with the wisdom of someone far older. The two would have long, often heated debates on philosophy. It was most likely this that guaranteed his Embrace.

The time came after a protest became a riot. He was badly trampled during the chaos, and taken to a hospital. His partner Erika was there when his heart stopped.

Kryzsztofer, perhaps seeing an opportunity, or perhaps not wanting to lose such a passionate person, snuck into the hospital's morgue that night, and Embraced Alek. Against all odds, Aleksander awoke, a 13th Generation Childe of Clan Brujah.

It was a hard adjustment for Alek, though over the next two years he learned to Adjust to his unlife. Though he was never very specific about it, Kryzsztofer was of a powerful bloodline, and wanted to ensure his progeny would do well in the nights to come. And it was two years after his Embrace, in 2012, that his fate would change forever.

Kryzsztofer, as a well respected Brujah, was called to Prague for the Conclave. Secretly, however, Kryzsztofer was in league with Theo Bell, and aided in the Anarch's assassination of many of the Venture's higher ups. though unfortunately, Kryzsztofer would meet his Final Death in Prague, staked and left for the sunrise by furious Camarilla Venture seeking retribution. With an entire sect now wishing to track down the fallen Brujah's childe, Alek had no choice but to flee his home country. He spent the next few years quietly, slowly inching his way across Europe, hiding in train cars, feeding on rats, whatever it took to survive. Finally, thanks to a friend he made in the Banu Haqim, he was able to smuggle himself onto a ship bound for the States, where the Sect War wasn't as...open.

Alek would find America...a hard adjustment. The Anarchs saw him as an old world upstart looking to rise up after getting thrown out of his turf, Camarilla saw him as a bloodthirsty mongrel looking to collect more heads. He as in neither group, an outsider. So, he did what he had to. he already had experience moving packages, he was a courier part time before his Embrace, and he became one once again. With nothing but an old beat up motorcycle, a satchel, and his wits, he tore up and down the Esatern US, ferrying messages, blood, whatever. Just as long as it paid. Slowly, he worked his way down to new Orleans, a supposed safe haven for Camarilla and Anarchs. Here, he's resumed his usual career, while trying to ingratiate into the Anarch politics. Granted, it's hard when the Brujah Primogen is just begging for an excuse to fight the Camarilla, but what can you do?

 

[Noah Gray Silver]

I would love to introduce: 'Gilani', the theatre savant. Do first of all forgive me for my lack of experience with the medium. I have no idea how you all have made these fancy colored programs into your messages.

**
Background:

112 years ago, he was embraced by his sire who had lost her literal swing. Her craft became obsolete a few centuries ago and obsessed as she was, she never found a new avenue to pursue the fine arts. Being Toreador, she searched for a long time until she found him. The stunning Gilani appeared to be as beautiful as the fullest moon, or dare I say, for how much I can remember, the sun.

Gilani continued to pursue his career, until his fame became too much and people started to wonder about his seemingly eternal youth. He had to step back, slinging him into an era of being lost. He chose to become a 'patron of the arts' [archetype].

After noticing that his strength increased, Gilani took it upon himself to train his physique. He only slowly realized that all of this training did not alter his appearance. This send him into another spiral of depression when he was just embraced. Gilani only returned to partial humanity due to his charms and intense aura which made his theatre shine bright enough to attract attention from the most beautiful theatre players. Now he can only be a mentor to those who practice and play for theatre, but he does so intensely. He sculpts actors and literally so when they are of detriment to a piece. He has his favorites, who Gilani intends to make half as grand as he is whenever he takes to acting again.

Gilani is not necessarily vain, as you might start to think, he is more a reveler in his own grandeur. He can revel in that of others too to an extent. After his previous human partner (Pablo) died of old age, Gilani's new largest weakness is his lack of knowledge. He does not care for books or anything dusty for that matter and thus has never read one. He prefers to experience.

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