Post by Badgerman on Dec 4, 2014 20:53:06 GMT
Dramatis Personae
Clan Toreador
Kade Sinclair - Prince of the city - NPC = Played by Admin
A well known socialite, he's often found in the Goldleaf club. He's a rather ruthless businessman. He is known to be approachable and to have a vicious sense of humour.
Marc Hopkins - Chief whip - Player = Kanda Deceased
Marc has been a resident in Birmingham for nigh on forty years, he's a charmer and a beast on the political battlefield. He's known to be a staunch ally of Kade Sinclair and a regular visitor to the Goldleaf club. He's known to have several ghouls. He was killed during the final Sabbat assault on the Gold Leaf Club. The position of Chief Whip has remained vacant since the official end of the war.
Annie Oakland - Ghoul - NPC - Played by Admin
Annie is old for a ghoul, she appears to be in her late forties and quite plump with it. She'd got straggly hair thats renowned for never doing what she wants it to do. She is Kades closest ally/retainer. She is the name on the official documents for the Goldleaf. She deals with the day to day management of the place. She has been a ghoul for nearly 65 years. She has mastered presence to level two and auspex to level one. She's rarely seen in any of the other elysiums. Although she does sometimes slip out on a thursday night to her local pub as she is part of a devastatingly good pub quiz team called "Last Again".
Clan Tremere
Tremere Regent/Primogen - Ethan Hawkin - Played by Badger
Ethan is a new intake to the city. He appears to have already formed a working relationship with the cities Sheriff Mister Schreiber. He's made efforts to smooth over the traditional Tremere/Toreador conflict that has riddled the cities power structure for centuries. He's known to have a close relationship with Mister Bagley another new member of the cities Tremere. He's rarely seen outside of the chantry on anything but official business. He has a cat as a ghoul. It's been observed that outside clan Tremeres usual disciplines he may have mastered animalism. No one can say for sure, but on the rare occasion he's seen outside his little black cat is never far away.
Arty Bagley - Tremere - Played by Scrammel
The new adept of the Birmingham Chantry arrived shortly before the re-structuring of the organization. Rumor is rife about the true cause of this event, though many of the tall tales feature Mister Bagley as one of the prominent causes. Whatever the truth the Tremere don't take kindly to such rumours and Adept Bagley has taken up a position as a defensive instructor within the Chantry. He has been seen infrequently within the Elysium, where he has made a reputation for his less than social graces and his idiosyncrasy. He has taken on at least one apprentice within the chantry.
Alois Schreiber - Tremere - Sheriff - NPC Played by Admin
The denizens of the city know him as a force to be feared. A ruthless and uncaring soul who takes to streets at the behest of the Prince to enact swift and brutal punishments as required. The fact that he views this is no more than a minor inconvenience and shows no concerns or emotions other than mild irritation has led many to question his mental state. The sight of him incites panic as when he's not working for the prince he is carrying out his twisted and secretive experiments in the bowels of the chantry. The Tremere know him as a somewhat radical soul but a valuable one. One of the few people with concrete knowledge of how to create functional and obedient Gargoyles in modern nights, his eccentricities and burning focus are excused. Rumours of where he gains his materials abound but are kept firmly within the clan itself for if others were to find out they could potentially lose a valuable resource.
Professor Emilio Stratavich-10th Gen-Adept of the 4th Circle- Tremere - NPC
Emilio Stratavich is an odd-ball. He is effectively the Chantry's resident seer and advisor regarding all aspects. A man of heightened vision, he has been sought after by many chantries for his guidance. To the casual observer he's a rather timid old man with thick milk bottle bottom glasses. He's frail and has a rather reedy voice. The general populace of the kindred at large would know him as just another Warlock. To those in clan Tremere they'd know him to be a competent seer. His mastery of Auspex and his chosen Thaumaturgical Paths give him some serious insight into potential futures.
Clan Ventrue
Clan Nosferatu
Ansel Kauffman - NPC - Played by the Admin
The Nosferatu head honcho is a shrewd opportunist and has been the Primogen of his clan in the city for hundreds of years. He was one of the main members of the clan who secured Kade's position as Prince, and he never lets him forget it. He has a close relationship with his favoured childer Jumba, who acts as his bodyguard. He is known for his macabre sense of humor and his quick mood-swings and his small army of ghouled feline's that prowl the city. These strays collect information for him and keep him rife with the secrets held in the cities arteries. He is rarely seen outside of his haven in Moore street, and on the odd occasion he does venture out he can be found in the Goldleaf club. He can be recognised by his missing eye and the smell of ammonia that surrounds him, having no sense of taste or smell. His enmity for his own clan is no secret, though the story behind his loathing is something he keeps well-guarded. His position of power over the rest of his clan gives him great pleasure. Those who venture into his haven uninvited rarely leave again, and rumor has it that his train/haven regularly disappears from its tracks! Where it goes, nobody knows.
Thomas Monk - Nosferatu - Loremaster - NPC
Thomas is a nosferatu of considerable age if not generation. He is the literal fountain of knowledge. He looks like his features are made of wax, a slightly glossy sheen to his skin, although that wax melted long ago. His face is a mess of jowls and skin flaps. He's known to be a fierce opponent of Ansel within the clan. He dislikes Ansels lord like attitude and his general disregard for the clans traditions. He however can not fault the old lizards effectiveness. He will happily help anyone for a small fee. Often his deep reserves of lore are given out at the cost of something simple, material goods he can't get for himself, other times the favours he asks are more obscure or downright harsh.
Kyle Jones - Nosferatu Neonate - Played by Badger
Jonesy is a joke. He's a chav thug embraced into what rapidly became an embarrassment to the clan and Ansel. He'd become a laughing stock amongst his peers. However the kid has a rather small and successful drug dealing business. He's only ever been in the goldleaf club once. That was for his trial. Many elders especially those of clan nosferatu are placing bets on how long the kid will survive. the longest current bet at the moment is by ansel himself at four months and three days.
Leo Marbus - Played by Leomarbus
Leo is a Cleopatra Embrace, the creation of Thomas. Her very nature had been her down fall upon encountering Thomas within the church. Her faith and beauty only among a few of the characteristics that drew his attention to her, the very things which he himself had lost long ago. She was the embodiement of all that he hated and thus her life had been voided as it were. Her beauty had faded, her appearance now the complete opposite of what she had been. An albino now with a mask of cracked porceline along her face, her spine curved slightly and a tail which she attempts to hide. Her mindset one of extreme instability as she tries desperately to hang on to her humanity only to feel the true nature of her inner beast claw it's way out. The main goal she has is to survive and rise above the knowledge and life of her Sire Thomas.
Clan Brujah
Clan Malkavian
Marcus Merchant - Malkavian Elder - Played by TheDamo
It is commonly known that Marcus is an elder of the Malkavian clan and a longstanding member of Birminghams kindred population. His relative stability for one of the moon touched and his generally helpful demeanor and charming harmless old man persona have left him in good standing in the most part with his local community.
Other Clans
Mia Andrishka - Seneschal- Lasombra Antitribu - Played by Scrammel
The Seneschal is a contentious point within the city. She entered the princes domain disguised as a Toreador Harpy. When she was outed as a Lasombra "spy" by Ansel the Nosferatu Primogen the Tremere called for her death, but the prince made her his right hand gal and made her undertake a one point blood bond to him to secure her loyalty. That was over two decades ago and she has since become an icy presence in the city. A regular in the elysium she is seen as the eternal ice queen, unwavering and unmoving. She does her job well for the prince and is seen as one of his most trusted advisors, though rumors crop up every now and then about her true allegiance. They are regularly found "debating" within the Goldleaf Club, and on odd occasions she can be found at the Mountains Gym as She is an avid spectator of the fights. She owns a small brothel in the city, and many of her girls are ghouls who she has hand-picked herself.
Medea Bequin - Assamite - Played by Badger
Those who have heard of her and she's quite popular in the younger circles, would know Medea as a straight talking woman. She calls a spade a spade and has no problem wrapping it round your face if you're going to be a dick about it. Publicly known to be considered a tool of the prince, she's also been seen to have had various dealings with the tremere. This casts aspersions on her claim to be an assamite as does her pale skin. Unknown to most Medea mastered the simplest form of vicissitude very early on in her unlife, and she has learnt to keep her complexion pale. Many think of her as a Brujah, or possibly a caitiff with some balls.
Bryn "The Mountain" - Caitiff - Played by TheDamo
Commonly referred to as The Mountain, Bryn has built a small amount of status for himself around being a friend to young and disenfranchised kindred. His gruff exterior does little to hide his willingness to help people and through word of mouth his reputation has spread. Currently based in Birmingham he has set up in an old warehouse in a run down industrial
area, far from any residences. By day the warehouse is used as a gym by working men who don't have the time or cannot afford a regular gym. At night it is a meeting place for the clanless, the clueless and the various other young kindred and ghouls seeking camaraderie and a vent for their frustrations. As the warehouse is also Bryn's home it's his rules which apply and as such it has become a form of unofficial Elysium to the rabble and downtrodden. The Mountain is nearly always here, overseeing events
and sharing his wisdom and knowledge with the younger cainites. Bryn knows his position is a precarious one and is only permitted by the good graces of The Prince and his Primogen Council but he also recognises that whilst he is providing a distraction for the neonates and unwanted they are not troubling the elders of the city. The help and advice he gives the
young ones is always centered on survival and The Mountain is a strict advocate of the rules of the Camarilla. Whilst he has little interest in building any form of power base for himself, some elders grow nervous of his following and the concentration of younglings all in one place. Bryn is no fool and knows the night will come when an Elder will take steps to remove him from the equation, deciding his potential threat has outgrown his usefulness. For now he bides his time, doing what he can to help those
he can.
Others
Detective Inspector Smythe - Ghoul - NPC
One of the senior police ghouls in service to the cities primogen council. He and several other policemen are bound to the various members of the senior kindred in the city. He has been known to help the sheriff and other elders cover up breaches in the masquerade. He is easily contactable through the local police station in the city center. He will assist with breaches but EVERYTHING is reported back to the prince and/or council.
"Svetlana" - Ghoul (Mia Andrishka) - NPC
Svetlana is a woman in her late 60's maybe her early seventies. She is however much much older than that. She is Mia's primary Retainer. She like Annie Oakland is the name on all the paperwork for Mia's "gentleman's establishment". She is known to be a hard task master on the staff but fair in her own way. She is a mother hen and is totally blood bound to Mia. She has the respect of several of the younger kindred in the city, she'd sheltered more than a few from the dawn when they were "caught short". Admittedly she'd called in a few favours on behalf of Mia. In this regard she is the loyal ghoul and mother figure. She also has a temper that would make any brujah neonate think twice.
Clan Toreador
Kade Sinclair - Prince of the city - NPC = Played by Admin
A well known socialite, he's often found in the Goldleaf club. He's a rather ruthless businessman. He is known to be approachable and to have a vicious sense of humour.
Marc Hopkins - Chief whip - Player = Kanda Deceased
Marc has been a resident in Birmingham for nigh on forty years, he's a charmer and a beast on the political battlefield. He's known to be a staunch ally of Kade Sinclair and a regular visitor to the Goldleaf club. He's known to have several ghouls. He was killed during the final Sabbat assault on the Gold Leaf Club. The position of Chief Whip has remained vacant since the official end of the war.
Annie Oakland - Ghoul - NPC - Played by Admin
Annie is old for a ghoul, she appears to be in her late forties and quite plump with it. She'd got straggly hair thats renowned for never doing what she wants it to do. She is Kades closest ally/retainer. She is the name on the official documents for the Goldleaf. She deals with the day to day management of the place. She has been a ghoul for nearly 65 years. She has mastered presence to level two and auspex to level one. She's rarely seen in any of the other elysiums. Although she does sometimes slip out on a thursday night to her local pub as she is part of a devastatingly good pub quiz team called "Last Again".
Clan Tremere
Tremere Regent/Primogen - Ethan Hawkin - Played by Badger
Ethan is a new intake to the city. He appears to have already formed a working relationship with the cities Sheriff Mister Schreiber. He's made efforts to smooth over the traditional Tremere/Toreador conflict that has riddled the cities power structure for centuries. He's known to have a close relationship with Mister Bagley another new member of the cities Tremere. He's rarely seen outside of the chantry on anything but official business. He has a cat as a ghoul. It's been observed that outside clan Tremeres usual disciplines he may have mastered animalism. No one can say for sure, but on the rare occasion he's seen outside his little black cat is never far away.
Arty Bagley - Tremere - Played by Scrammel
The new adept of the Birmingham Chantry arrived shortly before the re-structuring of the organization. Rumor is rife about the true cause of this event, though many of the tall tales feature Mister Bagley as one of the prominent causes. Whatever the truth the Tremere don't take kindly to such rumours and Adept Bagley has taken up a position as a defensive instructor within the Chantry. He has been seen infrequently within the Elysium, where he has made a reputation for his less than social graces and his idiosyncrasy. He has taken on at least one apprentice within the chantry.
Alois Schreiber - Tremere - Sheriff - NPC Played by Admin
The denizens of the city know him as a force to be feared. A ruthless and uncaring soul who takes to streets at the behest of the Prince to enact swift and brutal punishments as required. The fact that he views this is no more than a minor inconvenience and shows no concerns or emotions other than mild irritation has led many to question his mental state. The sight of him incites panic as when he's not working for the prince he is carrying out his twisted and secretive experiments in the bowels of the chantry. The Tremere know him as a somewhat radical soul but a valuable one. One of the few people with concrete knowledge of how to create functional and obedient Gargoyles in modern nights, his eccentricities and burning focus are excused. Rumours of where he gains his materials abound but are kept firmly within the clan itself for if others were to find out they could potentially lose a valuable resource.
Professor Emilio Stratavich-10th Gen-Adept of the 4th Circle- Tremere - NPC
Emilio Stratavich is an odd-ball. He is effectively the Chantry's resident seer and advisor regarding all aspects. A man of heightened vision, he has been sought after by many chantries for his guidance. To the casual observer he's a rather timid old man with thick milk bottle bottom glasses. He's frail and has a rather reedy voice. The general populace of the kindred at large would know him as just another Warlock. To those in clan Tremere they'd know him to be a competent seer. His mastery of Auspex and his chosen Thaumaturgical Paths give him some serious insight into potential futures.
Clan Ventrue
Clan Nosferatu
Ansel Kauffman - NPC - Played by the Admin
The Nosferatu head honcho is a shrewd opportunist and has been the Primogen of his clan in the city for hundreds of years. He was one of the main members of the clan who secured Kade's position as Prince, and he never lets him forget it. He has a close relationship with his favoured childer Jumba, who acts as his bodyguard. He is known for his macabre sense of humor and his quick mood-swings and his small army of ghouled feline's that prowl the city. These strays collect information for him and keep him rife with the secrets held in the cities arteries. He is rarely seen outside of his haven in Moore street, and on the odd occasion he does venture out he can be found in the Goldleaf club. He can be recognised by his missing eye and the smell of ammonia that surrounds him, having no sense of taste or smell. His enmity for his own clan is no secret, though the story behind his loathing is something he keeps well-guarded. His position of power over the rest of his clan gives him great pleasure. Those who venture into his haven uninvited rarely leave again, and rumor has it that his train/haven regularly disappears from its tracks! Where it goes, nobody knows.
Thomas Monk - Nosferatu - Loremaster - NPC
Thomas is a nosferatu of considerable age if not generation. He is the literal fountain of knowledge. He looks like his features are made of wax, a slightly glossy sheen to his skin, although that wax melted long ago. His face is a mess of jowls and skin flaps. He's known to be a fierce opponent of Ansel within the clan. He dislikes Ansels lord like attitude and his general disregard for the clans traditions. He however can not fault the old lizards effectiveness. He will happily help anyone for a small fee. Often his deep reserves of lore are given out at the cost of something simple, material goods he can't get for himself, other times the favours he asks are more obscure or downright harsh.
Kyle Jones - Nosferatu Neonate - Played by Badger
Jonesy is a joke. He's a chav thug embraced into what rapidly became an embarrassment to the clan and Ansel. He'd become a laughing stock amongst his peers. However the kid has a rather small and successful drug dealing business. He's only ever been in the goldleaf club once. That was for his trial. Many elders especially those of clan nosferatu are placing bets on how long the kid will survive. the longest current bet at the moment is by ansel himself at four months and three days.
Leo Marbus - Played by Leomarbus
Leo is a Cleopatra Embrace, the creation of Thomas. Her very nature had been her down fall upon encountering Thomas within the church. Her faith and beauty only among a few of the characteristics that drew his attention to her, the very things which he himself had lost long ago. She was the embodiement of all that he hated and thus her life had been voided as it were. Her beauty had faded, her appearance now the complete opposite of what she had been. An albino now with a mask of cracked porceline along her face, her spine curved slightly and a tail which she attempts to hide. Her mindset one of extreme instability as she tries desperately to hang on to her humanity only to feel the true nature of her inner beast claw it's way out. The main goal she has is to survive and rise above the knowledge and life of her Sire Thomas.
Clan Brujah
Clan Malkavian
Marcus Merchant - Malkavian Elder - Played by TheDamo
It is commonly known that Marcus is an elder of the Malkavian clan and a longstanding member of Birminghams kindred population. His relative stability for one of the moon touched and his generally helpful demeanor and charming harmless old man persona have left him in good standing in the most part with his local community.
Other Clans
Mia Andrishka - Seneschal- Lasombra Antitribu - Played by Scrammel
The Seneschal is a contentious point within the city. She entered the princes domain disguised as a Toreador Harpy. When she was outed as a Lasombra "spy" by Ansel the Nosferatu Primogen the Tremere called for her death, but the prince made her his right hand gal and made her undertake a one point blood bond to him to secure her loyalty. That was over two decades ago and she has since become an icy presence in the city. A regular in the elysium she is seen as the eternal ice queen, unwavering and unmoving. She does her job well for the prince and is seen as one of his most trusted advisors, though rumors crop up every now and then about her true allegiance. They are regularly found "debating" within the Goldleaf Club, and on odd occasions she can be found at the Mountains Gym as She is an avid spectator of the fights. She owns a small brothel in the city, and many of her girls are ghouls who she has hand-picked herself.
Medea Bequin - Assamite - Played by Badger
Those who have heard of her and she's quite popular in the younger circles, would know Medea as a straight talking woman. She calls a spade a spade and has no problem wrapping it round your face if you're going to be a dick about it. Publicly known to be considered a tool of the prince, she's also been seen to have had various dealings with the tremere. This casts aspersions on her claim to be an assamite as does her pale skin. Unknown to most Medea mastered the simplest form of vicissitude very early on in her unlife, and she has learnt to keep her complexion pale. Many think of her as a Brujah, or possibly a caitiff with some balls.
Bryn "The Mountain" - Caitiff - Played by TheDamo
Commonly referred to as The Mountain, Bryn has built a small amount of status for himself around being a friend to young and disenfranchised kindred. His gruff exterior does little to hide his willingness to help people and through word of mouth his reputation has spread. Currently based in Birmingham he has set up in an old warehouse in a run down industrial
area, far from any residences. By day the warehouse is used as a gym by working men who don't have the time or cannot afford a regular gym. At night it is a meeting place for the clanless, the clueless and the various other young kindred and ghouls seeking camaraderie and a vent for their frustrations. As the warehouse is also Bryn's home it's his rules which apply and as such it has become a form of unofficial Elysium to the rabble and downtrodden. The Mountain is nearly always here, overseeing events
and sharing his wisdom and knowledge with the younger cainites. Bryn knows his position is a precarious one and is only permitted by the good graces of The Prince and his Primogen Council but he also recognises that whilst he is providing a distraction for the neonates and unwanted they are not troubling the elders of the city. The help and advice he gives the
young ones is always centered on survival and The Mountain is a strict advocate of the rules of the Camarilla. Whilst he has little interest in building any form of power base for himself, some elders grow nervous of his following and the concentration of younglings all in one place. Bryn is no fool and knows the night will come when an Elder will take steps to remove him from the equation, deciding his potential threat has outgrown his usefulness. For now he bides his time, doing what he can to help those
he can.
Others
Detective Inspector Smythe - Ghoul - NPC
One of the senior police ghouls in service to the cities primogen council. He and several other policemen are bound to the various members of the senior kindred in the city. He has been known to help the sheriff and other elders cover up breaches in the masquerade. He is easily contactable through the local police station in the city center. He will assist with breaches but EVERYTHING is reported back to the prince and/or council.
"Svetlana" - Ghoul (Mia Andrishka) - NPC
Svetlana is a woman in her late 60's maybe her early seventies. She is however much much older than that. She is Mia's primary Retainer. She like Annie Oakland is the name on all the paperwork for Mia's "gentleman's establishment". She is known to be a hard task master on the staff but fair in her own way. She is a mother hen and is totally blood bound to Mia. She has the respect of several of the younger kindred in the city, she'd sheltered more than a few from the dawn when they were "caught short". Admittedly she'd called in a few favours on behalf of Mia. In this regard she is the loyal ghoul and mother figure. She also has a temper that would make any brujah neonate think twice.
