Phunnboi's Characters

Name: Nathaniel Goldberg
Player: Phunnboi
Clan: Setite
Nature: Deviant
Demeanor: Bravo
Generation: 13th
Concept: Gang Leader
Chronicle: TBLA

Physical - Strength 4, Dexterity 2, Stamina 3
Social - Charisma 4, Manipulation 4, Appearance 2
Mental - Perception 1, Intelligence 3, Wits 2

Talent - Brawl 2, Dodge 1, Intimidation 2, Leadership 2, Streetwise 3, Subterfuge 3
Skills - Drive 2, Firearms 2, Melee 2, Security 1
Knowledges - Academics 1, Computers 1, Investigation 2, Law 1, Linguistics (Ancient Egyptian) 1, Politics 2, Setite Knowledge 1, Area Knowledge (Crenshaw) 1

Backgrounds – Retainers 2, Resources 4, Herd 3, Influence (Street) 3, Influence (Underworld) 1, Rituals 3

Disciplines – Obfuscate 1, Presence 1, Serpentice 1, Setite Thaumaturgy 2

Virtues – Conscience 2, Self-Control 4, Courage 4

Merits/Flaws – Huge Size, Disfigured (ritual scarring & burning), Heartless, Prestigious Sire.

Path of Typhon 6

Willpower 6

Bloodpool 10

Thaumaturgy Paths – The Path of Corruption 1, The Snake Inside 1

Thaumaturgy Rituals – Set’s Kiss (lvl 1, makes a drug more addictive), Typhon’s Brew (lvl 1, creates a magical beer, pg 29 Blood Sacrifice), Warding Ra (Defence of Sacred Heaven lvl 1), Sanguineous Phial (lvl 1), Opening the Gates (lvl 2)

Height: 7'8"
Weight: 485 lbs
Hair: Waist-length dark red dreadlocks
Beard: Dark red
Eyes: Dark Brown almost black
Skin: Dark Chocolate (Jamaican)
Sex: Male
Age: 21
Apparent Age: 18
Sire: Unknown (Embraced by low level Priest at Arizona Temple)


Image:
Typically dressed in dark combat fatigues, combat boots, tight muscle shirt (which he fills out with bulging muscles) and sometimes a dark grey trench coat. Has ceremonial clothes as well, but he never wears them before anyone at this point.



Background:
- Nathaniel was born in Crenshaw in 1988. Raised by a no-nonsense, single mother. He was the third child of six, each by a different father, except for his twin sister Katianna.
- Nathaniel joined a small gang of thugs when he was only 9 years old. He was already almost 6 feet tall and nearly 250 pounds of sold mass. Nathaniel's initiation was too shoot and kill a corrupt cop who was putting too much pressure on th crew and demanding a substantial cut of the gang's take from their criminal activities.
- Nathaniel and Katianna were always close, closer than any of their other siblings, or even to their mother. Their incestuous relationship began shortly after the twins 11th birthday - some older friends got them high on some grass and drunk on peppermint snaps and when they got home to the room they still shared, they experimented with light touching and kissing. Things only advanced from there, and quickly because carnal and passionate. Eventually their relationship blossomed into obsession.
- Katianna turned her first trick, with her brother as her pimp when they were 15 years old, giving all the proceeds over to Nathaniel.
- At age 17 Nathaniel managed to set up the leader of his small crew and have him killed in a drive-by outside a convenience store. With his size and charisma, along with his brilliant and manipulative sister at his side, Nathaniel assumed control of the small group of thugs and killers.
- Nathaniel's Master (not Sire - he had a lesser Setite Embrace Nathaniel because he fears what Nathaniel could become being that close to Set in Blood) is a Setite from a Temple hidden within the Arizona desert. He has been meditating and training there for over a hundred years having no contact with any of his old resources in LA. He had Nathaniel kidnapped by Nosferatu and delivered to a hotel room in Los Vegas.
- Bringing Nathaniel back to the Temple he trained Nathaniel in the Path of Typhon and Embraced Nathaniel as a step to secretly gain influence and power in LA. Nathaniel's Master took his heart from his chest to ensure his loyalty.
- Katianna 'hooked-up' with the new leader of her brother's small gang and managed to manipulate him for Nathaniel both while he disappeared for several months (she has only a small amount of information about where he was and what happened to Nathaniel). Nathaniel now controls the gang through his sister and the leader who are both his Ghouls and Blood Bound to him(neither is aware of the bond's nature or effects).

Name: Jon Peter Franson 3rd
Player: Phunnboi
Clan: Brujah
Nature: Rogue
Demeanor: Architect
Generation: 9th
Embrace Date:

Attributes: Strength 3, Dexterity 4, Stamina 3, Charisma 3, Manipulation 2, Appearance 2, Perception 2, Intelligence 4, Wits 3

Abilities: Athletics 1, Brawl 3, Dodge 3, Empathy 1, Intimidation 1, Leadership 1, Subterfuge 3, Drive 3, Firearms 2, Melee 1, Performance 2, Survival 1, Academics 2, Computers 1, Investigation 2, Law 3, Linguistics (Chinese) 1, Politics 2

Backgrounds – Resources 5, Retainers 2, Allies 1, Contacts 1, Influence (Legal) 2, Influence (Political) 1, Influence (High Society) 1, Influence (Financial) 2

Disciplines – Celerity 1, Potence 1, Presence 1

Virtues – Conscience 3, Self-Control 3, Courage 4

Merits/Flaws – Repelled by the Cross, Casts No Reflection, Nightmares, Prestigious Sire

Humanity 6

Willpower 6

Bloodpool 14(2/turn max.)

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 186 lbs
Hair: Dirty Blond
Eyes: Ice Blue
Skin: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Age: 31
Apparent Age: 29
Sire: Vincent Dixon (Ex-Baron of LA)

Inventory - $10,000 Armani Suits; $5000 Leather Shoes; $50,000 Rolex Watch; Kevlar vest; Wallet w/: credit cards, Driver's License, couple grand spending money, Handgun
License, credit card-sized GPS chip (tracking device in briefcase); briefcase w/: GPS tracking device, .38 'Special', 3 filled quick-loader bullet spindles, Laptop, Spare car keys, credit card-sized GPS chip (tracking device in car); Glock17 & 5 full clips; Blackberry; Throw-away cell phone; Black stretch Limo; Orange BMW-E30 (820hp, M50B25 Turbo, 157mph).

Background - Born Jon Peter Franson Jr. the 3rd, in 1982, Orange County, CA.
- Father started/owned huge construction & development company that operates throughout California and Arizona, even several contracts internationally. The company is worth billions While the Franson family itself merely 100's of millions. Jon Sr. has been deeply involved in politics since the early 1970's and decided shortly after his son's birth having a career politician as a child would have it's benefits.
- Jon Sr. felt his son would only learn to be a bloodthirsty politico if he was a truly hard man. With this reasoning, Jon Jr. was enrolled, and encouraged to succeed at all costs, in a variety of physically intensive sports like mixed martial arts/boxing, football/rugby and car/motor bike racing.
- Graduated with a BA in Poly-Sci at the top of his class; entered the Air Force, qualified to became a pilot and completed one tour in Iraq flying F22's; completed Law school upon his return to the US, passed the Bar his first try and was hired immediately by the most prestigious Law firm in California; within a year was moved to the Beijing Office and made Associate of the firm; on the fast-track to Partnership, moved back to the home office in LA after successfully defending a Chinese corporation against a $500,000,000 suit by the survivors of the corporations strip-mining activities in South America.
- James Lang was once of Jon's childhood friends, the one his father did everything in his power to separate Jon from. James was as addicted to adrenaline as Jon was, even more so. James came from a poor, white trash background, when Jon Sr arraigned for James to receive a full college scholarship at a university in New York State. This effectively ended his son's relationship with James until they ran into one another on short leave in Iraq one night. Their friendship rekindled, Jon offered James a job as his body guard once they returned from their tours, as James was unable to find any good work because of his Gulf-War Syndrome. Which Jon could understand as he himself suffered from mild flashbacks and sometimes-severe nightmares from the war.
- Jon learnt of Fight Club while out with some co-workers as a mere rumor amongst the cultural and financial elite of LA. Jon found he had a need to feel the adrenalin and excitement that he experienced competing in mixed martial arts as a youth and from his time in the Air Force in Iraq so he sought out the Fight club. After several months hanging around and repeatedly attempting to be given a chance in The Pit to prove himself, he came to the attention of Vincent Dixon, former Baron of LA. The former Baron saw Jon’s influence and abilities as something he could harness to reassert himself in the leadership of the local Anarchs.
- Jon readily agreed to become Vincent's Ghoul if it would get him into Fight Club. It did, and Jon quickly joined in the next bout. However, soon Jon wished for more power so he hatched a plan for Vincent to once again gain his once held title of Baron - the plan naturally required Vincent to Embrace Jon.
- Richard Turner was a bright and promising young lawyer recently bought into Jon's firm. Jon was looking for a set of eyes and ears within the firm for once he was a vampire, promising to accelerate Richards career if he became his Retainer/ghoul and representative at the firm and in court during the daylight hours.
- Jon was now able to more easily continue using his contacts and allies from his mortal days and was ready to become Vincent's new Childe and was duly Embraced into clan Brujah. After awaking from the Embrace, Jon found that he no longer cast a reflection within mirrors nor was able to be recorded by video equipment. As well he soon discovered that just the sight of the Holy Cross was painful to him, neither were usual to other vampires so Jon surmised that because his parents were active in church life - for purely political reasons - Jon had developed a strong Christian morality and his current undead state might just be an affront to God. Not being overly religious, Jon tries to dismiss this notion, but still finds this idea disturbing.
- While loyal to Vincent, Jon and his Sire staged a falling out which included Vincent giving his Childe a severe beating in Fight Club before Mortal and Vampire alike. Jon now actively seeks to join The Millionaire's Club.