Thorton Bryant
- Ventrue -x- Yorkshire -x- Kingston upon Hull -x- The Reeve's Territory
Sobriquet: The Silver Fox
Appearance: A "silver fox," with iron-grey hair, Thorton stands tall atop his lean 5'10" frame. He usually wears the second-most-expensive off-the-rack grey suits money can buy (the better to project a "man-of the people" image). Since the Great Siege of London, he has taken to wearing flack jackets and re-enforced clothing on a daily basis, which significantly fills out his otherwise lean frame.
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History: In life, Thorton Bryant was a lawyer, and a Labour Politician involved in London city government. After two decades of championing the weak(ish) and (slightly) downtrodden, he retired to his west-end estate, and a new existence. Along with dozens of young Ventrue, he scattered from London when the rumor of a Sabbat Siege made the rounds. After all, it was the safe thing to do. It had become apparent that the powers in London were covering their own arseses and preparing for something big, while leaving the rank-and-file out of the loop. Thorton is torn between knowing that there was absolutely nothing he could have done, and feeling like a coward for not doing it. He has become a leading voice among those young Ventrue who believe that the Sabbat are tools of the Daeva, and that the Elders of London sold the rest of London's kindred out to save their own skins.
Before the Siege of London, Thorton was an ambitious young politician among the Ventrue, learning the ropes by taking care of his sire's interests. That changed when the Sabbat overwhelmed London. Accurately reading the political tea leaves, Thorton fled London a few nights ahead of the Sabbat wave.
2029-2031: After a decade of trying to network with like-minded young Camarilla, and building up his team of security ghouls, Thorton joined Archon Brian O'Reilly's knightly order in 2029. This was the first chance he saw to actually do something against the Sabbat, and was not surprised at the hostile reaction the group has gotten from the entrenched powers (his rhetoric names them "Tories"), nor the less than welcoming reception the group got from the old guard, despite their extended contribution to the combat. During the last nights of the Purge, he was elevated to a position of authority to replace the fallen Jurgis Azoulis.
2032: As unfortunate as the untimely death of Jurgis Azoulis was, it did put Thorton in a good position. While he was yet too young to be respected by London's kindred in a position of authority, he was able to turn his service into a good network of contacts and favors. He even earned tutelage in the Path of Kings from none other than Marcus Verus himself, and joined the Cult of Mithras.
While he might have taken any number of entry-level positions within the heirarchy of London, Thorton took a better offer - Along with the other Knights, he helped drive the Sabbat from Leeds, and took the position of Reeve of that city under Brian O'Reilly, who chose to rule as Baron of Yorkshire from the historically important but much smaller city of York.
2042: As Reeve and effectively Prince of a major city, Thorton was beset by a much older Primogen council who nightly test his coping skills, and tempt him to resort to the tyrannical ways he has promised himself he would never use. It eventually turned out that much of the "busy work" required of him as Prince was arranged by the Ventrue and Brujah Primogen in order to establish a record of incompetence in preparation for a "palace coup." Thorton was removed from the position of Reeve of Leeds by Baron Brian O'Reilly for his inability to manage the Primogen Council, and given the smaller city of Kingston Upon Hull to manage. The two offending Primogen were entorpored and exiled from Leeds.
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