The Quiet Celebrities
We all want to sing, but not all of us want to be famous. Fame is a double-edged sword for the kine, but it can be downright dangerous for Kindred. Our lack of aging is also a problem if we finally hit the big time. Sure, Cliff Richard and Madonna might have an uncanny ability to maintain their youth, but sooner or later your eternal beauty gives the game away. So you might think you have eternity to work your way towards singing at Carnegie Hall or Wembley Stadium, but once you do, it is quickly time to retire. For most of us that seems like a waste of talent, especially when (even if I’m being modest) only the most incredibly talented singers are ever Embraced by us.
So, some of us have formed a society to help deal with this problem. They control recording labels, venues, and production companies so they might employ any of us “for one night only.” They also specialize in media manipulation and have the contacts to create whole new identities. So when you get too famous, they can create a new persona for you and make sure you don’t have to start your career from the bottom again. The Quiet Celebrities often don’t have time to do much singing themselves, but they are extremely well connected across several industries. They also form a very useful bridge between the Toreador and the Ventrue, able to converse about both music and finance in equal measure. Given their control over multiple major performance spaces, more than a few Toreador owe them favors as well.
