Rory McAndrew
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| Character: Rory McAndrew | Nature: Soldier | Clan: Ventrue |
| Player: NPC | Demeanor: Judge | Generation 9th |
| Chronicle: London - Pax Britannica | Concept: [] | Sire: Alfred Wainwright |
| Allegiance: Camarilla | Reservation: [] | Coterie: [] |
| Birth: 1572 | Weakness: Must Feed from religious men | Embrace: 1618 |
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| ATTRIBUTES | ||
| Physical | Social | Mental |
| Strength ●●●●○ | Charisma ●●●●○ | Perception ●●●●●● |
| Dexterity ●●●○○ | Manipulation ●●●●○ | Intelligence ●●●●○ |
| Stamina ●●●●○ | Appearance ●●○○○ | Wits ●●●●● |
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| ABILITIES | ||
| Talents | Skills | Knowledges |
| Alertness ●●●●○ () | Animal Ken ○○○○○ () | Academics ●●●●○ () |
| Athletics ●○○○○ () | Crafts ○○○○○ () | Enigmas ●○○○○ () |
| Awareness ●●○○○ () | Etiquette ●●●●○ () | Finance ●●●○○ () |
| Brawl ●●○○○ () | Firearms ○○○○○ () | Investigation ●●●●○ () |
| Empathy ●●●●● () | Larceny ○○○○○ () | Law ●●●○○ () |
| Expression ●●●○○ () | Melee ●●○○○ () | Linguistics ●●●○○ () |
| Intimidation ●●●○○ () | Performance ●●●○○ () | Occult ○○○○○ () |
| Leadership ●●○○○ () | Ride ○○○○○ () | Politics ●●●●● () |
| Streetwise ●●●○○ () | Stealth ●●○○○ () | Science ○○○○○ () |
| Subterfuge ○○○○○ () | Survival ○○○○○ () | Theology ●●●●○ () |
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| Disciplines | Backgrounds | Merits & Flaws |
| Auspex ●●●○○ () | Allies ●●●○○ () | --- |
| Dominate ●●●●●○ () | Contacts ●○○○○ () | --- |
| Fortitude ●●○○○ () | Domain ○○○○○ () | --- |
| Obfuscate ●●○○○ () | Fame ○○○○○ () | --- |
| Potence ●●○○○ () | Generation ○○○○○ () | --- |
| Presence ●●●●○ () | Influence ●●●○○ () | --- |
| [[]] ○○○○○ () | Mentor ○○○○○ () | --- |
| [[]] ○○○○○ () | Resources ●●●●○ () | --- |
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| [[]] ○○○○○ () | Status ●●●●○ () | --- |
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| Health Levels | Humanity | Virtues |
| Bruised (0) - { } | ●●●●●○○○○○ () | Conscience ●●○○○ |
| Hurt (-1) ---- { } | --- | Self-Control ●●●○○ |
| Injured (-1) - { } | Willpower | Courage ●●●●○ |
| Wounded (-2) - { } | ●●●●●●○○○○ () | --- |
| Mauled (-2) -- { } | --- | --- |
| Crippled (-5)- { } | Bloodpool | --- |
| Incapacitated- { } | ○○○○○○○○○○ | --- |
| Final Death | ○○○○○○○○○○○ | --- |
Bio
Sobriquet
Sir Rory
Appearance
McAndrew is a tall and lean man with intense eyes. Even before his Embrace, his face was unusually thin, the result of a simple and frugal diet. As a Kindred, he looks on the brink of starvation. Since his return to London, he has returned to a family firm of Saville Row tailors whose founding member he knew back in the 18th century. their suits are absolutely exquisite, and make even his thin frame look imposing. he commissions two or three new suits each year and is always thus always clad in the latest styles. Usually the suits will have a discreet Scottish touch: A tartan lining, or a waistcoat with an embroidered thistle, for example.
Behavior
Rory is a cynical analyst of human and Kindred nature. The talent served you well as a preacher, allowing you to judge the weakness of your flock. It now aids you in judging the characters and aspirations of the Kindred around you. Conversations are a game for you, a means of learning more about the person you are talking to without revealing anything significant about yourself. Your ability to unsettle people by picking up on hidden conflicts and suppressed hostilities is what has made you so valuable ot the Camarilla as a whole and Violetta in particular. You have mixed feelings about your return to London. You are dealing directly with Mithras for the first time in your unlife, and he's even more intimidating than you imagined. His dislike of Scotts does not make your job easier. However, you are determined to make the most of this opportunity. You enjoyed your life as an archon and don't want your career to be over just because Violetta stepped down. Valerius is trying to make the case that he is the future of London, and will be more of a supporter of the Camarilla than Mithras has been.
History
The early 17th century was a time of profound change for the British Isles. After centuries of warfare between England and Scotland, the two became one as King James VI of Scotland also became King James I of England after the death without heir of Queen Elizabeth, Rory McAndrew, a Presbyterian preacher in the Church of Scotland, gave little thought to the implications of the change. Like most Scots, he was amused and pleased to see a Scottish king on the English throne, but he had more important business to attend to: saving the souls of the people of Glasgow.
McAndrew, like most of his fellow clergy, was a fearsome Hellfire and damnation preacher, teaching the strictest of moral codes and the dourest of lifestyles. He was a well-respected and competent speaker, and thus climbed rapidly through the ranks of the Church. When James the First and Sixth returned to Scotland on one of his infrequent visits singing the praises of "superior English culture," McAndrew reacted with disgust. he saw the English as an effete, ineffectual race, much given to vice and with no willpower to withstand temptation.
Then, in 1618, King James imposed English Bishops on the church of Scotland in a blatant attempt to integrate it with the Church of England. McAndrew was unwilling to tolerate it. He, along with the several other senior figures in the Church of Scotland traveled to London to petition the king against this measure. McAndrew spoke eloquently on the difference between the Scottish and English churches and inherent superiority of the Presbyterian faith. The king listened attentively and then simply dismissed the petition.
That same evening, McAndrew suffered a serious crisis of faith. He knelt by his bed in the lodging provided for the delegation and prayed for a sign that God had not abandoned the Church. Instead of a sign from God, he felt the fangs of Albert Wainwright, a Ventrue of respect and standing in London, at his neck. Mithras had granted Wainwright leave to Embrace some years before, and McAndrew's nationality and oratorical skills were just what Wainwright sought.
Any last vestiges of faith in McAndrew died as he sucked down the blood of a vicar Wainwright had subdued and brought for his new childe to feed on. As the Scot adapted to unlife, he reasoned that God would not let creatures such as him exist, therefore there was no God. He abandoned his previous commitment to a frugal, parsimonious lifestyle, using his new supernatural abilities to build for his sire a thriving trading business importing Scottish goods. McAndrew spent his profits on luxurious mansions and the finest clothes. Under the guidance of his Sire, he then entered the cut and thrust of London's Kindred politics and proved an able student and a talented politician. When Wainwright decided to leave for the Americas, McAndrew neatly stepped into the power void left by his departure.
In the early 18th century, the charming and ruthless Scots Kindred was noticed by Violetta, the Toreador justicar, on one of her many visits to London. She watched McAndrew over the course of her next few visits and eventually asked him to serve as an archon in her retinue. McAndrew leapt at the chance, and traveled all over Europe with the justicar. His political skills and judgement, well honed in London, served him well, and by the mid 19th century, he was working separately from Violetta, yet still under her direction.
Rory is now trying to set himself up for more important things with Violetta stepping down.
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