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Michel du Baine was born low enough that his hands learned to shine silver before they ever learned to shake hands, but he was always too precise for the rank-and-file. Apprenticed at fifteen to a provincial house that prized ceremony over wealth, he learned the choreography of service—how to move through a room without drawing breath, how to fold an evening into a single, unspoken question. He was embraced in 1700 by an enigmatic patron whose hunger was matched only by an eye for talent; immortality gave Michel the time to perfect his craft and the distance to treat human frailty as a study rather than an affront. He retained the airs of a middle-aged man by choice and by design: too practiced to be shocked, too civil to be cruel, and always composed in the face of small disasters and great upheavals alike. | |||
For two centuries he has been the knife's edge between drawing-room politeness and actual danger. As butler to Lady Anne, he is both a shadow and a scaffold—keeping the household immaculate, the ledger unblemished, and the reputations discreetly mended. His political skill is not in loud oratory but in calibrating invitations, promising favors he can deliver, and cutting ties in such a way that enemies believe themselves pardoned. When diplomacy fails, his other training speaks: a swordsman taught in the old schools, his blade is as precise as his etiquette, used rarely but with a deadly courtesy. Loyalty to Lady Anne is not superstition for him but an oath renewed daily: he serves to protect her power, to keep the salons hospitable and the corridors secure, and to ensure that whatever the century brings, her name will be carried forward under the same immaculate hand. | |||
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| Character: Michel du Baine | Nature: Traditionalist | Clan: Ventrue |
| Player: NPC | Demeanor: Judge | Generation 7th |
| Chronicle: London - Pax Britannica | Concept: ' | Sire: Lady Anne Bowesley |
| Allegiance: Ventrue of London - Pax Britannica | Birth [] | Coterie: [] |
| --- | Weakness: [] | --- |
| --- | Cameo: [] | --- |
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| ATTRIBUTES | ||
| Physical | Social | Mental |
| Strength ●●●○○ | Charisma ●●●●○ | Perception ●●●●○ |
| Dexterity ●●●○○ | Manipulation ●●●●●○ | Intelligence ●●●○○ |
| Stamina ●●●○○ | Appearance ●●○○○ | Wits ●●●○○ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ABILITIES | ||
| Talents | Skills | Knowledges |
| Alertness ●●○○○ () | Animal Ken ●●○○○ () | Academics ●●●●○ () |
| Athletics ●●○○○ () | Commerce ●●●●○ () | Enigmas ●●●○○ () |
| Awareness ●○○○○ () | Crafts ●●●○○ () | Hearth Wisdom ●●○○○ () |
| Brawl ●●○○○ () | Etiquette ●●●●○ () | Investigation ●●●●○ () |
| Empathy ●●○○○ () | Firearms ●●○○○ () | Law ●●●○○ () |
| Expression ●●●●● () | Melee ●●●○○ () | Medicine ●●○○○ () |
| Intimidation ●●●○○ () | Performance ●●●○○ () | Occult ●●○○○ () |
| Leadership ●●●○○ () | Ride ●●○○○ () | Politics ●●●●○ () |
| Legerdemain ●○○○○ () | Stealth ●●○○○ () | Science ●○○○○ () |
| Subterfuge ●●●●● () | Survival ●●○○○ () | Theology ●●○○○ () |
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| --- | ADVANTAGES | --- |
| Disciplines | Backgrounds | Merits & Flaws |
| Dominate ●●●○○ () | Allies ●●○○○ () | --- |
| Fortitude ●●●○○ () | Contacts ●●●●● () | --- |
| Presence ●●●●○ () | Domain ●●●○○ () | --- |
| Auspex ●●○○○ () | Fame ●○○○○ () | --- |
| Obfuscate ●○○○○ () | Generation ●●●●● ● () | --- |
| [[]] ○○○○○ () | Influence ●●●●● () | --- |
| [[]] ○○○○○ () | Mentor ●●●●○ () | --- |
| [[]] ○○○○○ () | Military Force ○○○○○ () | --- |
| [[]] ○○○○○ () | Resources ●●●●● () | --- |
| [[]] ○○○○○ () | Retainers ●●●●● () | --- |
| --- | Status ○○○○○ () | --- |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | ○○○○○○○○○○○ | --- |
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History
Michel du Baine was born low enough that his hands learned to shine silver before they ever learned to shake hands, but he was always too precise for the rank-and-file. Apprenticed at fifteen to a provincial house that prized ceremony over wealth, he learned the choreography of service—how to move through a room without drawing breath, how to fold an evening into a single, unspoken question. He was embraced in 1700 by an enigmatic patron whose hunger was matched only by an eye for talent; immortality gave Michel the time to perfect his craft and the distance to treat human frailty as a study rather than an affront. He retained the airs of a middle-aged man by choice and by design: too practiced to be shocked, too civil to be cruel, and always composed in the face of small disasters and great upheavals alike.
For two centuries he has been the knife's edge between drawing-room politeness and actual danger. As butler to Lady Anne, he is both a shadow and a scaffold—keeping the household immaculate, the ledger unblemished, and the reputations discreetly mended. His political skill is not in loud oratory but in calibrating invitations, promising favors he can deliver, and cutting ties in such a way that enemies believe themselves pardoned. When diplomacy fails, his other training speaks: a swordsman taught in the old schools, his blade is as precise as his etiquette, used rarely but with a deadly courtesy. Loyalty to Lady Anne is not superstition for him but an oath renewed daily: he serves to protect her power, to keep the salons hospitable and the corridors secure, and to ensure that whatever the century brings, her name will be carried forward under the same immaculate hand.
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