Cameron

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Sobriquet: Cameron

Appearance: A thin and stooped little man, with a receding hairline and pronounced widow's peak. Cameron prefers old suits and wide ties. He would look right at home on the set of T.V. show about a 1980s accounting agency, but only as a background character. In a crowd, Cameron is barely noticeable, that is both his curse and a strength he has yet to learn to exploit.

Behavior: Unused to the burdens of leadership, Cameron is afraid to take any steps without authorization from above him in the Sabbat hierarchy. While his hesitancy is a weakness that could in all likelihood get him or the pack killed, he is justified in his fear of the powers-that-be that stand above him in Chicago. The other members of the Forsaken are starting to look down on Cameron for his hesitancy, and while he is petrified of what might happen should he fail as pack leader, he has managed thus far to keep his fears hidden from the pack.

History: Cameron was born, literally, on the streets of New York City. He grew up on the dirty streets of Mott Haven in Southern Bronx. His mother, a local prostitute, abandoned him when a out-of-town John offered to take her with him to warm weather and sun of Miami, she never looked back. At the time, Cameron was only seven and alone on the streets, he quickly took to dumpster diving to survive. Luckily for him, a local pickpocket found him instead of the many chicken-hawks that lurked in the area. Gregor was already a old man, with no family and a long history of petty theft, he took Cameron under his wing and taught him everything he knew. Sadly, the old man only live a few years more and once again Cameron was on the streets alone.

A quarter century passed and Cameron remained a fixture of New York City, he had moved on from Mott Haven, first to Queens and then Brooklyn. But it seemed like he was destined to live his life and die just as Gregor had, a petty thief. Then, out of the blue or perhaps it was the black, someone more powerful made a crucial decision for him. Molita was the leader of a New York City pack called La Lanza (the spear, as in the Spear of Destiny) and a Lasombra looking to expand her pack and progeny. She chose Cameron after he picked her pocket, of course she beat him nearly to death, but to her surprise, he didn't die, which is when she decided to Embrace him.

After the Embrace, La Lanza put Cameron through the sect's horrible Creation Rites. Somehow he managed to dig his way out of his grave, arising to the surface maddened by the lust for existence -- much to the surprise of his captors, who had not expected him to rise at all. In the years following his selection as cannon-fodder, Cameron has further surprised his fellow Sabbat by surviving everything the world of darkness has thus far thrown at him, up to and including the destruction of his original pack in a mission to Pennsylvania gone sideways. When he returned to New York in 1992, he was given command of a pack of misfits and told to go to Chicago where he would participate in the takeover of the Windy City.

Recent Events: Cameron has been tasked with keeping Dr. Hall 'alive' at all costs. The Sabbat leadership of Chicago suggested taking Dr.Hall and the pack and getting out of town for a while. So, uncertain as to where to go, Cameron has settled on Montreal as a 'safe' destination, but he isn't in a hurry to get there, believing that as soon as the pack settles somewhere he will be challenged to monomancy. His strategy is simple, stay on the run and away from Chicago, keep the pack preoccupied with new scenery and find a way to pawn off the good doctor on another pack.