Since the game in question is an Elders game using Vampire: the Requiem 2nd Edition and the Primacy rules from Damnation City, I'll be posting stats as a starting PC Agent, a 25 XP Rank Elder and a 75 XP Mover and Shaker.
This week we have a homeless lady with claims to greatness.
Raven Woman
Description
Your eyes almost slide off of her. Just another vagrant woman feeding the birds with more dirt than dye in her tangled hair, clutching a garbage bag with one arm while the other tosses treats to the pigeons and crows that crowd thickly around her.Very thickly. Those treats look more like drops of blood, leaking thickly from a slashed wrist.
Perhaps you move to help or just to check that she's not dying. She looks up at you, her complexion the color of coffee and cream gone sour. Dozens of cold black eyes join her gaze.
Seems the birds like meat as much as blood.
Background
There are several rumors of who the Raven Woman is.The first and most common says that she's revenant, a mortal who was unintentionally raised as one of the Damned or suffered a botched Embrace. Just one of the many homeless that survive in the shadows of the city, she was killed by a Kindred who had fallen to its Beast. But she doesn't stay dead. She rises as something like the Damned but weaker, hungrier, and a potential breach of the Masquerade. Some suspect the culprit was a Savage, others a Haunt. A few whisper that she might be the product of a Lord and tend to point to one of the more degenerate members of the Ventrue clan.
A variant on this story says that an ambitious ancilla (the specific one changes with each telling) elevated her to use as a pawn in his power struggles. When his plans were squashed she was left orphaned.
A second less common rumor states she's a nomad who ambushed by local Kindred several decades ago. The long torpor left her damaged and her memories incomplete. Supporters of this theory point out her exceptional skills over the blood for a mere revenant. Some have tried to recruit her into their covenant or coterie but have been rebuffed, sometimes violently.
The least accepted theory comes from a Gangrel neonate who claimed to extract a broken narrative from the woman herself. She said that the Raven Woman was born in the city over a century ago, perhaps in small town destroyed to make way for the city park. Embraced sometime in the late 19th century, she worked under the Prince of that era until he was overthrown. History and the word of the Elders claim that the Prince and his supporters suffered Final Death for their crimes. But the Raven Woman survived her savage beating and century long torpor.
The neonate claims she awoke with little knowledge of who and what she was. The current head of the Invictus took a particular interest in her story. The Gangrel was last seen in his presence.
Stats: Agent
This version of the Raven Woman really is just a crazy vagrant, though one with useful skills and allies.Concept: Uplifted Revenant
Birth: 1946 Embrace: 2007
Clan: Ventrue Covenant: None
Mask: Spy Dirge: Survivor
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve 3
Physical Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 3, Stamina 2 [3]
Social Attributes: Presence 2, Manipulation 2, Composure 2
Mental Skills: Investigation 3, Occult 1
Physical Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl 3, Larceny 2, Stealth (unobtrusive) 2, Survival (urban) 2
Social Skills: Animal Ken (birds) 3, Intimidation 1, Streetwise 2, Subterfuge 1
Merits: Acute Senses 1, Allies (homeless) 2, Anonymity 2, Contacts (homeless) 1, Haven 1, Safe Place 3
Blood Potency: 1
Disciplines: Animalism 2, Resilience 1
Stats: Rank Elder
Here Raven Woman is what she claims, an elder vampire well over a century old. Sadly she's spent most of that time buried in an unmarked grave. Worse, the beating she suffered before hand has damaged her memory and skills.Concept: Broken Elder
Birth: 1846 Embrace: 1867
Clan: Ventrue Covenant: None
Mask: Spy Dirge: Survivor
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 3, Wits 3, Resolve 3
Physical Attributes: Strength 2 [3], Dexterity 3, Stamina 2 [3]
Social Attributes: Presence 2, Manipulation 2, Composure 2
Mental Skills: Investigation 3, Occult 1, Politics 1
Physical Skills: Athletics 3, Brawl 3, Larceny 2, Stealth (unobtrusive) 2, Survival (urban) 2
Social Skills: Animal Ken (birds) 3, Intimidation 1, Streetwise 2, Subterfuge 1
Merits: Acute Senses 1, Allies (homeless) 2, Anonymity 2, Contacts (homeless) 1, Haven 1, Safe Place 3
Blood Potency: 1
Disciplines: Auspex 1, Animalism 4, Dominate 2, Obfuscate 1, Resilience 1, Vigor 1
Spent XP: 25
Stats: Mover and Shaker
In this case the Raven Woman isn't telling the whole story. She did spend time in torpor and the experience did damage her memories. But not her skills. Instead she's compiling dossiers on those in power then and now, tracking down who hurt her and planning a rather painful revenge.Concept: Shattered but Deadly
Birth: 1846 Embrace: 1867
Clan: Ventrue Covenant: None
Mask: Spy Dirge: Monster
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 3, Wits 3, Resolve 3
Physical Attributes: Strength 2 [3], Dexterity 3, Stamina 2 [3]
Social Attributes: Presence 2, Manipulation 2, Composure 3
Mental Skills: Investigation 3, Occult 1, Politics 1
Physical Skills: Athletics 3, Brawl 3, Larceny 2, Stealth 2, Survival (urban) 2
Social Skills: Animal Ken (birds) 3, Intimidation (crazy) 3, Streetwise 4, Subterfuge (misdirection) 2
Merits: Acute Senses 1, Allies (homeless) 2, Anonymity 2, Contacts (homeless) 1, Haven 1, Riding the Wave 5, Safe Place 3
Blood Potency: 3
Disciplines: Auspex 1, Animalism 4, Celerity 2, Dominate 2, Obfuscate 1, Resilience 2, Vigor 2
Devotions: Subsume the Lesser Beast
Spent XP: 75
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