Heartland Orphans: The Inverted Lord

While all of the Strix in my Vampire; the Requiem chronicle had an agenda, there was only one who could move them to act as one. The Inverted Lord sought to become the apex monster of the region by slaying the head of the Invictus. Luckily he was thwarted.

But not destroyed.

The Inverted Lord

Within his lair, the Inverted Lord chooses to appear as a tall dark figure composed of shadow. His voice is resonant and deep as he commands or compels those around him. Outside of this nightmare realm, he is a shadowy bird but is no less domineering.

Called the Inverted Lord due to his resemblance to the Ventrue clan, he possesses a weakness with animals who are repelled and angered by his presence. Also frustratingly he can be exorcised from a body using an abjuration.

This Strix seeks the destruction of the most powerful supernatural creature in any region it lives in, usually a vampire. To this end it rallies its siblings, both to deal with any minions of its target and for their particular skills. Unusually it often gets its own way.

In play it offered a blank check to Ethan Redhawke if he would create vampiric vessels for him. Not a trusting soul, he made plans to get his vessels another way: by defeating his target’s grandchild and possessing his torpored form. Unfortunately through information from treacherous siblings and cunning plans by the local coterie, he was defeated.

However he did escape with a new body, one which may have suffered a successful Embrace.

Vice: Dominance
Aspirations:

• Possess a vampire and create revenants for its siblings
• Murder the Alpha and assume its place

Shadow Potency: 5
Attributes: Power 6, Finesse 3, Resistance 6
Skills: Athletics 3, Brawl 4, Expression 2, Intimidation 3, Persuasion 1, Occult 1, Stealth 1

Corpus: 9
Willpower: 9
Size: 2
Speed: 12
Defense: 6 (5 in host)

Initiative: 9

Embodiments: Shadow Form, Possess Corpse, Possess Revenant, Possess Vampire, Possess Living
Dread Powers: Command the Lost, Indomitable, Kindred Disciplines 1 (Dominate 4, Resilience 1), Labyrinth, Screech
Vitae: 15, 5/turn
Banes: fire, sunlight, hated by beast, vulnerable to abjuration

The Inverted Lord’s lair is a fortress carved inside a glacier. Razor sharp blades of ice cover all surfaces, include the frozen forms of defeated souls. A dim red light emanates from the frozen blood overhead.

When one or more its traits are present (or one of his siblings), he can impose the others: Dim light, Sealed Exits, Razored, Extreme Cold.