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Name: Eva
Age: 300+ (Appears late 20s.)
Clan: Toreador
Generation: 5th through diablerie.
Title: Officially none. Unofficially ruler of the Free States.

Biography:

A descendant of the lost Mayan tribes, daughter to a tribal shaman father who dabbled in tranditional magic and healing arts. Eva has never gone into detail about what happened, but to those closest to her she has mentioned that she watched her childhood home burn as the sun set on her childhood. It wasn't long after that the Spanish took her from a field of fruit trees. They demanded navigation and translation, to say nothing of what else men demand of young women. But after her family's demise in shadow and fire, the child Eva was at the time just could do nothing else but play along with the Spanish.

By the time she snapped out of it, she was on a ship at sea. Eva rallied others taken from the lands around her home, and eventually they escaped even as the Spanish ship burnt and sank. The details of the story remain fuzzy to her, but she remembers being the only one to make it to land. She remembers watching three others she escaped with drown in the black warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. She wound up on what would become Galveston Island, where she stayed at a local coastal fort of earth and timber. The men were little kinder there than the Spanish had been, and Eva moved on quickly.

Eva falls in with several local tribes, and it's through them she learns of other Spanish moving through the territory only but a year after leaving Galveston Island, headed North. The Spanish are shocked to meet a woman who can speak local tongues, foreign tongues, and enough of their own Spanish to understand. Though the Spanish notes that the "native woman" was initially shy and hesitant, she presented a unique boon to ther expedition, and the leaders of the Portola expedition decided they were better off with her. After swearing that no one would be allowed to hurt her, Eva began her role as the go-between for the Spanish with the natives they encountered on their way to California.

In California Eva has a direct hand in establishing Spanish mission communities all over southern California, but most notably San Diego and Los Angeles. This fact plays an immense role in Eva's control over the Free States, as her influence can literally be traced back to the origins of many cities. Her first meeting with the Kindred of the area was a trick of fate, more than a planned and plotted event. She was traveling with a Spanish friar when a wind storm forced them to the nearest settlement: the rancho of Don Sebastian Juan Dominguez, unaware of 5th Generation Toreador on the run Christopher Houghton.

As was his custom, Houghton would develop a crush. Both from Eva's power of presence and personality, from her charm, but of the stories she told--of her escape, of her survival, of her helping the Spanish to setup so much of California already. As the night went long the two talked of what could be made of the valleys they overlooked in moonlight now. Of what could be; it was there, that night, that the original idea of Los Angeles was conceived. Before the sun rose, Houghton embraced Eva, convinced she was his missing piece. While others close to Christopher would come and go, Eva would stay with him, the mother figure he never had, and never had to fear.

Los Angeles grew into a major city, and before long the Kindred duo were looking for other outlets. Neither is sure who was first, Christopher or Eva, but they both agree that once the other introduced them to motion pictures...that was it. They had found their new calling. Los Angeles and it's surrounding areas they would leave to lieutenants and mortal pawns, stepping in when needed, but from then on the majority of their attention was on this new artform. It was on "Hollywoodland"--or Hollywood, as Eva famously shortened it one evening. What followed was the Golden Age of Hollywood.

In the mid-1900s the Anarchs came. Christopher fell for some of the Anarchs, had soured on his childe, the Camarilla Prince Don Sebastian. So the Don fell, and the Anarchs set up a Free State--completely unaware of the Kindred powers that were already supporting them from the shadows. Of a sort, anyway; quite frankly at the time Eva didn't care. The Anarchs, the Free State? That nonsense belonged to Christopher, as far as Eva was concerned. Where he became distracted from Hollywood, Eva only doubled her efforts, becoming hyperactive in her involvement with the day to day, and long term, operations of Hollywood. Her only distraction was in the early 70s--and that was thanks to the exploding porn film industry in Van Nuys, well within her LA domain.

Eventually Christopher's paranoia and aggression got the better of him. When Los Angeles turned to war after lupine and kindred alike went after Don Sebastian, Christopher came dangerously close to exposing himself--and by extension Eva. It created the first squabble between the two since the earliest days of Hollywood. Instead of heal and move on, the divisions only deepened. After the incident elder Kindred in LA began to die, and a new series of violence errupted. This time Christopher went public, and declared himself Baron of Los Angeles.

It was betrayal and violation to Eva. Their secrecy was their bond, and he had finally violated it due to no reason other than his own paranoia and madness. When Christopher attacked her own Coterie and friends, Eva was forced to act. The Kindred Civil War of the Free States began, and ended only when Eva diablerized Christopher Houghton. Famous for her own humanity despite all her long years as a Kindred, Eva quickly descended to torpor as a means to preserve herself as much as possible after diablerie. In her place she left Los Angeles, and the Free States, into the hands of her Coterie. There Henry and Yanci were given their current roles, and Eva slipped into sleep.

Most believe Eva has passed a threshold of power in the Kindred community: that now she is truly the elder, and influencing the nights of the Free States even from her resting state.
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Name: Henry Locke
Age: Mid-Thirties/Presumed at least as old as the continental US
Title: Previous owner of the Sunset Lounge. Now fulfills some unestablished role in the running of the Free State
Biography:

Henry Locke was neither a particularly new, nor prominent name in the goings on of Los Angeles' 'night' life until very recent times. Most Kindred who knew the city for any great length of time might have encountered him, in some new minor project or the next, but he was usually gone before long, staying away from the city for greater stints than he remained. There seemed to be no real pattern to this, no riding in on the winds of change or storm of fury, simply a transient, something a little uncommon, but not unheard of, in the machinations of the Kindred.

This all changed in the early 90s. After a spate of local gang activity, forest fires and the like left a particularly fancy new apartment overlooking Downtown LA stuck on the market, Henry Locke purchased the property that would become the Sunset Lounge. It remained his personal private sanctuary for some years while he ingratiated himself with the local kine and kindred forces that be, never enough to step near the rungs of influence, but enough to make sure he wasn't treading on toes. It was the late 90s before he set upon the idea of a bar, but after that it was swiftly designed and opened. Modern chic that was somewhat cutting edge for its time, it was a quick draw for Kindred seeking something a little more refined and calm than the usual Anarch haunts and dive bars. Henry never looked to be exclusive, and his manner of a fairly down-to-Earth British migrant never changed, but soon the Sunset Lounge became one of the more popular destinations for those in power, and those seeking to rub shoulders with them.

The importance of the Lounge to the Kindred society of LA only increased as the Elder murders began. In a night of bloody violence, many of the cities most established Kindred were slain, or driven into hiding. Their factions crumbled around them, and retaliatory violence began. The Last Round, previous unofficial Elysium of the Anarch movement in the city was firebombed, along with many other 'safe zones' of the Kindred nights. But among all this, the Sunset Lounge stood. An oasis of calm in stormy seas, for whatever reason, Locke seemed able to keep the situation in hand. This did not sit well with some, looking for a figure to blame.

During Christopher Houghton's brief and bloody period as the declared Baron of LA, one of his most dramatic acts was to pin much of the violence of that night, and which had followed, on Henry Locke, calling for a Blood Hunt. More than this, he accused Henry of working with the Sabbat and Camarilla to weaken the Free State, to leave LA open to outside take over. Whatever their true thoughts on Houghton's ability to rule, or evidence, most of LA's Kindred through their weight behind the Kid, if temporarily, he was a moth to the flame for all those looking the leadership following the deaths of their previous Elders and sanctuaries, and the hammer came down hard on Henry. The same night the Hunt was called for, the Sunset Lounge was destroyed in yet another devastating bombing. Brujah leader, Catlin Monroe, was said to be among those consumed in the blast, doing much to weaken their support for the Kid, early in his reign.

Despite this, Henry survived, or previously escaped the blast, along with Catlin (now known to be Yanci). Through the mysterious Toreador in disguise, he was able to plan something of a reprisal against the Kid, with his errant Childe, Eva. While the Kindred Civil War began in earnest, Christopher never gave up on his search for Henry, committing resources that would have been best securing his rule, to hunting down his latest paranoid haunch. Eventually he got what he desired, Henry Locke brought to him in chains.

Whatever happened that fateful night, the Kid came out the worse, a pincer movement, based on the false victory of capturing Henry, fully exposed him to Eva's gambit and sudden attack. Childe defeated Sire. Those limited few who were there recall a brief, but intense conversation between Henry and Eva, the last she would have before entering Torpor. One of Eva's Coterie, Nathaniel, a Nostferatu, took badly to her apparent abandonment of them, striking back at those he held responsible, namely the rest of Eva's Coteria, Yanci in particular.

Henry's vengeance was swift, before the night was over, Nathaniel was dead, and Henry had joined Yanci in their current roles of running the Free State. Yanci is the obvious Baron for the Kindred to flock to, but Henry's role at large remains a mystery, simply that he is present, and watching. Some might call him a Sheriff to Yanci's Prince, enforcing her law, but those are not words heard from either party.
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Lothaire Loyonia

Age:

Actual 67. Appears late 20’s/Early 30’s.

Species:

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Clan:

Baali

Generation:

8th Generation

Personality:

Lothaire is a calm, composed individual, who rarely raises his voice, and carries himself with an air of cool sophistication. Whilst he is no stranger to violence, Lothaire does not engage in needless sadism, and outwardly appears to be a reasonably cordial individual, with the exception of extremely tense situations.

The vampire’s gracious demeanor hides a merciless and calculating killer, who will stop and nothing to further his understand of forbidden occult secrets. In a manner more typical of a Tzimisce than most Baali, Lothaire prides himself on his eloquence, and takes great personal offence at displays of impoliteness.

Lothaire views both Kindred and Kine as his own personal playthings, and enjoys studying the intricacies of their respective societies. The vampire delights in his own analysis of the world around him, and is fascinated by that which brings both pleasure and pain to those who cross his path.

Biography:

Lothaire was born in the tiny village of Yerimiheh, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. A small and impoverished community, the people of Yerimiheh lived in an underdeveloped and ill-supplied village, rampant with poverty.

Lothaire himself lived a childhood that was fairly unremarkable for a young man hailing from Yerimiheh, struggling with famine and illiteracy.

When Lothaire reached young adulthood, a man calling himself “Zavala” came to Yerimiheh, who styled himself as a prophet of the Aztec gods; bringing with him a cohort of zealous followers. Zavala had little trouble swaying the natives of Yerimiheh into joining his dark cult, and those who refused him soon found themselves sacrificed in the gruesome rituals that Zavala and his followers performed in the caves outside of Yerimiheh.

Zavala’s cult quickly assumed full control of Yerimiheh, and began using the townspeople as lab rats in their dark experiments. When Lothaire’s little sister was whisked away in the night to be used in one such experiment, the young man brazenly confronted Zavala in a display of defiance that had otherwise gone unseen.

Zavala found Lothaire’s rebellion amusing, and had his followers drag the young man into the caves outside of Yerimiheh, to take part in what he described as a “very special ritual”. Lothaire was brought before a pit of rotting corpses, including that of his sister, before Zavala revealed his true monstrous nature to his hapless prey, and drained him of all but the faintest speck of life. Lothaire was then cast into the pit, near death, and buried beneath a mound of necrotic flesh.

Believing these to be his final moments, Lothaire used the last of his strength to rummage through the pit of corpses in search of his sisters, but when he happened upon the young girl’s body, Lothaire felt something dark and primal calling to him from within her. Clawing through the remains of his sister, Lothaire drank the portion of Zavala’s vampiric blood that the dark one had hidden inside her, and found himself reborn as a member of clan Baali.

Zavala greeted Lothaire with open arms, taking him under his wing as his newest childe, and spent the next few decades teaching him the ways of the occult, as well as affording him the education that he had missed during his childhood.

Lothaire fed off of Zavala’s knowledge, but never forgave him for what he had done to Yerimiheh. Although the vampire became increasingly inhuman as the years went by, he secretly vowed revenge against his sire, and Zavala was far too arrogant to suspect him. Once he was certain that he was starting to surpass Zavala's own dark knowledge, Lothaire trapped his sire, and his followers, in the caves outside of Yerimiheh; lighting a fire which was spread to consume them, and the rest of the village.

After that fateful night, Lothaire began traveling the world in search of greater knowledge of the occult; expanding his understanding of hellish magics, and furthering his own dark plans.

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Name: Nicolaus Strøm
Apparent Age: Thirty-Eight
Actual Age: In the upper three-hundreds if memory serves…

Species: Vampire of clan Ventrue | 7th Generation (reduced by one through diablerie of a Black Hand (Sabbat) Elder)

Disciplines: Dominate / Fortitude / Presence / Auspex / Obfuscate


Appearance:
A man of above-average height, Nico stands at six-foot-one, lean muscle, short dark hair with streaks of graying along the sides, and light facial hair which is generally kept short. A series of articulate tattoos of animals, mythos, and symbolic eastern European imagery cover most of his upper body and arms, depicting exploits of centuries past. He carries himself with confidence, tall and proud, a friendly smile to friend and stranger, and a wardrobe designed to accentuate a no nonsense man of integrity and strength of character and will.

Personality:
Pure alpha, dominant, even-tempered, mentally tough, and competitive, Nicolaus gleans with a genuine confidence that very few seem to have in this current age, especially among the younger Kindred. Whereas his demeanor may come off as arrogant, it couldn't be further from the truth. His rough exterior is balanced by a charismatic approach to others and generally friendly disposition.

As a creature struggling with a dark past of unforgivable actions and consequences, he is quite determined to right many wrongs and while he strives for perfection in everything, he rarely achieves it according to his own standards and those imposed by the Ventrue. Yet still he persists.

And a quirk, some would consider “bad form” for a Ventrue (let alone a vampire in general), is that Nicolaus holds onto certain humanistic qualities, such as having food set out during meal times but -as expected- not actually eating, smoking cigars, or simply leaving a pair of glasses in his shirt pocket. Many of his peers consider it a negative reflection on him, but it does little to dissuade the gestures.


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Name: Yanci Carolina
Age: 218 (Appears early 20s.)
Clan: Toreador
Generation: 7th
Title: Baron of Los Angeles and San Diego.

Biography:

In the early 1800s Spain's colonies in the region now called the Americas began fighting for independence, one by one. Even prior to the spirit of independence reaching Mexico, Spain's hard-pressed navy could not spare ships to bring supplies to the missions, presidios, and pueblos north of San Diego. Thus, in the dozen years that followed, local authorities relaxed restrictions on trading with non-Spanish merchants so that the colony could survive, and Californians became accustomed to contact with sailors, traders, hunters, and trappers from England, France, Russia, and, of course, the United States.

In 1821, Mexico achieved her independence, and word of this event reached Alta California the following year. The colonial policies of the republic were to be quite different from those of the Spanish monarchy. Not only were Californians allowed to trade with foreigners, but foreigners could also now hold land in the province once they had been naturalized and converted to Catholicism. Under Spain, land grants to individuals were few in number, and title to these lands remained in the hands of the crown. Under Mexican rule, however, governors were encouraged to make more grants for individual ranchos, and these grants were to be outright. Most important, the new Mexican republic was determined to move to "secularize" the missions, to remove the natives and the mission property from the control of the Franciscan missionaries.

It was the process of removing the natives and the mission property from the Franciscans that led the Kindred Eva to the remote mission in which Yanci lived. Eva's mortal eyes and ears reported signs of abuse and trauma of many of the women and girls at the mission; that very night Eva appeared at the mission. There she stalked and lurked, eventually finding her way to the singing of a young Yanci in a locked tiny bedroom, creating a night's sky on pieces of scrap with little more than charcoal and shading. The mysterious woman asked Yanci through the door's cast iron covered small window (the only window of any kind for the locked room) why she was locked in. What she had done.

Yanci replied she was born a woman, and pretty, and the Franciscans accused her of sin. The woman asked what sins, and Yanci confessed Satan had created her to tempt the Franciscans. So they locked her away, until they visited her at night, when no one saw. There they "blessed" her. Eva closed the window without a word. Soon after that Yanci began to hear the screaming. When Yanci heard the key entered into the door's keyhole, she quickly stood next to the bed, as ordered when the Franciscans entered. Instead of the cruel monks, it was a beautiful woman resplendent in the kind of clothing Yanci had never seen before. The woman offered Yanci her hand, and though she hesitated, something deep inside told Yanci to take it. She did, and never looked back.

Yanci was taken to a rancho near the sea, in what would in modern nights be Malibu. There Eva would embrace her, and teach her. Though other Kindred in the area seemed cruel or blunt, there was a true artfulness to Eva, both in demeanor and spirit. Where the beast within seemed to dominate most others Yanci ran into, there was always more to Eva. Through Eva she met Christopher, a child to Yanci, but yet Eva's sire. In Eva the Kid found the mother he never knew, and in Eva Yanci found a friend, a sister. While Christopher toyed with cruel men, Eva focused him on the surrounding area, on what could be. Once Christopher the Kid saw the surrounding land as a blank canvas, inspiration and motivation came. Their work truly then began.

Over the years Don Sebestian was named Prince, a Camarilla Prince, though as isolated and far as they were...it was Camarilla in name only. His rule was simple, but civil enough. It lasted as long as he held the Kid's favor. When famed Anarch Jeremy MacNeil arrived in Los Angeles, the Kid found a new favorite. In desperation Don Sebestian came to Eva, who immediately asked him to leave. With no ally in Eva, Sebestian turned to force MacNeil out of California by force. His actions did nothing but polarize the Kindred community against him. MacNeil did his best Braveheart impression, and the Anarch Revolution in California was on, secretly supported by Christopher the Kid; picking his new favorite over his old favorite.

Nearly all would believe Jeremy MacNeil the new Anarch leader of this new "Free State." That was no accident, by then Christopher and Eva had started their newest project after Los Angeles had finally begun to become what they had envisioned. Hollywood, by 1944, was already established...but there the Kid and Eva clashed. Christopher was happy to leave Hollywood at where is tood in 1944. To him, the painting was complete. Eva disagreed. Christopher's departure from Hollywood left a void; a void Eva used Yanci to fill. Yanci became instrumental in forming Hollywood unions for everything from stunt pilots to studio hands. Meanwhile Eva worked with Hollywood to assist in World War II, aware of the Kindred politics at play behind it.

Once WWII ended, the status quo returned. The Anarchs began enacting their grand plan, all but MacNeil unaware of the true powers of the area. While Yanci and MacNeil became relatively friendly, Eva and MacNeil were icecold: a result of MacNeil slandering Hollywood and it's role in the city. To MacNeil, the city would be better off without "the types" that Hollywood brought. To Eva the Scot was stuck in the past with no vision for the future outside his fanatical drive for Anarch freedom. Eva couldn't relate: she had never, ever, known the real reach and strength of the Camarilla or the Sabbat. Aware of the changing nature of the LA streets, Eva asked Yanci for a favor:

Go undercover, allow Eva to make Yanci's prescence be that of an 11th Generation Brujah Anarch.

When the Camarilla made a new push into the city behind Sebastian LaCroix. It did not end well for LaCroix, and the fallout created a political tinderbox in the Kindred world. Though the Anarchs would once again regain control, they once again did so simply because Christopher the Kid supported MacNeil, and Eva was too preoccupied with Hollywood to care, so long as Los Angeles itself (her first work of art) wasn't in true danger. Again the status quo returned, and time marched on. (The first WoD game on the Guild events.)

The Kid became unstable just years later, and publically announced himself to the Kindred world. The move forced Eva public, as she claimed the title of Baron of Los Angeles. While Eva had helped keep the Kid stable, not even she could help him anymore. At this point, Eva realized there was no saving Christopher. It had come to conflict between them. In the Rants that followed the 11th Generation Brujah Anarch Catlin Monroe that seemed to be friends with everyone revealed herself to be the 7th Generation Toreador, Yanci. She spoke on Eva's behalf, explained her task to make sure Eva never lost touch with the Anarchs on the LA streets. That she never lost sight of her city from any ivory tower.

The voluntary honesty helped, Yanci will tell you. Others will say Yanci's honesty and passion in the Rants won the Anarchs over enough to keep Christopher from dominating them, and turned her into a true Kindred leader. Where many young Anarchs were uneasy about Eva, they at least trusted Yanci not to screw them over to the Camarilla. They all knew she hated the Sabbat, in large part thanks to their religious zeal. Yet none of them knew much Eva, so Yanci told them. Christopher turned to Eva in his crazed paranoia, having lost all touch with reality, accusing relative unknown Henry Locke of being villain and spy.

Before the larger battle of Christopher and his vs the Kindred who saw Christopher for what he was, the real battle begun. In the basement of a Malibu mansion burnt out from a recent wildfire, Eva finally turned on Christopher with Yanci, and Henry, by her side. The events that followed have never been made clear, or public, but the result was clear: Christopher the Kid was no more. Eva went into torpor, many assuming she diablerized the Kid, though everyone seems to have their own opinion on her motives. In her place Yanci was named Baron of Los Angeles and San Diego, just in time for the widespread fighting to break out. (2nd game events.)

The fighting cost Eva and Yanci dearly: all of their coterie but Gwendalyn Vance met Final Death. After the betrayal of the Anarch Baron of San Diego switching sides to the Camarilla was met with violence so quick, so sudden, other Kindred assume that the Kindred who helped created California had secret allies in San Diego that were playing the newly minted San Diego Prince. Whatever the process, Prince Tara met her final death, and Yanci returned to Los Angeles as the Baron of Los Angeles and San Diego.
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Name: Syn De Rais
Age: Resembling the age of twenty-six years of age by humanities standards, Syn’s actual age is long forgotten having been turned at the turn of the 13th century.
Species: Seventh Generation Cainite of Clan Lasombra.
Disciplines: Obtenebration, Dominate and Potence

Personality:

Beneath the façade of even temperament and intellectual resides the inner workings of a Machiavellian with sadistic desires. A firm belief in the theory of social Darwinism, Syn views himself as the apex of evolution and all creatures are beneath the feet of kindred, thus deserve to die – Horribly – and for his pleasure. Considered an Alpha personality, he conducts himself with a supernatural dominance and control. Considerable in his lifespan, He cared little for other clans often only caring to protect his own clan and bring glory to the Camarilla by any means necessary.

However, Syn has shown a softer countenance to those he would allow close enough to be considered friends and not food. Often providing advice through cryptic or intellectual puzzles and entering frays to protect them should he have too.
Syn’s bloodlust has ascended above those of the socially accepted norm. As such he has conducted acts of diablerie multiple times without remorse or care for the rules. Kindred, Human and Garou alike were all food sources.

Considering his dominant, sadistic and malicious personality traits, oddities have formed over his life in the form of obsessions. For kindred unable to bestow a cursory glance upon his own reflection, Syn spends considerable time and wealth to ensure that he is presentable to all audiences of Kindred and human populace at all moments of the day. His shirts must always be pressed, coat’s always neat and ties square with bronze pin and cuffs. Pedantic in the way he dresses reveals his biggest flaw – vanity.


Biography:

Turned one undesirable night, the kiss was intoxicating as much as the woman that relinquished his morality. Syn took her last name – De Rais. Under the cold, manipulative touch of Lady Vanessa, Syn, a humble vintner from the southern landscapes of France shed the radiance of humanity only to consume and be consumed by the loving caress of darkness. Lady Vanessa would be the first to show him a world of delight, desire of the macabre kind but would certainly not be the last.

Moving from estate to estate, Syn studied the lore of his new family. The histories of the kindred and their beliefs, it consumed him as much as the hunger did. At first, he hated it, the idea of kill or be killed remained steadfast in his core beliefs resulting in him often falling into ravenous starvation before he would begin to feed. Over time however he would begin to relish in the hunt – hand picking his victims like he would the grapes to make his wines.

The consummation of sanguine delicacies consumed him, the hunger controlled him and held its vice grip strong. A master of his silver tongue, manipulation and vanity his allure. His brand of intoxicating lust allowed him to sate his addiction, first with human women, then men, then children before it turned to the supernatural. Spiralling, he plummeted towards ground zero in which all addicts found themselves except when a helping hand reached out to save him from his personal hell he didn’t take it, instead he sunk his teeth in and drank it dry.
Lady Vanessa was the first, his first taste of kindred blood and its orgasmic taste bringing euphoria and for the first time in a long-time satisfaction to his desires. Faced with the repercussions of his actions Syn left France and circumnavigated his way across various countries. Settling only briefly, leaving destruction in his wake.

At current, Syn has settled into Los Angeles where he has returned to his youthful occupation after centuries except for making boutique small batch scotch instead of wine, which has bought him some form of fame and fortune for his skills. With a small bar called Gallery 66 which is where he conducts his business and sales of his small batches of scotch. On occasion he opens Gallery 66 to the larger populace for parties and upper-class raves in which he can conduct his empire’s expansion.




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Name: Gwendalyn Nicole Vance
Age: 93 (Appears early 20s)
Clan: Toreador
Generation: 7th
Sire: Eva

Bio:

A pretty mid-western farm girl that never lacked in charm or talent. Arriving in Hollywood in the mid 1940s, Gwendalyn was certain she would be a big star. It was just a matter of time. Where some girls get lucky with their Hollywood dreams, Gwendalyn Vance was not one of those lucky girls. The victim of a crooked Hollywood pretender and a mob boss, Gwendalyn very quickly found herself the victim of a system set up to use and abuse naive young girls who came to Hollywood with no more than dreams and talent. One night she was sobbing into her cup of coffee (the only thing she could afford in all the world) in the back of a LA 24 hour diner when a voice appeared at the edge of the table:

"What ever is the matter lovely girl?

When Gwendalyn looked up she saw Eva for the first time, smiling and warm. Gwendalyn told the woman everything, instantly, even though Gwendalyn hadn't told anyone anything before; she was still lying to her family back home. Eva offered Gwendalyn her hand without another word...it was a leap of faith that this mysterious seemed to want from Gwendalyn. Desperate and tired of being hurt, Gwendalyn lept. Gwendalyn would watch as Eva and Yanci destroyed the Hollywood wanna-be in every fashion imaginable. All three women would watch as the wanna-be shot himself in the head...that ending Eva's mercy for the man.

Gwendalyn was there years later when Eva and Yanci, literally, burned down the mobster's little crime empire. Just when then actual Hollywood actress Gwendalyn thought the two women would end him, Eva took her. There was pain, Gwendalyn recalls faintly, but in the moment and even in memory what Gwendalyn was overcame with was...pleasure. When she woke up, the Beast wanted blood. The mobster that had beat her into submission as his personal arm candy play thing was shoved into the room with only the just awoken Gwendalyn. She has never forgotten the sound of his screaming, the futile flailing of his body.

Her acting career short but memorable, Gwendalyn felt sated on every possible level. All she wanted at that point was to stay with Eva and Yanci forever. Over time Gwendalyn learned just what Eva was, not in vampirism, but in function: Eva was behind not just Hollywood, not just Los Angeles, but much of California. Eva was certain Gwendalyn could help her in this impossibly large task. So Gwendalyn went to work behind the scenes, instead of in front of the camera.

She fell in love when she met a Kindred LA thug named Andre, the man who fought his way to Eva's side, in the 80s. She lost Andre in the fighting that resulted when the Kid went mad, just as she lost most of her coterie mates. Though she did not technically lose Eva, her sire's physical absence due to torpor has hit Gwendalyn especially hard. Before Andre the only person who Gwendalyn felt truly safe around was Eva. After Andre, even Eva was taken from her. Though she loves Yanci, though the two are lovers, they both know that Gwendalyn clings to Yanci out of need.

Recently Gwendalyn has begun to find her footing. While Yanci was left as the Baron, Eva left Hollywood with Gwendalyn. The mid-west farm girl with stars in her eyes now runs Hollywood from behind the scenes. It's the thrill of any lifetime for Gwendalyn, and though Yanci had fears Gwendalyn would be too emotionally shaken to do well, Gwendalyn has done better than anyone but Eva imagined she would. Now Gwendalyn has a strength and confidence all her own, and she remains lovers with Yanci out of affection, not need.
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