His empathy abilities offer no physical tell but extended attempts to sway the emotions of others will lead first to difficulty concentrating, forgetting his intent, and eventually full disorientation. His negation abilities cause pain during use and blindness when exercised to excess, and the dominus has no desire to push that to bloodlust.
His empathy abilities offer no physical tell but extended attempts to sway the emotions of others will lead first to difficulty concentrating, forgetting his intent, and eventually full disorientation. His negation abilities cause pain during use and blindness when exercised to excess, and the dominus has no desire to push that to bloodlust.
Were Stats
Age turned
58
Supernatural Eye Color
Brown
Animal Appearance
Appearance
Well manicured, tidy, enjoys a good sweater
Hair gray with the faintest trace of long-faded gold in the right light
Average in height and build, in fine physical shape for his apparent age
Personality
Egotistical, self absorbed, quick to judge, wants to be entertained
Not a bad person, but certainly not a good one
Thinks himself charming, your mileage will vary
Adores gossip and politics, for curious interest as much as personal gain
Often dishonest, not always out of malice
Acts on whims, equally as likely to be needlessly mean as generously kind
Delicate, easily insulted, prone to paranoia. Vengeful in thought, infrequently violent
Dramatic in joy, rage, sorrow, and everything in between
History
Pre-Death
Born Wilhelm Henry Beauregard in 1866
An only child after a lot of miscarriages, an affliction likely caused by what is most politely described as "very similar family trees"
Raised in problematic wealth to a lawyer father and doting mother
Wilhelm grew up into a capable lawyer, married a woman named Margaret (who was also his cousin)
The next year, his father (by then a judge) died of a brief and intense illness
Daddy's death caught the attention of journalists, muckrakers who declared that he’d been poisoned for a history of corruption. The family name was disparaged and expunged from the law firm
Wilhelm grew discontent, changing his name and moving repeatedly to escape his father's now embarrassing legacy
Divorced. Married. Divorced. Married again. Always childless and insecure about it
In his 50s, wealthy and miserable, he was threatened by a mistress with blackmail
Tried to pay someone to kill his mistress, but they blood-dosed him and killed him instead :(
Post-Death
Sired into a clutch, he took quite naturally to being a vampire and was young enough (in vampiric terms) to still be good with people
Stayed in the clutch for decades until he was thrown out for enviously undermining the dominus, a better and younger looking fellow empath
Bounced around a few clutches before heading to Ridgefield, where he joined the unpleasantly named Bone Hollow Clutch just long enough to be thrown out again, this time with allies
Started Eventide District Clutch in 2018, eventually becoming dominus and experiencing all the accompanying thrills and headaches