- User contributions [en]

Virgil Deems

2016-11-11T19:02:50Z

ACE-011: /* Rumors */

{{PCSummary
|Clan=Ventrue


|Coterie=Unknown


|Position=Prince


|Status=7+8


|Domain=San Francisco, CA


|Path=Humanity


|p=[mailto:virgil.deems@gmail.com Kyle N.]

}}

__TOC__

=Overview=
[[Image:V_Deems.jpg|thumb|Virgil Deems]]
'''Alias(es): ''' None publicly known

'''Real Name: ''' Presumably, Virgil Deems

'''Apparent Age: ''' early 30s

'''Concept: ''' Financier turned Kindred politician, attempting to modernize old world sensibilities.

'''Physical description:''' A bit over six feet tall, with a light brown pony tail, goatee, and glasses, Virgil nearly always wears a well-tailored suit and sports a fashionable cane of some sort. He also generally has a healthier pallor than most Kindred [OOC: Blush of Health] and is quick to smile.

'''Detailed Status:'''

* ''Acknowledged'' by [[Anne Bowesley | Queen Anne]] of London
* ''Cherished'' by Sheldon Rawlinson of Clan Ventrue
* ''Esteemed'' by Prince Mordekai MacPherson of Bloomington, Indiana
* ''Resourceful'' by Seneschal (later, Prince) Lady Cassandra Blackwell of Bloomington, Indiana
* ''Influential'' by Prince Mordekai MacPherson of Bloomington, Indiana
* ''Trustworthy'' by Seneschal (later, Prince) Lady Cassandra Blackwell of Bloomington, Indiana
* ''Resplendent'' by Prince [[Alessio Rinaldi]] of Ravenna, Italy
* ''Exalted'', ''Famous'', ''Well-Known'', and ''Distinguished'' as Prince of San Francisco
* ''Venerable'' as a Sovereign Prince of the Camarilla
* ''Dignified'' as a Dignitary of the Camarilla
* ''August'' as a Luminary of the Camarilla
* ''Respected'' as a Scion of the Camarilla [OOC: Reputation: articulate politician]

=Character Information=

==Known History==
Virgil moved to Indiana from Great Britain in 2004, rapidly acquiring Primogenship in the Court of Vivianne de Montrachet. He later served as Keeper of Elysium and then Seneschal for successive Princes of Bloomington, Indiana before moving to San Francisco, where he soon took up the position of Keeper and then Seneschal in the Court of Daniel Book. In late August of 2009, he seized Praxis when Book stepped down, and he has been Prince of the City by the Bay since.

He is an active correspondent, posting fairly frequently to the Camarilla fora and is known to be fairly well-spoken. [OOC: Reputation: Articulate Politician]

At the "Convention of Fire" during the 2011 New Orleans Grand Masquerade, Virgil was the Camarilla Ventrue delegate. At the Bay Area Grand Elysium of 2013, he was recognized as a Sovereign Prince.

He spoke in favor of a Child of Haqim Justicar at the Baltimore Conclave of 2015, and in May of that year, during the Bay Area Grand Elysium, stripped [[Jaroslav Pascek]] of significant standing for killing a Mandarin of the Kuei Jin Court of San Francisco on a (now former) Elysium.

==Coterie==
None publicly known.

==Allies==
To outward appearances, he is rather well-respected by his Clan. Virgil seems to have remarkably congenial relations with neighboring Princes - [[Dorian Grey]], [[She that Burns As the Sun (Sunny)|Sunny]], and [[Alejandro Villalobos Patron|Alejandro Patron]] - and much of [http://alwayscomesevening.owbn.net/reality/court.php his Court]. He also seems on reasonably good terms with local archons, notably [[Michael Crison]] and [[Michaelangelo Archadia]].

==Enemies==
Oddly, Virgil doesn't seem to have many public or visible enemies. He does have a significant Kuei Jin presence in his Domain, however, and the Princes of San Francisco have long had a rocky relationship with the Eastern Kindred. He has had some somewhat heated exchanges on national fora, however.

==Sire==
Augustus FitzGerald

==Childer==
* [[Claire Deems]] (deceased)
* [[Marcus Deems]] (deceased)
* [[Gerard Saint Clair]] (deceased)
* [[Jacqueline Deems]]

==Broodmates==
None publicly known.

==Character Inspirations==
Ted Crisp from [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235547/ Better Off Ted], Michael Bluth from [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367279/ Arrested Development], and a mix of both Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy from [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496424/ 30 Rock]. Basically, a slightly off-kilter [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OnlySaneEmployee Only Sane Employee].

==Soundtrack==

* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhX5W7JoWI Money]," Pink Floyd
* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQAR-nx4w88 Dedicated Follower of Fashion]," The Kinks
* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky5LNAL12mI The Great Destroyer (Modwheelmood)]," Nine Inch Nails
* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwlsziopzmQ The Farthest Star]," VNV Nation
* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lin-a2lTelg Everybody Knows]," Leonard Cohen

==The Roast of Shanghai Kelly==

[http://youtu.be/xbCFDbvsnro Virgil Deems at the Roast]. Spoiler alert: it ends with a quote!

==Quotes==
* "What virtues one believes their sire to embody does both credit."
* "Ingenious gentlemen, we." -- Virgil, being literary.
* "Self-doubt is reasonable in so much as it prevents you from making rash decisions driven primarily by ignorance or emotion. The moment your doubts stop you from acting decisively when time is of the essence, they need to be quashed."
* "Indeed, I do not hate the Rebellion for their depredations. I pity them for deluding themselves into believing that they are truly "free" when they bind themselves with Blood to an ideology which brooks no dissent, enforced with violence, and in service to perverse and divisive goals."
* "The Camarilla I fight for every night is not a Camarilla of tyranny and oppression of thought. It is a society that recognizes that we are all Kindred and does what is necessary that we might survive into future nights, past future threats. It is a group of Kindred who works tirelessly to protect the Masquerade, even as those who would see us dead detonate explosives in internationally-recognized landmarks. We are stronger through our dissent and our recognition that through such dissent, we build toward a more perfect truth."
* On Nosferatu: "Horror is in thought and action, not in countenance. Never convince yourself otherwise."

==Rumors==
This is something it would be far more appropriate for others to fill in, and I invite others to do so. The following have all been suggested or added by others:

* Virgil is a fan of baseball.
* Virgil and Lieutenant Governor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom Gavin Newsom] are former lovers, having had an affair while Newsom was Mayor of San Francisco.
* Known to some as "Big Daddy" VD
* While he intentionally maintains a high-humanity "nice guy" image, makes a point of hiring very bad people and turning a blind eye when they "take care of problems" without troubling him with the details
* Like every other Prince of San Francisco the throne will take his sanity.
* Virgil has a thesaurus as a ghoul.
*[ Insert obligatory Setite rumor here. ]
* Thinks of himself as the New World's Queen Anne. As such, has been arranging to install compliant Princes in the neighboring Domains.
* Stark raving mad. He is Prince of San Francisco, after all. Must be something in the water. Err, blood.
* Keeps [[Mark Richardson]] as his seneschal because the Malkavian is good in bed.
* Lady Elizabeth of York thought he might be a homosexual.
* Lady Elizabeth also called him quite the dandy.
* In honor of [[Geoffrey Tanner]], at Tanner's memorial service, Virgil punched William Stanford in the face.
* Can only work with and thus only appoints Court officers that are also crazy or broken or often both.
* Drinks the Justicariate's koolaid. That's why he keeps "going up against" the Justicariate.
* Loves the sound of his own voice only slightly less then he loves the look of his handwriting.
* Looking to die. That's why he keeps going up against the Justicariate.

Mark Richardson

2016-11-11T18:58:12Z

ACE-011:

{{PCSummary
|Clan=Malkavian


|Coterie=None


|Position=Seneschal


|Status=5+5


|Domain=San Francisco, CA


|Path=Humanity


|rating=3


|p=[mailto:yessod@gmail.com Ken Shields]

}}

__TOC__

=Overview=
[[file:Mark2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Mark, just off Market Street]]
'''Alias(es):''' 

Mark Richardson 

'''Real Name: ''' 

Probably not actually Mark Richardson. The joking story he tells about his name is that he chose Mark because it's a sign or symbol, and all names are signs or symbols of the real object, and he chose Richardson because his dad was a Dick. 

'''Apparent Age: ''' 

~35 

'''Concept: ''' 

Former lawyer / yuppie “dealing with it” 

'''Physical description:''' 

5’10”, 170 lb, long brown hair, blue-green eyes. Dark circles under the eyes, stubble, slightly hollow but flushed cheeks. Clammy or yellowish tinge to skin. Often has twitches and nervous tics, laughs or giggles compulsively. Usually dishevelled and sometimes mistaken for homeless, wearing something like jeans and a sweater with an old (WW2 US) army coat. Cleans up well on official occasions, but looks dishevelled within an hour or so anyway. Looks distracted when he starts talking, then gets way too intense when he focuses on something. Then a tangent about video games or the vast reptilian conspiracy. Then BACK ON TARGET 

(Mechanics: Off-brand version of blush of health – looks human, just doesn’t look healthy. Like a long term heroin abuser, or maybe he’s just got the flu or something? Yeah.) 

'''Detailed Status: ''' 
*Acknowledged by Prince Granger of Dallas
*Enthralling by Prince Deems of SF
*Feared by Prince Book of SF
*Focused by Prince Sebastien of SF
*Wise by Prince Sebastien of SF
*Cherished, Esteemed, and Trusted as Seneschal of SF
*August, Dignitary as in play 10+ years
<h2>Character Information</h2>

==Known History==
Moved to San Francisco in the early 2000s. Was Malkavian Primogen there for many years under several princes, until [[Virgil Deems]] named him Seneschal. Willingly admits to being schizophrenic before his embrace, sometimes gripes about it. He apparently has domain over “Mark’s Tree”, whatever that is. Disappears every once in a while, usually for no more than a couple of months. Often comes back with completely bizarre and unbelievable stories about the rapture or maeanads or eagle-headed aztec ghost gods haunting disneyland.

==Coterie==
Unknown

==Allies==
Presumably the local Camarilla power structure in the Bay Area. Has dealt with the Kuei-jin more than just about anyone other than [[Jack Sebastien]] and [[Jack Rogan]].

==Enemies==
Mark has the unfortunate tendency to say people everyone hates are pretty nice when you think about it. So if he has any he probably doesn’t think of them that way.

==Sire==
Mark never talks about it.

==Childer==
Mark never talks about it.

==Broodmates==
Mark never talks about it.
==Character Inspirations==
A well-off, intelligent person getting broken, and having to figure out on their own (as people do) how to put themselves back together and develop tricks to cope. Crossed with that guy who sits down next to you on MUNI.

==Soundtrack==
*"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSuvPuQM7qc Insanity]," Oingo Boingo
*"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZdycnbjpGI It Only Makes Me Laugh]," Danny Elfman
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkpg0tlcAZw Symmetry]," Jane Siberry
*"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76hFX2weAs0 Walking in London]," Concrete Blonde
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXCt0ftVJe0 Jack The Ripper]," Nick Cave
*"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVtT7hrkzKg Hearing Voices in One’s Head]," MC 900 Ft Jesus
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GIAawSTisE All the World is Green]," Tom Waits

==Quotes==
*“Heh he hehe haha”
*“No look, you’re wrong. We’re not monsters and we shouldn’t try to be. Haven’t you ever read Joseph Campbell? Look, what’s the most dangerous thing in the entire world? What do we hide from? What rules the entire world? What was responsible for the most fucked up atrocity you’ve ever heard of? Humans. That’s why we’re going to win. Because we’re humans, and they were stupid enough to make themselves the monsters. They’ve got nothing on us.”
*“See, the Tremere got awesome world controlling powers, the Ventrue get the international success life, and what do I get? The fucking pills don’t work anymore.”
*"You're not really a Malkavian until you've been John Barleycorn."

==Rumors==
*Mark is a reincarnation of Emperor Norton.
*Mark is actually the true Prince of San Francisco. After all, he’s crazy and likes to talk way too much. What more proof do you need?
*Mark can hear anything said within earshot of a tree anywhere in San Francisco. That’s why he always warns people that trees aren’t Masquerade safe. That or he’s just really into Order of the Stick.
*Is the secret gay lover of [[Virgil Deems]]
*Mark loathes stuffed animals.
*Mark really likes talking about food.
*Mark has had sex with William Stanford. He says Stanford wasn't that good.
*Accidentally became King of the West on All Soul's Day, got torn apart by Maeanads, then was buried under a hill to dream prophecy for a season. He got better.

Mark Richardson

2016-11-11T18:57:50Z

ACE-011: /* Overview */

{{PCSummary
|Clan=Malkavian


|Coterie=None


|Position=Seneschal


|Status=4+3


|Domain=San Francisco, CA


|Path=Humanity


|rating=3


|p=[mailto:yessod@gmail.com Ken Shields]

}}

__TOC__

=Overview=
[[file:Mark2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Mark, just off Market Street]]
'''Alias(es):''' 

Mark Richardson 

'''Real Name: ''' 

Probably not actually Mark Richardson. The joking story he tells about his name is that he chose Mark because it's a sign or symbol, and all names are signs or symbols of the real object, and he chose Richardson because his dad was a Dick. 

'''Apparent Age: ''' 

~35 

'''Concept: ''' 

Former lawyer / yuppie “dealing with it” 

'''Physical description:''' 

5’10”, 170 lb, long brown hair, blue-green eyes. Dark circles under the eyes, stubble, slightly hollow but flushed cheeks. Clammy or yellowish tinge to skin. Often has twitches and nervous tics, laughs or giggles compulsively. Usually dishevelled and sometimes mistaken for homeless, wearing something like jeans and a sweater with an old (WW2 US) army coat. Cleans up well on official occasions, but looks dishevelled within an hour or so anyway. Looks distracted when he starts talking, then gets way too intense when he focuses on something. Then a tangent about video games or the vast reptilian conspiracy. Then BACK ON TARGET 

(Mechanics: Off-brand version of blush of health – looks human, just doesn’t look healthy. Like a long term heroin abuser, or maybe he’s just got the flu or something? Yeah.) 

'''Detailed Status: ''' 
*Acknowledged by Prince Granger of Dallas
*Enthralling by Prince Deems of SF
*Feared by Prince Book of SF
*Focused by Prince Sebastien of SF
*Wise by Prince Sebastien of SF
*Cherished, Esteemed, and Trusted as Seneschal of SF
*August, Dignitary as in play 10+ years
<h2>Character Information</h2>

==Known History==
Moved to San Francisco in the early 2000s. Was Malkavian Primogen there for many years under several princes, until [[Virgil Deems]] named him Seneschal. Willingly admits to being schizophrenic before his embrace, sometimes gripes about it. He apparently has domain over “Mark’s Tree”, whatever that is. Disappears every once in a while, usually for no more than a couple of months. Often comes back with completely bizarre and unbelievable stories about the rapture or maeanads or eagle-headed aztec ghost gods haunting disneyland.

==Coterie==
Unknown

==Allies==
Presumably the local Camarilla power structure in the Bay Area. Has dealt with the Kuei-jin more than just about anyone other than [[Jack Sebastien]] and [[Jack Rogan]].

==Enemies==
Mark has the unfortunate tendency to say people everyone hates are pretty nice when you think about it. So if he has any he probably doesn’t think of them that way.

==Sire==
Mark never talks about it.

==Childer==
Mark never talks about it.

==Broodmates==
Mark never talks about it.
==Character Inspirations==
A well-off, intelligent person getting broken, and having to figure out on their own (as people do) how to put themselves back together and develop tricks to cope. Crossed with that guy who sits down next to you on MUNI.

==Soundtrack==
*"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSuvPuQM7qc Insanity]," Oingo Boingo
*"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZdycnbjpGI It Only Makes Me Laugh]," Danny Elfman
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkpg0tlcAZw Symmetry]," Jane Siberry
*"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76hFX2weAs0 Walking in London]," Concrete Blonde
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXCt0ftVJe0 Jack The Ripper]," Nick Cave
*"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVtT7hrkzKg Hearing Voices in One’s Head]," MC 900 Ft Jesus
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GIAawSTisE All the World is Green]," Tom Waits

==Quotes==
*“Heh he hehe haha”
*“No look, you’re wrong. We’re not monsters and we shouldn’t try to be. Haven’t you ever read Joseph Campbell? Look, what’s the most dangerous thing in the entire world? What do we hide from? What rules the entire world? What was responsible for the most fucked up atrocity you’ve ever heard of? Humans. That’s why we’re going to win. Because we’re humans, and they were stupid enough to make themselves the monsters. They’ve got nothing on us.”
*“See, the Tremere got awesome world controlling powers, the Ventrue get the international success life, and what do I get? The fucking pills don’t work anymore.”
*"You're not really a Malkavian until you've been John Barleycorn."

==Rumors==
*Mark is a reincarnation of Emperor Norton.
*Mark is actually the true Prince of San Francisco. After all, he’s crazy and likes to talk way too much. What more proof do you need?
*Mark can hear anything said within earshot of a tree anywhere in San Francisco. That’s why he always warns people that trees aren’t Masquerade safe. That or he’s just really into Order of the Stick.
*Is the secret gay lover of [[Virgil Deems]]
*Mark loathes stuffed animals.
*Mark really likes talking about food.
*Mark has had sex with William Stanford. He says Stanford wasn't that good.
*Accidentally became King of the West on All Soul's Day, got torn apart by Maeanads, then was buried under a hill to dream prophecy for a season. He got better.