Balthazar (Brujah)

Balthazar, born as Thomas Ewell, is the brutish and mocked Sheriff of Chicago.

Biography
Thomas was a Confederate officer. During the war, he and his men managed to push as far north as New Hampshire, before he sought sanctuary in Canada. As the warbecame a more and more hopeless endeavour after the Burning of Atlanta, he sought ways to regain his fortune. He found it in the arms of an expelled french noblewomen, who happened to be also the vampiric prince of Ottawa. She embraced him a short time after the Civil War was lost.

Ewell assumed the name Balthazar, refusing to return to a defeated South. Balthazar soon became tired of his sire, leaving Ottawa and refusing to accept her as his prince. He even created progeny without her permission, which earned him her ire. She took his childe from him and Blood Bonded it to herself.

In the 1870s, the trio traveled southwards into the United States, to Chicago in order to aid Modius in erecting a Brujah state. While Balthazar was happy to be at war again, he soon tired of the boring nature of the Trade Unionists. Through Tommy Hinds, he was able to make an agreement with Horatio Ballard, Lodin's right hand. In exchange for killing his sire, he would be granted a position of power, as well as the rigt to take anyone as vessel he wished.

Lodin made him his Sheriff in exchange for his betrayal. In order to compensate for his betrayal against his sire, he began cracking down extra hard on Anarchs and Brujah who stepped out of line.

After Lodin's Final Death, Balthazar began contemplating to assume the princedom of Chicago, with the suppression of Anarchs as the main goal of his agenda. While no Elder actually takes him seriously, some would turn to him if the Anarch problem would go out of hand.

In 1999, he was part of a coterie that brought down the Anathema Angelo. The Trophy, however, was awarded to the Scourge of Milwaukee, the Gangrel Gerhieren. This greatly upset Balthazar and began the rivalry between the two.

The name Sheriff is as much a mockery of his seeming backwards mannerisms as it is his title. He is always flanked by at least one retainer.

Character Sheet
Balthazar, the Sheriff (Thomas Ewell)

Sire: Alexis Blanc

Nature: Fanatic

Demeanor: Bravo

Generation: 8th

Embrace: 1865

Apparent Age: Late 30′s

Physical: Strength 4, Dexterity 3, Stamina 3

Social: Charisma 4, Manipulation 3, Appearance 2

Mental: Perception 3, Intelligence 3, Wits 4

Talents: Alertness 2, Brawl 4, Dodge 3, Intimidation 4, Leadership 3, Streetwise 3, Subterfuge 3

Skills: Drive 2, Etiquette 1, Firearms 3, Melee 3, Performance (Acting) 2, Stealth 2, Survival 1

Knowledges: Bureaucracy 2, Law 2, Linguistics 1, Occult 3, Politics 1

Disciplines: Auspex 1, Celerity 2, Dominate 5, Fortitude 3, Potence 3, Presence 2

Backgrounds: Herd 1, Resources 2, Retainers 5, Status 3

Virtues: Conscience 2, Self-Control 2, Courage 3

Morality: Humanity 3

Willpower: 6