Dev/Null

Dev/Null is a Malkavian character of the game Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption. It's an information provider and a comic relief during the game.

Embrace
Samuel, tells that Dev/Null is a hacker/cracker friend of him; embrace by the Malkavian as a gift/punishment for hacking the Malkavian Madness Network (a magical network of insanity that seems to imply that Dev/Null could be a mage before his embrace).

Samuel explains that his contact, one "Dev/Null" might know a way for the coterie to gain access to the Giovanni warehouse in spite of Thorne's obstruction. The downside is that Dev/Null is one of the more incoherent of the Malkavians. In exchange for his services, he first requires that the coterie install a scanner that will intercept police communications, from which he can unravel the code that locks the warehouse door. He also grants Christof the use of his apartment as a temporary haven. In his first encounter Dev/Null seems to known about Christof Romuald, and his companions. He knows that Pink is an Assamite ("Hi Pink, ass a mite stupid name"), he knoes that the Sire of Lily is captured in the Barclay South building ("Hi Lily, mom is in the southern bar of clay").

The Lunatic's ravings anger Pink, who is uncharacteristically euphemistic, much to Samuel's surprise. Dev/Null try to say that Pink is not a Brujah, but an Assamite, but his weird talking only confuse the coterie; and then he send an e-mail to Willhem (this seems to imply that Dev/Null could be an Independent or a Sabbat).

Quotes
There are many quotes of this character that serves like comic relief but also have clues about the history, the quests and many Linux related softwares.
 * I am not Dev/Null. I am just a man of tick-tock.
 * I am not Dev/Null. I am a rock. amarock....
 * Their big ocean of data. Now i can catch the data in my net *SHEEKA!* Or my anet. or my unnet. it's empty and rickety and waiting for data from the NYPD or NPD i forget which.
 * But then you have to get away. Free as a jay! Scott free! Hope you are loaded for bear, or alligator... so you can set up my gator LAN. localareanetwork.
 * Umm me dost wish for like... peace on earth and stuff? And a planet to be named later.


 * I am not Dev/Null. I am a lich. A smart alich *huhguh!*
 * Well I sure ain't picking up HBO. I guess i'll have to stick to my dancing hamster videos. THEY'VE CHANGED MY LIFE! Well... what's left of it. After the y2k or not to kill the woosel. Kill the thusel!? To save your aunties. Let sleeping aunties lie. They've been lying to you a long long time ago I can still remember....


 * I am not DevNull. I'm a stalking panther closing on my prey. A STALKING BADGER! *rawr rip scratch growl*... now then ... give me a bit more omnipower. Open up the anomaly cuplings. Add a pitch of wichhazel and *POOF!* some tea for flavor.


 * Real life!? The life of Rea?! I loathe real life, whatever it is. I sacrifice it on the alter of my altered state. Or did i sacrifice the life of Rea? Or was that her sister? Or daughter?