Alexa Santos, is a Malkavian residing in the Chicago area. They had visions of Lilith.
Biography []
Mortal Days[]
Alexa was always one of those people interested in the macabre. As a child, they travelled with their mother and uncle, both anthropologists, around the world to study how different cultures celebrated death. Alexa never found it odd. They expressed to their mother on multiple occasions that they wanted to actually learn burial rituals, to which she obliged. Wherever they travelled, Alexa’s mother allowed them to observe and study with the family. When Alexa turned 16, their grandparents requested that Alexa come home to find them a suitable husband. Their mother agreed it was time for them to head back and move on with their life. Alexa became furious, and one night attacked their mother with a machete.
Terrified, Alexa dragged her body into the wild and left it there. She was found several days later and Alexa performed the death rites before she was buried, with their uncle quietly observing. Alexa returned home to Catalonia, where their grandparents insisted on taking care of the youth. They treated Alexa like a baby, driving their strong-willed grandchild to increasingly want no part of their customs or society. They frequently left their estate dressed as a boy, and wandered around the streets alone, an act that infuriated their grandparents. Grandfather died in the middle of an argument with Alexa, his heart giving out. Alexa was delighted. The night after his funeral, Alexa smothered their grandmother with a pillow. The last family member remaining was their uncle, who embarked on a study trip to the United States. He disappeared without a trace six months later, his final communication to Alexa being a letter filled with gibberish about monsters and madness. Alexa was now free to do what they wanted. They inherited the estate of their grandparents, along with their mother’s fortune. They then continued their studies without care. Suitors would frequently visit Alexa with aims of accessing their fortunes, but they turned them all away, finding no interest in the idea of courtship.
Kindred Nights[]
Alexa knows one day they were mortal, and one night they were not, but has no recollection of the event that turned them. Death came to Alexa fleetingly, disappointing the morbid Malkavian. Their deep-seated moral vacancy allowed Alexa to adjust to vampirism without difficulty. Their mysterious sire, whose face constantly changed, visited Alexa a week after the Embrace and gave them the freedoms to become an avid student of death, teaching them the rituals of many different cultures as well as schooling Alexa on the states of decomposition. Shortly after they became a vampire, Alexa met a blind gentleman who took an interest in their knowledge and ritual work. They got into a debate and Aluc Romas de Leon, the gentleman, tried to win Alexa over to his side with charm and seduction, which failed spectacularly. The feud continued for several weeks. When they finally resolved their quarrel, Alexa and Aluc ended up forming a bond that neither expected. Alexa felt a kinship with him they never felt with their sire or mother. He gave Alexa a sense of stability and comfort. Aluc allowed Alexa to channel their morbid interests into his shocking art shows and parties, where they could supply trophies, bones, and ritual trappings, and he could present them in fascinating ways.
They shared each other’s vitae to cement a union. Even with Aluc at their side, Alexa maintained a dispassionate view on life, which deepened following their transition to undeath. Alexa found it easy to embrace their Beast, enjoying the rare thrills and bursts of energy that accompany their feral state. Their greatest pleasure in these nights comes, as it ever has with Alexa, in the observation of death; the fading of light from a victim’s eyes, the slow rot of the body, and the emotions mourners display as they bedeck coffins in wreaths, write letters that will never be read, and erect marble statues in memoriam. Alexa is not delusional: They know this fascination is unhealthy and will constantly compel them to pursue dark deeds. The issue is there’s an absence where restraint should be. Alexa cares little for consequences. Alexa’s morbid obsessions gained Prince Peterson ’s attentions in his short reign, leading him to appoint the Malkavian as one of his Hounds. Their transition to Prince Jackson’s employ was seamless. After all, death is death, no matter who is steering the blade. Alexa delights in taking the lives of those who deserve it and shows no remorse for the act. Aluc tempers Alexa’s personal desires for murder, encouraging them to only go hunting when the Camarilla is in danger or if Aluc is threatened.
Alexa is convinced the Camarilla are right, and works to protect the interests of the sect. Alexa is known to accept occasional contract work to take someone out, though if it is not in the interest of the Camarilla, they are often not interested. Sometimes, the dirty work needs to be done by someone who has no issues with their morality. Alexa continues to build their influences within the city, working through ghouls to achieve their goals. Alexa continually finds allies within the LGBTQ+ community, and sees them as their own. Should anyone start messing with that community, Alexa will have words with them, usually punctuated by a blade to the throat. Jackson uses Alexa as a Hound of the city, using them as an enforcer when needed. Alexa works closely with Aluc on these matters and coordinates actions so as to efficiently strike at whatever their target might be. If someone is better brought down through social humiliation, Alexa informs Aluc about all the target’s foibles, and the Minister in turn spreads gossip and innuendo throughout the court.
Appearance[]
Alexa is Catalonian, so their skin has olive tones. Each night, Alexa wakes up with long hair they sweep out of the way. Recently, they’ve started shaving it out of frustration. Alexa has flexible tastes in clothing depending on what they are doing at the time, though they always wear skulls and other death imagery. Alexa’s Mask is as a Puerto-Rican girl named Gina Sanchez, who works at the Cook County Morgue as an assistant. Through online courses, Alexa has gained qualifications allowing them to work in this arm of the medical profession, putting them exactly where they want to be.
Trivia[]
They have the discipline, Oblivion, which is likely trained by someone of Clan Hecata.
Character Sheet []
Sire: Licero
Embraced: 1886 (Born 1851)
Ambition: Disable the city’s Anarchs
Convictions: Never fail to study death as it occurs
Touchstones: Father Ambrosio Valdez — priest and confessor
Humanity: 2
Generation: 10th
Blood Potency: 2
Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 3, Stamina 2; Charisma 2, Manipulation 4, Composure 2; Intelligence 3, Wits 2, Resolve 3
Secondary Attributes: Health 5, Willpower 5
Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl 1, Craft (Embalming) 3, Drive 2, Firearms 2, Melee (Scalpel) 3, Survival 2; Insight 2, Intimidation 2; Academics (Death Rites) 3, Awareness 1, Investigation 3, Medicine (Pathology) 3, Occult (Hecata) 2, Science 3, Streetwise 1, Technology 2
Disciplines: Auspex 3, Obfuscate 2, Oblivion 2
References[]
- VTM: Chicago by Night 5th Edition, p. 144-146
