Florian Ribeiro is an eleventh generation Toreador who believes there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for all this Kindred business. He is dedicated to uncovering it, relying on the knowledge of ancient vampires. However, he knows that to obtain these secrets, he must first place himself at the mercy of those who see their God as a person, not a single glorious pattern.
Biography[]
Mortal Days[]
Florian was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. Both of his parents were engineers, and he grew up around plans for bridges and architectural measurements. If asked, he says he always had a knack for recognizing patterns and sequences. He easily fell into games like chess and found tasks involving numeracy to be second nature.
While other child prodigies were often distant and aloof, Florian was always warm and gregarious. At times, he made off-color remarks about the beautiful symmetry of someone’s face, but those remarks were always in the positive.
He graduated from the University of São Paulo with master’s degrees in both mathematics and quantum mechanics. He was obsessed with discovering how the universe fit together and the underlying patterns that made it all predictable. He wanted to find God, not as a sentient, personified force, but as an underlying equation—a thing that existed beneath the veneer of reality as humans perceive it.
His thesis on the “God Equation” was considered innovative by the scientific community, and his treatises on the subject were widely read, even by peers who disagreed with his conclusions. To Florian, the adulation of his colleagues was secondary to the discovery of the truth—a truth that only science and examination could reveal.
However, the praise he received caught the attention of one of the Kindred of São Paulo, the Toreador Bernardo da Silva, who wished to bask in his reflected glow. Florian was seduced by the older man, who possessed a vibrant charisma he found irresistible. The two became lovers, and, when asked if he wanted to spend eternity with this man, to continue his magnificent work forever, he accepted.
Kindred Nights[]
The Embrace alone was not what troubled Florian most; it was the fact that this supernatural world existed at all. He saw no rational reason for vampires’ existence. To him, they were as implausible as a literal God.
Even as da Silva did his best to teach the ways of the Kindred, he found his childe growing more disillusioned with his life’s work. If the lessons about their powers of persuasion were to be taken at face value, Florian wondered if he had ever loved Bernardo at all or was under his insidious influence the whole time.
Bernardo cared for Florian, however, and he dedicated himself to trying to find the answers to the mind-rending questions the fledgling was posing of this new reality. Unfortunately for him, Florian found his instruction was insufficient and began probing for access to Kindred scholars who could assist him.
Various names were put to him, the likes of Beckett and Netchurch. However, it was the name of Roger de Camden that struck him most. A man who had not only studied the intricacies of the transition between life and death in some detail, but who was connected to an ancient vampire of immeasurable knowledge and power. A Kindred who, some said, was the very personification of order and stability in the world.
How long the young man would hold the focus of his erstwhile lover was unknown to him, but Florian didn’t care. What was love next to the ultimate truth of the universe? What was a fleeting caress when compared to the total understanding of the mysteries of existence?
Florian believed that Mithras held the key to those answers, and he dedicated himself to uncovering them.
Appearence[]
Florian is a skinny young man, with a narrow but smiling face and curious brown eyes.
He’s fastidiously tidy and neat, even when dressing casually. His hair is permanently set in a short-cropped cut, with severe lines as though it were plotted out by a landscape gardener.
He sees no need to identify himself as anything other than Florian Ribiero, occasionally as Dr. Ribiero, when being addressed by his peers.
Character Sheet[]
Florian Ribeiro
Epitaph: Mathematics Savant
Quote: “There is an order in all things, whether you like it or not.”
Clan: Toreador
Embraced: 2021 (Born 1996)
Sire: Bernardo da Silva
Ambition: Prove God is a lie
Convictions: Protect the knowledgeable; Educate the unknowing whenever one can
Touchstones: Dr. Alexei Fedorov, Physics Researcher — Florian's frequent companion and confidante; Lucy McFarlane, Café Owner - Florian's pet project
Humanity: 7
Generation: 11th
Blood Potency: 1
Attributes: Strength 1, Dexterity 2, Stamina 2; Charisma 3, Manipulation 2, Composure 3; Intelligence 5, Wits 4, Resolve 3
Secondary Attributes: Health 5, Willpower 6
Skills: Drive 2, Stealth 2; Etiquette 1, Insight 2, Leadership 1, Persuasion 2; Academics (Mathematics) 3, Awareness 2, Investigation (Research) 3, Medicine 1, Occult 1, Science (Physics) 3, Technology (Computers) 2
Disciplines: Auspex 2, Celerity 1
General Difficulties: 4/3
References[]
- VTM: Children of the Blood, p. 15-17
