King Rat is a Nosferatu native to the Twin Cities.
Biography[]
Born Marcus King, "King Rat" grew up in a run-down neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland in the 1960s, where he would frequently be bullied due to his diminutive stature. Due to this hazing, his building anger and desire to prove himself would drive him to join the US Marine Corps. He would eventually be deployed to fight in the Vietnam War, where his small size made him an ideal "tunnel rat" candidate during the Tet Offensive.
While on a mission in the Cobi Than Tan Valley, King was sent in alone as reconnaissance into one of these tunnel systems, wherein he discovered a group of slaughtered Viet Cong... and the monster that had killed them. This Nosferatu had deliberately sought shelter in this war-torn country in order to escape the horrors that pursued it, telling King just as much just before Embracing him.
While Marcus King was declared KIA, the newly-born King Rat would eventually make his way back to North America. Journeying to the Twin Cities, King Rat would join the local Anarch Movement, forming a coterie alongside such Kindred as Cecily Bain and Mitch Pendergrass. Together they fought against the invading Sabbat on numerous occasions, but Bain would eventually grow disillusioned with the Movement and defect to the Camarilla. Despite this, King Rat still maintained contact with his old coterie-mate.