La Llorona, the White Woman is a Mekhet (Combatant) vampire from Mexico.
Overview[]
The Kindred are not immune to the frightening influence of local legends. For vampires, who must now take every horror tale they hear at least seriously, the threat of other restless dead is quite real. In time, some vampires become the local folklore, whether they inspire new tales with their monstrous Requiems or whether they become the legends they were raised on in life.
The White Woman is another incarnation of the La Llorona legend, this time made of Kindred flesh and stolen blood. The White Woman is a deranged nomadic vampire that feeds especially on children. Kindred from Los Angeles to Honduras have claimed to witness her stalking riverfronts, canals, flood channels and beaches. Some vampires claim that she Embraces children only to leave them trapped, chained or pinned to the bottom of a river so that she may feed from them later. Even if she is so old that only the blood of her fellow Kindred will sustain her, the White Woman continues to hunt and drown children wherever she goes.
Some vampires who dwell along the U.S./Mexico border equate the White Woman with the dreaded vampire known as the Unholy (see p. 109 of the Vampire supplement Nomads). Though the motives of these two vampires seem very different, their legends have some commonalities. Both have monstrous hands they cannot hide. Both are cold and deadly nomadic women. The White Woman is starkly white, the Unholy is starkly black. Perhaps they are sisters in Damnation, sired by the same potent (and possibly sleeping?) vampire elder? Or perhaps the White Wolman is the Unholy's mother, and the Unholy is the best-known clue as to the fate that befell the White Woman's children? If this is true, it gives the Unholy a legendry pedigree throughout Mexico: the Daughter of La Llorona.
Description[]
When you see her, it's easy to understand why a hundred years of vampires have mistaken her for an evil spirit. Her appearance is unearthly, though her body is flesh and her teeth and claws are as hard as iron. She is as pale as death, dressed all in white, with eyes the color of eggshells and lips like chalk. Only the black pinpricks of her irises and the wet black tangle of her hair defy her name. She dresses all in white - robes, jackets and gowns have all been seen on her over the years - except when she has been found striding nude from the ocean or the dark trenches of a desert river. Some say she has eagle talons for hands and the feet of a coyote. Her pristine white teeth and punctuated by serpentine fangs.
Stats[]
Clan: Mekhet
Covenant: Unaligned
Embrace: ?
Apparent Age: Early thirties
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 4, Resolve 4
Physical Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 4, Stamina 4
Social Attributes: Presence 4, Manipulation 3, Composure 3
Mental Skills: Academics (History) 1, Crafts (Weaving) 2, Occult 4
Physical Skills: Athletics (Swimming) 4, Brawl (Claws) 5, Larceny 1, Stealth (Hide) 4, Survival (Desert) 5, Weaponry 1
Social Skills: Animal Ken 3, Empathy 5, Intimidation 5, Persuasion 2, Subterfuge 4
Merits: Language: Spanish, Language: Cree, Status: Legend 5, Status: Kindred Legend 4, Striking Looks 2
Willpower: 7
Humanity: 1 (Delusional Obsession ("Must drown one child a month or perish") at 5, Power Fetish Obsession ("The Water is the source of my powers") at 3, Depression at 2)
Virtue: Fortitude.
Vice: Gluttony.
Health: 9
Initiative: +7
Defense: 4
Speed: 14
Blood Potency: 7 (Vitae/per turn: 20/5)
Disciplines: Animalism 3, Celerity 4, Obfuscate 4, Protean 5, Resilience 5, Vigor 4
Weapon: Feral Claws; Damage: 1A; Dice Pool: 12
References[]
- CofD: Shadows of Mexico, p. 188-189
