Paolo Obregon Lopez is a Mekhet (Combatant) vampire from Mexico.
Overview[]
"Your world is done. Soon the great city of Xibalba will open its gates again, transforming the whole of this nation into an area of pain and tribulation. When that happens, I will be there to take my place as a minister of the true church of the dead."
For the first few years of his unlife, from 1968 to 1985, Paolo was a thoroughly average member of the Ordo Dracul in Mexico City. Embraced for his scientific acumen, he served as an analyst of archaeological and geological data, noting and cataloging features that supported previous investigations from the spiritual energies of the central and southern Mexico. His personal studies didn't progress very quickly, but he was satisfied with his work (and much preferred it to his living days).
On September 19, 1985, Paolo's world fell apart. The Great Mexican Earthquake struck, and his mortal family, whom he had nearly forgotten in favor of his studies, was utterly wiped out. Worse yet, the change in local geography was enough to tender the sum total of his Kindred researches obsolete. His sire was destroyed in an attack led by an opportunistic Carthian enemy in the night that followed, and Paolo was left to wander the devastated city in a daze, observing the carnage.
His absolute inadequacy in aiding the injured, combined with the sudden irrelevance of his existence, broke his mind, and he gave in to his Beast. He moved without purpose, feeding on corpses and burying himself in their ruined homes to hide from the sun. Months later, he was found by a Kindred priest of a vicious Xibalba Church and indoctrinated as a full member.
Description[]
Wild-eyed, gaunt and unkempt. Paolo was once a man of understated elegance, but he has long forgotten himself and now pays no attention to his appearance. His clothes are stained with old blood, and his face his smeared with dirt. He carries a high-caliber pistol and a hunting knife at all times, often relying on his Disciplines to hide them.
Stats[]
Clan: Mekhet
Covenant: Unaligned (formerly Ordo Dracul)
Embrace: 1968
Apparent Age: 40
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 4, Wits 3, Resolve 3
Physical Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 3, Stamina 2
Social Attributes: Presence 3, Manipulation 1, Composure 3
Skills: Academics 4, Investigation 3, Occult 2, Science (Archaeology, Geology) 4, Brawl 2, Firearms 3, Stealth 3, Weaponry 3, Expression (Impassioned Speeches) 3, Intimidation 2, Persuasion 2, Subterfuge 1
Merits: Language (Nahuatl, English), Resources 2, Allies (Cult Members) 3, Contacts (Archaeological Community) 2, Haven Size 1, Heaven Security 3
Willpower: 6
Humanity: 3 (Schizophrenia at 4, Depression at 6)
Virtue: Faith. The collapse of Paolo's sanity came about because of the failure to reconcile his faith with the devastating trauma he experienced in the the great earthquake of 1985. It remains, but is now clouded by his belief in the supremacy of Xibalba and its place in the grand plan.
Vice: Lust. Paolo indulges his darkest urges by cloaking them in the rhetoric of his cult. He inflicts pain, but only for "ritual purposes." He torments his mortal victims, but only to "prepare" them for their inevitable admittance to the City of the Dead and prove his own readiness for godhood.
Health: 7
Initiative: +6 (+8)
Defense: 3
Speed: 10 (30)
Blood Potency: 1 (10/1 Vitae/per turn)
Disciplines: Celerity 2, Obfuscate 4, Coil of Banes 1
References[]
- CofD: Shadows of Mexico, p. 180-182
