Thibault d'Armagnac is a Gangrel monster hunter and storyteller of the Medieval period.
Biography[]
Sir Thibault d'Armagnac recounts his chaotic and violent exploits after parting ways with a companion. He begins his journey east toward Gdansk, gleefully slaughtering bandits and putting their heads on display, much to the horror and partial amusement of passing monks. He accepts shelter in a village plagued by a werewolf-like creature, which he promptly kills, ensuring the villagers remember his name. In Gdansk, he hunts a massive, grotesque sewer leech, setting it ablaze with lamp oil and local alcohol. He celebrates the victory with the local Nosferatu, competing in bizarre dares near the still-burning corpse.
Later, he slays a monstrous, bone-spined bear that had been attacking travelers. The grateful survivors hold a feast in his honor. He drinks poisoned vitae, vandalizes graves, and then excuses his actions with exaggerated humility. While passing through a forest, he is ambushed by unusually strong attackers, whose blood reveals they are ghouls empowered by vampire blood. He defeats them and learns they sought revenge for the bear's death — it had belonged to a Tzimisce vampire. He kills this vampire and earns a promotion within some sinister hierarchy. Soon after, another Tzimisce thanks him and hires him to kill a rival vampire. Though he views mercenary work as beneath him, he accepts, and prepares for battle — beginning by setting the enemy’s manor on fire. Sir Thibault defeats another Tzimisce by exploiting the vampire's fear of fire, tripping him into a blaze and laughing as he burns. He is paid handsomely and remarks, with disdain, that the Tzimisce are at least good for something.
He then visits his father's estate, where he's pressured to marry and continue the family line. In rebellious mockery, he exposes himself and performs a crude dance, shocking his father into a fatal heart attack—helped along by a hired assassin. Feigning grief, Thibault offers condolences to his mother and flees before he can be named heir. Later, he seeks out a monstrous beast in an ancient Roman ruin. The creature—a grotesque, dragon-like abomination—attacks with caustic bile, but Thibault skillfully avoids it. During the next clash, he jams severed heads into its jaws to block its fire, but is wounded by its tail. Still, he laughs at the absurdity of the fight, undeterred by injury. The dragon made him angry and Thibault jumped upon the beast and cut its belly and retrieved its heart as the dying beast looked upon it.