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Margrave Yuri Konietzko is a Theurge Shadow Lord. During the Final Days, he was the most prominent leader in the tribe, and was generally considered the chief rival to Jonas Albrecht and Tamara Tvarivich for supreme leadership over the Garou Nation.

History[]

Even from the beginning of his life, shortly after World War II, great things were expected of Yuri Konietzko. His father, a Shadow Lord of great renown in Germany, expected him to bring together the Garou tribes in the aftermath of the tragedy of the war, and his mother hoped her status as Kin to the Silver Fang House of the Crescent Moon would help heal the rift between the two tribes. The politics of the human world and the tumult of the Garou world made such a reconciliation impossible, as did the fact that the Silver Fangs yet retained their hold on the Sept of the Night Sky. But the elder Konietzko refused to give up hope: he clung to the idea throughout Yuri's childhood, and always instructed his son to keep the Shadow Lords strong and do all he could to bring the tribes of the Garou Nation together, that they might tear the Wyrm from the world and end the horror of war forever.

Konietzko took his father's words to heart, and trained relentlessly to become the powerful leader his father wanted him to be. He became a ruthless politician, inherited his father's title, and began battling the Wyrm in Germany even before his First Change overtook him. He was a legend by the time he was twenty, and resolved to bide his time until he got an opportunity to battle the Wyrm directly.

That opportunity came in 1991, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Lords in the Margrave's sept cheered, but Konietzko knew tis was only the beginning of their battle. The cold war had kept the world in a sort of stasis, and it stifled the Wyrm's attempts to expand its hold on Gaia. But once the war ended, there was nothing left to keep the Wyrm in check. The Margrave moved quickly, securing Shadow Lord lands in Romania so that vampires could not overrun them once again. At home in the Sept of the Night Sky, Yuri Konietzko had come into his own. Now, however, his world was about to go to hell.

The vampires that infested Carpathia were a serious threat, but the Sadow Lords had been dealing with them for centuries. Now, however, the Margrave also had to deal with Wyrm-tainted economic interests seeking to capitalize on the chaos that followed in freedom's wake. And as Yugoslavia tore itself apart, Konietzko also found himself having to deal with more Wyrmspawn than the region had seen in decades. While most Garou would say the situation had gone from bad to worse, the Margrave found that things were humming along perfectly: They were now horrible enough that the tribes might actually come to their senses, demand proper leadership, and get on with the process of taking their world back from the monsters. Several years of fighting, careful negotiation with tribes such as the Black Furies, Red Talons, and Get of Fenris, and a fair bit of utter ruthlessness allowed Konietzko to forge a coalition of Garou dedicated to stamping the most overt Wyrm threats out of Eastern Europe. Just when he thought he had everything under control, though, the Shadow Curtain around Russia dropped, and with it the Margrave's plans changed.

Konietzko had expected Silver Fangs to weather the war in Russia quite a bit better than they actually had. House Wise Heart is gone, and House Crescent Moon has been gutted; the Silver Fang leadership in Russia is thus all but gone, leaving only the House of the Gleaming Eye to handle affairs in mainland Europe. This is simply not enough. While Konietzko would love to take command of the Garou Nation as much as any other Shadow Lord, the fact remains that there are simply not enough Shadow Lords to manage all of the Garou of Europe. Fortunately, however, other tribes have risen to the occasion, and are now serving as capable betas in the Silve Fangs' stead. The Fenrir and the Black Furies have proven to be capable of working closely together in Russia, first to prop up the Silver Fangs and now to prop up the fragile coalition of tribes that has replace them. Those two tribes have similarly taken steps to work with the Lords in Eastern Europe, and along with the Red Talons are making admirable progress in cleaning up Yugoslavia and the other countries thrown into chaos by communism's fall. Things are looking up for the Margrave, but only time will tell if his bid for power is ultimately successful.

Image[]

In Homid form, the Margrave is a savagely handsome man in his late 50s. He wears a full beard and long, straight hair, and he is surrounded by a predatory aura of great intensity. He dresses with a sort of raw elegance, tempered by the needs of the moment. In Lupus form he is lean and powerful, and his fur is jet black.

Stats[]

Breed: Homid
Auspice: Theurge
Rank: 6
Physical: Strength 4 (6/8/7/5), Dexterity 4 (4/5/6/6), Stamina 4 (6/7/7/6)
Social: Charisma 5, Manipulation 5 (4/2/2/2), Appearance 4 (3/0/4/4)
Mental: Perception 5, Intelligence 4, Wits 5
Talents: Alertness 5, Athletics 3, Brawl 4, Didge 3, Empathy 4, Expression 3, Intimidation 5, Primal-Urge 5, Streetwise 3, Subterfuge 5
Skills: Animal Ken 3, Drive 2, Etiquette 5, Firearms 3, Klaive Dueling 5, Leadership 5, Melee 4, Stealth 3, Survival 3
Knowledges: Enigmas 5, Investigation 4, Law 3, Linguistics 4, Occult 5, Politics 5, Rituals 5, Wyrm Lore 4
Backgrounds: Clout 5, Contact 5, Fetish 5, Kinfolk 5, Pure Breed 3, Resorces 4, Rites 5, Totem 5
Rage: 8; Gnosis: 10; Willpower: 10
Gifts: (1) Aura of Confidence, Fatal Flaw, Master of Fire, Persuasion, Seizing the Edge, Sense Wyrm, Spirit Speech; (2)Clap of Thunder, Cold Voice of Reason, Command Spirit, Luna's Armor, Name the Spirit, Sight from Beyond, Staredown; (3) Curse of Corruption, Disquiet, Exorcism, Paralyzing Stare, Pulse of the Invisible, Summon Stormcrow; (4) Call the Storm, Grasp the Beyond, Open Wounds, Raven's Wings, Spirit Drain, Seeds of Doubt, Spirit Ward, Strength of the Dominator; (5) Malleable Spirit, Obedience, Part the Veil, Shadow Pack, Spirit Vessel
Rites: Konietzko is a Rank 6 Theurge, and as such knows every rite not restricted to a specific tribe or region.
Fetishes: Thunder's Bracers, grand klaive. As one of the most powerful Garou in the world, the Margrave can get his hands on just about any fetish, given time.

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