Me, continuing to work on Roy and his brood? It's more likely than you think.
Roy Villarreal/Byrne (he's used a lot of last names over the years) is the family patriarch, Camarilla Prince, and Cleaver. Self-proclaimed eccentric, he was once compared to Bloody Mary because he kept burning 'undesirables' at the stake during the early years of his reign - namely Caitiff, Thinbloods, Anarchs and Sabbat. He was Embraced to become a puppet Prince, but he diablerised his sire once he no longer needed her. Given that he grew up in the Tudor period, he firmly believes in the divine right to rule despite his own apparent disinterest in ruling himself, though he also believes that it will be evident when his rule is no longer favoured. Above all else, Roy is controlling and sadistic, enjoying the simple pleasure of being able to torment someone.
Victoria Manse, Roy's only Embraced childe and heir, Prince-Regent when Roy decides he's not interested in ruling himself. She was his step-daughter in life, and actually tried to murder him on more than one occasion when she realised what he was; now she is completely loyal to him and regards him as her true father. She considers herself above most of her siblings, but has a genuine affection for Delilah, Beaker, and Charter.
Delilah Cruise, an illegally Embraced Tremere that Roy adopted after having her sire executed and before the Pyramid could scoop her up. She usually partners up with Victoria when there's work to be done, and she handles magical defenses at the Athena and at the family haven.
Gina Holloway, a mysterious Tzimisce who serves as Sheriff. Her methods of killing depend on the crime she's punishing - Thinbloods and Caitiff get quick, clean deaths. Traitors suffer as furniture. No one but Roy and Victoria knows where she came from, but she is unusually willing to work with the city's Tremere.
David Sarif, a Lasombra who was Embraced into the Sabbat but later defected to the Camarilla with Roy's help. He departed for his home city of Detroit in the 90s to claim praxis there but was assassinated by a Sabbat pack for his betrayal. He is survived by a single childe.
Beaker and Charter are twin Nosferatu, and operate in Leicester. While Beaker works closely with Victoria and Delilah to aid in the running of the city, Charter poses as a politically neutral information broker in order to gather intelligence. While most of the city's Kindred know that Beaker and Charter are twins, newcomers are usually unaware that the latter is associated with the Camarilla, much less that she is the adopted childe of the local Prince.
Leon Chase is a Brujah who was Embraced by an Anarch who sought to stir up revolt. Instead Leon killed his sire and asked to be allowed to join the Camarilla, a request that Roy fulfilled. He has an intense hatred of Anarchs as a result of his Embrace, and he often struggles with his Brujah temper when things aren't going his way.
Lisa Corner is a Toreador Fledgling who was illegally Embraced in a whirlwind romance. While her sire was executed, Roy chose to spare and adopt Lisa. While initially grateful and loyal to Roy, his indifference to the deaths his pursuit of Evie had brought alienated her and she began to plot her betrayal. Of all of Roy's childer, she is the closest to her humanity.
Sascha Vykos approaches your character and demands they hand over a rare book they have to deliver to somebody else. What does your OC do?
@robotslenderman came up with this scenario and honestly I had to take part ^^
Evie would know who they are on account of Beckett, so might try to lever that in her favour to try and convince Vykos to let her keep the book - 'he's chasing after a relic that could get him killed, would you want to inadverantly save him from that?'. I don't know enough about Vykos to know if that would work for sure but it'd be real funny if it did and Beckett got a letter from Vykos gloating about it.
Kara knows who Vykos is even though she’s never met them, and being part of the Sabbat, she knows a few things about negotiating with Tzimisce. She’d ask to be allowed to make a copy or to study the book until a set date when she will then hand over the book to Vykos.
Nyx might try to barter for it. She's an Autarkis information broker who's in debt to the Sabbat over some intel gone bad, so she might hand over the book in exchange for that debt being settled. Otherwise she's not going to push her luck, she'll hand it over and make no fuss about it. She knows that combat isn't her strong suit, and that survivng will give her the chance to smooth things over with her client.
Ethan would try to kill Vykos and probably end up being destroyed in exchange. But he's not stupid enough to die that pointlessly. He'd sooner destroy the book than let Vykos or any other Kindred have it, so would ensure that his destruction caused the book's destruction.
Rhys doesn't really give a shit about books, not even enough to deliver. It’s not her problem and she has no reason to withhold it. Chances are it belongs to one of her packmates and she has to pry it off of them when Vykos asks for it.
Roy would just throw a bunch of ghouls at Vykos to buy himself time to Celerity away, back to his haven where he can’t be easily found, and then let the city’s Kindred handle the fallout.
Roy’s childer would all have different approaches.
Victoria would know who Vykos is and knows that Dominating them into leaving empty handed isn’t an option, so she negotiates as politely and professionally as she can.
Delilah would have already made a copy of the information she wanted and would hand it over to avoid being destroyed.
Gina, being a Tzimisce herself, would fight tooth-and-nail to keep that book out of Vykos’ hands, even if it destroys her - she has it out for her clanmates and prioritises keeping them out of her Prince’s domain over all else.
Leon would fight and die horribly because he let his temper get the better of him.
Sarif, being an ex-Sabbat, would be wary of Vykos showing up in the first place. He’d be very suspicious that the demand for the book was a ruse, but he’s already had a copy written up by his ghouls so he hands it over and spends the next few nights looking over his shoulder.
Beaker shares Victoria’s approach - he always follows her lead on the running of the city and dealing with other Kindred. Polite negotiation while trying to avoid becoming furniture.
Charter came across the book when dealing with the Tremere and she’s probably mad that they didn’t mention that there was a Tzimisce looking for it. She’ll escape into the sewers, stash the book in one of her dead drops, and do her best to lure Vykos away from it and into the labyrinth of tunnels where she can lose them. There’s no guarantees of course, but she knows those tunnels like the back of her hand, so her chances are better than most.
Lisa doesn’t know Vykos on account of her youth and so at first she’s affronted by the audacity of the demand, and demands to know who it is she’s talking to. Should Vykos choose to explain, then she’d be inclined to hand it over to avoid being killed. Otherwise things might not end well for this Fledgling.
Roy has a LOOOOOOT of childer. Like, IIRC he adopts a lot? What's the story with each one and their relationship with Roy?
Ahhhh thank you!!! <3
I’ve narrowed his adopted childer to eight characters, who can be seen here.
In Leicester, to be a part of Roy’s ‘family’ or Inner Circle is seen as one of the most powerful positions that can be obtained, above even the city’s Primogen Council - there are some Kindred who serve him in the hopes of joining that circle, though the criteria for doing so is unclear with some having worked hard for their positions, and others being adopted (seemingly) on a whim.
As a mortal, Victoria was actually Roy’s step-daughter, and at some point she figured out that her cruel step-father wasn’t what he seemed. She went as far as trying to murder him many times over in a variety of ways - poison, stabbing, exposure to sunlight, staking him etc - only to fail due to bad luck, inaccurate knowledge or her mother’s intervention. Roy was impressed with her tenacity and cunning, as well as her ability to keep her mother from telling anyone about her attempts on Roy’s life, and so he offered her the Embrace when she came of age. At first she refused out of stubbornness, but as she became increasingly aware of the danger and cruelty of the world, she changed her mind and allowed Roy to ghoul her. She was nearly a hundred years old when Roy Embraced her, and to this day she’s his only Embraced childe. He considers her his heir and often leaves her in charge of running the city as Prince-Regent when he’s preoccupied with his Cleaver lifestyle or when he just doesn’t feel like doing his job.
Victoria went from despising Roy to affectionately considering him her true father, and she has the utmost respect for him. In return, Roy puts an unusual amount of trust in her as she is the only one of his childer who is not blood bound to him.
She gets on best with Delilah, Beaker and Charter. She generally looks down on the rest of her siblings for one reason or another.
Delilah was illegally Embraced as part of a plan for a coup against the Chantry Regent and Tremere Primogen, Aliyah Tempor. When she and her sire were caught along with their co-conspirators, they were brought to the Athena for trial. Delilah was the sole survivor, having been spared by Roy on account of her being a Fledgling who hadn’t known better, a ruling that Aliyah agreed with... until Roy decided to take Delilah into his family circle instead of surrendering her to the Pyramid. It turned out that Delilah had been on a list of potential candidates for the Embrace given her occult knowledge, and by adopting her, Roy allowed her to exist outside of the Pyramid. Delilah’s unusual freedom made her a controversial figure among the Tremere.
She routinely partners with Victoria, whose professionalism she enjoys, and she has coordinated with Gina to help her locate thinbloods and caitiff in the city. The two get on surprisingly well, considering the bad blood between the Fiends and the Usurpers.
Gina is a bit of a mystery, being a Camarilla Tzimisce who prefers to keep to herself most of the time and rarely speaks unless necessary. Only Roy knows where she came from exactly, and she serves as his Sheriff with brutal efficiency. Her methods of killing depend on the crime being punished - thinbloods and caitiff get quick, clean deaths, while traitors are turned into furniture. The thing that stands out about her most is her intolerance for other Tzimisce - if she learns of any in the city, she will stop at nothing to drive them out or destroy them. She has never revealed why she hates her clanmates so much, but it always takes priority over all else. No investigation, no task and no order is important enough to stay her hand when another Fiend is in the area.
Outwardly Gina might seem indifferent to her family, but in reality she is very passionate about upholding the family and the city’s stability. She says she is grateful to Roy for saving her, though that might be the Blood Bond talking.
David was Embraced into the Sabbat, but he betrayed them for the Camarilla due to philosophical disagreements among other things. The exact terms of his deal are murky, but in order to receive protection, David had to agree to become a part of the family. In 1986 he illegally Embraced a childe, an employee of his who was killed in a Sabbat raid, though he received retroactive permission from Roy who saw the benefit in letting the ambitious and driven David pursuing his own goals... within reason. Five years later, David received permission from Roy to return to his home city of Detroit to claim praxis and become a Prince. His reign was brought to an abrupt end by a Sabbat assassin in 1997.
Roy was disappointed in David crashing and burning so quickly, as he’d hoped to exercise some influence in the US, but ultimately he got over the loss relatively quickly.
Beaker and Charter are Nosferatu twins, having been together from birth til death and beyond. Beaker is a politically-minded individual; he appreciates smart business wear, efficiency, and intrigue. His sister, Charter, however plays the role of a street-side information broker and low-level Camarilla crony. Most Kindred outside the Nosferatu clan would be shocked to discover that the well-dressed Beaker would even dream of associating with Charter and her thread-bare denim jackets and ratty converse and the twins use this to their advantage, with Charter feeding information on her clients to Beaker and Victoria.
While the two aren’t always physically together, they are dependent on one another in many ways. They’re closer with each other than they are with their other siblings, though Beaker has a great deal of respect for Victoria.
They don’t tend to have much direct contact with Roy, but they respect him and follow his orders and address him as Father, though this could be a result of their blood bond.
Leon was Embraced by an Anarch Brujah that wanted to drive the Camarilla out of Leicester. However Leon deeply resented not only his sire, but the lack of forethought the Anarchs showed or concern they had for the young Kindred of the city who’d likely suffer or be destroyed as a result of the revolt. He murdered his sire to prove himself to the Camarilla, and it earned him Roy’s attention. In order to gain an invitation to join Roy’s family, Leon played an instrumental role in undermining the Anarch uprising by sharing everything he knew about about them and burning out their havens.
He doesn’t get along with most of his siblings as his short-temper makes him a difficult person to be around at times, but he has a soft spot for Lisa.
He possessed a near overwhelming loyalty to Roy for giving him a purpose.
Lisa was illegally Embraced in 2000 at the height of a whirlwind romance which resulted in her sire’s execution. Roy showed her mercy and adopted her into the family. Her tasks usually revolve around gathering information and manipulating pawns and informants to further Roy’s plans - her sense of empathy and compassion make her an excellent manipulator, though she still possesses a sense of right and wrong that her siblings have since lost and her emotions sometimes come into conflict with the family’s goals. Even so her cunning and subtlty serve her well when she is in need of them.
She generally gets on with most of her siblings, though there is an understanding between herself and Delilah given the nature of their Embraces.
Roy had her loyalty and affection for his apparent caring and warm facade, but once she began to see through it, she resisted her blood bond and began to plot against him.
I was bored, so I decided to make Roy’s childer from Blood and Trust in picrew. So left to right is Victoria Manse (Ventrue), Lisa Corner (Toreador, obvs), and Delilah Cruise (Tremere)
“Keep an eye on your footing. You’re too static, it makes you easier to knock over.”
“I know that, it’s just hard to move around a lot in a plane.”
“Signore Beckett, if I could so kindly remind you that it is not advisable to conduct combat training at 35,000 feet,” Cesare buzzed over the intercom.
“It’s hardly combat training, Cesare,” Beckett retorted. “We’re just going over a few basic-”
He got cut off when the younger Gangrel slipped into his space, delivered a quick jab to his ribs, and then ducked out under his arm towards the rear end of the cabin.
