Alezya and Rosa for @girlnextvore! Nagloper wives. <3
Thank you SO much for commissioning me, they're gorgeous and were so fun to draw! :0 I have developed the largest of crushes on the both of them.
Bonus - Family Portrait!
Hey I just wanted to say thank you for giving some love to the Sheriff. He deserves it for keeping the poor little meow meow safe for over a century (couldn't keep Lacroix safe from his own idiocy however but oh well...). I know you talked about the Sheriff in some of your posts but do you have other headcanons about him?
SHERIFF!!!! he..... man bat..... really got the short end of the stick portrayal wise for all of the antagonists in vtmb :/ which is a shame; him having a chiropteran minotaur form suggests he is very old, or of low generation, and powerful. Thank you lmao, love giving some attention to the more minor characters of vtmb, hell yeah
He rlly could’ve been used as a vessel to help flesh out the Laibon, concept of Vicissitude, his and LaCroix’s backstory, and just add another notable character to the list in general - instead of a silent big guy you fight in the last mission. Then again, probably good he was left untouched by White Wolf. Monkey’s paw innit
this turned out more rambling than i intended, so here’s a convenient readmore
Because of where Nagloper were traditionally found in the continent of Africa (where is now Ghana), I hc he was Ashanti during his life, being embraced by a local Nagloper who saw something of a kindred spirit in the young man
Developed a specific style of Vicissitude that draws inspiration from animal anatomy and physiology - more bestial vozhd than humanoid, and his own Zulo form prior to attaining chiropteran minotaur was a writhing, pantherine body of grasping arms and crocodilian armouring. Repurposed stomach acid? maybe, reduce reuse recycle and so on. Lots of bone spurs and additional teeth and eyes of different animals capable of seeing things like infrared (pits instead of eyes), UV, and ley lines. then he figured out how to make something the size of a car flight capable
Has very high levels in all his Disciplines, Vicissitude out of passion and Auspex out of utility. Had a buzzard famulus that died in the Battle of New York, even if he wouldn’t admit it, it’s thrown the Sheriff off Animalism. The pain that had followed was intimidating to him, and he loathes personal weakness.
I’ve seen a couple hcs for names used for him - I use Akombe in Diviner Bureaucrat and Qedusizi in WDH. I’ve also seen Natangwe from @meteormemoirs and Kamau from @missn11 not much of a hc but just something that’s interested me - seeing the names people give him.
I’ve already voiced the fact i don’t hc he’s blood bound to LaCroix, and that i’m not too comfortable with the implications of it (yeah yeah weak soft snowflake etc, my city now). But them sharing a vaulderie ensuring mutual cohesion and that other’s continued survival is in their best interests would make sense, both as a precaution between two very cautious (Sheriff) and paranoid (LaCroix) kindred, and a way to break from a potential Sabbat past. It might also play in with the Sheriff owing some kind of significant debt to Lacroix - perhaps by some miracle the Ventrue saves his life/the Sheriff from a grisly fate at the hands of the Camarilla/Sabbat/Hunters. Or maybe LaCroix offered the chance for entertainment and adventure: life of an ambitious Camarilla ancilla isn’t very peaceful, and the Sheriff doesn’t strike me as much of a homesetter, Nagloper territorialism or not.
Listens to audiobooks on a Walkman he keeps tucked away in his giant coat. This is canon actually, it just wasn’t important to the Fledgling’s story to know every time we left LaCroix’s office he’d whip out a tiny little pair of headphones and resume listening to his most recent book series <3
Has a very large collection of audiobooks on cassette, as well. Accrued them over the decades before the digital era became more prominent and the tech was phase out. He’ll still listen to the cassette versions every now and again when he feels that shred of sentimentality in the middle of his chest.
Speaking of books, I’d say he doesn’t have the strongest feelings for any specific genre, title, author, nor narrator, as is the nature of an elder Kindred. Just goes for a vibe and listens to a book that suits it, and has listened/read to anything from historical nonfiction of palaeolithic lifestyles to thirteen book series of hard-scifi. But the those that have had the most re-listens would include Anthills of the Savannah, books and papers on Asase Ya, Medical Thriller novels (genre), science fiction focusing on body horror, and the occasional vampire pulp novel for the irony of it.
Tried listening to Anne Rice’s vampire chronicles to see how close she got it, as is custom for vampire bookworms. Was vaguely impressed by the accuracy, but ultimately had to stop listening because of the uncanny similarities between Lestat and LaCroix. It was just too much for the man, considering how much time spends guarding LaCroix lmao
Maybe he even commissions some audio recordings of novels that have yet to be narrated, either due to age or obscurity. It’s not that the Sheriff can’t read, more that he prefers to have his eyes free to be vigilant, and it’s nice to be able to block out LaCroix when he starts muttering.
Feel like LaCroix provides his haven/housing. Not like in a sugar daddy or dependent way but in a “Be my Sheriff.” “Give me a vampire 401k and pay my rent you little bastard.” sort of way. No one else wants to work for LaCroix and they both know it lmao, Sheriff gets his way by threatening to unionise LaCroix Foundations every now n again, keeps LaCroix on his toes
Still ultimately a consummate professional and Gets Shit Done with very little questions asked. He’s probably the one Kindred LaCroix wouldn’t feel the need to micromanage because the Sheriff is quick, brutally efficient, and maintains the Masquerade without explicit orders to. (also something seen w/Mercurio to an extent, the meow meow has a type i guess)
Very quiet and knows how threatening he is to other people (as intended via vici), so sometimes will just cross his arms without prompting to see what reaction it’ll garner. One time he sighed audibly and all conversation in the room Stopped.
When he does feel it’s necessary, he’ll communicate either through Auspex or ASL. Is a man of very few words as a preference, doesn’t feel like talking to those insignificant to him.
Learned BSL decades ago but it’s changed from what he originally knew it as, new signs also being incorporated into the language as time carries on - and he’s in the States now. Can carry a conversation w/LaCroix in ASL Because I Said So; it’s a fun hc because it means he might also teach Lunchbox some ASL as well, should she sit still in his line of sight long enough
Oh this is very long lmao, thank you for the ask! sorry it took so long to reply, you caught me in the middle of exam prep
👻 OC in a really bad disguise for the Sheriff requested by @curodole
Why did I choose this disguise? I just read this article about the disguises of the German Secret Police in the DDR, that were... slightly suspicious to say the least.
