The Way of Kings

● Name: Unknown. ● Alias: Alde. ● Sex/Gender: Sexless; agender. (They/them; any). ● Orientation: Greysexual; largely aromantic.

● Apparent Age: Ambiguous; adult. ● Species: Kindred; vampire. ● Clan: Tzimisce. ● Alignment: Neutral Evil.

● DoB: Unknown. Has either forgotten, or prefers not to say.
● DoD: Declared dead in the late summer months of 1592. Considers this their proper date of birth.
● Sire: Unknown. They will not give their name, but they speak of them with reverence.
● Affiliation: Pays lip service to the Sabbat.
● Generation: 6th.
● Path: Path of Metamorphosis.

● Hair: Mobile.

● Eyes: Milky, reflective.

● Height: Complicated.

● Build: Unusual.

At the front, Alde's body is humanoid; slim and nearly nymph-like, with narrow shoulders and wide hips. Their waist is waspish and pinched as though in a corset, ridges in their flesh imitating boning. When standing on their proper legs, they're nearly six feet tall.

That's where things start to get weird.

A massive, slug-like tail sprouts from their lower back, crafted from uncomfortably translucent flesh and extending nearly eight feet in length behind them. They often rear back onto it, lounging atop the forefront like a throne while the frilled, muscular foot slithers below. Along its underside is a lengthy, toothy maw. A seam extends up their belly, though it's unclear whether or not it connects to that mouth. A quartet of spindly arms sits at the base of their monstrous tail, framing their hips and often arranged to resemble the exaggerated breadth of an eighteenth century gown's panniers (at least when not in use).

Their face is roughly human, at least on paper. They lack a proper nose, instead sporting a pair of thin nares which they can seal shut at will. Their mouth is a delicate, unsettlingly perfect Cupid's bow. The fine, alien angles of their face lend them an autocratic air, offset by three large, nearly doe-like eyes; two on the right, one on the left. They are opaline and reflective, almost milky, with wide pupils from which greenish tapetum lucidum flash. Framing that face is a writhing nest of eels with lamprey mouths and staring, beady eyes.

Attributes

● Physical Strength: ◉◉◉◎◎ Dexterity: ◉◉◉◎◎ Stamina: ◉◉◉◉◎

● Social Charisma: ◉◉◎◎◎ Manipulation: ◉◉◉◉◎ Appearance: ◉◉◎◎◎

● Mental Perception: ◉◉◉◉◉ Intelligence: ◉◉◉◉◎ Wits: ◉◉◉◉◎

Abilities

● Talents Alertness: ◉◉◉◎◎ Athletics: ◎◎◎◎◎ Brawl: ◉◉◉◎◎ Dodge: ◎◎◎◎◎ Empathy: ◎◎◎◎◎ Expression: ◎◎◎◎◎ Intimidation: ◉◉◉◉◎ Leadership: ◉◉◉◎◎ Streetwise: ◎◎◎◎◎ Subterfuge: ◉◉◉◎◎

● Skills Animal Ken: ◎◎◎◎◎ Crafts (Flesh): ◉◉◉◉◉ Drive: ◎◎◎◎◎ Etiquette: ◉◉◉◎◎ Firearms: ◎◎◎◎◎ Melee: ◎◎◎◎◎ Performance: ◎◎◎◎◎ Security: ◎◎◎◎◎ Stealth: ◎◎◎◎◎ Survival: ◉◎◎◎◎

● Knowledges Academics: ◉◉◉◉◎ Computer: ◎◎◎◎◎ Finance: ◎◎◎◎◎ Investigation: ◉◉◎◎◎ Law: ◎◎◎◎◎ Linguistics: ◉◉◎◎◎ Medicine: ◉◉◉◉◎ Occult: ◉◉◉◉◎ Politics: ◎◎◎◎◎ Science: ◉◉◎◎◎

Disciplines

● Tzimisce Animalism: ◉◉◎◎◎

Auspex: ◉◉◉◎◎

Vicissitude: ◉◉◉◉◉

Humanity: ◉◉◉◎◎◎◎◎◎◎

● Alchemy of Flesh
Alde seeks understanding and transcendence through the metamorphosis. This striving is quite literally embodied in their flesh; a sort of sacred profanity writ in their skin, horrifying in its beauty, sublime in its grotesquerie. They recieve a +2 to Appearance when dealing with individuals with low Humanity (or just a warped sense of aesthetics), or a +2 to Intimidation with characters who might find their inhumanity disturbing.

● Tzimisce Koldun
Alde's Sire taught them the ways of Koldunic Sorcery in the years before they struck out on their own. They receive a +1 modifier to their Occult skill wherever such magic is involved.

● Immovable Object
Due to the unusual bulk of their lower body, Alde receives a +1 modifier to Strength whenever another character attempts to move them against their will. However, their Dexterity is limited largely to their hands. They recieve a -2 when attempting to maneuver their entire body.

● Retainers
Their childer, the Twins, are bound to them entirely. They often act as Alde's eyes and ears. Furthermore, they maintain a rotating selection of szlachta (many of which are fused to the walls of their haven until they have use for them, or after that use has run out).

● Status
Though they are certainly no zealot for the cause, Alde is nonetheless a fairly respected Priscus within the Sabbat. Their word carries some amount of weight.

In a world where it was not otherwise occupied by one of their kin, 109 King's Way; though the décor is somewhat more refined (if just as gruesome as before).