The Way of Kings

● Name: Forgotten on both counts. ● Alias: Sister and Brother, respectively. ● Sex/Gender: Complicated. ● Orientation: Variable.

● Apparent Age: Difficult to discern. Adult. ● Species: Kindred; vampire. ● Clan: Tzimisce. ● Alignment: Shifting.

● DoB: Forgotten on both counts. ● DoD: Late autumn, 2008. ● Sire: Alde. ● Affiliation: Their Sire. ● Generation: 7th. ● Path: Nebulous. ...........................................................................

Note: Brother and Sister were once separate people, but have since been fused into one body. They tend to alternate control of this shared body based on which is more skilled with a given task. At points they jointly retreat, leaving it listless and aware of its surroundings only in a feral, mindless sort of way. The body can react in a number of ways to being left unattended in such a fashion, from becoming an unstable, amorphous mass to simply retaining the form it was in before being left to its own devices.

● Hair: Shorn, black.

● Eyes: Often dark.

● Height: Six feet.

● Build: Androgynous.

Their face does not often change - it is smooth, the skin pulled nearly too tight, and just slightly too long, too angular. This face has narrow almond eyes and a wide mouth, high, broad cheekbones and a straight nose. Often, they wear their skin dark and just slightly gray, as though it has been washed out, and their figure is distinctly willowy and androgynous. Their hair is shorn down to a light fuzz. They wear the skin of their back woven like a corset from tailbone to nape.

Sister will, from time to time, graft metal and leather ornaments into her skin (usually in baroque patterns on her arms, face, head and neck). Brother, meanwhile, will stripe himself with iridescent greens and blues.

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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: ◎◎◎◎◎ 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: ◉◉◉◉◉◉◎◎◎◎

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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: ◉◉◉◉◉◉◎◎◎◎

Leveling History (Sister) ● Character Creation 64 - 10 (physical) = 54 - 7 (social) = 47 - 10 (mental) = 37 - 7 (disciplines) = 30 - 3 (alertness) = 27 - 3 (investigation) = 24 - 1 (linguistics) = 23 - 2 (dodge) = 21 - 2 (athletics) = 19 - 2 (intimidation) = 17 - 3 (melee) = 14 - 3 (brawl) = 11 - 3 (survival) = 8 - 2 (academics) = 6 - 2 (stealth) = 4 - 2 (science) = 2 - 2 (firearms) = 0. ● Leveling History Jan 2020, +1 Athletics. Feb 2020, +1 Intimidation. March 2020, +1 Athletics. April 2020, +1 to Auspex. May 2020, +1 to Vicissitude. June 2020, +1 to Dodge. July 2020, +1 to Perception. August 2020, +1 Stamina. September 2020, +1 Brawl.

Leveling History (Brother) ● Character Creation 64 - 10 (physical) = 54 - 7 (social) = 47 - 10 (mental) = 37 - 7 (disciplines) = 30 - 3 (alertness) = 27 - 3 (investigation) = 24 - 1 (linguistics) = 23 - 2 (dodge) = 21 - 2 (empathy) = 19 - 2 (subterfuge) = 17 - 3 (etiquette) = 14 - 3 (occult) = 11 - 3 (science) = 8 - 2 (academics) = 6 - 2 (stealth) = 4 - 2 (athletics) = 2 - 2 (expression) = 0. ● Leveling System Jan 2020, +1 Academics. Feb 2020, +1 Charisma. March 2020, +1 Empathy. April 2020, +1 to Auspex. May 2020, +1 to Vicissitude. June 2020, +1 to Crafts. July 2020, +1 to Perception. August 2020, +1 Medicine. September 2020, +1 Brawl.

● Metamorphosis
The Twins' shapeshifting abilities are largely unconscious and instinctive, manifesting primarily when Sister and Brother trade control over the body, or when both of them retreat into it. While in this semi-conscious state, they recieve a +2 to Vicissitude.

● Amphisbaena
Differing temperaments confer different advantages. Sister receives a +1 to Wits when active, while Brother receives a +1 to Charisma. When both are active, these individual bonuses are removed, and they instead receive a +1 to Perception.

● Doublespeak
Via their limited, reflexive shifting, Sister and Brother are able to speak through one mouth simultaneously. Though this probably has some other practical use, it's mostly just disturbing. They recieve an unintentional +1 to Indimidation while doing it.

● Mentor
An elder Kindred who has taken the Twins under their wing.

Alde – The Twins' maker and sire, Alde maintains an interest in their progeny's comings and goings. While Alde prefers to simply observe them, they will not hesitate to step in should they feel their opus is in danger of making a mistake or bumbling into a situation they can't handle. They are particularly paternalistic with the Brother, who experiences a greater degree of emotional attachment to his sire than his other half.

When not in their Sire's demesne, they stay in an old two-room apartment on a back street near a downtown magnet school. Upon entering, the curious intruder is immediately beset by the stench of dust and chemicals—a potent, acrid cocktail sure to grime the tongue and bring tears to the eyes. Though the windows are unbroken, they have long been boarded up. The curtains that hang from them are of decent quality. The floor is a dark, durable concrete which always seems freshly scrubbed. There are very few books left about, though one might expect to see them in the home of a Tzimisce. Indeed, most surfaces in the place are left bare.

A bed is tucked somewhat sloppily into a corner - small, close to the ground and smelling of cool, dark earth. The sparse furniture is worn and weary-looking, but clean enough; the kitchen table an anachronistically modern monstrosity on pivoting wheels, made up of bright steel and bleedingly-straight lines. The earthy tones of the place make it seem almost subterranean, though it is three floors above ground. The sick buzzing of the city’s bloated underbelly drifts up from the street below, barely muffled by the walls.