Dr. Almeda Reynaldo

Name: Dr. Almeda Reynaldo Clan: Tremere House: Tremere Social Standing: Neonate Sect: Camarilla Morality: Humanity Pronouns: Was/Were Titles: Talon, Whip, Keeper of Elysium, Speaker of the Library of the Sixth Worthy Description: Dr. Reynaldo is a woman who appears to be in her late 20s. She has light olive skin and dark hair with a white streak, which she wears in a bun. She wears glasses, often slightly tinted, and has been known to over-accessorize with celestial themed jewelry. She is polite and soft-spoken. She is a historian and scholar of religious studies, who specializes in Western European Renaissance Occultism. She has written multiple volumes about authorship and authenticity of various historical grimoires, often analyzing them (and their true authorship) from a feminist perspective. She is eager to please and even more eager to learn, often doing whatever she can to quench her curiosity. Biography: Born: September 13, 1987, Santiago, Chile Earned PhD in European History from the University of Hamburg: May 2013 Embrace date: The Winter Solstice of 2015, outside of Munich Sire: Celia Nichols, antiquarian from London, Ancillae Released from Accounting: Summer 2018 Moved to NYC: January 2021. Was teaching/studying in Providence, RI for several years prior. Almeda was born in Santiago Chile to a family of investment bankers. Her childhood was generally mundane, but she grew enamored with the local brujeria, and started to study the history of her local folk magic. When she went to college at the University of Santiago, she started to study Medieval and Renaissance history, and decided that for graduate school, she would merge her two main academic interests. She earned a PhD in History in 2013 from the University of Hamburg, with a controversial publication asserting that some grimoires attributed to Johannes Faust were secretly authored by women. She spent several years hopping from university to university, due to the rigorous fieldwork of her degrees and postdocroral research, and while investigating the authorship of some notable astrological treatises, she was noticed and marked as a potential recruit for the Tremere, who recently faced the collapse of The Pyramid. Eager to Embrace new recruits and rebuild their numbers, Almeda was Embraced in a group ritual Embrace during the 2015 winter solstice. She spent several years apprenticing under her sire, Celia Nichols, an Ancillae kindred antiquarian who she had been in correspondence with previously during her course of studies. Ms. Nichols helped deploy Dr. Reynaldo to her previous position at Brown University, and helped oversee her amicable transfer to the New York City Chantry. She currently has two havens- one that serves as a new Elysium in the form of the Museum of the Bronx in the old Kingsbridge Armory, and one slightly deeper into The Bronx, near Little Italy. Rumors: Dr. Reynaldo has the largest collection of tailcoats in the Bronx. Dr. Reynaldo has multiple books written in blood and bound in human flesh. She has a tattoo of the sheet music from Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights in an artistically accurate location. Add a rumor! Trivia: Dr. Reynaldo's Vitae Infusions are disguised as spare ink cartridges. She is a Virgo with a Gemini moon. She is a skilled astrologer and oracle. Dr. Reynaldo owns a sizeable collection of cursed objects. She has a tattoo of a funky cat churning butter from a 12th century German manuscript on her ankle. Quotes: "This ring has the power to turn anyone into a Toreador for a minute."-her on one of her Imbued Offerings "When I remind myself what it is I am fighting for when I go into battle against the horrors of the abyss, or murderous demons, or cannibalistic spirits of corruption, or whatever fresh hell and looming apocalypse it is we are facing this time, it is always to protect a world where a visionary like Dr. Reynaldo can continue to push the boundaries of knowledge and possibility, and where those who are worthy can learn from her example." - Dani Astor "The necklace she gave me on what would prove to be our last night together read 'A pawn no longer.' As brief as our time together was, she knew me better than any other being ever has, and was the first person to ever love me as an equal. And yet despite her powerful intelligence, curiosity, and heart, she could not understand just how seriously I took those words. I refuse to be a pawn, even to her, and certainly not to the Infernal. And I intend p to wear her gift as a reminder to never falter while I take my solemn revenge and do my sworn duty in battle against the hellish forces who would exploit such a visionary's quest for knowledge as they try to doom our world. I will not falter again, and I will never forget her." - Dani Astor Add a quote! Playlist: Dark Academia, Darker Thoughts OOC Information Player: Jacqui Albin Player Pronouns: She/They Email: j.albin.27@gmail.com Mes: US2018050053 VST: vst.masquerade@nyccamarilla.org DC: dc@nyccamarilla.org Other PCs: Lynda DiAmbrosio || Azabache de los Santos