Perpetua Clarkson
| Pronouns | She/Her |
|---|---|
| Clan | Cappadocian |
| Sect | Unaligned |
| Social Class | Neonate |
| Morality | Humanity |
Further Information
(Appearance Focus)
Perpetua is a freshly-dead corpse, through and through, no vitae flushing her waxy, pallid skin even when well-fed. Dark circles and ashen shadows accentuate sharp cuts of flesh and bone in her face, a dour look of either boredom or intense interest most often turning her lips into a frown. Perpetua stands with perfect posture at five and a half feet tall, and her frame, while athletic and lean in life, has become more skeletal in undeath. Her skin glows with a sickly sallow vibrancy. An alien and unsettling beauty draws one's eye to her, and aside from blinking every few seconds and moving with calculated ease, Perpetua could easily be mistaken for one of the zombu she enjoys the quiet, industrious company of most nights. Behind her right ear and trailing down her neck are patches of green and brown snake scales that faintly shimmer in direct light.
The scent of freshly turned grave-dirt, moss and dust trails her to waft through a space. While in polite Cainite company outside of Elysia, Perpetua conceals her grave-scent with Obfuscate. In fact, she's most often completely concealed with Obfuscate outside of Elysia, moving through the mortal and Cainite world gently and unseen. A weathered, bloodstained and resin-lacquered skull is often seen being tumbled about in her hands or rubbed idly, or stowed away in a burlap sack or backpack. While on her person, it's concealed outside of Elysia using Obfuscate. (Wits Focus)
- 1975: Born in Malden, Massachusetts to a Desi mother and Irish-American father. Her parents met while serving in the Navy as Corpsmen, and Perpetua was one of six children in the military family.
- 1993: Perpetua enlisted in the Navy as a Corpsman. Obtained her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry. Won multiple national track and field medals for long-jump, pole vaulting, and relay in high-school.
- 2001: Deployed to Afghanistan and assigned to a shock-trauma unit. Served three tours of duty before receiving an honorable discharge.
- 2003: Matriculated into medical school at Boston University. Cassia of Alexandria, of Clan Cappadocian, would begin her surveillance of Perpetua.
- 2007: Began a Pathology residency at Boston Medical Center. Called off her engagement to a long-time boyfriend.
- 2009: Her youngest sister, Felicity, is murdered. In her grief and seeking larger answers, Perpetua's interest in forensic pathology took root.
- 2011: Accepted into Miami-Dade County Forensic Pathology Fellowship. Embraced by Cassia of Alexandria. Shipped to Alexandria, Egypt in a coffin with a corpse. In Saqqara, her studies and life as Cainite and Cappadocian with Cassia begin.
- 2012: Visited Erciyes, Derinkuyu, and the outside of Kaymakli. Met members of her clan known as Harbingers in the Sabbat, amongst others loyal to The Sword. She is never without her sire during her accounting.
- 2016: Met her first of many Setites. Visited the sand dunes where Lazarus slept for eons. South East Asia, Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe are the regions she explored on foot or by horseback with her sire.
- 2022: After over a decade at Cassia's side, Perpetua is released and sent to Boston to establish herself as an independent Cainite and scion of Lazarus.
Lineage
- Cappadocius
- Lazarus
- Gaius Aurelius Scipio
- Augustine of Damascus
- Al Shifa bint Khattab
- Khalil Khasmiri
- Basil the Patient
- Cassia of Alexandria
