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Vidal St. Croix
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Character Information
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Name: Vidal St. Croix
Clan: Daeva
Covenant Invictus
Age 200 appears 24
Invictus Title Librettist: a connoisseur of arts and entertainments, responsible for event planning or detecting forgeries.
NOTABLE TRAITS:
- Long white/blond hair.
- This man wields eyeliner like a damn paint brush.
- Clothing ranges from goth, to club formal, to steampunk to whatever the hell he feels like.
History
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- Born 1820 into a wealthy family rumored to have connections to the aristocracy through connections to the Catholic Clergy during the French Revolution.
- Education: Private school with a focus on the arts, religion, and business.
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Vidal followed his father's wishes to join the clergy. During his training he was apprenticed to a traveling priest who happened to be a hunter. It was during this time he was exposed to things the church was hiding. Books of heresy, art work, ceremonial items things collected from cults along with items that were rumored to be of importance to other supernatural beings. He was taught things the church would deem heretical for the age yet his mentor claimed he saw something in the boy that was worth passing on his knowledge along with how to consecrate weapons. When his father found out his son was off gallivanting around the countryside instead of studying with the parish, he was recalled home for re-education. In a last ditch effort to save the families reputation, Vidal was left with his father's business as an art dealer. Despite hoping to settle the boy down and arrange a marriage, Vidal had different plans. He began to collect religious works at first, yet over time he extended his collection to the darker aspects of the religious world with the occult. It was this collecting that caught the eye of his sire. Vidal was attending a private auction house event bidding on a piece of art depicting the fall of angels. He managed to use his wealth to acquire the art piece much to the dismay of his sire who was also present, a member of the Invictus who was planning to use it to pay off a boon owed to the Lancea. Suffice to say Vidal and that piece of art vanished. He was turned into a ghoul to see if he was worthy enough to end up among the elite damned once his sire began to realize how deep the boys ties ran. In 1844 the embrace was granted.
- 1844-1950: Open time of training with the Invictus in France. It was during this time, he was allowed to continue work of using his wealth and the wiles of the Daeva blood to expand his art collection and continue to gather items of heresy.
- 1950 found him suddenly being reassigned overseas to a sleepy sea side city in the middle of a political struggle as the Invictus needed a fresh asset of wealth to be introduced into the area.
- It was sheer luck that Vidal meets up with Zeb. Pace, a Carthian who had a vision for the city looking for others who were willing to back a social experiment. Figuring he had nothing to lose, Vidal agreed to aid. That aid turned into a business partnership when Zeb decided to set up a Non profit organization to buy the Grand Theater. He in turn put Vidal in charge of operations. Not long after, Vidal acquires other properties around the area to showcase his art. As a sign of good faith to other kindred, he extends the offer for others to use shops in the area should they choose to set up business. Dani of the Ordo accepts the offer setting up a small shop to ply her business.
- Joins a Coterie named "The Foundation" whose purpose was urban renewal of the area to help the city regain economic stability after the Flood. As time passed they turned their efforts to other urban projects to enhance the city while behind the curtain kindred politics flourished.
Invictus Training
- His training consisted in social graces to navigate the local court.
- He's known by the right people with the right connections to be an Exorcist.
- Trained Investigator with a talent for forensics.
- He's known among the art community and black market for being able to detect forgeries.
Areas of Business he owns
- Vidal was granted,by an NPO, the Grand Performing Arts center which caters to theater, concerts and other styles of performance art.
- The store front shops cater to the tourist industry of home town local products produced by area residents and kindred who may be artisans.
- One of the shops serves as his art gallery featuring his works as well as other pieces for display or commission work with proceeds going to sponsor the arts of the community as well as public education and city services.
- Airline Pub offers locals a taste of exotic brews from Zeb's Distillery as well as brews local and import.
- He owns a rather unique book and antique shop known as the Big Chicken Barn: Books and Antiques.
- He owns a casino called The Tempest.
Vidal's Various Art Style of Glass
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Associates
- Anna Hale: Sells her Photography work at one of his galleries.
- Caitrìona le Frerelane Barstow: Verdict is still out on if a bad or good influence however her skill and grace with dance truly makes her the Siren of the forest and stage.
- Melinoe Addams: My favorite shadow to patron. I dare not ask what Gods or Goddess is receiving briefcase tribute, only that it makes her smile and that alone is enough.
- Dani Gibbons: A specialist with ghosts, Dani is proficient with the occult in general and operates a boutique in Vidal's shops.
Rumors
- Banished a minor demon haunting a family. Afterwards the family had no recollection of ever putting in a call for an Exorcist.
- He has a collection of art depicting demons he keeps locked away he's acquired through black market dealings, smuggling operations, or out right theft.
- His art may grace the haven's of prominent kindred.
- May be a Chevalier Servant.
- May have once been a Crone.
- His rebellious nature led him to meeting up with the local Crone slipping them money to help fund several of their projects curious if their pagan ways actually were real magic or simply smoke and mirrors of the old Victorian Parlors.
- Has some form of Animalism that controls the wolf he hunts with.
Ties sought
- Lovers
- Fellow Hunters of things that go bump in the night.
- Art collectors, Performers, surprise me for those who want ties to his business area.
Quotes
"There are times when I catch myself dancing too close to the line with you Vidal, darling." -Caitrìona le Frerelane Barstow
"Polite, but there is obviously more than meets the eye. I look forward to see his growth." - Collette Durand
"He has dabbled with the shadows enough to know what merely bites and what...devours, but has he dabbled too far to pull back?" - Lucian St Germain
Associations
- The old Fisherman: Provides seafood for the Tempest.
OOC Information
Player: Mindy Kolp
Member Number: Us2002034157
Location: NE Region
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