Cattarina Puttenesca
| Pronouns | She/Her |
|---|---|
| Clan | Giovanni |
| Sect | Independent Alliance |
| Social Class | Neonate |
| Morality | Humanity |
| Position(s) | Caporegrime for the Puttanesca Family Boss of the Vile Dencina |
Further Information
Cattarina is 5'6", With chin-length curly hair, colored such a dark brown almost always looks black, and dark brown eyes. Her usual attire is a pinstripe pantsuit with a partially unbuttoned top, matching fedora, 3-inch ankle boots, and a leather harness for her guns. She is never seen without a black-laced choker on her neck, covering the scars inflicted on the night of her embrace.
She's always surrounded by her personal group of ghouls known as the Vile Decina but in particular is never seen without her right-hand man, lover, and favorite the "Cane Fedele" Matteo Tarabotti.
- 1669: Born in Sicily, Italy in the city of Caltagirone to mother Pelegrina Tarabotti and two older sisters Lucrenzia (born 1663)and Orsetta (born 1665)
- 1669-1681: Pelegrina has 5 more daughters. Cecilia (born 1672), twins Hortensea and Isabella (born 1674), Olivia (born 1677), and Tita (born 1681)
- Cattarina and her older sisters start working odd jobs to support their family. Pelegrina begins to strategically sell off her daughters for marriage, both to slowly raise the family's social standing and to get lots of money in the process
- 1685: Becomes lovers with her childhood friend Claudio Ludovici at age 16. He promises to marry her as soon as they have enough money
- 1689: Finds out about lover's betrayal and infidelity with her 17-year-old sister Cecilia
- Heartbroken she runs to her mother for comfort, but Pelegrina is outraged and embarrassed at the situation and quickly finds a match so she can marry off Cattarina as soon as possible to save them even more embarrassment
- Is sent to a lower noble but he finds out the night before the wedding that she's not "pure". Outraged, he sells her to the Puttanesca family with the help of Pelegrina as part of a quick business deal
- Is married to Gheardo Puttanesca, a low-ranking member of the family. He begins to torture her and treat her as a pet/plaything more than a bride
- Is embraced by accident shortly after the wedding because her husband was very drunk and took things too far
- 1692: Manages to escape the Puttanesca estate and runs home
- Doesn't tell her family about the embrace, but does tell them about the abuse. Pelegrina is furious at her return, knowing that they could ask for the money back, and plans to hand her back over to The Family as soon as possible
- Kills Pelegrina in a fit of rage, then kills her sisters Hortensea, Isabella, and Tita. Sets the house on fire to cover her tracks and escapes
- Finds Claudio and Cecilia married and living happily with a child on the way. Approaches Claudio and spends a few months seducing and blood-bonding him.
- Has Cecilia discover the infidelity the same way she did, then brutally kills her sister and leaves her corpse to be found in a compromising position
- Went back to the Puttanescas with Claudio due to having nowhere else to go. Is allowed back due to not breaking the Masquerade, yet still proving she's capable of killing. Is also allowed to keep Claudio as a pet
- 1693: Earthquake and plague destroy the east coast of Sicily, killing 5% of the population
- Sisters Lucrenzia and Olivia die of the plauge
- 1697: Husband Gheardo sells out his own brother to hunters
- Instead of being punished for her husband's crimes, she tracks him down and tricks him to light himself on fire and burn to death
- Is officially welcomed into the Puttanesca family
- Kills Claudio to rid herself of her past and start her new life in The Family
- 1699: Orsetta, her last remaining sister, dies of natural causes. Leaves behind two sons, Stephan (age 13) and Giotto (age 7) under Cattarina's care
- Is given permission by The Family to raise both boys, but instead makes them fight to the death to prove their worth (and for her own amusement)
- Giotto wins and is adopted by Cattarina. He is turned into a ghoul and eventually becomes her right-hand man. His descendants have followed her with unwavering loyalty ever since
- Is given permission by The Family to raise both boys, but instead makes them fight to the death to prove their worth (and for her own amusement)
- 1700-1849: Works small odd jobs for the Puttanescas and proves her worth as a cold and ruthless killer. Did whatever it took to keep her status within The Family
- 1850: is sent to London to infiltrate high society for the Giovanni family business. Proves herself to be a capable socialite
- 1856: Pushes herself into the center of high society but falls from grace and is labeled a pariah when she pits two noblemen against each other in a fight for her affections, leading to one accidentally killing the other at an important public event
- 1857-1862: Tries and fails several times to regain her former social standing
- 1862: Leaves London and is married off to a man from a wealthy business family in America named Ivan Bennettfeild
- Uses the excuse of poor health to not be seen as much during the day
- 1863-1878: Slowly integrates the Giovanni family business into her husband's family business.
- Uses her husband's stupidity and good nature to further The Family’s goals
- Uses the Civil War to her advantage. As the South cut off trade she helped bring in goods to the North from Italy due to her family connections
- 1879: Ivan outlives his usefulness and is killed in an "accident". Cattarina inherits his money and business
- 1880: Systematically hunts down and silences any of her former husband's family who opposes her takeover of his business. Begins the slow process of turning parts of the business into criminal operations
- 1881-1885: Helps ease Sicilian, Italian, and Giovanni emigration to America, weeding out those not of use to the Giovanni
- Is told to hand over the company to a high-ranking member of the main Giovanni family
- 886-1900: Travels the US and Canada with several members of The Family from various branches, with the Puttanesca branch acting as hired thugs to anyone who knew of them
- 1900: Is forced to pull back operation as the Anarchs begin to settle the west coast
- 1901-1908: Helps establish New York criminal underworld
- Was personally sent to seduce and persuade several politicians and wealthy elites
- Created ties with other branches of the Giovanni family to help increase her status within the Puttanesca branch
- 19908: Returns to Sicily after a massive earthquake wipes out a portion of Puttanescas in Messina
- Settles in Barcellona and helps the Puttanesca branch rebuild and re-establish their control over the region
- 1909-1921: Re-establishes loyalty to the Puttanesca branch by using her connections to create an operation to send out Puttanesca thugs all over the world to do the dirtiest parts of Giovanni's business during WWI
- 1922-1943: Mussolini becomes the prime minister. Cesare Mori imprisons 1,000's of mafia suspects, pushing criminals underground
- Is forced to flee Sicily with her direct superior and has to beg a higher-ranking member of the main Giovanni family to provide her sanctuary over her boss. Offers loyalty and service in order to be chosen, as well as offering up Giottos descendants to be used however is wished in order to save her life
- 1944-1985: Is tricked and not allowed to leave her new master's service, even after the threat is supposedly gone. Life becomes a blur
- At some point moves back to Sicily with her master and his ghouls as he takes over Puttanesca operations
- 1986: Is left behind as her master flees Italy to escape the maxiprocesso before he was caught.
- Saves the last two descendants of Giotto who were also left behind, then flees Italy
- 1987-2003: Travels across Europe
- Has to yet again re-establish herself within The Family
- Is far more ruthless than ever before and does most of the dirty work herself, mostly as a way of blowing off steam
- Makes Giotto's descendants repopulate and expand as much as possible
- 2003: The Sabbat provides hunters with the locations of Giovanni domains
- Has an advantage over most other members of The Family due to her familiarity with constantly being on the move
- Has finally learned to stay under the radar. Occasionally teaches other members of The Family how to travel constantly without breaking the Masquerade and how to avoid being targetted
- Sends out Giotto's descendants to seek out and procreate with as many other Giovanni family ghouls as they can find
- 2008: Venice is assaulted, and over 200 ghouls and vampires are lost.
- Flees to America for safety
- Pulls back almost all of Giotto's descendants to go to America with her
- 2009-2011: Regains some power in the Puttanesca branch
- Gets back into the more business-oriented side of the Giovanni family
- Oct 31, 2011: The Beckoning
- Starts keeping a small, tight-knit group of her most loyal followers with her 24/7. They take shifts protecting her, even watching over her as she sleeps
- 2012-2014: Starts to cautiously use The Beckoning to her advantage
- With the elders gone, she has a higher standing in the Puttanesca family than ever before but is still overly cautious not to put too big of a target on her back
- Rises to the rank of Caporegrime within The Family
- 2015: The Giovanni family is called to Rome for a Family Meeting. Project Twighlight attacks and destroys a vast majority of the clan
- Barely escapes with her life, and is forced to leave all of her ghouls behind except Matteo Tarabotti
- Matteo Tarabotti (16), the last direct descendant of Giotto and son of the two ghouls saved by Cattarina in 1986, goes to the Giovanni Family Meeting as his first big assignment now that he's being taught the family business. He watches his family die all around him and is saved by Cattarina, but not before being scarred across the face. As her last ghoul, he swears sternal loyalty to her and immediately takes his late father's place as her right-hand man
- Goes back to the US, but keeps close contact with all most of the other higher-ups in the Puttanesca family for safety reasons
- Starts learning necromancy from other members of The Family. Messes up early on and is now haunted by the ghost of her mother Pelegrina
- Barely escapes with her life, and is forced to leave all of her ghouls behind except Matteo Tarabotti
- 2016-2023: Travels across America building relations for the IA, and conducting ruthless Giovanni family business
- Created the Vile Decina, a small group of 10 ghouls who are fiercely loyal to just her made up of ghouls abandoned by other branches of the Giovanni family after the Family Meeting in 2015
- Became lovers with Matteo when he turned 23
- 2023: Is sent to Des Moines, Iowa on an important assignment from The Family
As the daughter of a sex worker and the 3rd oldest out of 8 sisters, even when mortal Cattarina knew how to struggle and fight for her own survival. Her life has been a series of small wins and major losses, but no matter the tragedy as long as Cattarina is still around she will continue to pick herself back up and continue moving forward.
A ruthless businesswoman and mafiosa, Cattarina always knows how to use her looks and intelligence to her advantage. Is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve her goals and is always on the lookout for promising means to further her goal of rising up in the Giovanni family. Has proven several times over that while she does still have the signature Puttanesca temper, and a penchant for arson, she's more than capable of putting her feelings aside for a time for the sake of The Family. However, for her, revenge is not a matter of "if" but a matter of "when".
Has started being haunted by the ghost of her mother Pelegrina in recent years as the restless spirit is still upset about Cattarina killing her and 4 of her own sisters. Cattarina refuses to be remorseful for her reactions to the situation and her mother refuses to be remorseful for being the one who put her in that situation to begin with. As they are ever at odds, it seems that the haunting will continue indefinitely. Not one to waste an opportunity though, Cattarina has recently been devoting her free time to studying necromancy solely to try and find ways to torment her mother even in the grave.
Has become somewhat overprotective of her right-hand man and favorite ghoul Matteo Tarabotti. As the last surviving member of her once prominent ghoul family, as well as the last direct descendant of her nephew Giotto, she is very serious about finding someone worthy to help him continue Giotto's bloodline. Until then, he will continue to serve and worship Cattarina as her "Cane Fedele", her loyal dog. Matteo never leaves her side and stays eternally loyal as her retainer, only wishing to be with her no matter what she wishes of him. He needn't worry though, as her absolute favorite pet since Giotto she has no plans of letting him go anytime soon.
"I heard she once ripped a neonate's fangs out just for insulting her branch of the family. She forced him to slowly starve in her wine cellar for almost a decade."
"I heard she once made two noblemen fight to the death for the right to be with her. Supposedly she took the winner to bed while the loser's corpse was still warm."
"Her beauty is so unparalleled within the family that it makes lesser, more jealously-minded members regularly go for her head."
"She regularly makes her ghouls fight to the death for sport. Feeds the losers to their own children."
"Whether it's killing, drinking, or flirting she always knows how to show someone a great time!"
"I hear she sells lockets with locks of her hair inside. Apparently, it can help someone 'get lucky'"
"She once threatened to kill a Rosselini because he stumbled into her drunk and broke her favorite necklace. Spent so long describing every gory detail of how she'd do it that he still suffers nightmares to this day."
"Heard there's a bidding war going for that pet ghoul of hers, apparently he's a 'rare commodity' nowadays or somethin'."
"Apparently she likes strays. that entire damn Vile Decina of hers is nothing but a bunch of abandoned ghouls who were left to rot by the Giovanni's"
"Tried to get close and soot my shot the last time she visited the office, but couldn't even get a full sentence out before that stronzo Carne Fedele kept cutting me off! I swear with the way he follows her around and growls at anyone who comes near he's almost more of a cagna than she is!"
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"I don't like it when people take my toys. My sister did that once, and I made sure not even her corpse would be able to find dignity in the end." - Cattarina Puttanesca
"Mami always wished I'd become the type of woman whose presence could 'light up a room'" -Cattarina Puttanesca
"Vaffanculo a chi t'è morto" -Cattarina Puttanesca
"Aww look at the little man, he thinks he's worth something. Chi minchia credi di essere?" -Cattarina Puttanesca
"Don't mind my cucciolo, he's mostly harmless. It's me you should worry about. Now, do you mind repeating what I just heard come out of your disrespectful porca puttana mouth? Figlio di puttana..." -Cattarina Puttanesca
"It's simple. She orders, I follow. She's upset, you die. Regardless of any other circumstances" -Matteo Tarabotti
"Al cuore non si comanda. The heart is not commanded. But that won't ever stop me when it comes to her." -Matteo Tarabotti
"Se tu vuoi che ti ami, fa’ che ti brami" -Matteo Tarabotti
"'Take me to your boss, she'll understand'... Famous last words bud." -Vincenzo, Vile Decina
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| Player | Psychi |
|---|---|
| Pronouns | They/Them |
| MES # | US2023060022 |
| Domain | Des Moines, IA |
| Storyteller | Matt Rockhold |
