Keshet

Keshet Katz

Pronouns	they/them
Creature Type	Ghoul
Clan	Malkavian
Sect	Camarilla
Society	Library of the Sixth Worthy
Coterie	The Beautiful Ones

Further Information

Description

Keshet appears to be an uncannily attractive [Appearance Focus via Vicissitude] Jew in their 20's, 5'9", with a curvy feminine body type but androgynous look overall. They are extremely pale skinned, with dark, haunted eyes, and black hair in the side-sweep-and-undercut style so common among non-binary queers. They tend to dress sort of corporate goth - almost always designer clothing, always very sharp - and always pants rather than skirts.

Timeline

• 1936 - Born Warsaw, Poland - originally known as Nadzieja Zdeb.
• 1944 - Escapes the backlash to the Warsaw Uprising thanks to Members of House Melamed, and goes to live in Brooklyn.
• 1954-1958 - Attends college at the Washington Square campus of NYU. Shortly thereafter begins doing embroidery professionally, mostly working for Evangeline diBari.
• 1966 - Becomes a blood doll and formal student to Zalman-Rose Melamed.
• 1976 - Ghouled by Zalman-Rose.
• 1996 - Takes a new mundane identity, Keshet Katz, due to ghoul age issues, and comes out publicly as non-binary.
• late 2020 - Under spirit influences and the strain of being kept a ghoul so long, breaks with House Melamed. They end up being embraced by Alfred Perfidious.
• early 2021 - Has more Viss work done by Virgil and adopts a new mortal identity, Released. [unclear if it will be before or after game start as yet]

Bio

Kindred society knows Keshet as an extremely talented embroiderer, medium, and oracle. The long-term ghoul and student of Zalman-Rose Melamed, they ended up rather suddenly being Embraced Malkavian instead, apparently with the blessings of House Melamed. Long having been affiliated with the Library of the Sixth Worthy through Zalman-Rose, and with a former Inquisitor as a sire, they are now a member in their own right.

They're also tech savvy enough that they work with Project Bloodnet and the Royal Chessmen under the alias "0r4cl3".

Rumors

• If you do the math, Keshet would had to have had their first major appearance change done before Virgil and Evangeline were members of the Camarilla.
  • Pretty much everyone in NYC actually knows this... and says nothing out of a general liking for their Prince and/or support for trans rights.
• Keshet's sudden fallout with House Melamed was the result of Zalman-Rose keeping them a ghoul so long.
  • No, it was because "El" Bisset-Caesarea threatened to poach them.
  • No, it was because Nissim Melamed deemed them unsuitable for the Embrace.
  • No, it was all some sort of long-standing Malkavian prank.
• Keshet was mentally ill and shouldn't have been Embraced Malkavian, even if they're proving remarkably suited to it.
  • They were, but it was actually the effect of a curse, and cured by lifting it.
  • They were, and it wasn't a curse... it was possession by a spectre or some evil spirit - with similar results.
    • That's just what spirit sickness looks like - and now that they're initiated, they're fine.
      

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Quotes

POST EMBRACE

• "Love is not always about holding onto someone as tight as you can, but also having the strength to know when it is time to let go." - Nissim Melamed
• "I am not the sort to say 'I told you so,' so we can just let it go unsaid, yes?" - Walter Merrick
• "Their destiny was either foretold or crafted by the Network. I am so glad I get to be a part of it." - Agatha Palmerstone

PRE EMBRACE

• "I shall have to get myself one of those." - Zoltan Vancura
• "Humble, hungry, and haunted, Keshet is the essence of what a ghoul ought to be, but also so much more" - Agatha Palmerstone
• "I'd have embraced them. They are worthy of being fully embraced. The Melameds are wasting an opportunity" - Kelly Cassidy
• "It's cool being a vam-Kindred and all, but they can still get a tan, kinda jealous." - Kenneth Bilge
• "Some day maybe they'll tell me what they're grumpy about that they keep chewing on that hard." - Finley Welles
• "Keshet has the artistry and beauty of a Toreador, more wisdom than some elders, and I'd rather have their company than that of most kindred." - Evangeline Isadora DiBari
• "Keshet is an ideal apprentice, a great talent, and always a delight to speak with. If they had not been Zalman-Rose's to train, they would be mine, and I would be honored." - Ari Melamed
• "You think they're good now, wait until they have been embraced a century or so. We will all pale in comparison." - Jerry Holiday
• "They have assisted me in more ways than I can count. I shall have to make it up to them." - Euphemenion
• "Keshet shielded me from a potentially bad situation and was hurt from it. And yet, in the end, they still smiled. It will be hard to repay that." Elizabeth
• "If one may tip the scales of balance, they would be one responsible." - Luken Le Lave Leland Lewin
• "They are the brightest and wisest kindred I have ever had the pleasure to call my friend. They have opened many doors for me. I hope to return the favor." - Calico
  

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OOC Information

Player	Dylan Maxwell
Pronouns	they/them
MES #	US2009054113
Domain	NY-004-D
Storyteller	Emily L.