Claude
"Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more"
- Oscar Wilde
Name: Claude de Bourbon
Title: Master Harpy of New York
Coterie: The Green Carnation Club
Notable Traits: Calm, reflective, flirtatious, high humanity
Reputation Traits:
- Acknowledged
- Confirmed
- Guardian (in New York only)
- Noble (in New York only)
- Prominent (in New York only)
High-Level Concept:
Tenderness and kindness in the face of cruelty is more than merely an expression of strength, it is an invitation to heal and to grow.
Physical Description:
Claude is the picture of health and vitality. A male in his mid thirties with a warm hazel eyes, a light brown goatee, and an easy smile that brings dimples to his cheeks. His build is trim, due more to an active lifestyle than any particular design or intention.
Claude favors lighter shades of grey, as well as jewel tone blues, teals, and turquoise. His clothing tends to suit his needs at any particular moment. Well worn jeans in the kitchen or the garden or crisp suits at court. But you'll never catch him wearing a tie; at the most formal of occasions he'll wear an ascot as long as it is entirely necessary.
Persona:
Claude is a warm and outgoing kindred, quick with a smile and easy to talk to. Some might consider a kindred who seems to be so kind and generous to be naive, but those who know him well may well suggest otherwise.
- Oscar Wilde
Timeline
France, 1696 — 1720
- 1696 — Born in Provence, France to a minor aristocrat and rich banker’s daughter.
- 1701 — Family moves to be closer to Paris and become fixtures at Versailles.
- 1712 — Discovered his interest in men whilst comforting a cousin after a royal funeral.
- 1715 — Met Luka Giovanni while selecting new stationery at an upscale papeterie in Paris.
- 1717 — Studied medicine at the Faculté des Arts de Paris.
- 1720 — Struggled to ease suffering during this the Great Plague of Marseille. First came to the attention of the supernatural.
Ottoman Empire 1721 — 1730
- 1721 — After surviving a close call in Marseille, a friend of Claude’s suggest that he might join a sailing vessel headed for the great Ottoman city of Istanbul.
- This tie is available
- 1723 — Sets up a successful medical practice trading on the Ottoman interest in Europe and in tulips. Acquires a reputation for cultivating rarer and unique hybrids of tulips, including a unique night blooming varietal.
- 1730 — Turmoil is becoming evident in the weeks preceding the Patrona Halil revolt. Claude accepts a friend/lover’s invitation to return to Saxony (Germany) in the Holy Roman Empire. Shortly after the revolt occurs.
Holy Roman Empire (Germany) 1731 — 1738
- 1731 — Retained as a tutor at University of Leipzig.
- 1732 — Attends a University function where one of Bach’s secular cantatas is performed. Despite being Catholic, Claude begins to regularly attend Lutheran services to hear Bach’s cantatas.
- 1733 — Embraced
- 1738 — Travels to St. Petersburg with his sire.
Timeline Under Construction
Quotes
- "Oh, he is a dear, isn't he? Unfortunately, the sweeter Claude is, the more terrible I then have to be in order to maintain the balance of the universe." - Zoltan Vancura
- Quote - Name
Rumors
- Smoke...
- or Mirrors?
Clan: Ventrue
Sect: Camarilla
Domain: NY-004
Player: Greg Glenn
VST: Emily L.
- Player Name: Gregory Glenn
- Member Number: US2004122447
