Bodhi

"Authentic spirituality is revolutionary. It does not legitimate the world, it breaks the world; it does not console the world, it shatters it. And it does not render the Self content, it renders it undone."
- Ken Wilber

Name: Bodhi
clan: Caitiff
Sect: Anarch
Morality: Humanity

Lineage: Member of the House of the Stabby Kitty

Concept:Just your average stoner and modern vampire mystic stumbling through the world.

Bio:The childe of a Ravnos, Bodhi was embraced during Woodstock but something went wrong. Perhaps it was the number of substances in the attendees' blood or in Bodhi himself, but the embrace didn't quite hold true. Bodhi is known to be a Caitiff, but one whose vitae clung to a piece that remained of his sire's blood.
Bodhi has claimed to be able to see into the world of the spirits and the dead.. and has had an uncanny ability to predict the future.
Though he is often seen smiling and appears to be relaxed outwardly, he's equally attentive and quick to comment on his observations. Bodhi is friendly and sociable but truly believes in the ideas of Libertas, Humanitas, and personal accountability to one's community.

"We want to see the universe in its absolute, pure, naked, perfection. We want to know its wonder. We want to know the totality of ourselves. That's done in steps and degrees and not in one day."
- Frederick Lenz

His History..

As A Boy...

• 1948 - Born in Boston to working-class white parents
• 1961-1975 – Vietnam war
• 1964 – World’s Fair
• 1966 - Turns 18 and Moves to Greenwich Village in New York City to pursue that queer, hippie lifestyle
• 1969 - June 28 - Caught up in the Stonewall Riots
• 1969 - August 15 - Woodstock

As A Vampire...

• 1969 – August 17 - Woodstock - Embraced during the music festival by an unknown Ravnos believed to have been part of a Sabbat Pack. Bodhi was found wandering the Festival by Maggie Pike who took an interest in him when he was quite obviously able to see Big Kitty. Thankfully for him, she took an immediate liking to him and Bodhi basically considers her his sire. He spends the next three years learning everything he can from her.
• 1972 – Released
• 1973 – A group of Camarilla Caitiff led by Alexi Darba attempts to gain Pander-like recognition of the Caitiff as a sovereign clan. The entire group is taken into custody by Justicars and never seen again.
• 1978 - Crosses paths with Justin Milliner.
• 1983 - Is cornered by Alfred Perfidious while he was investigating a matter of Infernalism as an Inquisitor. Alfred sees the value in Bodhi's insights and in exchange, he cuts a mutually beneficial deal with Bodhi
• 1985 - Spends some time on the West Coast with Carlos Rains. Carlos tries to teach Bodhi to surf, but the lessons never quite stick.
• 1989 - Meets Alexei Voronin & spends a couple of years with him in New York, Moscow, and Paris. The two remain friendly still.
• 1999 – Red Star – Camarilla eradicates any 'unclaimed' caitiff. Bodhi seeks sanctuary in Gloucester with Bob
• 2000 - Bodhi calls on the debt from Alfred Perfidious
• 2006 – The Anarch Railroad helps Caitiff, who would be destroyed in the Camarilla for the prophetic ‘crime’ of lacking a clan, find freedom and safety. A neonate of the Camarilla manages to stake Bodhi and offered him to a Camarilla Prince in the Northwest. The Prince gifts him to an Elder who turns him over to his ghoul, Audrei. Audrei tortures and interrogates Bodhi for several months.
  • Late 2006 - Members of the Anarch Railroad catch wind of Bodhi's imprisonment and impending execution. Becks Halloran manages to rescue Bodhi with assistance from Skratch and deliver him to Irena Kairyte for some trauma care.
• 2007 - Bodhi joins the Anarch Movement
• 2009 - Red star fades shortly after the Ritual to Save the World
• 2009 - Settles down in the Anarch-controlled Queens borough of NYC. Meets Ava Melamed and works with her across sect lines on a few things over the next couple of years.
• 2011 – NY became the 6th state to legalize same-sex marriage
• 2011 – The Beckoning Happens
• 2011 – Sabbat attacks, Hunters, and defections to the Camarilla drive the Anarchs out of Queens. The Coney Island caitiff notably does not help their fellow Anarchs. The Camarilla holds the city as Virgil Vendicimo is enthroned by the Primogen Council in November of the year. With the divisiveness of the Coney Island Caitiff and the rest of the Anarch Movement, Bodhi opts to leave New York City.
• 2011 – Travels the country again
• 2013 – Many of the Sabbat Pander disappear with the Call of the Jackal. Kai Simmons, child of famed Joseph Pander, organizes the remaining Pander with the goal of joining the Independent Alliance.
• 2014 - Meets Liam Frost an Anarch of House Carna. Bodhi accepts an invite to travel with Liam and his gang for a while and they spend a few years together.
• 2018 – Iris Bennet, a Thin Blood, begins a campaign for the rights of the clanless. They are accepted en masse to the Anarch Movement. Iris leads a faction of Thin Bloods called the Duskborne
• 2023 – Liam Frost reaches out to Bodhi after moving to Boston in March. Liam notes that Boston is governed by a series of Treaties between all three Sects and invites Bodhi to come check it out. In response, Bodhi declares "I've got to see this!" and moves to Boston before the year is out.

A glimpse at the truth...

- Bodhi's Beats...

• Free - Florence & The Machine
  
• Summer In New York - Sofi Tukker
  
• Smoke Two Joints - Sublime
  
• Free Yourself - Jessie Ware
  
• Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
  
• To Die For - Sam Smith
  
• Dancing On My Own - Robyn
  
• Ship To Wreck - Florence & The Machine
  

What Others Have Said..

• *"Add your quote here." -Your Name Here
• *"Families do not have to be bound by blood, in any sense of the word. We are bound together by choice, and that means everything. Do not consider Bodhi any less mine than if I had sired him." -Maggie Pike
• *"Bodhi? He's a good kid. He'll find his feet in the Movement, no problem. I can't wait to see what fires he'll start." -Becks Halloran
• *"Few have compassion for those who are worse off than them and the willingness to do something about it, especially if they lack the tools to do anything about it. With no tools, Bohdi has a heart for others. I look forward to seeing where they will go. " -Justin Milliner

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Bodhi

Domain: Shattered Antiquities (MA003D)
Player: Chris R
VST: MA003D Masq2020 VST

Ties Sought

• Former male/masc-presenting lovers, beginning in 1960s
• Fellow Occultists, Mystery Seekers, Seers, Music Festival Attendees
• Frenemies & Rivals. I am not looking for CVC with the goal of character death on either side.
• Anarchs who have collaborated on projects together.
• Caitiff who have collaborated on projects together.