Updated: 26 September 1998

Vanessa, Dona
7th Generation Brujah

	Sire:	Don Caravelli (1964)
	Nature:	Architect
	Demeanor:	Don Juan
	Humanity:	4
	Secrets:	***
	Status:	***
	Esprit:	**
	Elder Status:
	Brujah Prestige:	***

Background:

                    Dona Vanessa wasn't anarchist. She wasn't even against the system, anyway. Vanessa was only darwinist, in a very personnal conception. She was a top Call-Girl, she knew how to seduce, and Don Caravelli fell in her grip. Vanessa was french, but she succeeded to make Caravelli embrace her (he knew, anyway, what he was doing).

But she was only a woman.

Caravelli kept her with stupid and easy seduction missions where she would have liked to manage part of his business. Vanessa came back to France. Caravelli asked Villon to make her return. Villon asked him for a price that Caravelli couldn't pay. To entertain the Ventrue and to destroy the influence of Caravelli in France, Villon accepted Vanessa in Paris when the Brujah weren't accepted. Vanessa started immediately her work and made her room in the parisian and french underground, where the Ventrue and Caravelli shared the income of the "business".

Don Caravelli threatened Villon, and even sent an Assamite against Vanessa. Villon who had prohibed the use of Assamite in France, took it very personnaly, and sent the Masques (the Masks in english, the Masquerade Police of Villon, controled by Ivan, rival of Alexis and his Veilleurs) to "clean" some of the "businessmen" of Caravelli.

The message was well received and Caravelli calmed himself.

Vanessa asked anyway help from Villon, which put her in a delicate position if the Prince of Paris asked her to return the service (Rite of Prestartion). she keep to herself since then (Some say that she spy the Anarchs and the Brujahs for Villon).

The 11 april 1994, Don Caravelli died form the hand of the "Dagger of the Giovanni", Madeleine Giovanni, in a Conclave held by the Tremere Justicar, Karl Schrekt. Since this time, his organisation was more or less cut in parts by the servants of the Brujah. Vanessa won the French Maffia (with the help of Villon, since she helped him to hunt the Maffiosis responsible for the fusillade of the Cafe de la Paix, not far from the Opera Garnier).

She was named the "Dona" by the ones who know she wasn't simply the lover of Don Luigi, but that he was really her Ghoul and Thrall.
Anyway, her known haven is somewhere in the restaurant named "Chez Luigi". She's no naive: Someone searching there could have to pass over a lot of devious and deadly traps before finding her little room empty because she sleeps somewhere else...

Appearance:

Age:	46	Hair:	Black	Height:	1m68
Apparent Age:	25-30	Eyes:	Blue	Weight:	50Kg
Date of Birth:	28 Mar 1941	Race:	Caucasian	Sex:	Female
RIP:	2 Sep 1964	Nationality:	French/Italian	Esprit:	**

                    25 years-old woman, with dark hair and blue eyes. She has her hair cut medium, like Uma Thurman (in Pulp Fiction). She is more awing, and a lot more dangerous...

Role Playing:

                    The french IronLady. Always cold and emotionless. She's a vulcano ready to explode. No one working for her would even think of deceive her. The last one was cut alive in little gore cubes in front of her other Lieutenants.

She sees the other Vampires as "Top Lieutenants". In the contrary of Don Caravelli, she prefer female cainites lieutenant, even if all her mortal lieutenant are males. It's like a revenge: The mortal male "big revolver" macho lieutenants craving for the immortality only women can have (as Ghoul or Vampire)...

Notes:

                    Vanessa could find interest in a female Cainite in a difficult situation. As the bargain is interesting, even if the Rite of Prestation make that it will be difficult to ''pay'' Vanessa.

All the Vampire Lieutenants of Vanessa were at least 1/3 Bonded to her. Each error gave the choice to the Lieutenant: Be killed or drink some of Vanessa's Blood.

So she had a cotterie of loyal lieutenants around her... Even if she apparently did nothing for the Clan, she always came up with money to pay for something useful for the Clan when needed. So she had a great Prestige. Some even thought she would have liked to take a more active in the Clan affairs, but she continued this way because she's one of the principal money sources of the parisian Brujah.

Now, the Clan Brujah is actively searching for an individual (Kindred of the Clan, or Mortal to be Embraced) to take up the work were Vanessa left it.

Actual Aim:

                    To free herself from Villon's Prestation, she was working with a young Toreador named Yorgues for free. She was waiting the moment she will be able to pay her Prestation with all the Prestations Yorgues owed her. But she started to become quite fond of the Toreador... But her death prevented any project she could have had.

She wanted to win power over the political power of France, by using her charms. It would have taken some time, but she could have succeed...

Rumours:

                   

• Vanessa was Blood Bonded to Villon (Partially True: 1/3 Blood Bonded only).
• Vanessa was Giovanni, posing as a Brujah (False).
• Vanessa was killed by the Giovanni (False: It was the Blood Dragons Assamite).
• Vanessa already used the Assamite despite Villon's Edict (False).
• Vanessa was fighting the Ventrue and the Giovanni for the control of french Maffia (True: She failed to see another enemy, and died because of this mistake).
• Vanessa has control of the chinese Maffia (False).

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