Name: Kaitlen Mallory Nature: Survivor Demeanor: Loner Cabal: Dabu Six
Tradition: Euthanatos Essence: Dynamic Concept: Assassin
Age: about 400 (apparently 26) Height: 5'11" Weight: 149 Hair: Black Eyes: Grey
Physical Social Mental
Strength 3 Charisma 2 Perception 3
Dexterity 5 (quick) Manipulation 2 Intelligence 3
Stamina 3 Appearance 2 Wits 3
Talents Skills Knowledges
Alertness 2 Drive 1 Linguistics 3*
Athletics 3 Firearms 2 Lore (Vampire) 3
Awareness 2 Meditation 1 Occult 2
Brawl 3 Melee 5 (swords)
Dodge 3 Stealth 3
Streetwise 1
*Languages spoken: Babylonian, Greek, Hindi, Japanese
Spheres: Correspondence 5, Entropy 5, Forces 4, Life 3, Matter 3, Mind 3, Prime 3, Spirit 3, Time 3, Void 3*
Foci: Correspondence - mirror, Entropy - dice, Forces - mumbled Hindu poetry, Life - own bloodd, Matter - bones, Mind - tarot cards, Prime - sword, Spirit –meditation, Time – dust
*Yes, the
tenth sphere. Kaitlen is still figuring
out exactly what capabilities this knowledge grants her...
Arete 5 Willpower 7 Resonance: Entropic 1 (Wilting)
Backgrounds: Arcane 3, Avatar 4
Equipment: Rapier, knife, light revolver, dragon skin gloves, human bones, dice, tarot cards, small mirror, black leather trenchcoat, pager, business cards
Merits: Ambidextrous, Concentration, Legendary Dexterity, True Love, Unaging
Flaws: Conditional Magic (+4 diff. vs. vampires), Echoes
Prelude: Kaitlen was born in upstate New York to disgustingly wealthy parents. By age 10 she was a national champion fencer. Around that time, her beloved mother and her mother's lover died in a car accident in the Catskills. (Kaitlen has always believed that her father engineered the accident after learning of the affair, and because of this has little contact with her family.) Her father then began a still-continuing string of remarriages and subsequent divorces. Throughout all this, Kaitlen's only stabilizing factor was Will Landers, her next-door neighbor, best friend, and true love. They spent their days in the guest house on her father's estate, and it was there that she secluded herself following Will's gruesome, protracted death from cancer at age 15. She Awakened and gained her faith in the Euthanatos belief system the night after his funeral. Kaitlen's mentor was a moderately talented mage named Lucius Trent who had been a friend of her mother's. Lucius had his base of operations on the outskirts of Albany, but the two of them frequently traveled to India and Greece to study in the centers of Euthanatos influence. During Kaitlen's training, they had a rather dysfunctional on-again, off-again sexual relationship which came to an abrupt end when Lucius got on the bad side of the local vampires following a botched Euthanatos-Giovanni collaboration. The Giovanni sent five elders to dispatch him, and nearly succeeded before Kaitlen managed to fight them off and thus save her mentor's life. Lucius was furious at this; he said that because he had erred so terribly, the time had come for him to renew his possibilities, and Kaitlen had harmed the turning of the Wheel by saving him. They had a tremendous argument which resulted in Kaitlen moving to New York City and becoming an assassin in a somewhat misguided effort to exercise her Euthanatos beliefs. She makes a decent living, and among supernaturals and in the darker corners of mortal subculture, she is feared and respected, but lately she can't help feeling that there's something more to being Awakened...
Description: Kaitlen is extremely independent and maintains little contact with anyone but Lucius (they are on speaking terms once again, but avoid seeing one another any more than is necessary). Her manner is guarded, stoic, and reserved, and her extreme use of sarcasm in all situations can alienate people quite quickly. (Favorite expression: "Lick me.") Kaitlen has a definite sense of style--she is never seen without her beloved black leather trenchcoat or her sword, and counts her fencing skills as her favorite assassination method. Her Avatar usually appears as a mirror image of herself, only dead for several weeks and covered in blood (her own and others'). She is not as in touch with her magic as other mages are, and prefers to handle things with stealth and steel before resorting to spells. Kaitlen has never stopped mourning for Will, and her ultimate magical goal is to find a way to contact his spirit or Avatar and speak to him again, even if only for a moment. She is determined that someday they will be together again, in this life or the next, and there's no telling what she'll stop at or what she'll sacrifice to reach that goal...
Appearance: Kaitlen is unusually tall, wiry, and thin almost to the point of gauntness. She always wears her thick, curly black hair pulled back in a ponytail. Her grey eyes are cold, sunken, and usually ringed with dark circles. She has high cheekbones and very pale skin, which give her a pronounced “pallor of death”. She moves with incredible grace and silence; her walk is like a dance, her swordplay even more so. Kaitlen knows that she stands out in a crowd, and would rather be seen and feared than blend in. This gives her an air of quiet danger which is not so much intimidating as unsettling.
Fun Facts: Kaitlen spent almost 300 years in a Jhor-Quiet following her experiences in the 1000 Hells. The most notable effect of this episode was the appearance of Ash, a hobgoblin who appeared as a decaying corpse following her around and encouraging her to kill herself. She only broke free by allowing herself to fall in love with Aeoli, the confused, overtly nerdy Hermetic who perceived his entire magely career in terms of Tolkien. (Strangely enough, she missed Ash after he was gone.) Kaitlen and Aeoli’s first meeting took place within the infamous Tremere chantry of Ceoris; he made some very unkind comments about her appearance (she had recently had most of her skin gnawed off by a swarm of flesh-eating bugs), and she scared him by talking quite nonchalantly about the Dabu Six’s quest to wipe out Al-Ashwad, then dragged him into some very nasty business with the Tzimisce. Fortunately, both got over it. Kaitlen married Aeoli while the Dabu Six were hanging out in the royal court of 15th-century Spain. They have two children, Sebastian and Eleanor, who are separated by 15 years and both of whom are mages.
Kaitlen was a
favorite character of mine for a long time, but with the conclusion of the Dabu
Six chronicle, she has been relegated to the status of a grossly overpowered yet
fond memory. Her story went in a very
different direction from what I thought it would, particularly toward the end
of the campaign, which made the entire thing a great experience and a lot of
fun. Apart from all the crazy
adventures detailed above, I also feel the need to mention that Kaitlen was the
recognized “queen of the one-liner” in her cabal. Battles couldn’t begin before she’d had the chance to fire off
one of her trademark barbs. I can only
hope I get to keep this job in later chronicles...