| Born of a homid Bubasti and his kinfolk mate, Lukman
was born of the Twilight Pryio at his home Pride in Egypt. It
was known early on that he would be Bastet, and was trained in
the ways of the mystic Bubasti, always learning, though he was never
taught why. This, he came to learn, wasn't that uncommon,
though; none of those of his age, or even those a lot older, had any
but the most vague clues as to what was really going on.
Apparently, this was to protect them until they were old enough to
protect themselves; these secrets were sought by many, and many of
those wouldn't think twice about doing whatever it took to making
people talk. If you were older, you could get past the torture.
As he matured, he learned more and more about what was going on.
Unfortunately, he was actually 20 years old... a few years older than
most of those around him... when he first shifted. Because of
this, it was twice as hard for him to reach the rank of Tekhmet, but
the information he found out when he slipped into that Setite den was
quite useful to his Bubasti elders. But, even then, he was still
not taught what it was he was protecting. And, even to this day,
the urge to know this drives at him, constantly pushing him to learn
more and more, until his elders allow him to reach the next rank, when
they said he would be strong enough, smart enough, and ready to know
this.
Three years later, at the age of 25, he was granted a great gift by
his mentor. A fetish that she called the Leech Skin.
When he wore it, his aura, it seemed, would mimic that of the leeches
he was around, and allow him to get closer to those he was trying to
get information out of without getting caught. With this, and
his growing skill in fooling those he was around into believing he was
one of them, he was able to get VERY close to a Setite near his Pride.
This Setite, roughly six months ago (mid-2003), disappeared... after
giving Lukman some very damning information... and then being turned
over to the Pride for gathering MORE information.
With what he'd learned, Lukman was given permission to go to the
United States, where he plans to covertly follow this information.
Contacts: Luke has, at this point, one contact. A
decently-powerful Bubasti mystic back in Egypt. They keep in
contact when it suits the mystic, but Luke, in exchange for a little
information, can learn a great deal from her.
Secrets: Luke has discovered a decent amount of secrets on
the Setites... including, from one he managed to charm the info out
of, the names of a few of those people he had been known to associate
with. All he learned about are in the northern East Coast of the
United States. Including someone named Kalos en-Hilel, who
currently resides in Brentford North, Virginia. (There are
others, but I'd need to talk to each Setite player, to make sure
they're cool with it. If not, then the rest are the NPCs at the
Temple). This is one of the reasons he went to Brentford North
in the first place... to find out more about these Setites.
Trinkets: This is a takeoff on the Baneskin Fetish.
Basically, it is a way for a Bastet to get in close to a Kindred,
without being given away by the one thing he cannot fake. His
aura. This is a small amulet, which has a bit of Kindred vitae
in it in some form or fashion. His is shaped like a Scarab.
When he wears it around his neck, he will appear to anyone sensing his
aura (ANYone, not just vampires) to have a Kindred aura. This
could be good, or, if those see this who don't like Kindred, bad.
Gnosis is the same as Baneskin. |
