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Tzimisce although claims to be Dark Crafstman. The last survivor of an Irish Tzimisce family. Embraced in the mid 50�s he is one of the youngest members of the temple. After his family was killed by Assamites he pursued their leader to Maiden Newton. Since then he has become an active member of the temple and has come up with some of the more insane plans the temples members have come up with including blowing up the Maiden Newton Police Station. He is one of the most skilled temple members when it comes to the art of fleshcrafting, probably only outclassed by Priscus Fortesque. Since a visit to the Balkans to meet his grandsire the Count has developed a new power, Metalmorpohsis - the power to shape inanimate objects in a similar manner to Vicissitude. His bones have changed to iron and he has begun siring a new, if unstable, bloodline known as the Dark Craftsmen. Those he has sired have become the officers in his expanding army of Cainites and ghouls that he calls the Maiden Newton and Cerne Abbas Dark Craftsmen Peacekeeping Force.
For years, the Count was the target of a malicious Assamite, Alec Naylor, and his allies, although Naylor was never successful in destroying the Tzimisce. However, not long after O'Driscoll arrived in the city of Maiden Newton, Naylor tracked him down, and managed to subdue him. Taking his form, Naylor masqueraded as the Count in the Sabbat Temple of the city; however, O'Driscoll escaped captivity and came after his enemy. The resulting battle was great, and although ultimately Naylor was destroyed, so too was Count O'Driscoll. The Count's last act was to produce a sword made from his own metal bones, one which, according to the posthumously-dubbed "O'Driscoll Prophecy", has the power to destroy Lord Arrakon, should the dark god ever take corporeal form in this realm.
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the mantle after O�Driscoll�s destruction, unaware that without the founder, the bloodline would become volatile and unsteady. Seeking to stabilise the Dark Crafsmen, Heath and the most powerful few within the bloodline began a rampage of bloodlust, targeting Cainites from the surrounding area, and draining them of both blood and soul, in a bid to bring stability to their kin. But with each partake of the amaranth, Heath and the others began to lose their own individual stability, to the point where they were becoming a great danger to the city of Maiden Newton.
Troubled by this, the Count defied his own destruction, and, having become one of the Restless Dead, sought a way to return to the world of the living so that he could direct the Sabbat in hunting down and destroying Heath and his brood. By bestowing Bishop Zy with the powers of Metalmorphosis, O�Driscoll was able to guide the Sabbat to Heath�s haven � the mansion where O�Driscoll had resided when he was a Cainite. Once there, O�Driscoll was able to face his chide in a showdown, the end result of which was the destruction of not only Heath, but of the entire Dark Craftsman bloodline. His mission having been a success, O�Driscoll returned to the deadlands, and has not been seen since. |
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