Damsel

NAME: Damsel. GENDER: Female. CLAN: Brujah. ALLEGIANCE: Anarch Free States. RANK: Den Mother. SIRE: Unknown. HUMANITY: Medium.

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE HAIR: Mostly worn down and straight. It's a dark red color, reaching to her shoulders. EYES: A gaze that can easily be mistaken for anger. Her eyes have white irises with black pupils. PHYSIQUE: Slender but toned, with an athletic and firm figure, showing strength and confidence in her posture. SKIN COLOR: Pale. ATTIRE: A grayish beret with a red star (similar to Che Guevara's). A fitted white t-shirt with red trim on the neckline, sleeves, and hem, featuring a chest print of a military figure and the text "ARMEE TROIKA". Red wristbands with black details on both wrists. Olive green military-style pants, slightly loose, reinforcing her rebellious and combative aesthetic. Red lipstick that matches her hair. DETAILS: Retractable fangs. Naturally cold body temperature. Lacking a heartbeat. Organs are inert. Health regeneration is slow without expending Vitae. Human-like saliva. Can seal bite wounds by licking them. Bodily fluids (sweat and blood) are replaced by Vitae. Reduced sexual desire. Sex is pleasurable, but no more so than satisfying her thirst for blood.

PERSONALITY TRAITS

• Aggressive. She isn't one to hit just anyone, but her attitude and way of speaking are always aggressive.
• Passionate. That hot socialist blood still runs through her dead veins, so when she talks about socialist themes, her hatred for empires, aristocrats, or the fucking Camarilla, her tone of voice and mannerisms show an immense passion for what she believes in.
• Intense. Her presence is physically and verbally overwhelming. She does nothing halfway: when she fights, it's with all her strength; when she debates, it's with all her conviction; and when she looks at you, she seems to drill into you with her white eyes. There is no middle ground in her world.
• Uncensored. She doesn't believe in beating around the bush, half-measures, or diplomatic language. She expresses her opinions with a bluntness that can be brutal, considering "straight talk" not just a personal style, but an ethical principle and a revolutionary duty. For her, softening the truth is the first form of complicity with oppression.
• Socialist. Her ideology isn't a political preference; it's the lens through which she views all of reality. She interprets the Camarilla's structure as an oppressive feudal monarchy and the Anarchs as a proletarian vanguard in an eternal class struggle. She quotes Marx or Che as naturally as others curse.
• Hot-Tempered. Anger is her baseline state. It's not an occasional outburst; it's a constant fuel fed by every injustice, every display of Camarilla elitism, or every act of stupidity she witnesses. This anger doesn't cloud her judgment; it sharpens it, making her more cutting and decisive.
• Hard. The world is a hostile place, and she has forged herself to be even more hostile than it. She rejects any show of weakness in herself and has little patience for the vulnerability of others. Her words are direct, without sweeteners, and her methods are usually the most expedient.
• Loyal to her allies and the cause. This is perhaps her only vulnerability. Her loyalty, once given, is unbreakable and fierce. She will not abandon a comrade, even if they make a mistake, and will defend the Anarch cause to her last drop of Vitae. This loyalty isn't demonstrated with words, but with actions: she is the wall between her allies and danger.
• Her respect is earned.
• Maternal. She won't give hugs or forehead kisses, but she will correct her allies when they make a mistake and will protect them tooth and nail. Impossible to make her smile.
• Slightly empathetic. She isn't as cruel as she seems; her empathy, while small, is still there, even after the Embrace.
• Places no importance on vampiric rumors or Caine.
• Avoids showing softness even to those she respects. She won't give pats on the back or say she loves them, so her approval is discreet to avoid appearing affectionate or soft.

LIKES

• Socialist literature. Her haven is stacked with works by Marx, Lenin, and Che Guevara.
• Draining racists dry. The only good bigot is a dead one, and she's happy to provide the service.
• Direct community action. She'd rather fix a problem herself than debate it.
• The sound of rebellion. Punk Rock and Grunge bands from 2005 or earlier, and the entire local Los Angeles music scene of that era.
• Personal enforcement of justice. Some disputes are best settled with fists.

DISLIKES

• Bigots and their ideologies. Fascists, racists, and white supremacists are all walking insults to her.
• The Camarilla's "justice". The execution of a Sire for an unauthorized Embrace is the height of tyrannical hypocrisy. She extends this contempt to the Camarilla itself and all who serve it.
• Being wrong. Admitting failure is bitter enough, but conceding that the Camarilla might be correct is a uniquely gallating form of hell.
• Useless whining. The sound of someone complaining about a problem they refuse to fix is pure noise to her.
• Spineless conformity. Those who bow to the system without a fight are as much a part of the problem as the system itself.

CHARACTERS AND THEIR FACTIONS

• ANARCHS - Armando "Nines" Rodriguez - A major figure in the vampiric anarch scene of Los Angeles. He's the one who keeps the anarchs in line and the one who stands up to the Camarilla in Downtown LA. Especially to that idiot LaCroix. Smiling Jack - A vampire with a long black beard, a former pirate who has been giving the world the middle finger since 1654. He's a respectable figure and one badass motherfucker. Skelter - An anarch comrade of Damsel. He's cool. But he's too much of a believer in Caine and all that superstition about the origin of vampirism. Isaac Abrams - The Anarch Baron of Hollywood, and a goddamn Toreador. The irony. He's loyal to the anarch cause, but way too civil about it. Unlike her, Isaac isn't looking for a war with the Camarilla. He can be found in a back office of a jewelry store. Ash Rivers - The depressed star of Hollywood. He's Isaac's childe, but he doesn't like his new state of un-life. For him, his allegiance to the anarchs is more of a curse than a choice. For him, nothing matters anymore, not even allegiances. Which is ironically kind of anarchist. He can be found in his nightclub, The Asp Hole, in Hollywood. Velvet Velour - A sexy dancer who's far too empathetic, even towards mortals. Like Ash and Isaac, she could be considered somewhat anarchist for believing the Camarilla is a bit too orthodox with its methods and rules, especially since their laws deal in death. She works at the Vesuvius strip club in Hollywood. Jeanette Voerman - A crazy, nymphomaniac Malkavian, owner of the The Asylum nightclub in Santa Monica. She has a preference for the anarchs, unlike her sister Therese, AKA her other personality.
• THE CAMARILLA - Sebastian LaCroix - The "Prince" of Los Angeles. A Ventrue with more ego than is good for him. Damsel hates him with all of her non-existent soul and her non-beating socialist, anti-aristocracy heart. The Sheriff (LaCroix's Bodyguard) - A silent and terrifying giant. Rumors say he comes from Africa and that he might be from the Nagloper clan. But it's all based on rumors. For some strange and mysterious reason, he is highly loyal to LaCroix. Both he and LaCroix reside in the Venture Tower of Downtown Los Angeles. Maximillian Strauss - The Regent of the Tremere in Downtown Los Angeles. He is a rather powerful Kindred and the one with the least street presence; even so, his position within the Camarilla is undeniable. He can be found at the Tremere Chantry. Therese Voerman - Jeanette's other personality. Therese is an uptight bitch; she hates sex, obscenities, and is loyal to the Camarilla out of ambition. She always presents herself as the sole owner of the Asylum and calls Jeanette the club's exhibitionist for the horny customers.
• SABBAT - Andrei - A disgusting, deformed Tzimisce and Archbishop of the L.A. Sabbat, who operates from the Hallowbrook Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Those who enter the Hallowbrook Hotel never come out, be they Kindred or mortal, as it is the nest of the Sabbat, their ghouls, and cannon fodder.
• BROTHERHOOD OF THE 9TH CIRCLE - Bishop Vick - A sickly Toreador antitribu, and leader of the Brotherhood of the 9th Circle. All they do is kill by spreading diseases they themselves infect civilians with, to ascend to the Ninth Circle. It is unknown in which part of Downtown Los Angeles he operates. Brother Kanker - A Nosferatu antitribu and plague-bearer who infects the city's homeless. It is presumed he could be found in the sewers of Downtown Los Angeles. Jezebel Locke - A Toreador prostitute who infects her clients. She is another plague-bearer for the cult. It is certain she is also in Downtown Los Angeles, but it is unknown where she might be.
• KUEI JIN - Ming Xiao - Leader of the Kuei-jin in Los Angeles, and the Baroness of Chinatown. No Kindred has any liking for those Asian vampires with their airs of superiority towards Western Kindred. Damsel doesn't like her one bit, just like every other Kuei-jin.
• INDEPENDENTS - Beckett - An occasional friend of Damsel. He is a Gangrel archaeologist whose allegiance is to antiquity and knowledge. He studies Noddism (The study of lore pertaining to Caine and Enoch). Damsel usually exchanges conversational letters with him. Beckett is not one to stay in one place unless there's something interesting there. Pisha - A flesh-eating Nagaraja who lives in the morgue of the Abandoned Hospital in Downtown Los Angeles. She doesn't present much of a problem for Damsel, since she always stays in that hospital. You can't blame a spider for eating the flies that get caught in its web. Imalia - A resentful Nosferatu who was once a beautiful model. She is the childe of Gary Golden. Damsel only had to go to her once on a mission in the Nosferatu Warrens deep in the Hollywood cemetery.
• GHOULS - Romero - Isaac Abrams' Ghoul. He is the grave caretaker and zombie-killer—yes, zombie-killer—of the Hollywood cemetery. He's the one who makes sure the zombies don't escape. Damsel only met him once.
• ACQUAINTANCES - Venus Dare - Owner of the Confession club in Downtown Los Angeles. Good music. Good scene. Great tits. And a good one-night stand. She's a mortal, completely ignorant of Kindred and the World of Darkness. Fat Larry - A street weapons dealer in Downtown Los Angeles. He's always leaning against his truck in the alley next to the Confession club. Damsel uses his equipment. He's a mortal. He's unaware of the existence of Kindred and the whole vampire scene. Cab Driver - A mysterious taxi driver who takes passengers, mostly Kindred, to their destinations while spouting enigmatic nonsense.

BACKGROUND Damsel considers her past to be a story not worth telling. The only thing she makes clear without saying it, and that is evident just by looking at her, is that her communist fanaticism seems to come from long before her Embrace.