Ripper | Darkness in Chicago

• Formerly known as Jermaine "Low Je" Hayes.
• He adopted the name "Ripper" after the Embrace, abandoning his humanity. The nickname refers to what he is now: a skin-ripping Tzimisce.
• Male.
• Permanently in his twenties.
• Clan Tzimisce.
• 11th Generation.
• Sabbat allegiance.
• Low Humanity.
• Born and raised in Chicago.

══ APPEARANCE

• Short black dreadlocks.
• Unnaturally black irises sculpted through Vicissitude, paired with subtle black eyeshadow.
• Black skin and an athletic build. His chest retains hard abs and defined pectorals, but several faces are visibly embedded within the flesh in expressions of permanent agony, representing his post-Embrace victims. Created through Vicissitude. His skin is cold to the touch. Retractable fangs.
• Open black leather jacket exposing his chest. Black fingerless gloves. Dark black jeans. Black ankle boots.

══ PERSONALITY

• Emotionally numb: The past tragedies that drove him to suicide before his Embrace destroyed almost every emotion within him, numbing them just so he would no longer have to suffer. The Embrace only sealed it permanently.
• Streetwise: Gang life taught him how to spot liars, make deals, listen, know when to attack and when not to. That cannot be faked.
• Bestial: To him, the Beast is not a threat to his sanity. To him, it is who he always was, merely dormant before the Embrace.
• Violent: He was raised surrounded by violence, witnessed violence, and caused violence.
• Resentful: Those who have wronged him remain in his memory, fueling his unstoppable thirst for revenge.
• Traumatized: The life he lived before his rebirth scarred him forever and shaped the person he is now. There is no fixing him anymore.
• Possessive: Since losing everything, he needs to have everything, control it, possess it. That way, nobody can take it away from him again.
• Backstabber: It is part of the game, both in the streets and among the Kindred. When necessary, betraying allies or followers is an easy task if it prolongs his survival. After all, he sees himself as above humanity.
• Soft-spoken: He always speaks in a calm, low voice, rarely raising it unless truly furious.
• Serious: Most of the time, in everyday situations, he carries a cold and relaxed expression. This only changes during moments of rage or combat.
• Paranoid: Raised in a world where people backdoor their own friends for fame or money, only to end up in another where betrayal is part of the game, it is no surprise that he constantly stays on guard and distrusts even those closest to him.
• Toxic: He does not seek love. He seeks dependence. He wants to corrupt others, to have them devote their entire existence to him, isolating themselves from everyone except him.
• Hypocritical: Do as I say, not as I do. He does not tolerate betrayal or doubt directed at him, yet he has no problem doing both to others.

══ LIKES

• Extreme displays of loyalty toward him.
• Fighting. Usually unarmed, with or without Disciplines.
• The drill rap scene.
• Experimenting with Vicissitude on living specimens.
• Being depended on.

══ DISLIKES

• Betrayal toward him or having his leadership questioned.
• Being asked about his former life, or being called by his old name.
• Shitty ass parents.
• The Camarilla, Anarchs, and the Masquerade.
• Losing possessions. (Haven, people, artifacts, etc).

══ DISCIPLINES

• Animalism is a Discipline that brings the vampire closer to their animalistic nature. This not only allows them to communicate with and gain dominance over creatures of nature, but gives them influence over the Beast itself.
• Auspex is a Discipline that grants vampires supernatural senses.
• Vicissitude is the signature power of the Tzimisce and is almost unknown outside of the clan. With it an experienced crafter can sculpt the flesh and bone of a subject, making them a creature of alien beauty or gnarling them into a deformed monstrosity. Tzimisce use Vicissitude on themselves extensively, altering their appearances with their mood or changing their bodies to be as vile as their souls.

══ BANE

• Grounded: A Tzimisce must sleep surrounded by something they consider theirs — a territory, people, building, or obsession they possess and rule over.

══ COMPULSION

• Covetousness: The Tzimisce becomes obsessed with possessing something in the scene, desiring to add it to their proverbial hoard. This can be anything from an object to a piece of property to an actual person.

══ PROPERTIES

• His Haven, a two-story abandoned house at 6635 South Lowe Avenue, in a heavily neglected neighborhood filled with bullet-riddled, abandoned homes where shady things happen. From the outside, the Haven looks derelict: boarded-up windows, overgrown grass, a broken fence, and scattered trash. The interior is no better: fleshy interior walls, filthy furniture, cockroaches, torn sofas and armchairs, rotting wood, and flesh-crafted dolls with expressions of agony.
• A completely black Taurus Model 454 Raging Bull revolver.

══ RELATIONSHIPS

• His only current relationship is with his crew, "Deadset", which is made up of mortals/ghouls (drug addicts, gang members, hopeless youths, between eighteen and their mid-to-late twenties) who reside alongside him in his Haven. All of them are there through manipulation, emotional attachment, mutual benefit, or dependence. They see Ripper as the figure who gave them a home and an opportunity in their shitty lives.

══ PRE-EMBRACE CANON EVENTS

• Latoya Powell was his mother, a drug addict who became pregnant accidentally. She died of an overdose when Jermaine was three years old.

• DeMarcus Hayes, his father, was the only figure he had after his mother's death. He was a bastard just as addicted as his dead mother, as well as abusive. Most of the time he was passed out, leaving Jermaine to live among the filth of the house, cook his own food, or starve. The fucker met his painful death shortly after Ripper's Embrace.

• Darnell Hayes was his older cousin. At fifteen, Jermaine used to hit the streets with him. What should have been a simple robbery turned fatal when Jermaine accidentally shot him, thinking he was the home owner. Killing him by mistake.

• His girlfriend, Aleena, was the last thing he lost. Only a year after Darnell's death. Jermaine had stopped at a McDonald's with his girl. They were about to eat, but Jermaine had to go use the bathroom. Inside the restroom, he heard gunshots. When he came out, Aleena's face had been destroyed by a shotgun blast. The opps hit him where it hurt the most.

• A few weeks after his girlfriend's death, all hope had died. There was nothing left for him in this world anymore. So one night, Jermaine parked his car beneath a bridge, turned on some music, and swallowed several pills along with alcohol. Death came close for a few moments, until he woke up. Unlife was not a curse. It was the birth of a monster.

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