Character(s) Redfren's Filing Cabinet

[Redfren]

Name: Adrian Brooks
Height: 6'2
Weight: 196 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Age: 24

Appearance: Adrian has a strong jawline, which typically has overnight shadow. His hair is black in color and left with a natural curl on top while being shaved on the sides. Adrian speaks in a slight Puerto Rican accent. He is strongly built from his time spent at the gym.

History:

Born into a wealthy family, Adrian was not one who ever wanted wealth. His mother, Heather, had ambitions of her own and because of this it typically led to a lot of abuse when his father was not around. However, doing his best to avoid her, Adrian took a different direction. He began working out from an early age so that his mother or so he hoped would no longer feel she was able to threaten him.

His father Paul ran the business and as a result, was gone a lot. The family business was shoes. Brooks shoes to be exact and Adrian was now part of that legacy. The company itself was over one hundred years old and sold high-end shoes all across the world. It did, however, mean his father was absent often.

Unlike most wealthy families. Adrian was not restrained from spending money. In fact, he was encouraged to do so. One day he would run the business, and they wanted to be familiar with the lifestyle he would inherit.

Having no brothers or sisters, Adrian was spoiled and quickly became something of a bully at school. While there were limits on how far he could push someone in high school, this was not the case in college. His mother Heather nearly pushed him out of the house to get his degree so he could one day take over the business. As Adrian grew the abuse he suffered changed to a nearly blind hatred from her.

At college Adrian took several classes which included Business and Management, this set emphasized Finance, business economics, human resource management, and more. While Adrian did attend college. His professors mostly passed him because unlike others he was not on a scholarship and instead paid his way through. Adrian was quick to make friends but had a nasty mean streak to him. With more than a bachelor's degree on his horizon, Adrian had a few years to go.

 

[Redfren]

Name: Luca Benedetti
Height: 6'1
Weight: 201 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Age: 26

Appearance: Luca is a pure Italian, his darker skin tone, and dark hair reflect this. He has piercing brown eyes, typically has overnight shadow or a few days growth on his strong jawline, Luca is well built and spends time jogging and or working out when he is able. He is very well groomed keeping his nails clipped and his hair tended too. Luca has a deep New York Accent.

Spoiler: Accent Video Example

History:

Luca was raised by his mother Sofia. While she did her best to raise Luca right, she also tried to keep him out of the life, and because of that Luca and his mother Sofia fought often. His father Marco Benedetti was the brother to micky Benedetti himself, the current boss to the Benedetti family. Marco was the underboss at the time. However, while Luca was no older than 10 years of age, his father Marco was killed in what the police called a mugging gone wrong.

Luca knew as soon as he was old enough to understand that he wanted to be a gangster, to follow in his father's footsteps and make something of himself. However, his Uncle Micky and extended family laughed at the idea, always shooing him away. So, Luca started lashing out, breaking into cars, attacking other kids. Eventually Luca started running with a small gang of kids, attempting to create a childish version of what he thought was the family.

As he became a teenager his crimes started to expand to lifting cars, and robbing people. Micky and the Benedetti family finally stepped in. His mother Sofia had all but given up on Luca and spent most of her time raising his younger sister Luna who was 6 years his junior.

Micky finally took Luca seriously and began teaching him what he needed to know. And of course, the first thing he did was have Luca get rid of his little fake child family. Luca worked in their coffee shop until he could drive. Then he became a driver for Micky and continued to do that job until he was 18 years old. The family encouraged Luca to go to college and that's what he attempted to do.

However, Luca struggled in school. He was too fixated on everything around him, which included girls, and college did not make this easier. Attempting to get a degree in Business and Management, Luca eventually dropped out after a year. From that time forward he had been earning his dues and making his mark in the family. Unlike others, Luca always believed that he would get his shot when he earned his right to do so. Because of that Luca was very content doing anything that was asked of him.

Luca worked under Louie as an associate until he reached the age of 21 and was made. Becoming a soldier. It was the greatest honor of his life. Things changed quickly for Luca after that, money, women, power, and even some associates of his own. Then at the age of 26 one of the family Caporegime was arrested. Most of his crew was taken down with him. A few months later Luca was made a Caporegime and given the right to his own crew. To run it anyway he saw fit. He was now trusted, respected, and had enough power to create the crew he always wanted.

 

[Redfren]

Name: Albert Roseheart
Height: 6'0
Weight: 176 lbs.
Eyes: Purple (light)
Hair: White/Silver
Age: 21

Appearance: Albert has unique eyes that are light purple. His hair is also unique, being white and silver. He has a strong aversion to body hair of any kind, so he is often clean-shaven and lacks any body hair. He has a strong build, being more muscular than one might normally be. Albert is also quite pale compared to most.

History:

Prince Albert Roseheart was born to Henry Roseheart and Agnes Roseheart. He has one sibling which is his sister. The Monarchy of the Roseheart's was a long and successful one. King Henry himself made great contributions to the kingdom, increasing its economy and foreign trade. Additionally, he formed new alliances with foreign kingdoms that were once thought to be enemies to the Roseheart dynasty.

As a small child, Albert's birth was celebrated all across the land as the new Prince and future King. His mother Agnes loved him dearly and while his father King Henry was a remarkably busy man, he made time for Albert when he could. Until the age of 5 Albert was waited on hand and foot. Spoiled to a level that was excessive by any standard. Personal servants tended to any needs he might have had. Children were brought in to do nothing but play with him. However, even at an early age Albert always looked to his sister. And threw a fit when she was busy or unable to play with him.

At 5 years of age, King Henry made a difficult decision to send Albert to the Eastern Desert Kingdoms. This was a type of hostage exchange, to ensure peace between the East and the Roseheart's. Not understanding what was happening Albert was notably upset about this decision, but he was a child, and King Henry knew he would one day understand this decision. Shortly after he was sent away his mother Queen Agnes died. The cause of her death was unknown. Some speculated poison, others suggested it was a broken heart. While the medically inclined suggested that her heart stopped because it was weak. King Henry himself quickly silenced these medical suggestions. Thus, her death remained a mystery.

The Eastern Desert Kingdoms was no place for a child. The land was flooded with Lyrium. An extremely volatile substance often used to enhance or increase magic. Coming into contact with this substance directly for those who lack magical abilities can have serious consequences from psychological damage to physical alterations. Unrefined this substance is even known to explode randomly. However, its impact on the magical world cannot be understated. Anyone who was magically inclined knew and likely made use of Lyrium in some way or another.

Prolonged exposure to a Lyrium rich environment had effects on Albert as well, which included changing his eyes to a light purple color and his hair to a near white, silver color. Additionally, he lost pigment in his skin making him paler than most people, especially in the Eastern Desert who were typically darker skinned people.

While held at the Eastern Kingdoms, Albert was rejected a royal education as one might typically expect. Instead, he was educated on wildlife, and flora, and encouraged to become a scholar of the natural world. Because King Henry was unaware of Albert's education this placed the Eastern Kingdom's in a strong future alliance with the future King. Albert was gifted many things, and this included women and men of all kinds. The Eastern Kingdom was well known for its slave trades and gladiatorial arenas. Because he was raised this way, he assumed it was normal.

However, Albert was also forced to witness horrific acts of grotesque torture and punishment. The Eastern Kingdoms ruled with an iron fist and deeply rooted fear. Public executions were a daily occurrence. Nobles were free to misuse and abuse the lower-class citizens. Deeply disturbing laws were put in place to assure women had no rights of any kind. Viewed as little more than breeding puppets, and pleasure dolls. Requirements also differed where noble women who were married were required to cover up anything that showed them as appealing or sexual. And unmarried women were required to do the exact opposite, put on display like meat for anyone to see.

The caste system was also very restrictive, and all of these things played a role in the person Albert would become. While he was never taught to fight, being told that royalty should never fight as they are Gods unto their people. He was taught about the value of cleanliness. This was brutally at times taught to him. Body hair of any kind encouraged sweat, which encouraged an unclean nature. Gods should be clean at all times. Additionally, he was told that his body was a temple that others must worship and that it was his job to maintain that temple. Thus, he was physically pushed to be in the best condition he could be at all times. All of this combined into making Albert a bi-sexual, disturbed, and very quiet man, who lacked nearly any combat abilities.

At the age of 20 and 15 years after he was taken, Albert was released and sent home. King Henry overjoyed to see his son was furious as he learned the life Albert had been given and the lessons he had been taught. This immediately caused conflict between King Henry Roseheart and the Eastern Kingdoms, breaking any alliances they might have had. In the last year, King Henry has pushed to re-educate Albert to be a proper noble. And while he is learning there are many things he openly dislikes and struggles with. This discouraged King Henry and because of that the King has become overly harsh to Albert often ridiculing him and punishing him or having him take lessons that are far more difficult than they should be. This caused tension between Albert and his father Henry, tension that is only seeming to grow with each passing day.

 

[Redfren]

Name: Gabriel Valentine
Height: 6'2
Weight: 205 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark Brown
Age: 33

Appearance: Gabriel tends to keep his dark near black hair short. He likes to stay clean and shaven but on lazy days you can find him sporting a day or two of overnight shadow. Gabriel is incredibly built. Aside from his natural (Unnatural) metabolism to aid with this he's very active and has an almost overtly muscular body.

Spoiler: Wolf Forms

History:

Gabriel was a pure blue-blooded werewolf. This practice was outlawed by the clans long before Gabriel was born and because of this his father was banished from the pack. This banishment was for all of North America, and all but assured Gabriel was raised without a father. His mother, his father's sister, was permitted to stay but was never to marry or reproduce again as part of her punishment. Assuring that she was alone and at the bottom of the ranking for pack authority.

All of this created a unique environment for Gabriel to grow up in. With his father missing and his mother shunned by the pack, Gabriel was often mocked or insulted, and beaten on by the other boys. He was forced to witness just how much the clan (Pack) hated his mother and endured.

At a young age, Gabriel's mother Grace taught him how to read. And she made games out of education. Everything from candy rewards for naming all the presidents to speed test with advanced mathematics. Despite her hardships, she was a loving and caring mother who did her very best for Gabriel. Constantly raising him with the belief that knowledge and education would take him further than an angry fist and short temper.

Eventually, the bullying within the clan grew and got a lot worse. Surrounded by young men his own age. He was forced to defend himself, which up to that point he had not done. Running for what he thought was his very life Gabriel panicked and entered the woods. He had never changed before and was years behind the other boys who quickly took their wolf shapes and gave chase. However, when one bit him, a small nip to prove that he was stronger, Gabriel's life changed forever. Being blue blood was outlawed for a lot of reasons. The few children that did survive often showed extraordinary abilities that were by most standards, unnatural. This became evident when Gabriel truly felt threatened.

Instead of changing into a wolf, he turned into something in between a wolf and a man, more closely resembling what is depicted in movies and horror shows. Angered Gabriel fought back and single-handedly defeated three of the four boys, the fourth rushing for aid from the adults.

As the years passed Gabriel excelled in school, just as his mother had hoped he would. He was left alone in the clan because of his unique gifts and eventually, at the age of 19, his mother took her final breath and passed on. Gabriel accepted a scholarship to Duke University and convinced the Clan Leader (Pack Alpha) that he was safe to go. Once agreed, Gabriel buried himself in schoolwork. He had a few girlfriends, and his mother had taught him well about how to treat a woman. But his primary focus was school and anytime that became threatened he would end the relationship.

After graduating with a master's in business, Gabriel accepted a job as Chief executive officer (CEO) for United Health Care. When he returned home, he found his house had been broken into and left to rot. The Alpha now very old barely controlled the pack at all. Most partied and did whatever they wanted without fear of reprisal. Gabriel tolerated the state of the clan for nearly 4 months as he attempted to get his house back in order. However, the chaos of the pack was simply too much.

Gone were the days of order and structure what remained was a wild pack of animals who did whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted, which included breaking some very serious laws with other members of the clan. Having enough, Gabriel officially challenged the Pack Alpha to fight. These rare contests always resulted in one or the other dying. It was clear that Gabriel was going to win the fight and with his victory came the death of the old Alpha.

Immediately Gabriel began to reorganize the clan and put things back in order. Those who did not agree were told to leave, and those who felt it was their right to disagree were ordered to challenge him. Within a year the pack or clan was reorganized and stabilized. Gabriel has continued to lead the clan and also maintains his job as a CEO at UnitedHealthcare the 4th highest-paying job in the United States.

 

[Redfren]

Name: Gary Davis
Height: 6'2
Weight: 186 lbs.
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Black with bits of gray
Age: 36

Appearance: Gary typically has bits of gray in both his hair and his beard. While he keeps his beard trimmed, he does prefer facial hair. His hazel eyes tend to be intense as if he's judging those around him. Gary is well-built and while he doesn't constantly work out, he makes sure to stay in good shape. He has a deep commanding voice which often sounds gruff and aggressive.

History:

Gary was raised by a gambler. His mother was never part of his life. After he was born, she left him in the crib and vanished a week later. His father Matt had a sickness and gambled his life away. He quickly fell into debt and because of this constantly moved from one state to another. A stable childhood Gary did not have, by the age of 10 he was taking care of himself. He worked as soon as he was able, going door to door to ask if he could mow lawns or shovel snow. At 14 he found work at a junkyard pulling car parts.

While Gary did attend school it was so broken up that he barely managed to make friends before his father moved them again. Things really took a turn for the worse when Gary was 16 and his father started stealing from him. Having enough, he ran away from his broken home. No longer able to graduate from a high school he took an online G.E.D course. Graduating at the age of 17 with a G.E.D.

Lying on his application Gary was able to start working for an oil company as a pipeline and field assistant. He lived on the land where he worked in small shacks. One thing Gary was good at was saving money. He kept his head down and focused on the work and by the time he was 20 he made his first investment in oil. It paid off and with the oil boom of 2010, he doubled his investment. With his newfound wealth, he quickly bought his own oil rig. Paid for the land and started his own oil company.

With this newfound direction, his one oil rig quickly became 20 then 40. By the time Gary was 27 he was giving companies like Chevron a real challenge. Now a multi-millionaire Gary set out searching for his father. Only to find out that some of the debt collectors had caught up with him one night and Gary's father Matt did not survive the encounter. Gary had a head for business and set up his oil company in a way that allowed him to stay at home and only deal with large investments or significant changes in the company.

With this new direction, Gary went back to college and got a degree in business and management along with his general college education. By 31 Gary finished college and finally began to live the life most people could only dream of.

 

[Redfren]

Name: Karl Silverwing
Height: 6'1
Weight: 179 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Age: 28
Class: Wizard

Appearance: Karl normally has a well-groomed beard. He styles his hair and tends to keep it short. He's well built with a standard athletic build, though he does not do anything in particular to keep in shape. Karl's voice is deep, and at times gruff, due to his smoking.

History:

Karl spent most of his younger childhood at home with his three brothers and two sisters. His mother did her best to tend to the house, though money was always a problem. His father Derek was a simple farmer. Karl himself was the oldest of his siblings and fully intended to follow his father's plan and become a farmer himself.

Because Karl was the eldest, he was required at a young age to help around the house, including but not limited to tending to the farm animals, gathering wood, burning trash, and the like. He was very sheltered and did not have a lot of time to socialize with other children outside of his own siblings.

At the age of 10 Karl was introduced to reading by his mother. He was now required to learn the basics of reading and then read stories to the other kids in the house before bed. This was the first time Karl started to imagine a world that was not restricted to the farm. He poured countless hours into reading and trying to learn more about the outside world. Learning about knights and heroes, including magic from said books, though most were in the form of fairy tales.

Around this time a ragged old man showed up at the house requesting a place to rest for the night. Father agreed to let him stay in the barn. Karl rushed to the man and peppered him with questions. It turned out the man was a practiced wizard, who was going to study at a local academy. Excited to meet such a man Karl proceeded to ask him about magic and if he could show Karl how to use it. The man showed Karl a simple light spell. One of the most basic magics and explained that not everyone could use magic.

Karl cast the spell after only a few minutes of trying, the man excited went to speak with Karl's parents and stated that Karl would be leaving to study magic from the academy. Reluctantly they agreed. Though Karl always suspected it was because it would lessen the burden on them, not having another mouth to feed.

The academy was brutal. Karl had to start from the ground up. Cleaning, and tending to more advanced students. In his free time, he was allowed to read and study and at the age of 16 he was finally taken under the wing of a Master known as Rictor Tempest. Aside from just being a typical apprentice Rictor constantly had Karl reading something, learning, and then reading some more.

Years passed and Karl never did think back on his family. He engrossed himself fully in the magic arts. By the time he turned 27 years old he was himself considered a scholar and mage. Graduating Karl was given money for his service and a spell book along with several other items necessary for living on his own.

With his future ahead of him Karl set off with high hopes.

 

[Redfren]

Name: Levi Liddell
Height: 6'0
Weight: 178 lbs.
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Dirty Blond
Age: 23

Appearance: Levi is well built but hides it well with an athletic build rather than a body builder. He's typically clean shaven but has eyes that seem to be looking right through someone. His hair is typically left wild or pulled to the side. He has a typical voice which is neither deep nor commanding.

History:

Levi was raised in a brutally abusive household. His mother did little to help him with the physical abuse he suffered from his father. As far back as he can remember, he was being abused. When he cried, his mother would beat him with a belt. When he stood tall, his father beat him with his fist.

He struggled horribly in school and eventually dropped out without finishing high school. In school, he was typically bullied because of his passive and withdrawn attitude. Once when he was attacked by a student, he was shocked at how weak the attack was. Compared to the abuse he suffered at home, it was barely an attack at all. From that day forward, Levi stopped fearing students. The abuse, however, did not stop.

Levi attempted to protect his younger sister when he could, but it did little to help her. She suffered abuse of an altogether different type. At the age of sixteen, Levi was withdrawn and aggressive. He smoked and rebelled against any kind of authority, including his teachers. Finally, unable to handle the abuse any longer after a particularly brutal attack, Levi waited for his mother, father, and sister to go to bed. He packed his things, stole what money he could, and left. His parents didn't even file a missing person's report, only confirming how much they despised him.

As a teenager, Levi saw things that no one should have been able to see, creatures and monsters where people should have been. He assumed naturally that he was going insane or had some kind of brain damage from the abuse. Until a group of people found him running from what he referred to as a demon. To his shock and surprise, they saw it too, and killed it right there in front of him.

From that point forward, Levi found a home. They took him in, trained him to fight, trained him to use weapons, and explained what he was seeing. A thinning veil that all kinds of distorted monsters lived behind. With the aid of his group, the next few years zipped by. Levi's new job was to prevent these creatures from breaching the veil and entering his world.

Levi never saw his parents again, or his sister. He assumed child services took his sister, and his parents were either dead and rotting or locked up in jail. He never bothered to find out. They were not his family anymore. That Is, until he received a phone call from a mental hospital saying his sister needed someone to come pick her up.

 

[Redfren]

Name: Ceixir Solace
Height: 6'2
Weight: 193 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark Brown
Age: Unknown, appears 31

Appearance: Short-cropped brown near black hair, shorter on the sides. Dark overnight stubble covers his strong jawline. Deep penetrating brown eyes. Strong muscular build. Chest and back are clean of any hair. His voice is deep and ragged like a smoker.

History:

Ceixir Solace is rumored to have been born in the roaring twenties. Or the 1920s. There are records of him as far back as the 1930s but no documents can be found before this time. He was born to Martha Solace and Mathew Solace. During this time, the great depression had a strong grip on the world, and Ceixir was not immune to it. So, any great wealth he might have acquired before this time vanished as quickly for him as it did for others.

Ceixir was an only child, or so he tells people. Magic and the supernatural were still hidden at this time and wouldn't become publicly known until the 1990s, and even then, much of what they were and who they were, remained hidden from the world.

Trained as a Necromancer, Ceixir Solace took on the mantel of something that was heavily shunned and frowned upon. To this very day, he refuses to speak of his Master or teacher. Unlike other schools of magic, necromancy was seen as dark and evil, toying with the dead and dancing on the side of darkness. These prejudiced thoughts still linger to this day.

Whatever the reason Ceixir who prefers to go by Solace, is not a wealthy man. He managed to scrape by and buy a small shop. It used to sell trinkets and souvenirs until magic became public knowledge. Now his shop caters to the more magically inclined, though his sales are not the purpose of his storefront. Instead, he works as an animator or mediator between the living and the dead. This vast amount of knowledge has seen him used multiple times by the police force for investigations, and he's even been called to court to testify. Murder is a lot harder to get away with when you can ask the corpse who killed them, and they cannot lie.

One of the major problems with using the testimony of the dead lies in their inability to reach a conclusion. The dead can answer questions, but you have to ask them, and prosecutors will often object, saying that by doing this, the necromancer is leading the witness, which is true.

Necromancy itself is a slow magic. It's not flashy like other schools of magic and not intended for combat or such things. No waving your hand and making balls of fire. Due to this restriction, Solace tends to carry a gun and a variety of other items. Such as a silver cross or silver bullets. He has some martial arts training that might work against a human, but wouldn't do anything against a supernatural creature.

Solace has had a slew of lovers; he's rather open about his relationships and has not to anyone's knowledge, dedicated himself to a single lover but rather chosen to have many. He isn't shy about his desires, but wouldn't refer to himself as a playboy by any means.

 

[Redfren]

Name: Victor Lancet
Height: 6’3
Weight: 221 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark brown
Age: 34 (Died at 34 as well)

Appearance: Victor has a strong jawline with overnight stubble along the edges. He’s extremely well built and took great pride in his body before his embrace. He has no hair on his chest or back. He has a deep voice. Victor prefers to maintain a clean appearance at all times.

History:

Victor was born into a wealthy family. He had two brothers, both older, and one younger sister. His childhood was restrictive to a degree that would make most people question why their mother and father had children at all. Private tutors, private schools, and more. Every single part of Victor’s life was lined up for him. There was nothing that wasn’t planned for.

From grade school to high school, Victor was directed and educated to perfection. He didn’t have time for friends; he didn’t have time for girls. After school, he was taken to private music lessons; after that, he was sent home to a private tutor. Meals were solitary affairs or done at a massive table in silence.

The stress and constant strain of being pushed finally hit Victor in 11th grade. His GPA slipped, and the fallout of that minor misstep would alter Victor’s life forever after. His Father was furious at his failure, and his mother supported his father unquestionably. Instead of going on a family vacation with everyone. He was punished and told to stay home and continue his studies. He was to make up for his GPA and be under constant instruction from tutors. Summer school and more.

The plane his family took was a private jet that crashed over the Gulf of Mexico. There were no survivors. The entire aircraft took months to locate and recover. This single event changed everything about Victor and the life his family set up for him. Suddenly, at the age of 17, he was given a fortune. The caveat came with the guardian that was also assigned to him. Conditions needed to be met for Victor to receive the family’s fortunes. His father never missed a beat, and this was no exception.

Victor continued his schooling, though not quite as diligently as he had before. He excelled in college and graduated with honors only a few years after starting. He focused his attention on stocks and business acquisitions. Victor didn’t have to try hard to be successful because the business his father had set up ran perfectly fine without him and was a natural success on its own.

At the age of 34, Victor had a life that someone could only dream of. Limos, yachts, private jets, and mansions. He hardly had to work at all, making a small appearance from time to time but otherwise just signing papers that made him a natural success. Eventually, Victor decided to try something new, and with the board’s approval, he set out to acquire a struggling business called Midnight Stocks and Bonds. His goal was to use this struggling firm to buy stocks in unstable markets. To take chances where his company simply would not. To enjoy projects and more.

Controlling the company proved difficult. Stone-walled one after another, it at times appeared as if people would one day agree and completely disagree the next day. It infuriated Victor, and for the next several months, he spent millions dismantling the company from every angle he could. Finally, he fired the entire company’s staff and hired his own men. This was yet another point that would change Victor’s life forever.

Unbeknownst to Victor, he had been playing a game with a powerful and well-known Ventrue. Even more impressive, with dedication and understanding and a considerable amount of wealth, Victor won his little game, or so he thought. He had garnered the attention of one Preston Maldon, a Ventrue who was excited to meet Victor.

The day was like any other; night had fallen, and Victor was working late, pride seeping from every part of him on the victory he gained, while Preston walked into the building. At first, Victor didn’t notice as the man walked through the building like he owned it. Nothing slowed him down. Security opened doors for him like they knew him. When the knock came on his office, Preston entered.

Victor was embraced that very night and would spend the next six months in constant study with his Sire. Learning everything there was to learn about the life he was now part of, about the Camarilla, about the Masquerade, about all of it. Worse still, Victor was forced to sign over everything he owned to Preston as a gift for eternal life. Leaving Victor broke for the first time in his life. ‘It’s a learning experience, you’ll come out stronger for it.’ Preston said, and that was the end of Victor’s life of luxury.

He was given enough money to stay afloat, but not much more than that. After his lessons were finished, he was presented to the Prince of the city. Shockingly, the Prince had no need for another Ventrue, especially one that had nothing to offer the court. ‘Since Preston took everything for himself.’ So, by order of the Prince, Victor was forcefully relocated to Detroit.