Elijah Augustus Giovanni
Overview
Overview
Most of the family in Baltimore won't speak of him out of superstition. He is likely the only one with his atavism in North America. Those things combined give him a great deal of autonomy.
Autonomy he wields as well as he wields his words: Like a motherfucking sledgehammer.
Other than Rosa Giovanni, the family matriarch in Baltimore, he's an outcast in his own Clan and amongst those who professed to love him the most. Elijah is abrasive on good nights, downright cruel on bad ones, and only cares for perhaps three individuals.
If you have to ask? You're not one of them.
Autonomy he wields as well as he wields his words: Like a motherfucking sledgehammer.
Other than Rosa Giovanni, the family matriarch in Baltimore, he's an outcast in his own Clan and amongst those who professed to love him the most. Elijah is abrasive on good nights, downright cruel on bad ones, and only cares for perhaps three individuals.
If you have to ask? You're not one of them.
Basics
Basics
Name
Elijah Giovanni
Player
QuinnTalon
Chronicle
Baltimore After Dark
Nature
Caregiver
Demeanor
Loner
Concept
The One They Don't Talk About
Clan
Giovanni
Generation
10th
Sire
Ephraim Giovanni
Attributes
Attributes
Physical
S
Strength
11100
Dexterity
11100
Stamina
11000
Social
T
Charisma
11000
Manipulation
11000
Appearance
11100
Mental
P
Perception
11100
Intelligence
Analytical
11110
Wits
Changes in Strategy
11110
Abilities
Abilities
Talents
S
Alertness
11000
Athletics
11000
Awareness
11000
Brawl
Dirty Fighting
11110
Empathy
00000
Expression
00000
Intimidation
00000
Leadership
00000
Streetwise
11000
Subterfuge
11000
00000
Skills
T
Animal Ken
00000
Crafts
00000
Drive
10000
Etiquette
10000
Firearms
00000
Larceny
10000
Melee
11000
Performance
10000
Stealth
11000
Survival
10000
00000
Knowledge
P
Academics
11000
Computers
(Computer Languages)
11110
Finance
10000
Investigation
11000
Law
00000
Medicine
11000
Occult
(Giovanni History)
11110
Politics
00000
Science
11000
Technology
11100
00000
Advantages
Advantages
Disciplines
Necromancy...............................
11100
Dominate
00000
Potence
10000
Obfuscate
11100
00000
00000
Backgrounds
Resources
11110
Generation
11100
Contacts
11000
00000
00000
00000
Virtues
Conscience
11000
Self-Control
11100
Courage
11111
Humanity
11111 00000
Path
Humanity
Bearing
Willpower
11111 00000
00000 00000
Blood Pool
11111 11111
11100 00000
Blood/Turn
13/1
Merits & Flaws
Merits & Flaws
Merit
Type
Cost
Sanguine Incongruity
Giovanni
5
Eidetic Memory
Mental
2
Prestigious Sire
Social
1
Languages (Italian, English)
Flaw
Type
Bonus
Nightmares
Mental
1
Infertile Vitae
Supernatural
5
Recruitment Target (Setites)
Social
1
Rituals & Paths
Rituals & Paths
Ritual
Level
Ritual of the Smoking Mirror
1
Path
The Grave's Decay
11100
Sepulcher Path
10000
00000
00000
00000
00000
00000
00000
Experience & Derangements
Experience
Total
102
Spent
102
Notes
Freebies
7 - Potence 1
7 - Obfuscate 2
1 - Generation 3
Experience
Charisma 2 - 4
Drive 1 - 3
Survival 1 - 3
Streetwise 1 and 2 - 7
Survival 1 and 2 - 7
Investigation 1 and 2 - 7
Finance 1 - 3
Medicine 1 -2
Intelligence 4 - 12
Computer 4 - 6
Occult 4 - 6
Necromancy 3 - 10
Sepulcher Path 1 - 7
Contacts 1 and 2 - 5
Brawl 4 - 8
Larceny 1 - 3
Bought Off: Shy Flaw
Performance 1 - 3XP
7 - Potence 1
7 - Obfuscate 2
1 - Generation 3
Experience
Charisma 2 - 4
Drive 1 - 3
Survival 1 - 3
Streetwise 1 and 2 - 7
Survival 1 and 2 - 7
Investigation 1 and 2 - 7
Finance 1 - 3
Medicine 1 -2
Intelligence 4 - 12
Computer 4 - 6
Occult 4 - 6
Necromancy 3 - 10
Sepulcher Path 1 - 7
Contacts 1 and 2 - 5
Brawl 4 - 8
Larceny 1 - 3
Bought Off: Shy Flaw
Performance 1 - 3XP
Derangements
Expanded Backgrounds
Expanded Backgrounds
Allies
Contacts
Corrupt Political Figures, Local Little Italy Don
Fame
Herd
Influence
Mentor
Resources
An inherited townhouse in Little Italy from his Sire. Investments and a decent bank account
Retainers
Antony Giovanni Elijah's cousin and arguably his best friend. They were close when Elijah was human. Now that he's a vampire, Elijah ghouled Antony (notably without the consent of the rest of the family) if only to keep him off the radar of other family members who would be less likely to look out for him.
Status
Other
Rights & Possessions
Rights & Possessions
Gear (Carried)
Pocket Knife, Wallet, Smart Phone, laptop case
Feeding Grounds
Little Italy; Domain of The Giovanni
Havens
Blood Bonds/Vinculi
Blood Bonds/Vinculi
Bound To
Rating
Bound To
Rating
Description
Description
History
History
Elijah's untimely death was just that: Untimely.
Before that, he was just another college student. One who had a bit more insight into the way things really worked in the world, but still just a kid going to college and majoring in Graphic Design and Coding, and running the occasional errand for a few of his 'night owl' family members.
A few pretty lucrative errands, and mostly for his Uncle Ephraim, but that is beside the point.
The night is one that Elijah relives every time he closes his eyes in daysleep. He'd been on his way home from late-classes, and he's convinced to his night he was targeted. He was grabbed, and then three nights later--three nights that he tries incredibly hard to forget--he was dumped on the steps of La Scala Ristorante (one of the family's front-restaurants), near death and unable to tell anyone what had happened to him.
It was his Uncle Ephraim who did it. Who had his cousins leave them alone in the private party room, and after attempting to get answers out of Elijah did the only thing he could to keep him alive long enough learn the truth of what had happened.
He Embraced him.
As per a lot of the Family, it wasn't done properly or something went wrong that night. Maybe it was because Elijah hadn't been properly prepared the way most Giovanni are, or maybe it was because he'd been so close to death prior to the Embrace, but he wasn't...right. Instead of the normal curse their family was stricken with, Elijah instead looked as though he were a fresh corpse, and no matter how hard he tried, or how much his sire attempted to teach him, he was unable to quicken his blood to make him seem more alive.
Which was why, after Ephraim called in a few favors, Elijah was taught the art of Obfuscate.
Since those nights, Elijah studies, and spends a good deal of his time alone. The Family tends to be odd around him. He's still provided for and protected--he IS still Giovanni--but he tends to be kept at arms' length by the younger members of the family, and given a wide berth by those who are older.
And his Sire?
He left a few years ago. Left Elijah to his studies in their shared penthouse while he traveled to various places where their family Elders were ensconced.
Before that, he was just another college student. One who had a bit more insight into the way things really worked in the world, but still just a kid going to college and majoring in Graphic Design and Coding, and running the occasional errand for a few of his 'night owl' family members.
A few pretty lucrative errands, and mostly for his Uncle Ephraim, but that is beside the point.
The night is one that Elijah relives every time he closes his eyes in daysleep. He'd been on his way home from late-classes, and he's convinced to his night he was targeted. He was grabbed, and then three nights later--three nights that he tries incredibly hard to forget--he was dumped on the steps of La Scala Ristorante (one of the family's front-restaurants), near death and unable to tell anyone what had happened to him.
It was his Uncle Ephraim who did it. Who had his cousins leave them alone in the private party room, and after attempting to get answers out of Elijah did the only thing he could to keep him alive long enough learn the truth of what had happened.
He Embraced him.
As per a lot of the Family, it wasn't done properly or something went wrong that night. Maybe it was because Elijah hadn't been properly prepared the way most Giovanni are, or maybe it was because he'd been so close to death prior to the Embrace, but he wasn't...right. Instead of the normal curse their family was stricken with, Elijah instead looked as though he were a fresh corpse, and no matter how hard he tried, or how much his sire attempted to teach him, he was unable to quicken his blood to make him seem more alive.
Which was why, after Ephraim called in a few favors, Elijah was taught the art of Obfuscate.
Since those nights, Elijah studies, and spends a good deal of his time alone. The Family tends to be odd around him. He's still provided for and protected--he IS still Giovanni--but he tends to be kept at arms' length by the younger members of the family, and given a wide berth by those who are older.
And his Sire?
He left a few years ago. Left Elijah to his studies in their shared penthouse while he traveled to various places where their family Elders were ensconced.