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Li Weng Shi

Overview

 
Overview
 
VTM Li Weng Shi.png
A rather upbeat and clingy individual happy to share their hobbies with those around them no matter how disturbed some may get. 

Original artwork made by doubleTwretched

Basics

 
Basics
 
Name
 Li Weng Shi
Player
 KitsuneFire01
Chronicle
Baltimore After Dark
Nature
 Creep-show
Demeanor
 Trickster
Concept
 Hip-Hop Cannibal
Clan
 Rossellini
Generation
 N/A (Revenant)
Sire
 N/A

Attributes

 
Attributes
 
Physical 
p
Strength

11000
Dexterity
 
11100
Stamina
 
11000
Social 
s
Charisma

11000
Manipulation
 
11100
Appearance
 
11100
Mental 
t
Perception

11100
Intelligence
 
11100
Wits
Getting the Jump on Others 
11110

Abilities

 
Abilities
 
Talents 
p
Alertness
Eavesdropping
11110
Athletics
 
11100
Awareness
 
11000
Brawl
 
00000
Empathy
 
10000
Expression*
Plating 
11000
Intimidation
 
00000
Leadership
 
00000
Streetwise
 
00000
Subterfuge
 
11100

 
00000
Skills 
s
Animal Ken

00000
Crafts*
Cooking 
11000
Drive
 
10000
Etiquette
 
00000
Firearms
 
00000
Larceny
 
11100
Melee
 Knives
11110
Performance
Dancing 
11000
Stealth
Shadowing
11110
Survival
 
00000

 
00000
Knowledge 
t
Academics
Mathematics
11000
Computers
 
10000
Finance
 
00000
Investigation
Forensics 
11110
Law
Criminal 
10000
Medicine
 
11000
Occult
 
11100
Politics
 
00000
Science
Biology 
10000
Technology
 
00000

 
00000

Advantages

 
Advantages
 
Disciplines
 
Necromancy* 
10000
 
Dominate* 
10000
 
Fortitude* 
00000
 
 
00000
 
 
00000
 
 
00000
Backgrounds
 
Resources 
11000
 
Mentor 
10000
 
Memento de Morte 
10000
 
Contacts 
11000
 
 
00000
 
 
00000
Virtues
Conviction
 
11000
Self-Control
 
11000
Courage
 
11111
 
Humanity/Path
11110 00000
Path
 Death and Soul
Bearing
 Silence
Willpower
11111 10000
00000 00000
Blood Pool
11111 11111
00000 00000
Blood/Turn
 1 (2 BP to spend)

Merits & Flaws

 
Merits & Flaws
 
Merit
Type
Cost
 Clear-Sighted
 Supernatural
 4
 Cannibal
 Clan
 1
 Language (Mandarin, Italian)
 Mental
 0
 Precocious (Crafts, Expression) 
 Mental
 3

 
 
 
 
 
Flaw
Type
Bonus
 Deathsight
Supernatural 
 Cannibal
 Physical
 Albino
 Physical
 1
 Light Sensitive
 Physical
 Expendable
 Social
 1
 
 
 

Rituals & Paths

 
Rituals & Paths
 
Ritual
Level
 Insight
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Path
 
 Sepulchre
10000
 
00000
 
00000
 
00000
 
00000
 
00000
 
00000
 
00000

Experience & Derangements

 
Experience
 
Total
 66
Spent
 61
Notes
 Freebie Points (21)
Cannibal - 1
Willpower 6- 1
Melee 3, 4 - 4
Alertness 3, 4 - 4
Occult 3 - 2
Stealth 4 - 2
Investigation 3 - 2
Appearance 3 - 5


EXP
Expression 2 - 1
Craft 2 - 1
Perception 3 - 8
Manipulation 3 - 8
Subterfuge 1, 2 - 5
Computers 1 - 3
Drive 1 - 3
Athletics 1 - 3
Awareness 2 - 2
Subterfuge 3 - 4
Law 1 - 3
Empathy 1 - 3
Academics 1,2 - 5
Athletics 2, 3 - 6
Investigation 4 - 6
 
Derangements
 
 Deathsight fun notes! +2 dif to perception, +1 dif to social, -2 dif to resit appearance 
 
 
 
 

Expanded Backgrounds

 
Expanded Backgrounds
 
Allies

Contacts
  Has a teacher who is part of the John Hopkins Forensic Pathology course that can provide some insight into some cases going on in the area. Also in contact with another teacher who is looking into studying blood transmuted diseases.
Fame
 
Herd
 
Influence
 
Mentor
Had a Rossellini mentor, Mattia, back in San Francisco that taught them the basics of the family Disciplines and ways. Said family member is a bit of a schemer and likes to dabble outside of typical family norms and has passed some of that ideology down to Shi.
Resources
 Is part of the Giovanni family. They have money and haven't been cut off.
Retainers
 
Status
 
Other
 Memento de Morte - Shi wears a necklace made of chipped gravestones that they keep hidden under their clothes. It's not very powerful but Shi likes the way it feels against their skin the benefits it has regarding necromancy are just a bonus.

Rights & Possessions

 
Rights & Possessions
 
Gear (Carried)
 iPhone
Wallet with money, ID and other basics
Keys for car and apartment
Butterfly Knife
Band-Aids + pain killers
Bobby pins
Gloves
Sunglasses
Headphones
Sunscreen
Feeding Grounds
 Shi is an opportunistic cannibal whose appetite can easily be described as revolting. As long as a corpse hasn't fully started decaying they will take it off someone's hands to turn into a buffet. Bones will be turned into flour, cuts of muscle will be put into stew or roasted, they will make gelatine and pudding and once its all done they will hand their food out to those in the supernatural community. When the munchies get too much, they will actively hunt, choosing people who they think do not appreciate life or in their eyes do not live life to their fullest. Shi does not have the care or respect to pay note about feeding territories.
Havens
 Shi lives in a three-story row house located in Charles Village. The house is quite narrow but Shi likes it. They haven't fully settled into it yet and as such have a few boxes they haven't unpacked yet.
Equipment (Owned)
 "Special" ingredients
Cooking supplies
Kitchen Knife collection
Tarps
Hip-Hop CD collection
Vehicles
Red 2nd Generation Chevrolet Camaro
Other
 

Blood Bonds/Vinculi

 
Blood Bonds/Vinculi
 
Bound To
Rating
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bound To
Rating
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Description

 
Description
 
Age
 76
Apparent Age
 19
D.O.B.
 April 4 1949
R.I.P.
 N/A
Hair
Yellowish white (dyes it black)
Eyes
Red 
Race
 Revenant
Nationality
 Chinese American
Height
 170cm
Build
 Slim, androgynous
Gender
 Non-Binary
Face Claim
 Yi Xi Butcher Vanity
 Shi is a peculiar being. They are neither male nor wholly female in appearance unless they choose to emphasise certain aspects of themselves. Such a mystery delights them and if someone has the balls to ask them, Shi will giggle unless such information pertains to a medical examination or study. To many they tend to wear a happy-go-lucky expression that can quickly twist to one of mad enthusiasm. 

Even if they chose to fully represent themself as one gender, they would still be considered peculiar as they were born with albinism. Their eyes, skin and hair hold little pigment although they choose to dye their hair black. Their hair is straight and down but they do tie it up in a ponytail when doing physical work and examinations. Sometimes Shi can be seen wearing sunglasses with circular lenses to shield their eyes from light as bright lights can be particularly unpleasant for them as due to lack of pigmentation their retinas can be burned.

They do wear clothing that hugs their body such as sports clothes but they normally are concealed under a large, baggy jumper with deep pockets. Shi possesses a number of jumpers and for many different purposes although they prefer ones with water resistant fabrics that are also colourful. For shoes they like to wear canvas shoes. They prefer yellows, reds and teals.

History

 
History
 
Shi is a product of Rosselini and Li Weng ambition as the families wanted to team up in order to strengthen themselves against the other families within the Giovanni family group. Due to being a Revenant they grew up slower than a normal human and were aware of the supernatural from the moment they were born. Rather than taking the last name Rosselini, Shi’s parents decided that Shi should have the last name Li Weng as it was their father's surname. Shi grew up in San Francisco mostly around Chinatown and Little Italy.
Born into a world dyed in death and decay one could think Shi dour and miserable like many of their Revenant family members however Shi is anything but. In contrast to them Shi always delighted in the contrast between life and death from the textures to the states. They quickly came to the realisation that life and death were not entirely opposites as those who had died could still have life and those with life could still feel dead. Eventually everything would decay and die even so-called immortals.
Furthermore, Shi developed a twisted love for life. To be specific Shi valued life to the extent of what it allowed people to do and what it could give others. To live was to consume and many went about their lives not realising how easily their lives could end. There were those in the world who were as zombies, unthinking and unappreciative as they moved as part of a machine to do something in their lifetime to achieve something in the future rather than acknowledging what was around them in the moment. The observation irked Shi to the point of taunting those they thought were not appreciating their life. This included those overly fascinated with studying the dead and those who they saw as completely culling their emotions.
During a visit from a fellow Rossellini, Mattia Rossellini, Shi made the mistake of letting a taunt slip to which parents stood aghast and Mattia grew intrigued. After Shi was disciplined and Mattia had a discussion with Shi’s parents, Shi started studying under Mattia. During their equivalent early years, Shi moved in with Mattia. It was Mattia who taught Shi basic Necromancy and to curb their attitude a bit. Mattia in secret had been doing his own studies that stretched outside of Giovanni norms, going as far to communicate with those who could be seen as Giovanni enemies to learn more about what they knew pertaining to Necromancy and the world. Shi did not interact with these people but Mattia’s learnings were passed down to them.
Mattia also took over a lot of Shi's education and guided Shi's nature towards carving up cadavers. The idea was implanted that for that sake of gathering information for the family and for themself Shi should pursue a career in forensics. Shi started gathering all the qualifications needed to get into courses which directed them to John Hopkins University as they have a renowned medical course and pathology course with a year long forensic opportunity. Knowing that there is family in the area and opportunity, Shi signed up to the university, rented a row-house in Charles Village and packed their bags to move to Baltimore.

Extra Information:
  • Shi’s name means stone but also happens to also sound like the word for four which matches up with their birthday and superstitions surrounding death.
  • When Shi turned 65, they were given their car as a birthday present and have looked after it ever since. Parts can get expensive sometimes and at points Shi has thought about replacing it or getting a second car but they are really attached to the one they have.