Tomasz Draus Overview Overview Tomasz, at first glance, seems fairly understated for a Brujah. He doesn't have a crazy haircut, obscene piercings, and he's not covered in tattoos. He dresses fashionably, enjoys wearing suits here and there, and pursues academic activities. Some might even say he's a little too pretty to be a Brujah.Yet there is something brimming just beneath the surface. A simple conversation turns into a discussion, which morphs into a debate, then evolves to a disagreement, and finally escalates into an argument. He gets that look in his eyes when someone loses their cool, says something wrong or even better, initiates a fight. He smiles as his fingers curl into fists... Basics Basics Name Tomasz Draus Player Genesis Chronicle Baltimore After Dark Nature Rebel Demeanor Bon Vivant Concept Rabble-Rouser Clan Brujah Generation 10 Sire Gretchen Keller Attributes Attributes Physical p Strength Vicious 11100 Dexterity Lightning Reflexes 11110 Stamina Vigorous 11110 Social s Charisma 11100 Manipulation 11000 Appearance Unforgettable Face 11110 Mental t Perception 11000 Intelligence 11100 Wits Ambushes 11110 Abilities Abilities Talents p Alertness 11000 Athletics Parkour 11110 Awareness 11000 Brawl Dirty Fighting, MMA, Bartitsu 11110 Empathy 11000 Expression Social Media 10000 Intimidation 10000 Leadership 10000 Streetwise 11100 Subterfuge 11000 00000 Skills s Animal Ken 00000 Crafts Graffiti 10000 Drive Motorcycles, Evasion 11000 Etiquette 00000 Firearms 11000 Larceny 00000 Melee 11000 Performance 10000 Stealth 00000 Survival 00000 00000 Knowledge t Academics Linguistics 11100 Computers 00000 Finance 00000 Investigation 00000 Law Basic Rights 10000 Medicine 00000 Occult Kindred Lore 11000 Politics Camarilla 11100 Science 00000 Technology Security 10000 00000 Advantages Advantages Disciplines Celerity 11110 Potence 11100 Presence 11000 Fortitude 11000 00000 00000 Backgrounds Generation 11100 Retainer 11000 Resources 11000 Domain Gwynn Oaks 11110 00000 Virtues Conscience 11100 Self-Control 11100 Courage 11110 Humanity/Path 11111 10000 Path Bearing Willpower 11111 11100 00000 00000 Blood Pool 11111 11111 11000 00000 Blood/Turn Merits & Flaws Merits & Flaws Merit Type Cost Blush of Health Physical 2pt Language (English, Polish, German, French, Latin) Mental 0pt (CC) Deceptive Aura Supernatural 1pt Iron Will Mental 3pt Rep (Elder Slayer) Social 1pt Flaw Type Bonus Unconvinced Social 1pt Dark Secret Social 1pt Rituals & Paths expanded disciplines Combo Disciplines Cost Burning Wrath (Celerity - 3, Potence - 3) 1 BP Discipline Powers Cost Experience & Derangements Experience Total Freebies: 11, XP: 134 Spent Freebies: 11, XP: 134 Current 10 Notes Freebies Spent (Red):Appearance - 10Specialty - 1XP Spent (Blue):Empathy - 5Streetwise - 9Subterfuge - 5Specialties - 18Disciplines - 52Willpower - 9 + 13Domain - 10Leadership - 3Burning Wrath - 18Total - 134 Derangements Expanded Backgrounds Expanded Backgrounds Allies Contacts Fame Herd Influence Mentor Resources His ghoul made a fortune developing code that decongested the internet in the early 2000s. With investments and smart management, Craig now provides tech consultation for non-profits. Tommy mooches off Craig, living comfortably so that he can pursue his own ends. Retainers Ghoul - Craig Chapman (48yo) - former tech guru that now helps non-profits with tech consultation. Tomasz does not bring Craig to court and keeps him separate from vampire society as much as possible. Craig knows they exist, but Tomasz likes his ghouls for their connections to mortal society and keeps them that way as much as possible.Ghoul 2 - Nicky October, the leader of a street gang. Status Other Rights & Possessions Rights & Possessions Gear (Carried) Extendable Baton, sometimes a 9mm pistol, sometimes a Bowie knife. They are usually secured somewhere on his motorcycle if they're not on him. Feeding Grounds Havens The basement of an old brownstone rowhouse. It's small, windowless, and unassuming. His ghoul runs his consultation business in the rowhouse during the day, but then he will go to a separate rented apartment so that Tomasz can use the rowhouse for whatever purposes he wants at night without a sleeping human in the way. Equipment (Owned) Cell phone, Vehicles Motorcycle - Triumph Bonneville Other Blood Bonds/Vinculi Blood Bonds/Vinculi Bound To Rating Bound To Rating Description Description Vampire Age 191 Apparent Age 20 D.O.B. August 30th, 1811 R.I.P. October 4th, 1831 Hair Brown Eyes Brown Race Caucasian Nationality Polish Height 6' Build Lithe Gender Cis-Male Face Claim Francisco Lachowski Tomasz has a naturally casual demeanor and paired with his good looks, is often perceived as charming, which he can be. When he was Embraced, he hadn't shaved in a week and had a strong amount of stubble. Shaving it makes him appear drastically younger, while keeping the beard manages to make him seem more mature. History History 1811 - 1893 Born in a Polish village on the outskirts of Warsaw, Tomasz Draus was an intelligent, precocious, and combative young child. Perhaps it was his father, soldier who had fought in the uprisings against the Prussian army that partitioned their region of Poland, or his French mother, who had been part of the revolution that ended in the beheading of Louis and Marie Antoinette. They raised him to be an independent thinker, but soon found that he enjoyed it a little too much. Debates with him often devolved into fist fights, and his father, who was a boxer after his time as a soldier, had taught him to use his fists well.As he developed, he had a natural athletic ability and he was an attractive young man, his appearance something he learned to use to his benefit when trying to get his way. He was easily admitted into the new University of Warsaw in 1828, where he began studies in Linguistics. He learned Latin there, adding to his already fluent speaking of Polish from his father, French from his mother, and Deutsch as the official language of Prussia. He also gained a very healthy dislike for the Kingdom of Prussia and joined a coterie of students intent on fostering revolution to win back Poland's sovereignty. As a young revolutionary, notice was taken by his eventual sire, Gretchen Keller. One of Tomasz's professors was the 10th generation Brujah's ghoul. Gretchen was a key part in fostering a sense of revolution in the university, and so when the November Uprising began in 1830, Tomasz was a willing participant, as well as most of the university. The uprising was crushed the next year and the university forced to shut down, believed to be central to the uprising. The ghouled professor was executed, and the loss of the ghoul inspired Gretchen to Embrace Tomasz without much forethought. They fled to the Austrian partition of Poland and took up residence near the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, where they would ghoul a new student every few years in order to learn from their studies and spread the same sense of rebellion that they had done in Warsaw.In 1893, however, they attracted the notice of a hunters. The city's Camarilla court was decimated and those who didn't flee at the time didn't survive. Gretchen and Tomasz didn't stay, obviously.1894 - 1946They traveled across Europe, going to from France, to Italy, to Spain, but nowhere stuck. Tomasz wasn't just rebellious, he could be violent, enjoying the challenge of a good fight, and it was only Gretchen's protection that stopped him from being killed a few times. They wore out their welcome in most cities as soon as the local Prince began to suspect their presence was beginning to stir thoughts of revolution or reform of the Tradtions. They went to London next, where he became enamored with the combat artform of Bartitsu (call baritsu at the time due to a misspelling from a Sherlock Holmes story). Their time there was less contentious than other places as there was a decent sized population of other Brujah for Tomasz to bang knuckles with.In the 1930s, Gretchen was killed by Sabbat, who had infiltrated the London court, and there was a massive struggle for power. At some point during all this, Tomasz committed diablerie on a Lasombra of lower generation in order to help gain the upper hand in the struggle. Only two other Kindred know of it, and one of them is currently in torpor. The strategy worked, however, and Tomasz fought and won against the Sabbat elder leading the charge to cast the Camarilla out. It was a stunning feat, and he enjoyed praise and glory while he resided in London. They called him Elder Slayer, enjoying praise and glory as the Brujah that saved London. Over time, less vampires know about it, others have won similar glories, but many elders still remember his name or know of the incident. Eventually, the Ventrue got too strong of a hold on London, and without Gretchen, he began to crave something completely different than what Europe had afforded him, finding inspiration in the new superpower that rose up after the end of WWII: America.1947 - present His time in America has been his favorite so far. With a healthy love of revolution, a tendency toward sex and violence, and a culture that mostly values the individual, he found it easy to assimilate. The Civil Rights movement, the 60s and the Summer of Love, gay rights, etc. There is always a movement to join, a protest to inspire, a status-quo to be broken. San Francisco and LA were great places to hang out with the Anarchs, get a taste of what it was like in places not run by the Camarilla or the Sabbat.He even sired his own childe, an activist in San Francisco working on the Harvey Milk campaign. They didn't last very long, and he was turned off Embracing after, preferring to ghoul. Especially middle-aged gay men, and sometimes women, who were usually first turned on by the young, hot man, and then bound to him by his blood. It's the best way to keep a source of income and fund political pursuits in modern nights. In the 1990s, the MMA cage fighting became his new obsession for combat, and then the popularity of Fight Club created the perfect opportunity for underground fights.The rise of social media has been insanely fun to him. He has presence on all the major platforms under the moniker "gofawkesurself" where he generally posts provocative content, calls to activism, and has used it for coordinating with other activists, sometimes hacktivists, to create statements or infiltrate and sabotage corrupt businesses. All the content is anonymous, accessed using a VPN, And that brings us to Baltimore... close to the capital of the country, but far enough to not be overrun by mortal security. The West Coast had become... redundant. He hungers for something more visceral. Somewhere full of corruption, a tinder box on the verge of lighting up where it just takes one person to light a match. His latest ghoul is a middle-aged man that made a fortune in the tech industry, and he's just bought an old Brownstone rowhouse in Riverside. One with a small, windowless basement that will serve as the perfect haven until Tommy can find something better.