Thread: Vampire: The Masquerade - Boston by Night - Character Profiles

Name Jean-Luc du Paix Age 28 Concept Poet-Philosopher Nature Perfectionist Demeanor Bon-Vivant Clan ?Toreador Generation ?10 Sire Someone Fabulous dahling Bought normally Bought with Freebies Attributes Physical Jean hasn't kept up with any kind of exercise since moving. His lean physique is giving way to spread. Strength , Dexterity , Stamina Social Always friendly, courteous, and with a bon mot for every occasion, Jean lights a room up with his voice not with his looks. Charisma Witty, Manipulation , Appearance Mental Sharp and on the ball, he's a scholar not a soldier, so isn't particular observant. Perception , Wits , Intelligence Abilities Talents Alertness Athletics Brawl Empathy Expression Fiction Intimidation Leadership Streetwise Subterfuge Skills Animal Ken Craft Drive Etiquette Firearms Larceny Melee Fencing Perform Stealth Survival Knowledges Academics Computer Finance Investigate Law Medicine Occult Politics Science Technology Backgrounds Resources Generation Domain Herd The Domain Herd is a small cafe Virtues Conscience Self-Control Courage Humanity Willpower Disciplines MeritsFlaws -Enchanting Voice 2 Jean sounds something like this . -Harmless 1 His intense look, his strange accent, it all adds up to someone that no-one things could possibly be up to no-good. -Old Flame -2 or Rival Sires -2 That accent, those brooding looks - well, he's bound to have caught the eye of every single bloody Toreador in the city! Depending on the circumstances of his embrace, it will likely leave an embittered party out there to brood and pout in a vengeful manner. -Curse -1 From a long line of bards, his family carries the burden of being bitten by secrets they betray. They therefore go out of their way to learning secrets. Background Jean has always followed his heart. It took him into many strange places, and has more often than not got him hurt. But he cannot deny the wild call and the fierce call of it. It took him to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he was initially accepted to study Law and Finance, but graduated at the top of his class in French Literature. Whilst there, he spent more time polishing his wit and his rapier earning the prestigious position of being matre to the fencing 'salon' of the institution in his final year than he did attending to his studies. Regardless, things - as they often do for him - turned out well Because no-one could seem to find it in their heart to blame the driven, intense young man, not through any work of his own. And so when his first book finally made it into English translation and received good reviews? Well, it seemed that it was time to move to America. He packed up his life consisting mostly of cigarettes, a few dusty old books, and a sizable cheque from an art-house publisher, he ended up in Boston. The one sensible thing he did was to buy a small cafe-bookstore in a trendy, gentrified area. Now renamed to Crochet de l'Histoire , he lives in the converted loft above and tries to write. Poetry, prose, whatever. Amidst the dross he produces to pay the bills, he also produces a few works of genius. Image He cultivates the look of a French intellectual - a long coat, sharp clothing, and always dapper, ma chrie - always dapper. He is so dependent on his imported French cigarettes that it would take a great act of willpower to be able to give up smoking. When the nights get darker and colder, he wears the indigo-and-gold scarf of his alma mater. Personality He regards America with no small degree of skepticism. The move here was a moment of madness, and his writing has suffered. He lurches from inspired scribbling to brooding non-productiveness. When speaking, he tends to speak quickly in heavily accented English. When talking to friends, he also tends to gesticulate. He has a penchant for rock music that he finds deeply shameful. His public record yes, LPs, not CDs are of Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, but his iPod has Sabaton and Bon Jovi alongside Vivaldi and Rossini. When he doesn't think anyone's watching, he has been known to air-violin even to the Sabaton. Possible Reasons for Embrace Those brooding eyes that see the pain of the world for what it truly is. Those words that cut like knives against the nihilism and darkness that is the stasis and decay of our world. Toreadorgasm