Art Fitzgerald

Born in a small seaside town in Co. Mayo, Ireland in the early 1970s, Art was always in and out of trouble. Bright at school but lazy, he never achieved academically and left at 16, in the middle of the worst recession Ireland had seen in decades. He emigrated to the United States in 1989 (just like everyone else) and wound up as a legbreaker for the mob. His story might have ended there but his high intelligence, loyalty and brutality caught the attention of the vampiric core of the particular mob he was working for, making him one of the very rare opportunistic Giovanni Embraces. Though Embraced for his strength, his natural aptitude at necromancy shocked everyone - he has spent most of the last twenty years refining his abilities. He has recently been entrusted with expanding clan interests into Portland after word got out the Camarilla had lost control of the city to the Anarchs. Of course, this free reign and distance from the central Giovanni power structure will give Art the opportunity to engage in some personal necromantic experimentation of his own...
Physically appearing to be in his early 20s, Art is still within his mortal lifetime. He's a pleasant-looking young man with longish dark hair and dark eyes. He speaks with a west-coast Irish accent lessened only a bit in the years since he left the old country. His natural attractiveness doesn't hide a predatory gleam in his eye - he's pragmatic, occasionally cold, and utterly vicious when he needs to be. Long years of anatomical and necromantic experimentation have jaded him emotionally, and he only bothers to hide that when he wants something, preferring to rely on his intimidating demeanour to get what he needs out of social situations. He maintains a small herd near his haven, and relies on the services of his ghouled mortal retainer, Sarah Forden.
*Age: 41
*Physical Age: 19
*D.O.B.: 02/29/1972
*R.I.P.: 11/26/1991
*Hair: Black
*Eyes: Brown
*Ethnicity: Caucasian
*Nationality: Irish
*Sex: Male
*Height: 5'10"
*Weight: 180lbs
==Life in Portland==
A couple of months after arriving in the city, Art was at Elysium at the Rose Garden when he encountered James and Derrick Trudeaux . After insulting the harpy (whose attitude he found insufferable) he took them on a drive out to the city outskirts on a whim after hearing talk of ghosts haunting the highway. Through the use of Necromancy Art was able to detect and interrogate one of the ghosts on the highway. Based on this questioning he now believes the Lupines have bound the ghosts there to alert them when Kindred are passing through.