Beagle

*Name: Terrence "Beagle" Oswald
*Clan: Gangrel
*Generation: 9
*Embrace Date: 1842
*Apparent Age: 30's
*Clan Status: 4
*Sire: Billy
*Known Childer: 
==Background==
Terrence Oswald was an officer on the HMS Beagle during its historic voyage. He became good friends with Charles Darwin, and had many conversations late into the night about nature and evolution. Upon returning to England, he and Darwin drifted apart, but Terrence was a strong support of theory of evolution, and would often argue about it in pubs. One evening his soliloquy attracted the attention of a British Gangrel, who found his ideas fascinating. Terrence was embraced, given the basics of vampirism, and then left on his own, as is the Gangrel tradition.
In shock, Terrence looked up his old friend, Darwin, and revealed his condition to him. Though Darwin took some convincing, he eventually accepted the fact the Terrence was a vampire. By this point Terrence had learned of the masquerade, so neither of them spoke about it to anyone else. Terrence's friendship with the naturalist helped him through his early years of unlife. Eventually Terrence offered the embrace to him, but Darwin preferred to die a natural death, and declined.
After Darwin's death, Terrence travelled the world, adopting the name Beagle to disguise his origins, and honor his friend. He became disturbed at the territorial expansion of mankind, and the disappearance of many species. He started collecting rare creatures to preserve them. In the end, he began feeding them his blood to prolong their lives.
As his collection grew larger, Beagle decided he needed to settle somewhere, and chose New Orleans as a major port city. He found that the Audubon Zoo was not under the control of any other kindred, and took it as his territory. He imported the creatures he had collected, and used Zoo officials to collect more. He has avoided vampiric politics, but has lately taken to quietly supporting the Wrecking Krewe, whose goals he agrees with.
Category:Gangrel
Category:Independents