Jean Lafitte

==Stats==
*Name: Jean Lafitte
*Demeanor:
*Apparent Age: A rugged late 40's/early 50's
*Sire: Kotep Re
*Childer:  Dr. John (RIP)
==​Background==
Jean Lafitte was a Carribean pirate in the early 1800's. He was a charming man and something of a folk hero in New Orleans. He earned a pardon for himself and his crew during the war of 1812 by helping repulse the British from the city. Rather than settle down, he continued his career in other areas of the Gulf. Lafitte's luck turned against him, though; his crew mutinied, he lost all wealth, and became embittered.
Dying in Cuba, he was approached by an Arabic gentleman, who asked him what he would give to have a second chance at life. Lafitte answered "Anything." The man smiled, and embraced him. Lafitte had little time to regret his decision, as he was indoctrinated into the Setite clan. After he was trained in the ways of corruption, Lafitte quietly returned to New Orleans and has remained there ever since. He has studied the city carefully, and knows a great deal about the city's kindred. He exerts his hidden influence to maintain the city's conflicts and state of chaos.
Lafitte considers corruption an art (perhaps because of the city's Toreador influence). He rarely bothers himself with mortals; they are too short lived. He concentrates in other vampires, and prides himself for the decades which he lavishes on them. Lafitte gets the most pleasure from the slow slide to despair, and draws this out as long as he can. He feels that the final moment of submission is somewhat anti- climactic in comparison.
One task Lafitte was worked on all his unlife is making the city safe for other Setites to travel through. New Orleans has long been the clan's gate way to North America. To this end, Lafitte periodically creates young Setite neonates, teaches them the clan philosophy, and the alters their memory so they believe they have recently arrived from Africa or the Carribean. Lafitte throws these neonate "decoys" to the Camarilla wolves, who usually find and slay the young Setite within a year or two. In this way, the Camarilla believes they are fighting a long battle to keep the Setites at bay, while the clan can quietly slip its member through the city to travel elsewhere in the United States.
Category:Followers of Set