Dre-Son

* IC Info
* Appearance
* OOC Info

Dre-Son is no longer a momma's boy as him and his momma are fighting. Too bad he doesn't realize that he's @#%#% becoming like her.

## Description

There are two versions of one Andrew Kinson. The version that everyone sees is bald with a beard of some sort from goatee. However, after he does his torporish sleep every day he wakes up with longer hair that he shaves off almost every morning. It is as clean cut as he gets.

He generally dresses in the proper dresswear for the seasons. When it is cold he wears jackets. When it's warm he wears lighter clothes. He has an array of hats that he mostly wears because he knows his mom will hate it. Sadly when he is the most dressed up it's usually for wooing mortals outside of New Albion because lobbyists pay the bills by hiring him to do speeches or write speeches for there candidates (as long as it is for causes he believes in).

However, his default appearance is wearing some sort of henley shirt, cargo pants, and carrying some type of Vintage Smartphone, but not the Apple X that his mom bought as a replacement from when Toliver busted his open because screw that dude.

## Personality

To the Camarilla he is obnoxious because he calls things as he sees them to their faces. The ones that get emotional get emotional. The ones that are haughty and think he is beneath them have to work on countering anything he might be trying to do to affect them. They might be dismissive but they are checking to see what he may be actually hiding.

To the Movement he's a powerful leader that sways masses with his words. He knows that a strong mortal populace that wants to keep and fight for freedom is the key to a strong Movement. The Movement uses him not only as a face man to the Mortal world (fame 3) but to help coordinate and motivate troops on the ground. If there is an issue between Barons they call on him to negotiate because with the movement he tends to be more on the logical side of things.

He will totally drop responsibility on you so quickly that you'll get whiplash if he is your leader.

### Five Tropes

Icon of Rebellion

Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas

Voice of the Resistance

You Cannot Kill An Idea

## History

History is primarily for ST use only.

Mortal Life
Dre was born in 1920 in Upstate New York. He was a child of the Great Depression, however, his family didn't get hit as badly as many of the people across the United States primarily because his father didn't trust banks. Hoover didn't help gain trust either. His father kept much of the families money in hidey holes through the house. Mr. Kinson was pretty much a miser so when his wages fell they still had money to at least keep the house and keep food. He worked any job he could. Dre's mom kept garden that kept vegetables and fruit. She spent most of her time canning for the winter. She was a giver and would take excess food (his father didn't believe any of what was grown was excess) and brought it to the various shantytowns that cropped up, taking her young son along with her. It helped him show first hand the problems that people had as his mother and people in the various shanty towns worked to stretch the food to feed as many people as possible. He started to write at this age. He wrote about frustrations he had with life and it continued well into high school where he wound up getting accepted into the University of Columbia. However, he was forced to defer his own admission to work for the local newspaper as a journalist as he was able to focus on local stories and actually get to go through and meet the people and dig deep into their issues.
This helped to work on shaping his own politics as he was already seeing corruption in the world and new he had to break out and do more. He finally went to Columbia studying law and political science, not knowing that he would be a part of what would wind up becoming the Beat Movement as he riffed and bullshitted with many people that would be prominent members of the movement.
He spoke with power and inflection and when he talked people stopped to hear what he said. He was able to take someone's idea, visualize it, and expand upon it. He led many brainstorming sessions and transferred political ideas to rally the public interest. For his own ideas and emotions he focused more on slam poetry in bars and cafes and displays of eloquent, almost musical oratory on college campuses. He had planned to move to San Fransisco and started making his way out west, stopping to speak, to recite poetry, and to help groups improve, visualize, and execute ways to take down the man as young men were still drafted to go to war and some people just don't want to fight.
His life changed in Cincinnatti.

Dre Meets Doris
One of the things about when you speak pretty is that people do want to get close to you, and if you asked him today he would tell you that he used it to his advantage. While some used it for the advantage of drugs or drink, Dre was about sex. There were many times he'd be with multiple women in a town and then leave for his next step. He probably has multiple kids. I mean it wasn't really easy to keep in contact and his book of numbers was mostly other beat scholars that he contacted when he got into towns.
He was saving up money for the next leg of his journey in Cincinnatti. He would speak on college campuses at rallies and in political groups, and at night he would talk politics and poetry in smokey bars and late-night diners. He always noticed this beautiful redhead who kept to the shadows when he was the center of attention in the room. She always seemed to slip away when he was done with what he was doing, so he had to settle for nights with other women while this redhead was on his brain.
He was invited to a get together at Xavier University where some of the brightest political minds got together. They wanted to form a think tank and had planned on using him to help get things formulated and pushed out the door. Like a stalker the redhead was there, but this time she talked. He talked. Voices were raised between them. The two of them spit vitrol and fiery rhetoric at each other that the rest of the onlookers were just awestruck. He thought she might just one of those Catholic girls that didn't leave her mom's skirt until she got to college, but it was hot. The two of them left fighting the whole way with the people in the party realizing they witnessed a masterpiece in debate. He didn't mind fighting her the whole time it took while they headed to his apartment because she just wouldn't quit. What stopped it was a pause for him getting a cigarette and being gentleman enough to offer one to her. They fought while they finished the cigarettes, went to bed which to him the physical sensations were a wonderful blur, then the taste of blood in his own mouth.
He learned that he had a fan of a vampire. A vampire that had been following him to see if he actually believed what he spouted or was just an idiot that talked pretty. He spouted values and rhetoric that The Anarch Movement needed and used the night as a final test, playing devil's advocate to make sure he spoke to the core of his beliefs, which echoed many of her beliefs. As she had to deal with years of hearing the Camarilla side of things she was well prepared to counter-arguments. She wanted him as her child, a Son of Discord, and a member of the Movement, knowing fully well that his embrace could mean that they would both die for numerous reasons. They had adventures while she taught him all she knew and had him Committed to the movement. They were forced apart for his protection from the rest of the line.

The Anarch Movement
As a committed member of the Movement, he used this time to travel to help out and push the Movement to better goals. He helped Barons become better barons. He helped to coordinate strikes on both Camarilla and Sabbat targets. He helped Nancy Octavian take down many of her sires cronies and destabilize the Camarilla presence in North Carolina.
He was getting eyes put on him from members that were better known and started gaining a reputation for someone who could get things done and work through to make things better overall. No one knew if he was Toreador or Ventrue or what he was, just that the man could talk up a storm and could work through and help with making visions more concrete.
In his mortal life, he continued to make a name for himself due to eloquent political viewpoints and helped the beat movement grow to the point it was swallowed by other moments such as the Hippie Movement.
He moved to the Anarch Free State, where he continued to put politics in motion catching eyes of some well known Anarchs. He worked behind the scenes to help with negotiations between gang leaders and Barons that helped MacNeil secure borders in Los Angeles. He helped to fight off the Sabbat from taking over the city and stayed in the area. Rumors came that he had died when the Free State crashed, but he was not in LA as he got spooked by rumors of a nearby elder that he was told to avoid at all costs because his unlife would depend on it. He laid low on in the Kindred community but knew he would need more connections to keep watch and track on things.

Randy and The Verbal Beatdown
That is when he met Randy Donovan. This fucker broke into Dre's haven to steal shit to fence to pay his medical bills. One of the items was a piece of jewelry that Doris had given him. Dre was going to track him down and kill him but witnessed things during the tracking (such as going to have the treatment done) and being such a fucking smartass to a fence that was trying to undercut him that he got shot. Dre saved him and made him a ghoul. Not only was he a security expert he actually was into these computers and internet and technology shit, so Dre kept him as a ghoul. Later he offered to embrace him and Randy went "fuck that. I don't go out in the day on purpose but I want the option to sunbathe at some point."
Randy became his attache, pitched a fit when he found out Dre was hiding all of his money in hidey holes, invested money, and help Dre launch Verbalbeathdown.com - which was a forerunner into blog posts and videos fighting the Man. Dre had enough way with words that Verbal Beatdown was hired not only as a non-partisan think tank for many lobbyists and politicians, but he got heavily involved in Washington DC and elections in general, either helping people with the words, with debate training, or speaking on their behalf. He started to become a media talking head and subscriptions to Verbal Beatdown skyrocketed to allow the first educational platform for the arts to open in Boston, MA where they had focused the headquarters of Verbal Beatdown. He quietly gave advice to Baron wannabes that wanted to work to destabilize the Camarilla presence in Boston and most of them almost succeeded until they got too big for their britches and screwed things up.

#DiscordianSonCarriesOn
Doris did whatever she could to hide all traces that Dre was her childe for his protection. However, it came out that she was in trouble and he couldn't sit there and do nothing. He didn't know plans were in action to get her out and put into hiding, but did her allies enjoy the distraction that he caused...as Dre-Son he finally made his presence known on the Anarch Internet when he heard of crimes that his sire was being accused of.

Doris Ashview does not hunt Sons of Discord.
I am a Son of Discord because of Doris Ashview.
She did whatever she could to make sure I stayed alive, knowing other Sons were slaughtered.
She did whatever she could to make sure I stayed alive, knowing that as a bastard, any Camarilla Prince or Scourge would see me dead.
She gave me the tools to stay alive.
Those tools lead me to the Movement.
She knew what she was creating when she created me.
Someone with the words to bring down the Man.
Because if you actually asked her you would have found out that she was helping end Sabbat threats. Every Clan has some type of taint of the Sabbat. One's clan tends to take shovelheads to the Sabbat personally, Daughters or Sons. I would have expected her to do the same thing if it wasn't for this stupid Blood Treaty that went into play which makes it even easier for Anarchs to be scapegoats.
What are my mother's exact charges?
(for those at home playing the Home Edition, this being my Sire Doris Ashview)
Is it only because of something recent or are we going to be all Cornelius Fudge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix where Fudge tried to go and charge Harry for every bit of underage magic that Harry ever did? Because if you want me because you're going over every aspect of her life, shouldn't have that been done BEFORE she joined the Anarchs?
What are the formal charges for a trial, so there can be, you know, a formal defense, with hopefully a mediator or judge who is actually impartial?
Your formal proceedings currently sound like...
"Yeah we don't like her so we are going to go back into her overall history and charge her for every single thing that she's ever done even before she became an Anarch."
It sound very...Camarilla.
Not Democratic at all.
Answer my question publicly.
What are the EXACT CHARGES?

Or do your "formal proceedings" don't allow for actual defense.
He hashtagged the crap out of his communication with the Anarchs, showing younger anarchs he was still hip (though you can blame Randy for explaining it to him)

#MyMothersAFuckingSaint
#NewToHashtags
#IfMortalsCanBitchInEmailIGuessSoCanVampires
#ThisIsn'tTheGrandChildeYourLookingFor
#GrandmaIsAlsoAFuckingSaintIGuess
#SorryForPuttingWordsInYourMouth..maybe
#MomIsStillASaintAndYouAreJustMarytringHer
#YouWouldntLikeHerIfShe'sMartyred
#Notthatyouorthepogostickcareanyway
#DoIHaveToComeInAndDumbledoreSomeShit
#MomIsASaint2018
#CarryOnOurDiscordianSon
#ThereWillBePeaceWhenYouAreDone
#DUNTDUN
#FreeDoris2018
#DiscordianSonCarriesOn
#JustBreathe
#FuckImAVampire

#SempaiNoticedMe
His anger and vitriol led to Smiling Jack noticing him wreak havoc in the Movement. Dre-son then created a gang called Revelation which served as harbingers for Anarchs that were fucking up to the point that it was going to cause a war with the Camarilla. However, from what he knew, he couldn't save Doris. Even though he didn't know that an exit plan had followed through.

Grandmama
Because of correspondence that was happening during the issue with Doris, an Anarch that was reporting infomation to the line had caused Grandmama, the matriach of hte line, and Dre-Son to finally "meet" and word does spread and there was this guy claiming to be a part of her line in the Anarchs. They butted heads in email only the way an Anarch and Camarilla elder could.
From the Drafts Folder of Dre-Son

Grandmama: You make a bold claim, to be descended from my grandchilde. I hope, for your sake, Doris survives this for me to confirm with her about your lineage. If I discover you are lying, it will go poorly for you, regardless of your sect or mine. If your story is true, there will be a great deal for you to learn about the line you descend from.
Dre-Son: (sarcasm)Yes because I have a major kink that my opening act is Announcing That I Am a Child of an Accused Elysium Breaking, Sect Defying, Genocidal Maniac. Totally revs my engine. Because that leads into the followup performance of "Oh Now An Elder Of The Daughters Might Find Out I Exisit And No Matter What They Say They Probably Still Harbor Resentment. Totally leaves me spent combining the two of them.(/sarcasm) Those sarcasm tags are to show I'm being sarcastic as elders tend to take things literally.
Grandmama: I will also require some sort of certification that you have not trucked with any infernal entities.
Yes because like mortal history of witch hunts, Kindred are super duper accurate in in finding out who's is infernal or not.
Grandmama: In either case, I look forward to meeting you. If Doris saw fit to defy me and Embrace you, she must have seen something extraordinary in you. I hope, again for your sake, that you do not disappoint. I have already had my fill of disappointing men this century.

Dre-Son: I mean no disrespect when I say this (even in light of my previous statements, I do mean that), but I really hope we never meet. My current plan is to make sure Doris is freed then go back into hiding. I plan to be out of hearing range from you at all times.
Poltics and Doris
Dre spent the rest of his time working on the political spectrum for both the Anarchs and the mortal government. He had cursed himself because he didn't get involved deeply enough to alter the result of the 2016 election and made sure not to repeat that in the 2020 election. His abilities combined with the spread of Verbalbeatdown.com as a go to worked both mortal and Anarch communities, as Verbalbeatdown had some backdoor access for direct Anarch communication with Dre-Son, who was "The son of Andrew Kinson Sr who died back in the day" - When his contacts found enemies that helped caused Doris's death he did whatever he could to get them knocked off, personally if he could.
And then he found out Mom was alive down outside of Texas in New Albion.

## Sheet

Sheet is for ST use only

Clan:Son of Dis Toreador
Generation 9th
Humanity 7
Conscience 3
Courage 3
Self-Control 4
Willpower 8
Blood Pool: 15
Blood Per Turn: 2
Attributes
Physical: Strength 2, Dexterity 3, Stamina 4
Social: Charisma 4, Manipulation 4, Appearance 4
Mental: Perception 3, Intelligence 4, Wits 4
Abilities
Talents: Alertness 2, Athletics 1, Awareness 3, Brawl 1, Empathy 3, Expression 5 (Speeches), Intimidation 2, Leadership 3, Streetwise 4, Subterfuge 5
Skills: Animal Ken 1, Drive 1, Etiquette 1, Firearms 1, Larceny 2, Melee 1, Performance 8 (Singing), Performance (Guitar) 4, Performance (Piano) 4, Stealth 1, Survival 1, Stealth 1, Survival 1
Knowledges: Academics 4, Computer 2, Finance 1, Investigation 3, Law 4, Medicine 1, Occult 2, Politics 4, Linguistics 5
Backgrounds: Generation 2, Influence: Elite 4, Influence: Underworld 4, Status (Anarch) 4, Herd 3, Resources 5, Contacts 3, Fame 3, Domain: 3
Merits:
Blase 3, Supernatural Aria 1, Rep 1, Personal Masquerade 1
Flaws:
Prey Exclusion: Clergy 1, Phobia, talking on the phone 2, Bad Sight 1, Vulnerable to Silver 2
Disciplines
Fortitude 5
Presence 5
Auspex 3
Melpominee 5
Celerity 3
Dominate 3
Potence 3

Backgrounds
Influence 4 Elite is High Society, University, Media, and Politics,
Influence 4 Underworld is Homeless People, Graffiti Artists, Black Market (because Art), and Biker Gangs.
Contacts are with Charities, High Society, and Politics.
Fame x3: He is a political talking head and Verbal Beatdown offices are used as non-partisan think tanks. He has name recognition because of the news and the internet. He can occasionally be one of those talking heads on the evening talk circuit when he's not around the country with other politics or speaking at political rallies. It helps that the bastard can sing too.

Specialties
Techniques/Combo powers
Denial of Aphrodite’s Favor

Prerequisites: Presence •• and Dominate ••

Developed by the Ventrue clan, this power is designed to defend a vampire against the very powers that clan wields. As much as Kings relentlessly manipulate others, they have a disdain for being manipulated themselves. With this power, you can protect yourself against those who would beguile you.

System: You automatically ignore the Presence power Awe, and you gain a +3 bonus to any attempt to resist Dread Gaze or Entrancement.
Instinctive Command

Prerequisites: Celerity ••• and Dominate ••

You have so mastered the first power of Dominate that you use it almost instinctively, issuing orders faster than the blink of an eye.

System: You can use the first power of Dominate, Command, as your action during Celerity rounds. This use of Command must fulfill all other requirements of the power; you must expend a standard action and speak a simple one-word command or make a gesture that the target can understand. Instinctive Command cannot be combined with other powers or merits that augment Command. This power is an exception to the rule preventing use of Mental actions during Celerity rounds. Note that an individual can only be targeted by a single Mental power during each round.
Ligeia’s Lament

Prerequisites: Melpominee •• and Dominate ••

A properly trained voice has great power to command and to cajole, expressing deep emotion and forceful control at the same time. By combining the power of Dominate with the musical expression of Melpominee, you have mastered the ability to impart simple commands even when your target cannot be seen.

System: You can activate the powers of Command or Mesmerism through the power of Phantom Speaker, so long as your target has her attention focused on you. In this manner, you can use these Dominate powers on someone you are speaking with over a telephone, or on someone staring at you across a crowded, noise-filled room.
Tune Out (Auspex •• and Melpominee ••)

Primal Scream (Melpominee •••••)

Merits & Flaws
Merits
Blase : When you are determined and your mind is set, nothing can thwart you from your goals. Characters using Dementation, Melpominee, Presence, or any other emotional-altering magic, spell, or Thaumaturgy path against your character are at +3 difficulty. Elder levels of powers like Dementation and Presence may overwhelm even this resistance. Against Level Six powers, the expenditure of a Willpower point through Blase only raises the difficulty of the Discipline roll by two. Against Level Seven powers, the difficulty is increased by only one. Level Eight and higher powers cannot be resisted with Blase. This Merit does not affect Dominate or other powers that effect the mind. Characters will Willpower scores below 8 cannot take this Merit.
Rep (Anarch) - Dre has traveled the country through various Anarch Freestates and worked on documentation so that Anarchs can live with each other and have some type of documentation to fall back on. He worked on a national push for an Anarch Constitution that is stranger than the loose agreements that the Anarch Free States have had. While Anarchs do not have a centralized government his work to keep Anarchs from each others throats over stupidity has helped keep Anarchs from slaying each other and keeping numbers together. He has worked with Anarch leaders in the past including helping to fight off the Sabbat invasion of the LA Free State in 1965
Supernatural Aria: Your potential maximum level of the Performance: Singing skill is increased by 3, and you pay half the XP cost to purchase Performance: Singing. (1)
Personal Masquerade: Although your aura is pale, and you have most of the spiritual hallmarks of a vampire, your flesh retains a semblance of the human condition. You appear alive and healthy, your skin is warm to the touch, and you can pretend to be human more easily than other vampires. Additionally, you have the capacity to eat and drink as a mortal does and can even savor the taste of such refreshments. While you do not derive nourishment from this food, the ability to eat is a benefit to a vampire who is pretending to be human. A character on a Path of Enlightenment cannot possess this merit. If you purchase a Path of Enlightenment while you have this merit, you must remove Personal Masquerade, and your XP are not refunded.
Flaws
Bad Sight: Your sight is defective, and even with corrective glasses or contacts, you cannot see with complete acuity. You suffer a -2 penalty to all of your Physical ranged attacks, including attacks with guns and thrown weapons.
Deep Sleeper
Vulnerable to Silver: You may be descended from the mortal cousins of lupines (or other were-creatures), you may have some astrological connection to the moon, or you may suffer from some primitive superstition. Whatever the case, you have a notable vulnerability to silver. When you are successfully struck by a weapon with the Silver quality, you take aggravated damage rather than normal damage.

## Quotes

* I do love the fact that you love the enjoyment of the mindless gossip of the Harpies, you spread it around like Nutella on toast. However, instead of keeping it to yourself you allow it to slip through your fingers and fall with the Nutella side on the floor.
* Yes because like mortal history of witch hunts, Kindred are super duper accurate in finding out who's is infernal or not.

## Dre's Opinions

(OOC: Feel free to list a subject and I'll write Dre's opinion example below)

* Camarilla Ventrue: "I'd say they can go fuck themselves, but they are unable to move the scepter lodged up their ass.