Jean-Rène Toussant

## Personal Information

#### Appearance

Standing at 6 feet, Rène has an athletic build and piercing blue eyes. His hair is either styled, tied back or tousled depending on the occasion and his preference.

Usually dressed in expensive clothing and cologne.

#### Personality

Showman, flirt, Don Juan. He can be serious when the situation or at court. In the Temple, he is spiritual and the very epitome of the Consort of the Dark Mother.

But beneath all of that is the sexualised flirt.

#### Mortal World

Rène does have a presence in the Mortal World. He is the Manager of ***The Parlour**.* The club caters to the high society, the wealthy, both new
and old money.  Business men and women
who fly into Naples
and want some company for an evening or two. It is by no means a brothel, though a few of the more exclusive clients know that for the right price, any entertainment can be arranged. Within the walls of the club, René is the ultimate showman, and King.

His other presence is as the Vokaloid singer La$h. Initially with the band Cirque du freak, now he is pursuing a solo career.

No one knows the real world identity of La$h who always performs and gives interviews using the hologram face.

## Information Known by Kindred Society

#### Timeline

* **1899 -** Born Toulousse, France
* **1918 -** Meets Claudette Liévremont, at a country estate almost 50km away from the city. The estate, Château de Caumont, is the home and current playground of Èmelien Derereux, a Daeva.

After spending the summer in delights of the flesh, he is introduced to the real master of the house, Èmelien.

* **1923** As days turn to weeks, and weeks turn to years,René is finally embraced by Èmelien.
* **1925** After being schooled and trained to be an Invictus, René is released, and instead of joining his Sire and Sister, he joins the Crone.
* **1930** René embraces a childe, without permission from the Praxis. He hides the childe for a while, but they are eventually found out. The childe is killed, and René is banished from the city.
* **1930- 1940** The Dark Times
* **1940** He finds his way to Naples. There in the arms of the Crone, and one in particular, Clarisse helps him to find himself once more. He meets Fylakas of Crete.
* **1945** Becomes a Jazz Musician    **1950** Dabbles with being a stage magician
* **1980** approaches Bella Sangiovanni with an exciting

but ill thought out idea (who likes all those boring organisation things anyway) for an exclusive club. The Parlour Nightclub is born.

* **1990** He writes a graphic novel for a few years under the pen name Roni Tolliday. The novel is called Of Fate and Stone a Graphic novel about a time traveling warrior priest.   It runs for

7 years and gains quite a following.

* **1995-** He becomes the Regent of Ashes under the Praxis of Lady Baptiste de Veronese.
* **1999** - December 31st. Attends the great Fete of his Grandsire.  Witnesses the tragedy of her

‘disappearance.  Reunites briefly with his Sire and Broodmate, but due to his potion in Naples as regent, returns without any interference.

* **2009** -One night while walking on the streets, passing

the time to meet a date, he finds Manon de Luca busking on the streets.  The young Daeva intrigues him, as up until now, he has only seen him in the shadow of the other Ordo Dracul.  Now he sees the Daeva in a different light, and is intrigued by the music he is making.
They spend some time together and after a while they decide that forming a band would be a great idea.

* **2010** -Grizella (Ella), joins in 2010, they create *Crique du Freak*.  Each member of the band has a stage name that they use to preserve the masquerade.  All of their film clips are done with computer generated images, and all performances are done with the band playing live behind a screen while their computer avatars are projected to the audience. The mortal world has no idea that La$h is René.
* **2017** - Accidentally marries Clarisse in the Crone Oestara celebrations.

Late 2017- Becomes Heirophant of the Crone

#### 2020 - Recent History

* **March**
	+ Hosts the Court Gathering at Villa La Pagoda. The Sheriff, Mr Earl is announced by the Caretaker. The Caretaker's attendant, Lavinya gets a lot of attention from the Kindred.
* **April**
* **May**
* **June**
* **July**
* **Aug**

## Lineage

#### Known Siblings

* Claudette Liévremont

## Opinions Of Family Members

René does not talk openly of his family, indeed he will only speak if pressed.

He lives in abject fear of reunion with his sire.

Of his sister, a lingering love remains, even though he knows the origins of it was at the direction of her Sire. He would welcome a reunion with her alone.

## Quotes

Quotes By

"We revel in the pains and triumphs of our own existence, we are part of creation, and the Dark Mother has a place for all of us in her plan. She wants us to worship her, to bring her insights to those who would listen. She wants us to experience the Pain, the ecstasy, the hunt and sacredness of this world, to experience all it has to offer"

- René while speaking about the Crone

#### Quotes About

"He is someone I am warned to be cautious of, and I shall endeavour to do so...but he does make it decidedly difficult, with his charm and outlandish compliments" - Lavinya

#### Conversations

Eurydamus to Lavinya: "My dear, Rene is a Daeva, you must expect compliments"

Lavinya: "Are they insincere?"

Eurydamus: "Of course not, but they are for design, no less"