Nick Rhinelander

A Shovelhead rescued from the dumpster by the OKC Camarilla. He's here to cause problems.

## Mortal Life

Nick was born into a wealthy family, and spent his mortal life determined to squander every privilege that granted him. His parents ensured he would learn all the manners, meet everyone he'd need to know in the upper crust of society, attend all the best schools, and have every opportunity. He mostly uses that education to ensure he always knows the worst thing to do in a situation - such as when he was dragged to a fancy party at Club Drake, and started a fight that culminated in breaking Matthew Drake's beloved antique piano. Despite this, he is skilled at understanding exactly how far he can go before consequences that might seriously inconvenience him befall him. After years of carefully walking the line between disappointing his parents without being cut off, they have given up and he's now paid an allowance/stipend with the understanding that he stay out of their way. Nick is more than happy to oblige, spending his evenings getting drunk and picking bar fights.

## Embrace

Embraced by a Sabbat Brujah named Edge, then rescued by the Camarilla and adopted by Fina Motisi.

## Current Activities

Surviving a siege and inconveniencing all new people.

## Relationships

### Coterie:

* **Ang Williams:** A Toreador and fellow shovelhead, Nick and Ang occasionally refer to each other as 'littermates' - acknowledging their mutual inauspicious beginning. The closest thing Nick has ever had to a genuine connection with another person.
* **Matthew Drake:** Owner of Club Drake and Keeper of Elysium, the Toreador neonate was assigned responsibility for Nick and Ang after their embrace, and then placed in a coterie with them by Prince Michelle Moineau. Nick loathes Matty, considering him to be useless and obsessed with appearances. However, he would not hesitate to defend Matty from an outside threat - though he'd rather die than admit it.
* **Patty:** A Gangrel fledgling who was embraced and abandoned, then found by Nick's coterie. Familiar with Nick from her time in the homeless camps, she latched on to the familiar face, and Nick responded in kind.
* **Zane Lovecraft:** A "Gangrel" neonate, Zane is secretly a Salubri, something known only to his coterie, Prince Moineau, and Seneschal Motisi. Nick, however, despises Zane, considering him weak and pretentious. Any time the coterie is all together, without question, Zane is going to be the butt of every joke, and the target of any misfortune that might be able to be redirected.

### Mortals:

* **David Rhinelander:** Nick's father. A largely estranged relationship, he provides Nick with money to live as long as Nick stays out of the way, and state of affairs they both prefer. Most recently, he seems to have fallen ill, and is expected to pass soon and wishes to see Nick before that occurs, but this is complicated by the fact that he is receiving treatment in Sabbat-held Dallas.
* **Jim Fuchs:** The owner of Nick's favorite bar, Jim tolerates Nick's bullshit with admirable patience, and generally supports Nick's fights - as long as it was against someone bigger than him.

### Other Significant Figures:

* **Fina Motisi:** The Seneschal of Oklahoma City and the Ventrue elder who was claimed responsibility for him and sponsored his entrance into the Camarilla. Affectionately referred to as 'VP Lady' by Nick, his fondness for her is unhidden, as he appreciates the light touch she has when handling him, and her good humor.
* **Prince Michelle Moineau:** Nick does not exactly 'get' Malkavians. He has, however, simply accepted that the best way to deal with the Prince of Oklahoma City is to roll with the occasionally bizarre punches. He can do that. He has a healthy appreciation for the fact that she is the authority that actually has the power to cause him serious inconvenience (in the form of fire and death) should he inconvenience her.
* **Reggie:** The Tremere Primogen's newest childe, Reggie would be best described as a "goth Elle Woods." Reggie reached out to the coterie early and when she made her interest in Nick known, he was content to see where it took them. Not a terribly deep connection on Nick's part, he nonetheless enjoys Reggie's company, and has found having an 'in' with the Tremere was useful more than once when investigating the many occult secrets of Oklahoma City.

## Trivia

* Occasionally nicknamed "Door-Bane," thanks to his tendency to obliterate doors standing between him and his destination.
* Past Halloween costumes include Rocky, from Rocky Horror Picture Show, and He-Man.
* Has punched a werewolf and lived to brag about it.
* Having no concept of the value of money or earned it for himself, he is generous and does not hesitate to give to others. This has given him a reputation among the city's homeless, including (to his mortification when Patty told him) the nickname "St Nick"