Kirk Strickland

**Aliases:** dba. Boom & Hauer Rifles PLC

**Clan:** Tremere

**Rank:** Magister

**Circle:** High speculation but not a Regent possibly obsolete? (so > Everyone Else?) ~~i guess?~~

**House:** Big Old Stupid House of Texas

**Sect:** Carmarilla

**Status:** 3 (Primogen *de facto*): Influential, Known, Resourceful, Revered, Well-connected, *de facto, Suspicious*

#### **Reputed Thaumaturgies**

* Blood Sorcery
* Gun Sorcery
	+ Dag gummed *anybody* can learn to operate a firearm, son, it don't take sorcery.
	+ Git yourself an old reliable bolt-action B&H .22 fixin a be handling your neighborhood's varmint problem fore next weekend...
* Supposed to be an amazing *Conjurer* - half the damn chantry studies his technique
* Can crush any can on his forehead without harm
	+ *Compactio* Ritual
* *Fireballs* (note: the acolytes call *all* offensive casting "fireballs")
	+ Didn't need fireballs to get rid of the two Magisters in front of him.
		- Unless *he's next.*
		- *Franz' Bullet of Regicide*
			* Shouldn't it be "Princip's"? *Freshmen.*
				+ Princip didn't bring his own bullets, name the ritual for Ciganović.

### **Rumors**

* Has three *Wizards in waiting*:
	+ Bethanous Hexe, Enchantress
	+ Randalf Jinks, Special Interests
	+ Ustrando Fantonius maintains his holdings and interests in Ashtown State University.
	+ If he's the new *de facto*, does that mean Corvyn works for him too?
		- Who the hell is even left out there? Do they even *have enough asses* to fill all the *thrones* they built out there when His Grace deeded them an entire town?
			* NONE OF THESE SKINNY BOYS HAVE ASSES :(
				+ All Tremere asses are owned by the H&C.
* No he seriously does own B&H: those guys who make *all* the camping equipment they sell at Dicks?
	+ They make rifles, too, but you gotta go to Turners.
	+ California is for pussies and liberals, but B&H is *everybody's* first rifle in the glorious Republic of Texas.
	+ I think he might have *founded* B&H actually...?
* Has a certificate *signed in Europe* that says they can't make him live inside the Chantry.
	+ Europe is a crowded continent, chief.
		- *You know* Where I Mean.
		- So who's got his address? *Some*body must have managed to tail him by *now* right?
			* Ask around, *man frare*.
				+ Ouch man, duolingo isn't even expensive.
* He's got a magic rifle.
	+ What does it do, shoot lasers?
		- He can use it like a wand. A wand with a *scope*.
		- It fires magic bullets that eat your soul.
			* And dissolve any ghosts they happen to fly through...
		- The rounds glow like tracers and burn like the sun.
		- Shoots magic (wooden) seeds that wriggle their way into your heart.
			* *That'll* stop just about anybody.
	+ High Apprentice Corvyn Fathom made it for him.
		- The dickens he *did*, that's genuine boner-fied B&H hand-tooled *crafts*manship son.
		- You've got it backwards, *Magister Strickland* taught *Apprentice Fathom* how to make enchanted weapons.
			* No foolin, chief. Fathom isn't even up to weapons with moving parts yet...
* [Dossier] Strickland family documents and financial records available.
* [Dossier] Investments, contributions, and donations to political and lobbyist groups available.
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