Curtis Krieger

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A former soldier and drug addict, Curtis is now using his unlife to take down the Pittsburgh drug scene with the help of his touchstone Craig and his beautiful junkyard dog, Ruby.

## Bio

Curtis is a skilled tactician and marksman who served in Afghanistan. He has a strong reverence for other military vets and a deep anger towards the government he feels has abandoned its soldiers, making him a prime candidate for Anarch recruitment.

Curtis is intelligent and athletic with a serious case of daddy issues. He is by far the most primal of the coterie and leans into his beastly instincts, struggling to balance his humanity with a predilection for violence.

Ross described him as a younger Garret Dillahunt.

## Disciplines

### Original

**Animalism**

* Bond Famulus, the ability to ghoul an animal.
* Feral Whispers, summon animals to your aid.
* Quell the Beast, forcibly calms a person down and cancels out vampiric frenzies.

**Protean**

* Weight of a Feather, gracefully drift down from great heights without taking injury.
* Feral Weapons, grow large claws.

**Fortitude**

* Resilience, strengthen physical resolve

### Acquired

**Obfuscate**

* Silence of Death, become completely silent.

* Unseen Presence, become invisible to others.

**Auspex**

* Heightened Senses, empower a sense past its normal limits.
* Obeah, soothing someone and restoring their emotional/mental wellbeing. Restores Willpower.

## Relationships

### The Coterie

* Jen: Curtis is strongly protective of Jen and sees her as family. He tends to side with her in decision-making and is walking the path of Galconda thanks to her humanizing influence. It has been implied that he may have romantic feelings towards her.
* Miles: The two get along well and share an impulsiveness and penchant for violence, which caused Curtis incredible stress as Miles was drawn more and more into the Camarilla.
* Ruby: Ruby is a pitbull Curtis ghouled and follows him most places, able to attack and defend whenever necessary. A good girl.
* Lucius: Curtis was initially wary of Lucius but came to trust him without question after he saved Craig's life. He was also intrigued by Lucius's assertions of a greater path of existence for vampires and diablerized for the first time because of his encouragement. Despite Lucius's efforts to pull him towards the beast, Curtis chose Galconda and hopes to guide Lucius away from his dark path.

### The Camarilla

* Churchill Jackson: Curtis took Jackson being his adoptive "father" very seriously, desperate to please his mentor and revealing a whole host of daddy issues. He was incredibly torn when Jackson ordered him to kill Sabrina to uphold the Masquerade, wanting to prove himself but knowing it would devastate Jen. Curtis managed to somewhat impress Jackson when he gave him the body of a Second Inquisition member they had killed while finding Sabrina. After joining the Anarchs, Curtis personally headed the mission to kill the sheriff.

### Anarchs

* Mary: While not so interested in Mary's theology, Curtis was intrigued by her strong Animalism powers and asked her to mentor him. They had a few lessons together and she taught him to strengthen his bond to the beast within.
* Circe: The Malkavian drew Curtis's ire when she tried to manipulate Craig's mind and feed on him. Circe distanced herself from the Anarch leaders ever since.
* Lena: Lena was a Ravnos in Rhodes's new Anarch group that the coterie captured for information. After interrogating her, Curtis took Lucius's advice and diablerized her.

### Humans

* Craig: Craig served in Afghanistan with Curtis and the two are forever bonded by war. They are also bonded by addiction; Curtis saved Craig's life in an attack but inadvertently started his friend on his path of substance abuse. Now aware of the kindred world, Craig has absolute loyalty to Curtis and even allowed his friend to feed on him in a desperate moment. He is Curtis's touchstone.
* Brad: Curtis has no fond feelings toward his former drug dealer, who would use his desperation for drugs to coerce him into attacking other dealers for him. Curtis took the opportunity to turn the tables and ghouled Brad at the first opportunity, addicting him to his blood and forcing him into servitude. He enjoyed the power he now had over his former dealer but Brad became more aggressive and eventually threatened him with a gun. Curtis saw no need to keep a volatile asset and drained him dry.
* Dylan: Curtis has the same concern and care for Dylan as his coterie-mates, checking in on her and protecting her when needed. Their relationship has soured after Dylan saw the results of his diablerie and rebuked him for his recklessness. Nevertheless, Dylan remains an important human in Curtis's life.
* Clara: The two have teamed up on a few occasions due to their stealth skills. Clara feels that Curtis lacks vision and worries he will drag her brother down. Their relationship took a serious blow when Clara witnessed him murder Brad but somewhat repaired as Curtis proved to have his human friends' best interests at heart.

## Trivia

* Curtis was the first player character to have a ghoul and has had both an animal and a human ghouled.
* Curtis's Obfuscate abilities were gained from diablerizing Lena.
* Curtis was taught abilities from the Auspex discipline by a salubri so he could learn Obeah.