Neil Foster

Neil Foster is a Malkavian vampire and a member of the coterie from Campaign One. He is played by Rob Muirhead.

## Character Information

In Episode XX, Neil was blood bonded one level to Miles when Miles woke him up from torpor.[*citation needed*]

### Flaws

1. "Old Flame" - This is Neil's sire (mentioned explicitly in Episode 52?).[*citation needed*]
2. "Sleeping with the Enemy" - This is Nara, the Aasimite Neil loves.

### Disciplines

Neil had access to Dominate until 1997, when it was stripped away and replaced with Dementation. Despite gaining a Discipline focused around madness at the same time as he lost one of the Disciplines he relied upon, Neil has taken well to Dementation and eventually too the Discipline as far as his blood would let him.

* Auspex 5
* Dementation 5
* Obfuscate 5

### Attributes

Neil's appearance score is two in Episode 73, "The Bad," which is mentioned during the post-credits scene.

## Sire

Neil's sire claimed to be the assassin chasing Neil in Baghdad,[*citation needed*] the assassin hunting the coterie in Boston, and the assassin in New York who knocked out the entire coterie with a single action and diablerized Jubair.[*citation needed*]

When Neil was held in custody before his trial[*citation needed*], Neil's sire slipped into the room and used Dominate to implant an command in Neil's mind that fire would ward off the unclean and open the way to Neil's sire. Neil's memory of this meeting and the command being implanted were wiped from his memory. Neil would remember this command in Episode 51 ("Week of Nightmares"), when the implanted command was triggered which caused Neil to produce Molotov cocktail and burn Fester with it.

Neil's sire gave him the same choice that was given to him: "be at the mercy of wolves" or "choose oneness and begin the Path of Blood." From this conversation, it can be assumed that Neil's sire follows the Path of Blood.

As a Malkavian, it is likely that Neil's sire was not subjected to the Tremere Curse that prevented the Aasimites from engaging in diablerie and repeatedly lowering his Generation, potentially to Elder levels.

### Disciplines

* Neil's sire uses Hunter’s Winds (Episode 52), indicating he has access to Dur-An-Ki.[*citation needed*]
* He has at least three levels of Dominate. He appears to have used Mesmerize (Dominate 2) and The Forgetful Mind (Dominate 3) on Neil.[*citation needed*]
* He has access to Obfuscate, but it is unknown what level or specific abilities he has access to.
	+ Rob Muirhead has stated that he believes Neil's sire has at least Obfuscate 5 and may have Obfuscate 6 or higher. If Neil's sire has access to Elder level Disciplines, it would indicate that he has lowered his Generation from Twelfth Generation (assumed from Neil being Thirteenth Generation) to at least Seventh Generation.

## Trivia

* Rob Muirhead has stated that, as a player, he has constantly speculated as to which characters in the story might secretly be Neil's sire. This speculation is not based on any inside information but simply the fact that, as a player, Rob knows that Neil's sire has access to Disciplines that could make him appear as anybody. For example, Rob has noted out of character that Pete, a Brujah in "The Good" who has seen the Red Star and speculates about the nature of time and endings, seems a little strange: "he might actually be a Malkavian, not a Brujah" and “My Conspiracy Hat™️ is almost convinced it's Neil's sire in disguise. That is not official canon, btw, I think he's actually just Some Guy™️ but like... I’m paranoid.”

## References

1. ↑ "Tales of Elm City 3 - Neil Foster" at 19:05
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Rob Muirhead on the Community Discord Server (2023-09-19).
3. ↑ "Week of Nightmares" (Episode 51) at 1:29:20.
4. ↑ "Week of Nightmares" (Episode 51) at 1:27:43
5. ↑ "The Illusion of Choice" (Episode 52) at 8:12.
6. ↑ Rob Muirhead on the Community Discord Server (2023-09-18).