Peter the Urchin

Peter the Urchin is an elder vampire around near centuries of age. Embraced into vampirism as a child, Peter has retained some child like tendencies, such as a great deal of petulance and a penchant for violent temper tantrums when angered. He is widely feared across the supernatural community for his love of prowling the streets of the cities he visits, gruesomely murdering at random. Vampires especially are terrified of him, as he is a serial diablerist, having become addicted to the blood of his fellow undead.

## Biography

### Early Life

Peter was born in the city of London as the eleventh century drew to a close, specifically, the Tower of London. The bastard of a household knight named Godwin and Mara, a kitchen wench, Peter's father took little part in raising him, but did ensure that he was better treated than most of the other children in the castle. When he was five, Peter became a servant, being tasked with running messages throughout the castle. A precocious, intelligent boy, he performed this tasks better than most children his age. Unfortunately for him, Peter caught the eye of a travelling French noble, one Michel Dumond, a vampire. Dumond, being a classic example of a degenerate Frenchman, was instantly captivated by the angelic five year old, and so moved to befriend him. Peter's mother took notice of the fact that her son had caught the eye of the Frenchman, and informed the boy's father of the danger his son was in, begging for aid. Instead, Godwin, seeing a chance for advancement, introduced Dumond to his son. Peter was apprehensive at the man's interest in him, being too young to understand what it meant, but after receiving a number of toys paid for by Dumond, began to warm to him. Unfortunately, they grew far closer than they should have, with Dumond beginning to feed on and molest the young boy. After receiving no help from any of the castle servants, who all had been Mesmerized or otherwise persuaded to look the other way, Peter's mother Mara, unable to stomach her boy being assaulted, gave her son a last goodbye. Then, sneaking into Dumond's chambers with the intent to cut his throat, she vanished, killed by the vampire. Peter's treatment continued for two more years, inflicting deep psychological scars all the while, before Dumond eventually succumbed to temptation and gave him the Embrace at the tender age of seven.

### Initial Vampirism

Peter did not adapt well to being Embraced. Young as he was, he did not understand what was going on. He did not understand why he fell asleep every day and rose every night, nor why the touch of the sun burned him and the sight of fire made him afraid. Most of all, he did not understand why he could not eat anymore, and instead, hungered for blood. When Peter rose from the earth alongside his sire, he was lead out of the graveyard where the two had gone to ground for the Embrace and into the dark corners of the city. The boy was scared and frightened by his newly magnified senses, and most of all, the hunger he was feeling, complaining of his tummy hurting and being very thirsty. His sire went on to explain the practice of hunting humans as a game, which he wanted Peter to play, instructing him that draining people of their blood was making them go to sleep. Though the boy was frightened as he drained the life from his first victim, he could not help but relish in the act, and would engage in many more killings throughout the next few years with his sire.

### Rescue and Freedom

Peter spent ten years with his sire, after the two of them returned to Dumond's estate in France. His sexual abuse continued, and Peter found he shared the castle with various other children over the years. Throughout this time, Peter lashed out violently at the mortal residents of the castle and those nearby, constantly getting himself into trouble. He and the other children Dumond kept were put in "the hole", a grated well within the dungeon, whenever they displeased the master of the castle. Peter's antics and outbursts at least had the benefit of dissuading Dumond from embracing any more children, as he found it difficult to contain just one. A decade into Peter's captivity, the castle was visited by Antonio De Mariano, who was investigating rumors of an Edenian child in the region. Unfortunately for him, these rumors had been sparked by Peter being run over by a wagon whilst out on one of his escapades. De Mariano arrived under the guise of wishing to purchase land in the region, and Peter's sire planned to slowly murder him and his entire party in a sadistic game. Peter foiled his maker's plans by killing one of De Mariano's guards early. After being subdued by the Edenian's antimagic presence, Peter noncholantly explained Dumond's sadistic pedophiliac nature. Enraged, Antonio began a killing spree throughout the castle. All but two of the Edenian's retinue were killed, and eventually, he engaged Peter's sire in combat. Though he was nearly defeated, Peter's timely intercession gave Antonio the opportunity to stake and decapitate Dumond, ending his monstrous existence. Peter then showed the Edenian the remaining children, and assisted in killing the remaining guards. Peter's life was spared by the Edenian, and he was given his freedom, with a warning that should Peter continue his violent ways, the next time they met would be as enemies.

### Massacre of the De Marianos

In 1453, whilst Antonio was away in Constantinople, Peter undertook a venture to help him escape the boring lifestyle he had adopted by ridding Antonio of his troublesome family. For over a week, Peter spied on the estate outside Rome where Antonio lived, observing the comings and goings of his Edenian wife, Octavia, and the potent antimagic aura she brought with her. Whilst Octavia was off in the city one night, Peter struck, stealing into the castle. First, he silently murdered the guards, then one by one, slaughtered Antonio's children and grandchildren. He spared one, a boy named Vittorio, so he could "tell the story" to Antonio, and left with him a note written in his father's blood, addressed to Antonio.

### 1800s

Peter spent the 1880s in England, where he encountered a murderer operating in the London district of Whitechapel.

## Physical Appearance

Despite long having mastered the power of changing his shape, Peter continues to appear as he did the night of his death, as an angelic seven year old boy. He possesses unkempt brown hair, as well as brown eyes and a soft, slight round face often found in children. A slight, skinny lad, he stands at just above four feet tall.

## Personality

Peter is a truly wicked creature, with a temperament that combines violent sadism with childish impulsiveness. He delights in causing fear and pain in others, taking particular relish in psychological torment and the emotional anguish it can ensue. Despite being nearly nine centuries in age, Peter often throws childlike tantrums whenever his "games" are foiled, and tends to lash out violently whenever he is displeased.

## Stats

**Name:** Peter "The Urchin"

**Race:** Vampire

**Date of Birth:** 1123 AD

**Date of Embrace:** 1130 AD

**Sire:** Michel Dumond

**Clan:** Amaros

**Generation:** 5th

**Blood Potency:** 7

**Power Class:** Elder Blood

**Blood Gifts:**

**Ardor****:**

**Augury****:**

**Glamour****:**

**Legerity****:**

**Mesmer****:**

**Permutation****:**

**Virtus****:**