Zack Vincenzo (WIP)

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Name: Zack Vincenzo
Nick Names or Alias: Pretty Boy, Spikey, Vinnie, Vinny & Big Z
Age: 600
Aesthetic Age: 25
Gender: Male
Sexual Preferances: Straight
LClan: Ventrue
If Other..:

none

Sect: Camarilla
If Independant Faction..:

none

Rank: Elder
Generation: 8th
Powers (Disciplines):

none as of yet

Deformities:

Zack has a scar on the right side of his jaw, that is in an X shape, this was given to him when he encountered a thief that was trying to rob him in an alleyway.

Derangement(s):

none as of yet

Misc.:

none

Appearance:

Zack has black hair, blue eyes and skin the color of fine porcelain. He has held a variety of jobs and lifestyles over his 600 years of unlife, this is reflected in his physique, which is a handsome athletic build.

Fashion Sense/Style:

Zack doesn't usually like to wear the high class clothing that other Vampires are known to wear. He prefers to wear his leather armor, black clothing, with a black leather trench coat sometimes in the mix.

When he does wear the regal clothing, it's usually to blend in at high class parties, so he can charm women into following him into a secluded place, usually their apartment, and feed on them. Then rewrite their memory afterwards with exotic material.

Personality:

Zack is a man of action, he'd rather be in the fight than sitting back and letting someone else do the work. An attitude he's come to adopt that originated in a past life on a farm.

He's been known to act rashly at times, even giving into anger once in a great while, usually though a reminding touch from a friend can pull him to his senses. Most of the time though, he maintains a reserved calm.

He's usually reserved and keeps to himself, only close friends are shown the other side of himself that cracks jokes, uses sarcasm and fools around while telling tales of his past adventures.

This does not mean however, that he can't give orders. If left in charge of anything, Zack will discuss matters with his partners first and then make a decision based upon the information gained.

Zack also knows how to have fun, especially with friends. He's known to pull pranks and make jokes that normally people, even some Vampires, wouldn't think a person of his age would make. This only solidifies his physical appearance of 25 years of age though.

Physical-Strength: 10
Intelligence: 13
Speed: 12
Leadership: 10
Melee: 13
Unarmed: 10
Ranged: 10
History:

The first years: 1410-1710 (The Italian Renaissance)

Zack had been born into a financially well off family in October of 1410 to a Jon and Margerite Vincenzo. The newlyweds had named their child after Jon's grandfather Zackary, who was an Italian from Florence. When the parents voyaged across the sea from Florence to Europe, they'd had Jon. Years later when Jon met up with Margerite while out with some of his friends after sealing a business deal, they'd had Zack. To Zack's parents raising the baby from a toddler to a youngster was a blessing.

Up to this point Zack's parents had lived through The Black Death, an unusually harsh pandemic that affected the lymph nodes, the lungs and sometimes in extreme cases, the blood itself. Zack's parents were one of the rare few to not have gotten the Black Death themselves though.

Zack was home-schooled for the first 10 years of his education (Grades 1 to 10th). He was assigned everyday to read a portion of both the bible and the dictionary, as well as being schooled in math, science, literature, art, history, the languages of English, Italian, Latin, Spanish and French by a tutor.

His grasp of vocabulary and languages was impressive, he seemed to grab hold of the words, commit them to memory and repeat them with ease. In his 11nth year of schooling his parents decided to put him in public schooling. He flew through the courses the teachers set him up with ease. Before long he was an honors student acing his classes. Most of the teachers loved him, and this of course led to some of his fellow students hating him, that of course got the attention of bullies. Though he had been brought up in a well-to-do family, he'd none the less been taught the rights belonging to every person.

When he was picked on, he never backed down from a fight, indeed using his knowledge of languages and his extensive vocabulary to tick off his assailant and make them throw the first punch. By the time the second year of his high school education came around, he was quite the street brawler, having learned some basic defense from experience and tips from his father, who at the time was a retired Knight and came to posses a small village, a gesture of gratitude from the current king for years of loyal service. They often discussed his days in school and his problem with bullies.

By the time he graduated from the 12th grade at the age of 18 years old, he'd enrolled in the king's army, much to the disappointment of his father who'd hoped that his son would learn the intricacies of running a village. 7 years in the service of the king taught Zack alot, but, mostly in the way of fighting and killing. The first years comprised of learning to wield a sword, finding out if you were better with a dagger and sword combination, dual swords, staves, or whether you were better off as an archer.

The second year he learned how to ride a horse and shoot a bow. He'd insisted on learning archery due to immense interest. His lessons went well and for the majority of the day he buried himself in the studies of swordplay, archery, learning how to block out pain, in a rather physical way, and other distracting emotions as well as horse back riding, while at night he busied himself with reading anything that he could get his hands on, such as scrolls that talked about what passed for the news and other various books, until he fell asleep from exhaustion.

The third year he was assigned to a platoon and directed to a camp where he would live for what he assumed would be the remainder of his days. On a weekly basis he joined other soldiers in patrols and once in a while a small skirmish would break out somewhere and they would be charged with halting it, preferably peacefully, but sometimes lethal force was necessary. Zack quickly cooled in those instances due to his training.

The remaining years consisted of the same things, the only thing differentiating them from the previous was how well he handled a sword and a horse. On the 7nth year his family threw him a party that he'd never forget.

The Family Party and The Embrace

Zack was now 25 years old.
It was the night of the party and everything was going fine, the fireworks splaying their yellow, blue, green, red and velvet colors.
Zack was particularly enjoying the company of a especially pretty brunette girl at the time, when his grandfather came over to him asking to speak to him in private after draping an arm around his shoulder.

They left the party to get in a carriage that drove to a near by beach, there at the beach Zack's grandfather unveiled the truth about his family. Zack was shocked to learn that his grandfather was in fact a Vampire in the Ventrue Clan. When young Zack asked if his father knew, his grandfather's face grew grim and after a moment he shook his head sadly and said no. Grandpa Zach then made him promise not to reveal this information to anyone on pain of death for both of them. His grandfather then said that he'd give him a chance to think things over and that he'd be staying in the village for another week before he'd leave for his home in Florence.

Zack spent the whole night and most of the next contemplating what he'd learned and trying to decide on how he felt about it. When all was said and done though, he discovered that it didn't change the man that his grandfather was or the way he felt about him. The next day he approached his grandfather at his hotel room saying as much, and began asking questions about his as of yet unknown heritage, after receiving permission to do so.

His grandfather simply smiled and nodded, telling him that all his questions would be answered when he became a member of the Ventrue Clan. When Zack asked how one became a member, his grandfather simply told him to bow his head and hold still. A moment later he felt his grandfather bite him, something slide easily between the skin and muscles in his neck and into his bloodstream. He wavered for a moment before collapsing as the venom took hold, the visage of his grandfather's eyes glowing blood red burning into his soul as he lost consciousness.

The night after....

Zack awoke in his grandfather's bed and for the first time he began to fear his grandfather. His grandfather explained what he'd done and why, and how, theoretically, it all worked physiologically. Zack's grandfather then explained the Ventrue and the values the clan held dear. Early the next week, his grandfather took him to a place where members of the Ventrue Clan often gathered for meetings, which discussed major, minor and Lykken concerns, always in the cover of night.

In the waning months Zack found that he really didn't feel all that different. The next hundred years were spent climbing the corporate ladder as it were, one rung at a time to avoid suspicion and being taught the finer points in Ventrue society by his grandfather.

Zack's father Jon retired at the age of 67, giving his son the reigns to the kingdom, after teaching his son the finer points of mannerisms within high society, before dying 30 years later at the age of 97 along with his wife Margerite, who'd passed on a year before at the age of 92. Zack continued to educate himself about the world through reports about The Fall of Constantinople, certain Greek Scholars, and later on figures like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Lorenzo Valla and Erasmus.

Years 1510- 1610

Before he knew it, the year was 1510 and Zack was now in his first 100 years of life and it was time for a change. It was then that Zack Vincenzo sailed across the seas to the newly discovered North and South Americas, discovered again by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

Years 1711-1910



The American Civil War (1861-1865)


1911-2010


The Start of the first World War (1914-1918)


The Spanish Influenza: 1918


The Great Depression: 1930 - 1940


Saved from a Crisis: 1934 (Toyota Motor Corp.)