Douglas Meadows

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Name: Douglas Meadows
Nick Names or Alias: Gurgle
Age: 134
Aesthetic Age: 35
Gender: Male
Sexual Preferances: Straight
LClan: Nosferatu
If Other..:

Sect: Camarilla
If Independant Faction..:

Rank: Ancillea
Generation: 9th
Powers (Disciplines):

Feral whispers
Beckoning (rats)
Cloak of shadows
Unseen Presence
Mask of a thousand faces
Potence **

Deformities:

Oversized teeth
Long fingers

Derangement(s):

Paranoia

Misc.:

Appearance:

Douglas is 5'9" and whip thin with grey mottled skin. His teeth are enormous and his jaw is elongated. and his fingers are long. His eyes are dark brown with reddish tint. His head is devoid of hair and has pustulous sores all over it. His ears are gnarled and his nose looks like its been broken.

When masked Douglas appears as a white male of 35 with a shaved balding head (appearance 2).

Fashion Sense/Style:

He wears a stained white shirt, black tie and black trousers with black shoes. Over this he wears a dark grey raincoat.

When masked he appears to be wearing a smart suit and shoes so shiny you can see your face in them.

Personality:

Douglas comes across as a very polite person with little interest in conflict. However in reality he is a devious conniving paranoid control freak. He would sell his own granny if it got him useful information! He despises "pretty people" no matter what race. He is very intelligent though he tends to hide this. His language is full of expletives but this is to shock and make people think he isn't very bright. He is also quick to anger and slow to forget.

Physical-Strength: 8
Intelligence: 14
Speed: 13
Leadership: 7
Melee: 8
Unarmed: 7
Ranged: 11
History:

Born in 1876 in Buffalo to James and Sarah Meadows, Douglas was the middle child of three children. His father worked the canals making enough to support his family but little else. Despite the relative poverty of his upbringing his childhood was a good time. He showed early on that he was a bright child and his parents encouraged him much to the resentment of his elder brother who had to work to support the family.
His younger sister died of pneumonia aged 4 which broke his parents heart. His mother would weep often and his father turned to drink. As a result from the age of 9 Douglas had to watch his father become increasingly abusive toward his brother often beating him for trivial things. As Douglas turned 13 his brother ran away aged 15 never to return.

Douglas left school aged 15 to become a trainee Investigative journalist, a job he was suited to due to his inquisitive nature. Aged 19 he was given his first solo assignment reporting on conmen working the area around Buffalo. By the age of 21 he was supporting his parents, his father wasn't working much due to increasing Alcoholism. Deep down Douglas resented this but tried to put a brave face on it for his mothers sake. Aged 24 he met a nice girl named Rose Wakefield but the relationship struggled under the weight of his responsibility toward his ailing parents. Rose left him after six months which led to a series of explosive rows with his father. When the rows became so heated that his father struck him Douglas responded with a violent outburst which left his father unconscious and in need of hospital treatment for a broken nose, broken ribs and a fractured arm.

Douglas fled to New York and vowed never to go back. He became paranoid about getting arrested for the assault on his father and kept a low profile. He began working for a private detective agency and found he could make a decent living. He learned to use a gun for protection though he never wanted to use it.

In 1910 now aged 34 his life changed for ever. Whilst tailing a clients husband he was hiding in a dark alley when he was set upon by a foul smelling tramp. As he struggled to free his gun the tramp sunk his teeth in to him........the pain was excruciating and as he screamed and struggled he felt himself become steadily weaker. The last thing he remembered was a voice that sounded clotted with blood gurgling "you will be my childe". The weeks that followed were a blur of pain and darkness.

Since that time he has lived below ground in disused subways and more recently the sewers. He has learnt to use modern technology (computers and surveillance gear) to his advantage. This way he can keep tabs on the topside and learn peoples secrets. He feeds on anything and anybody that he can from rats to vampires. He hopes to become a Primogen so he can play at being king maker. He has also been trying to track down his sire who disappeared 16 years ago and has vanished without trace.

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