Post by myrkal on May 21, 2010 8:51:18 GMT -5
Name: Meiko MatsuoNaga
Nick Names or Alias: Mei, Slyph, Kama
Age: 498
Aesthetic Age: 22
Gender: Female
Sexual Preferances: Gay
LClan: Tremere
If Other..:
If Independant Faction..:
Generation: 8th
Powers (Disciplines):
Intelligence: 14
Speed: 14
Leadership: 10
Melee: 14
Unarmed: 10
Ranged: 7
History:
Nick Names or Alias: Mei, Slyph, Kama
Age: 498
Aesthetic Age: 22
Gender: Female
Sexual Preferances: Gay
LClan: Tremere
If Other..:
n/aSect: Camarilla
If Independant Faction..:
Order of the Ebon Hand ( Aspirants and devotees to become Justicars )- Self created order of minor KindredRank: Primogen
Generation: 8th
Powers (Disciplines):
Dark Thaumaturgy-Deformities:
Path of Phobos-3
Path of Inferno-6
Auspex -6
Celerity-3
Obfuscate-3
Inordinately long and sharp fingernails, nearly talons in their sharpness. Eyes tend to flare with an otherworldly electric blue intensity when angry or excited.Derangement(s):
(sparring in the past )
Sadistic to the point of murder and rape/torture of her victims human and kindred alikeMisc.:
Unfeeling
..Appearance: Fashion Sense/Style:
Sleek and sensual to the extreme Mei has the patience to make herself look immaculate in all the settings of her life since being sired in the Japanese Empire so many years ago. She tends to verge on "over-the-top " most of the time with her corsets, boots, fishnets, and the classic neo-gothic traits: pale skin, shadowed and outlined eyes and lips, tattoos and piercings.Personality:
Mei has the calm exterior of a seasoned negotiator when in situations of that ilk, her intelligence and quick thinking proving to be allies to her in her efforts. In combat situations she is likewise calm, but with a huge difference, the calm is the calm of one who has fought many, many times and knows their capabilities and weaknesses and finds themselves ready for any situation that may arise. Conniving to an extent that is disturbing even to other Tremere, they keep a wide berth from her because of her reputation as an enforcer for the Clan for over two hundred and fifty years.Physical-Strength: 11
Analytical, and questioning of everything, she has the poise to hold her tongue and to play along when needed to glean any information or edge possible. To her the game of manipulation and combat are both profoundly exciting things.
Intelligence: 14
Speed: 14
Leadership: 10
Melee: 14
Unarmed: 10
Ranged: 7
History:
Born in Feudal Japan as the scion of Michizane Sugawara, the famous writer of Go Rin No Sho ( the Book of Five Rings ) Mei was raised with a blade in her hand half the day , the remainder of it spent in silent meditation or training in etiquette/ history/ or poise.
Her father Michizane was a legendary swordsman even during his life. He saw himself in Mei, in her fighting spirit and tomboyishness. To help her learn he taught her himself, even training her in the arts taught only men.
She was amazingly proficient with the blade, using a Wakizashi , rather than the longer heavier Katana, partially one handed ,a sky blue ribbon wrapped around her left wrist and forearm dangling to create swirling distractions to her opponents.
Michi soon had her sparring with other students and when she began to defeat the champions of other schools she was forced by her mother to spend more time ' Refining ' herself.
Her mother Iichi was a talented Geisha and taught Meiko her art with carefully planned out methods. Dance, restraining from showing reactions or emotion, manipulation, all these were things that her mother Iichi Hatoskawa, the 'Black Mistress of Yokohama', an assassin of note in her own right taught her.
To further this end, her fathers teachings with the Wakizashi, Katana and in hand to hand made her mothers goals that much easier to attain.
When she was 16 her mother died to the plague and Mei became more withdrawn and paranoid, trusting only her father, learning to use her beauty and skills, secretly in private, to make more money to help her quickly falling in prestige family. She became known as Sakura, the Cherry Blossom because of her poise, voice, and talents behind closed doors.
Their seemed nothing she would not do, and as a result she was drawn away , by those in a stronger position of power, from the family she wished to protect.
When at age 19 her father died of a wasting sickness that she ignored as foolish complaining and laziness, she was taken in by a Tremere Justicar named Ishan, who had heard of her through the underworld of Yokohama, a 6th Gen who had a sick perversion for degradation and torture in his sexual appetites.
Mei was his favorite toy. Meiko was impressed with his inginuity, and his ability to continue coming up with new, more invigorating ways of using her. The more painful and elaborate the better to her. For she was using her charms to lure him into making her like him. The training of her mother suddenly very useful.
Her perversions grew as time passed and she began to seek pain, seeing it as a fuel to life, a connection to the past that was slowly slipping away.
Her morals quickly eroded, and despite her humanity, she began to slaughter anyone that she thought threatened her lord, or his clan, without fail, on her own initiative.
After three years he made her a ghoul, solely so he could hurt her more and to utilize and refine her mastery of the blade. In the following thirty five years she proved herself time and time again, eliminating threats with no thought of repercussion, doing the will of Clan Tremere before that of herself.
She dyed her hand black with arcane tattoos, and scarification, wearing a blue or white leather glove over it when wishing to hide it. This hand, known as the Ebon Hand, was the legend behind her in the Asian Underworld. It was reputed that the hand was the beginning of darkness, that her revealing it was to allow you time to prepare for the harsh death that was assuredly coming.
Shocked by how quickly she had learned to use Thaumaturgy and Celerity to enhance her combat skills, Ishan made sure she was given a job as an exterminator, killing off threats to the clan, and members who had gone astray. For the majority of her life she did this, hunting them down, killing as though she were a much weaker version of a Justicar, a position she has aspired to since she first heard the name.
In the past century her exploits have become more rare, as she has turned her attention to the arts of Dark Thaumaturgy, spending inordinate amounts of time in study, preperation, and experimentation.
This coupled with her retention and assassin skills has made her quite a threat to those who threated Tremere. In Japan, her homeland, she has spent many days recovering from the attacks of those who wished to make a name for themselves by destroying the Black Mistress.
Annoyed with their pestering she has maneuvered herself into prime position to advance in the Clan, still hoping to become a Justicar sometime soon. She came to New York to further that end.
Arriving in secret, her presenting herself to the Primogen of Clan Tremere at his home, she kept to herself for months, learning the ins and outs of the cities different kindred locales and subsects.
During this time she has incorporated herself into Tremere society. Taking part extensively in all the clan rituals, while furthering the clans goals through manipulation and physical intimidation, several times taking out enemies in ways that made even the Tzimisce blanch.
After four months, her childe, the Russian Nickolas Alekscyev, a skilled Dark Thaumaturgist arrived and together they have spent inordinate amounts of time eliminating threats to Tremere, and the Camarilla, all done in secret, but leaving Meikos tell tale signature of a Ebon Hand branded on the foreheads of those unlucky enough to draw attention.
Despite the brutality and efficiency of these violent acts, all have been conducted with surprising attention to detail, and with repercussions at the forefront of her mind.
Not one of the attacks was directly linked to her, lower generation Tremere having been fleshcrafted to provide her with an alibi for every occurance.
The other members of Clan Tremere, having heard of the Ebon Hand and the Black Mistress Meiko MatsuoNaga, were appalled at first but soon came to recognize the fact that her efforts brought results. Fast.
The Tremere Primogen, influenced by her former lords and ladies in the Orient, quickly elevated her in rank, until she was able to police the clan for threats, as well as to investigate the Camarilla and Sabbat both for other forms of threats.
When the Primogen position became open. It was through the reputation she had painstakingly woven around herself, her prestige among the Tremere upper echelons, and the pride that her presence evoked in other Tremere that gained her the votes to become Primogen.
She had helped individual Tremere extensively in her time in New York, and when it came time to be chosen as Primogen, they did not forget. She was chosen for her strength, and obvious devotion and complete loyalty to the clan.
Knowing that showing leadership skills, as well as organizational prowess, were needed to advance, when she learned of the position of Primogen of the huge New York area Tremere, she knew it was perfect to further her goals.
Accepted as Primogen of her clan in New York, solely she thinks, because of her combat skills and the fact that the clan has been having trouble keeping a presence in the city with all the killings of Tremere and their subordinates. To this end she has devoted herself completely, seeing her position here as a stepping stone to Justicar, only the rank of Prince stands in the way.
