Regent of Old Boulevard
Owner of the Club, Prohibition
Eric’s an enterprising Daeva with ties to the Lancea Sanctum. They call him a Deacon, but he’s not sure he’s down with the titles they hand out. Father Stenholm thinks Eric is a wolf too familiar with the sheep, but the boy’s a respectful upholder of the Masquerade, so maybe he can be afforded the time to learn slowly.

Eric’s little domain was granted to him by the Primogen, on behalf of the Prince, as a reward for nights spent keeping the city’s Kindred under control. Tonight, two other vampires live inside the boundaries of Eric’s domain: a former drug-dealer named Archie and an undead surgeon named Dr. Jarod Walsh. Both of them owe some degree of service to Eric, and each of them feels differently about their debt to him.

Archie has been put under Eric’s authority by the Lancea Sanctum, courtesy of Brother Cassius. It’s Eric’s job to make Archie into a vampire capable of fitting into Kindred society and acting as the Sactified scriptures say a vampire should. (That first job may be harder than the second.) Cassius just wants Archie to learn the kind of discipline and pious respect a vampire needs to be a holy monster, but Stenholm seems to hope that mentoring Archie will help ween Eric off his close ties to mortal existence.

Dr. Walsh is a tenant on Eric’s land. But in the doctor’s first nights, Eric finds himself acting again as a mentor as much as a landlord. Walsh’s rational struggle with his mystical curse makes him a natural fit for the Ordo Dracul — a secret society that Eric happens to have a hidden friendship with through the influential and aged vampire called Isaac. Isaac is, in his way, Eric’s own mentor.

In Play

Eric is a Daeva (Blood Potency 2) with Covenant Status in the Lancea Sanctum (Deacon, 2 dots) and the Ordo Dracul (1 dot). The club Prohibition is managed by Eric’s Retainer, Nicole, and staffed by his Herd, among other characters. Isaac was created to characterize Eric’s dots in the Mentor Merit.

Eric was one of the original three player characters in the chronicle, and the only one of the three still in play. The character of Eric was created by Mike Tinney.

Surgeon
Jarod’s Embrace is a mystery. He has the barest memories of the woman who damned him two months ago, but that’s all. Now he’s taking the first steps into his Requiem with the caution and confidence of a surgeon.

Dr. Walsh is a tenant on Eric Torillo’s land. But in the doctor’s first nights, Eric finds himself acting again as a mentor as much as a landlord. Walsh’s rational struggle with his mystical curse makes him a natural fit for the Ordo Dracul — a secret society that Eric happens to have a hidden friendship with through the influential and aged vampire called Isaac. Isaac is, in his way, Eric’s own mentor.

Drug Dealer
The vampire who promised Archie “eternal life” took off just weeks after the Embrace. Now Archie’s got an Islamic preacher and a vampiric church telling him he’s got to abandon his life, his wife and his drug money to go get tutored about damnation from a stylish club owner in Old Boulevard. Eternal life’s not what the salesman said it was.

Archie has been put under Eric Torillo’s authority by the Lancea Sanctum, courtesy of Brother Cassius. It’s Eric’s job to make Archie into a vampire capable of fitting into Kindred society and acting as the Sactified scriptures say a vampire should. (That first job may be harder than the second.) Cassius just wants Archie to learn the kind of discipline and pious respect a vampire needs to be a holy monster, but Stenholm seems to hope that mentoring Archie will help ween Eric off his close ties to mortal existence.

Lou Parker
Former Cop
A former Atlanta Police detective, Lou Parker had a knack for not letting a case go. That served him well until it got him killed. Running down a lead in a whodunnit case everyone else had given up on, Lou started to see a pattern of killings in the city — heavy blood loss, people who wouldn’t be missed, etc. As he dug up old cases and pulled long nights, he found himself under pressure from above and without. Eventually scandal and a whispering campaign cost him his shield, but still he wouldn’t give up. What he found was a vampire, one who gave him the Embrace.

In the few years since. Lou has been unable to determine if his sire intentionally lured him in or even why he was Embraced at all. (Flip answers from his sire suggest only, “for your skills.”) Distanced from his sire, he has become something of a troubleshooter for low-level Invictus in the city, serving as a private detective and even maintaining his mortal identity as one. He had some standing in the First Estate and was a coterie-mate of Eric’s.

Lou disappeared in November, 2005, while working an investigation for the court at the bequest of his secretive mentor, Mr. Never.

(Lou was written and played by Phillipe Boulle.)