Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines/Characters: Difference between revisions

== The Player Character/The Fledgling ==

* [[Action Girl]]: If female, very much so.

* [[The Nicknamer]]: The Malkavian PC, who rarely calls anyone by their real name.

** A notable exception is {{spoiler|Velvet Velour}}, though she also has a nickname ("doll"):

* [[Ninja]]: One of the Malkavian options.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Amusingly, even if you play a Malkavian, you can be this. A lot of your dialogue options highlight what a severely fucked up place the Kindred world is, and the Malkavian's special awareness only makes it more obvious (to you, at least; nobody ''else'' has any idea what the hell you're babbling about).

== Prince Sebastian LaCroix ==

The Ventrue Prince of Los Angeles' Camarilla kindred, and therefore the leader of the 'new kids in town'. LaCroix is a classic Ventrue: A domineering, manipulative politician with entitlement issues and a taste for Realpolitik. It soon becomes obvious that he is on ''very'' sandy ground concerning both the Anarch and his own Camarilla "underlings", with nobody really respecting him at all. After condemning the main character's Sire to death in the opening cutscene for breaking the second tradition, he is forced to leave the PC alive when it's obvious he's got a PR nightmare on his hands. {{spoiler|He's also made an alliance with the Kuei-jin in order to eliminate the Anarchs in Los Angeles, and plans to open the Ankaran Sarcophagus to diablerise the Elder sleeping within.}}

== Maximillian Strauss ==

The Tremere Primogen and Regent, Strauss is a mysterious, unfailingly polite sorcerer often found in the Tremere chantry Downtown. Unlike many of the other Elders, he actually shows some respect to the Fledgeling. {{spoiler|He becomes the new Prince in the Camarilla ending.}}

* [[Bald of Awesome]]

* [[Camp]]: He has extremely theatrical mannerisms to the point where one may suspect animation glitching.

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* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Though not to the level of Jack.

** Not to mention giving your PC several good reasons to like him.

* [[Mentor]]: Slightly, especially to a Tremere.

'''PC:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Uh, thanks, DAD.]] }}

* [[Nice Guy]]: For a vampire, he's ridiculously polite, even refraining from blasting LaCroix's leadship of the Camarilla too harshly despite having good reason to do so.

== Gary Golden ==

The Nosferatu Primogen and former Hollywood star, now the sarcastic king of Hollywood's underworld. One of the most secretive members of the local Camarilla, {{spoiler|he masterminds the theft of the Ankaran Sarcophagus and its sale to the Giovanni.}}

* [[Dirty Old Man]]: If you run a few errands for him, he will provide you with pin-up posters of several of the game's female characters.

* [[Evil Phone]]: Not [[Dark Is Not Evil|exactly evil]], but certainly startling if you forgot about Gary's promise to call you on a payphone.

* [[Guttural Growler]]: And a rather impressive growl at that.

* [[Hearing Voices]]: Introducing himself while [[Invisibility|Obfuscated]], he pretends that he's actually a voice in your head. And when the Malkavian PC remarks that he doesn't sound like the usual voice, Gary counters with "Maybe I ''killed'' the voice in your head, boss."

== Alistair Grout ==

The Malkavian Primogen, a former psychiatrist obsessed with finding a cure for his wife's Malkavian catatonia. Little is known of him until you're asked to inspect his mansion, whereupon you find that {{spoiler|he's been killed by Ming Xiao.}}

== Bertram Tung ==

A Nosferatu agent of the Camarilla in Santa Monica. Living out of an abandoned fuel tank, he can show you the way to the Sabbat storehouse, but you must first persuade Therese Voerman to call off the Feud with him. He also has a ghoul running errands for him in town.

* [[Body Horror]]: It looks like his head is full of huge zits, about to explode. Yuuuk....

* [[The Chessmaster]]: A minor one, but he has a gambit in place to fool you into killing a local Kuei-Jin spy for him. This also serves as an introduction to the convoluted politics of Jyhad, for as Tung himself notes.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: With emphasis on the deadpan.

* [[Graceful Loser]]: If you manage to figure out that he's manipulating you, he reacts with grudging admiration, unless you're a Tremere, in which case, he'll respond with utter disgust. And if you play as a fellow Nosferatu, [[So Proud of You|he just about gives you a round of applause.]]

* [[Knowledge Broker]]

* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|Ugly Guy Hot Gal:]] Apparently he had an affair with Jeanette.

== Barabus ==

A Nosferatu agent in Chinatown, he ended up getting kidnapped by the Fu Syndicate and experimented on. In order to recieve information on the whereabouts of the Ankaran Sarcophagus from Gary, you're going to have to rescue him.

== Mitnick ==

A former master hacker, Mitnick's life actually seems to have improved as a result of his transformation into a Nosferatu, unlike Gary and Imalia. However, he still needs your help with setting up a few Schrecknet hubs around the city...

== Imalia ==

One of Gary's most recent Childer, Imalia used to be a world-famous model; punished for her vanity by a Nosferatu Embrace, she still hasn't gotten over her lost beauty or the fact that her place in the spotlight has been usurped. In fact, she's willing to offer quite a bit of money in exchange for any dirt on her replacement...

== Nines Rodriguez ==

Leader of the Anarchs in Los Angeles, Nines is a Brujah freedom fighter and product of the Depression: He loathes the Camarilla and the Kuei-Jin with a passion and believes in the continued existence of the Free State LA, but is forced to tolerate the other factions because he hasn't got the manpower for an all-out war against both sides. Having lost his own Sire at a young age, he opposed your execution in the first place and also helps you out a couple of times during the story; Jack implies he has a soft spot for outcasts like the fledgling. {{spoiler|1=With your unwitting help, LaCroix and Ming Xiao manage to frame him for the murder of Grout and later the Fledgeling him/herself for Nines' (fake) death. In the Anarch ending he takes control of the city.}}

== Damsel ==

A bad tempered, hot-blooded Brujah girl and one of Nines' henchmen. Is quite rude, but turns out to have a nicer persona after all, under the right circumstances.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Mass Effect 2|Subject Zero]] is a redhead? Suddenly, all becomes clear. Or possibly it's the [[Knights of the Old Republic|jedi catgirl]] in her.

* [[Tsundere]]: At least if the player character is a Male Anarch.

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Her relationship with the PC.

* [[Team Mom]]: Sort of, she's the "Den Mother" of the local Anarchs.

== Skelter ==

A black Brujah and another of Nines' men. Conversation with him reveals him to be a Vietnam veteran.

== Jack ==

A jovial Brujah Elder who teaches you the basics of Vampire lore and the mechanics of the World of Darkness. {{spoiler|He's actually the man behind the Ankharan Sarcophagus' arrival and its eventual fate.}}

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Well, more like a scraggy biker uncle mentor, but still.

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Always laughing, always joking, and always having the time of his life, even as he's crushing the skulls of incompetent Sabbat. He even lampshades this fact in-game.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: He was a pirate, you know.

** No, he's not ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean|that]]'' pirate named Jack. They're based on [[wikipedia:Calico Jack|the same guy]], though.

* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: Subverted! {{spoiler|If you choose to end the feud between the sisters, one of the most convincing arguments you can make is that Therese and Jeanette would be twice as powerful if they joined forces.}}

* [[Anything That Moves]]: Jeanette will flirt even with the hideous Nosferatu characters...

'''Jeanette:''' On the inside, we're all dead meat, kitten. }}

* [[Bi the Way]]: Jeanette can sleep with the player character whether they're male or female.

== Isaac Abrams ==

The Toreador Baron of Hollywood, and the financier of just about every single major American film made in the last few decades. He helps you in your quest to find the Nosferatu.

== Andrei ==

A Tzimisce vampire and one of the highest-ranking members of the Sabbat. He lurks in a dilapidated mansion in the Hollywood Hills, where he crafts monsters out of junkies, runaways, illegal immigrants, thin-bloods, anyone who won't be missed, before unleashing them on the Nosferatu in order to "blind" the Camarilla.

== The Chang Brothers ==

Blade and Claw, twin Kuei-jin dispatched by Ming-Xiao to retrieve the Sarcophagus. You must fight them in the Giovanni crypt.

== Beckett ==

A legendary Gangrel scholar [[Shrouded in Myth]], visiting Los Angeles to inspect the Ankaran Sarcophagus.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Quite apart from his numerous exploits in Kindred legend, he's also notably one of two characters in the ''entire game'' who aren't trying to screw you over somehow. This is not an exaggeration, it's stated outright '''in the game'''.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: [[Hope Spot|He refuses to believe in Cain and the Antedeluvians]].

* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Many Gangrel are [[Dumb Muscle]]. Beckett is ''not''.

== Pisha ==

A Nagrajara occultist found lurking in the basement of an abandoned hospital, she will trade you a number of useful items in return for rare magical artefacts. Unfortunately, if you want to gain her trust, you've got to help recapture her next victim...

== Ghouls ==

== Heather ==

A young woman found dying in an understaffed clinic. The only way to save her life is to feed her your blood- guaranteeing your own ghoul servant. {{spoiler|If she stays with you to the very end she's kidnapped and brutally murdered by the Sabbat. There are patches that avoid this, but they vary by version and methods.}}

== Mercurio ==

LaCroix's ghoul in Santa Monica, he prides himself on being able to find just about anything for anyone, from boats to military-grade firearms. Unlike his master, he's a nice guy.

* [[In-Series Nickname]]: The Malkavian PC calls him "Fleet-Footed God" because [[Classical Mythology|guess why]]. He seems okay with it.

* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]]: For all that he has to be a fully bound ghoul, he's remarkably clear-headed about his situation. Contrast with Knox and Heather.

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: He's recovering from one when you first meet him.

* [[The Scrounger]]: You could say he has a talent for it. Need a weapon? Mercurio can get it for you, given some time.

== Romero ==

Isaac's ghoul in Hollywood, he guards the local graveyard, preventing any of the residents from leaving. You can learn a few tips about using firearms if you help him (by finding him a prostitute or by fighting the zombies back for 5 minutes).

* [[Shout-Out]]: His name's Romero, and he works with zombies...

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: If you fail the mission and the zombie hordes manage to break out, he gets pissed:

== Knox Harrington ==

== Vandal Cleaver ==

Therese Voerman's ghoul, Vandal runs the bloodbank in the basement of the local clinic, using his position to secure choice bloodpacks for his demanding mistress. Unfortunately, as altruism appears to be running low these days, "donations" of blood come from the clubbers, vagrants, and Thin-Bloods that Vandal kidnaps.

* [[Evil Redhead]]

* [[I Love the Dead]]: Subverted, of all the people, [[Nightmare Fetishist|Vandal]] considers sex with a clinically dead vampire to be outright [[Even Evil Has Standards|disgusting]]. He also goes on to state that this was how Therese roped him into her service in the first place:

* [[Kick the Son of a Bitch]]: After freeing poor Lily from his torture chamber, you can threaten to drain him of all his blood unless he agrees to sell more bloodpacks to you. And ''God'', it's satisfying.

** If you're a Malkavian, you can also [[Mind Rape]] him to the point where he breaks down in insane laughter. And boy, does he deserve it.

* [[Knife Nut]]

* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: In the event that you manage to help one of his captives escape, one of the options for getting him to sell you blood again is to tell him a story of ultraviolence from your [[Multiple Choice Past]] - resulting in a ''very'' excited Vandal.

* [[Psycho for Hire]]

== Venus ==

The beautiful owner and bartender of the Confession Nightclub. Having started her club with the aid of a local [[The Mafiya|Russian Mafia]] boss, she's gotten sick and tired of paying her benefactor with sexual favours, and needs an assassin - you.

== Grünfeld Bach ==

An elite vampire hunter and Inquisitor of the Society of Leopold. He's after LaCroix, who killed his grandfather and father.

== The Mandarin ==

The apparent CEO of the Fu Syndicate, he's been manipulating the Chinatown Tong for his own dark purposes...

* [[Bad Boss]]/[[We Have Reserves]]: Quite happy to let the Fledgeling kill his underlings if they displease him, and even happier to use his security guards and mercenary soldiers as experimental guinea pigs.

* [[Baddie Flattery]]: Begins complimenting the Fledgeling in a very condescending way in the latter stages of the experiment.

* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: Makes the mistake of experimenting on Kindred at least twice, with disastrous effects. In the first case, the test subject is Barabus - which gets Gary's attention; the second case, ''you're'' the test subject, and it finally comes back to bite him. Possibly literally.

* [[The Chessmaster]]

== Mr. Ox ==

A mysterious shopkeeper in Chinatown, peddling curiosities and trinkets- most of which seem to have very morbid origins and purposes in mind. He enlists your help - first in retrieving a pair of "envious eyes" from the corpse of a thief, then in delivering a Bad Luck Charm to a target's locker.

* [[Collector of the Strange]]: Apart from selling the profoundly weird, he also collects it - including the eyeballs of a thief too greedy for his own good.

* [[Companion Cube]]: Cheerfully treats Lin's disembodied eyeballs as though they're still attached to their owner.

* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: A speciality of his.

* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Implies that some of his customers pay for his wares with their souls.