[CLOSED] Phoenix by Night (Vampire 20th Anniversary Edition)

The FBI missing person specialist, who was on an assignment in Phoenix when she spotted her mother, who mysteriously disappeared when she was but a child. Unable to contain her shock, she begins trying to uncover her trail, unaware that she herself is now being followed.

This was one of the concepts under "reunion" umbrella. A characters family member (in this case mother) goes missing when they are young, marking a formative, traumatic event early on, that heavily influenced their path in life. Seeing the consequences of a someone going missing, police doing nothing and how it affected her father, the character mindset shapes up into a more internal and introspective one, and she joins the Bureau after college, aiming and making the missing person unit, trying to "find her mother" figuratively speaking, by making sure that other families do not go through the same thing.

The idea is that she will be Embraced by a Kindred who is a rival to her mother's Sire, thus making for a great "in" and lots of potential political and personal drama between all 4 (mother+Sire vs. daugther+Sire duos). Plus she was in Phoenix on a case, which she will try to solve, now using her newfound abilities. That would make her young neonate/fledgling, I recon. As for the "right to Embrace" (as we do emphasize the Traditions), that can be tied to the ongoing battle for power - without a standing Prince the PC's Sire might "sneak" an Embrace in, or say that they got a permission from one of the vampires claiming the title of Prince (even if they are not "sworn in" yet).

Derek is a man from a working-class background that saw his family be evicted when the Chandler's City Hall sacked construction workers, his father amognst them. Marked by this experience, the character grew convinced that power was a necessity and became ambitious, cunning. He studied political science at Arizona State University and entered politics presenting himself as a champion of the working class, promising to fight for their rights and improve their lives. That he did, but not without making deals with corrupt businessmen, accepting bribes and kickbacks.

After his second term on the Chandler City Council, Derek was scouted as a lobbyist by a conglomerate connected with urban development throughout the entire Southwest. He relocated to Phoenix, where the Group's operations were centered, received a fortune in company shares and for three years he tasted nothing but luxury and success. Then a complaint for influence peddling was filed against the Group. Before long, his assets were frozen and he was taken into custody to await trial. Evidence seemed to appear out of thin air, pointing to crimes he had not even committed. Piercing of the corporate veil was certain, as was his conviction. He would end up penniless with a sentence of at least ten years.

The world had become anxiety and despair, and under its weight he broke into a state of complete apathy. Ironically, that was the beginning of his salvation. Above the influence of emotions, he started recruiting the most dangerous inmates to guard him for money. After they accepted, he promised to match any offer they received to kill him and made phone calls to businessmen and politicians he knew. To each he said a single word, the place where they had negotiated. All of them understood the ultimatum: if I fall, I'll take everyone with me. In two days the attempts on his life began; in three months they stopped.

A team of some of the best lawyers in the country took his case, he was released pending trial and ultimately judged innocent. He even received a job offer from an investment firm that owned more than a few banks. Its CEO received him personally. The man was a Lasombra Antitribu descended from Montano himself and the one behind Derek's torment. Derek thinks himself without option other than accepting the Embrace.

I want to play a character that was shaped by his Crucible (by far the greatest attractive for me in the Clan Lasombra) that dives on the political conflicts of the scenario. Someone that were already inhuman before the embrace and that finds humanity after becoming a monster.