Calliope Marchette's page

Strength 1
Dexterity 3
Stamina 2
Weak, gaunt, but quick and confident on her feet and with a paintbrush.

Charisma 4
Manipulation 2
Composure 3
People like to be around her, they listen, and she keeps her cool in the face of temptation and jerks…especially useful when dealing with her hot-headed Sire.

Intelligence 2
Wits 2
Resolve 3
Pretty average, but has a laser-focus on her goals and her craft.

Health 5
Willpower 6
Humanity 7
Blood Potency 1
Hunger 1

Mental
Academics (Specialty: Fine Arts) 3
Awareness 3
Finance 2
Occult 2
Technology 1
Knows a lot about the arts; has eyes in the back of her head; manages her money well; dabbles in weird and occult stuff; a fair hand with modern technology.

Physical
Craft (Specialty: Painting) 4

She’s really good at painting.

Social
Etiquette (Specialty: Art Scene) 2
Insight (Specialty: Emotions) 2
Intimidation 1
Persuasion 3
Subterfuge 2
Sweet talker; chipper; sensitive to people’s moods and will play on that to get what she wants.

Auspex 1 (Sense the Unseen)
Presence 2 (Awe; Lingering Kiss)
Dominate 1 (Compel)

Fame 1 (Predator Adv)
Her artwork is making waves due to its unsettling nature; the vampire community is into it.

Contact 1 (Predator Adv)
She is in good with a gallery owner in downtown Chicago, Icarus Jones, who has hosted a few of her art shows. Her connections within the Toreador have netted Jones several prestigious artists using his space and her looks on her favorably.

Disliked 1 (Predator Flaw)
Calliope absolutely stepped on a few toes on her way to her current fame. There are a few fellow neonate artists who were passed over in favor of her, and they want her to regret it.

Haven (Adv) 1
Haven: Security (Adv) 1
Haven: Haunted (Flaw) 1
Herd (Adv) 2
Resources (Adv) 2
Status (Adv) 1
Stalkers (Flaw) 1
Explained these in history.

Total XP: 9
Total Spent: 6 (Finance 1 -> 2)

Conviction: Keep it weird.
Touchstone: Professor Dolores Hickam, her advisor. Encouraged Calliope when the young woman began to experiment with her new style.

Conviction: Question everything.
Touchstone: Calliope was much closer to her father than her mother. He taught her vital analytical and critical thinking skills.

Conviction: When a friend asks for help, you help ‘em.
Touchstone: Charity Remson, childhood friend from K-12. A case of opposites: Charity came from a poor rural family instilled with solid values and intense work ethic. Threw down multiple times on Calliope’s behalf.

True Age 35
Apparent Age 30
Date of Birth February 17, 1988
Date of Death December 9, 2018

Appearance Thin, just on the edge of gaunt. Much of her torso and arms are tattooed in thin, winding lines that create occult symbols, skulls, and thorny, flowering vines. Thick, waist-length, straight black hair. Wears glasses with thick black plastic frames despite not needing them.
Distinguishing Features Goth af. Bubbly in a way that juxtaposes her appearance and art.

Random Bits Owns a rather large collection of first edition H.P. Lovecraft writing as well as various horror movie props, classical art prints, and various occult oddities. Her one bedroom apartment is a mix between an art studio and an oddities museum. To protect her collection and to keep sunlight from streaming in accidentally, she has a series of cameras and high-tech locks installed around all her windows and doors (Haven: Security).
Recently, it seems as though one of her oddities may have also brought a spirit with it, and Calliope is thrilled rather than annoyed by the development. She’s started to affectionately refer to the entity as “George.” (Haven: Haunted flaw).

Calliope grew up relatively well-off. Her father is indie horror filmmaker and her mother is a suit at a major production company, both of whom happily supported her passion for painting. Her parents nurtured the talent and Calliope ended up attending Chicago University’s art program, earning a degree in Fine Arts with a focus in painting. She received a rather large inheritance from her grandmother which supports her even now.

During her time at the University, Calliope dated another art major–a strange young man named Alistair Pickman, a name that should have been a red flag in itself. Calliope’s fascination with weird, occult things drew her to him and eventually led to her getting involved in some weird cult behavior before Pickman abruptly broke up with her and transferred schools.

During her time with Alistair, her art nouveau paintings began to take on a strange quality–the young artist began to experiment with dissonant, contrasting shapes and colors; the uncanny valley; and abject, macabre scenery. When one gave her work a passing glance, it was easy to miss the unsettling details, but the longer one stared, the more disturbing imagery they would notice.

Her artwork began to get attention for its unique, horrifying feel and appealed especially to the Night scene, which is where she unknowingly attracted the attention of members of the Camarilla. She was eventually Embraced by Mateo Garcia as a means of securing influence for himself and fostering Calliope’s desire to explore the beauty of the abject further.

Calliope has been a vampire for five years now. Within her first year, she began to receive strange postcards from her former lover, Alistair Pickman. He always seems to know where she lives; what she’s doing; and makes sure to let her know. Despite the fact that she is now a predator, the painter is unsettled and frightened of the stalker.

Calliope’s artwork has netted her no small amount of fans, especially since a painting of hers was recently featured on a well-known horror TV show. From this large fanbase, Calliope tends to feed–she prefers to feed from those who share her interest in the Weird.