I'm Obsessed...

[jackofallgeeks]

You know, I once had this idea for a campaign, or rather, a character I wanted to play.
He was this Vampire, right, from White Wolf's Vampire:The Masquerade (Preferably, I think, a Gangrel, but it really works for any clan, save maybe Nosferatu or Tzimisce). Anyways, to put it simply, in his mortal life he falls for this girl (or guy, for you Anne Rice fans). Presumably, the subject also falls for said character, but also predictably, the subject is also a Vampire.

Now then, for whatever reasons Vampires do this (twisted ideals of 'preserving beauty', sepparation anxiety that always comes with loving a mortal, idea that 'maybe this one will be different', maybe to save his life), the Subject makes the Character a Vampire - Embraces him, if you will.

Understandably, the Character doesn't take this very well. I mean, the whole existing in perpetual night, never again being able to see the sunrise (or rather, only one more time...), living of the blood of the living, and generally becomming a monster. How ever, just as he hates his Sire for what's been done, there's still that vein of affection, ands a main conflict may well be that he wants to destroy her (or him) but in the end can't bring himself to deliver the final blow (maybe turning against fellows when they try to destroy the creature?), along with the typical 'I'm a monster, I don't desrve to exist, dam me for my infernal hunger' bit.

There is a point to all this. See, I was listening to, appropriotly enough, "Love Song For A Vampire", and in at least a few ways it fits the whole scenario.

And that's what sparked all this.

And this is the end.

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[surichan.livejournal.com]

Is that that one guy you told me about who hunted his sire(ess) down for the purpose of killing her, only to find her and turn on his buddies 'cause he couldn't do it?

Now Look What You Started...

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Yes, you see, at the time I was talking a bit with my brothers, Gene who likes the idea of Hunter:The Reckoning (regular Joes, spontaneously Imbued and know the world isn't as it seems) and Josh, who likes Changeling:The Dreaming (that imaginary would of dragons and pixies and unicorns inside your head is real - just nobody knows it); and, of course, I'm an Uber-vampire fan, so Vampire suits me.

Anyways, speaking inparticularly of Hunter, for a number of reasons these guys hunt the supernatural, including the Undead. At the time I was thinking along the lines of our character (we'll name him Zach) goes out to hunt his Sire (it's a unisex title - she'll be Saria), and in one way or another enlists/meets/saves/is saved by/or otherwise teams with a Hunter or three, or maybe a Hunter and a Changeling, or a group of disgruntled/power-hungy Vamps (who we'll collectively call Trevor).

So, giving away his true identity or not, Zach helps Trevor with the hunt, or visa versa, until they trap Saria in her Lair. Finally there to have his vengence against this beast, Zach is torn - after all, she still is the woman he loved (or loves?), even if that woman had always been a bloodsucking monster. Try as he might, hate her as he does, he can't bring himself to destroy her, to the point where he DEFENDS her against Trevor. And thus it ends.
Or rather, begins....

Unless...unless Zach and Trevor truely become companions, to the point where his combined distaste for his sire and comaraderie with Trevor at worst allow him to stand aside while Trevor exacts his own form of justice. Or maybe, through the course of events, Zach becomes as much a Monster as he's condemned to be, destroying his sire in maddened hate, and worse yet, possibly then turning on Trevor.

And then what? In either case, defending Saria or slaughtering Trevor, where does he go from there? Does he continue to protect Saria, as Trevor is still out for Undead Blood? Does his feral madness consume him until he truely embodies all the monstrocity he feaes he's become?

The possiblities are endless.