The Magdalene
"It’s the same dream every night for months now. I can’t ever see his face, but I know him, like I’ve known him all my life. It feels like something terrible will happen when I reach him. He’s not my husband, but I am not afraid.
I’m standing on the porch watching the fires burn over the town as the army marches closer. I see him standing there, just inside the shadows. I want this, and it’s a sin that I want this.
And then I die."
| The Magdalene | |
| Concept: | Crusader and Exorcist |
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| Clan: | Nosferatu •• |
| Covenant: | Lancea et Sanctum •• |
| City: | Canberra • |
| Title: | Mother of Monsters, Mother, |
| Sire: | Trinity |
| Bloodline: | Wendigo |
| Group: | Lineage/House/Coterie |
| Embraced: | 1890 |
| Player: | 2 Ali Ali L |
| Storyteller: | Canberra VST |
Personal Information
Appearance
Sunken red eyes that bleed, her pale skin bears the scars and wounds of her Requiem in service to the Lance. Those that get close enough to check may discover that her hair is in fact a wig. This Kindred is small, but her aura is that of a dangerous predator. Usually dressed in black and green, she wears jewellery that tells of her connection to religion.
Personality
She was embraced by the beast and in turn embraced her own. She knows that many find her monstrous, in fact she is called the Mother of Monsters by many but she see's only perfection in the curse of the Haunts. Where some see twisted and putrid flesh, she sees the hand of god, making the children perfect and beautiful. She is steadfast in her faith, but is not a preacher. She believes in order and protecting the masquerade. Her demeanor can be quite feral and intimidating, which is amplified by her quiet softly spoken words.
Mortal World
The mortal world has no knowledge of this Kindred. She has slept for over a decade. Her family know only of a strange 'distant aunt' who sometimes visits. The last of her natural children died in 1970. She uses the alias Mary Beaumont.
Information Known by Kindred Society
Timeline
- 1855 - Born Abigail Mary Stanton in New Mexico. Daughter of a Jesuit Priest, she helps educate the poor in her father's ministry.
- 1873 - Marries a cavalryman, Thomas Quincy Reynolds. The newlyweds move to Flagstaff, Arizona and Abagail opens a small schoolhouse.
- 1873- 1889 - Abagil gives birth to 7 children, Thomas(1874), James (1876), Luke (1880), Sarah (1886), Matthew and Rebekah(1887 )and Hannah(1889).
- 1890 - Embraced after a bloody battle in Flagstaff arrived at her doorstep. Kindred broke into her house killing her staff and children. She is embraced near death by Trinity Only Thomas Jnr. and Hannah survive the attack.
- 1895 - During a skirmish with members of the Crone, she is torpored by Decimus. Trinity takes her body from the field of battle and wakes her.
- 1910 - Embraces her first childe- Jefferson Banks. He becomes part of her fighting unit.
- 1920- Moves to the US Capital with her sire. She engages in skirmishes with the Lance as part of an elite fighting unit. Embraces her second childe, David Huccaby.
- 1920-1930 - Travels to Europe to hunt relics and sinners and to continue the 'crusade' against the crone. She loses a number of her Coterie, and embraces to replace them. Ambrose Gray (1924) and Maria Kelly (1927) join her family. She hunts down and captured her first diablerist.
- 1930-1940 - Traveling through Europe on church business. She becomes aware of a Mystery Cult dedicated to the hunting diablerists and seek to learn more.
- 1940 - joins the Nameless Order. Is ambushed on her way through Greece, her childe Ambrose is killed.
- 1940 - Magdalene contracts a ship to sail to cross the Mediterranean. She charters a with a ship, one that by reputation she thinks will not ask questions about her appearance. And she is right. She meets the captain and realises straight away that this pirate is a ghoul. In fact, he senses her nature as well, and agrees to the passage in return for her blood.
- 1941 - On the return, the ship is met with disaster. This time it runs aground on a reef. No wind. Supplies are running low. Magdalene begins to eat the crew and other passengers. The Ghoul, Ambrose resorts to cannibalism. It started as one guy angry that Ambrose had made a mistake with the rationing. Magdalene sees her childe in him, and after much prayer she embraces him (Ambrose "Foggy" Fogerty )
- 1947 Thomas Reynolds Jnr, the oldest of her natural children dies in Boston at the age of 73.
- 1951 - 1963 - While Trinity returns to the US, Magdalene spends more time in Europe tracking down those Kindred who broke the traditions under the cover of the war before returning to the US. She embraces Childe -Lola Fornier (1955) and Abella Ortega (1963).
In New Orleans, she meets Samuel Young and the two work together to remove the hunter cell branch of the House if the Rising Sun. Samuel later joins the Crone, but despite their religious differences, they remain allies.
- 1965-1975 - Magdalene finds her sire once more. Now a wanderer on the outskirts of the cities. He still preaches and makes sure the faith is string, though he rarely goes out to do this himself now. He sends Magdalene and others to do this, sometimes at the costs of their unlives. in 1970, She goes to a nursing home and is there the night her youngest natural child Hannah passes away at the age of 82. Watching from the corner in the shadows.
- 1980-1990 - LA, United States. Magdalene has a fearsome reputation as a hunter of sinners. She has also developed quite a reputation as an exorcist, becoming one of the Lance's foremost specialists. She is known as the Mother of Monsters. She meets Cadance (Jayde- Southern cross). All know that she sees Gods perfection and beauty in the curse of the Nosferatu blood. 1989 Embraces Martin St.Clair.
- 1990 - Abella Ortega meets final death.
- 1991-1993 - Moves to Texas where her sire has formed a cult. This cult comes to the attention of the mortal authorities and a shootout occurs. Trinity slaughtered all the cultists and escaped through the tunnels as the police and Federal Marshals storm the compound.
- 1993- Embraces Heather Dupuis (Melbourne NPC. Ambrose Fogarty leaves her company after she falls into torpor in a fight.
- 1994-2019 - In the long sleep.
Recent History
2019
- APRIL - Wakes from her torpor. The Magdalene travels with her Sire Trinity to Canberra for a gathering. There she drinks from the Nosferatu cup not once, but twice. The second time at the urging of Matthew Beaufort who firsts places the blood in the Gangrel Chalice. This vision is much more violent, Magdalene growing in height, their skin splitting and looking like something was crawling out. They vomit up the blood and have an intense vision of the building of the Necropolis under Rome, Nosferatu under the whip of the Ventrue and Julii.
At the end of the evening, they negotiate with one of the Regent's of the city to remain in Canberra to do the lord's work.
- MAY 2019 -
Lineage
Known Sire
-"In all things, to love and to serve"
Known Siblings
Known Childer
- Jefferson Banks (1910)
- - "reminded me so much of my young Luke, until the Murder Crow took him. Now he is dead to me"
- David Huccaby (1920)
- -"A lost soul when I found him, but strong in faith when given purpose, his eyes reminded me of Matthew"
Ambrose Gray (1924 - 1940)
"A ratbag and a scoundrel, but he was strong and devoted until the end"
- Maria Kelly (1927)
- -"I wept when the Lord sent me Maria, she brings the Word with such power"
- -"pirate and a scoundrel, he served me well. it was like the Lord delivered my Thomas back to me"
- Lola Fornier (1955)
- -"Your rod and your staff bring me comfort, but your sword lays low the sinner"
Abella Ortega (1963- 1990)
- -"A tree that falls, makes more noise than one that grows"
- Martin St.Clair (1898)
- -"A man of faith is dangerous, he will fight and die for it"
- Heather Dupuis (1993) (Melbourne NPC)
- -"Many have died, and you will die, the Testament will remain"
Known Grand-childer
Quotes
Quotes By
"quote."
- - reference.
Quotes About
"She might be a Lance, but... I got time for this one."
- Samuel Young
"She is a formidable clanmate, and I have much respect for her. Neglect to fear her at your peril."
"The few times I have conversed with her she has always been quite cordial and treats her Clanmates with a great deal of respect, but I would advise against being too at ease in her presence." - Georgiana Turpin
Conversations
Rumours
Inspirations and Soundtrack
OOC Information
| Member Information | |
| Player: | at gmail.com Ali Lawrie |
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| Number: | 2000100334 |
| Domain: | Canberra |