Tobias Nathaniel Hayes

Tobias Nathaniel Hayes
Concept:	Escaped Captive
Clan:	Gangrel •
Covenant:	Lancea et Sanctum •
City:	Geelong --
Title:	Brother
Sire:	Father Michael Frederick Greaves (NPC)
Bloodline:	Pure Clan
Group:	None
Embraced:	9th December 1988
Player:	Mark Cole
Storyteller:	Geelong VST

Personal Information

Appearance

Tobias is 6’2” tall and weighs roughly 95kg. His thick, brown hair is dark, his face rugged and his features handsome. He has piercing blue eyes that seem to peer into the very depths of your soul. His gaze is predatory in nature, making you feel as though you’re prey. Tobias usually wears a white shirt, a plain black sports jacket and a pair of black slacks. He also wears a simple cross around his neck.

Personality

TBA

Mortal World

TBA

Information Known by Kindred Society

Timeline

• April 16th, 1963 – Tobias Nathaniel Hayes is born to Liam and Michelle Hayes at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Centre in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Their second child, he has an older brother named Jackson George Hayes.
• November 21st, 1963 – Tobias’ parents take him to the Phoenix Zoo for its one-year anniversary. His mother soon lands a job there as a waitress.
• July 4th, 1964 – His father is assaulted on the way home from the local convenience store by a gang of African-American men. The police are called and several arrests are made.
• November 1965 to January 1966 – Phoenix is hit by large-scale flooding. The Hayes family makes it through, with some inconvenience caused by water damage.
• October 18th, 1968 – The Phoenix Suns play their first game at the Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum. Liam brings five-year-old Tobias to watch the game and ignites his passion for basketball.
• June 4th, 1971 – Liam and Michelle have a baby daughter, who they name Destiny.
• March 9th, 1975 – Twelve-year-old Tobias makes the school basketball team at Glendale High. He decides that his dream in life is to become a professional NBA player for the Phoenix Suns.
• August 17th 1977 – Tobias is kicked from the basketball team after attacking another player and is suspended from school for two weeks.
• May 6th, 1979 – Now sixteen and going through puberty, Tobias picks up his first girlfriend, a member of the cheerleading team named Ashleigh Summers. She convinces him to rekindle his team spirit, and although he is unable to re-join the local team as a player, he manages to find a new role as the team mascot, a red cardinal bird.
• January 26th, 1980 – Tobias meets the Bishop of the local Catholic Church and begins attending choir lessons with the other local boys.
• September 28th, 1981 – On her tenth birthday, Destiny collapses and falls unconscious whilst the Hayes family is celebrating at the local pizzeria. Although she is rushed to hospital, she is unable to be revived. She is pronounced deceased; the cause of death being ruled as a sudden blood clot in the brain. Tobias is devastated and seeks guidance from those of the faith during this time. He and Ashleigh go their separate ways.
• February 7th, 1984 – A new arrival to Tobias’ church sends his life into a wholly different direction. He is ghouled by a Ventrue priest named Reverend Samuel Jacobs. Over the next four years, he is both physically and mentally groomed for his eventual Embrace.
• January 2nd, 1985 – Tobias moves out of his family home and into the residence of his Sire-to-be, around fifty miles outside of town.
• September 14th, 1987 – Pope John Paul II visits Phoenix. Tobias is present for the celebrations under the care of Rev. Jacobs.
• November 29th, 1988 – A group of militant and heavily racist Lancea et Sanctum members pass through Phoenix. They come across the small church where Samuel and Tobias are staying and seek shelter for a few nights. Tobias is suspicious of these new arrivals, though his Sire-to-be assures him that everything will be fine.
• November 30th, 1988 – Everything is not fine. Having spotted Samuel providing aid to the local African-American and Native-American peoples’, the group turn on the two of them. They burn the fledgling parish to the ground and slaughter the Kine staff. Samuel is presumed dead and Tobias is abducted by the group’s leader, a man named Father Michael Frederick Greaves.
• December 2nd to 9th, 1988 – Over the course of a week, Tobias is whipped, branded and tortured by the group as punishment for his apparent Sins. Father Greaves is impressed by Tobias’ sheer will and determination to survive. He is Embraced to Clan Gangrel.
• September 13th to 16th 1989 – Mother Teresa visits Phoenix and inspires a new generation of kind-hearted members of the faith. She emphasises helping the poor and becoming closer to those in the community who are in need. Though Tobias prays for a visit from one as kind as her, it never comes to pass.
• 1990 to 2001 – Tobias is taken to Texas and instructed in the teachings of the Tollison Creed by his Sire. Now stronger, faster and more durable than he was before the Embrace, Tobias undergoes the martial teachings and trainings that would be expected of a Crusader of the Lancea et Sanctum. His Sire also emphasises marksmanship, tracking and survival skills, as well as learning Protean. Unfortunately, his Sire’s prejudices are reflected onto him. As a test of his loyalties, Father Greaves reveals the continued existence of Rev. Jacobs. Tobias is forced to kill Samuel with his bare hands.
• October 14th, 2001 – After eleven years in captivity, Tobias finally decides that he has had enough. During his nightly exercises, Tobias exploits an opportunity to escape and flees the compound on foot. His Sire pursues him.
• October 21st, 2001 – After a relentless week-long pursuit, Father Greaves finally catches up to Tobias. He produces the ashes of Rev. Jacobs in an attempt to force Tobias into submission. However, this plan backfires. Wholly giving into the urges of his Beast, Tobias brutally attacks Father Greaves. A prolonged scuffle ensues. Although badly injured in the process, Tobias emerges victorious. He steals his Sire’s car and flees into the Night, finding solace in an underground cave several miles away.
• March 9th, 2002 – 2009 Tobias finds his way north to Seattle, Washington. There, he meets a young Daeva by the name of Leon Ostrain Largward. At first, he doesn’t think much of the skittish runt, but the two of them develop a gradual friendship. Although Tobias has no real idea about the field of Forensic Science, he admires Leon’s potential and keen mind. Tobias is eventually able to convince Leon to go hunting with him. They hunt several deer together before being ambushed mid-feeding by a North American Brown Bear. In a fit of hunger-induced rage, Tobias scuffles with the bear and ends up ripping its throat out with his fangs.
• 2010 – 2013 SPACE LEFT FOR FURTHER TIES
• 2014 to 2016 – Tobias finally flees the USA and moves to Sydney, Australia. If asked, his reason for moving is ‘sightseeing’.

2017

• October - Tobias finds his way to Geelong.

Lineage

Known Sire

• Father Michael Frederick Greaves (NPC)

Quotes

Quotes By

"quote."

- reference.

Rumours

• Isn't actually a member of the Lancea et Sanctum.
• Has a soft spot for Leon Ostrain Largward

Inspirations and Soundtrack

• Youtube - Tobias' Playlist

OOC Information

Member Information
Player:	Mark Cole
Number:	2016030008
Domain:	Southern Cross