John "Jan Groenhout" LeFlore, the Vamp
Look and Demeanor
He is a volatile-seeming Choctaw man, looking about 26-year-old, but with an older man's demeanor. He dresses much like Andy Warhol, as that was the last time a concerned lover updated his wardrobe for him.
Stats
Moves
Eternal Hunger.
You hunger for human blood. When you feed, roll with Blood. On a 10+, choose 3. On a 7-9, choose 2:
- You heal 1-harm
- You learn a secret about them
- You take +1 forward
- They don’t die
On a miss, something goes terribly wrong.
Keep Your Friends Close
When you Figure Someone Out by indulging their vices, roll with Blood instead of Mind.
Haven
You have a safe place, secure from outside dangers. It has emergency rations, a few ghouls, and an escape vector. When someone willingly comes to your Haven, they enter your Web.
Jan's Haven is the basement of Tot Zover, a museum dedicated to the ways Dutch people approach death. As befitting a funeral museum, it’s located in a cemetery, in the former director's residence.
The Vamp's Web
When someone comes to you to ask for a favor, look for advice/info, or threaten your interests, they enter your Web and owe you a Debt. When someone is in your Web, you gain the following when dealing with them:
- Get +1 ongoing to Lend a Hand or Get in the Way of their efforts
- Add this question to Figure Someone Out: “What is your character’s true hunger?”
At the start of a session, choose someone in your Web and learn a secret about them that they’d rather keep buried. They leave your Web only when they no longer owe you a Debt.
Drama Moves
Corruption Move
When you feed on an unwilling victim, mark corruption.
Intimacy Move
When you share a moment of intimacy—physical or emotional—with another person, tell them a secret about yourself or owe them a Debt. Either way, they enter your Web and owe you a Debt.
End Move
When you die or retire your character, name someone in the scene you want dead; your agents and allies relentlessly pursue them.
Gear
- A secluded apartment
- A comfortable car
- A smart phone
- A Walther PPK (2-harm close reload small)
Corruption
☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Harm
☐ Faint
☐ ☐ Grievous
☐ ☐ Critical
Questions
Who are you: Jan is a 126-year-old vampire, living in Amsterdam and coming to terms with one century as a vampire. He was born as "John LeFlore" in 1892 in the Choctaw Nation, soon to become part of Oklahoma. He served as a infantryman and codetalker in WWI, hoping to earn American citizenship. While fighting, he was mortally wounded. But a fae nurse named Fatima offered to save him the only way possible: Turning him into a vampire. If Jan ever returned to North America, he doesn't speak of it.
How long have you been in the city: Jan has lived in Amsterdam since 1937 (under several aliases, of which Jan Groenhout is the most recent and most suggestive of his true past). He had been living in Paris, but saw a great war coming again. He tried to sleep through WWII in relatively peaceful Amsterdam, hoping Britain's aegis would keep the Netherlands safe, but war woke him. Ever since, he has been irrationally attached to Amsterdam and his introverted, sheltered life in it.
How do you keep your cravings in check? Jan regularly feeds on tourists, who he despises for inexorably destroying his city. Fortunately, he knows just which clubs and holes-in-the-wall and sex dungeons are best to find a sloppy tourist to (only partially) devour. In many cases, he funds them! This conflict of interest (doing business in the tourism industry he despises) aggravates Jan, but it's just too easy to find blood & money this way.
Who turned you? Fatima, a fae of the Fire Court (and wife of Hasan), saved Jan's life, in a way, by feeding him to a Prussian vampire from the other side of the war, named Konrad Abeizer.
What scheme are you invested in now? Recently, Jan has tried to reclaim his hip Parisian past. He has been pushing his way into ownership of a number of quirky museums and art galleries across Amsterdam, using a variety of fake names, business partners, and underhanded tactics. Turns out, having the last mortal who knows your real name on Death's doorstep causes something of a post-life crisis in vampires. Jan is desperate to relive sweet memories of Ima, while conveniently ignoring the decades of tumultuous memories.
Debts
- » Hasan (unknowingly) makes I get fed regularly, and Hasan and Fatima always looked out for me. I owe him 2 Debts.
- » Terry relies on me for his information. He owes me a Debt.
Jan has been specifically giving Terry information on another clan of vampires. Terry actually had Jan cornered at one point, but Jan offered information instead. He told Terry just enough to get him started, fortified himself against future attacks by Terry, and is now selling him further information. Jan is part of a network of Dutch vampires (de Nederjagersgilde) and has many one-off connections with Native American vampires. He has been feeding Terry information about a pan-European clan, the Order of the First Rite, that is making inroads into Amsterdam. Since no one from his clan is responsible for the kidnapping, it was probably one of them. Might as well assume that it was and get a few of them killed without any effort! Any member of his clan who finds out he has been working with a hunter will see him as reckless and ruthless. If the OFR finds out, there will be vengeance.</spoiler>
- » Soraya appreciates me coming around to sit with Ima, and his calming effect on her household. She owes me a debt.