Annabelle Li
Annabelle Li, better known as Annabelle or Baby B, is a Brujah Fledgling who has risen to prominence within the Anarch Movement in recent nights.
Biography
Originally, Annabelle moved to Los Angeles to study Political Science at the prestigious Griffith College in Hollywood. Once there, she joined an activist group where she met fellow students Ellenore and Mark. The three of them would eventually form a long-term polyamorous relationship, and soon became frustrated with the lack of progress against the pervasive corruption in local business and politics. This frustration eventually resulted in a scheme to firebomb a senatorial campaign office - in which the trio managed to get away from the scene of their arson scot-free. Or so they thought.
In reality, the office building they burned down belonged to a Nosferatu named Nick. Enraged by this violation of his domain, Nick tracked down Annabelle and murdered her just as she was closing up after her shift at the on-campus coffee shop. Fortunately (or perhaps unfortunately), Nick wasn't the only vampire whom Annabelle had attracted the notice of. The Brujah Carver had been sizing her up as a candidate for the Embrace for some time now - but Nick's interference forced his hand. He drove Nick off and saved the dying Annabelle by feeding her his vitae, even leaving her a vessel in a locked room for her to slake her hunger on when she woke up.
Needless to say, it was an extremely traumatizing series of events for Annabelle - she was forced to effectively squat in Griffith College and feed off of other students to survive. Her unintentional poaching eventually attracted the attention of a coterie working for Baron Isaac Abrams. This coterie would take her under their wing, but Annabelle was still forced to the forefront the Anarch Movement's struggle at a very tenuous time for the Kindred of LA. With Prince Vannevar Thomas looking to re-establish his Court within the City of Angels, tensions among vampires hadn't been this high since the Second Anarch Revolt over seventy years prior.
Annabelle barely had any time to adjust to the realities of her new un-life before being tapped to become the new, youthful "face" of the Movement in its war against the encroaching Camarilla. To her credit, Annabelle was instrumental in several pre-emptive strikes against the Ivory Tower as her new sect's "cold war" rapidly turned hot over the next two years. However, a combination of her inexperience and relentless idealism culminated in her more often than not butting heads with her fellow Unbound, even with members of her own coterie. Eventually, the existential pressure became so much that Annabelle decided to quit LA entirely, journeying alongside her sire across the United States, in the hopes of better understanding both her own goals and the goals the Movement entire.
She returned to LA in 2021, once again in a pivotal moment. The Second Inquisition had come to Los Angeles, spearheaded by the fanatical Society of Leopold. Annabelle was among those Kindred captured by the Inquisition, but managed to break free and was even responsible for killing Adrian Clairmont, the leader of the Society's forces - though the act of doing so tore at her soul.
In the aftermath, Annabelle bade goodbye to her former coterie-mates and traveled to New York, determined to spark and aid the Anarch revolution on a grander scale than just one city. She was last seen in 2022 in the South Bronx, having apparently journeyed there to meet with Baron Torque.
Trivia
- Annabelle Li is the player character of actress Erika Ishii, a member of the main cast and coterie of the live-play chronicle Vampire: The Masquerade: L.A. By Night. Erika also portrays a ghouled Marie Antoinette in the special Memoriam episode S3E6: Beauty and Decay.
- Annabelle is one of several L.A. By Night characters who possesses their own official Loresheet, released as part of special promotional deal with Dog Might Games.