Barney Jeffrey

Barney "Firefist" Jeffrey is a Storm Lord Rahu member of the Lodge of Echoes.

Overview

Barney Jeffrey stands out from many of the more distinctive members of the Lodge of Echoes in that he makes no claims of Celtic, Viking or Roman blood. Instead, he holds to the fact he is descended from a noble English family with roots stretching back to the 1200s. Two of his wolf-blooded ancestors fought in the Crusades, and a Uratha ancestor of his bloodline once held a minor title in the lands of Kent in southern England. This notion of medieval nobility sustains him now, as even today his family live off long-held family land and vast savings.

He voraciously researched his family tree, and took long counsel with the ancestor-spirit of his family in the years after his Change at age 14. He was fascinated by the tides of history and his family's place in it. When he was 17, Barney attracted the attentions of the Lodge of Echoes when he assaulted a local Wound alone, armed only with a spirit-awakened longbow he had made according the instructions in an antique book on medieval warfare. He failed to cleanse the taint in the Shadow, and the bow was a minor weapon worth very little, but it brought the Lodge of Echoes to his door. He passed a trial to seal the Wound a second time, and was given his family sword - last used by his great-grandmother, who had wielded it in secret more than 200 years ago when she led her own pack. It is from owning this blade that he bears the name Firefist, for the repeated burn markings that hideously scar his right hand.

Barney has ambitions of leading his own pack, but is more focused on bringing the local hunting ground into balance for the time being. In conversation, he is a little aloof and unfailingly polite, speaking in measured tones and rarely raising his voice in anger. In battle, he fights in eerie silence, lashing out with his heirloom klaive in Hishu form even as it scalds his hands. Perhaps more frightening, in Gauru form - even in Death Rage - Firefist slaughters his foes in silence, with only the rustling of fur and the thunder of his breathing audible as he battles.

Stats

Tribe: Storm Lord
Auspice: Rahu
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 3, Wits 3, Resolve 3
Physical Attributes: Strength 4 (5/7/6/4), Dexterity 3 (3/4/5/5), Stamina 4 (5/6/6/5)
Social Attributes: Presence 3, Manipulation 2 (1/2/0/2), Composure 3
Mental Skills: Academics (European History) 3, Medicine 1, Politics 1
Physical Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl (Hishu) 4, Drive 3, Weaponry (Jeffery Family Klaive) 3
Social Skills: Empathy 1, Intimidation 3, Socialize 2, Subterfuge 1
Merits: Language (First Tongue) 1, Fetish (Jeffery Family Klaive) 4, Resources 3, Totem 2
Primal Urge: 2
Willpower: 6
Harmony: 7
Max Essence/Per Turn: 11/1
Virtue: Fortitude
Vice: Envy
Health: 9 (11/13/12/9)
Initiative: 6 (6/7/8/8)
Defense: 2 (all forms)
Speed: 12 (13/16/19/17)
Renown: Glory 2, Honor 1, Purity 1
Gifts: Call the Breeze, Crushing Blow, Clarity, Attunement, Mighty Bound
Rituals: 1; Rites: Rite of Dedication

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