Charlie Rutkowski

Charlie Rutkowski is a Ghost Wolf Elodoth member of the Dog Boys pack in Chicago, Illinois.

Overview

Charlie likes his humanity. The wolf side, not so much. The human world is great. Beer, good TV, beautiful women. Charlie relishes that world. He's had a lot of affairs, fathered a few children here and here (and pays his child support like any honorable, red-blooded American male), and just wants to live in relative peace. The wolf-side, on the other hand, is ugly. His instincts are brutal. A cab horn honks, and Charlie wants to tear out the driver's throat. Some suit bumps him with a briefcase, and he dreams of taking that briefcase and cramming it in a very uncomfortable spot, and then pissing on the pompous bastard. The wolf-side, as it turns out, is very angry.

And Charlie knows anger. He grew up in an angry family. Parents screaming at one another, a father who came home from the slaughterhouses every night reeking of blood and death, a mother who cried herself to sleep and broke plates. And even when he was just human (if he ever war), he knew anger. He was a boxer for a few years, and he felt that rage every time he knocked someone to the mat. But the wolf's anger isn't like that. it's worse, like a volume knob cranked to 11.

Rutkowski (sometimes called "Charlie R.") opened the Hair of the Dog tavern as a kind of sanctuary for him and a few of his buddies - other Forsaken who had abandoned the tribal ways of the People. He and his buddies all have a financial stake in the bar, and they hoped to live out a quiet life in this homespun eye of the hurricane. The bar was a place he hoped to someday show to his children, a place of pride.

But the others botched that dream of his. At any given hour of the day, the Hair of the Dog may have at least one Uratha patron, and not a single human. At night, the Forsaken come in, a few packs at a time, whether to drink or play or make deals. Charlie and his bar are just tools, and that's starting to make him very angry, indeed.

Charlie's got the look of an ex-boxer gone to pit. Big arms, big fists and a big gut. He's all bald, and has a mean bulldog mug of a face.

Stats

Auspice: Elodoth
Tribe: Ghost Wolves
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 2, Resolve 4
Physical Attributes: Strength 3 (4/6/5/3), Dexterity 3 (3/4/5/5), Stamina 4 (5/6/6/5)
Social Attributes: Presence 2, Manipulation 2 (1/2/0/2), Composure 4
Mental Skills: Academics 1, Crafts 2, Medicine 2, Occult 1, Politics 2
Physical Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl (Boxing) 4, Drive 1, Firearms 1, Survival 2, Weaponry 1
Social Skills: Animal Ken 1, Empathy (Good Listener) 2, Expression (Cursing) 2, Intimidation 3, Persuasion 1, Socialize 2, Streetwise (Gossip) 2
Merits: Brawling Dodge, Fighting Style (Boxing) 3, Resources 2, Totem 4
Primal Urge: 3
Willpower: 8
Harmony: 6
Max Essence/Per Turn: 12/1
Virtue: Fortitude
Vice: Wrath
Health: 9 (11/13/12/9)
Initiative: 7 (7/8/9/9)
Defense: 2 (2/2/2/2)
Speed: 11 (12/15/18/16)
Renown: Cunning 2, Glory 2, Honor 1, Wisdom 1
Gifts: Partial Change, Scent Beneath the Surface, Sense Malice, Wolf-Blood's Lure, Father Wolf's Speed, Snarl of Command
Rituals: 1; Rites: Rite of Dedication

References

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