Chester R. Van Gelding

Chester R. Van Gelding is a member of the Seventh Generation.[1]

Chester is behind the corrupt child care agency known as "The Fellowship," founded in 1964 with SimTech.[2]

Biography

Van Gelding is ancient. He was born during the age of Dutch sovereignty over New York. He has created an ongoing dynasty by pretending to be his own son. He marries a young woman, adopts a son or buys one from Seventh Generation Snatchers (since he is infertile), and uses Wyrm magic to sculpt the child's face to look like his. When the son grows up, he kills the boy and takes his place.

He has a mansion on Long Island, where he conducts power dinners and Seventh Generation sacrifices. He is one of the oldest of the Seventh Generation leaders in New York, and the only one from the original contingent still alive, but he is not the most powerful.

He took an active part in defiling sites sacred to Gaia, and became rich selling the artifacts. He laughingly tells his friends he is "doing well by doing evil."

Appearance

Van Gelding is a roly-poly tycoon, with short, thinning white hair. In the Umbra, he appears as a mad Dutchman, with wild eyes, a lunatic grin, and long white hair. In the mode he dresses in severe, black clothes cut in the old puritanical style of the early days of New York.

Stats

Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 3, Stamina 5, Charisma 1, Manipulation 5, Appearance 1, Perception 4, Intelligence 4, Wits 4
Abilities: Alertness 4, Brawl 4, Dodge 4, Intimidation 4, Subterfuge 5, Etiquette 5, Leadership 4, Melee 4, Enigmas 5, Finance 5, Law 2, Occult 5, Politics 2, Science 3,
Backgrounds: Allies 5, Contacts 5, Resources 5
Gifts: Smell of Man, Assimilation, Staredown, Pulse of the Invisible, Ultimate Argument of Logic, Spirit Drain, The Malleable Spirit, Scent of the True Form, Head Games, Glib Tongue, Paralyzing Stare, Obedience, Mindblock
Rites: Rite of the Pentarch, Mold Clay (Level 5. Shapes another's image into any likeness desired.)
Rage 5, Gnosis 9, Willpower 10

References

  1. ↑ WTA: Rage Across New York, p. 76 Buy it from DriveThruRPG!
  2. ↑ WTA: Freak Legion: A Players Guide to Fomori, p. 82-83
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