Esteban (WTF)

Esteban, the Prophet of Rust is a Hunter in Darkness Ithaeur member of the Lodge of Ruin.

Overview

Born in Puerto Rico, Esteban traveled to the United States as a young man hoping to find his future. He took work in a scrap yard, hauling junk and watching the waste of society pile up around him. For years, he tried to better himself - night school, church, study groups - but nothing seemed to help. And then, as the sun set on the junkyard and he clambered down from his truck, he found his calling. The crescent moon shone sickly and yellow in the smoggy air, and Esteban felt voices crying out to him. Looking around, he saw the spirits of the junkyard, the spirits of refuse and trash, staggering around the scrap yard in a constant state of misery and death. Esteban could only howl in frustration at the injustice, that the dying were no allowed to complete their journey.

Esteban joined the Mennina and formed a pack of werewolves interested in staying near the city, helping the damaged spirits of discarded things to finish their existences quickly. He was the alpha of his pack, and working his way toward being able to join the Lodge of Harmony, but fate had other plans. His pack unearthed something in a landfill one night, an elemental driven mad and warped in form by the toxic chemicals buried there. It poisoned his entire pack, and although they defeated the spirit, no rite or balm could save them. He had to kill his packmates, one by one, to end their suffering.

Wandering back to the landfill, he heard howls echo off the piles of trash and realized that a pack of Hunters in Darkness had claimed the territory. He told them his story, at which point they revealed themselves as members of the Lodge of Ruin. Esteban asked to join and the brutal process of initiation began, but after what he had been through, he barely noticed.

Esteban is once again a pack alpha, and once again his pack patrols the city's refuse dumps. Now, though, his agenda had changed. The poisoning of the land creates the sacred places, empowers spirits and brings low those who feel they know about suffering. The humans' treatment of the land will make it stronger, as only time and punishment can. Esteban is the Prophet of Rust, and this is his Word.

The Prophet of Rust is a Hispanic man in his late 20s. He has long, filthy black hair, and his face is constantly smeared with grim and rust. He wears the same coveralls he once wore at the scrap yard, but they are torn and just as grimy as his flesh. He smiles constantly, and perhaps a bit too broadly, but there is no joy in his eyes. His Prophecy is not one of hope, but of inevitability.

Stats

Tribe: Hunter in Darkness
Auspice: Ithaeur
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 2, Resolve 2
Physical Attributes: Strength 3 (4/6/5/3), Dexterity 2 (2/3/4/4), Stamina 3 (4/5/5/4)
Social Attributes: Presence 3, Manipulation 2 (1/2/0/2), Composure 2
Mental Skills: Crafts (Metalworking) 2, Occult (Trash Spirits) 2
Physical Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl 2, Drive (Trucks) 2, Larceny 1, Medicine 1, Stealth 1, Survival (Cities) 4
Social Skills: Animal Ken 1, Expression (Inspired Ranting) 2, Intimidation 2, Streetwise 2
Merits: Contacts (Street People, Hispanic Community) 2, Eidetic Memory, Fleet of Foot 2, Languages (English [Spanish native], First Tongue)
Primal Urge: 1
Willpower: 4
Harmony: 6
Max Essence/Per Turn: 10/1
Virtue: Justice
Vice: Sloth
Health: 8 (10/12/11/8)
Initiative: 4 (4/5/6/6)
Defense: 2 (2/2/2/2)
Speed: 12 (13/16/19/17)
Renown: Cunning 2, Honor 1, Purity 1, Wisdom 2
Gifts: Feet of Mist, Partial Change, Straighten, Two-World Eyes, Ruin
Rituals: 3; Rites: Blessing of the Spirit Hunt, Rite of the Final Sunrise, Shared Scent

References

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