Frank Tate

Frank Tate is a Bone Shadow Ithaeur member of the Lodge of the Crossroads.

Overview

Frank Tate Changed later in life, and took to the road shortly thereafter. He's been everything from a stringer reporter to carpenter to bum - he's even spent a season in a fire-tower. Throughout all, he's been a prolific writer and reader. But Frank has a secret - there's another side to him in addition to Frank and the wolf. This personage calls himself Joshua, and he's a monster that makes the werewolf inside Frank look rather tame.

Joshua has been around ever since Frank left home on his wanderings when he was 17. That's the day his Uncle Travis found out Frank was gay. Maybe Travis and a few of his cronies thought they could beat it out of Frank, or maybe they just lost control, but something snapped. They left him tied up in the middle of the road, naked. Frank has a recurring dream of someone walking down that road, something dark coming for him - that's his only recollection of the events. Frank does not remember even having an argument with his uncle that day. In Frank's mind, the strain of "outing" himself to his family became too much to bear, so he packed his bags and left.

It's unknown why Frank did not Change that night, but, instead, Joshua was born, the personification of the highway killer out of urban myth. Over the next week, Franks hunted down the men who had hurt him. Maybe Joshua actually Changed that night, which might explain how he could slip away from Frank's bed, and leave so little evidence at the scene of the crime.

Joshua has appeared from time to time during the past few years to satisfy his lusts or pay back some unkindness with murder, but it's always along a lonesome road, where no one but Joshua can hear the screams. Afterwards, Frank's wanderlust kicks in, and he moves on to new hunting grounds.

NOTE: Joshua has slightly different stats from Frank. Add two dots to Stealth, Streetwise and Subterfuge, and subtract two dots from: Academics. Expression and Empathy, Joshua's Manipulation goes down by two, and Resolve and Composure increase by one each. Joshua makes a point to never touch Abraham. Or course, it might be possible that the book knows about Franks' alter-ego and either approves, or is just not concerned.

Frank likes to say he personifies the "bone" in Bone Shadow. He is rail thin, and very tall, giving him an almost Lincolnesque appearance. Rather than stoop or dress to conceal this, Frank often wears vertical striped clothes and tall hats. His hair style and clothes change with the season, and he cultivates the image of a hip artist. He never goes anywhere without a satchel (dedicated) full of books, pen and paper.

Stats

Tribe: Bone Shadow
Auspice: Ithaeur
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve 2
Physical Attributes: Strength 1 (2/5/4/6), Dexterity 3 (3/4/5/3), Stamina 2 (3/4/4/3)
Social Attributes: Presence 2, Manipulation 3 (2/3/0/3), Composure 3
Mental Skills: Academics (Literature) 2, Crafts (Carpenter) 1, Computer 1, Investigation 2, Occult 2 (Cultural Beliefs)
Physical Skills: Brawl 2, Drive 2, Stealth (Moving in Moonlight) 1, Survival 1
Social Skills: Animal Ken 2, Empathy 2, Expression (Drums, Painting) 3, Persuasion 2, Socialize 2, Streetwise 1
Merits: Languages (French) 2, Languages (Spanish) 1, Contacts (Freak Culture) 1, Encyclopedic Knowledge 4, Barfly 1
Primal Urge: 1
Willpower: 5
Harmony: 7
Max Essence/Per Turn: 10/1
Virtue: Hope
Vice: Envy
Health: 7 (9/11/10/7)
Initiative: 6 (6/7/8/8)
Defense: 3 (all forms)
Speed: 9 (10/13/16/14)
Renown: Cunning 2, Wisdom 2
Gifts: Death Sight, Two-World Eyes, Read Spirit
Rituals: 2; Rites: Banish Human, Rite of Dedication, Banish Spirit

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