Ice Box

Ice Box, true name Vernon, is a Brujah Kindred, Embraced at the tender age of 14.

History

Vernon was a fat kid. He was always being kidded about his size and appetite. Problem was, there was never enough to eat. All the money his family made went to his mother's alcohol. Vernon's size came from his low metabolism, or so he thought.  He was fat, whether he ate or not.

Vernon was envious of those "boyz" in the neighborhood who had the tough shoes and the money. He didn't care that it was drug money. He started hanging around them, doing favours for them.  In return, he got some of that money, which Vernon always spent on food. He was the tough kid, getting tougher as he grew older.  Many of the kids picked on him when he was younger; now that he had friends, he'd show anyone who tried anything the business end of his automatic pistol.

Vernon first killed at the age of 11. Some kid from another neighborhood gave him guff for his size. Vernon told him to quit it, but the kid didn't. Then his friends started to laugh. They stopped laughing when Vernon pulled his gun and wasted the kid. One shot.  

They scattered except one, Mohammed, who gave him the name Ice. The other "boyz" had to add something to that name to represent Vernon's size so Ice Box stuck. Vernon didn't mind.

At the age of 12, he started running drugs. His mom died of liver failure, and so he was able to support his kid sister with the money he was making. It was here that he met Luther. Luther was a strange kid, but he had power and respect. All the big guys deferred to Luther and Vernon couldn't figure out why. He and Luther became friends and through that, Ice Box became known all over.

At the age of 14, Ice Box's lifestyle caught up to him. He and Luther were walking the street one night when a car pulled around the corner and sprayed the two with bullets. Ice Box went down and in that moment he thought he would die. He saw Luther bend over him, not seeming to care that he was riddled with bullets, and was all nervous like. "Man, I don't want'choo dying. You my friend, my brother. I'm gonna fix it so you don't go, not ever. You got it?  Is it cool wit'choo?" Luther bent down and embraced the fat kid.

Later, after Luther embraced Ice Box and they got out of there, he informed Ice Box of what had happened. Ice Box had never felt anything like it before. Luther told him all the things he could do but he was worried. He wasn't supposed to make others like himself. He took Ice Box to Earle, who called himself an Anarch. Earle listened and decided to take Ice Box in and train him in protecting himself from the Man, the one who was called the Prince.

Ice Box later on tracked down the guys who killed him and drank their blood dry. He then told the rest of their gang that he was their boss now. They didn't argue.

Ice Box now uses this gang to sell drugs to get money to help his old neighborhood. He often joins the other Anarchs to thwart the Prince and his Police.

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