Isaiah English

Isaiah English is a Ghost Wolf Rahu member of the Dog Boys pack in Chicago, Illinois.

Overview

Isaiah came from a poor, black family, but thought he had a way out of that world - and a way to bring his family with him. Isaiah was big, tough and smart. He excelled on the football field and in the classroom, and saw college as a refuge and a gateway. But scholarships weren't enough to get him into the good schools. He needed something more - and so he joined the United States Army. It would only be a year later that Isaiah would be deployed to Iraq in the first Gulf War, where his fate waited for him.

He was sent to Kuwait to protect the oil fields - fields that were already on fire, scorching the sky with clots of black smoke, fields forever burning. Even on the trip down, things didn't seem right. The stars seemed to skirt away from his gaze. The moon - full and fat-bellied - seemed overly large in the sky. On-duty for several days and several nights, things only got worse. He saw faces in that dark smoke. He heard the whispers of men buried in mass graves. The world turned upside down for him, and when the moon rose full that night, Isaiah changed. The rage shot through his heart as his new fur bristled, and he found himself rending the flesh of an enemy - an enemy who was not an enemy at all, but was a buddy of his, Private C. P. Milliken. Milliken's death came quick at the ends of Isaiah's claws, and he realized with horror what he had done.

He deserted his post, and left the Army - but he did not know where he was, he had no idea what the desert would do to him. It almost killed him, and would have had he not been tracked by a number of other Forsaken - Bedouin Hunters in Darkness, who took him in. With them, he learned simple tasks - weaving wool, braiding goat's hair into tent ropes, making jewelry from pearls. He also learned how to hunt spirits, how to sniff out monsters and tear them to ragged ribbons and just how powerful he really was. Even when that first war was over, Isaiah saw the world as a violent struggle, a horrible cycle of pain. His packmates called him Isaiah Painbringer, for he was nearly unstoppable at ravaging his enemies.

What eventually stopped him was horror at his own actions. He knew he was doing the right thing, but it didn't feel right. The blood and sand under his claws was a constant reminder. One night, he made a decision that this was no longer his life. He discarded it like old clothing, and found his way back to his home of Chicago, where he soon made friends with another angry soul like him, Charlie Rutkowski. The two are close friends.

Isaiah is a calm, quiet man who also happens to be built like an industrial freezer. He rarely smiles or shows any emotional affectations, though sometimes his eyes flare with fury. He can often be found at the Hair of the Dog, sitting in a back booth, reading Buddhist philosophy or playing chess with one of his packmates.

Stats

Auspice: Rahu
Tribe: Ghost Wolves
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 3, Wits 2, Resolve 3
Physical Attributes: Strength 4 (5/7/6/4), Dexterity 3 (3/4/5/5), Stamina 4 (5/6/6/5)
Social Attributes: Presence 2, Manipulation 1 (0/1/0/1), Composure 2
Mental Skills: Academics 1, Crafts (Weaving) 3, Medicine 2, Occult 1
Physical Skills: Athletics 3, Brawl (Dalu) 3, Drive 1, Firearms 3, Larceny 1, Stealth 1, Survival (Desert) 2, Weaponry 1
Social Skills: Empathy 1, Expression 1, Intimidation (Growl) 2, Socialize 1, Streetwise (Old Neighborhood) 2
Merits: Contacts (Church) 1, Fast Reflexes 1, Languages (Arabic, Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language, First Tongue) 3, Totem 3
Primal Urge: 3
Willpower: 5
Harmony: 7
Max Essence/Per Turn: 12/1
Virtue: Temperance
Vice: Wrath
Health: 9 (11/13/12/9)
Initiative: 6 (6/7/8/8) with Fast Reflexes
Defense: 2 (2/2/2/2)
Speed: 12 (13/16/19/17)
Renown: Cunning 1, Glory 2, Honor 1, Purity 2
Gifts: Clarity, Feet of Mist, Partial Change, Wolf-Blood's Lure, Attunement, Father Wolf's Speed
Rituals: 1; Rites: Funeral Rite, Rite of Dedication, Rite of Renunciation

References

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