Jesus Alvarado
Jesus Emilio Alvarado is a Latino man being held in Bishopsgate in the aftermath of having been kidnapped, imprisoned, and tortured for years. His case is currently being handled by Dr. Preston Cates.
Overview
| “ | <silence, as he rocks back-and forth, staring off into the distance> | ” |
There are few definitive answers as to what happened to Alvarado after crossing the border to the United States with his wife and two children, bar that he vanished for a span of five years, reappearing when he was found at the site of a police raid on a suspect farmhouse. He showed signs of severe torture, and the location appeared to have been christened with regular ritual sacrifice. As of now, he spends most of his time in a catatonic daze, outside of occasional bouts of frantic self-harm.
Alvarado, during hypnosis therapy, claims that he was taken by a woman he called "La Santísima Muerte", who kept him trapped while ritually murdering victims before his eyes, eventually using him as a vessel for a variety of tortured spirits.
There are three possible explanations for his imprisonment given in the sourcebook World of Darkness: Asylum:
- Option One: Alvarado was a normal refugee who fled to the United States with his family. He was captured by criminal elements to whom he was in debt, and without being able to pay off the debts without risking her or her children's citizenship, Alvarado's wife was forced to leave him behind. His time in captivity drained away his sanity, leaving the man the shell he is now. The details of his time with la Santísima Muerte are a delusion.
- Option Two: Alvarado was indeed continually possessed, leaving him remarkably susceptible to the depredations of ghosts and spirits. In the ghost-ridden Bishopsgate, the poor man is continually hounded, worsening his condition significantly.
- Option Three: Alvarado, due to continual possession, is an empty husk at this point, essentially becoming little more than a sensory organ of That Which Lies Beneath Bishopsgate. Attempts at using mind-probing abilities on him is ill advised at best, now, given the alien intelligence now lurking inside of him.
Character Sheet
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 1, Resolve 1
Physical Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 2, Stamina 3
Social Attributes: Presence 3, Manipulation 1, Composure 1
Mental Skills: Academics 1, Computer 1, Crafts (Carpentry) 3
Physical Skills: Brawl 1, Drive 1, Survival 1
Social Skills: Empathy 1
Merits: Unseen Sense Willpower: 2
Morality: 6 (Fugue, Hysteria, Melancholia, Schizophrenia)
Virtue: Faith
Vice: Pride
Initiative: 3
Defense: 1
Speed: 9
Health: 7
