Lucretiana
Lucretiana is a Thyrsus Seer of the Throne from Chicago, Illinois.
Overview
Quote: "I have zero tolerance for waste, whether it's time, money, resources or personnel. Everything we have is here to be used to the fullest - and I intend to make certain that it will be."
Lucretiana's parents were refugees from South America who sought asylum in the United States after a failed political coup in their country. The settled in Chicago and Lucretiana's father worked nights while studying for recertification to practice law in his new country. Left alone with her mother most of the time, Lucretiana helped her mother "ensure" her father's success. Night after night, they burned candles and incense, said prayers to saints that Lucretiana had never heard mentioned in church and did other things that the young girl would rather forget. Later, when she was older, Lucretiana realized that her mother practiced a strange offshoot of vodoun blended with other mystical religions - and that these rituals had their intended effect. In half the time such things normally took, Lucretiana's father had received the necessary credentials to set up a law practice and was soon on his way to financial prosperity.
For most of her childhood, Lucretiana enjoyed playing Mama's mysterious "games," but one day, when she was 13, she realized that her mother was a "bruja," or witch, and that she wanted her daughter to follow in her profession. One night, when the child's father was at work, her mother took her to a rickety apartment building in a part of Chicago that was run-down and filled with the sounds of violence and poverty. In that tiny apartment, an old woman with blazing eyes, crinkled white hair caught up in a bright-colored headscarf and skin that was papery thin and wrinkled put the girl through a series of rituals in an effort to Awaken her magical talent. Despite their best efforts, the girl seemed unable to Awaken, though she teetered on the brink. Finally, the old woman shrugged and told Lucretiana's mother that her daughter would make a competent helper but would never have trye power of her own. The old woman was wrong
Lucretiana fought her Awakening and, indeed, did not have the sort of mystical epiphany her mother wanted for her. Instead, she was drawn to a different sort of Awakening, one which she kept hidden.
In school, the girl was approached by one of her teachers, a Seer of the Throne who recognized a kindred spirit. Lucretiana finally had a Mentor and chose her shadow name.
Her intellectual leanings drew her toward finance and, later, into personnel management. She met Croesus when he interviewed her for a job in his new company. When Croesus formed his own cabal, he tapped Lucretiana as his first member, knowing that she was as dedicated to the goals of the Seers as he was and seeing in her the personal skills and organizational abilities that he lacked.
Description
Lucretiana is a strikingly attraction Hispanic woman in her late 30s. Although she dresses for business in power suits, typically a dark blue skirt and matching jacket with a light blue or cream silk blouse, she softens her look by the judicious addition of a decorative comb in her lustrous black hair or a gracefully draped scarf around her neck of over her shoulders. She moves with a stately grace and has a warm smile for everyone, until they give her reason to replace her warmth with a scalding reprimand.
Her crimson Nimbus pulses with all Lucretiana's suppressed passion, which grows deeper and more intense with vulgar magic.
Stats
Dedicated Magical Tool: Small, carved, stone shallow cup
Real Name: Luz Concépción Maria Costas de Belaria
Path: Thyrsus
Order: Seers of the Throne
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 4, Wits 4, Resolve 5
Physical Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 3, Stamina 2
Social Attributes: Presence 4, Manipulation 3, Composure 3
Mental Skills: Academics 4, Computer 2, *Investigation (Background Checks) 3, Science (Psychology) 3
Physical Skills: Drive 2, Firearms 1, Stealth (Eavesdropping) 3
Social Skills: Empathy 3, Intimidation 2, *Persuasion 4, Socialize 2, Subterfuge 3
Merits: Hallow 3, High Speech, Library (Shared) (History of the Exarchy, Metaphysics, Necromancy, Pythagorean Harmonics) 4, Resources 3, Sanctum: Size (Shared) 2, Striking Looks 2
Willpower: 7
Wisdom: 7
Virtue: Justice
Vice: Wrath
Initiative: 6
Defense: 3
Speed: 10
Health: 7
Gnosis: 3
Arcana: Life 3, Mind 3, Prime 2, Spirit 1
Rotes: Life - Cleanse the Body, Body Control, Healing Heart; Mind - Third Eye, Mental Shield, Psychic Assault; Prime - Dispel Magic, Magic Shield; Spirit - Exorcist's Eye
Manna/per turn: 12/3
Armor: 2 ("Magic Shield," Prime **)
Magic Shield: 2 (Prime **)
References
- CofD: World of Darkness: Chicago, p. 380-381