Neil Kimberlin

Neil Kimberlin is a Wolf-blooded.

Background

Neil Kimberlin is a locksmith by trade, but his real passion is metalworking. Specifically, Kimberlin enjoys working with silver. He doesn't know exactly what the fascination is, but he does know that silver just seems to feel right next to his skin, and he's skilled enough to make a bit of money on the side making silver jewelry.

Or at least, he was making silver jewelry until a few months ago. Now, Neil spends most of his time in his workshop making silver weapons. He's made weapons before - mostly daggers, and always ceremonial - but three months ago a woman approached him and said she'd heard of the work he did. The woman, who said her name was Helena, wanted a sturdy dagger with a silver blade, and she was willing to pay top dollar for it.

Neil, confused but interested, set his mind to the challenge of fashioning a workable dagger from a soft metal. It took him some time, but he finally completed it and called Helena. She showed up at his apartment within 15 minutes of his call, gave him a crumpled handful of bills as payment and took the dagger. Counting the money, Neil realized that the bills were bloodstained. Later, he also realized he had never told Helena where he lived.

He never saw her again, but the next day a man calling himself Aaron approached Neil, asking for a dagger "like the one you made for Helena." Neil obliged him, and after that job was complete, more orders rolled in for silver weapons. Most recently, a woman contacted him via telephone to ask for silver bullets.

Neil is uragarum, but the Wolf runs weakly in his blood. He is beginning to suspect that something far beyond coincidence is happening, but he has had no direct experience with the supernatural and the word "werewolf" didn't occur to him until he told a friend about the order for the bullets. They laughed about it at the time, but Neil is beginning to wonder, and to notice things he hadn't before. Like the paw prints in the ground outside the apartment, and the strange hairs he finds on his car seat in the morning...

Appearance

Neil is in his mid-20s. He is tall and muscular, but has remarkably deft hands for such a large man. He usually wears blue jeans and sweatshirts, but switches to a turtleneck if he needs to dress up.

Stats

Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve 2
Physical Attributes: Strength 3, Dexterity 3, Stamina 2
Social Attributes: Presence 2, Manipulation 2, Composure 2
Mental Skills: Academics 1, Crafts (Metalworking) 4, Science (Metallurgy) 2
Physical Skills: Athletics 3, Brawl 1, Firearms 1, Larceny (Picking Locks) 2, Stealth 1, Survival 2, Weaponry 1
Social Skills: Animal Ken (Wolves/Dogs) 1, Intimidation 2, Streetwise 1
Merits: Fast Reflexes 1, Resources 1, Strong Back, Watched 2, Wolf-Blooded 2
Willpower: 4
Morality: 7
Virtue: Fortitude. Neil is patient and steadfast, and not easily distracted, all traits developed by working with heated and sharpened metal.
Vice: Greed. Neil loves precious metals, silver especially, and the fact that creating these weapons pays well has thus far deterred him from questioning his buyers' motives.
Health: 7
Initiative: 6 (with Fast Reflexes)
Defense: 2
Speed: 11

References

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