Southpaw O'Donnell

Southpaw O'Donnell is a Ghost Wolf Irraka member of the Dog Boys pack in Chicago, Illinois.

Overview

For someone who has been given short shrift in the latter half of his life, Southpaw O'Donnell (once Ciaran O'Donnell, later called Steelclaw) maintains an oddly sunny disposition - though one peppered with off-color jokes and somewhat morbid humor.

He was once a man who wanted to be an architect, but his First Change cut those dreams to ribbons. But he found some solace with a pack of forward-thinking Iron Masters, rare Uratha in the mid-1950s who were willing to cross into the Shadow and speak to the so-called elementals of electricity, steel and data. These Iron Masters developed quite a reputation for their progressive actions, and earned quite a bit of ire as well. The pack, known eventually as the Copper Crows, enjoyed its reputation among other more intellectual Forsaken, and was happy to help other, lesser packs get ton their feet in a city that was growing meaner and more tightly packed as the decades wore on. Over time, the Copper Crows left the city and took a broader and less contested patch of territory in Gurnee.

It was only a few years ago that the pack - still together as older Forsaken in their 70s - left the city for a time. They headed out to the suburb of Cicero to commune with a spirit that had purportedly taken over the old Bel-Air Drive-In Theater - but there was no spirit. It was a trap, a duplicitous summoning brought about by false rumors. A rural Fire-Touched pack attacked them on the way in to Cicero, overturning their truck and gaining the advantage of surprise. Two of the three other Copper Crows died there on that empty stretch of nighttime highway. Steelclaw survived, but barely. The other survivor of his pack, a Cahalith they called "Pa Bell," wanted to keep the pack together and go after those that destroyed them. Steelclaw - now with his left hand missing, bitten off in the attack - wishes for no more of it, and has retired from Forsaken life (or so he thinks). He can often be found pickling himself in the Hair of the Dog, muttering about how he's "too old for this shit." Most other Forsaken mock him (hence his new "deed-name"), but to those willing to sit with him, Southpaw will tell many wild tales of his youth.

Southpaw looks every inch the veteran with his tangle of gray hair and his stump hand. He likes to mix it up with the local Forsaken who come to drink at the bar, and he's friends with most of them (much to the disappointment of his two packmates).

Stats

Auspice: Irraka
Tribe: Ghost Wolves
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 4, Resolve 2
Physical Attributes: Strength 2 (3/5/4/2), Dexterity 2 (2/3/4/4), Stamina 2 (3/4/4/3)
Social Attributes: Presence 4, Manipulation 3 (2/3/0/3), Composure 4
Mental Skills: Academics 2, Investigation (Scents) 3, Medicine 2, Occult 2, Politics 1, Science 1
Physical Skills: Athletics 1, Brawl 2, Larceny (Locks) 2, Stealth 3, Survival 1, Weaponry 1
Social Skills: Empathy (Werewolves) 2, Expression 1, Intimidation 2, Persuasion 2, Socialize 2, Streetwise (Territories) 2, Subterfuge 2
Merits: Contacts (Irish Gangs) 1, Fetish (Mercy Gem) 2, Toxin Resistance, Totem 3
Primal Urge: 3
Willpower: 6
Harmony: 5
Max Essence/Per Turn: 12/1
Virtue: Charity
Vice: Sloth
Health: 7 (9/11/10/7)
Initiative: 6 (6/7/8/8)
Defense: 2 (2/3/4/4)
Speed: 9 (10/13/16/14)
Renown: Cunning 3, Glory 2, Honor 1, Purity 1, Wisdom 1
Gifts: Know Name, Left-Handed Spanner, Partial Change, Sense Weakness, Wolf-Blood's Lure, Father Wolf's Speed, Nightfall, Slip Away, Distractions
Rituals: 2; Rites: Funeral Rite, Rite of Dedication, Rite of Enunciation, Rite of the Spirit Brand, Shared Scent, Banish Spirit, Cleansed Blood

References

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