The Courier
The Courier is the protagonist of Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road. Belongs to one of eleven possible clans. Can be male or female.
Overview
The vampire was Embraced twenty years ago and has since become a messenger for anyone who'll pay. A courier working for the Camarilla is still a subordinate position but it is a paid position that gets a reasonable amount of respect. They are the only courier operating in Arizona by endgame, which is why Prince Lettow keeps hiring them even if they have a terrible relationship with the Camarilla.
Could be superior successor of Julian's 2100X project, considering they survived the 2100X serum being injected into them without completely losing their mind like Julian's first guinea pig. Taken up to eleven if they successfully manage to unlock some of the serum's enhancing properties, something that even Julian is implied to be unable to do.
The Courier can wind up sharing a lot of similarities with their various sires. A Banu Haqim Courier who is not very traditional and who fully subscribes to their Sire's 2100X plan for enhancing vampirekind, a Ventrue Courier who winds up running off to Seattle and making a fortune off of the blood trade there, a Tremere Courier who dedicates their life to researching what secrets the 2100X serum that they've been injected with hold, a Gangrel Courier who just wants to live among and understand humans. The Courier can also become the complete opposite of their Sire, with the most obvious example being a Banu Haqim who's highly traditional and aligns themselves with the Camarilla.
Possible Sires
- Julian Sim (if Banu Haqim)
- Dove (if Nosferatu)
- Elin Olivecrona (if Ventrue)
- Invidia Caul (if Tremere)
- D'Espine (if Toreador)
- Pattermuster (if Brujah)
- Lampago (if Gangrel)
- Chiara della Passiglia (if Hecata)
- Ypotryll (if Ravnos)
- Millicent Rue (if Lasombra)
- Edouard Alice Rivière-Cladel Chambet (if a Minister)
Trivia
- Ten years before the events of Night Road the Courier diablerized a Banu Haqim elder named Aila.
- Speaks Spanish, but is a bit out of practice depending on whether or not the player has enough points in the corresponding attributes and skills.
- Depending on the player's choices, the courier may engage in a romantic relationship with one of the following characters: Lettow Kaminsky, Julian Sim, Dove, Raúl Cañedo, Vani Anand and Elena Prodan. In addition, it is possible to romance Lettow and any one of the three retainers at the same time, if a certain ending is chosen.
- The Courier's original generation in most cases is 12th; due to them committing diablerie and their character page stating generation as 11th. The only exception - and a sort of a confirmation to such statement - is possible if the player chooses the Nosferatu clan. In this case the Courier's generation is stated to be 9th, while their sire, Dove, is also of 9th (which makes 10th to be the original generation of the Nosferatu Courier before diablerizing Aila).
