Kalen Mercer

Abilities

TALENTS		SKILLS		KNOWLEDGE
Acting	2	Animal Ken	5	Computer	3
Alertness	1	Debate	3	Alchemy	2
Athletics	1	Etiquette	3	Astrology	2
Awareness	4	Melee	2	Computer	2
Carousing	2	Music	2	Culture	3
Empathy	2	Technology	2	Enigmas	2
Expression	3			Investigation	2
Fortune Telling	2			Linguistics	1
Intuition	1			Literature	4
Poetic Expression	4			Occult	4
Subterfuge	1
DISCIPLINES		BACKGROUNDS		VIRTUES
Dominate	4	Generation	5	Callousness	4
Necromancy	1	Resources	3	Instinct	3
Potence	1	Contacts	1	Moral	3
Celerity	1
Fortitude	2
Presence	2

Path of Power and the Inner Voice: 7

Willpower: 6

History: Kalen was born to a poor woman named Linda Mercer, totally unknowing of the lineage on his father's side. In his youth he was involved with the early Gothic movement in San Francisco but soon found that in order to fit with the "fashionable crowd" he had to have money, or a way to prove himself. He found a way to do both.
Kalen turned his hobby of writing into an occupation, churning out horror novels as fast as the public would eat them up. He knew he wasn't producing "art" but he didn't care, the money was good and the fame even better.
Amongst his peer group he had no equals. He was rich and famous and quickly started acting that way; turning to drugs, satan worship, and sex, anything to get a thrill.
It was during this downward spiral that he was noticed by two vampires; Rene of Clan Tremere and Christian, Giovanni.
Rene fell in love with Kalen, his intelligence and wit, his ability to see through all the crap in the world. Rene also tried to stop Kalen's self destructive habits and make him write to the best of his ability, instead of the cheap novels he was churning out year after year.
Christian was desperately searching for a way to weaken the power of Clan Tremere in San Francisco. He thought that he had Rene neutralized, until his love for Kalen made him start believing in himself. Christian decided to use this love against Rene, but during a routine background check of Kalen Mercer he came upon something interesting, his father's last name.
One of Kalen's main reasons for resenting Rene's love was that Rene would not make him into a vampire. Christian stepped in and offered Kalen the Embrace, what he thought he always wanted.
After his Embrace, Kalen's relationship with Rene died. Rene couldn't accept the thing Kalen had become and in truth Kalen was becoming a truly horrendous vampire. He was taught the Path of Power and the Inner Voice and went about ruthlessly trying to make a name for himself amongst the Kindred.
To achieve this goal he had many obstacles. To start with members of his own Clan resented him for not going through the process of the Proxy Kiss. To them, he was not truly a member of the family. Other kindred resented him for his fame as an author, the elders feared he may break the Masquerade. His only saving grace is this: The elder of Clan Giovanni in San Francisco, Stephano, doesn't trust any family members in the city. He has taken the neonate under his wing in order to have an allie he can trust. Kalen now does anything he can to prove his loyalty to "Grandfather" Stephano which may include betraying his ex-lover.

Image: Kalen is absolutely huge! He is six feet and 6 inches tall and well over 300 pounds. he worked out constantly when he was alive, always in fear of not being on of "the beautiful people." He has long black straight hair and rather roundish features. He is almost always wearing black, whatever is currently fashionable amongst the Goths, except when he goes to visit Stephano, then it is an immaculate Armani suit.

Role-playing Hints: Kalen knows he is a god amongst his own kind. He's rich, he's famous and he's a vampire. His ego knows no bounds. He is always pointing out what is the worst in human beings and the world in general. He does not hesitate to tell you exactly what he thinks of you and of course, he's better than you are.