Darcy McShane

From Gothpoodle

Duguthim

Darcy was claimed by Fire-Terror in 1906 and has been an elder of the Church of the Lighthouse since the first World War.

Description

A short, attractive woman in her mid-30s with long red hair past her waist, intense green eyes, and freckles. She wears loose pale green blouses, black slacks, and white sneakers. She radiates intense menace and power except when she specifically tries not to. She could be Lynn McShane's twin sister. When she lets her mask slip, her skin blackens and cracks, oozing fluid and blood, blue-white flame plays over her body, and her eyes turn the red-orange of flame.

Storytelling Hints

Darcy is a figure of intense charisma and a master of subtle manipulation. She is a creature of fear, through and through, and it is the tool she uses to make others do as she wishes. Everything she purports to belief in or espouse in woven back in with this undercurrent of fear. Fear of death, fear of rejection, fear of isolation, fear of pain. While she is capable of putting on a mask of empathy and compassion, it always slips to reveal the terror within.

Stats

• Mental Attributes: Intelligence 5, Wits 4, Resolve 4
• Physical Attributes: Strength 3, Dexterity 4, Stamina 4
• Social Attributes: Presence 6, Manipulation 5, Composure 4
• Mental Skills: Computer 1, Crafts 1, Investigation 4, Medicine (Disease) 1, Occult 2, Politics 4.
• Physical Skills: Brawl 1, Drive 1, Firearms (Shotgun) 3, Larceny 2, Stealth 3.
• Social Skills: Empathy (Fear) 4, Expression 2, Intimidation 3, Persuasion 3, Socialize 1, Streetwise 1, Subterfuge 3.
• Merits: Allies (Church) 5, Contacts (Church, Homeless, Police) 3, Danger Sense 2.
• Willpower: 8
• Virtue: Prudence
• Vice: Pride
• Health: 9
• Initiative: 10
• Defense: 6
• Armor: 1/1 (bulletproof)
• Speed: 11
• Synthesis: 4
• Influences: Fear 3
• Aspects: Firewalk 3, Immune to Pain 2, Inhuman Reflexes 4, Longevity 2, Mind Reading 3, Primal Fear (Hidden) 3, Tough Skin (Bulletproof, Hidden) 3.
• Essence: 25

Combat

Type	Damage	Pool	Clip	Notes
Remington Pump-Action Shotgun	4 (L)	12	8+1	9 again
Grapple	0 (B)	4

Background

Darcy was a timid and frightened young woman, cowed by the powerful and frightening leaders of her family. She was being maneuvered into one of the family's arranged marriages when the events of 1906 unfolded. With werewolves fighting in the street, she was trapped in a burning building, terrified for her life and this is how Fire-Terror found her. Within a few weeks, she was fully Claimed and a member of the Church. Over the years, her power grew and she developed remarkable gifts to supplement her influence over fear. She rose quickly in the ranks of the Church until she was the youngest of the elders by the end of World War I. Since then, she has been the rock on which the church has stood, keeping its members in line through a magnificently orchestrated campaign of fear to supplement the Uratha's message of faith and perseverance. She has been instrumental in helping to turn those pre-change Forsaken the pack has stolen over the years and in keeping those members in line when they doubt their choices. The power of her resident spirit has slowed her aging to a crawl, so that now she is a near mythical figure within the church, the unaging elder sustained by her faith and loyalty, who can walk through fire unharmed and suffer any injury without flinching. She is the paragon, what all members of the church hope to achieve, a figure of transcendence.