Judith Levine

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Miss Judith Levine

Judith has not yet been granted manumission and is thus still page to her sire.

Description

A pale, thin Jewish woman with short curly black hair, hazel eyes, and a disproportionately large chest which her body language tries to downplay. She wears a white silk blouse, hip hugging black slacks, and sensible shoes. She carries a leather satchel rather than a purse which carries her ritual dagger, notebook, and other ritual items. In inclement weather, she wears a heavy gray wool shawl.

Storytelling Hints

Intelligent, dedicated, and deeply dedicated to her beliefs, Judith has been worn down by years of servitude to her unforgiving sire and is desperate to find a way out of her situation. She has no talent at the political games of the Kindred and has no other friends or supporters, so her options are limited. She's hoping her increasing mastery of Cruac will make her valuable to somebody and help her gain some degree of independence. She very much regrets her decision to accept Julian's offer but believes she can make something good out of it.

Stats

• Haven: Small apartment in the Haight.
• Domain: Haight
• Family: Julian Coleman (sire), Adrian Dunka (childe)
• Virtue: Faith
• Vice: Lust
• Humanity: 7
• Blood Potency: 1
• Disciplines: Auspex 2, Cruac 4.
• Devotions: Arcane Sight.
• Rituals: (1) Rigor Mortis; (2) Cheval, The Hydra's Vitae; (3) Deflection of Wooden Doom, Touch of the Morrigan.

Abilities

• Heightened Senses (Auspex 1): +2 to rolls to detect ambush.
• Aura Perception (Auspex 2): Roll Intelligence + Empathy + Auspex - target's Composure.
• Arcane Sight: Spend one Vitae for the scene and roll Wits + Occult + Auspex.
• Rigor Mortis: Spend one Vitae and roll Manipulation + Occult + Cruac - target's Composure to impose a penalty of one per success for target's next physical action.
• Cheval: Spend one Vitae and roll Manipulation + Occult + Cruac - target's Composure to ride their senses for one day per success.
• The Hydra's Vitae: Spend one Vitae and roll Manipulation + Occult + Cruac to make blood poisonous until next sundown (two lethal per point to mortals, one lethal per point to vampires and it provides no sustenance).
• Deflection of Wooden Doom: Spend one Vitae and roll Manipulation + Occult + Cruac to become immune to wooden weapons.
• Touch of the Morrigan: Spend one Vitae and roll Manipulation + Occult + Cruac to inflict one lethal per success with her next touch.

Background

Judith came to San Francisco during the Summer of Love, an early convert to Dianic Wicca who dropped out of Berkeley to pursue her magical and religious interests full-time. Her efforts drew the attention of Julian Coleman, who as a habit watches mortal practitioners of magic. Judith's talent with a primitive form of blood magic which he had an interest in prompted him to approach her with an offer to join the world of the supernatural. She refused and tried to protect herself without much success. He found her again and they had a longer talk, wherein he explained his work and the effort to transcend the base physical limitations of his condition and achieve true immortality. He gave her a year to decide, during which she despaired at the state of the world and particularly the anti-sex bent of the new feminism. Despairing at her chances to make a better world, she accepted his offer (1975). Thus began a long, troubled relationship with her mentor as his old Victorian mannerisms chafed her enlightened feminism and he grew frustrated at his inability to master the blood magic she was researching. Matters were further exasperated when, in a fit of passion, she Embraced Adrian Dunka during sex. The Satanist opted to join the Lancea Sanctum rather than pursue the work of his sire and grandsire, as she had hoped. The humiliation drove a hard wedge between them and he's refused to grant her manumission. Meanwhile, her research into the old vampiric Lilith myths and the associated blood magic has only deepened her religious beliefs and thus increased her humiliation at being under the thumb of a man.

Recent Events

Judith has been trying to keep tabs on Adrian, worried that he'll do something that will lead to her destruction (or continued slavery). She's lost track of him since he gathered his cabal and is increasingly frantic as signs of their indiscretions have been growing more evident.