Lucas Salazar

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Ivory Claw Alpha (Blood of Kings)

Lucas is father to Marcela and Susana, uncle to Nicolas, and granduncle to Catherina.

Description

Hishu

A tall Caucasian man in his late 60s with a Roman nose, gray eyes, short blonde hair, a well-trimmed full beard, and fair skin. His face is deeply lined and bears a number of scars.

Urhan

Storytelling Hints

Stats

• Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 4, Resolve 4
• Physical Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 4, Stamina 3
• Social Attributes: Presence 4, Manipulation 4, Composure 4
• Mental Skills: Academics 1, Computer 2, Investigation 3, Occult 3, Politics 4.
• Physical Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl (Escrima) 4, Drive 1, Firearms 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Weaponry (Sticks) 5
• Social Skills: Animal Ken 1, Empathy 1, Intimidation 5, Persuasion 2, Socialize 2, Streetwise 4, Subterfuge 3.
• Merits: Fighting Style (Filipino Martial Arts) 4, Fighting Style (Two Weapons) 4, Languages (Tagalog, Spanish) 2, Resources 5
• Primal Urge: 5
• Willpower: 8
• Harmony: 8
• Virtue: Prudence
• Vice: Pride
• Health: 8
• Initiative: 8
• Defense: 4 (5 when using nightsticks)
• Speed: 13
• Renown: Cunning 1, Glory 1, Honor 4, Purity 4, Wisdom 1.
• Essence: 14/2
• Gifts: (1) ; (2) Barbed Arrow; (3) ; (4) .
• Rituals: 3 ; Rites: All first to third-level rites from the main and Pure books.
• Fetishes:

Abilities

• Lock and Block (Escrima 1): Roll Strength + Weaponry (10 dice) to start a grapple. Can add Defense if not used in that turn.
• Disarm (Escrima 2): Roll Dexterity + Weaponry (10 dice) and disarm opponent if it equals or exceeds their Stamina. Also does half successes in damage.
• Off-Balancing Attack (Escrima 3): Take a -2 penalty on an attack and do damage as well as giving opponent a -3 penalty to their next attack.
• Many-Handed Defense (Escrima 4): Get full Defense or Dodge against multiple opponents in the same turn.
• Whirling Blades (Two Weapon 1): Gets full Defense or Dodge against a number of attacks equal to his Weaponry.
• Deflect and Thrust (Two Weapon 2): Take a -2 to attack to gain +2 to Defense.
• Focused Attack (Two Weapon 3): Attack a single target twice in a turn, the second attack at a -1 penalty. Lose Defense.
• Fluid Attack (Two Weapon 4): Attack two different targets in a turn, the second attack at a -1 penalty. Lose Defense.
• Barbed Arrow (Agony 2): Spend one Essence and roll Intelligence + Medicine + Purity versus target's Resolve + Primal Urge to inflict -1 (-2 for Uratha) dice penalty for the rest of the scene on a successful strike.

Combat

Type	Damage	Hishu	Dalu	Gauru	Urshul	Urhan	Notes
Bite	2 (L)			13	12	10
Claw	1 (L)			12	11
Grapple	0 (B)	8	9	11	10	8
Nightstick	2 (B)	12	13	15			+1 Defense

Background

Lucas was born to the powerful alpha of his family and was trained from birth to be a warrior and a noble. While many of his siblings were spoiled, he showed good judgment and a sense of pride that required him to never fail his family. It was with great relief that he Changed before any of the others and it was not long before he proved himself as an Ivory Claw. He saw the opportunities of their homeland fading and gathered his own pack to move to America to found a branch of the family there. While young, his charisma held them together through difficult times and his sound judgment allowed them to establish themselves as influential members of the community in Little Manila. There was surprisingly little resistance from the local packs over the sub-prime territory, though they had to engage the Silver Kings a few times when the Financial District began to spill over Market. Their reputation as powerful warriors was firmly established from these fights and eventually the Tribes of the Moon opted to leave them to their territory, considering them the least of possible evils, given their honor in combat. Lucas is the patriarch of the Filipino werewolves in the Bay Area, with each new pack formed by one of his numerous children. This has left him bereft of a male heir in his own pack, however, and he is forced to consider his nephew Nicolas to succeed him, though he isn't fond of this notion as the man isn't a warrior. Tradition doesn't allow him to pass the alpha-ship to his daughter Marcela, the better choice. It is currently a matter of some contention in the family. He has been making an effort to sell the prestige of being alpha of the founding pack to his sons in the hope that one of them will seek the position before he dies.