Andy Tatari
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Blood Talon Itheaur Alpha and Ritemaster (Lodge of Cerberus)
Andy is a lost descendant of a Turkish line of Fire-Touched with a gift for dealing with ghosts. He was killed by Flesh-Tearing Hounds at a Blood Talon meeting on October 19, 2007 at the Old Orchard when he was forced to admit his betrayal of the Lunar Crusade.
Description
Hishu
A tall, burly Caucasian man in his early 40s with salt and pepper hair and mustache, brown eyes, and tanned skin. He wears jeans, heavy work boots, and brown shirts. He adds a fedora and heavy canvas coat when outdoors is bad weather. He has a standoffish manner and sour expression. His fingernails have odd black symbols on them.
Urhan
A huge salt-and-pepper wolf with gray around its muzzle.
Storytelling Hints
Andy is dedicated to his territory. He feels that his pack performs a vital and unique function in keeping the ghosts of San Francisco under control. He is terrified of the Pure beyond any rationality and hates the other Forsaken because they don't share his tenuous position. He is still dedicated to his pack and would never betray them, but is willing to sell out any other Forsaken in order to ensure their survival.
Stats
- Mental Attributes: Intelligence 4, Wits 3, Resolve 4.
- Physical Attributes: Strength 3, Dexterity 3, Stamina 3.
- Social Attributes: Presence 3, Manipulation 3, Composure 4.
- Mental Skills: Academics 1, Computer 1, Crafts 2, Investigation 3, Medicine (Pathology) 3, Occult (Ghosts) 5, Politics 1, Science 1.
- Physical Skills: Athletics 1, Brawl (Claws) 3, Drive 1, Firearms 1, Larceny 2, Stealth 3, Survival 1, Weaponry 1.
- Social Skills: Empathy 1, Intimidation 3, Persuasion 1, Socialize (Funerals) 1, Streetwise 1, Subterfuge 3.
- Merits: Contacts (Death Industry) 1, Fighting Style (Tooth and Claw) 3, Resources 1, Unseen Sense (Ghosts) 4.
- Primal Urge: 4
- Willpower: 8
- Harmony: 7
- Virtue: Prudence
- Vice: Envy
- Health: 8
- Initiative: 7
- Defense: 3
- Speed: 11
- Essence: 13/2
- Renown: Cunning 1, Glory 2, Purity 2, Wisdom 4.
- Gift Lists: Battle, Crescent Moon, Death, Elemental, Father Wolf, Inspiration, Mother Luna, Rage, Strength, Warding, Witch's Moon.
- Gifts: (1) Death Sight, Mask of Rage, Partial Change, Shadow-Speaking, The Right Words, Two-World Eyes, Vigil*; (2) Anybeast, Ghost Knife, Manipulate Earth, Read Spirit; (3) Corpse Witness; (4) Word of Quiet.
- Rituals: 4; Rites: All first through fourth-level rites in the main book, plus (2) Speak with the Guardian.
- Fetishes: Wraith-Claws (Touch ghosts, +1 to attack, -1 to Physical rolls involving fine manipulation) 3.
Combat
| Type | Damage | Hishu | Dalu | Gauru | Urshul | Urhan | Shots | Notes |
| Bite | 2 (L) | 11 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| Claw | 1 (L) | 11 | 10 | |||||
| Grapple | 0 (B) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | ||
| .38 Special | 2 (L) | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Background
Andy thought he was going mad when, as a teenager, he began to see the spirits of the dead. Fleeing his parents' home in Colma, he was found on the streets of Daly City by Los Hermanos, who sensed his Pure blood and took him in. They quickly discovered, though, that he was seeing human ghosts rather than spirits and he was declared to be "unclean" according to the tenets of Silver Wolf. Unwilling to simply kill him, they instead turned him over to the Church of the Lighthouse, who moved him into the city in preparation for the rites which would make him Pure. They were interrupted by Chen Zhang, who had caught wind of Andy's arrival through spirit spies in the Tenderloin and organized a rescue with the Caballeros. Andy ended up in the Mission, where he was inducted into the Blood Talons by Eduardo Montillo, who put him in touch with the pack in Colma, whose lodge helped him make sense of his gifts. With the death of their former alpha in 2001, Andy took over the pack and has been leading it ever since. Shortly afterwards, he was cornered by members of the Mountain-Walkers, who took him to Mount Bruno and tortured him to within an inch of his sanity, forcing him to agree to spy on the Forsaken for them in return for the continued survival of his pack.
Renown
- Wisdom 4: Discovered the ban of a powerful Death Jaggling with the Plague of the Dead numina called "Restless Dead" and destroyed it.
