Creation & Evolution

These are the discussions concerning creation of Shaun Townsend



Basic sketch

Shaun Townsend
High Concept: Hunted White Court Orphan
White court virgin

Emotional Vampire [-1]
Incite Emotion (touch only) [-1]

Shaun was born in Seattle, Washington. Shaun's father was a white court vampire named Christopher Bartlett, his mother a pure mortal Brandy McGuire. His father was killed by Wardens when Shaun was still a baby. His mother, not wanting to put her son through the machinations of House Bartlett, fled with the baby to Atlanta changed their names and tried to stay as inconspicuous as possible. She's told him parts of his history, but held some details back in the interest of protecting him; there are plenty of holes in his understanding of what he is, what he is capable of, and who might be looking for him. There are family members still hunting for him, but so far they haven't caught up with him, and especially now that he has entered adulthood (20 years old) House Bartlett's interest in finding their lost scion is increasing spearheaded by Christopher Bartlett's older brother Andreas.

I like your background.

I guess the main trouble is obvious : Hunted by White Vampires or something like that.

Yeah, I may take the Hunted part out of my high concept and move it to my trouble. Hunted by the White Court or something like that.

That would be great.

So what aspect, may we get from his youth ?

Shaun's youth was spent in Atlanta being raised by his mother Brandy. Brandy was, rightfully, afraid of House Bartlett finding them. For much of Shaun's childhood he was kept inside, shut away from the outside world, and Shaun didn't learn a lot of the social cues one learns in childhood. He had next to no friends besides his mother.

Brandy finally resolved that a life spent shut away from the outside world was worse than whatever the Bartlett's could inflict on her or Shaun and it had been some time since she had worried that someone was watching her. She opted for refuge in the congregation of Atlanta mega-church 12stone, hoping possibly religion could provide some degree of protection should the Bartlett's ever come looking, and that among the many members she and Shaun would be just another pair of faces in the crowd.

Shaun was obliged to attend services along with his mother, and grew to appreciate the budding friendships he was forming with others his age, but never quite bought into the tenants of the faith. It put Shaun in an unenviable position of holding a different world view than not only his newly formed friendships, but with his closest and deepest friendship that of his mother as well. Not wanting to jeopardize either of these relationships he continued to attend services and talk the talk though internally he felt like a phony.

Aspect: Go Along to Get Along

I added a biography section to your character, waiting for everyone to finish or at least get well started on youth.

Ok then he is around 18th, is he in college or is he working ?

I'm thinking probably community college student. A quick google search pulls up Atlanta Technical College. I'm leaning toward taking the Mortal Stunt that gives bonus to repair, make him sort of a grease monkey. Perhaps he has a part-time job at Jiffy Lube.

I'd rather you choose his area of study and we'll find a suitable college in the area, or even invent one.

We need to choose his stuns and his skills.

If you need help or lack idea, we can discuss them here. All the other characters are finished, this is why I started.