Post by Dimitri Giovanni on Jul 2, 2007 1:07:25 GMT
Name: Dimitri Giovanni
Personality: A businessman at heart, Dimitri appears calm and intense at any given moment. He actually has a rather short fuse, but is adept at keeping it under control. There are those who would assume him to be cold and manipulating; they would be right. Dimitri possesses a concern for the well-being of his corporation, and he will do anything to ensure its survival or ascension. He has killed many a rival or obstacle without batting an eye. In fact, several of these blatant murders took place in his office. He is always suspicious of similar attempts on his life, which has caused him to take precautions such as storing an SMG in his office.
In addition to his murderous tendencies, Dimitri’s connections to the police department also make him a force to be reckoned with. It is entirely possible to anger this vampire, but do not expect him to take threats or insults lightly.
-Nature: Manipulator
-Demeanour: Architect
-Concept: Intellectual
-Backgrounds:
Resources: Well-off (4)
Contacts: One major contact (1)
Herd: Three vessels (1)
Clan: Giovanni
Generation: 13th
Sire: Vincent Giovanni
Appearance: Dimitri always maintains a professional appearance, being found in suit-and-tie on any given occasion. His black hair is worn with some amount of length at the back. His skin has a touch of color to it that is typically devoid in his kin, allowing him to better fit in with society. The only problem are his eyes, which constantly glow a disturbing crimson. To offset this he wears shades when not around those who already know his identity; a habit that baffles some, since he typically arrives later in the day and resides in his office throughout the night.
Disciplines Levels: Necromancy, Dominate, Potence
Derangement(s):
Merits: Baby face (2), blush of health (2), Corporation CEO (5), eat food (1), police ties (3), mansion (2), calm heart (1), coldly logical (1)
Flaws: Glowing eyes (+3), repelled by garlic (+1), beacon of the unholy (+2), recruitment target (+1), taint of corruption (+1)
Rituals Known:
Blood Bond(s):
Equipment/Items/Weapons: While Dimitri is more than proficient at fighting hand-to-hand, as of late he has stocked up on firearms. He can always be found with a handgun when in the streets or anywhere that is not his home. He owns a pair of submachine guns; one is in a desk drawer in his office, while the second is stored below the bathroom sink back home. His “lay-low” areas also contain a few weapons, complete with the ammunition to use them. These sometimes tend to be taken by the local lowlifes, much to his irritation.
History: Dimitri was born in Venice, with his father being a natural Giovanni and his mother nothing more than an engaged American. His mother died in labor, but later in Dimitri found that he did not particularly care. Of course, by that point he had been raised with the expectation that, one day, he would be Embraced and rise up from the mortals to take on the true aspects of the Giovanni clan.
Eventually, some time in his late teens, that was exactly what happened. His uncle Vincent came to him one day, telling him of the secret that the family had been preparing him for since birth. He told him that the stories told to him as a child, the stories of Cain and Gehenna and the vampires involved in between, were all of the non-fiction variety. Then, with all the kindness he had expressed as he told him the truth of the universe, Dimitri was informed that he would become one of the immortal beings of the Giovanni clan. Much to Vincent’s surprise, Dimitri was not shocked or horrified at the idea. As a matter of fact he embraced the idea, hungering for the power that had made his predecessors successes in the world.
Soon after sharing the blood of his beloved uncle, Dimitri took steps to establish an economic empire of his own. With nothing more than a small loan from the family, Dimitri moved to America and invested in a small-time marketing company in the making. He allowed this business to flourish, receiving a job in it himself and systematically removing obstacles to its growth. As it flourished, so too did Dimitri. He moved up with the company, becoming an executive and, eventually, a partner. Having assumed the guise of Leonardo Rais when he first funded the project, his current tool in power had no idea that Dimitri had started the entire thing. Up until his death, when he mysteriously went missing three months after signing Dimitri as a partner, he had no idea that he had been used.
Upon assuming the role of CEO, Dimitri took full control and larger steps to ensure that his company, which he renamed VantagePoint, would blossom into something even greater. With his expertise, manipulation and newly made connections within the police department, he did just that. VantagePoint became a massive marketing corporation under his guidance, being one of the three advertising titans in America. From its headquarters in New York, Dimitri’s empire is well underway.
Along the way, Dimitri has gathered a small circle of followers. Three big-boy suits, running corporations in food industries, technologies and broadcasting respectively, have been made aware that he is a vampire. The three of them practically worship the undead being and provide him with some amount of additional economic support, and in exchange for their secrecy Dimitri advertises their services and allows them to live. Additionally, he has achieved a major contact within the police force in the form of lieutenant Lucy Blanchet. It is with her assistance that evidence of his dark deeds disappear and investigations around the homicide of corporate suits lead nowhere. She is not aware that he is a vampire.
