Friday, November 04, 2005

Ailill Kelly (1421)

Ailill Kelly
9th Generation Toreador Vampire

You are the son of Trian Kelly. In 1347 your father came back from a long trip from Scotland and seemed a changed man. He stayed up all-night and slept all day. He even slept through your wedding (to you longtime love, Éadaoin Rially).
His nocturnal habits continued for several years.

Finally, one night he called you and your brother Áed into his chamber and started talking about how we really can’t keep living ‘this lie’. He pointed to the family chest that in the corner. You opened it up and found a golden goblet with all types of strange engravings all over it. After unlocking yourself from the beauty of the Goblet, you noticed your brother on the floor with blood running from his neck. You father was standing over him - blood running from his mouth. ‘Áed would never understand Ailill, but you will’.

You sat terrified as your father explained that a Frenchman gave the goblet to him. He kept babbling about the end of the Templars as he hugged and buried his teeth into your neck. He had turned you and your brother into legendary Vampires! He explained the rest of the story, but forgot one important thing - both you and your brother were still married to mortals. After reminding him, you’ll never forget what he said:

“Hmm, I hadn’t thought about that. When did you two get married, again?”

You and Áed took your wives away from Cavan to Embrace them and explain how the family had a greater purpose that would not include raising children. As part of the deal with your wives, you all teach poor children to read and write your country’s dying language, Goidelic (Irish Gaelic). A 1336 Kilkenny law formally banned it from being taught, so you do this at night behind the English ruler’s backs.

The locals still do not understand why your family was not affected by the Plague of 1348, but they know that you are trying your best to keep the English from destroying what little dignity they have.

You deal with the political issues of the Clan and act as spokesman. Your father deals with the undead issues and acts as the area ruler for all vampire matters. You are all expected to attend a dance/joust this weekend. With a plague striking Dublin and a Famine in Ireland proper, a deal will probably be in the works between the English and Irish. Unless you want the children to continue starving, you need to make sure that those talks go off without a hitch.

A rumor you have heard from your gardeners is that Irish rogues have been sneaking into Dublin at night and burning food stores inside the Pale, and your guess is that one of the Malkavians (Fergus O’Sullivan or Cináed Lynch) are responsible. Also, you have heard that a delegation from Rome is in the area, and you definitely don’t want to be caught by those guys.

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