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Buries-the-Dead is a rank 4 homid Ahroun Silent Strider.

Biography[]

She was born in Cairo in 1963, and killed three vampires during her First Change, as well as several humans who were under the influence of the vampires. The Silent Striders located her and smuggled her out of Egypt to the United States, where she formed a pack and killed vampires in New York, Detroit, and Miami before returning to Africa.

She has been concentrating her current effort in Egypt, roaming the country side over the past several years and killing vampires as she goes. She is knowledgeable in vampire lore. She has a Klaive of Purity, which makes the bearer immune to mind control and soul-crushing powers when it is activated provided that the bearer doesn't break the Litany. It also prevents the bearer from being Embraced. If an Embrace is attempted the owner dies painlessly and the klaive shatters into bright sunlight.

She is five feet tall, is muscular, and has short black hair. She always carries a cane or a walking stick, which she may use the gift of Reshape Object on to turn into to stake when needed. She wears the veil when in Egypt to deflect suspicion and to cover her scarred neck. She smiles often and maintains a good attitude, despite the fact that she believes is doomed to die in an attempted Embrace.[1]

Image[]

Buries-the-Dead is slightly over five feet tall, and unlike many Silent Striders, is muscular rather than lean. She has olive skin and short, black hair, and is never without a cane or walking stick (which she may Reshape into a stake at a moment's notice). She smiles often, refusing to allow the horror of the End Times dim her spirits. While in Egypt, she wears the veil, for two reasons. First, it arouses fewer suspicions, and second, it covers the scars that mar her throat and neck.

Stats[]

Breed: Homid
Auspice: Ahroun
Tribe: Silent Striders
Physical: Strength 4 (6/8/7/5), Dexterity 4 (4/5/6/6), Stamina 3 (5/6/6/5)
Social: Charisma 3, Manipulation 2 (1/0/0/0), Appearance 2 (1/0/2/2)
Mental: Perception 4, Intelligence 3, Wits 5
Talents: Alertness 3, Athletics 4, Brawl 4, Dodge 3, Expression 2, Intimidation 3, Primal-Urge 3, Streetwise 2
Skills: Animal Ken 2, Crafts 1, Drive 2, Firearms 3, Melee 3, Leadership 3, Stealth 4, Survival (desert) 4
Knowledges: Computer 1, Enigmas 2, Investigation 2, Linguistics 3, Medicine 1, Occult 3, Rituals 2, Vampire Lore 4
Backgrounds: Allies 3, Pure Breed 2
Gifts: Falling Touch, Inspiration, Sense Wyrm, Silence, Jam Technology, Sense Silver, Spirit of the Fray, Adaptation, Reshape Object, Attunement, Dam the Heartflood*
*This Gift can only be used on a supernatural creature with a Blood Pool, who gains power from that blood (vampires, ghouls, etc. - even Ananasi). The player spends a Gnosis point and rolls Manipulation + Medicine (Difficulty of the target's Willpower). Each success prevents the target from spending any Blood Points, for whatever purpose, for a full turn. A werewolf may use this Gift only once per scene against a given target, but multiple Garou may use this Gift on a target once each. Strider packs armed with this Gift are among the fiercest gûl slayers known to the Garou.
Rank: 4
Rage: 7; Gnosis: 5; Willpower: 7
Rites: Moot Rite
Fetishes: Klaive of Purity (Level 4, Gnosis 7): When activated, this fetish makes the wielder immune to mind or soul-corrupting powers for one turn per activation success, so long as the wielder is in no way breaking the Litany by her actions. It also prevents the wielder from ever succumbing to the vampiric Embrace; if this is attempted, the fetish's owner dies painlessly and the fetish shatters in a blazing nimbus of sunlight.

Trivia[]

In the Silent Striders Tribebook, it is cited that Buries-the-Dead has killed at least two Abominations (one of which was a member of the infamous Black Hand). This was probably Zubeida.[2]

References[]

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