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Lodin, born Olaf Holte, was the Prince of Chicago and was one of the most influential Camarilla rulers in the United States until his "Final Death" in 1993.

Biography[]

Olaf Holte was born to a pair of Norwegians who moved to the North American state of Pennsylvania in 1830. He fought in the Mexican-American War and earned praise during the battle of Veracruz, when he took the city and its important artillery positions. In Veracruz, he met his future sire Datura, and its prince, Eletria, who searched for militaries to use for controlling the city's kine.

The Prince felt the strong urge to Embrace him, but feared the jealousy of Datura and instead asked her to give Holte the Embrace. Holte stayed for 22 years in Veracruz, long after the occupation had ended, and learned the ways of the Kindred. It was only when his sire got jealous of the attention the prince gave him that he was forced to leave, instructed to make his own princedom elsewhere. He traveled to the city of Chicago and presented himself as "Lodin" to ruling prince Maxwell. As soon as he had entered the city, however, he began making plans to usurp the prince's position.

Lodin's opportunity presented itself with the destruction caused during the fire on Devil's Night of 1871. He did not waste any time and attacked Maxwell's mansion in the mayhem that ensued, driving the prince away after a brief battle. Afterward, his reign was relatively stable, until Modius rose to challenge him from his princedom in Gary. In the following years, Lodin became more and more paranoid, fearing being usurped like he himself had usurped the princedom, and began creating a large brood to help him keep power.

Lodin never realized that he had been nothing but a pawn in the Jyhad between the methuselahs Helena and Menele, until he allegedly "died" during the War of Chicago.

The One Eyed King[]

Truly, the light of my past, burning bright in my mind, is as deadly to mine flesh as is the sun. A tale that, for its majesty, naught but I can tell thee.

Unbeknownst to all, he survived, but is now in hiding. Scarred and deformed at the hands of Lupines, Anarchs, Sabbat, and his former allies in the Camarilla, Olaf is not even a shadow of what he once was. His fall left him without his left eye, his face burned and twisted.

Olaf has adjusted his palate to the outcast and the desperate of the city. He feeds from those injected with mind-numbing opiates that take him back to visions of his stately past. His influence, which once extended to national media and citywide police operations has been reduced to a large network of street urchins and minor gangs who peddle and traffic the substances he desires to the targets of his feeding. [1]

Character Sheet[]

Fifth Edition[]

Sir Olaf, the One-Eyed King
Sire: Datura
Embraced: 1854 (born 1824)
Ambition: Become the Shadow Prince of Chicago
Convictions: Never succumb to self-pity
Touchstones: Eleanor Freeman – University Law Student and inspiration
Humanity: 3
Generation: 7th
Blood Potency: 5
Attributes: Strength 3, Dexterity 3, Stamina 5; Charisma 5, Manipulation 5, Composure 5; Intelligence 4, Wits 4, Resolve 4
Secondary Attributes: Health (Due to unhealed damage) 4, Willpower 9
Skills: Athletics 1, Brawl 3, Firearms 3, Melee 3, Larceny 2, Stealth 3, Survival (Street) 2; Animal Ken (Horses) 2, Etiquette (Camarilla) 4, Insight 3, Intimidation 3, Leadership 4, Persuasion (Carousing) 4, Streetwise 3, Subterfuge (Impeccable Lies) 4; Academics 2, Awareness 1, Finance 2, Investigation 3, Medicine (Drugs) 2, Occult 2, Politics (Camarilla) 5, Technology 1
Disciplines: Dominate 4, Fortitude 3, Potence 1, Presence 3, Protean 3[1]

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