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=Overview=
 
=Overview=
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[[File:Calliope2.jpg‎|200px|thumb|right|Calliope in Baltimore, MD.]]
  
'''Alias(es):''' [[Calliope Van Horne]]
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This Toreador is deceased.<br>
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'''Alias(es):''' None publicly known.
  
 
'''Apparent Age:''' 24
 
'''Apparent Age:''' 24
  
'''Concept:''' Modern Courtesan
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'''Concept:''' Modern Day Courtesan
  
'''Physical description:'''
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'''Physical Description:'''
Calliope is 5' 8" with fair skin and piercing blue eyes. Her hair is ever-changing in both length and color, dependent upon her mood and the look she wishes to adopt. A fan of the elegant 1940's, she often is seen in styles from the era.  
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Calliope is 5' 8" with fair skin and piercing blue eyes. Her hair is ever-changing in both length and color, dependent upon her mood and the look she wishes to adopt. A fan of the elegant 1940's, she often is seen in styles from the era. Physically speaking, Calliope moves with a graceful precision; her movements liquid yet planned and deliberate. She's charming and charismatic...yet also every inch a predator.
  
Physically speaking, Calliope moves with a graceful precision; her movements liquid yet planned and deliberate. She's charming and charismatic...yet also every inch a predator.
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<i>Gorgeous x2, Alluring x3, Beguiling x 4, Natural Leader</i>
 
 
Gorgeous x2, Alluring x3, Beguiling x 4, Natural Leader
 
  
 
'''Detailed Status:'''
 
'''Detailed Status:'''
* Acknowledged by Former Prince Jon Sebastian of Chicago, Illinois
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* Acknowledged by Former Prince [[Jon Sebastian]] of Chicago, Illinois
* Dedicated by Former Prince Nathan Dwyer of Annapolis, Maryland
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* Dedicated by Former Prince [[Nathan Dwyer]] of Annapolis, Maryland
* Honorable by Former Prince David Paul Barrington of Annapolis, Maryland
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* Honorable by Former Prince [[David Paul Barrington]] of Annapolis, Maryland
* Cherished by Gonovin Landrake of Baltimore, Maryland
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* Cherished by [[Gonovin Landrake]] of Baltimore, Maryland
* Loyal by Palan Rille of Baltimore, Maryland
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* Loyal by [[Palan Rille]] of Baltimore, Maryland
* Steadfast by Former Justicar Igor Illyovich Ctarinov  
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* Steadfast by Former Justicar [[Igor Illyovich Ctarinov]]
  
 
<h2>Character Information</h2>
 
<h2>Character Information</h2>
Charming? Witty? Devious? Deviant? Influential? Vapid? Whorish? Bitchy? Mercurial? Sweet?
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[[File:Calliope3.jpg‎|200px|thumb|right|Risque artist's rendering of Calliope by player Janet James.]]
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Charming? Witty? Devious? Deviant? Influential? Vapid? Whorish? Bitchy? Mercurial? Treacherous? Sweet?  
  
 
The Courtesan of the Camarilla.
 
The Courtesan of the Camarilla.
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A socialite born and bred, Calliope can always be found in the midst of conversation. She's the quintessential Toreador Who Knows Everyone Worth Knowing, and she makes it a point to keep on top of her game. Her "Hookers & Blow" parties and her annual Bacchanal at the autumn Nonclave event have become the stuff of local legend, as have her reputed sexual/sensual appetites. The social ties she's created over the years have provided her with a long list of allies and contacts, many of whom have grown to be quite powerful. She is, without a doubt, the Courtesan of the Camarilla -- and affects not the slightest bit of shame when confronted with the title.
 
A socialite born and bred, Calliope can always be found in the midst of conversation. She's the quintessential Toreador Who Knows Everyone Worth Knowing, and she makes it a point to keep on top of her game. Her "Hookers & Blow" parties and her annual Bacchanal at the autumn Nonclave event have become the stuff of local legend, as have her reputed sexual/sensual appetites. The social ties she's created over the years have provided her with a long list of allies and contacts, many of whom have grown to be quite powerful. She is, without a doubt, the Courtesan of the Camarilla -- and affects not the slightest bit of shame when confronted with the title.
  
Is there more to Calliope than parties and socializing and decadent debauchery? Some say that beneath her hedonistic exterior lies a young singer/dilettante who was Embraced by one of the most infamous Toreador the Camarilla has seen in recent years, a woman who has struggled against the stigma of her blood from the moment she set foot on American soil. And even in the face of that stigma, she's proven to be a more-than-capable politician, acting as Seneschal under three separate Princes before taking the praxis of Washington, DC when Dean Famularo was promoted to an Archon position. She stepped down from her Princedom in September 2006, and spent her time in semi-retirement until July of 2008: when the entire foundation of the Mid-Atlantic political scene was thrown into chaos...  
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Is there more to Calliope than parties and socializing and decadent debauchery? Some say that beneath her hedonistic exterior lies a young singer/dilettante who was Embraced by one of the most infamous Toreador the Camarilla has seen in recent years, a woman who has struggled against the stigma of her blood from the moment she set foot on American soil. And even in the face of that stigma, she's proven to be a more-than-capable politician, acting as Seneschal under three separate Princes before taking the praxis of Washington, DC when [[Dean Famularo]] was promoted to an Archon position. She stepped down from her Princedom in September 2006, and spent her time in semi-retirement until July of 2008: when the entire foundation of the Mid-Atlantic political scene was thrown into chaos...  
  
 
==Known History==
 
==Known History==
* Native of Cape Town, South Africa
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* Native of Cape Town, South Africa.
* Childe of the Anathema Gabriel Camerata
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* Childe of the Anathema [[Gabriel Camerata]].
* Lobbied to overturn the Gangrene Edict at the 2003 Conclave
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* Lobbied to overturn the Gangrene Edict at the 2003 Conclave.
* Helped authorities bring her Sire to justice
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* Helped authorities bring her Sire to justice.
* Known (and often loved) for her legendary "Hookers & Blow" parties
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* Known (and often loved) for her legendary "Hookers & Blow" parties.
* Acted as an intermediary to introduce new contacts and facilitate business deals all over the world
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* Acted as an intermediary to introduce new contacts and facilitate business deals all over the world.
* Dubbed the "Courtesan of the Camarilla" around 2006
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* Dubbed the "Courtesan of the Camarilla" around 2006.
* Cleansed of the taint of her Sire's infamy by Justicar Petronius
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* Rumored to have been a member of two coteries: The Colors and Lambda Lambda Lambda.
* Seneschal first in Annapolis and then in Washington, DC for a total of almost 4 years
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* Cleansed of the taint of her Sire's infamy by Justicar [[Titus Petronius Niger]].
* Former Prince of Washington, DC
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* Seneschal first in Annapolis and then in Washington, DC for a total of almost 4 years.
* Involved in a catastrophic Praxis attempt in Baltimore, Maryland in 2008
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* Former Prince of Washington, DC.
* Bravely (scandalously?) requested a Conclave in 2009, naming multiple Archons as members of a subversive shadow coterie
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* Involved in a catastrophic Praxis attempt in Baltimore, Maryland in 2008.
* Disappeared immediately after the Conclave in April 2010
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* Bravely (scandalously?) requested a Conclave in 2009, naming multiple Archons as members of a subversive shadow coterie.
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* Disappeared immediately after the Conclave in April 2010.
  
 
==Coterie==
 
==Coterie==
[[The Colors]],
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* [[The Colors]]
[[Lambda Lambda Lambda]]
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* [[Lambda Lambda Lambda]]
  
 
==Allies==
 
==Allies==
[[Donnur Hannalore]],
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[[File:Calliope1.jpg‎|200px|thumb|right|Calliope at Nonclave in 2001.]]
[[Johnathan Gwynn]],
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* [[Donnur Hannalore]]
[[Dicky Redman]],
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* [[Johnathan Gwynn]]
[[James Gunnerson (deceased)]]
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* [[Dicky Redman]]
[[Kurran DeSylvia]],
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* [[Kurran DeSylvia]]
[[Victoria Hunter]],
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* [[Viktor Schultz]]
[[Eva Luna]],
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* [[Victoria Hunter]]
[[Devon Thane]],
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* [[Felix Hunter]]
[[Chantel Rousseau]],
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* [[Eva Luna]]
[[Gabriel of the Sefirot]],
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* [[Devon Thane]]
[[Sariel of the Sefirot (aka Cameron Poe)(deceased)]],
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* [[Chantel Rousseau]]
[[Khamael of the Sefirot]],
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* [[Gabriel of the Sefirot]]
[[Lilyan Townsend]],
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* [[Khamael of the Sefirot]]
[[Anton LaBaisez]],
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* [[Lilyan Townsend]]
[[Vincent Velario]],
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* [[Anton LaBaisez]]
[[Cassandra Sumner]],
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* [[Vincent Velario]]
[[Lilyanna Salvatore]],
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* [[Cassandra Sumner]]
[[Palan Rille]],
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* [[Lilyanna Salvatore]]
[[Nycta Churchill]],
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* [[Palan Rille]]
[[Garrett Dannington (deceased)]],
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* [[Nycta Churchill]]
[[Jacen Pompeii (deceased)]],
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* [[Benjamin Miller]]
[[Ben Miller]],
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* [[Dean Famularo]]
[[Dean Famularo]],
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* [[William Schultz]]
[[William Schultz]],
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* [[Sheniver Dubois]]
[[Sheniver Dubois]],
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* [[Thomas Swain]] (joined the Sabbat)
[[Thomas Swain]],
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* [[James Gunnerson]] (deceased)
[[Percy Lake (deceased)]],
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* [[Sariel of the Sefirot]] (deceased)
[[Alex Niedrich (deceased)]],
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* [[Percy Lake]] (deceased)
[[Nathan Dwyer (deceased)]],
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* [[Alex Niedrich]] (deceased)
[[Isabelle Deveaux (deceased)]],
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* [[Nathan Dwyer]] (deceased)
[[Alexander Corlione (deceased)]],
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* [[Isabelle Deveaux]] (deceased)
[[Glim (deceased)]],
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* [[Alexander Corlione]] (deceased)
[[Josh Swan (deceased)]]
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* [[Glim]] (deceased)
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* [http://anarch.owbnwiki.net/index.php?title=Garrett_Dannington Garrett Dannington] (deceased)
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* [[Jacen Pompeii]] (deceased)
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* [[Josh Swan]] (deceased)
  
 
==Enemies==
 
==Enemies==
[[Garrett Dannington (deceased)]],
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* [[Garrett Dannington]] (deceased)
[[Jacen Pompeii (deceased)]],
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* [[Jacen Pompeii]] (deceased)
[[Ben Miller]],
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* [[Benjamin Miller]]
[[Dean Famularo]],
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* [[Dean Famularo]]
[[William Schultz]],
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* [[William Schultz]]
[[Sheniver Dubois]],
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* [[Sheniver Dubois]]
[[Thomas Swain]]
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* [[Thomas Swain]]
  
 
==Sire==
 
==Sire==
[[Gabriel Camerata (deceased)]]
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* [[Gabriel Camerata]] (deceased)
  
 
==Childer==
 
==Childer==
[[Dylan Johannsen (deceased)]],
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* [[Lorelei Schuler]]
[[Orpheus Van Horne (deceased)]],
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* [[Estiot Van Horne]]
[[Lorelei Schuler]],
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* [[Shaun Williams]]
[[Estiot Van Horne]],
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* [[Ayana]]
[[Lars "Tempest" Van Horne (deceased)]],
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* [[Dylan Johannsen]] (deceased)
[[Shaun Williams]],
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* [[Orpheus Van Horne]] (deceased)
[[Ayana]]
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* [[Lars "Tempest" Van Horne]] (deceased)
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* [[Dade Van Horne]] (deceased)
  
 
==Broodmates==
 
==Broodmates==
[[Jai McKenna]],
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* [[Jai McKenna]]
[[Jacob Camerata (deceased)]]
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* [[Jacob Camerata]] (deceased)
  
 
==Character Inspirations==
 
==Character Inspirations==
Veronica Franco (<i>Dangerous Beauty</i>),
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* Veronica Franco (<i>Dangerous Beauty</i>),
Kathryn Merteuil (<i>Cruel Intentions</i>)
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* Kathryn Merteuil (<i>Cruel Intentions</i>)
  
 
==Soundtrack==
 
==Soundtrack==
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- Marco & Veronica, <i>Dangerous Beauty</i>
 
- Marco & Veronica, <i>Dangerous Beauty</i>
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"If I were straight I would hit that like Whack a Mole. But, since I'm not, I'll do the next best thing- I'll watch her reject you." Zio!
  
 
==Rumors==
 
==Rumors==
* Suspected by some to be Toreador Antitribu
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* Suspected by some to be Toreador Antitribu.
* Possibly part of an internal group of Toreador committed to protecting Toreador
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* Possibly part of an internal group of Toreador committed to protecting Toreador.
* Rumored to have created a secret cadre of Toreador dedicated to monitoring information and assassinating "bad" Toreador
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* Rumored to have created a secret cadre of Toreador dedicated to monitoring information and assassinating "bad" Toreador.
[[File:Example.jpg]]
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* Suspected to have been romantically involved with [[Johnathan Gwynn]].
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* Rumored that the "keys to power" were hidden betwixt Calliope's...nethers.
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* Motivated to speak out against "shadow coteries" out of a selfish desire to remove rivals rather than out of higher desires for the good of the Camarilla.
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* Calliope's not really dead, just in hiding under an assumed Brujah Identity.

Latest revision as of 20:26, 14 November 2018

Clan Toreador
Position Deceased
Status 6
Domain Annapolis, MD
Coterie None
Society ???
Path Humanity 00
Player Megan McCrady



Overview

Calliope in Baltimore, MD.

This Toreador is deceased.
Alias(es): None publicly known.

Apparent Age: 24

Concept: Modern Day Courtesan

Physical Description: Calliope is 5' 8" with fair skin and piercing blue eyes. Her hair is ever-changing in both length and color, dependent upon her mood and the look she wishes to adopt. A fan of the elegant 1940's, she often is seen in styles from the era. Physically speaking, Calliope moves with a graceful precision; her movements liquid yet planned and deliberate. She's charming and charismatic...yet also every inch a predator.

Gorgeous x2, Alluring x3, Beguiling x 4, Natural Leader

Detailed Status:

Character Information

Risque artist's rendering of Calliope by player Janet James.

Charming? Witty? Devious? Deviant? Influential? Vapid? Whorish? Bitchy? Mercurial? Treacherous? Sweet?

The Courtesan of the Camarilla.

It seems like every vampire has a slightly different description of Calliope. The former Prince of Washington, DC and self-proclaimed former "Perma-schal" of both Suburban Maryland/Annapolis and Washington, DC, Calliope has made quite a name for herself since she moved out to the Mid-Atlantic from Chicago in 2002.

A socialite born and bred, Calliope can always be found in the midst of conversation. She's the quintessential Toreador Who Knows Everyone Worth Knowing, and she makes it a point to keep on top of her game. Her "Hookers & Blow" parties and her annual Bacchanal at the autumn Nonclave event have become the stuff of local legend, as have her reputed sexual/sensual appetites. The social ties she's created over the years have provided her with a long list of allies and contacts, many of whom have grown to be quite powerful. She is, without a doubt, the Courtesan of the Camarilla -- and affects not the slightest bit of shame when confronted with the title.

Is there more to Calliope than parties and socializing and decadent debauchery? Some say that beneath her hedonistic exterior lies a young singer/dilettante who was Embraced by one of the most infamous Toreador the Camarilla has seen in recent years, a woman who has struggled against the stigma of her blood from the moment she set foot on American soil. And even in the face of that stigma, she's proven to be a more-than-capable politician, acting as Seneschal under three separate Princes before taking the praxis of Washington, DC when Dean Famularo was promoted to an Archon position. She stepped down from her Princedom in September 2006, and spent her time in semi-retirement until July of 2008: when the entire foundation of the Mid-Atlantic political scene was thrown into chaos...

Known History

  • Native of Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Childe of the Anathema Gabriel Camerata.
  • Lobbied to overturn the Gangrene Edict at the 2003 Conclave.
  • Helped authorities bring her Sire to justice.
  • Known (and often loved) for her legendary "Hookers & Blow" parties.
  • Acted as an intermediary to introduce new contacts and facilitate business deals all over the world.
  • Dubbed the "Courtesan of the Camarilla" around 2006.
  • Rumored to have been a member of two coteries: The Colors and Lambda Lambda Lambda.
  • Cleansed of the taint of her Sire's infamy by Justicar Titus Petronius Niger.
  • Seneschal first in Annapolis and then in Washington, DC for a total of almost 4 years.
  • Former Prince of Washington, DC.
  • Involved in a catastrophic Praxis attempt in Baltimore, Maryland in 2008.
  • Bravely (scandalously?) requested a Conclave in 2009, naming multiple Archons as members of a subversive shadow coterie.
  • Disappeared immediately after the Conclave in April 2010.

Coterie

Allies

Calliope at Nonclave in 2001.

Enemies

Sire

Childer

Broodmates

Character Inspirations

  • Veronica Franco (Dangerous Beauty),
  • Kathryn Merteuil (Cruel Intentions)

Soundtrack

Under Construction

Quotes

"Do you not like my kiss?"
"I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so."
"God made sin that we might know his mercy."

- Marco & Veronica, Dangerous Beauty


"If I were straight I would hit that like Whack a Mole. But, since I'm not, I'll do the next best thing- I'll watch her reject you." Zio!

Rumors

  • Suspected by some to be Toreador Antitribu.
  • Possibly part of an internal group of Toreador committed to protecting Toreador.
  • Rumored to have created a secret cadre of Toreador dedicated to monitoring information and assassinating "bad" Toreador.
  • Suspected to have been romantically involved with Johnathan Gwynn.
  • Rumored that the "keys to power" were hidden betwixt Calliope's...nethers.
  • Motivated to speak out against "shadow coteries" out of a selfish desire to remove rivals rather than out of higher desires for the good of the Camarilla.
  • Calliope's not really dead, just in hiding under an assumed Brujah Identity.