William Harkness

Clan	Tremere
Position	Sheriff
Status	6+1
Domain	Portland, Maine
Coterie	None
Society	{{{Society}}}
Path	Humanity 00
Player	Dave N

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Overview

Hartford, January 2009

Alias(es):

None currently known.

Real Name:

Unknown; Harkness has commented in the past that he attended Yale University, and there are several buildings there named after the once wealthy, but now defunct, Harkness family - whose former estate is now a park on the Connecticut shore.

Apparent Age:

Late 20's

Concept:

Shy Academic

Physical description:

Generally somewhat unassuming, Harkness stands five and a half feet tall, with dirty blonde hair and glasses. He has recently upgraded his choice of suits from academic tweed to more modern and fashionable cuts in gray and purple. His cane is always to hand, and he often plays with a small orb of some sort of stone.

Detailed Status:

New Orleans, September 2010

• Acknowledged by Prince Leopold of Vienna, 1939
• Respected by former Prince Stast of Hartford, July 2008
• Feared by former Prince Stast of Hartford,January 2009
• Just by former Prince Davenport of Hartford, March 2009
• Respected by former Prince Davenport of Hartford, November 2009
• Admirable by Prince Joe Evans of Westchester, February 2011
• Feared as Sheriff of Portland, Maine, November 2010

• (For Tremere Only: Duelist Reputation: Certamen)

Known History

William Harkness arrived in Hartford with the New Year in 2008; for the first few months of his time there, he could usually be seen quietly sitting in Elysium with a book open in front of him. He served as a Deputy to various Sheriffs from his arrival until 2010, but as a general rule seemed to be less interested in politics than in his Academic studies.

He supported Victoria Rowlands' Praxis against Stast after it was revealed that the former Malkavian Prince had Diablerized a Sabbat Elder; later, he was involved in a series of strange happenings which culminated in a battle against a spirit of great evil. When Sariel Sefirot threatened to kill Rowlands in Elysium and take the City for himself, Harkness declared that he would not stand by and allow either to happen. Instead of stay in the city for the political collapse that followed, Harkness left for Portland, Maine.

Arriving in May of 2010, he quickly became first a Deputy, then Sheriff himself under Prince Jerry Bonard. When Bonard was murdered by the Sabbat, Harkness was an early supporter of Andrea McDermott, the current Prince of Portland. In the past year he has traveled up and down the Eastern Seaboard, to Milwaukee, and as far as New Orleans, for Prince Villon's soire.

Coterie

None known, though he has often been allied with the Hartford Primogen.

Allies

Clan Tremere, including Erin Landen, Dr. Sanlin. Micah Lazarion, and Caia Wickham in the Northeast, as well as others nationally.

Connor O'Carthy

Joe Evans, Deceased

Natacia

Tony Maietta

Victoria Rowlands, Deceased

Enemies

Logan, Anarch Assamite

Myca Ashford, Brujah Anarch

Sariel Sefirot, Deceased

Sire

Friedrich Dorner

Childer

None Known

Broodmates

None Known

Character Inspirations

Ars Magica, Call of Cthulu and HP Lovecraft in general, The Corpus Hermeticum and John Dee, The Spanish Civil War, Yale University

Soundtrack

1930's Swing, Jazz, Big Band; "Spanish Bombs" - The Clash

Rumors

Harkness had an affair with Laura Rosellini, of Clan Giovanni.

Harkness has had extensive experience with strange creatures of the night, including Angels, Magi and Faeries.

Harkness spent a short amount of time on the Assamite Path of Blood.