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🎨 Early Years as a Mortal: 1909 - 1938 | 🎨 Early Years as a Mortal: 1909 - 1938 | ||
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In America, he quickly ingratiated himself with the elite art world, marketing himself as a charismatic painter, appraiser, and historian, full of obscure knowledge and decadent charm. He particularly became known amongst high-profile dealers for his lush, modernist paintings; his strange, haunting works hinting at occult allegory and the world's steady moral decay. | In America, he quickly ingratiated himself with the elite art world, marketing himself as a charismatic painter, appraiser, and historian, full of obscure knowledge and decadent charm. He particularly became known amongst high-profile dealers for his lush, modernist paintings; his strange, haunting works hinting at occult allegory and the world's steady moral decay. | ||
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🩸 The Embrace: 1943 - 1944 | 🩸 The Embrace: 1943 - 1944 | ||
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It was late 1943 when Julian met his future sire, a Toreador vampire going by the name Émile Moreau, at a private salon in Manhattan. A French nationalist who had likewise fled Paris at the beginning of World War II, Moreau had been a respected Symbolist painter in Montmartre himself and was instantly taken by Harrow's work and sharp wit. Julian was captivated in turn by Émile's hypnotic voice, his impossible knowledge of centuries-old art, and his decadent cruelty veiled in civility. | It was late 1943 when Julian met his future sire, a Toreador vampire going by the name Émile Moreau, at a private salon in Manhattan. A French nationalist who had likewise fled Paris at the beginning of World War II, Moreau had been a respected Symbolist painter in Montmartre himself and was instantly taken by Harrow's work and sharp wit. Julian was captivated in turn by Émile's hypnotic voice, his impossible knowledge of centuries-old art, and his decadent cruelty veiled in civility. | ||
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Though kindly and well-received, students described him as "strangely timeless," "beautiful in a cold, brutal way," and "like he's always watching." Outside his ivy-covered walls, Harrow cultivated relationships with curators, gallery owners, and occult historians, and he often spoke at private events where the "general public" was neither invited nor aware. Rumors swirled at the universities of secret salons and midnight lectures hosted in ruined chateaus or candlelit archives beneath museums. | Though kindly and well-received, students described him as "strangely timeless," "beautiful in a cold, brutal way," and "like he's always watching." Outside his ivy-covered walls, Harrow cultivated relationships with curators, gallery owners, and occult historians, and he often spoke at private events where the "general public" was neither invited nor aware. Rumors swirled at the universities of secret salons and midnight lectures hosted in ruined chateaus or candlelit archives beneath museums. | ||
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==Coterie== | ==Coterie== | ||
Revision as of 02:01, 27 January 2026
| Clan | Toreador |
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| Position | N/A |
| Status | 3 |
| Domain | Columbus |
| Coterie | N/A |
| Society | N/A |
| Path | Humanity - |
| Player | Ethan Rucker |
Contents
Overview
Alias(es): Julian Harrow, Thaddeus Ashvale, Leander Mirewood, Jared Wrenlow
Real Name: ???
Apparent Age: 35
Concept: Polite Monster, Charismatic Mastermind
Physical description: Julian Harrow appears as an unassuming academic-type with an average build that belies his underlying physical prowess. His dark, brunette hair has grown into a shaggy mane that flows down over his shoulders and he has hazel-green eyes which are typically framed with dark-rimmed glasses. Modest, yet fashionable, he primarily dresses in neutral tones of white, black, and grey, favoring collared shirts, sweaters, and long overcoats.
Detailed Status:
- Acknowledged by Prince Quentin King III of Boston, MA
- Respected as the Scion of Émile Moreau
- Diligent by Prince Madyson Holiday of Columbus, OH
Character Information
Known History
🧛🏻 Name: Professor Julian Harrow, MFA
(Born: 1909 - Turned: 1944 - Appears: Mid-30s) Aliases and Other Names: Jared Wrenlow, Leander Mirewood, Thaddeus Ashvale Current Occupation: Assistant Professor of Studio Art and Art History Affiliations: Royal College of Art, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Guggenheim Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, various state-run and private universities, and obscure think tanks under the aegis of private museums and collectors.
🎨 Early Years as a Mortal: 1909 - 1938
Julian Harrow (alias) was born into a faded, but dignified aristocratic family in Cambridge, England. The only son of a prominent lecturer of Western philosophy and an amateur sculptor, Julian grew up in an environment that was filled by both rigid scholarship and emotive creativity. This caused the younger Harrow to develop a deep fascination with art's relationship to intellect, and he found intrigue in the interplay between visual aesthetics and moral ambiguity.
From an early age, Julian displayed exceptional talent in both draftsmanship and painting. By age 20, he had trained at the Royal College of Art and quickly established himself as a scholar of painting, aesthetics, and art history.
🇺🇸 Emigration to America and Criminal Beginnings: 1939 - 1944
By the late 1930s, Europe was teetering. With war in the air and the political tides turning, Julian saw both the writing on the wall and how it could lead to grand opportunity. He arranged a quiet departure for New York City in early 1939, under the pretext of taking a visiting artist position amongst the universities along the New England east coast.
In America, he quickly ingratiated himself with the elite art world, marketing himself as a charismatic painter, appraiser, and historian, full of obscure knowledge and decadent charm. He particularly became known amongst high-profile dealers for his lush, modernist paintings; his strange, haunting works hinting at occult allegory and the world's steady moral decay.
🩸 The Embrace: 1943 - 1944
It was late 1943 when Julian met his future sire, a Toreador vampire going by the name Émile Moreau, at a private salon in Manhattan. A French nationalist who had likewise fled Paris at the beginning of World War II, Moreau had been a respected Symbolist painter in Montmartre himself and was instantly taken by Harrow's work and sharp wit. Julian was captivated in turn by Émile's hypnotic voice, his impossible knowledge of centuries-old art, and his decadent cruelty veiled in civility.
Within a few months of meeting, Julian agreed to become Émile's "protégé", thinking it was merely a generous artistic patronage. He was wrong. In October 1944, Julian was embraced, with Émile considering him his "final and greatest masterpiece."
(Émile Moreau would later disappear in the mid-1970s from Kindred society with many rumors abound that Julian was, himself, responsible for his sire's vanishing. No evidence has ever been suggested to prove this notion, however.)
🎨 The Scholarly Mask: 1945 - Present
To avoid the further brightening of his spotlight in lieu of his new un-life, Julian faked his death in a studio fire in the spring of 1947. His paintings henceforth abruptly ceased, and the art world, with New York now as its capitol, quietly mourned the loss of his promising talent.
Harrow took on one of many aliases, reinventing himself under as a soft-spoken, enigmatic professor at prestigious universities both small and large. He quickly gained a cult following among avant-garde students and disaffected intellectuals; his lectures carrying whispers of occultism, hidden meanings within classical works, and of paintings that drove men mad.
Though kindly and well-received, students described him as "strangely timeless," "beautiful in a cold, brutal way," and "like he's always watching." Outside his ivy-covered walls, Harrow cultivated relationships with curators, gallery owners, and occult historians, and he often spoke at private events where the "general public" was neither invited nor aware. Rumors swirled at the universities of secret salons and midnight lectures hosted in ruined chateaus or candlelit archives beneath museums.
