Sonya Nowagowski

Clan	Tremere
Position	Harpy
Status	6+2+3
Domain	Griffin, GA
Coterie	None
Society	M.U.T.E.
Path	Humanity Template:8dots
Player	Sonya Nowagowski

Overview

Jennifer as Sonya Nowagowski.

Alias(es):
Myrna Nowagowski, Sonya Nowagowski

Real Name:
Sonya Nowagowski

Apparent Age:
26

Concept:
Socially Awkward Mad Scientist

Physical description:
Sonya is a pretty female. She has long hair that she appears to mostly ignore and her eyes seem always downcast. She postures herself awkwardly and is in near constant motion, rocking and waving her arms. She has learned that waving her hands makes people nervous and they accuse her of doing magic, which annoys her so she tries to keep something in her hands to prevent that stereotypal activity. She wears a lab coat and usually has goggles on her forehead. She wears a very unusual LED lit labcoat that has 'Sonya' embroidered in blue on one side. She often carries a brown bookbag, a double viola-case (both of which contain countless apparently useless objects), a white folder, a theremin, or a keyboard. She often wears a variety of pins, most commonly one that reads "Mad Scientist" one that reads "Asexual" one that reads "I fear-" then something random, one that looks a little like the Deathly Hallows symbol with a red stone in the middle, one which promotes Deadpool for President, one which is the Gargoyle bloodline symbol (but she notably does NOT wear the Tremere symbol), and one that is shaped like a silver filigree moon with pearls hanging off of it - and any number of other pins. Otherwise, she dresses casually in T-shirts which usually have some kind of science slogan on them, trousers or tights of some sort, and glowing sneakers. She often wears glowing skirts, and has recently learned what formal means. It means glowing dresses.

Detailed Status:

• Acknowledged (Prince Lawrence Meeks, Baton Rouge LA)
• Insightful (Tremere Primogen Arturio Salvatore)
• Intelligent (Seneshal Terry Smith)
• Patient (Prince Vincent St.John)
• Charming (Prince Rook of Annapolis, MA)
• Cherished (Prince Amuxli Gamli of Lake Lucy, FL)
• Influential as Harpy
• Well-Connected as Harpy
• Dignified as Dignitary
• August as Luminary
• Dedicated as a member of M.U.T.E.
• Resourceful as Admin of M.U.T.E.

Known History

Sonya Nowagowski and her viola.

Sonya (who went by Myrna for most of her life) was recruited by Clan Tremere while she was still at Bryn Mawr University, despite the fact that she was dependent upon a communication book of words and phrases to speak. She was a very gifted scientist and showed a great deal of promise, especially in written format. Once embraced, she buried herself in research and was not seen in public again until 2012 when she was sent to Griffin, Georgia.

The year had, by all appearances, been a very busy year for Sonya. She was active in the city and - probably due to this new public identity - no longer needs to use the communication book to talk. She also volunteers to protect less martial citizens during battles and appears to be somewhat effective with this.

Beginning 2014, Sonya has appeared to go more and more insane. She complains of auditory and visual hallucinations, visions, and nightmares, and occasionally asks people if they are sure that they are real. She has been seen exhibiting odd behavior around the city and those who have seen her writing know that she experiences severe dysgraphia. She showed up at gather one night in pajamas and insisted that someone was trying to burn down her house. She is occasionally distracted and frustrated by unseen agitators and appears to find relief mostly by hyper focusing on mathematical or scientific computer work. Her viewpoint, when prompted, is that she is upset because she is a scientist and scientists depend on sensory input for data, but she can no longer trust that. This appears to be the major source of frustration on her behalf.

Towards the end of 2014, Sonya and Gaia were involved in a bit of an odd performance that caught the attention of the new Prince. Nothing untoward happened, aside from the power inexplicably cutting out. Prince Pompeii declared it illegal for kindred to provide public entertainment. Since then, Sonya's attendance at gather has been a bit more sporadic - in that she tends to be in the area in case she is needed (and a gather hasn't gone by that she wasn't), but doesn't attend overmuch. Towards the end of 2015, she began carrying a silver boombox around with her and playing music where-ever she was as well as singing along with whatever is playing. She is a very good singer and has made some new friends because of this habit. She makes a point of publicly asking a member of the administration if she may please sing along to her CDs. People who know her well think that there must be a point to this. People who know her REALLY well suspect that the point may be routine.

Despite her difficulties getting along with the former administration - or perhaps because of it - 2016 and early 2017 saw Sonya coming a lot more into her own. She developed an assertive streak, stubbornly collecting intelligence and presenting it to those she considered most in need of it for the betterment of the city. She had a hand in many of the more prolific events of the domain, mostly in an investigative format, and has made friends with the people in power in spite of herself (and possibly themselves). When the Praxis changed to Jan Von Reinlander, Sonya saw that her voice was being listened to (a change). When it changed to Prince Stevens, Sonya found herself thrust into the position of Primogen - by invitation.

Her service as Primogen was arguably without incident and she did a good job. She investigated as expected and quite often had hard-to-acquire information for the other Primogen. As a result, when Pompeii returned and took Praxis again, he agreed to allow her to remain Primogen (even though she was fairly vocally against him).

The night that Pompeii gave up his Praxis, the Harpy changed over as well and the Primogen Council promoted Sonya Nowagowski to Harpy.

From what the members of the Domain and the Primogen Council have said, Sonya has served the Domain has Harpy admirably through several Princes. Through Prince Gabriel, to the peaceful transition to Prince Farro, to the somewhat rockier transition to Prince Aribella - a transition which required Sonya's oversight, as Aribella was challenged not by Farro, who understood why power was transitioning in 2019, but by a one status gentleman who was apparently of the opinion that "becoming Prince should be hard, so I will be a challenger." Sonya served as a mediator and guardian for this dispute, even going so far as to ensure that an Independent who was insisting upon watching was seen out of the room - and helped the pair come to their ultimate decision, namely that Prince Aribella was the best choice.

Over this time, Sonya endeared herself to the Domain. She became known for being willing to help, especially with information gathering, and often is willing to offer advice and encouragement to help citizens avoid scandal and learn how to be better Camarilla members. She is known for providing choices in the instance of Scandal and severe disapproval of punitive boons; most people appear to believe that she is fair... or at least that's what they tell her. During her time as Harpy, the boon economy went from being nearly completely unused to booming, and most of those well-positioned individuals place a fair amount of the credit with Sonya's efforts and advice. She has also taken to glowing - often brightly, and it's getting worse - with LED lights pinned to her clothing and various glowing clothing pieces and jewelry being added to her ensemble. She insists that wattage is very important. She appears very comfortable in Griffin, especially among the Malkavians there.

On Prince Aribella's death, Sonya worked as part of an independent death investigation and ultimately found herself overseeing and deciding a second Praxis claim - in absentia of one of the claimants, who had fled - when Prince Ezekiel took Praxis of Griffin, Georgia. Despite some political pushing from outside of the city encouraging the Council to change Harpies, the Primogen were all very insistent that Sonya was the best choice, and who they would prefer in the position.

Tremere Only

Sonya Nowagowski, ready for science.

Is currently the Regent of Griffin and Thomasville, Georgia.
Also recruiter of House Trismegestus.

Coterie

Mentions several, none known.

Allies

• Jay "JJ" Johnson
• Ezekiel
• Former Archon Black
• Seraphina Charfour
• Morgan Trevani
• Dr. Adrienne Stratton, PhD
• Warren DeMontegue
• Sybil Chandler-Blanchett
• Triple T (Confirmed Deceased)
• Roy (Confirmed Deceased)
• Danny Storm (MIA)
• Saxton H. Redfield (MIA)
• Oscar/Spider (MIA)
• Gaia (MIA)
• Darklight (MIA)
• Q-Mark (MIA)
• Aribella Jones (Confirmed Deceased)
• Adam Goff (Confirmed Deceased)
• Donatello Giovanni (MIA, Presumed Deceased)
• Christophe Chauvin Rosati (Confirmed Deceased)

Enemies

Claims none. While she'll admit to being annoyed by most people, she does not really care enough to state that anyone is her enemy.

Sire

Saul, childe of Simon the Miller. Odds on bet is that he's a Tremere.

Childer

None.

Broodmates

• Shane Fitzgerald
• Seraphina Charfour

Character Inspirations

• Temple Grandin
• Ellen Boundreaux
• Donna Williams
• Thomas Bethune
• Tedd and Grace from El Goonish Shive
• Sparks from Girl Genius
• Rain Man
• Leonard Da Quirm (from Terry Pratchett's Discworld)
• Darryl McAllister (from Diane Duane's "A Wizard Alone")

Soundtrack

• The X-Files Theme (P.M. Dawn Remix) by Mark Snow
• Breakdown by The Alan Parsons Project
• Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan
• Brainwaves by Delerium
• Eye of the Storm by SRC
• A Self Called Nowhere by They Might Be Giants
• Fool On the Hill by Paul McCartney
• Different People by No Doubt
• She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby
• Beyond the Century by Karl Jenkins
• Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls
• I'm Looking Through You by The Beatles
• Living In A Bubble by Eiffel 65

• Concerto alla Rustica in G-Major, RV 151 by Vivaldi
• I Stand Alone by Steve Perry
• Change by Oingo Boingo
• Germs by Weird Al Yankovic
• Electricity by Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark
• Palladio by Adiemus
• Some Other Time by The Alan Parsons Project
• (Please Don't Let Me Be) Misunderstood by Santa Esmerelda
• Pinball Wizard by The Who
• Weird Science by Oingo Boingo
• Nowhere Man by The Beatles
• Still Alive by Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories
• Waiting On A Miracle by Stephanie Beatriz
• Make Your Own Kind of Music by Mama Cass

• Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
• Pressure by Billy Joel
• No Spill Blood by Oingo Boingo
• Quiet by Alisha Weir
• Veteran of the Psychic Wars by Blue Oyster Cult
• I'm Alive by Electric Light Orchestra
• Eyes of Nostradamus by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• You Can't Stop the Girl by Bebe Rexha
• Cycle by Derivakat, Netrum
• I Hear a Symphony by Cody Fry

Quotes

S: "It is a trap, you know."
"Why didn't you tell anyone?!"
S: "Because it's obvious."

"I am a scientist. I need my senses to provide accurate input."

S: "It's a trap."
"I know!"
S: "... I can't win."

"I don't know that I'm okay with you dating my sire."
S: "I'm not sure that I am, either, but he seems pretty okay with it."

"So, you're a singer."
S: "No, I'm a violist."
"I heard you singing."
S: "Yes, I do sing. I also play piano, theramin, and the Tesla coils. However, I am a violist."

S: "Magic? Don't be silly. I'm a scientist. I do science."

"Do you see a way in?"
S: "The door's locked. Can you walk through walls?"
incredulously "No."
S: "That's weird. I can."
...
"Can you make it so that I can walk through the walls?"
S: "No. I guess corporeality a thing that you either do or don't do."
"Oh."
S: "I suppose that I could teach the wall to be incorporeal and then it shouldn't put up much resistance to you."

"All things are made up of particles and waves. What I do is find ways to study these waves, and then find ways to affect these waves. I find the sorts of things that a person can do that tells the waves to budge up a bit if I need them to. It's nothing that any properly trained scientist couldn't do."

"There's a difference between a hypothesis and a conclusion. Why does everyone find this so hard to grasp? When I say I have a hypothesis, it means that I need to test not that I already have evidence!"

S (to Prince Pompeii): "May I play music in public tonight?"

S (to Prince Pompeii): "I'm going to an Anarch record club to find the Sabbat propagandist."
Pompeii (disinterested): "That's fine."
S: "It's a hipster drum circle thing."
Pompeii: "Yeah? Okay."
S: "May I play music while I'm there? It'll be public."
Pompeii: "What?"
S: "I think I'll bring my theramin."
Pompeii: ...
S: "I'll be out of place if I'm not playing an instrument. It's a jam session. May I play music while I'm there?"
Pompeii: "Just... just do what you need to, okay? And Sonya? Report to Danny, okay?"
S: "Okay. Oh, sir?"
Pompeii: "YES?!"
S: "May Gaia dance while we're there?"
Pompeii: ... "Do what you need to do."

S (to Prince Pompeii for about the eighth gather in a row): "Oh! May I sing along with my CD player in public tonight please?"
Pompeii: "Yes. Yes! Look, Sonya, you can do whatever music you want provided that the music isn't magical, okay?"
S: "Okay. None of my music is magical."
Pompeii: *gives Sonya a funny look*
S: "Tesla coils are science."
Pompeii: "Look, just don't break the Masquerade, okay?!"

"Would you like to be omniscient?"

"... Oh, no. I've just realized that I have more social skills than anyone else in this room. I'm sorry. I've fallen in with a bad crowd; I've got to leave." *leaves*

"Peopling lessons are for the teacher. To learn that we have worth, value. To learn how to include. To learn how to stop leaving us out. How to stop pushing us aside. To learn how to walk into a room and look around and not think 'is everyone here?' but instead think, 'Who isn't here?' and start to realize that in every room, every time, we aren't."

Rumors

Sonya is crazy.
Sonya has a phobia of giraffes taxi cabs.
Sonya has made Sovereign Princes cry.
Sonya is drugging the Primogen of Clan Gangrel.
Sonya is a seer.
People who have used telepathy on Sonya have gotten stuck or gone insane.
Sonya has discovered the secret power of the Pied Piper.
When the Primogen Council voted for Harpy, Sonya voted against herself and for her competitor.
Sonya is really a Malkavian
Sonya is married, but they have a lot of Obfuscate, so no one is sure with who.
Sonya is in a band.