Preston Jonas DeWinter

Clan	Ventrue
Position	Deceased
Status	5+3
Domain	Chicago, IL
Coterie	None
Society	???
Path	Humanity 00
Player	Joshua Meredith

Overview

Preston DeWinter hunting Lupines outside of Kenosha

Alias(es): Preston Edricson, Safari DeWinter

Real Name: Preston Jonas DeWinter

Apparent Age: Late teens to early twenties

Concept: The Colonialist

Physical description: Just under six feet tall, with blond hair and blue eyes. Preston is barrel-chested and projects an aura of quiet confidence. Usually found in a business suit, Preston is not infrequently seen in a pith helmet and khaki as if out on some great safari.

Detailed Status:

• Acknowledged by Lady Rhiann of Genoa
• Cherished by Prince Haley Kincade (Deceased)
• Praised by Prince Jackson Riley
• Honorable by Prince Daniel Book (Deceased)
• Honorable by Prince Jackson Riley
• Exalted as Prince of Chicago
• Famous as Prince of Chicago
• Well-Known as Prince of Chicago

Character Information

Preston served the Camarilla in every Courtly position. He gets along unusually well with most Brujah despite his always-proper bearing and his mutually-antagonistic relationship with the Anarchs. Generally loathe to commit violence, he has been more willing to engage in it after several years of fighting the enemies of the California Camarilla. While rumor has it that he was once a vibrant and joyful young man, in more recent years he is cold and somber to a fault. He was destroyed defending his Praxis in 2011.

Known History

Preston is known to have been born in Pennsylvania before the War Between the States, and to have left the country for Oxford just before the fighting began. Embraced in England and undergoing his Accounting in Genoa, he eventually struck out on his own. Traveling through the Dark Continent and Asia, he eventually made his haven outside Calcutta, and after India gained independence, he made his haven in South Africa. When his Sire died in early 2006, Preston returned to the States and settled down in California for several years. Over the course of the last year, he has moved to Chicago where he quickly became Seneschal, and then Prince. He was destroyed defending his Praxis in 2011.

Allies

• Peter Premysl
• Haley Kincade (Deceased)
• Dugan McKinney (Deceased)
• Edward Stark (Deceased)
• Lyra McGovern (Deceased)
• Cash McGovern (Deceased)
• Paul Walker (Deceased)

Enemies

• Daniel Book (Deceased)
• Jacob Tallfeather (Deceased)
• Sebastian Crowe (Deceased)
• Tristan Kincade (Deceased)
• Vry (Deceased)

Frenemies

• Leonardo Gianelli
• Susanna Angel LaRouge (Deceased)
• Jackson Riley (Deceased)
• Heather of New Haven
• Paul Walker (Deceased)
• Katja Nothing

Sire

Lord Edric DeWinter, Prince of Oakland (Deceased)

Childer

Robert DeWinter

Broodmates

None Known

Character Inspirations

Statesmen, Explorers, Heroes, and Villains throughout history:

• Teddy Roosevelt (President of the United States)
• Jim Corbett (Big Game Hunter)
• John Hammond (Jurassic Park)
• Woodrow Wilson (President of the United States)
• Richard Nixon (President of the United States)
• John F. Kennedy (President of the United States)
• Daniel Plainview (There Will Be Blood)

Soundtrack

• Nick Cave: The Firstborn is Dead (entire album), The Weeping Song, Red Right Hand, Sweetest Embrace
• Johnny Cash: When That Man Comes Around, Man in Black
• Beatles: Ballad of Bungalow Bill
• Filter: Hey Man Nice Shot
• Primus: Puddin' Tain, Sathington Willoughby & The Return of Sathington Willoughby
• Oingo Boingo: Insanity
• Mozart: Toccata in Fugue
• Carl Orff: O Fortuna
• Wagner: Flight of the Valkyries
• Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata

Rumors

• Preston DeWinter ordered the death of Katja Nothing, and has made sure the real killers aren't found.
• Preston DeWinter hunts Lupines
• Preston DeWinter is a Setite Apostate
• Preston DeWinter is a member of a mysterious California coterie
• Preston DeWinter is the enemy of a mysterious California coterie
• Preston's sire was killed by another Ventrue, and he's still got a chip on his shoulder about it
• Preston tried to haven hunt a kindred in California, and fled the state when it was unsuccessful
• After Shanghai Kelly received the San Diego zoo as a gift from Jessica Keschhe decorated all of the feeders in the San Diego with a picture with Preston Jonas DeWinter likeness.