Tristão

Clan	Malkavian
Position	Archon
Status	5+3+3
Domain	Caldas Novas/GO
Coterie	None
Society	E-Division
Path	Humanity 00000
Player	Raphael Corrales

Overview

Technically, it's not The Crow

Alias(es):

Tristão, The Cursed;

The Cursed Actor;

The Pariah.

Real Name: "I never had a name".

Apparent Age: "22 years".

Concept: "Cursed Actor".

Physical description:

Tristan has strong French ancestry, with some slight traces of small-clan inbreeding (softened by the Embrace). He is slightly below average height and build between lean and athletic. His face features are delicate (almost androgynous), thin and angular (slightly pointed and upturned nose, triangular chin, highlighted cheekbones), so much so that they convey the feeling of being brittle. His hair is dark, shoulder-length, wavy and silky, mostly tousled. His eyes are dark, deep, insane and cruel, very cruel. Usually he always wears the same outfit, a hunting suit and a black shirt, both loose and of good elasticity (like an actor's rehearsal clothes). He is ALWAYS barefoot and his fingernails and toenails are black colored. Added to all this, Tristan is always heavily made up in black and white, the makeup pattern always changing.

Detailed Status:

Acknowledged by François Villon, former Prince of Paris (sometime in the 18th century);

Dedicated by the words of Donatello, former Seneschal of São Paulo: "For his assistance in rescuing Donatello from the Black Sect" (2004);

Trusted by the words of Gabriel Lawrence, former Seneschal of Sorocaba: "For the results of his numerous, risky and successful missions of infiltration and combat against Camarilla enemies" (2005);

Revered by the words of Demether Tsarovitch, former Prince of Sorocaba: "For the primacy and excellence in conducting the table of Firstborns for the principality for more than half a decade" (2010);

Influential by the words of Dom Henrique de Madrid y Castella, former Prince of Sorocaba: "For his well-coordinated movements for the reconstruction and strengthening of the Permanent Elysium of Grande Otello" (2013);

Dignified as a Camarilla Dignitary (since 2007);

August as Camarilla Luminary (since 2012);

Insightful as a Member of E-Division (since its founding);

Empowered as an Archon of the Malkavian Justicar Maris Streck;

Feared as an Archon of the Malkavian Justicar Maris Streck;

Loyal as an Archon of the Malkavian Justicar Maris Streck (since 2025).

Character Information

Known History

There are no proofs or records of Tristan's performance before his Acknowledgment (granted by François Villon a few years after the end of the French Revolution), but the stories and memories that the Cursed Actor, with extreme precision and richness of detail, indicate that he already he was born before the eighteenth century and even before the foundation of the Camarilla.

The Malkavian used his legendary theatrical talent to act behind the scenes of several major events in history (mortal and immortal) in general acting as a spy mainly in times of crisis and war.

After the Acknowledgment, he definitively broke off relations with his Sire and started to wander around Europe, absorbing cultures and developing himself in different types of arts.

In the early 2000s, he landed on Brazilian soil and began, despite various setbacks, his political career in the Camarilla. He held the positions of Primogen (for over half a decade), Sheriff, Harpy, and Consul, always standing out for his cleverness and rhetoric, as well as sometimes for his physical and social cruelty.

In mid-2016 he took over Praxis de Sorocaba, but despite the good performance he was forced after a few years to leave the position as a form of payment for a Life Boon due to his Harpy and mentor Demether Tsarovich. In his farewell address to his court he declared: "This is definitely not my will, my Throne should last a thousand years or more, but that is Camarilla Law what is due must be paid, and the Camarilla is greater than any Kindred." .

He moved to the Court of Campinas sometime in 2018, soon assumed the position of Sheriff but abandoned it after realizing that his appetite for politics was no longer the same.

He was recently named Master of Knowledge and Illuminated of the Malkavian Clan and currently wanders around Brazil helping where he is called, distributing his wisdom to those who ask and perfecting what is most sacred to him: his art.

Coterie

None.
[Only Malkavians: The New Malkavian Deck]

Allies

None.

Enemies

None.

Sire

There is controversy here, the Sire of Tristan constantly changed his name and appearance when interacting with his child, making his true identity a mystery.
Centuries later Tristan investigated his genealogy and arrived at the name of Amadeus von Hohenzollern as his progenitor. This fact, if true, makes Tristan a direct descendant of the Streck / von Hohenzollern lineage.

Childer

Angélica Lance / Angel.

Khepri (adopted).

Character Inspirations

"Tristão" from the comic book by the comic artist Estevão Ribeiro.

"Rumpelstiltskin" from the tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm.

"Niccolò Paganini", italian violinist and composer.

Soundtrack

Twisted Mind by the power metal band Avantasia.

Forsaken by the heavy metal singer David Draiman.

Bad Moon Rising (the cover version) made by Peter Dreimaniand and Clay Jones.

Hurt (both the original Nine Inch Nails version and the Johnny Cash cover).

Quotes

You call THAT the art? Get out of my way, I'm going to show you what REAL art is.

Yes, I'm the villain. But isn't our story about monsters? Therefore, I am her protagonist.

Cattle, I will kill you, that's a fact. Now how much you will suffer in the process is up to you.

Rumors

He is a consummate liar, but he never breaks an agreement.

He secretly works for the Malkavian Office, no matter who the Justicar is.

He trades knowledge with Kindred outside the Camarilla and even with non-vampiric creatures, but at what price?

He is an infiltrated Setite.

He "absorbs" the mind of any Malkavian that is destroyed in his presence.

He has a total of sixteen Derangements.

He is a virgin and hates any sexual insinuation or approach.

He hates all Toreador.

He often strikes deals with the Nosferatu and Tremere in the region.

He served as a professional torturer for several authoritarian governments.

He can take the form of a raven.

He is an extremely assertive seer, even by Malkavian standards.

He accepts any kind of agreement to learn or improve himself in an artistic field.