Randall Scott

Clan	Tremere
Position	Primogen (Regent)
Status	4+1
Domain	Dayton, OH
Coterie	None
Society	{{{Society}}}
Path	Humanity 000
Player	Jason Ruth

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Overview

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Tremere Event, 2009

Alias(es): None Used

Real Name: Unknown

Apparent Age: A youthful mid 30's

Concept: Beat Bokor

Physical description: A long haired, young looking man. Generally wearing Goodwill clothing, an ironic t-shirt, a worn US Army messenger bag and a battered trilby hat. He is also adorned with various trinkets of either a magical or religious nature. He usually smells vaguely of marijuana or alcohol. There is almost always a grin on his face, and his laughter comes easily. He will most likely be found in a circle of Kindred, loudly expounding on either some random subject or his own worthlessness.

Detailed Status:

• Acknowledged -- Tara, Prince of San Diego
• Resourceful -- William Shultz, former Prince of Baltimore
• Resourceful -- Sean Donaghy, former Prince of Baltimore
• Well Connected -- Sean Donaghy, former Prince of Baltimore

Character Information

Known History

There's not much "Known" about Randall Scott. Even his name is a fraud, which he will cheerfully admit. He's (depending on when you ask) from Arkansas, California, Oklahoma, or any number of other places. Sometimes he lived through the Great Depression, sometimes he missed it. He may have served in the Pacific during the Second World War, maybe he fought in Korea, perhaps he's criminal and the only serving he did was on the chain gang. The only consistent portions of his story are that he grew up poor, went "On the Road" while wandering the United States, has always been able to talk to ghosts, and considers himself to be a voodoo sorcerer (a Bokor).

He "Earned His Bones" in Baltimore, where he served as Sheriff for a time back in 2007. A position he describes as "My investigation abilities backed up by four Gangrel who liked to hit people". For an unknown reason (Most likely due to some sort of arcane situation within the Tremere) he ended up moving to Dayton along with William Shultz and Elias Beecher in 2009. The other two have since moved on, but Randall stayed.

These nights he seems to spend his time traveling around the Ohio Domains, avoiding whatever supernatural or political events that may be occurring and instead chatting people up on Elysium. He seems to be on a crusade against what he refers to as “The lazy science of the stereotype”, and tries to point out that regardless of Clan…most Kindred are “just folk trying to get by”.

He is also often seen in the company of various Giovanni, and the rumor mill has him romantically involved with one.

Allies

• William Shultz (Deceased)
• Hugo Valentine
• Alana Lowery
• Ester Lyra
• Johnathan Gwynn
• Marli Giovanni
• Lan Blackwood
• Malcolm Durret
• Cameron McMichaels
• Ilona Lazarion
• Justin Lazarion
• Adam Stonebrooke
• Michael Grim

Character Inspirations

Kerouac, Ginsburg, Corso, Charles Bukowski, Tom Waits, Camus

Anti-Nihilist?

Stepford Smiler?

So-Called Coward?

Soundtrack

• Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombone
• Tom Waits - Tango Till They're Sore
• David Byrne - Like Humans Do
• Morphine - Cure For Pain
• Tom Waits - Hang on St. Christopher
• Talking Heads - Lifetime Piling Up
• Tom Waits - Going Out West
• Fugazi - Merchandise
• Radiohead - Paranoid Android
• Tom Waits - God's Away on Business

...Pretty much anything by Tom Waits, really.

Quotes

• "I'm a botanist by hobby. A very certain type of botanist. A niche, really. I, uh, grow pot."
• "Your shoes really don't have anything interesting to say, and they speak Chinese."
• "There is nothing more satisfying than using eldritch powers for irresponsible purposes."
• "You wanna smoke a J?"
• "Imagine Sisyphus is happy!"
• "Behold, Randall Scott! The World's Worst Tremere!"
• "Oh, I've been there! Well, not since I died..."
• "Who you gonna call?! House High Saturday, bitches, that's who!"
• "Seriously. I can't fly, throw fire, conjure anything, grab you with my mind. Unless you want to know what a table lamp thinks, or need to talk to a dead guy, I'm really quite useless"
• "Good to meet ya! Here, have a beer!"
• "Hallucinogens alter your consciousness. They pierce the veil and allow you to commune with the spirit world. That's why they're used in so many shamanic rites. Also, they let you see dragons. And that's pretty cool."
• "There's a Nietzsche quote that pretty well sums up my life's expereinces: 'In consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him'. Dark? Yup! But life ain't pretty, and if you can't embrace the absurd and shed some angst then the horror will kill you."
• “Oh, yeah, when I went to the Clan Fair in my High School gymnasium the Tremere booth really called out to me. It had a great pamphlet, and I really liked the idea of having a career as a ‘Untrustworthy Blood Mage that will sell his mother for a nickel and get all Jaffar on some Prince’. So that’s why I totally chose to be a Tremere! What…you didn’t go to a job fair and choose to be what Clan you are?”

Rumors

• Is a serial liar who can't even keep his stories straight
• Is a coward at heart
• Is always high or tripping on LSD, and is a complete hedonistic degenerate
• Plays the fool, but is actually a terribly powerful sorcerer
• Is not actually a liar, but has done so many drugs that he is legitimately confused about his past
• Can lay down an old-school Voodoo curse on you if you upset him
• Belongs to a cabal of necromancers
• Is a powerful necromancer
• Is a close personal friend of Elias Beecher
• Gave a newly embraced Assamite who was having trouble coming to terms with his situation a copy of "The Myth of Sisyphus"
• Suffers from PTSD, which explains his sometimes erratic behavior
• Fought in a 20th Century conflict. Which one seems to change from telling to telling.
• Spent most of his Human life as a wandering itinerant, and as a result has seen much of the United States
• Once spent eight months in the Underworld as a result of a botched experiment
• Says that he's "On the Beat", people call him a hippy, but it's all an act
• Can send ghosts and spirits to kill you whenever he wants
• Hates Communists as much as Joe McCarthy
• Is in a relationship with Marli Giovanni
• The root of his rather care-free demeanor is not hippy-pacifism but an Existential embrace of the absurdity of the Kindred condition
• Abuses drugs and alcohol not as part of any shamanic tradition, but because he can't handle the pain of being a Vampire
• Once gave Garrett Dannington a magic pipe that he then re-gifted to Justicar Art Morgan
• Once did battle with King Kong in Baltimore for the affections of the damsel in distress
• Is actually a nice, laid back, fun guy and it's not just an act. Obviously he's not long for the world
• He can't actually talk to ghosts or spirits, but is simply a madman
• Promised Ester Lyra a zombie for Halloween, but failed to produce. She was sad
• Also offered to raise Philip Walkin's dog as a zombie dog. He politely declined.
• (Tremere only) Challenged a drunken Justin Lazarion to Certamen. When Lazarion sobered up, he apologized and the duel was canceled
• (Tremere only) Used to be a hedge mage and a necromancer
• (Tremere only) Has created several custom rituals for his house, and is something of a wiz kid
• (Tremere only) Is the recruiter for High Saturday, and may be in the top leadership
• (Tremere only) Has been agitating to allow Samedi membership in High Saturday, but is as yet unsuccessful.
• (Tremere only) He was the only Regent to volunteer to defend Lord Alexander Kull, former head of the Horned Society, at his Tribunal. He was unsuccessful.
• (Tremere only) If Randall Scott is defending you at your Tribunal, you have done fucked up: He will defend you with passion, with elan, and will tip back a drink to your memory when he loses.