Claude Schaeffer

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Clan Tremere
Position Seneschal
Status 4+3+1
Domain Atlanta, GA
Coterie Conceptua
Society Elysian Knights Society
Path Humanity 0000000
Player Roddy



Overview

Mathemagical!

Alias(es):

Real Name: Nunya

Apparent Age: 25

Concept: Socialite and Magical Theorist

Physical description: Claude Schaeffer appears in his mid-twenties with wavy brown hair, just this side of unkempt. He dresses mildly fashionably when at gather, usually with a beret and a scarf.

Personal Status:

  • Acknowledged by David Nanuk, Prince of Anchorage, Alaska
  • Industrious by Dr. B, Dignitary of the Camarilla
  • Cherished by Harold Keys, Tremere Primogen of Atlanta
  • Insightful by Adrian Riddle, Tremere Primogen of Middle Georgia

Positional Status

  • Cherished as Seneschal of Atlanta, GA
  • Trusted as Seneschal of Atlanta, GA
  • Esteemed as Seneschal of Atlanta, GA


Honorary Status

  • Honorable as member of the Elysian Knights Society


Tremere Only:

  • Apprentice of the Third Circle of Mysteries
  • House Ars Scientia


Character Information

Known History

"Tegmark was right, and Thaumaturgy can prove it. So much cooler than throwing fireballs at Sabbat every night!"

Claude Schaeffer is a visible and increasingly influential presence in Atlanta's Camarilla. He first appeared at Sovereign Prince McMillan’s Winter Solstice celebration in December 2022, where he procured rare art, hosted a game that drew participants from across the city, and concluded the evening with more than twenty boons. Keeper Dr. B recognized his contributions by awarding him Industrious standing.

Since then, Claude has become a regular figure at court. He moves easily between social groups, offering composed observations and engaging readily in philosophical or arcane conversation. Though rarely involved in physical conflicts, he has intervened more than once through Psychic Projection, providing key situational insights to field operatives while retaining a broad, big-picture view of a given engagement.

Asked about his magic, Claude typically deflects with the phrase “nothing useful,” before launching into enthusiastic discussions of chaos dynamics, n-dimensional modeling, and the structural logic of complex systems. These digressions often obscure more than they reveal. While few understand the full scope of his practice, more observant Kindred suspect that his work blends symbolic topology, recursive metaphysics, and precision data environments. Apart form his work with Conceptua, it remains unclear how practical this is on a nightly basis. That Claude readily admits that his interests are more arcane than pragmatic does nothing to dissuade those with such opinions.

In 2023, Claude helped organize the Tremere-led Clan Pride celebration. His intricate scoring model proved too complicated for casual play, but the event succeeded nonetheless, earning him public recognition from the Tremere Primogen.

Outside Atlanta, Claude has been retained as a consultant on projects requiring mathematical insight, metaphysical modeling, or systems design. He prefers algorithmic simulations and interactive constructs over traditional ritual tools and is more often found calibrating digital systems than sifting through physical evidence.

By 2024, Claude had risen to Primogen and then Seneschal under Prince Petra Grunwald. He also joined the Elysian Knights Society, where he has advocated for a renewed sense of purpose rooted in service, structure, and shared civic identity.

Coterie

Conceptua is less a traditional coterie and more a consultative enterprise operating at the intersection of mysticism, mathematics, and strategic analysis. Founded by Claude Schaeffer and Jon Mavros, Conceptua offers high-order insight to domains, clans, and Kindred projects requiring specialized problem-solving across metaphysical, political, or informational planes.

The coterie selects engagements with care and appears to prioritize projects involving symbolic systems, recursive logic, planar phenomena, or emergent civic structures. Claude handles arcane modeling and field theory while Jack—serves as conceptual architect and political interface. Those familiar with their work describe them not as fixers, but as pattern interpreters—reconstructing what others overlook and reframing problems in ways that reveal new forms of influence and control.

https://conceptua.space/

Allies

  • Jon (Jack) Mavros

Enemies

  • Claude is unaware of any enemies he may have. Poor fool.

Sire

  • Not publicly known

Childer

  • None publicly known

Broodmates

  • None publicly known

Character Inspirations

Soundtrack

Quotes

  • "I'm not that kind of Tremere."
  • "Magic? Only if you consider mathematics magic. Right now I'm working on trading algorithms using normed-division algebra so I can utilize sedenions and octonions for higher-dimensional analyses..."
  • "Mathemagical!"

Rumors

  • Claude doesn't know any of the thaumaturgy for which his clan is known.
    • No, he does. His chosen field of study is just so arcanely theoretical that none of it is practical on a nightly basis.
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