Updated: 10 January 1999
Tania
Unknown Generation Bâtarde
(6th Generation Lasombra Antitribu)

	Sire:	Francesca (1996)
	Nature:	Architect
	Demeanor:	Architect
	Humanity:	7
	Secrets:	*
	Status:
	Esprit:
	Elder Status:
	Lasombra Prestige:

Background:

                    For Tania Thomson life began one year ago. For some reason, she found herself wandering around with no reason, wounded and sobbing. She couldn't remember anything, save that her name was Tania. Desperate to find out what to do next, she was found by Francesca.

Though the idea seemed silly, she immediately knew that the strange woman was a vampire. Tania wasn't especially glad to follow Francesca but she had little choice...

Francesca was hunting when she met Tania. At first, she was happy to find a prey but something was wrong. Though the woman was a mortal, she obviously had been wounded by fire, badly wounded. She shouldn't be alive. Francesca observed the woman during some minutes until she was sure that her first intuition was correct: that mortal was a ghoul. Thus, to avoid any breach of the Masquerade, Francesca ordered the ghoul to follow her.

Finding the master of that ghoul proved to be impossible however. Indeed, the only thing the ghoul could remember was her name, Tania. As no kindred claimed anything about a lost ghoul, Francesca had no choice but to keep Tania for herself, assuming her former domitor had been destroyed.

Well, it was not so bad after all: whatever her former life could have been, Tania was a skilled doctor. Recently, Francesca was given permission to Sire by the Prince and she was searching someone to penetrate the medical milieu of Paris. Tania seemed to be the perfect candidate: excellent medical doctor, smart, good manipulator and last but not least handsome. Moreover, the two women enjoyed excellent relationship of mother-daughter type. Arnaud liked her as well, thus one year after she first met her, Francesca presented Tania to François Villon.

As she had no id cards (and the like), some work has to be done before Tania could be Embraced. To the surprise of Francesca, Ivan proved to be remarkably helpful providing all the papers needed in an amazingly short time. And he didn't ask anything...

In fact, Ivan was more than pleased to do that work. He felt literally happy when Tania was Embraced. Indeed, he knew exactly who Tania was. And he knew Francesca was unknowingly making enemies for herself. As Ivan doesn't like the Francesca nor Arnaud, all this situation was perfect for him...

That famous night, Juan was in a hurry. All these hunters pursuing him... Seemed to be time to take some holidays far from Paris. He phoned to his wife:

"Prepare our luggage honey, we're leaving soon. And if anything strange happens, drink the vitae I stored in the special fridge."

Then he rushed home. To bad he wasn't quicker : when he arrived his home was on fire. He had to battle the hunters and when it was over, only dust remained. Juan just had to mourn his wife and ghoul : Tania.

One year later, a beautiful night of June; Tania goes out from the Bichat Hospital. She's smiling : this is the biggest hospital of the city and she's just achieved control of it. As she led the whole case in less than four months, she's sure Francesca will be pleased and perhaps impressed...

well, perhaps.

Anyway, she decides to allow her some good time. She heads to the Champs-Elysées avenue, enters the Chesterfield Café.

Hum... she's not the only kindred here tonight... She begins to observe them and stops on one she founds attractive.

Juan was accompanying Catherine to one concert at the Chesterfield Café. Frankly, he found it boring and he couldn't comprehend what was so attractive in that music for Catherine. When he heard a sweet woman voice saying "Hello".

The two Kindred turned their head and were stuck by surprise...

Destiny

Appearance:

Age:	46	Hair:	Brown	Height:	1m75
Apparent Age:	32	Eyes:	Green	Weight:	60Kg
Date of Birth:	1951	Race:	Caucasian	Sex:	Female
RIP:	1996	Nationality:	english/French	Esprit:

                    Tania enjoys a Toreador-like beauty. She tends to dress very simply, favoring jeans, sweat-shirts and Caterpillars. She always know how to wear clothes therefore she's got some style. She has supermodel height and weight and could easily appear in a Galliano's mode show. She's got long brown hair and green eyes and her skin is like satin. Recently, she began to imitate her beloved Sire by wearing black clothes from head to toes...

Role Playing:

                    Tania speaks volubly with an authoritarian attitude. However, she acts with caution: being a Lasombra masquerading as a caitiff can be very dangerous... Tania feels the need to build something that will last even after her destruction. That's why she gladly Embraced the task of taking control of the medical milieu although her aim is to use her influence to better the medical system: she's not interested by power in itself. Though she lacks a lot of experience, she's by no means stupid and so far not all the kindreds who tried to take advantage of her had some time to regret it...

Notes:

                    Tania doesn't know anything about her past. Therefore, she's unable to understand that her love for Juan comes from her past. It's exactly the same for her friendship with Catherine.

And that's why she can't comprehend the bad feelings they have for Francesca. In fact, Juan feels her wife has been stolen by Francesca while Catherine hates her because she thinks Tania was the victim of a forced embrace, and probably deep Domination... The two wonder if Francesca wasn't behind the hunters...

In truth, none of those opinions is confirmed by the facts. Indeed, Francesca did really spent many nights to find out who were Tania's relatives. Moreover, Tania was willing to become a vampire. As Tania considers Arnaud and her sire as her family, there's no chance at all that she'd adopt Catherine point of view.

It's different for Juan because her love for him is really deep... But Juan would rather shut up his mouth than risk to loose is wife a second time in an open conflict with Francesca. Thus she has a hold over him... and that's probably why she didn't try to stop his relationship with her childe.

Unhappily for Francesca, Juan is one of the Knights of Meryt-Neith. And through him, the Methuselah has learned more about her (she knew about the presence of a childe of Montano in Paris, but needed more precise whereabouts).

In the same time, Tania has noted the sometime weird behavior of her lover (Juan is badly affected by the Aura of Corruption) and told her sire about that. Since then, Francesca is permanently watching for Juan trying to discover the reasons of that behavior and to figure out if it's dangerous for Tania.

Should she be successful, it wouldn't be long before Montano realizes that Nebneferptah is lying under Paris. What Meryt-Neith still tries to figure out is what he would do of that information...

Note that Tania is a powerful neonate. It's due to her generation of course, but also to her bloodline; indeed, Montano's Childer are particularly strong. As she's not recognized as a Lasombra Antitribu, as she masquerades as a caitiff of unknown generation. Few kindreds in Paris know of her existence.

Among them are those who knew Juan when she was his ghoul. So far, Juan has told no one about her; those close to him just know he wants to keep his love secret.

• Tania's father was English, her mother French. As a result she's bilingual. She learned Spanish at school.
• Her 'Influence 3' indicates she has a hold over the medical milieu all over Paris and its suburbs.
• Her two servants are Hubert Lagrange (Bichat hospital security chief) and Georges Michelet (head of the hospital). Both are mortals.
• Her two allies are... Juan and Catherine! (Note that their own 'problems' could make them her worst enemies!)
• She has not one but two mentors : Arnaud and Francesca (hence the rating of 3 instead of 2).

Actual Aim:

                    Tania is building her influence within the medical area. She's has already taken control of the Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital which is the biggest one of Paris. Some Kindred already owe boons to her as she allowed them to use the facilities of the hospital (some of which aren't especially obvious; one example is the huge parking of the hospital where a car can stay for months without being noticed...).

The other concern for her is to keep her lover, Juan, and her 'parents', Francesca and Arnaud. She worried about the strangeness of some Juan's actions. Moreover she's concerned by the dissent spread by Catherine between Juan and Francesca, and she's unable to decide what to do about this (In truth, Cath have no real viewpoint, but her Dark Side does...).

Rumours:

• You're Juan's secret lover (True).
• You're a caitiff (False).
• When it comes to medicine, you can be of some help (True).
• You're particularly weak and naive : no danger to expect from you (False).

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