Clova Haines
Background
Clova Haines’ parents moved from Jamaica to New York. She worked hard to escape the slums and, in time, earned a business degree and found work at a brokerage house. She could not imagine that one of her clients was a Lasombra bishop in the retinue of Archbishop Polonia. Her work sufficiently impressed the bishop, however, and he made her his personal financial manager.
She spent 10 years as the bishop’s doting ghoul before Polonia ordered her Embraced to better capitalize upon her service. A few years later the Camarilla drove the Sabbat from New York City. Clova was the only survivor from the bishop’s pack because she felt less blood-inspired loyalty to Mwco Cm BY N!w 58 I \ c ~~~~ ~~~ ~~ e other members.
She ran, hid and finally walked to New qsey along the bottom of the Hudson River. Clova faced the choice of regrouping with Polonia or :ting out on her own. She chose the latter course. Of all e Sabbat-held cities, which offered financial opportuni’s to match New York? Clova decided to aim high and :k her fortune in Mexico City itself.
Soon after Clova arrived, she realized that her place in Ilonia’sextended staffhad insulated her from the more brutal d raucous aspects of the Sabbat. Mexico City showed her dence and madness beyond anything she imagined but ierecouldshego?TheNewYorkassaultshowedherwhat the unarilla did to her kind.
She attended every rim she could Id and offered her services as a financial planner to the Sons d DaughtersofCaine. Most Cainites jeered, but not all. Even tter, she found the Calpulli Rojo coven, which existed xifically for idiosyncratic Cainites like herself. Clova Haines now operates the Grupo Triskdion, or ’riskelion Group,” out of a basement office in Satellite City.
‘he company name holds no special significance. Clova nply liked the three-legged triskelion symbol and thought e name sounded intriguing.) Clovahas two mortal employs in her thrall, a bed in a back room and a small but growing t of Cainite clients. As her clients discover the pride and wure of wealth, the jeering diminishes.
Clova looks forud to the night when prisci and archbishops give her the vestment capital to grow into a major investment firm.
Character Description
Clova is a dark-skinned woman with crinkly, rk-brown hair that she pulls back in a bun. She dresses business suits during work hours. When Clova attends ae to drum up business, she loosens up a bit.
Roleplaying Hints
Don’t let that blood-gods-of-theght shit impress you, or that end-of-the worldshit frighten u. Most of these guys couldn’t balance a checkbook ithout setting it on fire; if they weren’t Cainites, they’d be 1 welfare or in jail. They need you, but just don’t know it yet, so let the mockery bounce off your austere smile. Share the blood, yeah, sure, play along with the rituals so they’ll talk to you. Ditch the jacket, it’s too formal. It’s not too different from the wilder parties you remember from college, after all, or the loopier bonding-games the consultants had you play. Think of it as networking. Everybody’s dancing, so join in. Really, some of them are okay beneath the bragging. Laugh at the jokes, let your hair down. Jump the fire? Why not? It’s kind of fun, really. Oh my, how did you end up naked and covered in blood-sweat? Ahem. Better find a shower or a towel before you return to the office.