Rena Harlowe

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Servant of the Reigning Shroud
(Content Warning: Drug Abuse and Toxic Relationship mentions throughout this character)

Appearance: Rena is a tall thin androgynous woman with brilliant blue hair. She's extremely agile and walks with a speed that is closer to the average person's run. She has a tattoo of barbed wire around her right bicep. She's rarely blushed so she looks even more like a dead person than she usually does. Probably not enough to make her look like anything but an old hand at taking drugs. Rena looks significantly less raggedy than she used to, as her vampire society connections have gotten her some non-ripped up clothes. She now wears a lot of skinny jeans and t-shirts with phrases on them and a black knit beanie.

Personality: Rena is ruled by her anger. The world dealt her a shit hand and she's fought and scraped every day to get that hand a little better. She's maybe only up to a jack high now while others are holding straights. She's someone so used to getting shit that she'll try to fight you at the very implication of fuckery. That said, under that, she's a really caring person. She yearns for people to protect and love though she doesn't feel she deserves it. To her, all love coming from people she doesn't completely trust is actually a trap. She loves attention though she doesn't really distinguish between good and bad attention. And she loves giving people nicknames. It's her love language. If she starts to warm up to you, you're getting a nickname and its probably an embarrassing one.

Voicecanon: Barrett Wilbert Weed

Important Note: DM me if your character is doing any research into Rena with her full name. It'll drudge up some information.

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Contacts

Big Bug: Her younger sibling. Not by blood or anything, but by shit that actually matters. They knew people that'd get her hooked up, she'd flatten anyone who fucked with them. She's not too proud to admit that she read some of their comics occasionally. And theeeeen she got turned and hooked on blood. She's done her best to avoid them since then because they deserve better than learning their sis is a monster.

Chip: She recruited Rena into the Ordo, when Rena was still floundering around debating burning everything down. Rena owes her a bunch for that. She'd probably have wandered into the sunlight looking for her sire if she hadn't had that hope.

Floretta: Why the fuck does she care so much? First she helped get Rena in touch with an instructor for the Coil of the Voivode and then she helped find her a family. She's been nothing but kind and Rena can't trust that for two seconds. Plus she has a dog. Not a big one, but terrifying none the less. You can't trust people with dogs.

Liezel: Okay, is magic real? Because Liezel made Rena's phone go from years of use to good as new with a snap of her fingers. Anyway, apparently she knows some other warlocks who are going to look and see if they can cure vampirism. She said not to get her hopes up, but too late. Any hope is infinitely more than Rena had prior.

James Holden's Childe: Rena hasn't met her yet, but James and Victor had dealings. She met James during some interminable meeting the two were having. Smiled and shook his hand and laughed at his jokes. The whole time turns out he had some tech genius in his basement. Could she have stopped him? Could she have killed him and saved that kid months of torture? It haunts her sometimes.

Sledge: Wait hold on is the frontwoman of FFAP a vampire? What the fuck? That band slaps! Rena snuck into one of their shows back when she was alive to get some E and it turns out they fucking rule.

Coriander: Rena got her ass kicked by her. Pissed Rena off something fierce. But they're blood in a way that Rena can respect, since it's just a Khaibit thing and not a Harlowe thing.

Guy-Sensei: He's mentoring her in the Sworn of the Axe. He's a tough motherfucker who listens to her problems without pity. And he's willing to give her some Vitae when she needs it.

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RP Hooks

Bad Dads Club: Non-consensual embraces are an executable offense, but you can't be executed if they can't find you. Her sire, Victor Koenig, made her what she was because he needed a compliant kindred to feed from. And now he's gone forever. She's left with a curse she never asked for and no one to turn to about it. If you have even remotely similar experiences, she'd love to talk through them with you and then go smash some shit to deal with the resulting emotions.

Addiction is a Powerful Thing: Even before getting embraced, Rena had a tiny bit of a drug problem. It's why she was a great mark for her sire. Someone he knew could be easily controlled. And control her he did. She's been left with a vitae addiction and a stage 3 blood bond to him. And it hurts. A lot. She needs to fix that. But until she figures out how to, she's doing her best to manage her cravings. She's sating the need for Vitae with hard drugs fed to junkies that she drinks from. The need for him is a little harder but she goes to recovery meetings at a local outreach group to talk through things the best she can.

And, Oh Yes, She Sees Ghooooooosts: As a Khaibit, she can see ghosts. And strix. And she can punch them. Or stab them as the case may be. If you need a haunting investigated or a ghost busted, come to her. She told the Ordo when she joined, in case they needed someone to help find a Perilous nest.

That's Unusual!: Blushing costs Vitae. Vitae means needing to eat later. Which means cravings that she can't fill. Cravings that gnaw on your insides and make your skin feel like its going to come undone. So in most places she remains unblushed. That's not an immediate tip off, her look is such that looking corpsey just makes her look like an addict you'd see on the street, but looking closely enough shows that she isn't breathing. She also moves too fast for a normal person and with too much force. Her walking slow somehow covers nearly as much ground as a normal person running. If you're on the lookout for supernatural things, Rena might be the easiest to find.

Odd Man Out: Rena isn't exactly comfortable with Kindred society. Getting told that they're untrustworthy and you should avoid them will do that to you. So while she'll go to Elysiums, she is always on edge about it and prefers to be elsewhere. Meaning she's usually in an endless stream of dives and parks and abandoned buildings and other places that won't kick out the homeless.

Nasty Crimegirl: A lot of vampires start to feel invincible when they first get powers that let them punch holes in walls and get shot without noticing. Rena didn't wait for the vampire powers for that. Anyone who knew Rena before getting turned knew her as the person who wasn't afraid to go up against impossible odds swinging. The girl who broke that guy's leg for misgendering Bug. The girl who stole a mugger's knife from his hands. The girl who three-pointered a lit bag of dog shit into a cop car's open window. If anything, getting the super powers has made her calm down. But a combination of bravery, bone-headed stupidity and a pathological need to prove herself has resulted in Rena needing to do one crazy thing after the next. A parallel could be drawn to addiction.

No Dogs Allowed: Rena is extremely afraid of dogs. She hates them with a deep abiding passion. Back before she was turned, it was the one thing she couldn't help Big Bug deal with. Now it's a revulsion bordering on frenzy material. If you give her any shit for it, she'll teach you a lesson in respecting phobias or at least in respecting phobias held by people who hit like mack trucks. She doesn't tell people where the fear stems from and anyone but Big Bug asking will get a death glare.

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Quotes
"Quote about Rena" - Person saying it

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Rena Harlowe

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Overview
Full Name: Rena Elizabeth Harlowe
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Mask/Dirge: Rebel/Junkie
Public Effects: Status (Ordo):
Status (City):
Occupation: Petty Theft
Birth: 06/12/1997
Nationality: American
Apparent Age: 21
Height: 5'11"
Clan: Mekhet
Covenant: Ordo Dracul
Bloodline: Khaibit
Family: Ashtifar

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