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Wayland Smith
Wayland Smith
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Character Information
Birth Name Rene Adler
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Species Vampire
Clan Toreador
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Gender Male
Orientation Bisexual
Ethnicity Cajun
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Occupation Stage magician
Languages English
Powers and abilities Auspex
Celerity
Presence
Connection Information
Sect Camarilla
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Relatives Angelique Stravinsky (sire)
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Background Information
Player NPC
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Flamboyant and charismatic, Wayland was born to entertain, and he likes to do so with a combination of sexuality, crowd intimacy, and dangerous (or faux dangerous, at least) vibes. Among the Toreador, he is something of an indulgent favorite, acknowledged as a problem child for his lack of fashion sense and polite society manners but still entertaining for a night of slumming every once in a while. Wayland himself seems ready for and liable to do anything, as long as it doesn't involve wearing a suit or having to humiliate himself for the amusement of any elders.

Biography

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Mortal Life

British-born but raised for most of his childhood in New Orleans, Wayland was a generally discontent youth, indulging in petty theft and vandalism with friends for lack of anything more interesting to do. His parents tried to interest him in various hobbies over and over until finally, totally by accident, they happened to take him to a club where he saw a stage magician perform. Wayland was immediately entranced by the concept and threw himself into learning the craft, convincing a local magician to take him on as an apprentice and beginning to put his own, more urban spin on the classic tricks he learned. He eventually became semi-popular as a street performer in DC's more touristy areas, which he preferred to the stifling environment of dinner theaters and comedy clubs.

Embrace

The Embrace, like his passion in life, struck Wayland mostly by accident as well. After a particularly rousing act on a hot summer's night went well, he noticed a very beautiful woman at the fringes of his crowd and, as he was used to doing, decided to focus on her for the end-of-the-night patter in the hopes of spending the night with her. The woman was Angelique, who was happy to be wooed with the secret knowledge that she would probably just feed from him... but the evening was cut abruptly short as a local Anarch dissident, furious and half-frenzied after a particularly brutal restriction of the sect's feeding grounds, recognized her and decided to express his displeasure by directly attacking this representative of the Camarilla.

Wayland, who had no knowledge of Kindred politics, just saw a mugger going after his attractive (and probably rich) companion, and tried to defend her, which proved fatal when the first few supernaturally strong blows hurled him to the ground and broke his neck. Angelique managed to use her powers of Presence to frighten the attacker off, and in a rare moment of compassion decided to Embrace Wayland on the spur of the moment, saving him at the brink of death. She wiped the memory of the event from Wayland's mind to protect herself from any punishment from the Prince, and Wayland was presented to the Prince as an unknown Toreador neonate that Angelique gallantly found and rescued from the harsh streets.

Activity in Washington, DC

Wayland suspects that Angelique knows more about where he came from than she's telling, but without being able to prove it, he hasn't been able to do much more than spend time with her in the hopes she tells him something in the future. He has also begun an on-again off-again relationship with Rachel Evans, with whom he shares a preference for non-traditional artforms, and does odd jobs for the Primogen once in a while partly out of affection for her.

Although no one has been able to quite pin it down, it's undeniable that there have been a surprising number of violent, unexplained incidents in Wayland's vicinity, none of which he seems to have any memory of. He claims this is just a coincidence, but the Harpies are keeping an eye on him... just in case.

Death

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Personal Life

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Abilities

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Skills

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Powers

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See Also

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