Continuing the build...<br/><br/>"Junior" (Seth al-Kahir Andallus)<br/><br/>Template: Emissary of Power<br/>High Concept: Right Hand of Set<br/>Problem: Dad's Rep Gets In The Way<br/><br/>Background<br/>Junior's father, according to his mother, was a US Marine during the brief American presence in Lebanon, which is where they had a brief whirlwind romance before he was killed in a training accident.  This, he does not believe: the numbers don't add up, and his mother isn't Lebanese.  She is, however, flighty and flaky, and in spite of her young ambitions of being a movie star or a famous Egyptologist, works as a waitress at the same neighborhood greasy spoon in his hometown.  Having to work extra hours to make ends meet, she left his upbringing in the hands of her stern and disapproving parents, who took a certain delight in expressing their displeasure at his very existence to the boy.  This probably contributed to his clear and present delinquency all the way through junior high and high school!  In spite of his bad conduct and worse attitude, he was never finally suspended or expelled, nor did he drop out (to the openly expressed surprise of a guidance counselor, both grandparents, and most folks who knew him).  On graduation night, he packed up his things and hit the road.  He hasn't been back since, but calls his mother to let her know he's all right and to catch up.  His grandparents passed away a few years ago.  He has no other family.<br/><br/>Aspect: Rebel Without A Pause<br/><br/>Rising Conflict<br/>Junior remembers the night he got recruited by the Old Man very well: down to his last thirty bucks, he'd stopped at a Denny's to get a bite to eat and plan his next move (and hide from the heavy rain pouring down outside).  Ignoring the tableful of loudmouthed rednecks at the other table and their clear attempts to goad him into responding, he stretched out his meal as long as he could...until one more crack about 'camel jockeys' would be all it took to earn him a stay in jail for assault and battery.  Then, in the space of thirty seconds, he witnessed the poster children for obnoxious customers leaving a religious tract in lieu of a tip.  And saw the smug look on the assistant manager's face as the man approached his table with an invitation to leave coming out of his mouth.  And all of a sudden, a little stay in jail seemed like it would be worth the trouble.  He took the bill from the snooty AM, stuck it under his plate with his last twenty for the poor overworked waitress, stood slowly, and decked the man hard enough to drop him.  Stepping over the shrieking broken-nosed heap of manager, he flipped off the self-righteous cheapskates and wordlessly headed out into the night rain.  They caught up with him almost right out the door: they ended up in the ER with some serious injuries, and Junior avoided a stay in jail only by the sudden and timely assistance of a tall, dark, bald black man in a long coat.  The man pointed a gun at him, told him to get in the car, and then gave him a sales pitch as they drove off into the night just ahead of the local cops.  Having no better options at that point, Junior accepted the role of go-fer and knight errant in exchange for a steady income, legal protection, and a really cool Egyptian dagger.  He gave the Old Man an oath of fealty that very night.  Since then, he's gotten his hands dirty on the Old Man's behalf, but never against innocents (which would confuse him if he ever thought about it, because the Old Man seems to be some sort of criminal mastermind...).<br/><br/>Aspect: Reservoir Salawa   (with apologies to Mr. Tarantino!  'Hoodlum with a Heart' just didn't seem to fit, and then I remembered that scene in Reservoir Dogs about tipping the waitress)<br/><br/>First Story:<br/><br/>HIGH AND DRY<br/><br/>When the Old Man sends Junior to (campaign city) to honor an old debt, he triggers a wild falcon chase between vampires, angry cultists, and his 'dear Uncle Horace' when the recipient turns up quite dead!  Framed for a murder he didn't commit, can he stay ahead of the hunters and clear his name in time to escape summary execution?<br/><br/>Aspect: Kismet's Heavy Hand  (like Strange Luck, only less fun)