<strong>John Sifridus Lederer</strong><br/>Nature: Survivor<br/>Demeanor: Varies (Autist, Confidant)<br/>Sire: A Walkyrige (doesn’t know her name)<br/>Generation: 11th<br/>Haven: Small one bedroom in the suburbs; his car<br/>Humanity: 5, Willpower: 8, Blood Pool: 12<br/><br/>Attributes<br/>Physical: Strength – 3, Dexterity – 4 (Reflexes), Stamina – 3<br/>Social: Charisma: 3, Manipulation – 1, Appearance – 2<br/>Mental: Perception – 3, Intelligence – 3, Wits – 2<br/><br/>Abilities<br/>Talents: Alertness - 3, Brawl – 4 (Tooth & Claw)<br/>Skills: Animal Ken – 2, Drive – 1, Firearms – 3, Melee – 3, Security – 2, Stealth – 3, Survival – 2<br/>Knowledges: Computer – 1, Investigation – 2, Linguistics – 2 (English, German, Mandarin)<br/>Secondary: Camarilla Lore – 2, Lupine Lore - 1<br/><br/>Disciplines<br/>Animalism – 1, Fortitude – 3, Protean – 3, Obfuscate 1<br/><br/>Virtues<br/>Conscience – 2, Self-Control – 4, Courage – 5<br/><br/>Backgrounds<br/>Allies – 2, Generation – 2, Resources – 3, Retainers – 1, Status – 2 (Ancilla), Influence (Higher Education) – 1, Influence (Religious) - 1<br/><br/>Merits/Flaws (4M / 7F)<br/>Eat Food/Enjoy Sex (1M), Eidetic Memory (2M), Gift of Proteus (1M), Hunted (4F), Phobia (Reptiles, 2F), Prey Exclusion (Students, 1F)<br/><br/>Freebie Usage (50 + 3 F = 53)<br/>Abilities: Security 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Alertness 2, Brawl 2 (10 total)<br/>- Camarilla Lore 2, Lupine Lore 1 (3 total)<br/>Disciplines: Fotitude 14, Protean 7, Obfuscate 7 (28 total)<br/>Virtues: Conscience 2 (2 total)<br/>Backgrounds: Resources 2, Status 2, Influence 2, Retainers 1 (7 total)<br/>Willpower: 3<br/><br/>Expanded Background<br/>Allies: Martin Runningdog (Gangrel neonate biologist, John’s childe), Raphael732 (online religious nut)<br/>Resources: Bank accounts under a few names ($50,000 in assets, $3,000/month)<br/>Retainers: a single Ghoul<br/>Influence: Mostly among San Antonio’s higher education and religious communities<br/><br/>Appearance: John is a fairly nondescript individual.  He’s tall for his era, but more or less average for the modern world at 5’ 10” and possesses a slim build (130-140 lbs).  Adding to his forgettable appearance are his hazel eyes and brown hair, the latter might paradoxically be his most distinguishing feature as it falls midway down his back.  More often than not the wavy hair is held back in a tail or braid.  And John rarely shaves.  He is most commonly seen wearing jeans, black work boots, t-shirts, and a variety of baseball caps (although none with sports logos).  A consummate traveler and survivor, he always carries a black knapsack packed with basic survival equipment, among other things, and usually has at least a USP and a balisong on his person.<br/><br/>Background: Sifridus Lederer was born in Germany on 5 October 1877.  He had a fairly normal life until he was eighteen and decided to see the world.  Thus, Sifridus signed on with a British merchant ship headed to Shanghai.  It was in that city on 30 May 1898 that he was Embraced by a wandering Germanic Gangrel.  He never learned her name or what she was doing in China at that time.  He managed to learn enough in two years to book safe passage to California.  There, he remained within the Chinese community for a time.  Since he’d learned to read events, he became John in 1910 and managed to avoid the national anti-German sentiment that came with WWI.  The intervening decades went by in a relative blur for the young Gangrel who traveled the country, learning about his sect and the Lupines.  In the mid-1990s he came to Ohio here he helped foil an incursion by the Sabbat into Cleveland, or rather from Cleveland, that was supported by a rogue Tremere.  During that incident, John learned the basics of Obfuscate from a friendly Malkav, the only one he’s ever befriended, and picked up a few skills from some fellow Gangrel in the state.  After the incident, he decided to leave the Midwest and headed south to Texas, where he arrived in San Antonio in 1999.  He has remained in the city for the last several years, mostly getting by by providing personal protection services, occasionally teaching basic self-defense (he holds high kyu to low dan ranks in jujutsu, jojutsu, jodo, and aikido, as well as his previous brawling learned on the Shanghai docks), and generally flying under the Kindred radar.  He likes to be ignored, to some extent, since it lets him move around unimpeded.  Especially since few, if any, people expect the Gangrel to gather political clout or to practice subtlety.  Because of this, most San Antonio Kindred aren’t even completely sure of his social standing, whether neonate, ancilla, or something else entirely.<br/><br/>Gear/Equipment<br/>2 Beretta 92s, 2 H&K USPs, several knives, knapsack, notebooks, some books (history, religion), 4 extra magazines per firearm, Ithaca shotgun, conceal-carry permits in ten states, licenses for the aforementioned firearms, S&W Model 57 (.41 revolver; no license), 12 silver hollowpoint .41 rounds; usual house, car, and other such things