<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Name: Naomi Beaufort<br/>Clan: Tremere<br/>Demeanor: Perfectionist<br/>Nature: Competitor<br/>Generation: 9th<br/>Sire: Dr. Franz Allinheimer<br/>Concept: Kindred Scientist<br/><br/>ATTRIBUTES (Specialties in parenthesis)<br/>Strength: 2<br/>Dexterity: 3<br/>Stamina: 3<br/><br/>Charisma: 3<br/>Manipulation:3 <br/>Appearance: 4 (Professional)<br/><br/>Perception: 4 (Insightful)<br/>Intelligence: 5 (analytical)<br/>Wits: 3<br/><br/>ABILITIES (Specialties in parenthesis) <br/>Alertness: 2<br/>Athletics: 1<br/>Brawl: <br/>Dodge: <br/>Empathy: 4 (Emotions)<br/>Expression: <br/>Intimidation: 1<br/>Leadership: 1<br/>Streetwise: 1<br/>Subterfuge: 3<br/><br/>Animal Ken: <br/>Crafts: 3<br/>Drive: <br/>Etiquette: 2<br/>Firearms: 1<br/>Melee: <br/>Performance: <br/>Security: 2<br/>Stealth: 1<br/>Survival: <br/><br/>Academics: 1<br/>Computer: 2<br/>Finance: 2<br/>Investigation: 1<br/>Law: <br/>Linguistics: 3 (English, French, German, Latin, Greek)<br/>Medicine: 5 (Pathology)<br/>Occult: 2<br/>Politics: 1<br/>Science: 5 (Biology)<br/><br/>BACKGROUNDS<br/>Allies: <br/>Contacts: <br/>Fame: 3 (Her research firm is often mentioned in the news)<br/>Generation: 4<br/>Herd: 2 (A few scattered men across the city who enjoy her company regularly)<br/>Influence: 2 (Scientific community)<br/>Mentor: <br/>Resources: 5 <br/>Retainers: <br/>Status: <br/><br/>DISCIPLINES<br/>- Auspex 5<br/>- Dominate 1<br/>- Thaumaturgy (Movement of the Mind): 1<br/><br/>VIRTUES <br/>Conscience: 3<br/>Self-Control: 3<br/>Courage: 4<br/><br/>Humanity: 6<br/>Willpower: 8<br/><br/>FLAWS<br/>Dark Secret (1 point)<br/>Sire’s Resentment (1 point)<br/>Phobia: Crows (2 points) (See back story for more about her flaws)<br/><br/>MERITS<br/>Eidetic Memory (2 points)<br/>Light Sleeper (2 points)<br/>Eat Food (1 point)<br/><br/>Freebies: 21<br/>+ 4 from flaws<br/>- 5 merits<br/>- 4 on Willpower<br/>- 6 on backgrounds<br/>- 10 on skills- 3 dots of medicine, 2 dots of science, and 1 dot of empathy</span><br/><br/>Picture:  (http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/8236/251235123.th.jpg) (http://img693.imageshack.us/i/251235123.jpg/)<br/><br/><div align="center">Background</div><em>“And tonight, on scientific inquirer, as our special guest, we have none other than the doctor who claims she can wipe malaria off the face of the earth; Dr. Naomi Beaufort!”</em><br/><br/>The crowd claps politely as a tall, attractive woman, looking to be in her late twenties, steps out onto the stage.  The cameras roll, collecting her pearly smile and flashing, icy blue eyes.  She dresses like any high-standing woman on television- conservative, yet attractive.  A lengthy skirt, a simple white blouse and a dark blue jacket adorn her graceful frame.  Small, gold earrings and a necklace are her only jewelry.  Her makeup is light, not requiring much to make her look good for the cameras.  She speaks to the show’s host in an up front and straightforward manner.  “I’m not trying to make a vaccine.  I am making a vaccine.  It’s just a manner of time.  It’s going to cost Hemetech a pretty penny, though.  We’re hoping the government will subsidize its production, since most of the countries that have problems with malaria are not going to be able to afford it.”   She smiles coyly, as if she already knows that her plans will be fruitful.<br/><br/>It was a long time ago when Naomi took her last breath.  She lived in Strasburg, France for most of her mortal life, a young girl growing up in a time of trouble. Naomi was traumatized as a young lady, a mental scar that she still feels in modern nights.  She was playing in the fields one day when she spotted a murder of crows in the distance.  She crept closer to investigate, and to her horror, found a mangled corpse.  The crows took flight and buffeted her as they flew off- she still lives in terror of crows to this day.  She cried home to her parents, telling them what she’d seen and wishing she’d never left the house.<br/><br/>Naomi was 20 years old when World War I broke out, and the German advance quickly engulfed the city, leaving her stranded under German occupation.  Naomi had always been irritated by the affairs of state that raged around her quiet life.  She wanted to play a part in the decisions that prevented, or led to wars.  But at the time, women were not afforded such respects.  She couldn’t even dream of getting into a university to be a doctor like she wanted.  Furious with her lot in life, she waited in the occupied city with her family, hoping that a better time would come.<br/><br/>As the war raged on, the trenches that marred the French countryside were pushed back and forth.  Naomi’s family had to abandon their house and most of their belongings as the fighting came near, and the family was forced into a shelter within the heart of the city.  Unsatisfied with standing idle, Naomi volunteered to help the injured, despite the fact they were enemies of her nation.  “I can hear their cries from down the street.  I can’t sleep while they are hurt.”  She told her parents.  Her true reason, though, was that she hoped to get closer to the world to the world that was dominated by men.<br/><br/>Her help was welcomed, and for the most part, the German soldiers behaved themselves around the new nurse.  The surgeon, Doktor Franz Allinheimer, was touched by the young woman’s willingness to help.  She was competent, patient and possessed a steady hand.  Soon, she was assisting him during his surgeries.<br/><br/>Dr. Allinheimer was a very successful surgeon, not only because of his keen intellect and knowledge of the human body.  He was a kindred, a night-walker, and he began to watch the young Naomi.  He had lost several of his childer during the war, and was looking to begin anew.  As the allies began to pressure the German lines, he made his move.  Naomi awoke one night to find herself changed.  In the throes of frenzy, she killed a dying soldier, drinking all of his blood and ending his life.  That first kill still weighs heavily on Naomi to this day.<br/><br/>She was, like most newly embraced kindred, unwilling and unable to accept what had become of her.  She cursed the good doctor, but her attempts to run were met with supernatural cowing.  Forced to stay by his side, she continued treating German soldiers, even as the allies pushed the Reich back to Germany.  She never even had a chance to say goodbye to her parents.  She would never see them again.<br/><br/>After the war ended, she lived with her sire for some time, learning more about the human body, the kindred condition, and of the arts of clan Tremere.  She had already drank the mysterious elixir presented to her by the ‘elders’ of the clan, and found herself thinking of the clan’s interests, sometimes above her own.  It was long after the second world war, however, when she was finally able to enroll in a university, as women’s rights began to make headlines.  Since that time, she has gathered several doctorate degrees- psychology, biology, chemistry, biochemistry, and an M.D. in hematology.  With advanced memorization techniques, she has developed a sort of photographic memory.<br/><br/>Although her clan is known for its Thaumaturgy, Naomi took to their practice of Auspex first and foremost, being both gifted and motivated in its use.  “The minds of others often have the answers you need.”  She told her sire when he inquired about her fascination with the discipline.  He responded by letting her know that he hoped she wasn’t cheating on her tests.  She never answered.<br/><br/>In the modern nights, Naomi is viewed as something of a maverick in her clan.  She knows very little Thaumaturgy, her clan’s signature discipline. She is entrenched in mortal affairs, far too much for the elders of the clan to approve.  They have tolerated it only because of the income she has brought the clan.  In 1999, she founded Hemetech, a research firm that focuses on blood-related diseases.  They’ve released several vaccines, antibiotics and chemotherapeutic treatments in the past.  A portion of the company’s income goes directly to the clan’s coffers.<br/><br/>She is currently performing extensive testing on ghouls to see the exact effects of vitae on the human body.  She tries to be ethical in her testing, but in the past, has sometimes crossed the line.  Her sire once walked in on a particularly unsavory experiment, involving a ghoul hooked to a constant IV of vitae while a spike was slowly driven into his stomach.  Though the subject survived, Franz proclaimed that she had gone too far, and he was unwilling to call her his child any more.  (Her dark secret is the unethical testing that she performs on ghouled lab animals and humans.)<br/><br/>Her current work in progress, and what she considers to be the masterpiece of her career, involves knowledge of the thin-blooded kindred (14-15th generation).  Naomi is working on a serum extracted from them that would give lower generations a resistance to sunlight, like the thin-bloods.  Currently, the project is in preliminary stages, and Naomi is looking for thin blooded test subjects to extract samples from.<br/><br/>In her leisurely time, Nancy takes pleasure in meeting new people and engaging herself at fanciful, high-society parties.  Art shows are a particular favorite.<br/>