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CHAPTER ONE: PIECES OF FLESH
WALTER
WILDE

Virtue: Hopeful
Vice: Lazy
Lineage: Galatea
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 3, Wits 3, Re-
solve 2
Physical Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 3,
Stamina 2
Social Attributes: Presence 4, Manipulation 5,
Composure 2
Mental Skills: Academics (Poetry) 2, Computer
1, Occult 2, Politics 1
Physical Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl 2, Drive 1,
Larceny 2, Stealth (Sneaking) 3
Social Skills: Empathy 2, Expression 2, Intimi-
dation 1, Persuasion (Seduction) 4, Socialize
3, Streetwise (Clandestine Hookup Locations) 2,
Subterfuge 4
Merits: Barfly, Fast Reflexes 2, Fast-Talking 3,
Potency 2, Pusher, Resources 2, Striking Looks
2, Sympathetic
Health: 7
Dread Powers: Absorb Energy (Electricity) 5,
Curse of Failings 2, Dead Flesh 3, Embolden the
Mob 4, Eye for Desire 4, Revelation 3, Revivify 2
Potency: 2
Aspirations: Inspire greatness, Find someone to
love him, Find riches
Willpower: 4
Size: 5
Speed: 10
Defense: 5
Initiative: 7

beard becomes the foul, black, undulating ectoplasm that holds him ing him together out of the parts of men pilfered from funeral
together. His eyes disappear into twin pools of inky nothingness, homes and hospitals — wanted a lover. He wanted someone to
and his fingertips leave behind tarry smears on whatever they touch. be his plaything, his confidante. He wanted what the men he’d
Storytelling Hints: Orestes is a reluctant monster and, at been with all his adult life could never be. And in Walter, this
times, a tragic figure. He doesn’t necessarily want to hurt or lonely man found his dream lover.
kill people, but he can and will when necessary. He was con- The relationship lasted six months until Walter realized
fined for a period of months, and escaped when his Wasteland that his creator, his father and lover, was a terrible, boring, over-
grew powerful enough that the Furies escaped into the physical bearing monster. Walter packed his things and left a note, and
world. He doesn’t want that to happen again, partially because made his way into the world. He learned later that his creator
he knows how much damage the Furies will wreak, but mostly had been found with his throat slit, and that the authorities
because he’s afraid they’ll rend him to pieces again. were looking for a man that fit his description.
Orestes can be an interesting minion for a more powerful mon- Walter did not kill his creator, but he also knows that he’ll
ster, one that the characters might be able to turn if they take the never convince anyone of that. He took what money he had,
time to talk with him. Orestes is willing to sell his services or his and used his supernatural charm to make more. He acts as a
knowledge; he’s an experienced ghosthunter and shaman. His Dis- companion to men of means; he is a lover and a muse. And in
quiet, however, eventually gets the better of anyone he works with. return, the men pay him, until they start to remind him of his
creator. Then, Walter leaves again.
Walter Wilde What Walter has never quite realized is that his “patrons” don’t

change. They get clingy, jealous, and overbearing because that is the
Big, splendid, boy. Oh, yes. response his Disquiet elicits from them. If he ever figures that out,
Unlike many Prometheans, Walter Wilde has no illusions he’s likely to break from the guilt of knowing that he drove his cre-
about why he was created. The man that fashioned him — stitch- ator to madness and suicide. What happens then is anyone’s guess.

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