Jimmy Battista

Personal Details

Name: Jimmy Battista	Nature: Competitor	Clan: Caitiff
Player: Ovid	Demeanor: Bon Vivant	Generation: 13th
Chronicle: The Abandoned Brood	Concept: Bagman	Sire: Unknown

History

Jimmy Batista is the son of two respectable working-class parents, an Italian father and an Irish mother. But Jimmy always had his eye on more: he had little more than contempt for his dad's clockwork routine, going into work then coming home, eating dinner, having a beer in front of the TV and then falling asleep. And his mother seemed to be little more than a slave to her husband and children. So Jimmy quickly fell in with the more exciting kids in the neighborhood - the ones who smoked and drank and ran little errands for the local toughs. His parents started to worry about him - especially after Jimmy came back from one too many street fights. His father started to take him to union meetings, 'to teach him some values and what sticking up for your friends really means', as his father said. But Jimmy learned a different lesson: that the worlds of the street toughs and the union organizers weren't that far apart. Jimmy was bright, graduated High School, and even community college. His mother and father were immensely proud (he was the first in his family to get a degree) and were even prouder when he got an internship, then a job, with one of the politicians who'd come to those union meetings years before. What they didn't realize was that this politician had spotted Jimmy at an early age as someone who was comfortable on both sides of the tracks and so would be the perfect bagman. Jimmy, meanwhile, saw himself coming up in the world - until one night, coming home after working late, alone on a subway car, his life ended in blood and ecstasy.

Attributes

Physical		Social		Mental
Strength	* *	Charisma	* *	Perception	* * *
Dexterity	* *	Manipulation	* * * *	Intelligence	* * *
Stamina	* *	Appearance	* *	Wits	* * * *

Abilities

Talents		Skills		Knowledges
Alertness	*	Animal Ken		Academics
Athletics		Crafts		Computer	*
Brawl	*	Drive	* *	Finance	* * *
Dodge	*	Etiquette	* *	Investigation
Empathy	* * *	Firearms		Law	* * *
Expression	* *	Melee	*	Linguistics
Intimidation		Performance		Medicine
Leadership		Security		Occult
Streetwise	* * *	Stealth		Politics	* * *
Subterfuge	* * *	Survival		Science

Advantages

Disciplines		Backgrounds		Virtues
Dementation	* * * *	Allies	* * *	Conscience	* *
		Contacts	* *
		Domain	* (* * * * *)	Self-Control	* * * *
		Fame	*
		Influence	*
		Mentor	* *
		Resources	* *	Courage	* * * *
		Retainers	*
		Vessel	* * * *

Other Traits

		Derangements	Health
Humanity	* * * * * *		Bruised
			Hurt	-1
Willpower (8)	* * * * * * * *		Injured	-1
		Languages	Wounded	-2
Bloodpool			Mauled	-2
			Crippled	-5
Points per Turn:			Incapacitated

Combat

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Expanded Backgrounds

Allies		Mentor
Sean McManus	Old school-friend; ran together when Jimmy was a thug; now mid-level in organised crime (moderate).	As-yet unknown
Alderman Warren	The influential politician who spotted Jimmy's talent and furthered his career (influential).
Sue Ling	A journalist long in Alderman Warren's pocket and a history with Jimmy (moderate).
Contacts		Resources
Captain Dolan	Police captain who keeps Jimmy informed about raids and police politics.	Middle class, $1,200/month
Mrs Fleischman	Older lady in charge of City Hall records who knows all the gossip and with whom Jimmy shamelessly flirts.
Fame		Retainers
Subculture	Jimmy's known to decision-makers in politics and crime as Warren's right hand.	Kay Hopkins	Jimmy's young and pretty Personal Assistant, who's ambitious but still a little naïve.
Herd/Vessel		Status
As-yet unknown
Influence		Domain
Moderately influential: a factor in city politics		Shared domain with brood