Know Your Kindred – Rusticus

Name:  Rusticus
Clan:  Gargoyle
Generation:  10th
Embrace:  Unknown

Rusticus is a former Tzimisce turned Gargoyle.  He has little memory of his life before the Embrace.  He remembers gardening and at one time being a professional soldier, but that is all.  He spends most of his time staying in the Chantry providing security and manual labor.

Outside of his job, Rusticus is a gentle creature.  This doesn’t make him any less dangerous when he is performing his duties; uninvited visitors are likely to have their heads twisted backwards and their body buried in a compost heap.

Rusticus is quite happy with himself.  He is wistful about what his previous life was like, but doesn’t think about it that much.  It isn’t that important to him.  He does occasionally keep a diary, writing stories about his past.  The diary is his only real personal possession.  He has learned the basics of Thaumaturgy in exchange for giving a few Tremere fencing and pankration lessons.

Rusticus is a large, stony, bipedal figure, not blocky at all.  He has smooth curves and a sharp spine.    His skin is naturally covered in a Baroque intaglio of design.  He is a work of art in his own right.

The Spanish Inquisition destroyed Rusticus in 1561, while he was helping several Tremere elders escape from Spain.

– Source:  Jerusalem by Night, pg. 108-109