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Benno Wertheim, Karotechia Bischofe, Guest of the Propavsheye

Benno Wertheim was recruited to the Karotechia cause in 1978 by Dr. Olaf Bitterich. His grandfather was an officer of the Ahnenerbe SS during the Second World War who had helped translate numerous scriptures from old Gothic and Latin into modern German. Wertheim had inherited his father's wealth and some of his notes, which puzzled him and filled with curiosity that later bloomed into obsession.  Wertheim was quickly won over to the Karotechia cause, and after being instructed in esoterica by Dr. Bitterich and made one of the twelve Bischofe, he was put to work collecting and researching the work of various alchemists and occult scholars across Europe. What he uncovered often overlapped with the research of Dr. Gunter Franks, and the two occasionally met to compare notes (and, for Wertheim, to spy on Franks for Bitterich).  When the Karotechia was dismantled in 2001 by the combined forces of the Americans and the Russians, Wertheim found himself in the living custody of the Pr...

THE CONGREGATION: Important Characters

Catholicism's been on my mind lately. Decided to make some NPCs for Adam Scott Glancy's " Congregation ". Its leader, Vladimir Skeweres, an investigator, Gann DeBattista, its exorcist, Hippolyte Musima, its confessor, Robert Darcy, its archivist, Jessamine Tumulak, and a Sicarii, Alec Baur. Most of this is meant for the 90s, but it's largely agnostic to specific time period beyond backstory (for example, Sister Tumulak's backstory hinges on an event that only occurs in 2017, but like, who fucking cares). Use them however you want.  Cardinal Vladimir Skeweres  Vladimir Skeweres, the youngest son of an impoverished family in Prague. Skeweres became a member of the clergy and served as a Catholic priest in Prague during the Second World War. The war was Skeweres' first exposure to three things: The horrors of war, the horrors of the unnatural, and those who would fight the unnatural.  The SS sacked Prague in search of a list of artifacts and tomes to be ...

Charles Barkley, High Priest of Nodens

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  CHARLES BARKLEY Former Professional Basketball Player, Commentator on Inside The NBA STR 12 CON 12 DEX 9 INT 10 POW 16 CHA 16 HP 12 POW 16 SAN 48 BREAKING POINT 32 MOTIVATIONS AND DISORDERS: High-Quality NBA Commentating Love of the Game Intermittent Explosive Disorder (triggered at the mention of San Antonio or Galveston, Texas.) Obsession (B.B.W) BONDS: Shaquille O'Neal (16) Ernie Johnson Jr. (16) Kenny Smith (16) SKILLS: Alertness 80%, Art (Hoopin') 60%, Art (Sports Commentary) 40%, Athletics 60%, Criminology 30%, Dodge 50%, Drive 20%, Firearms 40%, Melee Weapons 50%, Military Science (Land) 50%, Navigate 60%, Occult 50%, Persuade 20%, Science (Biology) 60%, Stealth 50%, Unarmed 50%, Unnatural 10% ATTACKS: Unarmed 50% Damage 1D4 Withering 51% Damage 1D20 (1D4 self-inflicted on cast) RITUALS Exaltation of the Flesh, Withering, the Primal Lay, Whispers of the Dead (Nodens) San Antonio With them big ass women. Charles Barkley, a devoted cultist of Nodens, lurks in the heart o...