Character Name: "Black" Angus McAfee (pronounced MAC-a-fee)
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Group: A Bar (which he owns...I am considering one of the current clubs being mentioned recently or a rival club to Lorne's new place...possibly the bar where Adam works...this is flexible.
Position: He owns or is a major owner of the bar.
Description: Angus is a huge barrel of a man with thick mucsles borne of slinging kegs of beer and cases of liquor. Hi has a big bushy red mustache and a shock of red hair that practically stands straight up from his head. He has teeth that while not crooked are gapped and somewhat yellowed from the coffee he drinks and the cigarettes that he chain smokes. His green eyes are clear and bright (beneath his wild red eyebrows) and his stare has been known to stop even brave men in their tracks.
History: Angus was born in 1431 in Scotland. There he learned secrets of potion brewing and the arts of the stolen fey magics from his mother the local witch. Among the secrets that she taught her boy was the secret of eternal life - The Eternity Process.
By the 1500's however, it became impossible to keep the secret of thier extended life in the tiny village. She sacrificed herself to being burned at the stake rather than see her boy be tortured or killed. Angus did not let her die in vain and he fled to Ireland.
In Ireland he recreated his identity as an alchemist and later as a Natural Philosopher. He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1670 and travelled around Europe, sharing learning with the greatest minds of the age.
Angus continued to keep the most powerful of his mother's secrets out of fear. By the end of the century he had to jettison his identity once again and re-emerged in Germany in the early 1700's as a chemist. He still practiced his potions and alchemy but with the more mundane knowledge of materials he was able to produce vivid dyes and pigments as well a impressive fertilizers.
By the later 1700's and early 1800's he was plying his trade as a brewer of medicinal elixers and tonics of potent humors. By the middle 1800's he was a professional medium and mystic. By the turn of the century he had gravitated into the crafting of vitamational supplements and the owner of a fabulous recovery spa in Iceland.
In the late 20th centrury Angus moved to LA seeking to ply his craft as a "Personal Trainer and Nutritionist" to the celebrity tade but found himself trading recipes in an old run down bar with a vampire bartender. Realizing that the role of bartender was something akin to the ancient role of 'local witch' - a confidant with a little dose of something to aid you - Angus abandoned his original plan in favor of a new one.
He purchased
He does a small trade in potions, elixirs, brews, special protective charms and the occasional alchemical transformation, but his major trade comes from his fabulous scientific mixology. He can turn water into the finest wine. He can turn wine into the richest blood. He can create holy water by the gallon and he makes the best margaritas this side of the Mexican border.
Angus has picked up assorted things over his lifetime that he held in previous lives - books, paintings, letters and such, but he has re-acquired them each time, not passed them from life to life. So many things have passed through his hands in his many lives (nearly 20 identities over 585 years with an average life of 30 years each!!) he has a good chance of - if he didn't own it - at least knowing something about it.
While Angus is willing to share the fruits of his knowledge - he is very reluctant to share his true knowledge with anyone. He does not talk of apprentices, pupils, student or adepts. He does not trade alchemical, potion or brew recipes with anyone (although chemistry is another story). He will not collaborate on brewing or spells (although he is certainly willing to manufacture needed ingredients - he just wont participate in rituals or spells). And he never never never talks about his failures with anyone. And there have been mistakes.
[hide]Angus has taught pupils in the past who have turned his dark arts against humanity. His only living pupil is Doctor Bloodmoney. Fortunately he never revealed the secret to living forever, but Bloodmoney was an apt pupil whose knowledge of Alchemical process was that of a prodigy. He quickly seized on certain fundamental processes and began to experiment. He nearly perfected the Eternity process with Adam Young.[/hide]
[hide]Angus beleives that he had a part to play in the many plagues that crossed Europe. He thinks he may have inadvertedly changed something in teh blood chemistry of certain rodents that made them less resistant to the virus and allowed it to incubate to dangerous levels within the fleas that transmitted the disease. This happened becasue of an attempt to lure rats from a city where they were infesting the town. once that had been accomplished, the town refused to pay so he lured them back. (You may recognise the story of the Pied Piper in this tale). The lure was a phermonic based chemical that casued the rats to breed indescriminantly casing weaknesses in the genetic lines that may have added to the plague's increase. He only figured this out about 200 years ago and has been punishing himself ever since[/hide]
[hide]Angus has created life once. He created a woman from non-living materials. The two of them were very happy from about 1750 to around 1780 in France but she left him becasue she was unwilling to jettison the life she had to take up a new one. He knows that he should have destroyed her becase within her are the secrets of life itself. He lives in dread of the day that she is discovered. But in his heart he knows that he loves her too much to ever end her existence[/hide]
And there may be more.
Items: Angus has lived a long time, but the constant need to re-create himself has meant he has had to periodically jettison everythng he owns in order to start over. Therefore, he has won and lost several fortunes over the years. This has made him very non-material. Money means little to him as long as he can meet his needs. He feels no need to hoard or accumulate wealth beyond what he needs to make the rent.
He does, however have a very few items that are irreplaceable:
His cauldren: It was his mother's cauldren before him and her great grandmother's before her. It is iron with a copper lining and has been repaired a great many times. It holds slightly more than 2 gallons of fluid but a typical 'rendering' of a potion will net a little over 2 quarts as most of the resulting brew will be unsuitable.
His Philosoher's Stone: This ancient secret of alchemy is not a literal stone as much as it is a substance that is used in the processing of alchemical transformations. If performed correctly the stone is consumed by the process and then reformed anew as a by-product each time. An Alchemical transofrmation is a dangerous and somewhat unpredicatable act and Philosopher's stones are extraordinarily difficult to craft and nearly impossible to do with any certainty of success. As this is Angus' third stone in his extended lifetime he isn't going to risk it on some minor transformation unless it is completely neccesary. (in other words simple lead->gold would be a waste)
His mother's sign This sign has been sold and repurchased many many times over the years. Each time Angus is about to change his life he sells the sign. A few weeks later a new stranger appears and buys it again. He does this for seveal reasons: 1) It creates a record of who he has been and when...the sign's history is well documented and it is a genuine historical artifact with a long and well-documented history - a history that happens to correspond to Angus'. 2) It establishes a chain of individuals that are distinct from each other. 3) It is sort of a ritual - a final act of eliminating the old self.
Powers: None. No really, Angus has no magical or Psychic abilities. What he has is knowledge - the kind of knowledge that comes neither cheap nor easy. His greatest secret - that of eternal youth cost the life of his mother. His second secret - that of the Philospher's stone - has also cost him dearly on two occasions.
Played by: Robbie Coltrane
Player:I am David Dent (aka MrDave). Most of you know mw, and those of you that don't will get to know me. I have a lot of ideas but not a lot of time so I don't write as much as I like to. But in the end I love to put in the evil twist to keep everyone guessing.
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Proposal: Angus McAfee
Wow, a very interesting character Dave! I hope you have time to explore his story in game, it sounds like there's a lot of potential here.
Proposal: Angus McAfee
Very, cool. Why not pick the guy who played Haggrid from Harry POtter :)
Proposal: Angus McAfee
Robbie Coltraine - he might need a dye job though, a la photoshop :D
Proposal: Angus McAfee
Good idea {points above} But he needed a trim too.
Proposal: Angus McAfee
Here it is:
Slainte
Address: 1235 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Subteranean bar with upper balcony.
* They are a 'beer' bar (which means they are only licenced for beer and wine) but they can serve liquor after 11pm.
* Seating capacity 450
* Private rooms
* Scottish/Irish Fare Sample Menu
* Blood is available (since there are a few Vamps who come here)
* Angus keeps some 'special recerve' scotch for 'regulars'. He also will mix 'custom' drinks for the right price.
* Beers on tap: Sam Adams, Guinness, Miller Genuine Draft, Miller Lite, Yuengling
* Bottled Beers are available - Mostly Imports (English or German)
* A wide selection of California wines are available, but the house wine label is Kendall Jackson (if you just say 'White wine')
* House Special cocktails are "Quicksilver", "Aqua Vitae" (Brandy with a shot of Whiskey), and "Purest Green"
* No Smoking (even Angus smokes out back in the Alleyway)
* Happy Hour is from 4pm-7pm Mon-Friday ($3 beer/$8 pitcher and $5 endless appetizer bar)
* Irish and Scottish Holidays (St. Patty's, St. Andrew's, Robert Burn's Birthday) the bar is closed except to "regulars" (basically a private party)
* The Club is rentable for events:
* On the Weekends they clear out the restaurant tables and become "Club Alchemy" a dance-techno DJ or the occasional live band.
* Club Alchemy has a weekend Liquor Licence (which allows them to serve cocktails before 11pm)
Proposal: Angus McAfee
Cool, now I have a name to write in my profile and Cadee has an official job.
Proposal: Angus McAfee
Yeah, and Claire has a place to hang out - once I get her written up. lol