#vampirethemasquerade

Many people have heard the question "Would you like to become a vampire?" at least once, and many have answered, "Yes, that would be cool!" The same thing happened to Jessy, but in his case, that answer had consequences. It is hard to call it an informed decision, however, because no one bothered to tell Jessy about the Camarilla, its laws, or the potential dangers involved. He was granted the Embrace, and after that, he never saw his Sire again. To this day, it is difficult to say even which clan he belonged to—or if he had a clan at all. One night, while hunting, Jessy stumbled upon a teenage girl sleeping in an abandoned house. After drinking a little of her blood, he left, unaware that this would change his entire future existence. That girl was Deborah Wilbrand, an awakened mage from the Society of Ether who hadn't gone home that day because the police were looking for her. Deborah was a deeply traumatized teenager who had suffered psychological and physical abuse at the hands of her grandfather and systematic neglect from her parents, who were substance abusers. Waking up in the morning and seeing bite marks, she was furious that another creature had dared to harm her. She asked some mage acquaintances to collect the traces of saliva from her neck and spent some time hunting for the vampire. Given that Deborah had discovered a new talent for controlling fire, it appeared she wanted to use it against the vampire. Mages from Deborah’s cabal were worried, because this wouldn’t be the first murder Deborah had committed, and that was somewhat disturbing for someone her age.

When Deborah finally found the vampire, it turned out the Camarilla had found him first. They intended to kill him, because no one wanted to deal with a Caitiff who had neither a Sire nor a clan. Deborah tried to strike a deal with the Prince, asserting her rights regarding the vampire: she was neither a victim nor food, and he had to answer to her for his actions. Negotiations reached an impasse because Prince was trying to get too much out of it, and Deborah was a child, not a fool. In the end, a cabal of mages simply abducted Jessy from the dungeon. After Deborah set a few other vampires on fire, some of her anger toward Jesse subsided. She stated, however, that her claims regarding his life remain valid, and therefore he is now her property. Since Deborah obviously couldn't take him home, she left him at the Society of Ether base, where he could do some work in exchange for food and participate in research—with it being up to him whether he served as a lab assistant or a test subject. Shortly thereafter, Deborah and her cabal vanished from this reality for six months. Upon her return, she found that the Etherites had already grown accustomed to Jessy—he had proven quite useful—and as for the matter of "property," that tradition did not exactly look favorably upon slavery.

The threat from the Camarilla remained real for some time, especially since the Prince had turned Deborah’s grandfather into a ghoul. Her grandfather was a sorcerer who sought to breed a race of superhumans; having failed with his own children, his promising granddaughter was his only remaining option. That was precisely why he tried to find her a suitable match—so that he could secure great-grandchildren as soon as she turned sixteen. The Prince, being a Tremere, saw her own interests in this. Unfortunately for her, shortly after Deborah’s return, the old man unexpectedly fell down the stairs. Afterward, Deborah began plotting to burn down the Prince and the local Elysium, but the older members of the Cabal resolved the matter diplomatically, avoiding unnecessary bloodshed.