Jane Sheppard

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Jane Sheppard
Clan: Gangrel
Nationality: ?
Actual age: around 235
Apparent age: around 23
Years as vampire:213
Appearance: 5’ 47” tall. She has long blond hair and piercing gray eyes.
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Other: In contrast of most Gangrels, Jane cares how she looks very much. One could almost say that she is as conceited as a Toreador. She loves nice clothes, jewellery, music, movies, food, alcohol and interaction with others.
When there is the need to, she will throw all else to protect the community. During her unlife she fought many enemies of the Camarilla: Sabbat, Garou, Mortals and traitors. Her weapon of choice are two steel tomahawks. In addition she is a potent brawer as she developed a good fighting style that consist mainly of kicks so she could use it while using her axes. Now after the death of her sworn sister, she is laying low, withdrew from all of the Cami politics and is currently masquerading as a human. Her favorite transformation is a Black Panther
Currently she has been living in Toronto for about 5 years. After being unable to find the childe of her sworn sister, she decided to stay in the town where she died and waiting for him to come there.
History: Jane doesn’t remember a single thing before her embrace. One day she just awoke in the middle of the wilderness with no memory at all. It took her a while before she could even talk properly.
It was nearly sunrise when she came around. Her head was spinning and the sun was almost showing. At that time a couple of Indians passed nearby and saved her. She never really understood why though. She stayed with them for about 30 years. They gave her the name Mosi which met “cat”. Probably because of the cat tattoo she had on her back and her character as she always seemed to be climbing trees and she her motions had the feline grace to them. The people of tribe itself didn’t seem to care what she was. When she needed blood one of the giant dogs of the chief was always around and ready and for that she was very grateful at the elder of the tribe. There once was a situation when a group of children, who were late coming home, were attacked by two wolves. At that time it was Jane who went to search for them and fought off the beasts. The next night the tribe chief gave her the Tomahawks and proposed to teach her how to use them.
One night a there was a horseman who passed by the camp. It turned out that the horseman was a woman named Elisabeth. She looked almost exactly the same as Jane. The woman asked the chief for permission for a shelter during the day. Jane immediately understood that that woman is a vampire too. They stayed the rest of the night talking and on the next night Jane decided to leave with her.
The following years the two of them were always together. Elisabeth gave her the name Jane Sheppard and taught her how the world of the vampires works. Jane also had the choice to make: which faction she want to join. Eventually she joined the Camarilla and continued to travel with Elisabeth who was a Brujah. The two of them fought many enemies on many battlefields and survived. It was also Elisabeth who brought Jane to her first Gather although the brujah didn’t participate and left her there. She had very good times at that gather and afterwards she didn’t miss almost none of the larger ones.
Many years later when Jane was already a little bit over 100. The two of them made a blood oath, that they will be sisters and will always be there for each other. When Elisabeth decided to marry, Jane proposed to act as her stand in for the politicians. Because the Brujah was quite old she had a lot of responsibilities. Jane carried out most of them, but one. The order for the blood hunt came when she was at a gather so she missed it and Elisabeth had to take care of it. When Jane heard for that she immediately followed her to Toronto, but it was too late. The blood hunt party destroyed. At that time it wasn’t hard to find the ones responsible, but before her revenge, she had to take care of her “brother in law”. She went to England, but he had already left his home. She also went to his parents home to ask them, but they didn’t seem even interested. Eventually after 5 years of wandering, she decided to wait for him in Toronto. He would eventually find his way there with all those clues scattered around.
Leaving the world of intrigues behind, she snuck into Toronto as a human university student and she bought herself a nice small flat in the suburbs to not raise any suspicions.

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the blood roll

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“Sarah! You damned girl! Where are you!?” Her father shouted through the window in his “office”. It was already noon and the girl had finally returned from her visit to the town with her mother. Every now and then the two of them would leave the estate and go to buy the things they needed. Her father was always against it.” Why the hell do the two of you have to go!? Just send some of the workers! Those useless bastards…” that was the very thing Sarah hated about her father. He simply didn’t respect the people who weren’t in on his “social level” so to speak.” Calm down dad! We just returned from the city.” The girl said as she was getting of the carriage.” Just get here right now! We need to talk about something.” He replied and shut the window after that. There he was going again. She didn’t have any choice actually, so she just complied. As she was passing by them, couple of the maids in the house welcomed her and she greeted them in return. In contrast with her father, she was actually quite popular with the workers around the estate. She was always fair towards them and didn’t treat anyone harshly or with disgust like her father. When she reached her father office, she knocked on the door. She received one shout of a replied to enter, so she did. In the room there was another man besides her father. He was quite fat, well dressed and quickly looked at her, as he was trying to imagine her without her dress.” What can I do for you father?” She asked and came closer, as he made a sign to approach.” This gentleman her is Jonny White. He is a business partner of mine and is planning to stay in town for couple of days. So I will have to show him the estate if you don’t mind.” Was the reply she got from him and she didn’t have much of a choice again. His voice made it clear that she doesn’t have the right to refuse. She quickly greeted the guest and asked him to fallow her.

The tour around the whole estate took almost the entire afternoon. When she finally escorted Jonny to his room, it was already sunset. She felt exhausted and with her last remaining strength she went to her room where she crumbled on the bed. She knew very well where this was going. Her father was planning to have her married to that fat pig.” Damn…” she looked around her room it was almost empty. Ever since he made her older sister marry one of his other partners, Sarah was alone in this room. The father also made sure that there were no “impropriate” for a 17 year old girl stuff in her room. “Are you okey?” Her mother appeared on the door. Sarah sat on the bed.” He will have me married to that guy won’t he?” She asked, but already knew the answer. “I’m sorry, I couldn’t convince him. He just won’t let this opportunity to expand his business. But it isn’t so bad, Jonny seems like a good enough boy. Sure his is a little “bigger”, b…” Sarah interrupted her mother.” Yeah, yeah… I know that speech already. Every woman must be ready for the day when she will marry and leave her name and life behind. Blah, blah, blah… Leave me alone for now, I will come down for the dinner.” After that she was alone in her room again. She finally could enjoy some rest before that official dinner her father was throwing for couple of his partners. Who were coming just for tonight, not like that Jonny. She quickly dressed up and went down to the dinning room. During the whole time she had to smile and that made her face hurt. To simply put it, the dinner was boring. The whole time her father was talking with her colleagues for work and she had to pretend to be an airhead and smile at every compliment. When that whole nightmare was over she quickly excused herself and went to her room. She wasn’t planning on giving that bastard opportunities to talk to her. Also tonight there was some kind of fair in the town and she wasn’t going to miss it. As soon as the whole house went dark, she quickly dressed in some more comfortable clothes and using a rope she nicked from the stables, run through the window and disappeared into the night.

It was amazing, there were so many interesting thins she haven’t seen before, so many people going around and having fun. Sarah didn’t know where to start looking. “Hey youngster want to have a try?” She heard someone saying and turned towards the voice. Apparently the man took her for a boy. Which was actually her intention as she was dressed in man clothing.” I’m sorry?” She asked not knowing what he was talking about.” Want to have a try to shoot the targets?” He replied and pointed at some targets in the distant lighted by torches.” If you manage to hit all the three you win this horse.” This was the perfect opportunity for her. She quickly paid and took the rifle. She actually had fired many times before. She often snuck out of the house to go to workers who couldn’t refuse her. It was almost like she became one with the rifle. It was so natural for her from the first time she touched a gun, she was good with it. Now she never missed a target(In a reasonable distance). After her quickly won horse, she took the rein and continued to look around the fair. Soon she saw something that intrigued her. There were some people who made tattoos. It appeared to be a father and daughter. It wasn’t hard to convince them to make her a tattoo on her back. But to first go somewhere more secluded place. As she was a girl dress like a man. They didn’t seem to mind though as “Money is money, no matter who is paying.” She liked a cat tattoo that seemed to be more exotic in nature. After that she continued to enjoy the fair.

It was nearly dawn when she returned home. Too early for her father to be awake, or at least she taught so, but seemed to be mistaken. When she used the rope to climb up to her room, he was already there and waiting for her. He went almost crazy with rage when he saw her in men’s clothing. He hit her and basically ripped it directly from her. He was even angrier when he saw the tattoo. As he was about to hit Sarah again, her mother appeared and tried to stop him. He hit her with a fist in the face and sent her flying towards the wall. By that time Sarah already had the nearby vase in her hands and hit him on the back of his head with it. The vase shattered and he fell on the floor. There was some blood, but he didn’t seem to be too heavily wounded. “Run! Before he wakes up!” was the only thing her mother told her, as she was trying to get up. Sarah quickly ran to her father’s cabinet, took some money and ran to the stables where she jumped on her new horse and rode at full speed towards the horizon. She had to get as far as she could.

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“Hey Jake, wana go hunting with us again?” The boy said to his friend as, they were riding in his fathers cart.” Hold it a little, son. We should ask his mother first, right Jake?” The man asked the boy sitting with his son.” Yeah, mom gets really worried if I’m not home on time without notice. But don’t worry Jack. I’m sure she will agree!” The two boys started to laugh and didn’t stop the whole way to Jake’s house. As they were already at the outskirts of the town near the small house, the man stopped the cart and got of the cart. Almost immediately a beautiful young woman left the house, as she noticed the cart.” Mom!” Jake shouted and ran into his mother’s arms. They had been apart for couple of days as he was staying at town to study. She quickly hugged him.” Miss Sarah.” The man took of his hat to greet her. This young woman had come to the town couple five years ago with her son from god knows where and bought this small farm. There was always a great mystery around her, but she always helped those in need around the town so they considered her to be a incarnation of an angel. He still remembered when she appeared in the doorstep of the inn. There was a storm outside so all of the townsfolk were hiding in their homes and the men were in the inn, drinking the day away. It was around noon when a hooded figure appeared in the inn. When the figure took of the hood everyone was shock as it was a beautiful girl. She had a long blond hair and under the cloak she was carrying an infant. He still could remember the faces on all of the men in the inn, but a voice drew him away from his memories.” Mister Smith” The woman made an elegant bow.” Thank you for looking after Jake.” Sarah said with great deal of gratitude in her voice.” It wasn’t a problem, after all the two of them basically grew up together hahaha…” The man laughed a bit and patted his son on the shoulder. It was true the two boys grew together as the young girl lived in his house and she practically raised the two boys as his own wife had passed away when she gave birth to Jack. So he had a room to rent and she took it for couple of years, now she had this beautiful place to call home. His fried often said to him to ask her to marry him, but he always said to them to shut up. It was true that every single man in the town wanted her as his wife, but she turned down all who asked her. There was a darkness in her past that made her unable to accept such an offer. He never asked her about it and he was never going to. It was her right to keep it.” So do the two of you want to have lunch with us? I’ve prepared a lot more that the two of us could eat so…” She brought him out of his thoughts once again. Jack was quite happy as she was practically as a mother for him, so there was not way he could refuse. The four of them passed the noon together and the boys were telling to Sarah how the studies were going. She seemed quite pleased to know that the boys were doing well.” Mom, there is a circus tomorrow! Can we go?” Jake asked and looked at her. The other boy too was doing the sad puppy act so she finally agreed. When they finished with the lunch, they agreed for mr. Smith to take them tomorrow. When they parted the mother and the son waved at their friends for goodbye before going back in the house.

The evening was very calm, so the two of them ate on the veranda. The sky was clear so the stars could be seen. The two of them often stared at the stars, especially Sarah. Still despite the calm surroundings something was putting her on high alert. She felt that a storm was coming. Still the two of them in the end went back in the house and went straight to the bed. Sarah was awake for quite a bit thought. She checked if her gun was under the pillow. When she confirmed that she felt a lot more secure and soon after fell asleep. Unknown for her or anyone else from the town however, a large group was moving in the darkness of the night…

On the next day, Sara and Jake were ready when mr Smith and Jack came to get them. All of them got into the cart and mr. Smith headed towards the town. When they arrived, all of the men were turning towards the cart as it passed around them. Mr. Smith could almost feel their evny and anger. He felt a little uneasy, but just being with her made him forget about it. For one thing they were right, she wasn’t just an ordinary woman alright. She had that feel around her that she from another class. Her way of talking and acting was definitely on of a noble birth, but her character was that of a nice girl, ready to help those in need. Didn’t care for her status or hid herself behind masks, she just felt real…

When they finally arrived at the circus, the group quickly bought tickets and entered. The place was rather dark, with the only nicely lit part being the centre where the performers were. Still it was quite the entertaining experience. Still Sarah, couldn’t get rid of the feeling that someone was watching her. When the performance ended, she asked Mr. Smith to take them home as fast as he can. She still felt the cold stare on her skin. When he asked her if something happened, she just replied that she wasn’t felling very well. He didn’t ask more, but he was clearly concerned. When they reached the house, he asked if he should stay for the night, but she politely refused. Still she did ask for him to look after Jake for the night. All of her senses were screaming that danger is coming. He agreed and headed towards the town, as she entered the house. She quickly prepared the lamps and the fireplace and went to the wardrobe, where her two pistols and the rifle were stored. She loaded them and went by the dark fireplace where she sat down. The outside was more lit than the inside of the house, but she could see it. Her eyes had already got used to the darkness. It was around midnight when she heard the horses outside. It was happening…

“You sure this is the place?” On of the thugs asked.” Yeah, one of the scouts saw her enter. What does the boss need her anyway? He could have any woman he wants. Why this one?” At this statement the rest of the 15 men looked at him.” Didn’t you see her in town? This one is like a valuable gem.” As the men were arguing another one on horse appeared. This one was bigger that most man, about 2 meters tall and very, very buffed. He had couple of big bundles on his horse.” Shut up and go get the woman. We don’t have the whole night!” He said and 5 of the men went inside the dark house. It was almost too quite, he was just about to shout to those who entered, when he heard couple of gunshots. Another 3 men entered but 2 more shots were heard and from the sound of it the last one was sliced around the throat. With slow steps a figure appeared from the darkness of the house. The girl was covered with blood. Two loaded pistols with blades on the ends were in her hands. The men charged her and she quickly killed another 3 of them. The big man was very amused, this one was good, she wasn’t just a run of the mill woman, she had what it took to be a true member of the pack. Now he just had to find a way to break her, but first he had to take her. By the looks of it the way it was going, he was going to be left with no men. He had to take action The giant quickly took the smallest bundle and threw it at her. She quickly hit it with the gun and it fell on the ground. As the bundle unwrapped itself, she froze. It was a head of someone she knew.” Mr. Smith!” She shouted and looked at the head laying on the ground. A moment later she was just about to shoot the man on the horse when he unwrapped another bundle. It was Jake!” Now listen up girlie! I have your two boys, surrender or I will crush their necks before you even shoot with that thing.” Sara couldn’t believe it. In the attempt to make them go to a safer place, she let them straight into a trap. She looked at the situation again. One of her guns was still loaded, if she shot him in the head, she had a chance to kill the rest, but…” MOMM!!!” Jake screamed as the man strengthened the grip around his throat.” Better decide quickly or I will have to kill both of them!” The giant said and strengthened the grip some more. Hearing the screams of her son, she could bear it no more. She threw her weapons and fell on her knees.” I will come, I will do whatever you wish… just don’t kill my children…!” She cried as the man smiled.” Don’t worry, as long as you obey it will be okey…” was the last thing she heard before someone hit her on the head and she lost consciousness.