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	[[File:Gangrel - Keith Karloff 2.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|right\|Keith Karloff's current, Vicissitude-altered appearance]]		[[File:Gangrel - Keith Karloff 2.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|right\|Keith Karloff's current, Vicissitude-altered appearance]]
	Keith looks like a classic bad-boy biker/musician. He typically sports a pair of jeans or leather trousers with some type of shirt or t-shirt, and a vest typically made of denim or leather. During colder/rainer times, a denim or leather jacket is common, typically of biker styles. His hair is typically long and wavy, verging on unruly and a light moustache and lip beard, He (now) appears as a man in his mid-late 50s in good shape - muscular enough to be notable, but not a bodybuilder. He only pays lip service to the masquerade, using the blush of life only when around mortals - and little more than blinking and pretend-breathing. He rarely pays attention to his expressions and so appears to have, as his childe Cindy put it, what women would call ''permanent resting bitch face.'' A scowl is his natural expression - and when it changes it is usually to an expression of murderous anger. His laughter, when he actually is heard doing it, is loud and thunderous, and almost as intimidating as his famous, intense glare which has been known to send neonate into Rötschreck.		Keith looks like a classic bad-boy biker/musician. He typically sports a pair of jeans or leather trousers with some type of shirt or t-shirt, and a vest typically made of denim or leather. During colder/rainer times, a denim or leather jacket is common, typically of biker styles. His hair is typically long and wavy, verging on unruly and a light moustache and lip beard, He (now) appears as a man in his mid-late 50s in good shape - muscular enough to be notable, but not a bodybuilder. He only pays lip service to the masquerade, using the blush of life only when around mortals - and little more than blinking and pretend-breathing. He rarely pays attention to his expressions and so appears to have, as his childe Cindy put it, what women would call ''permanent resting bitch face.'' A scowl is his natural expression - and when it changes it is usually to an expression of murderous anger. His laughter, when he actually is heard doing it, is loud and thunderous, and almost as intimidating as his famous, intense glare which has been known to send neonate into Rötschreck.

			As Keith is a biker and doesn't appear to have a main residence (at least in Ashford), it is common to see him with a guitar, which he takes on his bike in a special motorcycle guitar saddlebag but does not leave unattended for long periods (though he will leave it there for short periods - kindred know better than to touch his stuff and any mortals foolish enough to try to steal it inevitably end up as dismembered body parts in a ditch).

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	~~No information~~ in ~~database~~.		Keith looks like a classic bad-boy biker/musician. He typically sports a pair of jeans or leather trousers with some type of shirt or t-shirt, and a vest typically made of denim or leather. During colder/rainer times, a denim or leather jacket is common, typically of biker styles. His hair is typically long and wavy, verging on unruly and a light moustache and lip beard, He (now) appears as a man in his mid-late 50s in good shape - muscular enough to be notable, but not a bodybuilder. He only pays lip service to the masquerade, using the blush of life only when around mortals - and little more than blinking and pretend-breathing. He rarely pays attention to his expressions and so appears to have, as his childe Cindy put it, what women would call ''permanent resting bitch face.'' A scowl is his natural expression - and when it changes it is usually to an expression of murderous anger. His laughter, when he actually is heard doing it, is loud and thunderous, and almost as intimidating as his famous, intense glare which has been known to send neonate into Rötschreck.

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	[[File:Gangrel - ~~Gone Jackals~~.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|right\|Keith Karloff ~~(front, center) with his former coterie~~, ~~the Gone Jackals~~]]		[[File:Gangrel - Keith Karloff 1.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|right\|Keith Karloff's current, Vicissitude-altered appearance]]
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	==== The 20th Century ====		==== The 20th Century ====
			[[File:Gangrel - Keith Karloff 1.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|right\|Keith Karloff's appearance for the last half-century]]
	For the most part, Keith spent the next 75 years alone on the road. Like his friend Lilah, he loved the development of motor vehicles (which were faster, less maintenance and didn't get skittish like horses did) but whilst Lilah preferred to use them for recreational use within urban environments and the occasional sojourn, the development of long-distance-capable and speedier vehicles enabled him to become a road nomad. He cruised around the Anarch Free States, with occasional sojourns through Camarilla (and occasionally, Sabbat) territory. Whilst he quickly grew to resent the Camarilla - which he saw as being run by vampires of the same sort as the human politicians who are so willing to start wars and send the working class or the youth off to die whilst they remained in their comfortable palaces - he took advantage of the Gangrel Clan's membership in the Sect to travel around the USA. Although San Francisco, Los Angeles and Ashford were the main areas that he would frequent and use as a base of operations, he would occasionally "drive home" to New York - even after it became Sabbat territory in 1929, he would go and cause a little hell there for the Camarilla, or get some information he could sell to the Camarilla (often in return for overlooking some transgression in a Camarilla domain). He travelled with other coteries typically comprising of Gangrels, the occasional Brujah or Caitiff, or like-minded kindred (he didn't really care about Clans or Clan or even Sect loyalties, only on the character of the person) and, at times, ghoul company (typically as musicians). But sooner or later, he would move on, usually after pissing off the coterie enough or getting bored. He made many allies and friends in the domains he frequented, and at least as many enemies. Young Gangrels, Brujah and anarchs would celebrate when the infamous Keith Karloff came into town but Sheriffs and Princes would grimace as, inevitably, hell followed him. But his one constant friend that he always came home to was his friend and former mentor Lilah Fox, and he would always frequent the latest incarnation of her Saloon, which she seemed to reinvent every few decades. But something just never clicked for him with these allies that gave him a desire to belong long-term.		For the most part, Keith spent the next 75 years alone on the road. Like his friend Lilah, he loved the development of motor vehicles (which were faster, less maintenance and didn't get skittish like horses did) but whilst Lilah preferred to use them for recreational use within urban environments and the occasional sojourn, the development of long-distance-capable and speedier vehicles enabled him to become a road nomad. He cruised around the Anarch Free States, with occasional sojourns through Camarilla (and occasionally, Sabbat) territory. Whilst he quickly grew to resent the Camarilla - which he saw as being run by vampires of the same sort as the human politicians who are so willing to start wars and send the working class or the youth off to die whilst they remained in their comfortable palaces - he took advantage of the Gangrel Clan's membership in the Sect to travel around the USA. Although San Francisco, Los Angeles and Ashford were the main areas that he would frequent and use as a base of operations, he would occasionally "drive home" to New York - even after it became Sabbat territory in 1929, he would go and cause a little hell there for the Camarilla, or get some information he could sell to the Camarilla (often in return for overlooking some transgression in a Camarilla domain). He travelled with other coteries typically comprising of Gangrels, the occasional Brujah or Caitiff, or like-minded kindred (he didn't really care about Clans or Clan or even Sect loyalties, only on the character of the person) and, at times, ghoul company (typically as musicians). But sooner or later, he would move on, usually after pissing off the coterie enough or getting bored. He made many allies and friends in the domains he frequented, and at least as many enemies. Young Gangrels, Brujah and anarchs would celebrate when the infamous Keith Karloff came into town but Sheriffs and Princes would grimace as, inevitably, hell followed him. But his one constant friend that he always came home to was his friend and former mentor Lilah Fox, and he would always frequent the latest incarnation of her Saloon, which she seemed to reinvent every few decades. But something just never clicked for him with these allies that gave him a desire to belong long-term.

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	Although Cindy was his first progeny, she would be far from the last. Although their travels were enjoyable and entertaining, for all that Cindy and Keith had in common, there was still a chasm between them (which Cindy would describe as "the difference between us is: I'm not an asshole") and it was Cindy that convinced Keith that he had always spent his life belonging to a gang or group. As a human it had been the Dead Rabbits. During the Civil War it had been the fellow soldiers of his company. Then as a kindred, it had been him and Lilah for a while - but that one woman (whether Lilah or Cindy) was not enough, he desired the company of a group of like-minded men that he could drink (hunt), fight and live (travel) alongside. Although he had ran with various coteries over the last century, he needed something more permanent of his own. His own pack.		Although Cindy was his first progeny, she would be far from the last. Although their travels were enjoyable and entertaining, for all that Cindy and Keith had in common, there was still a chasm between them (which Cindy would describe as "the difference between us is: I'm not an asshole") and it was Cindy that convinced Keith that he had always spent his life belonging to a gang or group. As a human it had been the Dead Rabbits. During the Civil War it had been the fellow soldiers of his company. Then as a kindred, it had been him and Lilah for a while - but that one woman (whether Lilah or Cindy) was not enough, he desired the company of a group of like-minded men that he could drink (hunt), fight and live (travel) alongside. Although he had ran with various coteries over the last century, he needed something more permanent of his own. His own pack.

			==== The Gone Jackals ====
	And so Keith decided to Embrace Rudy, Charlie and Mark - the ghouls that performed with him - and they took the name [http://www.blueblack.com/KKPersonalBandPicFolder/KeithGale2.html Parallel Universe]. That. Was. A. Mistake. Huge. Two years and a lot of bitching later, things between Keith and one of his progeny exploded, and Keith ended up frenzying and tearing Charlie's head off his shoulders. He Embraced another promising biker and musician named Judd shortly after, renaming the pack [http://www.blueblack.com/KKPersonalBandPicFolder/KeithGale2.html The Indifferent Pariahs]. Still, a few years later, things with another of his childer also became dangerously tenuous, but this time his childer Mark decided to flip him the birdie and ride off on his own - something Keith respected and thought better for all. So Keith Embraced once again to replace the childer - this time being a little more cautious and picking Trey, a handsome and friendly biker that had caught Cindy's eye (mostly as dinner, but there was a spark), figuring their mutual-interest might help relations. This was a good decision - Trey was less bitter, rebellious and aggressive than Keith or the others, and his bon-vivant attitude proved to be the cement that bound the newly-renamed [http://www.blueblack.com/gonejackals.html The Gone Jackals] together.		And so Keith decided to Embrace Rudy, Charlie and Mark - the ghouls that performed with him - and they took the name [http://www.blueblack.com/KKPersonalBandPicFolder/KeithGale2.html Parallel Universe]. That. Was. A. Mistake. Huge. Two years and a lot of bitching later, things between Keith and one of his progeny exploded, and Keith ended up frenzying and tearing Charlie's head off his shoulders. He Embraced another promising biker and musician named Judd shortly after, renaming the pack [http://www.blueblack.com/KKPersonalBandPicFolder/KeithGale2.html The Indifferent Pariahs]. Still, a few years later, things with another of his childer also became dangerously tenuous, but this time his childer Mark decided to flip him the birdie and ride off on his own - something Keith respected and thought better for all. So Keith Embraced once again to replace the childer - this time being a little more cautious and picking Trey, a handsome and friendly biker that had caught Cindy's eye (mostly as dinner, but there was a spark), figuring their mutual-interest might help relations. This was a good decision - Trey was less bitter, rebellious and aggressive than Keith or the others, and his bon-vivant attitude proved to be the cement that bound the newly-renamed [http://www.blueblack.com/gonejackals.html The Gone Jackals] together.
			[[File:Gangrel - Gone Jackals.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|right\|Keith Karloff (front, center) with his former coterie, the Gone Jackals]]
	Keith, Cindy, and his Gone Jackals, then spent the next couple of years tearing up the west coast, with occasional forays into Sabbat-controlled Mexico and New York. But things end and Cindy was not Keith. Seemingly out of the blue, Cindy announced she was leaving the pack, and settling in Ashford. She stated that Keith had ended her "first life" when she was aged 27, and she had now spent 27 years touring with him - her "second life." She now stated that she was not Keith, and did not want to be a nomad forever. She wanted to begin a "third life" now with different aims - to establish roots and long-term alliances (she had made some close friends in Ashford, particularly with the Gangrels, Brujah and even Nosferatu - and even some Ventrue allies), maybe someday earn a domain of her own. Keith respected this, but the suddenness of it made him feel like Cindy "abandoned him" - and is convinced it was an act of final revenge for his Embracing and abandoning her 27 years ago.		Keith, Cindy, and his Gone Jackals, then spent the next couple of years tearing up the west coast, with occasional forays into Sabbat-controlled Mexico and New York. But things end and Cindy was not Keith. Seemingly out of the blue, Cindy announced she was leaving the pack, and settling in Ashford. She stated that Keith had ended her "first life" when she was aged 27, and she had now spent 27 years touring with him - her "second life." She now stated that she was not Keith, and did not want to be a nomad forever. She wanted to begin a "third life" now with different aims - to establish roots and long-term alliances (she had made some close friends in Ashford, particularly with the Gangrels, Brujah and even Nosferatu - and even some Ventrue allies), maybe someday earn a domain of her own. Keith respected this, but the suddenness of it made him feel like Cindy "abandoned him" - and is convinced it was an act of final revenge for his Embracing and abandoning her 27 years ago.

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	*'''Kindred Status:''' Ancilla		*'''Kindred Status:''' Ancilla
	*'''Sire:''' Unknown		*'''Sire:''' Unknown
			*'''Notable Descendants:''' [[Cindy Walker (WoD)\|Cindy Walker (Childe)]], [[Duncan Caulker (WoD)\|Duncan Caulker (Childe)]],[[Coterie:_The_1337_5kw4d_(WoD)#Member_Profile:_K4mik3nzi22_.28Mackenzie_.27Kenzi.27_Dubenenko.29\|Mackenzie 'Kenzi' Dubenenko (Grand-Childe)]]
	*'''Clan:''' Gangrel		*'''Clan:''' Gangrel
	*'''Clan Status:''' Respected (no official title)		*'''Clan Status:''' Respected (no official title)

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	* ~~No information~~ in ~~database~~.		* Colt Anaconda - .44 Magnum revolver. Has silver bullets.
			* Stoeger Coach Gun - 12-gauge lupara-style sawn-off double-barrelled shotgun. Keeps rounds with silver buckshot pellets.
			* Biker Jacket emblazoned with a skeletal hand giving "the bird" and the words "Irritating Ciny" in bloody script
			* "Morgan" - Heavily-customised Harley-Davidson Softail.

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	* ~~No information in database.~~		* "C'mon snowflake - you gonna put your money where your mouth is or you gonna pussy out and go crying home to mama?"


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