Tifa Sing (WoD)

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• Real/Birth Name: Tiffany Jung Sing
  
• Known Identiy/Mortal Alias: Tifa Sing
  
• Place of Origin: Ashford, California, USA
  
• Height: 5'8"
  
• Occupation: Restaurant Owner/Musician
  
• Apparent Age: Early-20s
  
• Embraced: 2011
  
• Kindred Status: Neonate
  
• Sire: LongWu (Lilah Fox)
  
• Clan: Brujah
  
• Clan Status: Individualists
  
• Sect: Camarilla
  
• Sect Status: None
  
• Player/Type: NPC

Appearance

Tifa common appearance

Tiffany (aka Tifa to her friends) is a beautiful and graceful looking girl of obvious asian heritage. She is tall for a girl, and even moreso for an asian, and her slender appearance adds to this making her appear even taller than she actually is. Her hair is naturally dark brown, long and straight, and her eyes are dark and large, as are her lips, giving her an exotic allure (at least, to non-asians). When she sings, her voice sounds angelic and captivating, oddly harmonious both when singing traditional Chinese folk songs at the Dragon House, and when performing symphonic folk metal with her band, the Chop Styx.

In casual look, Tifa favours knee- or ankle-length skirts and t-shirts or blouses from a wide arrange of styles - often favouring fashionable blouses or pop-culture t-shirts, and typically adorned with her favourite leather jacket. She wears large, rounded glasses to compensate for her myopia (short-sightedness) but often wears contact lenses when going out in public socially or performing. With her glasses on she looks both younger and is often accused of appearing somewhat geeky, which she doesn't really mind and she does consider herself a little geeky in her interests.

When being sociable and elegant she favours one-piece dresses that are attractive but elegant, but this can vary from traditional qipao and cheongsam dresses to modern fashions, depending on mood and situation. In most occasions, she favours earthy and natural-coloured make-up, pushing towards bright red lipstick when attempting to look more glamorous.

When performing with the Chop Styx her classic look is a leather jacket or coat over leather skirt and t-shirt or leather dress, typically with dark stockings and stiletto heels and a leather hat as an accessory, and more striking make-up to add to her overall image.

Background

Tifa common appearance

Tiffany Jung Sing (known as "Tifa" to her friends) was born to an Old Chinatown family which ran the Dragon House Canonese-cuisine restaurant and lounge and harboured a family secret of loyalty to the kindred Lilah Fox, who they knew only as a mostly-benevolent supernatural protector known as the LongWu (the Dragon Fox).

Tifa grew up helping out in the family business, spending time helping in the kitchen or entertaining guests - she loved singing and performing even when she was young. As her father ran the Dragon House and she was not expected to inherit it (that was the expectation for her elder brother Robert) nor serve the LongWu (that honour fell to her uncle Remy), Tifa had the freedom to pursue her interests. She loved music and wanted to be a music teacher, performing for audiences for the love of it, rather than fame and fortune, and help the Dragon House when she could like a good family member, rather than as part of the staff, like her younger brother Jason. Like her brothers and parents, she began learning Long Ying Kuen (Dragon style kung fu) and Tai Chi Chuan (Yang style Tai Chi) at an early age.

Tifa always valued her education and had many achievements in her studies. Both a scholar and an athlete, Tifa began training in various types of sports at the age of eight, excelling in track and field events, having won various high school awards. When she was 18, Tifa was one of 8 female Chinese students awarded a $500 scholarship by the Ashford Chinese Women's Club in recognition of her hard work and academic performance. She went on to do a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music at California State University Ashford. Despite developing frequent headaches, chest pains and occasional shortness of breath, which she attributed to stress and lack of sleep, Tifa graduated with honours, even achieved awards for her participation in the "Roadrunners" Track & Field Varsity team. But shortly after ending university her symptoms quickly became more severe, and doctors soon gave a diagnosis of Lung cancer, which had already spread to other organs, giving only a 5% survival prognosis and less than a year life expectancy.

Tifa's great-great-grandfather Ed Jung Sing - who appeared not much older than her own father due to the LongWu's blessing of longevity - had in the past told the tale of how LongWu had saved him from Scarlet fever and granted him long life in return for his service. Desperate, she persuaded him to get her an audience with the LongWu. Whilst Tifa was initially polite and respectful to the LongWu when she pleaded for her mercy in return for servitude, just as she had shown to great-great-grandfather Ed, but the LongWu said she had no interest in a second servitor and, although unfortunate for Tifa, she was no longer a child as Ed had been when he was ill and all mortals must die sometime. Rather than be upset, Tifa was angry. She had worked so hard her entire life to excel and make her family proud. Worked hard in her scholarly, athletic and martial pursuits to make her family proud and be as sound in body and graceful as she was in mind. And yet now a freak twist of fate meant it was all for nothing and the famous family guardian proved to be an utter disappointment, proving to be either as selfish and uncaring as the rest of the world or, perhaps, a fraud not as powerful as the family legend believed. The LongWu was enraged at her words and demanded Tifa leave before she lost what little time she had left, but Tifa defiantly told the LongWu to do her worst because at least a quick death in sacrifice to her would give Tifa's death meaning and bring honour to her family, and better than an agonising death. Although the LongWu sent her away then, she appeared to Tifa a few days later and introduced her to a different type of death as the LongWu, impressed by the girl's spirit, had decided to gift her the Embrace.

Since her Embrace, Tifa's struggled to reconcile the world with the Kindred with her family's skewed beliefs about the LongWu. She now understands the concept of the Masquerade and how severe the penalties to her sire could be for breaking it and therefore understands why her family was kept at arm's length - knowing enough about her sire to not ask questions, but not enough to break the Masquerade (especially with her family's self-perpetuating duty to loyalty and secrecy). Still, it ranks her that she now knows how much of it is misguided or blatantly wrong and yet she now needs to live and perpetuate the lie and myth herself. Knowing that her sire does not even desire the worship, not service, of her family only makes it worse, and she seeks to find a way to perhaps set the family free from its self-imposed traditional loyalty and duty. She also needs to find her place - for most of her life she had dreamed of being a music teacher, whilst performing with a band or in the Dragon House on the side, but her Embrace has completely ruled out the idea of a day job and she doesn't trust her easily-agitated passions around kine children or others likely to inadvertently provoke a frenzy.

To make things worse, the Sabbat Crusade brought her devastating loss. The Sabbat initially attacked the Rusty Forks saloon in an attempt to kill her sire but, when that failed, additionally attacked the Dragon House in an attempt to draw out LongWu. They were successful although, between the LongWu, her ghoul Remy and Tifa (amongst others), the outcome for the Sabbat was not what the Sabbat likely expected it to be. Nonetheless, the attack caused major physical damage to the Dragon House and left both her father and elder brother dead - leaving Tifa suddenly as the eldest child and inheritor of the Dragon House. Although she had grown up helping the family around the restaurant and therefore knew something of its finances and operations, this was something that she never prepared for and has been struggling to find a balance between taking business courses, running the business, and pursuing her musical interests... and trying to figure out what kind of relationship she has, or wants to have, with the LongWu whilst ensuring her kine brother doesn't figure out enough to endanger himself or the Masquerade.

Mortal Society

Tifa when performing with Chop Styx

Tifa is renown as the beautiful, friendly young girl with the enchanting voice who sings and dances to folk music during the Dragon House's traditional Canton Nights on Fridays.

She is also the frontman for the Chop Styx, a Symphonic Power Metal band with traditional Chinese folk influences, which has picked up a small local following, especially at the Heresy Entertainment nightclub where they regularly perform on Saturdays. The Chop Styx are comprised of:

• Tiffany "Tifa" Sing - Vocals & Songwriter
• Taio Cheng - Bass
• Christina "Tina" Gosiengfiao - Guitar
• Tommy Lao - Drums
• Carlos "Chino" Moreno - Keyboard & Songwriter
• Andrew Sheng - Flute

Tifa is also known to have recently inherited ownership of the Dragon House after her father died during the 2016 riots. She has relied heavily on the assistance of family and hired staff to keep it running and advise her in her new role, for which she has taken some business and accounting evening classes to help her better understand the financial aspects of running the business. Despite the damage sustained during the riots and having only recently finished paying off her College debt, Tifa has so far juggled her responsibilities and seems to finally be achieving a sense of balance and stability.

Personality

Tifa wearing glasses

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Other Notes

Jason Jung Sing, Tifa's mortal brother

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Combat Style

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Social Style

Tifa glamorous look

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Signature Equipment

• Leather Jacket (casual) or Leather Dress (Chop Styx performance)
• Array of Shaolin Kung Fu weapons in haven

Signature Quotes

• "Mock me and I'll squash you."

Gallery

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  Tifa common appearance

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  Tifa common appearance

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  Tifa glamorous look

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  Tifa when performing with Chop Styx

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  Tifa wearing glasses

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  Jason Jung Sing

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