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== Background == | == Background == | ||
Katrusia's (aka "Kat") father was a Ukrainian-Jewish writer and linguist who emigrated to Denmark to escape increasing antisemitism. There he met and eventually married a Danish-Jew teacher. Shortly after Kat was born in Copenhagen during a time where Danish laws promoted equality for women in education, sport and employment, and sports were heavily promoted socially and educationally. Kat identifies as Danish, with Ukrainian heritage, and grew up inheriting the best of both worlds - well educated and active in sports, excelling in linguistics and Escrime, which she thoroughly enjoyed. This led to her father taking her on a surprise trip to Paris in 1924 to watch the Olympics, after the announcement that women's foil was added to the games (Kat notices that the first female Olympic champion was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Osiier Ellen Osiier], a fellow Dane). Whilst there she witnessed a relatively new demonstration sport called Savate and was enthralled by it and began practising it shortly after. L'Escrime and Savate would be Kat's introduction to martial arts, which would become a life-long passion. This interest in sports led to her doing a degree in Physical Education at the University of Copenhagen, specialising in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesiology kinesiology]. Shortly after, she began working as a fitness instructor at a local gymnasium until she acquired enough capital to fund the opening of her own gymnasium, which in addition to normal gymnasium sports and wellness services also taught savate and l'Escrime. | |||
Life was generally good until the Second World War, when Denmark was invated and occupied by the Nazis in 1940. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_resistance_movement Danish Resistance Movement] formed soon after but was slow to build as, overall, the Nazi occupation was considered benign in comparison to Paris and occupied countries and for a while considered a ''"model protectorate"'' by the Nazis. But slowly, unrest began to build, especially when in 1941 the Nazis insisted that Denmark not avoid ''"the Jewish Problem"'' and began imposing curfews, sanctions and restrictions in response to the Danish Government's ''leniency'' towards Jews. It was around this time that Kat began to get involved with the Danish Resistance - initially helping train agents in self-defence and conducting subtle spying and information gathering but, as the Nazi oppression worsened, got more active in direct espionage and sabotage activities. | |||
When plans were leaked by [https://www.facinghistory.org/rescuers/georg-duckwitz German diplomat Georg F. Duckwitz] for Nazi plans to capture the Danish Jews during their ''Rosh Hashanah'' (New Year) service to be deported to the concentration camps, Kat and the Danish Resistance were actively involved in helping Jews go into hiding then being smuggled out of Denmark to neutral Sweden, as well as the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_of_the_Danish_Jews "Rescue of the Danish Jews"]'' operation. Although she could have fled along with her family to Sweden, Kat chose to stay in Denmark despite the risk in order to continue aiding the Danish Resistance in its increasingly-aggressive espionage, assassination of Nazi targets, and sabotage of Nazi materiel and Danish infrastructure the Nazis relied on for the war effort elsewhere in Europe. | |||
Shortly after the war ended, the state of Israel was founded and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah#Aliyah_Bet:_Illegal_immigration_(1933%E2%80%931948) post-Holocaust Aliyah] occurred. Like many Jews displaced by the Holocaust, Kat's family emigrated to the new state and began new lives in their ancestral homeland. Kat applied to join the newly-established [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces IDF (Israel Defence Forces)], intending on enlisting for a few years until her family were properly established and the disruptions of the wartime/post-Holocaust Aliyah settled. With her experience aiding the Danish Resistance, however, on finishing basic training she was recruited as an agent by the new [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations], or Mossad, as it was more commonly known. With Mossad, she underwent further training in self-defence which included Krav Maga and Kapap, which would end up (especially Kapap) becoming her main combat styles, as well as further espionage and counter-espionage training. | |||
Kat served her new home and Mossad successfully for several years, in various theatres, until 1956, when she died. Kat was on operation in Morocco, helping Mossad establish a network to smuggle Moroccan Jews to Israel after a ban on immigration to Israel had been imposed by the government. Although the operation was successful, her activities brought her to the attention of an Assamite Vizier who ultimately ended up recruiting her to a new form of service. | |||
It took a while, but eventually unlife as an Assamite made her lose much of her faith, though not entirely. Overall, she prospered - she got along well with her fellow Viziers and was more active in assassinations than most Viziers due to her accumulated skill set which garnered her more respect from the Warrior caste than Viziers typically get, especially as she was at least as proficient as the Web of Knives' recruits after their 7-year training. Still, she discovered that she was in a Clan that was run by a fanatical cult that was overall hostile towards women, towards Westerners, and increasingly towards Jews. Kat could see the writing on the wall and so when [[Mira Panikkar (WoD)|Mira]], one of [https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Tegyrius Tegyrius'] people started to sound her out about joining their Preservationist Conspiracy, Kat interrupted her to tell her quite a few things she'd already figured out that Mira didn't know, then asked what she could do to help. Kat followed Mira to Ashford and pretended to be a Toreador linguist and writer, as well as establishing a self-defence school in Ashford. In 2011 she Embraced [[Coterie:_The_1337_5kw4d_(WoD)#Member_Profile:_5n1p3yV1z_.28Vivian_Gosiengfiao.29|Vivian Gosiengfiao]], a young Filipino-American eGamer, Cosplay model and social media influencer to aid her in understanding and dealing with the rapidly-changing technology, and youth culture of the modern nights. | |||
The 2016 Sabbat Crusade was a turning point as it resulted in official sanction and Camarilla membership of Mira's group of Preservationist Assamites, something that was slow and erratic to gain acceptance in the Camarilla as a whole, but gained steam since the Gangrels seceded from the Camarilla. Like almost all of Mira's Preservationists, after membership Kat and her childe Vivian ''came out'' as Assamites, to the surprise (and in some cases, resentment) of the Toreador clan who they had masqueraded as for several years. Although the clan itself had no similar formal internal position, seeking to remodel into Camarilla structure what are commonly referred to as the ''Ashford Assamites'', Mira decided to follow Camarilla tradition and formally select a Whip to assist her as Primogen, as well as serving as Envoy to the Camarilla. The Ashford Assamites were predominantly of the Vizier and Sorcerer castes, as was common throughout the Preservationist Conspiracy and Dispossessed Assasmites, but there were still various warriors. Although Kat was not the eldest Ashford Assamite (after Mira, who is the eldest), her role as a Vizier would naturally garner the respect of other Viziers and Sorcerers, whilst her combat ability and espionage history gathered the respect of the Warriors, who were used to a structure where a warrior was in charge even over much elder and wiser Viziers. Whilst Mira is the Primogen and eldest Ashford Assamite, it is unusual to find a member of the Sorcerer caste in charge and Mira knows this. For this reason Kat's position as Whip is a prudent one that all three castes, for varying reasons, support. Indeed, many of the Warrior caste look towards Kat as their leader rather than Mira, almost as though Mira is the official figurehead and Camarilla representative, whilst Kat is the actual Clan leader. Many wonder if Kat will attempt to usurp control from Mira but, of course, Kat will refute this vehemently and has shown nothing but respect and loyalty to the elder. | |||
As the Whip Kat has proven that her intelligence-gathering and espionage skills lead well to her coordinating with her clanmates; her social skills and Vizier abilities give her the ability to keep her clan-mates in check (her combat skills helping when a ''heavier touch'' is required to keep an errant troublemaker in line), as well as proving to be a good envoy to the other Camarilla Clans. Whilst Mira's age, timeless grace and elder status all aid good relations with the Ventrue, Toreador, Malkavian and Nosferatu elders, her being a sorcerer (or in the case of the Brujah clan, being black), causes some conflicts with the Brujah and Tremere Primogen. Kat, however, seems to be able to relate better with the Brujah, Tremere and Senya Primogen than Mira (in trugh, Kat relates well with all the Primogen, with her main issue being that many of the elder Primogen have an innate disdain for ''politically unproven'' Kindred of such young age). | |||
== Mortal Society == | == Mortal Society == | ||
Revision as of 17:00, 30 January 2020
SchreckNet Data File
- Real/Birth Name: Katrusia Anna Jakobson
- Known Identiy/Mortal Alias: Katheryn Jacobsen
- Place of Origin: Copenhagen, Denmark
- Height: 5'5"
- Occupation: Martial Arts Instructor
- Apparent Age: Early-40s
- Embraced: 1956
- Kindred Status: Ancilla
- Sire: Youssef El Idrissi
- Clan: Assamite (Vizier caste)
- Clan Status: Respected Vizier
- Sect: Camarilla
- Sect Status: Assamite Whip
- Player/Type: NPC
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Background
Katrusia's (aka "Kat") father was a Ukrainian-Jewish writer and linguist who emigrated to Denmark to escape increasing antisemitism. There he met and eventually married a Danish-Jew teacher. Shortly after Kat was born in Copenhagen during a time where Danish laws promoted equality for women in education, sport and employment, and sports were heavily promoted socially and educationally. Kat identifies as Danish, with Ukrainian heritage, and grew up inheriting the best of both worlds - well educated and active in sports, excelling in linguistics and Escrime, which she thoroughly enjoyed. This led to her father taking her on a surprise trip to Paris in 1924 to watch the Olympics, after the announcement that women's foil was added to the games (Kat notices that the first female Olympic champion was Ellen Osiier, a fellow Dane). Whilst there she witnessed a relatively new demonstration sport called Savate and was enthralled by it and began practising it shortly after. L'Escrime and Savate would be Kat's introduction to martial arts, which would become a life-long passion. This interest in sports led to her doing a degree in Physical Education at the University of Copenhagen, specialising in kinesiology. Shortly after, she began working as a fitness instructor at a local gymnasium until she acquired enough capital to fund the opening of her own gymnasium, which in addition to normal gymnasium sports and wellness services also taught savate and l'Escrime.
Life was generally good until the Second World War, when Denmark was invated and occupied by the Nazis in 1940. The Danish Resistance Movement formed soon after but was slow to build as, overall, the Nazi occupation was considered benign in comparison to Paris and occupied countries and for a while considered a "model protectorate" by the Nazis. But slowly, unrest began to build, especially when in 1941 the Nazis insisted that Denmark not avoid "the Jewish Problem" and began imposing curfews, sanctions and restrictions in response to the Danish Government's leniency towards Jews. It was around this time that Kat began to get involved with the Danish Resistance - initially helping train agents in self-defence and conducting subtle spying and information gathering but, as the Nazi oppression worsened, got more active in direct espionage and sabotage activities.
When plans were leaked by German diplomat Georg F. Duckwitz for Nazi plans to capture the Danish Jews during their Rosh Hashanah (New Year) service to be deported to the concentration camps, Kat and the Danish Resistance were actively involved in helping Jews go into hiding then being smuggled out of Denmark to neutral Sweden, as well as the "Rescue of the Danish Jews" operation. Although she could have fled along with her family to Sweden, Kat chose to stay in Denmark despite the risk in order to continue aiding the Danish Resistance in its increasingly-aggressive espionage, assassination of Nazi targets, and sabotage of Nazi materiel and Danish infrastructure the Nazis relied on for the war effort elsewhere in Europe.
Shortly after the war ended, the state of Israel was founded and a post-Holocaust Aliyah occurred. Like many Jews displaced by the Holocaust, Kat's family emigrated to the new state and began new lives in their ancestral homeland. Kat applied to join the newly-established IDF (Israel Defence Forces), intending on enlisting for a few years until her family were properly established and the disruptions of the wartime/post-Holocaust Aliyah settled. With her experience aiding the Danish Resistance, however, on finishing basic training she was recruited as an agent by the new Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, or Mossad, as it was more commonly known. With Mossad, she underwent further training in self-defence which included Krav Maga and Kapap, which would end up (especially Kapap) becoming her main combat styles, as well as further espionage and counter-espionage training.
Kat served her new home and Mossad successfully for several years, in various theatres, until 1956, when she died. Kat was on operation in Morocco, helping Mossad establish a network to smuggle Moroccan Jews to Israel after a ban on immigration to Israel had been imposed by the government. Although the operation was successful, her activities brought her to the attention of an Assamite Vizier who ultimately ended up recruiting her to a new form of service.
It took a while, but eventually unlife as an Assamite made her lose much of her faith, though not entirely. Overall, she prospered - she got along well with her fellow Viziers and was more active in assassinations than most Viziers due to her accumulated skill set which garnered her more respect from the Warrior caste than Viziers typically get, especially as she was at least as proficient as the Web of Knives' recruits after their 7-year training. Still, she discovered that she was in a Clan that was run by a fanatical cult that was overall hostile towards women, towards Westerners, and increasingly towards Jews. Kat could see the writing on the wall and so when Mira, one of Tegyrius' people started to sound her out about joining their Preservationist Conspiracy, Kat interrupted her to tell her quite a few things she'd already figured out that Mira didn't know, then asked what she could do to help. Kat followed Mira to Ashford and pretended to be a Toreador linguist and writer, as well as establishing a self-defence school in Ashford. In 2011 she Embraced Vivian Gosiengfiao, a young Filipino-American eGamer, Cosplay model and social media influencer to aid her in understanding and dealing with the rapidly-changing technology, and youth culture of the modern nights.
The 2016 Sabbat Crusade was a turning point as it resulted in official sanction and Camarilla membership of Mira's group of Preservationist Assamites, something that was slow and erratic to gain acceptance in the Camarilla as a whole, but gained steam since the Gangrels seceded from the Camarilla. Like almost all of Mira's Preservationists, after membership Kat and her childe Vivian came out as Assamites, to the surprise (and in some cases, resentment) of the Toreador clan who they had masqueraded as for several years. Although the clan itself had no similar formal internal position, seeking to remodel into Camarilla structure what are commonly referred to as the Ashford Assamites, Mira decided to follow Camarilla tradition and formally select a Whip to assist her as Primogen, as well as serving as Envoy to the Camarilla. The Ashford Assamites were predominantly of the Vizier and Sorcerer castes, as was common throughout the Preservationist Conspiracy and Dispossessed Assasmites, but there were still various warriors. Although Kat was not the eldest Ashford Assamite (after Mira, who is the eldest), her role as a Vizier would naturally garner the respect of other Viziers and Sorcerers, whilst her combat ability and espionage history gathered the respect of the Warriors, who were used to a structure where a warrior was in charge even over much elder and wiser Viziers. Whilst Mira is the Primogen and eldest Ashford Assamite, it is unusual to find a member of the Sorcerer caste in charge and Mira knows this. For this reason Kat's position as Whip is a prudent one that all three castes, for varying reasons, support. Indeed, many of the Warrior caste look towards Kat as their leader rather than Mira, almost as though Mira is the official figurehead and Camarilla representative, whilst Kat is the actual Clan leader. Many wonder if Kat will attempt to usurp control from Mira but, of course, Kat will refute this vehemently and has shown nothing but respect and loyalty to the elder.
As the Whip Kat has proven that her intelligence-gathering and espionage skills lead well to her coordinating with her clanmates; her social skills and Vizier abilities give her the ability to keep her clan-mates in check (her combat skills helping when a heavier touch is required to keep an errant troublemaker in line), as well as proving to be a good envoy to the other Camarilla Clans. Whilst Mira's age, timeless grace and elder status all aid good relations with the Ventrue, Toreador, Malkavian and Nosferatu elders, her being a sorcerer (or in the case of the Brujah clan, being black), causes some conflicts with the Brujah and Tremere Primogen. Kat, however, seems to be able to relate better with the Brujah, Tremere and Senya Primogen than Mira (in trugh, Kat relates well with all the Primogen, with her main issue being that many of the elder Primogen have an innate disdain for politically unproven Kindred of such young age).
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Gallery
- Assamite - Katheryn Jakobsen 1.jpg
Kat in typical attire
- Assamite - Katheryn Jakobsen 2.jpg
Kat in formal attire
- Assamite - Katheryn Jakobsen 3.jpg
Kat in action
- Assamite - Katheryn Jakobsen 4.jpg
Kat with her Iron 1200