SchreckNet Data File
- Real/Birth Name: Romain Vallentin
- Known Identity/Mortal Alias: Valentine/Roman Valentine
- Place of Origin: Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Height: 173 cm (5'8")
- Occupation: Comedy Club Owner
- Apparent Age: Indeterminable
- Embraced: 1887
- Kindred Status: Ancilla
- Sire: Phantomas
- Clan: Nosferatu
- Clan Status: Respected ancilla
- Sect: Camarilla
- Sect Status: Clan Whip
- Player/Type: NPC
Appearance
Prior to his Embrace, or when using his Obfuscate to appear as he (believes) he did whilst mortal, Valentine was a handsome Frenchman of average height and build, although good physique, with a thick head of hair and beard - even for a man in his 40s. The Embrace stripped him of all this - turning him into, as Genevieve Montclair once described him, ##"the love-child of a human chihuahua and a rabbit." He had lost all his once-lush hair, even his eyebrows (and other more private areas) and his skin has become gaunt, withered and wrinkly not unlike a mortal centenarian, with a green-grey tinge. His eyes retain most of their human appearance, but the pigmentation has drained from them and mutated, leaving them an odd colour that resembles violet or lilac depending on the lighting conditions. His nose has twisted and gnarled and his ears have grown and bent, resembling miniature-gargoyles stuck to his head. Like many nosferatu, his nails and incisors have grown and sharpened, although his elongated nails don't provide any real benefit.
In life, Valentine was a player and still dresses the type. He usually wears fashionable clothing popular in France (he is proudly French), typically polo necks and trousers or fashionable jeans. He usually wears a stylish leather coat over this, especially when out in public, He likes to accessorise and allows his sense of humour to shine through, often sticking pin badges and doll heads to his clothing (they amuse him and are often conversation-starters, which aids his nightly hunts). When at Elysium, it is common for him to wear a cracked porcelain mask. This is not only done for the benefit of kindred that would be repulsed by his visage, but to add an air of mystique to himself and - those in the know have noted - as a nod to his sire, the famous Phantomas]], better known as the Phantom of the Opera.
Background
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Mortal Society
Valentine has a popular club known as The Valentine Lounge (commonly simply referred to as Valentine's). It operates as a restaurant during the day, run by mortal staff led by his ghoul, with an open-mic area and occasional in-house entertainment. At nights it operates as a stand-up/comedy-club with stand-up comedians, poets, improv actors, small theatre groups and the likes performing on the small stage. This includes the in-house Valentine Troupe which performs on Friday nights, of which Valentine is a performer under his mortal alias of Roman Valentine. Though occasionally they may get a professional performing, Valentine prefers to use his club as a way to showcase new talent and more than one career has been made by a performance at Valentine's spotted by a critic, talent scout or other media influencer who writes about them... as well as Brujah and Toreadors scoping out for potential talent to provide patronage, or seeking potential progeny...
Valentine is rarely hands-on, however, acting as a patron and mentor to his staff and, especially, theatre troupe, rather than an owner-manager and is popular with clients and staff. The restaurant has a strict "no cameras" policy. He claims this is to prevent people from stealing talent although, in reality, it's mostly to protect the Masquerade when he is on stage. Although Valentine is able to transfer his Obfuscated image to photographic media (or rather, to those who view his Obfuscated image via media), he figures - why risk it? In practice, this policy is regularly lifted (especially for journalists) simply by asking Valentine's permission (which he will grant whenever he himself is not going to be photographed, although he asks the performers if they mind too).
He enjoys being socially active with both kindred (especially in Elysium, where he is a regular) and the kine - in particular, he enjoys seducing beautiful young kine (of any gender, as he self-identifies as pansexual), however, and to this end uses Obfuscate to take on fake personas and names (or stealing identities of lovers) to aid his activities.
Personality
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Gallery
Valentine post-Embrace
Valentine obfuscated to appear as he did pre-Embrace