Name: Arthur Beauregard
Apparent Age: Late 30's
Years Undead: ~300
Clan: Ventrue
Description: Along with the Prince himself, Arthur Beauregard most likely has the longest history in the region - though one can't discount the possibility that other Elders have been lurking about in their schemes. Arthur was the son and heir to a wealthy, if not well-known, Louisiana plantation family. This attachment to wealth drew in his sire, the late Earl Windthorpe, Prince of New Orleans, to bring him into the Blood and bring his resources to bare for the city. Arthur perhaps became best known for his Ventrue Curse, one of the few who had his own exquisite tastes made public to the Domain. With the easiest stock of mortals being his own plantation slaves, Arthur came to develop a taste for the blood of humans in a state of bondage. Arthur served the Domain of New Orleans well as a neonate until 1862, when he was one of the few Camarilla who managed to flee the Sabbat takeover of the city by Archbishop Lord Samuel Dalton. Arthur fled to St. Louis, taking a beating to his prestation for fleeing the Sabbat but holding on to his Unlife and his membership in the Camarilla.
Arthur stayed in St. Louis until 1950, when he secured passage to Houston to bolster the newly-formed Domain under Prince Alderidge. Arthur's peculiar tastes led him to becoming a prominent figure in the Houston underworld, gradually regaining his prestige and finding his way into the good graces of the city. While not the best-regarded of the Domain, Arthur was assigned to the position of Deputy for the Sheriff during the Sabbat offensive of the 90's. And when the Anarchs were bidden to attack New Orleans in 2010, Arthur expressed a personal interest in the project and has served as the Camarilla's and Anarchs' go-between through the operation. Arthur has regarded the Anarchs with a passing contempt, as tools to achieve his real goal - to take back the city that he thinks rightly belongs to him. Everything the Anarchs knew about Arthur was turned on its head, though, when the Ventrue showed up to Baron Richard's memorial asking to join. Declaring that if he could not rule New Orleans it would not be ruled, Arthur took up the Anarch cause. His actions on the night of the Cajun Twilight Ball were simple, but essential in allowing the Anarchs their chance to fell Prince Henry and the city's Camarilla.
Now among the Anarchs, Arthur made his mark in the Movement through an unlikely avenue - the city's police. Using his own talents and capital funneled to him from the Anarch liberation of Florida, Arthur began investing in various companies that supplied the police and using those connections to meet people on the inside. His status allowed him to show his worth to the Anarchs in the 2030's. Arthur's influence over the police was essential to the Anarchs' survival as the Masquerade collapsed. He used the police to pin violent, Vampiric incidents like the Night of Blood on the Blood Hunts themselves, and ensured that evidence against the city's Movement was buried and lost. The decade won him the trust of the Movement, and the 2040's would be the final piece in his puzzle of influence. Arthur would spend that decade working with Alain Jeannet to position Obsidian Inc. to become the premier police provider in the city - and to remain under the Anarchs' influence. And all the while, Arthur worked his influence in the department to take the occasional unfortunate to add to his Herd as a new slave. These nights, Arthur havens in a variety of luxurious venues and cultivates his creeping empire in an era of profitable law enforcement. His Ghoul, Val Moretti, handles his night-to-night work and serves as an important liaison between the Ventrue and corporate leaders who understand the value of positive relations. New Orleans Eldest Anarch will not be left behind as the city and the Movement move forward.
Notable Traits (Talents, Assets, Merits, etc.):
- Maintains sizable investments in the city's largest corporations, using them to maintain some influence and enrich himself
- Is integrated into the city's police department - specifically among the beat cops and security officers on the streets
- Keeps a large Herd of enslaved mortals to sustain himself, in keeping with his Ventrue Curse
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