The upstart Giovanni Clan maintains a genteel exterior, dealing in matters of finance and internal business. Of course, as with all vampires, their outward facade merely hides much worse. Rumored to have wrested their position from some Clan now lost to antiquity, the Giovanni keep their small and secretive ties within their own family. Where there's money to be made, it's said, there's probably a Giovanni. However, the business dealings of the Necromancers hide their debauched dealings in the magics of the dead. The Giovanni traffic in mortal crime and politics more as a way to fulfill expected stereotypes. Underneath, they study hideous Necromancy, engage in debauched rituals and wallow in the excessive wealth of an incestuous immortal family.

Disciplines: Dominate, Necromancy, Potence

Clan Advantage: One free dot of the Finance or Health influences, plus either a second dot in either of these or a single dot of Retainer in the form of a wraith.

Clan Disadvantage: Painful Bite. Whenever a Giovanni bites to feed from a mortal they are rendered insensible with pain and take an additional level of damage for every Blood Point drained.

Clan Giovanni has the following Active PCs in Unmasqued:

• Edda Ghiberti
• Lazzaro Giovanni
• Marcus Giovanni

MARCUS GIOVANNI

A.K.A.: The beat-cop of Clan Giovanni

Player: Michelle

Appearance: Wiry and long-limbed, Marcus is on the tall side for someone of such obvious Italian descent. Embraced in his late twenties, he has a clean-cut appearance, and often wears his short dark hair slicked back with a quantity of hair gel. There is something in the style of his hair that hearkens back to his greaser days. Neither ugly nor attractive, Marcus has a face that can just blend in with a crowd, and he likes it that way.

Appearance (Mechanics): n/a

Description: Two things are immediately obvious upon first meeting Marcus. One, he's from Brooklyn, and not even thirty years of relocation in the deep South could expunge his accent. Two, Marcus is a cop, even when he's not working for any particular force. He has the instincts of a cop and one suspects that he just might have "To Protect and Serve" emblazoned in a tattoo somewhere upon his body. Marcus is also a Giovanni, although that part is sometimes a little less obvious, as this hard-headed and down-to-earth dego has very little interest in the occult -- readily admitting that most of his knowledge about spirits comes from watching episodes of SciFi's "Ghost Hunters." Marcus's practical attitudes served him well in the police force, however, and he distinguished himself early on as an outstanding officer. He made detective before he turned thirty, even though his career was tragically cut short. Marcus has been very forthcoming about the near-fatal shooting that ultimately led to his embrace. Despite thirty years as a vampire and even more as a Giovanni, Marcus has retained a strong connection with humanity. He's compassionate and always interested in helping those too weak to help themselves. A Brooklyn boy through and through, Marcus has returned to New York now that most of the notoriety of his shooting in the 70s has died down.

ALEXANDRA KOENIG

Player: UnMasqued NPC (generally played by LG)

Appearance: Alexandra possesses a disconcerting and pale appearance, looking for all the world like a walking corpse. She wears dark conservative clothing, always with some sort of Christian religious symbol. She has an elaborate tattoo on her left hand of some sort of stylized cross. She tends to be socially ill-adapted and aloof.

Appearance (Mechanics): [0] Appearance-related Traits, obvious Negative Social Traits (Ghastly), obvious Supernatural 'Merit' (Sanguine Incongruity), obvious Supernatural Flaw (Eerie Presence)

Description: Growing up in post-war Germany, Alexandra has seldom been unfamiliar with the closeness of death, nor unfamiliar with the harshness of the world. A member of one of the most newly introduced and Embraced Giovanni families, she was considered something of a failed experiment when she was taken into the ranks of the Clan and family, shortly after the murder of her husband Luka. Not only did the curse of the Lamia fail to manifest within her, leaving instead the strange and abberant condition of her corpse-like visage (a topic few Anziani like to talk about), but her Sire went mad soon after her Embrace and was destroyed by the family itself, leaving Alexandra alone and in precarious straights. She has ever since wandered from city to city on various elder's errands, meriting only a notch more status than a well-favored ghoul, and occasionally not even that.

While she is happy (if happy is a word to describe her) to have survived this long, she has grown understandably bitter with her lot, and has immersed herself in study and contemplation of her Clan's dark arts rather than concern herself much with the affairs of her Clanmates.

MESSALA GIOVANNI

A.K.A.: Vintage Don Juan served with a Patterned Fleece on a Chair of Wheels

Player: UnMasqued NPC (generally played by John)

Appearance: Embraced in his eighties or later, Messala retains an impressive amount of hair and teeth for his age. His wizened features vaguely hint at the handsome devil he used to be in his heyday.

Appearance (Mechanics): [3] Appearance-related Traits (Elegant. Magnetic, Seductive), obvious Negative Physical Traits (Decrepit, Frail, Sickly), obvious Physical Flaw (Parapalegic)

Description: Messala Giovanni, perhaps, of all creatures to have walked this earth, can be said to have won at life. In life, he wasn't particularly skilled or driven, but he was certainly an expert at making friends, love, and bills. He charmed everyone, especially his own family, and died comfortably cushioned in the lap of luxury. Or, would have if not for the fact that he was, thanks to philandering ways, a fetter of immense magnitude, surrounded by many of the women he had loved (and now can love again). Thus, he was wheeled, drowsy and forgetful, into a world of predators and leeches.

Messala's evenings are spent being entertained by all of the beautiful dead women he isn't sending out to do his bidding. He sleeps most of the time and has little reason to restrain his crankiness since he just points and the chairs throw themselves. Once limited to merely one lifetime of completely undeserved privilege, Messala Giovanni can now look forward to an eternity of decadence, flirtatious advances, and naps.

VOJISLAV GIOVANNI

A.K.A.: WHY!? GOD WHY!?

Player: UnMasqued NPC (generally played by John)

Appearance: Vojislav's appearance will be summed up as the following list of words, so as to leave their precise location in descriptive sentences up to the reader's imagination: mullet, grease, unsavory, matted, coating, excretion, toothful, hairy, happy, cracked, giblets.

Appearance (Mechanics): [0] Appearance-related Traits, obvious Negative Social Traits (Eerie, Repugnant)

Description: Vojislav Giovanni never seemed destined for much as a mortal. While he certainly was capable as an enforcer, his relative lack of conviction and drive meant he was rarely asked to do more than engage in the routine beatings and occasional torture that he had become quite accustomed to. However, Vojislav's life of mediocrity was turned around by a chance meeting with one of the clan's pawns. For, in serving as a vessel for this soul, who was needed on clan business, Vojislav's eyes were opened to the possibilities of the universe.

Soon, the Giovanni found Vojislav, while still not terribly interested in conventional measures of success, quite driven towards his goal of expanding his understanding of "the malleable perfection". Aesthetics, meme theory, and all manner of intuitive disciplines became the man's playground, though he was rarely tapped for these knowledges. Rather, his interests gave him an acute understanding of how to torture not only mortals and, to a certain degree, vampires; he was one of the gifted few able to bring agony to the restless dead.

Today, Vojislav continues his studies and engages in his own personal pursuits when not occupied with pressing clan business. A few hopefuls have caught his eye, others who might be able to understand the true make-up of the world and become ecstatic with its possibilities, but as yet, he has few successful converts....

AMADEO GIOVANNI

A.K.A.: "Cock Bayonet"

Player: Inactive (formerly played by Brendan)

Appearance: n/a

Appearance (Mechanics): [1] Appearance-related Traits (Seductive), obvious Social Merit (Enchanting Voice)

Description: When Amadeo Giovanni arrived in New York City in the fall of 2003, he found a hostile Camarilla, a Sabbat still recovering from its recent defeat, and a city full of neonates. He assumed the position of 'Don' upon arrival.

The Camarilla's hostility toward Clan Giovanni had been engendered by the actions of Vincenzo Giovanni, the previous 'Don', who had assassinated Marcus Landrit, the Sheriff at the time, shortly before fleeing the city. Amadeo regained the Camarilla's good graces quickly by pulling some of the many strings he held in NYC's hospitals to cover up a Masquerade breach.

He quickly became known as a blood merchant within the city, willing and able to sell substantial quantities of precious vitae to any buyer. He occasionally entered negotiations with the leadership of the Camarilla and Sabbat for regular shipments, but those negotiations never came to fruition.

Amadeo's notable Kindred associates included Adameus Fleghorn, who he employed for a substantial period of time as a bodyguard, and, briefly, La Condesa Sofia Castanuelas de la Plata. At the time Amadeo and La Condesa became acquainted, baiting the lady with anti-Catholic rhetoric was a fashionable and common activity in Elysium. As a fellow Old World Kindred of multiple centuries in age, Amadeo was able to talk Sofia down from a frenzy and gain her friendship. Unfortunately for Amadeo, Triphaenea witnessed their growing bond and, meddling bitch that she was, staked Sofia and shipped the lady out of the city in a box.

New York's Sabbat cut short Amadeo's time in the city. Over the course of eight months, they racked up so substantial a debt that Bishops Donny Cenci and Fjodor Gregori found it easier to send their packs howling after Amadeo's elder vitae than to come up with payment. Amadeo left the city ahead of the fangs and guns of the Sabbat, and he has not been seen in the city since.

MICHAEL GIOVANNI

Player: Tim

Appearance: n/a

Appearance (Mechanics): [1] Appearance-related Traits (Magnetic), obvious Negative Social Traits (Delicate x2)

Description: Oops.

NUNZIO GIOVANNI

Player: Inactive (formerly played by Matt)

Appearance: Nunzio is a well-groomed man who exudes an aura of personal magnetism and opulence. He favors expensive (and naturally Italian) suits with the occasional accessory from the Orient.

Appearance (Mechanics): [2] Appearance-related Traits (Magnetic x2), obvious Negative Physical Trait (Lame)

Description: One of the former Dons of New York, Nunzio was seldom to be found in the actual city himself, often instead traveling out west due to deal with money issues. Nunzio was a veritable prodigy in the Clan when it came to finances, and apparently boasted that he managed to maintain, and even expand his assets through the market crash of '29.

As an individual Nunzio was known to have a penchant for the finer things in un-life, and was often seen clubbing, dancing, and enjoying the more expensive luxuries that New York night life had to offer. While not a particular fan of his underlings, he apparently had warm relations with at least a few Camarilla officers, and was seen in the company of Sheriff Greer on more than one evening.

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