Hannibaal Kinkaid

Please allow me to introduce myself,
I'm a man of wealth and taste.
I've been around for long, long years,
Stolen many a man's soul and faith.
- Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Sympathy for the Devil

Race	Vampire
Splat	Ba'ali
Title	Nightclub owner

Physical Description
Attractive enough to attract the attention of Sumerian God's and Gotham's Club children, Hannibaal obviously spends a great deal of time on his appearance. Fashions that at one time were called spivvy, hang from his slender frame with style. His vanity is so detailed that he often has his ghouls bleach his hair each evening before he ventures forth, giving him the appearance of one of the recently embraced children of the currant century.

Personality
Hannibaal is a manipulative genius. His temptations are the work of a deranged mastermind and the levels of subtlety he employs have made him a legend among the bloodline. Untold internal suffering is alleviated but his ever-imaginative torture and defilement of innocents. Of course only a fool believes that evil men commit evil for its own good, Hannibaal, whose name means Beloved of Baal, does what he does to gain the love of his masters. Self-loathing and the need to be adored have driven him to acts of worship undreamed of by humanities limited conscience and how he manages to live the life of a dapper if immoral party host is unsure. The charming and well-connected owner of the Lachrymatory nightclub is not the vile priest of torture who conducts awful games in the crypt beneath. Hannibaal believes he is guided by Baal himself, hearing the Demon Princes voice within his sanctuary. This delusion of granduer only increases the scope of his desires to corrupt the world.

Story
Hannibaal served the Ba'ali well as a Ghoul but seemed undaunted by the majesty of the vampires and even pointed out a flaws in their plans one night as they stole into a hidden tomb. As his sire spun to eviscerate the upstart soldier something stayed his hand. The Ghoul smiled as the taloned hand sped for him, he wanted to die. Questioning the man, the Ba'ali discovered that Hannibaal had grown tired of Dark Gods and masters had had attempted to use the vampires own nature to ensure his demise. His sire embraced the warrior partly out of spite to deny him his longed for death and partly because he recognised a strong spirit and a Machiavellian mind.
Hannibaal rose to be a High priest of Baal and was the favoured male Childe. Once the Bloodline went underground and the founders disappeared from the open Jyhad, Hannibaal became the Lachrymonial Pope and the de facto leader of a cult of the Ba'ali called the joyous*. Answering the call of his Sire, Hannibaal travelled to America in the final years of the 19th century and settled on the east coast. Over the past 100 years he has created a strong network of Ba'ali cults amidst cities of the US. His own Haven is in a converted Church in Gotham called simply, the Lachrymatory.

* The Joyous Worship is centred around a temple, called a Lachrymatory (full of tears). The collection of Psychic suffering is manifested as a font full of tears (salty water). The Lachrymose are humanity, those whose suffering empowers Ba'al.

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