[V20 > V5] Meet The Family

 

art by Sluggybunny

Riccardo Giovanni (back left: white suit)

Born 1776, Serene Republic of Venice. By adulthood, was actively resisting/disrupting governance of the Provinz Venedig.

Death and Embrace (following street fight) in 1802 (sire: Iago Giovanni).

Married and Embraced Luciana Giovanni in 1866.

Relocated to USA in 1901: via Giovanni holding companies, provided funds and security for the establishment of Venice communities on the US coast.

Currently owns and operates (via proxies) property development and funeral businesses, held in the name of Richard St. John.

Predator Type: Cleaver

Luciana Giovani (centre)

Born 1828, Königreich Lombardo–Venetien. Records of parentage lost, believed Giovanni "single blood". 

From adolescence, Luciana was afflicted with a wasting sickness (in contemporary terms: congenital muscular dystrophy, co-morbid SMA syndrome, tumour necrosis) and confined as an invalid within the palazzo Ca'Giovanni. Between direct access to elder tuition and considerable intellect, confirmed necromantic prodigy. 

Granted Proxy Kiss 1845, arresting her physical decline: death and Embrace 1866 following marriage to Riccardo Giovanni.

Relocated (against her will) to USA in 1901.

Patron of Santino Giovani since 1992: successfully petitioned for his Proxy Kiss and Embrace.

Predator Type: Consensualist

Santino Giovani (front left)

Born 6th December 1969. College dropout. Family disappointment.

Founding member of Driftback (guitar and vocals), active 1989-1998, released On The Beach in 1990 and The Sun Never Sets in 1992.
Death and Embrace (and maiming: lost his left eye) 4th April 1994. (Sire: Luciana Giovanni).

Released "posthumous" solo album ηλεκτρικά βασιλεύει ('Electra Reigns') in 1999. Technician and guest performer with Spirit Creek, 1999-2001. 

Current public status: presumed suicide. Rumours of his continued survival are boosted by occasional scratch gigs in backwater venues. A handful of fans know the truth, and when word gets out where Santino lives, some of them try to find him.

Predator Type: Osiris

Alistair Rhuriadh Thomas Dunsirn (back right: grey suit)

Born 23rd May 1940.

Educated St. Aloysius' College 1945-1958.

Imprisoned HMP Barlinnie 1959-1964 (violent disorder; assault with intention to resist arrest).

Educated St. Andrew's University 1964-1968 (MA International Relations).

Employed Dunsirn Import/Export 1969-1980. (Off the books, acted as banker to the Glaswegian underworld following the assassination of Arthur Thompson.)

Imprisoned HMP Barlinnie 1980-1992 (possession of shotgun without licence; shortening of shotgun; riot; prison mutiny [sentence extension]).

Consultancy at Dunsirn Holdings 1992-1998. (Managed construction of the Alexandra Road site in the Gorbals.)

Death and Embrace 5th November 1998 (sire: Luciana Giovanni).

Unofficial position adjacent to Alexandra, Prince of Edinburgh 2000-2017.
Subsequent instability, partial dissolution of Dunsirn assets and Inquisition activity in Scotland have propelled him to political office as Baron Gorbals.

Predator Type: Bagger

Sorcha Dunsirn (front right)

Born 10th June 1999 to Alistair Dunsirn and Isobel Rossellini.

Educated Scuola Elementare Armando Diaz 2005-2012, St. Aloysius' College 2012-2018. Suspended following a "handjobs for molly" scandal. Completed a Baccalaureate with Distinction (Chemistry, Design & Manufacture, Dance) in 2019.

Death and Embrace 10th June 2019 (sire: Alistair Dunsirn).

Sorcha... has had some times, and probably merits a post all to herself.

Predator Type: Scene Queen

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