New Chronicle, New Character

The Isles of Darkness are currently in 'Reset', and my home game is forging a path for others by play-testing the new system. Consequently I have a brand new character! Yay!

So, meet Gemma Lucille Murtagh:

Gemma Lucille Murtagh is 5ft 6, with short grey hair and strikingly dark eyes. She wears finely tailored suits or 'posh frocks' and seems to take great pride in her appearance. Her favourite colours seem to be grey and pink. Those who have the skill to notice such things will observe that her jewellery is all 'real', even though some of it looks more like tasteless 'bling'. 

Gemma Lucille Murtagh purports to be the CEO of a company called 'MW Logistics', advertising services in the fields of 'Transport, Personnel and Financing'. She seems to have a lot of confidence in her own abilities and those of her company and is keen to promote her business. 

Gemma claims to have only recently returned to Manchester from Eastern Europe. If you pursue this it quickly becomes clear that she has a good grasp on current political situations in the area. 

In conversation, Gemma regularly refers to her 'partner', Srebrenka Dragutin, though it's not clear what sort of partnership they share, unless you enquire further. She makes frequent use of her phone; she seems to have a lot of friends and contacts, and is always delighted to make new acquaintances and exchange contact details with people. 

The setting for the new Chronicle is a post-civil war era. After terrible losses, the Kindred are starting to look for peace and stability.

In Manchester, the Prince is called Sloan, his Seneschal is Garrett. The city has a fairly balanced population, with the Crone, Carthians and Ordo Dracul all vying for eminence and control. A tentative peace has been established and the first Court proceeded calmly, with people warily exploring the situation.

Who am I? #2

Okay, I am an adult and I play games with adult themes. Please don't click any of the links in this post if you have issues with characters who kill, who have sex with each other, who emote or who are LGBTQ, and all of whom are generally very human, despite some of them being vampires.

I am currently playing the following characters:

Elijah James Wood in the Isles of Darkness Requiem LARP. Elijah is a Nosferatu, a member of the Ordo Dracul. He is a forger, a fence, a Victorian reprobate, an Occultist and a Politico.

Tegan Wormwood (Tiwan) in the Isles of Darkness Requiem LARP. Tiwan is a Gangrel. She is in the Ordo Dracul. She is a lowly member of that esteemed body and is also the devoted Slave of Master Tallow of the Ordo Dracul. She aspires to be a Crimson Sworn Dragon when she grows up.

Keira Dubhglas in the Isles of Darkness Requiem LARP. Keira is an ancient Gangrel and a fervent worshipper of the Dark Goddess. Her hatred of the Lancea Sanctum knows no bounds.


Hattie Carroll (Kiwu-Ati-Menchit)in the IoD Troupe game in Manchester. Hattie is a bit of an enigma to people at present. She has a business which specialises in transporting fragile and valuable items around the world.


Lyle Ashley Tate over at the online soap, Redemption Reef. Lyle is an absolute sweetheart. He's a transguy on the run from some powerful enemies who want him dead. Mystery Island is his havan and his jail. All he wants is to complete his transformation into a guy and to find someone to give him love again.


Lilithai in Shadows. She's a human now. She sacrificed her alien genetics and her parents' planet for the greater good. Now she is the go-between for two of the Hopes and acting out the role of a Vadic Beautesque in order to gain intelligence on the Black Square, the military power built by Nathaniel whilst the rest of the party was off on their travels.


Ianto Harkness-Jones in an online AU. He has twins and a husband, and life was never more complicated than now.


John Watson in an online AU. Sherlock is back from the dead, but can John ever forgive him for three years spent believing the lie?


Gareth Jones in an online AU (Ianto Harkness-Jones' twin brother. See 'Double Trouble' by Jessie Blackwood for details). Gary Jones finally found the man of his dreams, and the man of his reality. Can he keep both?

Yes, I love romance, I love adventure, I love angst. Roleplay gaming gives me all three, I love it!

Time for an Update I Guess

I'm still playing with the Isles of Darkness (was Camarilla UK). We have two games running in Manchester, one which is part of the National continuity and the other which is single-city based. I'm still playing my Nosferatu, Elijah, in the National game and am playing Sister Oblongata in the single-city (Troupe) game.

Sister Oblongata (aka Sister 'O') is a Lancea Sanctum Mekhet. She's a and former nun who now runs a brothel and acts as the (Lancea) Cardinal of Salford's private secretary.


'Shadows' is still running too and I am still playing Lilithai. We are, according to our GM, in the penultimate scenario now. The game will be taking a break shortly as one of the players is going abroad for an extended period, but will resume later in the year when she gets back, and hopefully we will manage to save the world then!


I've been participating in the Haven Falls online Gay Romance rpg too, and loving it. My characters there are Lyle Ashley Tate (trainee undertaker)and Mike Romano(Nightclub Security Chief and Bodyguard).


The 'Torchlight' online rpg has stalled presently but I am still hoping it may yet be resurrected as I have lots of tales to tell for my characters there. Otherwise fanfiction may benefit from their existence instead (AU).

I'm probably also going to start playing in a Fourth Edition (Essentials?) D&D game next week. Character for this is yet TBA.

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