Thousand-Year-Old Vampire

Name

Reizei Nagitoki – Only son of a samurai family well regarded but not outstanding.

Mortal Characters (every 4 or 5 prompts a Mortal dies of old age)

Reizei Rokube – Father

Reizei Teruko - Mother

Lord Ayanokouji Youto Ranmaru – the local daimyo that my family is subservient to. Slain by my
hand.

Tsurigo – A miserly old man with no love for the nobles of Kyoto.

Immortal Character

Lady Ayanokouji Kanako- The golden haired, scarlet eyed woman I was betrothed to, a noblewoman
from Kyoto and a vampire.

Erika – The tea house girl I have always admired from afar. – Enemy – a vampire I made without
meaning to on the night of my transformation.

Resources (Stationary Resources cannot be moved)

My first sword: Kumaza-giri “Bear-Cleaver” gifted to me by my father.

A collection of ancient writings from China and Korea.

A Teacup gifted to me by Erika when we were young.

The Temple of the Eternal Serpent, A shrine I fled to after my transformation.

Skills (Each Skill Can only be Checked once)

Kenjutsu

Haggling - X

Historical Knowledge

Bloodthirsty

Ashamed

Marks

My Eyes are a scarlet red, my tears now blood that runs down my cheeks.

Memories & Experiences (3x Experiences per Memory, 5x Memories to start)

Example Experience: “[description of the event]; [how I feel or what I did about it]”

Put a line through forgotten memories and write “Diary” next to those stored in a Diary (max 4)

1. Memory #1
 i. I am Reizei Nagitoki of Kawamura, son of Rokube and Teruko. I have been called a
gentle soul and would prefer to study those that came before than the path of the
blade, yet I do not neglect my duties to my family.
ii. After my transformation, I lie to my parents that the events at Ayanokouji manor
have changed me, I tell them that I must join a monastic order to overcome this. I
find salvation at the Temple of the Eternal Serpent.
iii. The magistrates of Kyoto storm the Temple, I flee under the alias “Hebi” with the aid
of an old Merchant, Tsurigo.
2. Memory #2
i. I watch and listen as my mother convinces Lord Ayanokouji to consider a new
business venture with our family; I am astounded by the guile my mother shows in
this moment, a face of hers I’d not seen till this day.
ii. In the madness and pain that Kanako left me in, I stumble around lord Ayanokouji’s
manor. I come across him enjoying sake while gazing at the moon: I remember the
warm joy as I tore his head from his body and supped on the blood in the moonlight.
3. Memory #3
i. While we were still young and my parents allowed me to play with the town
children, Erika gifts me a lovely teacup; We both awkwardly fumble our words and I
feel my heart race.
ii. As I ran through the streets of Kyoto, desperately fleeing the Ayanokouji manor, a
young girls’ hand pulls me to the side. Erika looks at me, shocked and asks if she can
help, it’s too much; I sink my fangs into her neck and my nails turn to claws on her
body. I stop myself through some miracle and flee from the seen, praying Erika
doesn’t die. I would regret those prayers later.
4. Memory #4
i. My father gifts me the blade “Kumaza-giri” and tells me that I’ll grow into such a
bold name; I’d of rather continue to read the scrolls my mother gave me, but his
pride causes me to take my blade studies more seriously.
5. Memory #5
i. My wedding night to the intoxicatingly beautiful Kanako, ends in blood as she sinks
fangs into my shoulder and her claw-like nails trace sharp lines down from my eyes.
She leaves the room like a sated tigress and licks blood from her fingers, yet I do not
die.

A Vampire

 Should prey on human beings for sustenance

 Should seek to camouflage themselves among those on which they feed
 Should have been human once, and still have human needs in one sense or another
 Should be susceptible to environmental dangers that regular mortals might not care about,
such as sunlight
 Should be practically immortal
 Should be mostly a loner

Journal

Events
#1A In your blood-hunger you destroy someone close to you. Kill a mortal Character. Create a mortal
if none are available. Take the skill Bloodthirsty.

 Kill Lord Ayanokouji my oh-so-brief father-in-law.

#1B You are overcome by panic and maul someone close to you, accidentally turning them into a
monster like yourself. Convert a beloved mortal Character into an enemy immortal. Take the Skill
Ashamed.

 I attack and transform Erika in the streets of Kyoto.

#2 Horrified at your new nature, you withdraw from society. Where do you hide? How do you feed?
Create a stationary Resource which shelters you.

 I flee to The Temple of the Eternal Serpent, hidden in the mountains and live as a monk.
Elderly often journey to the temple as a last act, praying the eternal serpent shall usher
them to the next life. I feed on their remains like a carrion eater, sometimes I talk to them as
the pass away and gain a fresher meal.

#4 You are exposed and flee to a neighbouring region. Lose any stationary Resources. Check a Skill. A
mortal flees with you. What new name do you adopt among these strangers?

 Magistrates from Kyoto, discover my secret and storm the Temple, I am forced to flee south
to Osaka. I am only able to escape by haggling my way into a wayward merchant’s caravan.
o Tsurigo, a miserly old man with no love for the nobles of Kyoto.
 When asked my name, I simply say Hebi, it’s the least I can do for the monks that sheltered
me.