1.What about you is heroic?
My loyalty to a given cause. I can be fiercely loyal to my allies, and will sometimes go beyond the bounds of good sense to protect them.

2. What about you is social? What do you like about people?
I like my fellow man's unending thirst for knowledge and new experience. I'm always looking to learn new things anything and that keeps me in frequent contact with others. I like to share what I have learned, and hopefully prevent others from making mistakes I have made in my time. I like our gregarious natures and usual willingness to help each other in dire situations, despite personal feelings otherwise.

3. Of what benefit could you be to the current group?
Smart as a whip and almost as strong! Good book learning, combined with insatiable curiosity makes me a natural investigator for the group. My usually outgoing nature makes me a handy diplomat/face man for the group with others.

4. Why would you choose to join the current group?
I'm assuming that 'group' means chantry in this case. Their broad knowledge base means they have a lot of new skills and information to offer. The clan in this area needs a lot of help establishing itself, and as an unconventional Tremere, I can present a face that might be palatable to the usual Tremere-distractors. There are enough good schools in this area to enable me to continue working towards my PhD, should things ever get dull.

5. Invent an adventure/plot that your character would actively undertake (as opposed to just tagging along)?
If she were to discover that someone was looting an archeological site, or trying to swindle unwitting owners of precious artifacts in their possession, Rebecca would stop at nothing to change the situation.


Personal Questions

1. What is your real, birth name? What name do you use?
Rebecca Jessica Logsdon. Usually just 'Rebecca Logsdon' sometimes I use the middle initial, but not often.

2. Do you have a nickname? What is it, and where did you get it?
My parents called me Becky, but I'll kill anyone else who does. I suffered the usual 'Indiana Jones' jokes, but no nicknames.

3. What do you look like? (Include height, weight, hair, eyes, skin, apparent age, and distinguishing features)
Well, allowing for the LARP aspect of this character: Athletic, petite brunette. Short brown hair, hazel eyes, slender build. Smile lines and a few worry wrinkles. Tattoo of the eyes of Horus on my back legacy of belonging to a frat. Apparent age is 25 - 27.

4. How do you dress most of the time?
Comfortably and casually. Pants and short sleeved shirts with a sweater and jacket if I'm going on a dig. Usually khaki pants that archeologist stereotype! or jeans.

5. How do you "dress up?"
I have one long skirt in my closet, and it smells strongly of cedar as does the white dress blouse that goes with it. Dressing up means wearing skirts and impractical shoes, and putting on makeup.

6. How do you "dress down?"
Jeans that have been to too many digs holes at the knees and older shirts. Clean, but not presentable to university faculty well, not the tenured professors.

7. What do you wear when you go to sleep?
A satin camisole loose and long, knee length.

8. Do you wear any jewelry?
Rarely. When I do, it's usually a necklace of some minor archeological artifact, or native American jewelry. The exception would be the Eye of Horus necklace I have, which is a keepsake from my high school days. The only time I wear rings is if they're part of a ritual, or if I'm trying to make a point such as with my Camarilla signet ring (married to the sect).

9. In your opinion, what is your best feature?
My tenacity and unwillingness to quit when the going gets tough.

10. What's your real birth date?
August 10th, 1965.

11. Where do you live? Describe it: Is it messy, neat, avant-garde, sparse, etc.?
Two residences. One is my apartment in the Tremere Chantry a suite of rooms for research and rest. Those are kept fairly neat, although the work room is lined with whiteboards that are constantly covered in nigh-indecipherable notes. There are also piles of books and an always-on workstation in that room. Rebecca's sleeping area is the only slightly messy the laundry hamper is usually overflowing, and the pile of books on her desk grows and wanes erratically.
The second residence is my private house that I keep for entertaining my herd and when I just wants to get away from the clan for a bit. It's a small one-bedroom place, and it's kept quite neat simply by virtue that I’m rarely there more than one night a week. There are a few dirty clothes in the bedroom, a shelf of popular books in the living room and some perishables in the fridge to make it look lived in.
I like to decorate with prints by Ansel Adams and self-made collages of hieroglyphics and other oddities.


12. Do you own a car? Describe it.
Until recently, a two-door black compact with a decent engine. However, that's getting traded in for a sedan with more oomph, but not so flashy as to be obvious. Probably a high-end Toyota., but still black. I like black cars. As long as it can go, and go quickly, I don't care what it is. I also have a battered station wagon for use on digs, but it's been sitting unused at the chantry, lately.

13. What is your most prized mundane possession? Why do you value it so much?
My photo album. Because of who I am, I don't have contact with my family very much in fact, I haven't seen them in the past year and this is my only way to see them. Fortunately, my mom sends me photos every now and then, but it's not like being there.

14. What one word best describes you?
Forthright.

Familial Questions

1. What was your family like?
Wonderfully white bread. Dad worked, mom stayed at home. Very peaceful and loving.

2. Who was your father, and what was he like?
My father is Jeffrey Logsdon, who was an insurance investigator. He's a very methodical man, patient and his detractors would say plodding. But he has a quick mind, as his career demands it's just hidden beneath a very good poker face. He was always good to me, but sometimes his work would take him away for weeks at a time. He retired last year, and keeps himself busy as an occasional consultant to his old employers and helping mom in the garden.

3. Who was your mother, and what was she like?
My mother is Amanda Logsdon. She met my father when she was at the local community college, trying to figure out what to do with her life. She felt obligated to try to improve herself, but her nature really does loan itself to being a stay-at-home mom. I think she was a bit relieved when she fell for Dad. She's patient, thrifty, loving, patient, imaginative and did I mention patient? She likes to talk, but won't talk just for its own sake. She would do volunteer work in the neighborhood to give herself something outside of the house to do, and she enjoyed that very much.

4. What was your parents marriage like? Were they married? Did they remain married?
As far as I can tell, the marriage is very good. I remember a lot of shouting when I was young four or five years old but they won't talk about that time. From overheard comments, I think my mom accused my father of fooling around, but I don't know if that's true. I know I can't believe it of my dad but who ever believes that of their parents. They are still married, and have been for 35 years.

6. When's the last time you saw any member of your family? Where are they now?
About a year ago, I made a flying day trip back to see them. Well, they remember it as a daytrip. Mom and dad have chosen to stay near Seattle, because of the consultations my Dad does, but Mom is agitating for a less rainy climate, and I think she'll win, eventually.

7. 'Did you ever meet any other family members? Who were they? What did you think of them?
I have a few aunts, uncles and cousins scattered across Washington state, but I haven't seen them since I went away to college. I don't really have an opinion of them, as they don't really feature in my world view.


Childhood Questions

1. What is your first memory?
Learning how to buckle shoes. I had a pair of red leather shoes, with a double buckle on them that were quite small and I had a heck of a time handling them.

2. What was your favorite toy?
Crayons and lots of paper.

3. What was your favorite game?
Board game: Clue try to find out whodunnit.
Play-with-kids-game: bulldog basically a pursue-and-sack exercise for kids. Very physical and sometimes oddly political.

4. Any non-family member adults stick out in your mind? Who were they, and how did you know them? Why do they stick out?
Jenny she was the daughter of some friend of my parents. I think her father's name was Robert. When he came to visit, she'd often come with him I don't know why and she was usually extraordinarily patient with my and my not so subtle attempts to get attention very unusual for a sixteen year old. She would play with me and listen to my no-doubt uninspiring conversation and I thought she was the epitome of cool. She was a teenager (gasp!) and fun to play with (double gasp!).

5. Who was your best friend when you were growing up?
Kate Horton. We were in the same classes for 1st through 6th grades, and we were always getting into trouble together. We both had a bit of tomboy in us, and quite often looked out for each other on the schoolyard.

6. What is your fondest, childhood memory?
Winning the 4th grade spelling bee. I felt like I was the queen of the world and my classmates weren't quite old enough to consider me an insufferable swot.


7. What is your worst childhood memory?
When my pet cat, Jet, died. I was quite little and didn't have a grasp of the death thing until that happened. She was a patient beast most cats would flee a toddler and very affectionate. I missed her horribly for a long time.

Adolescent Questions

1. How old were you when you went on your first date?
An actual honest-to-gosh date, not just 'hanging out with a guy' 16. We went to play miniature golf and I beat him into the ground. He didn't know that I could play real golf, and I didn't know that i= t didn't make a teenaged guy feel very good to be beaten by his date.

2. It is common for one's view of authority to develop in their adolescent years. What is your view of authority, and what event most affected it?
Authority should usually be respected, but not blindly so. Most of the time, the one in authority achieved that position by being a competent, trustworthy individual. However, be intelligent and discerning enough to judge those in power above you, and whether or not they deserve your trust. If they aren't a fit authority figure, do what you can to alleviate your situation. My father taught me this by being a benevolent, but firm, leader. I'm comfortable with authority figures usually as long as I know I can trust them.

3. What were you like in high school? What "clique" did you best fit in with?
Ah, that would have been the tomboyish-read-too-much clique. We were pretty social with each other, and would occasionally make forays into other social groups, with variable success. Several of us were pranksters which we exercised by pushing the limits of authority, usually. "If you stay within the rules, you can get away with anything" was one of our credos. We were pretentious and a bit elitist, but happy happier than most, I think, because were honest with ourselves.

4. What were your high school goals?
Get good grades, get into a good college and get cute Tom Sampson into a utility closet. Two out of three ain't bad.

5. Who was your idol when you were growing up? Who did you first fantasize about in your life?
When I was quite young, I thought Nancy Drew was the smartest woman on earth. When I got a bit older, I dallied with Katherine Hepburn for a while and settled on Margaret Mead and Joseph Campbell.

6. What is your favorite memory from adolescence?

Occupational Questions

1. Do you have a job? What is it? Do you like it? If no job, where does your money come from?
Before Embrace: My parents and scholarships were able to carry most of my college expenses. The rest was made up by caddying at the local country club. I liked the work, actually, as the tips were great, and the exercise got me out of my dorm room and I got to play on a course that I could never afford, otherwise. Sometimes I would help out at the campus library, but that was on an 'as-needed' basis and paid very poorly.
Post Embrace: Now I work for the clan. I'm given a retainer and full room and board for the research and field activities I undertake. Lately, I've invested some money in some blue chip stocks stuff that is very secure, and the clan has a very aggressive investment policy for those who feel like taking a flutter which I have, but not with the largest part of my savings.

2. What is your boss or employer like? (Or publisher, or agent, or whatever.)
Before Embrace: Leonard Olson Len was the manager of the course I caddied at and he was alright. He was a bit of prig and spent most of his time fretting about the club's reputation and sucking up to the members. We did our best to ignore each other, as I don't think he entirely approved of female caddies like I might have been a gold-digger chasing after the members or something, but he never seemed to mind my male buddies fawning all over the few women golfers the club had.
Post Embrace: I didn't really have a boss other than my sire, and, of course, we got along very well. Now that I'm down in Alameda, I'm getting along alright with my current boss, Alexander Merrett, but we're still getting to know each other. So far, he meets my qualifications for deserving my respect and his own authority, but we've only been working together for a few months.

3. What are your co-workers like? Do you get along with them? Any in particular? Which ones don't you get along with?
Just post embrace, now: I get along with most of them, but so many of us are specialists that I think we're all getting used to being around each other. I particularly like Ian Yamada as he seems closest to me in attitude and temprament, and I'd like to get to know Lily better, but she's so shy. She's what I might have turned out to be if I didn't have a healthy dose of fieldwork and the sire I did. Tusk, the chantry gargoyle, irritates me. I know he has a use especially after he helped capture my would-be attackers but the fact that he requires supervision like a toddler I find very distracting and therefore annoying.

4. What is something you had to learn that you hated?
That so many people will call you a friend and then sell you out. That I have to ask myself "What's in it for this guy?" when somebody approaches me.

5. Do you tend to save or spend your money? Why?
I tend to save it, because my own material needs are few, but expedition costs have a nasty way of spiraling out of control and you never know when you're going to need a was of US dollars to grease the locals' palms.


Likes & Dislikes Questions

1. What hobbies do you have?
Reading, playing golf, shooting pool, shooting guns and some computer games.

2. Who is your closest mundane friend? Describe them and how you relate to them.
Alas, I have no mundane friends at the moment. Freakish, but true.

3. Who is your worst mundane enemy? Describe them and why you don't get along.
Again, I don't really have any mundane enemies at the moment. I guess they're all still getting my change of address sorted out. The most recent one would have been Professor Eric Jacobs, at my college. He saw it fit to appropriate my work and use it in a highly-acclaimed paper of his and denied me credit to boot. At the time, there was nothing I could do, as I hadn't anticipated the possibility (I was still naive enough to believe that victims of plagarism were other people) and it was just my word against his. I could have gleefully strangled him. About five years later after I had won my masters' degree I faced him down on it, privately, and he told me the same thing and that really pissed me off. I don't like feeling impotent.

4. What bands do you like? Do you even pay attention?
I don't really pay attention. I like some industrial Nine Inch Nails, Ministry and some New Wave, like Assemblage 23 and Beauty and a fair bit of Bach and Mozart, but I'm not fanatical about any band in particular.

6. What tape or CD hasn't left your player since your purchased it? Why?
The closest thing I have that qualifies is a collection of Mozart's string quartets being played by members of the Berlin Chamber Orchestra.

7. What's been your favorite movie of all time?
Not "Raiders of the Lost Ark" believe it or not. My favorite movie is "Guns of Navarone" because of it attempted to present some complex issues such as loyalty and trust into what is usually considered a throwaway genre the war movie. And I used to think that David Niven was dreamy.

8. Read any good books? What were they?
The Masks of God, by Joseph Campbell. Captured Heritage : The Scramble for Northwest Coast Artifacts, by Douglas Cole. Art of the Mayans and Its Origins, by Harry Stirlin.

9. What do you watch on the Television?
Animal Planet, PBS and (tell my clan and I'll kill you) "Friends".

10. When it comes to mundane politics, do you care? If so, which way do you tend to vote? If not, why don't you care?
I'll vote for whoever supports schools over prisons and needle exchanges over the war on drugs. Unfortunately, I'm very torn on the issue of gun control. If I couldn't carry a gun, I'd be dead many times over, so I can't be a bleeding heart liberal.

11. What type of places do you hang out in with your mundane friends?
Bars with good pool tables, the golf course, the local university campus and accompanying coffeeshops.

12. What type of places do you hang out in with your normal friends?
The same, usually, with some time in the chantry thrown in.

13. What annoys you more than anything else?
Monetary greed. I don't need much money in my life, so I can't understand those that want lots of it nor the measures that they will go to for it.

14. What would be the perfect gift for you?
A coherent thesis for my PhD. Failing that, a set of books, or a new print for my walls something I'd like, but usually don't think of to buy, myself.

15. What's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?
Mount Rainier at sunrise on a clear day. I haven't seen that lately, of course.

16. What time of day is your favorite?
The beginning of the day. I like the hustle and bustle of getting ready to go, of anticipating what might happen.

17. What kind of weather is your favorite?
Clear and cool, but not too cold. Perfect for excavations.

18. What is your favorite food? What is your least favorite food?
During life, I loved roast beef sandwiches and baked potatoes. Least favorite would have to be okra. One encounter with that was enough. And beets are pretty damned strange, too.

19. What is your favorite drink? (Coffee, Coke, Juice, Beer, Wine, etc.)
A nice frosty beer a good beer. Even now, there are times when I overcome the gag reflex when in public just to enjoy as brew, as far as I can.

20. What's your favorite animal? Why?
Cats. They're independent, curious and cute. But they're also pragmatic and don't waste time with grudges. Hurt a cat, he'll hurt you back, and that's the end of it. If only more people were like that.

21. Do you have any pets? Do you want any pets? What kind?
Well, my soft heart has obtained me a sort of flying-iguana type familiar but he's not really a pet. He just kind of hangs around and expects blood every now and then. I don't have any pets just now. I'= d like a cat, but I can't get one unless the rest of the chantry agrees to help look after it, as I might not be around often enough.


22. What do you find most relaxing? (Not as in stress relief, but as something that actually calms you down.)
A hot bath, or a good round of golf.

23. What habit that others have annoys you most?
Coyness. I don't really see the point in playing get-away-closer games unless it's something both parties are aware of but it's not something I'll usually tolerate. Unfortunately, being a par= t of a vampire court has forced me to hide my distaste for it.

24. What kind of things embarrass you? Why?
Poor grace in a social sense. Be a good loser, or a graceful winner. Boasting and bitchery in public only make you look weak. I hate to see that occur to others, as it makes me squrim.

25. What don't you like about yourself?
My newly discovered ability to lose all common sense and walk into dangerous situations. :) Other than that, it would have to be my bouts of standoffishness. There are times when I want to be glib and social, but I just can't make myself do it, and I run away and hide in my workroom, instead. And I can be very short with people who I think are stupid and wasting my time.

26. How would you like to look?
Taller, and not quite so myopic.


Sex & Intimacy Questions

1. Would you consider yourself straight, gay, bi, or something else? Why?
Straight, but open minded.

2. Who was the first person you had sex with? When did it happen? What was it like? How well did it go?
Oh my, that would have been Joel Tornatore. We were both seniors in high school and seeing a fair bit of each other as we were in the extremely under-subscribed golf team. The very first time was a bit embarrassing and clumsy, as we were both virgins, but it wasn't traumatic. We were both horny enough to overcome nerves. We dated for a couple more months well, 'fucked like bunnies' would be more honest, as we got the hang of things quite quickly.

3. Have you ever had a same-sex experience? Who with, what was it like, and how did it go?
While I was in college, I was part of a co-ed frat (don't ask) and one of the sisters hit on me after a long night at a low key party. I was just tiddly enough to fall into the 'straight-but-curious' category and we fell into bed. It was interesting, certainly educational, and even somewhat enjoyable but not as good as regular sex for me. Still, I was flattered by the offer and did the best I could to return the compliment if naught else.

4. What is your deepest, most well-hidden sexual fantasy? Would you ever try it?
Hm, that means it's one I haven't confessed, right? I had an on-going idle fantasy about meeting the arch-typical handsome stranger and having a totally reckless evening together – but that was quite unrealistic, even when I was alive, let alone now.

5. What was the wildest thing you've ever done, sexually? Who was it with and when did it happen?
I had a threesome with a guy-friend not really a boyfriend and his bisexual housemate/guy-friend, near the end of my college years. I learned more in one evening than I had in the past six years.

6. Is there any sexual activity that you enjoy and/or practice regularly that can be considered non-standard? (Bondage, Fantasy Play, etc.) Why do you like it?
There's nothing non-standard that I practice, but I was intrigued by the notion of bondage/power-plays when I was a ghoul, but as a vampire it would be too dangerous to explore, now. Nor is it that interesting to me any more.

7. Is there any sexual activity that you will not, under any circumstances, do?
I won't do anything outside of my species, nor with anything non-living. And activity involving human waste or anything's waste, for that matter is right out.

8. Do you currently have a lover? What is their name, and what is your relationship like? What are they like? Why are you attracted to them?
No regular lover at the moment. I'll occasionally bring herd members home for tumble, but that's not the same. I've heard that some vampires enter into physical relationships with each other, and I'm curious about that, but I don't know how much fun it would be. I admit that I've had some days that I think would be greatly alleviated by a good fucking but how enjoyable can it be compared to blood? And where would one find a partner? Until now, I've been living a very isolated life, even for a Tremere, and my social contact with vampires was minimal.

9. What is the perfect romantic date?
Assuming I could eat: dinner at a fine restaurant, good conversation. Then a thorough browsing of the local rare-bookstore and a late night walk.

10. Describe the perfect romantic partner for you.
Intelligent, witty, pragmatic, strong and handsome in that order.

11. Do you ever want to get married and have children? When do you see this happening?
Before I was Embraced, I wanted to have children, someday, and the loss of that potential is probably the greatest regret I have about my state. Marriage hadn't really crossed my mind, although I supposed that one day I would find a fellow anthropology/archeology fiend that I could really mesh with.

12. What is more important - sex or intimacy? Why?
Intimacy. It's more lasting than a tumble in the sack and to a vampire a more important state. If I can establish an air of intimacy with a potential herd member/ally/contact, then trust is not far behind. Sex is not a valid way to establish trust or encourage confidence.

13. What was your most recent relationship like? Who was it with? (Does not need to be sexual, merely romantic.)
Gary Wu. He was a post-grad student at Yakima, studying art. He was one of those chaotic, artsy types who was constantly perceiving things differently than most and he did his best to encourage me to see the world the same way he did. Of course, he didn't know that I was a ghoul at this, and already looking askance at what most considered reality. He was creative and funny and pleasant to be around. It was a 'comfortable shoes' kind of relationship. Once I knew I was going to be Embraced, I managed to gently break it off by just letting things cool down and being too busy to spend much time with him which was true.

14. What's the worst thing you've done to someone you loved?
Lied to them. Despite my good intentions, I essentially lied to Gary and sometimes I still feel vaguely guilty about that.


Drug & Alcohol Questions

1. How old were you when you first got drunk? What was the experience like? Did anything good come out of it? Did anything bad come out of it?
Sixteen. Fortunately, it wasn't a disaster. I had a couple of beers at a party and got rather loud and dizzy. I thought it was pretty interesting, but not worth risking death over. I drank after that, but I tried to be careful about not overdoing it usually I was successful. I don't see it as a particularly good or bad thing.

2. Do you drink on any kind of regular basis?
I try to, but it's difficult. See 'beer' above.

3. What kind of alcohol do you prefer?
Beer. Always. Failing that, champagne. I love good champagne, but can rarely afford it or justify it.

5. Have you ever tried any other kind of "mood altering" substance? Which one(s)? What did you think of each?
I've smoked a fair bit of dope, and consider it a good relaxant, sometimes although most nights, a hot bath is just as good.
I've taken peyote a few times a risk of my speciality and thought it was bloody amazing. But anything I like that much, I'm careful to avoid. I don't want to become an addict to anything. The blood vice is enough for me.

6. What do you think of drugs and alcohol? Are there any people should not do? Why or why not?
Booze and drugs are part of our life and social fabric. I think the war on drugs is doomed to failure because there will always be a demand for them. I think people should go ahead and try whatever they want, but they should be prepared to pay a price- be it getting busted with a dime bag, or wrapping your car around a tree when driving drunk. Most pleasures have a price, and people seem to forget that.