Patricia DeMontfort

A child prodigy, Patrica was a qualified surgeon by the age of 21. She left her home in Toronto to join a thriving practice in Sacramento and was on the edge of a successful career. Her colleagues - and the entire medical community - was stunned when Patricia suffered a nervous breakdown and killed a patient in the middle of a procedure. Several days later, she committed suicide.       Afflicted with sadism and a dependance on opiates, Patricia had become the childe of Michael Worthington, a particularly twisted kindred - even for a Malkavian. Over the next thirty years, Patricia would be exposed to every aspect of the human condition, and delight in them all - particularly the miserable ones...       I've been playing Patricia since, hm, 1992 I think, and over the course of several LARP chronicles. During this time, I've learned an awful lot about myself, as well as how to develop and refine a character over time.       Pictures: A drawing of Patricia in the bad old days. Patricia's sire, Michael Worthington. Malkavian masochist and handy scratching-post for Trish, Kim Petersen. And, a photograph of me done up as Trish in her most recent incarnation. (note: This is Vampire: The Masquerade character, not Vampire: Requiem)

1992 - 1996
These are the stories that cover Patricia's time with Children of The Gates. The character has changed since then, and I consider these tales to be archival.

Interlude
An early attempt to steer Trish away from the 'giggling Malkavian archetype' and a scrutiny of where the character has been and where I wanted her to go.

Dead Time
To fill in a multiyear gap in Patricia's memory, this is an ongoing series, borne of one part mischief, one part laziness and one part can't-leave-well-enough alone. Patricia becomes interested in doctors Elliot and Beverly Mantle of Toronto. For want of a better description, this should be considered fan-fiction for the David Cronenberg film Dead Ringers.

1998 - 1999
Produced during Trish's short, turbulent tenure with the now-defunct Diablo's Children. It was an interesting time for her, but I have removed most of it from her continuity, to make her more playable in another chronicle.

2000 - 2002  
Patricia is a part of CAST, and Johanna finally does the 100 Questions

Time Line.
This is a brief timeline of Patricia's life, and how she got where she is. Written near the beginning of Patricia's career, in '92 or so.

New Days/Old Days.
This is a short story I wrote early in Trish's 'career' to develop her character beyond 'giggling maniac' as well as illustrate her insanity.

Patricia and Kim.
The first meeting between a couple made in heaven - Patricia De Montfort and Kim Petersen - the most well adjusted masochist you'll ever meet. This is an old piece and not one of my best.

Get Over It.
Trish finally whines too much at her Malkavian mentor, Justin, and gets some good advice.

Patricia and Michael.
This is the entire suite of pieces that I have written concerning Patricia DeMontfort and her manipulative sire, Michael Worthington, from Patrica's Embrace to Michael's death twenty years later, and beyond. Writing these pieces has spanned nearly eight years, so far. In May '99 and June '01, I re-edited this collection a fair bit, deleting some vignettes and mergeing others. Ironically enough, the '01 edit restored some of what the '99 edit had removed. Still, I think the voice of the suite is much more consistent, now.
Warning! This piece contains 'mature themes' (explicit sex, drug usage, violence, etc.) so please, only read this if you're mature enough to handle it.
A picture of Michael

Hunted.
Trish gets a new job and is bothered by some old trouble. This was written to explain some changes I had made to the character, as well as to set up an in-game plotline. One of my favorites.

Never Trust a Snake.
Co-written with Nick Hayden.
Patricia makes one mistake - making a deal with a Settite - and then compounds it by looking into his golden eyes.

Darkness
Patricia takes a look inward - internal monologue.

History and Re-evaluation
Written in early '99, taking a look at where Trish has come from, and where I want to take her in the future.

This is an ongoing series, borne of one part mischief, one part laziness and one part can't-leave-well-enough alone, whereby I'm filling in a two-year gap (late '96 to late '98) in Patricia's memory with a series of stories that, for want of a better description, could be considered fanfiction for the David Cronenberg film Dead Ringers

Like Calls To Like
Patricia's attention is drawn by doctors Eliot and Beverly Mantle of Toronto.

Moving On
Patricia, now sire to the Mantle twins, has her work cut out for her. An unexpected visitor comes to call...

Settling In
Patricia and her two fledglings are accepted into Vancouver and are the cause of some debate...

First Revelations
The Mantles unexpectedly learn a surprising thing or two about their sire...

Revelations - Two
The night after First Revelations, questions are asked and accusations are made by both sides...

Admissions
A direct continuation of Revelations - Two. After a short interlude, Patricia returns to her shared haven and stumbles upon something that forces her to admit some ugly truths - as well as convincing her to take a big risk... Adobe Acrobat file, not HTML.

A picture of the Mantle twins and another (with Claire Niveau/Genevieve Bujold).

Groping In The Dark
March, 1999. Patricia considers her current circumstances in the midst of a three-way civil war in Contra Costa Country.

Transference
Patricia decides to cope with her Sire's new presence in her life in her own unique - and bloody - way.

Preparations...
Patricia readies herself for a night out - with or without unwanted company.

Aftermath
Immediate follow-up to Preparations. Patricia recovers from a night out gone sour, surrounded by stale blood and too many questions.

Amusements
Written more out of player-boredom than anything else... Patricia decides to keep working on unresolved issues in the worst way possible.

The 100 Questions
It took me eight years or so, but I finally did 'em. Fifteen pages of concentrated alienation...
 

Patricia's Livejournal
I kept this throughout the third LARP of which Patricia was a part (CAST) and beyond, including little ficlets that I didn't think were worth developing into full stories. Some entries feature crossovers with other of my characters because, well, that sort of thing is inevitable. Active as of May, 2007.

Miscellaneous

A Dream Deferred - Patrice DuMont's Journal
1204 through 1307 (alternate timeline)
Patricia strikes out on her own to broaden her horizons, travelling from Paris to Madrid and back again. She found the Inquisition particularly intriguing...Unfortunately, I had to drop out of this group, so there is only the one installment of the journal.

Credits.
The picture of Patricia shown on this page is actually of the actress Marlee Matlin. I pinched Iain Glenn for Michael (that particular picture is from his role in Tomb Raider). I don't know the name of the chap I appropriated for Kim. The movie Dead Ringers and the connected characters belong to David Cronenberg et al. Please don't get mad, I'm just playing with the boys...

Patricia DeMontfort was part of the Vampire LARP chronicle known first as Children of the Gates (1992, was it?) and later as Vampires At The Gates. After the close of that game, Trish joined Diablo's Children for its final year. After that, she joined CAST sporadically through 2001 - 2003 (finally made it to Prince, yeah baby!) and the I retired her from that troupe. Since then, she occasionally acts up on her Livejournal, as I still miss her at times. The GMs have been, in no particular order, Rich Taylor (THE Rich Taylor!), Matt Gaston, Chad Lynch, Nick Hayden, Ryan Powell, Michael Gaiser, David & Lori Priebe et al and Chris Brecheen .

All material found on this site - unless explicitly noted otherwise - is (c) Johanna Mead