Rowan Keane



Rowan Keane - Rowan Keane II, to mortals - is Famed as a comic book artist, if only within the circles that care about such things; they're currently best known for work on a recent run of Swamp Thing. They're known to be rather obsessed with drawing unusual and emotional situations from life as references, the better to make their art more realistic. They're also known for being SO GAY.

Personal Information
Appearance: A slender and quite androgynous man(?), about 5'10, who appears to be in their early twenties. Dark copper-red hair in a sidesweep and undercut, brilliant green eyes, and very pale skin indicate clearly mark them as being of Irish descent. They dress well and somewhat flamboyantly, and always have a sketchbook and pencils with them. They are known to have Personal Masquerade.

For those who knew their previous identities, Rowan originally presented far more masculine and straight-laced, but closely resembled their current identity in other respects, and "Rafe" presented slightly less femme, but his hair was "dyed" black and there were differences to his facial structure. Given that there are now-known Volgirre in their immediate family, it's an easy guess how they pulled these changes off.

Personality: Rightly convinced of their own superb artistic talent and perhaps less rightly of their genius in other respects, Rowan can be more than a little arrogant and self-centered, and their obsessive pursuit of "realism" gets them into rather a lot of tight spots. But their absolute dedication to their art and opposition to censorship is admirable, and they can be quite charming when they want to be.

Timeline

 * Born circa 1935 in Brooklyn.
 * Early 1950s: Rowan begins working for EC Comics immediately after high school, mostly on horror comics like *Tales From The Crypt*.
 * 1954: The Comics Code Authority cracks down on violence, sex, horror, and social liberalism of any kind in comics, and Rowan is all but blacklisted, eking out a living as an artist for *MAD Magazine* and on the fringes of the New York art scene.
 * Early 1960s: Rowan's art comes to the attention of Jaelyn Castor, and after a few years, she Embraces him.
 * Mid 1960s: Rowan is released from Accounting and officially joins the Camarilla. He moves to the Mission District of San Francisco to join the underground comix and queer scene there.
 * 1980s: Rowan takes a new mortal identity as Raphael "Rafe" Murphy, who is openly gay though still identifying publicly as male, and gets back into professional comics work.
 * Over the next few decades, Rowan/Rafe travels extensively for inspiration, spending a few years in Japan to study manga before returning to the US.
 * Mid 2000s: Rowan/Rafe is visiting Las Vegas and is forced to call on Julius Smithson for assistance. Shortly thereafter, they move there.
 * 2015: Now officially an Ancilla, Rowan/Rafe comes to Miami during the siege vs. the Sabbat to draw the fighting and assist with Masquerade cover. When the Camarilla wins but their broodmate Vivian Lance goes missing, they settle with Kamilla in Atlanta to watch over Euphie. They take a new mortal identity again, this time as Rowan Keane II, who is openly non-binary as well as gay, and ostensibly the grandchild of the first Rowan Keane.
 * January 2022: Archon Cordelia de Guil lets the close relatives of Vivian Lance know there's signs she may still be alive, and comes up with a plan to unite divided branches of the de Guil lineage, appointing Rowan Servire to ensure her will is carried out. The three move from Atlanta to Miami, and Rowan begins research for the upcoming independent comic Grasswater, based on local legends.

Rumours

 * Rowan has apparently gotten to know Toreador Whip Simon Auta rather well awfully quickly.
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Quotes

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