Maria Bastella



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Personal Information
Appearance

Maria is an individual of astonishing beauty, her features smooth, clean, and seemingly sculpted by a fine artist. She has a head of short, black hair which can get a purple hue in the right lighting, deep brown eyes, and a very refined jawline and cheekbones. Standing at 5'11", her figure is long, lean appendages and a subtly curved torso. She still maintains a constant blush of life, blessed with an Embrace that kept her seeming alive and fresh, rather than a walking preserved corpse. Maria typically takes the time to dress to the nines, wearing elegant dresses or sharp outfits, and often in heels.

Personality

Maria's personality is that of a sharp knife in a glass display; pretty to look at, and dangerous to touch. Very smooth and charming in demeanor, she wears a variety of smiles from sly to outright dazzling, and if anything gets under her skin, does an excellent job of not showing it. Very open about her past and her blood, she is unwavering in her cool, calm, collected demeanor in the face of those who find her presence averse.

Timeline
July 29th, 1993: Maria Lorenza Bastella is born in George Town, Cayman Islands to her British and Colombian parents.

August 23, 2011: Maria positions herself in Nassau, Bahamas as an underworld broker, using its position as a major cruise line port to transport illicit goods through contacts on various ships.

May 6, 2017: Maria is Embraced as a False Sabbat of the Sword by Erzulie.

November 5, 2017: Maria undergoes her Creation Ritae, becoming a True Sabbat. She returns to her position in Nassau, now using her connections to transport agents of the Sword onboard cruise ships to various ports throughout the world.

October 31, 2018: Maria attends Palla Grande at the capital of the Sect, Mexico City, Mexico. There she meets her grandsire, She also uses this time to align herself with the Pander faction.

February 15, 2019: Erzulie travels to Nassau and gets into a heated argument with Maria. The Pander eventually publicly acquiesces to her sire, promising to instead become Orthodox.

May 6, 2019: On the anniversary of her Embrace, Maria vanishes from her position in Nassau as various Authorities of the Anarch Movement and the Camarilla receive encrypted messages detailing agents of the Sword hidden within their territories. Each message was signed “Maria Bastella, Ex-Pander, Ex-Sabbat, and Ex-Childe of Erzulie.”

June 17, 2020: Maria appears in Charleston, South Carolina, and petitions the Prince of the Camarilla there to become a member of the Ivory Tower. She is quickly imprisoned, though after three months of careful consideration and politicking, she is eventually Acknowledged.

November 9, 2021: Maria moves to Miami, Florida having heard that the Prince there has reduced the status ban on Caitiff. She begins building what connections she can, tying herself in with another Tower Caitiff, Artyom.

January 8, 2022: During a social gathering of the Tower, Maria is approached by Elder Primogen Dolores Abernathy, and is offered a position as Whip of Clan Lasombra. The Caitiff accepts the offer, setting an unprecedented example in Tower Courts.

Quotes
"I'm afraid I won't be much help with diplomatic attempts involving the Sabbat these days. Not on the best of terms." - Maria Bastella

"So you want to know what I can do, and I want to know about this Vault and these keys. Devil's in the details, so... let's do some quid pro quo. I tell you something about myself, you tell me something about the Vault. Do we have a deal?" - Maria Bastella