Veru "Sharktooth" Trafficante



Veru was an Italian immigrant at the turn of the century, and got caught up in the Tampa/Miami mafia as she grew up, becoming a feared killer and smuggler. After her embrace she became a notorious bishop under Archbishop Cortez. She spent the next century clashing with other vampires in the area, particularly those with underworld connections. She had a particularly strong rivalry with Betty’s gang. When Cortez switched to the Camarilla, she went too, but that didn’t last long and when Cortez was ousted. Veru spent a few years outside Miami, but returned after being brought into the Anarch Movement by Pride.

Personal Information
Appearance Veru is tall, about 6’4” with a stern yet smoothly chiseled face and dark eyes. She often wears a smile among kindred, revealing her mouth full of shark-like teeth. Her black hair is buzzed on the sides, leaving a small bare spot where she has a scar on the left side. She’s muscular, though more in a lean way than a bulky way. She’s fond of slacks, half-open button-ups, and suspenders. Her open shirt and rolled up sleeves reveal some of her many tattoos (described below). The Nagaraja carries herself with a confident stride, and never seems to be threatened or afraid of anything. Her voice is quiet and husky, and she rarely feels the need to raise it. She usually has a cigarette on her, but rarely smells like it. She clearly spends a lot of time on the water, because she sometimes carries the scent of the salty sea breeze. ((Appearance focus))

Tattoos Knuckles - “GIVE TAKE” Left Hand Back - Six dots, like the six side of a die. Left Forearm - Grape vines wrapping around the arm with blood red grapes hanging off. The vines also have thorns? Left Bicep - Ornate depiction of a saint that looks similar to the Virgin Mary, but is adorned with pomegranates, a black shawl with a veil, and skull imagery. Red, black and yellow coloring. The vines from the forearms reach into the lower half of this. Covers the shoulder as well. Right Forearm - Long sailing ship with the words “VAGHIAMO, MA RICORDIAMO” in blocky lettering beneath. Also a series of tally marks adding up to 32. Right Bicep - A dolphin carrying a sword in its mouth, with a red rose tied around its tail. Right Shoulder - Coat of arms of Palermo, Sicily. Chest - Snake wrapped around a knife. Back - Ornate letters reading “COME SOPRA, COSI SOTTO” above and below a large skull with deer antlers.

Personality Veru is sarcastic, arrogant, irreverent, and seems to revel in the assumptions people have about her and the Nagaraja. She doesn’t seem to actively seek fights, but accepts that they’ll come to her and rarely backs down. She did join the Movement for a reason though, whatever that is, and when the chips are down, she will back everyone up.

Timeline
1894 - Veru Trafficante is born in Palermo, Sicily.

1904 - Veru’s family immigrates to America, passing through Ellis Island but settling in Tampa, Florida.

1916 - Veru begins doing bodyguard and enforcer work for the local mafia, both the Trafficante and the organization they would eventually take over: the Antinoris.

1918 - Her mother dies during the Influenza Pandemic.

1930s - The “Era of Blood '' a terrible state-wide mafia war rages, and Veru gets her “Sharktooth” nickname for the sheer number of people she offed with bladed weapons.

1931 - Veru’s father is killed in a shootout by a rival mob family.

1936 - Veru is shot and presumed dead in a shootout, but she survives long enough to drag herself away… and right to her waiting sire, who embraces her.

1937 - Veru begins to rise in the Sabbat. She moved to Miami in this year as well, to inhabit Archbishop Alicia Cortez’s diocese.

1940s - Veru becomes a Bishop.

1950s - Third Sabbat Civil War. She notably supports the Panders in a rare act of side-taking

2015 - Veru defects to the Camarilla with Alicia Cortez.

2016 - She flees when Cortez is ousted as prince, and starts looking to escape the Camarilla as well.

2020 - Veru owes a blood boon to a notable Anarch to escape the Cam and joins the Anarch Movement officially.

2021 - Veru returns to Miami.

Rumours
Might be related to a cookie baron. Has a school of sharks she feeds people to Was a cannibal even before her embrace Was married to Alicia Cortez for awhile

Quotes
“The world is vicious, kid. It’s either eat or be eaten.”