Victor Brauner, Painter of Ruin (3.5e Vestige)
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Victor Brauner, Painter of Ruin
Victor Brauner was once an ordinary man, living an ordinary life, until a massive war claimed the lives of his daughters. Cursing the destructiveness of humanity, Brauner simultaneously became a vampire and embraced the power of the Art Flow, then used that power, along with the restless dead from another war, to summon the legendary Castlevania. Brauner then used it as his base of operations for a grandiose scheme to claim revenge against humanity, until he was put down by a pair of plucky heroes.
Level: 8th
Binding DC: 36
Special Requirement: No
Legend
Victor Brauner was a painter who lived in the early 20th century. He lived a happy life with his two daughters, until they were killed in World War I. Driven mad with grief and desiring revenge on humanity, Brauner discovered that he had the ability to tap into the dimension of art, the Art Flow. He could have gone on a maniacal rampage and killed thousands of people with this power alone, but Brauner decided that it was not enough — he wanted to make sure that humanity suffered and faced extinction. So, he sought the secrets of undeath and became a vampire. Wielding both the power of the Art Flow and the Negative Energy Plane, he bided his time for a chance to wage war on humanity. That chance came during the global conflict known as World War II, as the collective anguish from the Nazis' genocidal crusade against the Jews and Slavs inadvertently summoned the demonic castle Castlevania — home of Count Dracula, the greatest and most powerful vampire to ever know undeath. Brauner wasted no time in infiltrating Castlevania and establishing a series of magical portraits to impede Dracula's resurrection and claim the Dark Lord's power for himself, then began to build an army. He was interrupted by the investigation of the Lecarde family of vampire hunters, but Brauner was able to catch their patriarch, Eric, off-guard and mortally wound him. When Eric's daughters, Stella and Loretta, tried to intervene, Brauner was taken aback by their resemblance to his own deceased daughters. Deciding that the young women must be his own daughters reincarnated, Brauner promptly attacked them and sired them into vampires, embracing them into his family. The trio then resumed preparations to destroy humanity, only to be interrupted again by another pair of vampire hunters — Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin. Despite Brauner's attempts to stop them, Jonathan and Charlotte were able to disable his portraits one by one, free the Lecarde sisters from his undead grasp with the Purifying Sanctuary spell, and ultimately challenge and defeat Brauner in a climactic showdown. As Brauner lay helpless on the floor, struggling to regain his strength, wondering how his plans fell apart, and cursing humanity for taking his daughters, he was attacked from out of nowhere by the Grim Reaper, who was none too happy about what Brauner had done to Dracula. Death, determined to free his master and make sure Brauner would never make a fool out of Dracula again, imbued all of his power into his scythe and rent Brauner's soul asunder with a single slash. The cursed painter was torn out of existence and tumbled into the void between the planes, where he continues to lament the loss of his family and plots the final destruction of humanity.
Manifestation
Sign
Influence
Brauner's hatred of humanity clouds your heart. Whenever you are in conflict a humanoid, you must resolve the conflict as violently as possible — preferably with the humanoid's death, but merely wounding them will suffice if murder is infeasible.
Granted Abilities
Vampire Traits
Power of the Art Flow
Esquisse of Violence
Bloodart Technique
A Painting of the Soul!
This Is Art!
I'll Make You My Masterpiece!
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