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Arabella Balfour
May 13th, 2006, 05:07:10 PM
Name: Arabella Balfour
Species: Ghoul

Allegiance: The Camarilla, Paris & Chicago

Physical Appearance: Despite her years, Arabella appears to be a young woman in her late twenties. She has waist length dark brown hair, a source of great vanity for her. Her eyes were once a rich chocolate brown but over the years have darkened to be seemingly black. Her dress and demeanor are always the very first word in elegance.

Personality: Arabella though a Ghoul had been accused by more than one Kindred over the years of being a Caitiff. Her aversion to providing for a single clan versus many had nothing to do with allegiance and everything to do with profit. Her head for business would not let her play favorites.

History: Born London 1799, Arabella was born to a great family name, with no inheritance. Her upper class eduction, finishing school manners and beauty landed her family not destitute, with a scandalous Cyprian as a benefactress. As a mistress to the wealthy, Arabella advanced herself into a position of power, becoming answerable to none. She had powerful friends in the Regency period and was something of a celebrity with the London aristocracy, known as La Notorius 'Bella.

Her fame and success brought her attention to another crowd. A wealthy Viscomte, began another arrangement with her. Instead of her services as courtesan, he required her to be nothing more than a haven, a ready source to assuage his Hunger. It is rumored that his revelations to her about the masquerade were eventually his downfall and that he was hunted down by elders and destroyed.

She is the sole owner of the elite night club, Maison Plasir in Paris and serves its high profile clients in whatever their tastes may be. The club being a hub for her true business, as an informant for the Prince of Paris, Byron Legard. Aside from the club, she is also the owner of two other companies. One that designs custom lingerie, and the other special blended perfumes that she creates herself, designed to seduce and enchant..

Arabella gained her financial independence, but over the years began to suffer from a debilitating sickness of the blood, caused by her extreme old age and increasingly frail mortality.