Nelli G is the current Baron of Hollywood.
Biography[]
Petronila Griffith is a direct descendant of industrialist Griffith J. Griffith, whose namesake is borne on such Los Angeles landmarks as Griffith Park, Griffith Observatory, and Griffith College. Naturally, as a mortal she had it all: wealth, influence, and most importantly to her at the time, looks. She became a fashion model at an early age, and under the professional name "Nelli Griffith" quickly rose to become an icon of LA runway scene.
It was a fateful trip to San Francisco that sent Nelli's life spiraling in a very different direction. While there, she made the acquaintance of the darkly charming Chaz Price, with their whirlwind romance culminating in Nelli's Embrace. For a brief time Nelli thought she was in love, but Chaz quickly grew bored of her, instead courting and eventually Embracing a singer named Donna Cambridge. Out of rage and jealousy, Nelli (likely in throes of Frenzy) attacked and diablerized Donna. Fearful of discovery, she fled back to Los Angeles, where she'd eventually meet another one of her clanmates: Baron Isaac Abrams.
Maybe it was just Isaac's predilection for collecting lost Kindred, but he took a liking to Nelli and kept her under his employ. The two would become close (though purely in a platonic sense), with the Baron often tasking Nelli with the integral missions, including overseas excursions and even the infiltration of nearby Camarilla domains. Nelli G also took the opportunity to expand her own personal portfolio: founding Thorn, a high-end fashion boutique.
At some point, Nelli G met her future coterie-mate Victor Temple while shooting a music video for the Ventrue's Temple of Boom record label.
By 2018, Nelli and her coterie were well-established with the local Anarch Movement, until the Camarilla's eventual predations re-united her with her sire. Chaz attempted to blackmail her into undermining her own coterie through his knowledge of her diablerie, only for Nelli to turn the tables by luring him out to a warehouse in the Valley. There, with the help of her coterie, she ambushed Chaz and removed his head from his shoulders with a knife.
In 2020, with Isaac suffering from the Beckoning, Nelli would eventually be tapped to become the next Baron of Hollywood in his stead. This was much to the disgruntlement of Isaac's "childe", Velvet Velour. Indeed, many Kindred were (and still are to some extent) under the impression that Nelli G was Isaac's childe - hence the "sibling rivalry". By that point, Nelli's reputation within the Movement was such that rumors about the new Baron abounded: some claimed she was actually a Tremere, due to her uncommon aptitude for Blood Sorcery. Others whispered Nelli could blood bond a person with a single kiss.
During the Second Inquisition attack on the city in 2021, Nelli was among those Kindred singled out by as a priority target. She managed to weather the assault, even personally dispatching one of the Witch-hunters sent to capture her, and participated in the counter-attack against the Society of Leopold Cenaculum headquartered within the San Fernando Mission.
Trivia[]
- Nelli G is the player character of actress Cynthia Marie, a member of the main cast and coterie of the live-play chronicle Vampire: The Masquerade: L.A. By Night. Cynthia also portrays Lucita de Aragon in the special Memoriam episode S3E6: Beauty and Decay.
- Nelli G is one of several L.A. By Night characters who possesses their own official Loresheet, released as part of special promotional deal with Dog Might Games.
- Nelli is a descendant of Helena, as confirmed by her use of the Descendant of Helena Loresheet's 4-Dot Merit: Divine Purity in S1E1: Mortal Stakes. This implies that her sire Chaz Price is also a descendant of the infamous Toreador methuselah.