As a contract thief and con artist, Logan prefers to keep a low profile. As such, he has several aliases, each working as different fronts for the different jobs that Logan is hired for. These multiple identities also help Logan spread the gains of his high-earning heists so that no one would suspect the large transactions credited into one single account, namely his own. These aliases each have their own identities (usually with the aid of make-up prosthetics to change his appearance drastically) and documentations. These aliases include:

James Vanderbilt
An antiquities dealer based in Los Angeles. Most transactions involving antiquities and rare collectibles are often done through this alias. When in this alias, Logan appears as a large nosed, moustached middle-aged man with gun-metal gray hair, and speaks with a Southern accent. Vanderbilt’s attire is eclectic to say the least, usually wearing floral shirts and slacks, with flip flops. Vanderbilt is the front for Logan’s antiquities dealings, and whenever someone has a job that involves the heist of rare antiquities, Vanderbilt is the point of contact, whether by phone or a face-to-face meeting.

Logan fabricates a relationship between Vanderbilt and himself as that of an employer-employee relationship, with Vanderbilt paying Logan for services rendered on certain jobs, and this reflects in their bank statements/transactions.

Michael Sanbourne
Michael Sanbourne is a “self-made entrepreneur”, with businesses dealing in investments in commodities, futures, and foreign exchange. But Sanbourne also deals in the procurement of information; usually sensitive information that can be used for corporate sabotage. As such, Sanbourne’s account is by far the largest and the most active as, apart from the sums of investment capital constantly circulated through the account, large sums of money are usually credited as payment for every successful heist. Sanbourne is the closest to Logan’s normal appearance, with the exception of bleached-blond hair and blue eyes, and with a very formal wardrobe. Logan plays the typical young rich playboy when in the role of Michael Sanbourne, and of all his aliases, Logan enjoys playing this particular role the most.

Logan was born with a rare medical condition called congenital analgia, which is better known as congenital pain insensitivity. Patients suffering this condition cannot feel (and have never felt) physical pain, even though cognition and sensation are otherwise normal. Due to this condition, many who confront Logan end up surprised that he is able to withstand a brutal amount of punishment without so much as a flinch. Although mental retardation is known to occur in some cases of congenital analgia, Logan appears to be among the few lucky ones spared from the affliction. He still seems to have this condition even after being sired.

Prior to his Siring, Logan had also been suffering from an incurable malignant tumour in his brain which was slowly killing him. But because of his inability to feel physical pain, he did not experience the migraines normally suffered by brain cancer patients. He had however blacked out and experienced nosebleeds on ocassion, more frequently so as the terminal disease worsened over time. But ever since being sired, the tumour seems to have been purged from his system, the vampiric blood apparently having healed him of this condition.

There is the question of why the blood had not cured him from his congenital analgia though, perhaps the blood simply could not heal a genetic flaw that had existed since birth?

As a result of all his afflictions, Logan has no real fear, for he knows not pain, and if one cannot feel the pain of death what is there left to fear?

LOGAN: The Soundtrack
1. Logan’s Theme : Adelitas Way – Invincible
2. Logan’s Struggle with Vampirism : Rev Theory feat Mesh – The Voices Scare Me
3. Logan’s Women : Drowning Pool – Rebel Yell
4. Logan’s Fight Song 1 : AC/DC – Spoilin’ For A Fight
5. Logan’s Fight Song 2 : Sick Puppies – You’re Going Down
6. Logan’s Fight Song 3 : Aranda – Whyyawannabringmedown

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The Sanguine Ankh, as at July 13th, 2009.

SIRING REQUIREMENTS

These requirements are mostly OUT OF CHARACTER (OOC), but they also pertain to what is expected of your character. They are essential to my own personal expectations from the player behind the character who wishes to be sired under Logan.

And do note that this has been written in a “Siring For Dummies” format, so there should be no excuse of “Oh, I didn’t know I needed to do that!”

1. Leave Drama Out The Door: If there’s anything more that I hate in the world, it’s petty squabbles and drama. If you love drama (causing it, jumping into it, whatever) then you will not be considered to be a part of the family, or at least under Logan’s chain of command.

Any character sired under Logan who cause any sort of drama for the hell of it will most likely be severed at the drop of a hat. It’s one thing to have a dramatic story behind the character, it’s a whole other thing to shit-stir.

2. Crossing: Just like I hate drama, I hate crossers just as much. Learn to differentiate between IC and OOC, or be prepared to leave.

3. Activity: The Sanguine Ankh are no slackers. Whether it’s making an effort to move IG accounts every day/week or roleplay on the forums or interacting with family members on Yahoo Messenger/The Sanguine Ankh board, activity is an absolutely essential trait to have in both the character AND the player behind the character. There is no excuse for non-activity of any kind, unless the player is unable to access the internet due to a massive technological blackout or a sudden teleportation to the jungles of Africa.

While I completely understand that life tends to get in the way of things, I expect to be notified whenever you have to disappear for any considerable length of time (e.g. a week, a month, etc).

Once your character is sired, you are expected to power up your IG account with 3 powers within a grace period of 3 months, and the Blood Pints (BP) of said account must, at the very least, increase by 50 each week. This isn’t entirely impossible, and would require the user of the account to log in once every few days or even once a week. If for any reason this cannot be achieved, the player behind the character is expected to notify me beforehand.

If your character has been sired but somehow ends up deleted due to inactivity, then your character will be classified as dead and buried, and you will not be given a second chance.

If any help is required in this particular requirement, then the player behind the character is expected to consult either myself or the player behind Elisha (the head of the Sanguine Ankh).

So in summary, if you disappear for a period of time without prior notice, you had better be dead or crippled to the point where you can’t type or click a mouse.

4. Alt Accounts: I have a personal dislike for alts, particularly because of (a) possible inactivity/neglect of the character in the Sanguine Ankh, (b) possible crossing between characters, and (c) possible spying for other families/bloodlines/clans. The character wishing to be sired into the Sanguine Ankh must be your main character, the one character that you will put most effort into, because as mentioned in the previous requirement, we are no slackers.

I personally expect to see your character evolve and flourish within the Ankh, and in order for that to happen, I believe that you either need to concentrate on one character or be one hell of a prioritized person.

It’s fully understandable that you may have writer’s block with a particular character, but you are expected to let me or someone within the Ankh know that you’re struggling. We can help you.

With that said, if I happen to notice that you’ve put emphasis on another character (one outside the family) for a considerable length of time without prior notification, then you can expect your Ankh character to be severed due to inactivity.

5. House Rules: Once sired, your character is expected to adhere to the house rules as laid out by Elisha. If any of these house rules are broken, then you can fully expect your character to suffer the consequences, whatever they may be.

6. Loyalty: Last but not least, both you and your character are expected to be loyal to the Sanguine Ankh family, because regardless of IC or OOC, we ARE a family. If you betray any one of us, you betray all of us, and you do not deserve to be in our Circle of Trust, and ergo, our family.

Keep in mind that these requirements are my own personal expectations of anyone wishing to be sired under my character. While these requirements may seem strict, the significance and benefits of being in the Sanguine Ankh family far outweigh everything that is required of you.

Los Angeles, California, 1979:
Logan had been born an orphan, having lost his father 5 months before he was born, and his mother at childbirth. With no relatives to care for him, he was placed in foster care (where they named him Logan, after his father), and subsequently found himself adopted by a young couple who had trouble conceiving a child of their own. But when they finally had a child of their own, Logan ended up neglected, and even abused on some occasion. Though he felt no physical pain due to his congenital analgia, the experience nonetheless scarred his fragile young psyche.

As a result Logan grew to become a troubled teen, falling into the wrong crowd and ending up on the wrong side of the law more times than a 14 year old should. Having run away from home by the time he was 15, Logan soon became the skilled pickpocket, out of necessity. It was by chance that Logan had tried to pick the pocket of Jonas Kaine, then-patriarch of a syndicate of con artists, and seeing potential in the young man, Kaine took him in as one of his own.

Mentored by Kaine, Logan was taught the ways of the syndicate, and came into his own as a con artist by the time he was 18.

Running scams and working commissioned heists together, the syndicate became more of a family than his own adopted parents ever were.

After the death of his mentor, the syndicate was embroiled in a power struggle, the elders of the family quarrelled amongst themselves trying to seize control of the syndicate. Logan, 22 by now, would have none of it, and he left the syndicate to make it on his own.

New York, New York, 2001:
For years Logan became an independent contract thief, working on assignments for collectors of antiquities. These usually involved him working heists in museums or high security storage facilities. And because of his inability to feel pain, he made a name for himself for getting a job done even at the risk of his own life. Making a tidy sum from the various assignments, he continued this line of work more for the exhiliration that came from pulling off a successful heist than for the money.

Sometime after his 27th birthday, after a botched con landed him in hospital with a concussion, he was diagnosed as having a malignant brain tumour. The doctors told him he had 6 months to live, a year if he was lucky.

But rather than being hampered by the news, it drove him to more dangerous assignments, turning down heists he deemed too simple for his abilities. So it was no surprise that it had only been a matter of time before his passion would land him in trouble. Assigned a high-profile job, Logan was made to work with former members of his syndicate. The animosity between all of them had obviously remained unresolved over the years, and their disagreements ultimately cost them the assignment, as well as the life of an innocent.

Logan was framed for the murder, and the conspirator turned out to be one of his “brothers”; a vengeful member of the syndicate. Arrested and subsequently incarcerated, Logan was sentenced to spend the remaining months he had in prison.

Breaking out of prison just days after his sentencing, Logan set out to avenge and exonerate himself by bringing in the true culprit. Having learned the identity of the murderer, Logan hunted him down, beating him half to death, but rather than allowing Logan to regain his freedom through exoneration, the murderer killed himself with a single shot to the head.

And just what were the chances of Logan being caught by the police with blood on his hands?

Pretty big actually.

Logan barely outran the authorities, and his escape triggered a massive manhunt. Running from state to state ever since,

Logan finally came upon Ravenblack City, where no one knew nor cared that he was a fugitive on the run.

Or so it seemed.

THE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAIN

PERSONAL DETAILS NAME: Logan Darc D.O.B.: October 31st 1979 SEX: Male HEIGHT: 6 ft WEIGHT: 200 lbs (approx) HAIR: Brown EYES: Brown NATIONALITY: American RACE: Caucasian SPECIES: Vampire POWERS: Second-Sight, Suction, Surprise, Perception, Celerity (3), Charisma (3), Locate (3), Shadows (3), Stamina (3), Telepathy (3), Thievery (3) AFFILIATIONS SIRE: Elisha Draken SIBLINGS: Marcus Belby, Nexia Draken, Xavier Archer, Snake, Florain Draken, Darius Synn Draken, Drew Draken, Aine Leith CHYLDE: Kalie Rae, Judas OTHERS: Joel Silver (nephew), Prince (nephew), Katarina (niece), Abigail Saville (niece), Annie Broughton (niece), Zach (nephew), Pup (niece), Elvera (niece) HOUSE: The Sanguine Ankh FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SANGUINE ANKH, CLICK HERE. NOTE: Certain elements of this character were taken/adapted with permission from the writer of Elisha. No copyright infringement is intended, and credit & thanks go out to the writer of Elisha for the use of these particular elements.

Logan’s trust issues stem from his abusive childhood. Neglected and abused for much of his childhood, Logan has grown resentful of people, preferring to be left alone since all he’s ever known from his adopted parents, the only family he has ever known to have, is pain. Now this presents an interesting tangent because he feels no physical pain, but the abuse has taken its toll in the form of emotional scarring. So the fact that Logan is distant from even his new family stems from the fact that he doesn’t want to risk being hurt emotionally. It explains how he spent most of his adult life working alone as a contract thief.

The only exception to his “lone-wolf” demeanour was while he was with his mentor, who taught him the necessary skills to excel in his craft. Even though he had a close bond with his mentor, the real reason Logan allowed a little room for trust was so he could be taught the skills that he felt would one day be beneficial to him. The death of his mentor impeded any progress Logan might have made with regards to being healed emotionally, as he found himself lost once more without anyone to trust and confide in.

His thought process is mostly usually selfish in nature, having been taught indirectly that no one will love him except himself, this of course attributed to his childhood yet again.

However, Logan has been known to show a more positive personality at times, the bitterness he feels towards people can sometimes be coaxed away to reveal his more playful nature, yet this proves to be a task in itself, as he rarely lets anyone get close enough to break down the walls he puts up and reveal the lost child behind the deceptively charming smile.

It is interesting to note that Logan seems to have a ‘Superman complex’ because of his congenital analgia. Unable to feel pain, he often equates this as being invincible, and because he has yet to find an anchor that can help him validate his existence, he is constantly putting his body on the line, seeking thrills and situations that most people would find absurdly dangerous and life-threatening.

Logan’s semi-fractured psyche has resulted in the development of what one could consider a “dark side”. While not an entirely unique personality on its own (as often documented in cases of multiple personality disorders), this “dark side” is a manifestation of his Id. It is theorized that years of abuse endured during the formative childhood years have caused Logan’s subconscious to form this “dark side”, which is in essence a self-preservation instinct.

According to Sigmund Freud’s structural model of the psyche, the Id is unconscious by definition, and is defined by the following formulation:

“It is the dark, inaccessible part of our personality, what little we know of it we have learnt from our study of the dream-work and of the construction of neurotic symptoms, and most of this is of a negative character and can be described only as a contrast to the ego. We all approach the id with analogies: we call it a chaos, a cauldron full of seething excitations… It is filled with energy reaching it from the instincts, but it has no organization, produces no collective will, but only astriving to bring about the satisfaction of the instinctual needs subject to the oberservance of the pleasure principle.”

This “dark side” triggers a more primal consciousness within Logan, allowing him to achieve feats he would never have been able to accomplish consciously. In this particular state of mind, Logan’s consciousness may be geared toward satisfying basic physiological needs. Whether these needs happen to be essential for survival or even sating a sexual desire, when in the throes of this “dark side”, Logan cares very little about the consequences of his actions or any sense of morality, and is only concerned about sating his own needs first and foremost.

NOTE: The “Dark Side” concept was taken with permission from the writer of Elisha. No copyright infringement intended. Credit & Thanks go to the writer of Elisha.

Boxing (Advanced)
In his youth Logan had trained extensively in the art of boxing, as it was amongst the few things that he had a passion for. Learning what he could of the sport from his mentor Jonas Kaine, boxing became his preferred fighting style whenever circumstances forced him into fisticuffs. Quick on his feet and quicker with his hands, Logan continues to improve on this particular skill by training at least 3 nights a week.

Jailhouse Rock (Intermediate)
A collection of different fighting styles, Jailhouse Rock or JHR is said to have been practiced and/or developed within US penal institutions and innercity black neighbourhoods. Being a former convict, Jonas Kaine learned this unique martial arts in his youth, most of which was spent inside a federal penitentiary. Having taken Logan under his wing, Kaine imparted his knowledge of JHR to the young man (along with many others he had taken under his wing) and trained him in the art of close combat for years, up till his death. Logan usually utilises JHR with his preferred boxing, when close quarters make taking down his opponent with a haymaker too difficult to execute.

Capoeira (Basic)
Apart from Kaine, there was one other person that Logan trusted enough to be taught by; the man who would eventually frame him for murder. Initially a friend and part of Kaine’s Brethren, “Rodrigo” as he called himself, taught a young Logan the fundamentals of the art, emphasising the fact that it would hone Logan’s flexibility and coordination, traits that were necessary for their chosen profession as thieves. Logan had never managed to master Capoeria fully, at least not enough to be considered combat-ready. He can be seen practising the ginga every now and then, but usually out of sight from prying eyes.