Anthony Cheshire

Anthony Cheshire is the Primogen of the Toreador. He is one of the primogen that Sebastian LaCroix chose upon coming to L.A and have kept their status throughout the two successions afterwards. He is Mick Ross's boyfriend and as such is probably one of the best contact for the Coterie out of the gate.

History
He was a poor artist living in L.A in the mid 1910s a couple months after world war 1 had started. He was embraced by Nicolas Keyser an art critic who was enamored by Anthony's use of line work to tell one story while using the blocked in color to tell another.

He was introduced to L.A's kindred community by Nicolas Keyser and he quickly got to work on two things. First being painting a good picture of himself that made him seem unthreatening to folks. Second being making friends with anyone he could so he always would have someone to call on.

That was a smart move, and a better one was to stay neutral when the Anarch Revolt happened. His sire remained loyal to the Camarilla and was killed for his troubles while most other Toreador's his age also died or fled. Making him the oldest one there non Anarch affiliated, he played nice with them sure but he didn't go to rants or anything.

During that time he built up his funds and pull on the mortal population of LA. And while music wasn't something he was as passionate about he started working his way through the music industry to avoid people who'd be familiar with his old works of art.

When Sebastian LaCroix came to the city trying to reinstate the Camarilla he offered Anthony a place as the Toreador Primogen which he accepted. He was drawn to the power it'd offer him along with the fact that it'd make him known to the Camarilla outside of LA.

He became the CEO of Thorn Records around this time in order to give himself better resources and to keep up with the image of the Toreador's.

He didn't do a lot in Sebastian's cabinet as to not threaten Sebastian and also he didn't find there was a lot for him to do. So in October of 2004 he felt comfortable to go to New York for a week and a half to attend a art show. When he came back though Sebastian was reportedly dead and Maximillian Strauss was the new prince. He alongside Nika Viktorov privately mourned Sebastian, he did because he had considered Sebastian a friend of sorts. But it remained private as both of them stayed as Primogen in Strauss's cabinet.

He also stayed as a Primogen when Edward Kent took over and as he started his war with the anarch's. He felt it was a horrible idea and far too bold (and perhaps too far, most of the anarchs in his eyes were just misguided fledglings) but there was not much he could do without putting his neck out on the line. And he was many things but a brave man was not one of them.

In 2011 he met Mick Ross while attending a small music festival. He enjoyed Ain’t Dead Yet's music but he also found Mick to have some of the same traits as himself, just displayed in a different way. Both had a drive to have their art appreciated, along with having a surprising amount of wits hidden under a charming act. He signed Ain’t Dead Yet to Thorn Records and started to spend time with Mick. And soon the two started dating, keeping it under the cover of night to avoid controversy and the public knowing. Along with keeping Mick safe as this was a huge possible masquerade breach but he was stuck between a rock and a hard place because embracing Mick would have revealed a huge possible weakness and make Mick's bandmates suspicious.

In 2018 he was happy to see the war practically speaking over but he also reached a decision. He couldn't sit by while Edward acted as a mad tyrant risking to destroy everything that had been built back up by the Camarilla. He started to plan a coup against Edward to take him out and make Anthony the prince. The first other Primogen he approached was Nika Viktorov as the two had been friends since Sebastian "died". She agreed the man was mad and willing to help put Anthony in charge as long as he agreed to have Sebastian properly memorialized. He was more than willing to agree to that and even offered to paint the tribute himself to put in Elysium once they are in charge.

Personality
He is a smart man with all the charisma expected from a representative of the Toreador clan. But yet he comes off as an airhead with no clear direction and no real ambition, a follower not a leader. But that's the picture he wants to paint. He is neither a bold nor brave man so he far prefers to do his best work in the shadows where people won't bother him about it or confront him about it. As such he also is shockingly private and secretive to an almost paranoid degree.

There seems to be great passion in him as he is rather high energy and upbeat, maybe even too much. And while those are traits he has they are played up as part of his act. Under that mask he has actually lost a lot of the passion he used to have as a result of becoming a kindred. He rarely finds the muse to create and instead just collects art, artists, and ideas to try to relive some of that creativity that he once had.

His main goals that drive him to put on the demanding act that he does and motivates him to behave the ways he does are as follows.


 * 1) To guide LA to a golden age of creation, which he believes can only happen under a watchful eye so the creators don't have worry for their safety.
 * 2) To try to find a new source of inspiration for his own creations.

Trivia

 * They have ADHD which is undiagnosed.
 * She is not out as being Genderfluid to anyone other than her butler Reggie.