Edward Kent

Edward Kent is the current Prince of the Camarilla of L.A. He is a divisive figure mainly due to his actions during the Camarilla Vs Anarch War and the lead up to it. Many can agree he has probably been the biggest threat to the Anarchs of L.A but others bring up how his actions have made the Second Inquisition even more interested in L.A.

History
He was illegally embraced by a man he had hooked up with in Santa Monica. He and his sire were taken in and while his sire was killed he was forced into servitude to the then prince Sebastian LaCroix. He went through a series of suicide missions coming out alive from each one and reveling the hidden plots going on within the city while doing it.

At end of the events of 2004 he choose to side with Maximillian Strauss resulting in his short tenure as prince of the city. Only a year later he left for secretive personal reasons (also known as Edward pulled off a complicated plot that resulted in the sudden death of one of Strauss's outer city allies and a wild goose chase for a fake serial killer) Edward also manged to convince Strauss to leave him in charge (also known as he blackmailed him with the knowledge about the gargoyles)

There was doubt in him at first as he had seemingly came out of nowhere and no history or elders to back him up. But he quickly proved to be a cutthroat and effective ruler who manged to gain great support from the Nosferatu and quickly got to putting new people in key positions.

Starting off small he started a new conflict with the Anarchs who had not suspected the new prince to act so boldly. At first it was just trimming off more independent Anarchs and loose end ghouls. But over the coming years it would turn into a bloody war that would see havens burnt down, gang wars started and manipulated by kindred for their own ends, and by the end he won Downtown and a symbolic victory against Nine's and the Anarchs of downtown by burning down The Last Round.

In the two years after that there have been more scuffles between the two groups but Edward for the moment is happy with Downtown and expanding his power there and in Santa Monica. More recently he's come to be aware that the Sabbat have came back to the city thinking both sides would weaker from the recent war.

Personality
He is an aloof man who puts on a hard to read mask. It's clear he has many thoughts going on behind that mask but lord knows what they are, that idea even extends to his appearance with him literally wearing a masquerade mask. He places little value on the idea of loyalty or personal relationships and instead values results and what a person can do for him. And while his methods are despicable and/or hard to understand his goals are reasonable and at times fair even.

He wants two things which drive him to his extreme actions.


 * 1) L.A to fully embrace the idea of chaos and change, that any thing could happen in a moment's notice, anyone could die, and that even when it seems like you're a puppet on a string cutting that string might be easier than thought or at least able to be done.
 * 2) To finally be able to leave L.A without anyone wanting him back. Had he left sooner people would bother him about it forever, but if he leaves as a disgraced Prince no one will try to pull him back, in fact they'll be glad he's gone.

When with others he comes off as incredibly kooky due to his insistence on the mask, his lack of reaction to large reveals, and his frequent off topic ramblings. These are all minor symptoms of his Malkavian nature, he has some awareness of most things and has learnt how to better decode his own madness ramblings. But his mind is still scattered and prone to wondering into unhelpful topics.

But the biggest derangement he deals with is a complexity addiction. His mind is convinced a simple plan just won't work so he must come up with the most over the top plan he can think of. Instead of asking someone to do a simple task, he might give them an off topic task that will make them come across the issue instead. Or perhaps this mindset may lead to starting a war with the Anarchs with full intention of losing in order to become disgraced but then acidently winning.

Trivia

 * He gained his second derangement thanks to believing he had met Cain face to face near the end of the events of 2004. It's unclear if that truly was Cain.