Lawrence Tate
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Lawrence Tate was a primary player character, played by Nathan Quam.
Born on February 18, 1863 in Birmingham, England, son of Edward Tate and Lily Tate. A man of many faces, Lawrence has established aliases and pseudo disguises.
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Characteristics
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Height: 67 in
Weight: 132 lb
Hair Color: Brown
Ethnicity: British
Hometown: Birmingham, England
Religion: Catholic
Profession: Locksmith
Appearance: Good looking, average build
Personality: Quirky, witty, to the point, charming but somewhat cold
Addiction: Alcohol
Abilities
- Invisibility (Through the use of his sword Eldorado)
- Force Field
- Regeneration
Skills
- Gambling
- Burglary
- Lock picking
- Fencing
- Impersonation
- Persuasion
Aliases
He has also referred to himself as "Eldorado"[3] and "the King of Spain."[34]
History
Lawrence attended through finishing school and received adequate marks in his course work. He excelled in philosophy and drama. He took a minor interest in fencing and was not very sociable. Lawrence was more drawn to his mother. Lawrence had not met his father until the age of 6. Just after finishing school Lawrence traveled to America with his father and took up the trade of locksmithing. After making a home in Connecticut Lawrence made it his life's goal to take up where his father left behind.
After some years Lawrence managed to land a job working for a bank and was working his way up to learn more about Yale locks. Due to his father's drinking and personality disorder his father appeared at the bank with a gun while angry, was shot in the leg, and soon died. Lawrence hid the truth about this situation until Of Vision and Reality when he revealed the truth that he had killed his father. Lawrence intended on disabling his father temporarily to calm the situation but severed an artery drawing enough blood to kill him.
Lawrence spent many years wandering across the east coast of America swindling people by using aliases. Lawrence quickly became an alcoholic and continually ran from his past. Occasionally he would write to his mother. Ten years after his father's death he found himself at a poker table where he won an invitation to a private Ball. He was given a blue mask, a time, and a location. This marked the start of Gothic Earth for Lawrence Tate.
Family
- Father: Edward Tate
- Mother: Lily Tate
Plot Reveals
In Cthulhu Fhtagn Lawrence revealed his Skeleton in the Closet. It was known that Lawrence's father Edward Tate was killed accidentally at the bank where Lawrence worked. Lawrence lied about who shot his father. It was revealed that he was the one who shot Edward with the intention of wounding him. It turned out that he hit a major vein and his father bled out in the street.
Trivia
The name Tate was taken from both the actress Catherine Tate and the art collector Sir Henry Tate who helped to start what is now known as the Tate Gallery in Britain.
