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Star Catcher by Goldenwolf









  • Name: Val (Valerie) Konstantopilous


  • Other Names: Memories-of-the-Dead/Fallen. Memory. Finds-Stories. Tailgater. Spy. Nosey. Damn Thunder-Touched Bird. Miss Finite Details Ad Nauseum. The Western Tengu. Spooky to her fellow cops.


  • Gender: Female


  • Race: Corax


  • Rank: Ales (3)


  • Date of Birth: May 17, 1980


Misc:


  • Creation Date: November 2003


  • Creation Rank: 1


  • Departure Date: Current


History:


  • Mundane:

When Val first came to St. Claire, she was working as a freelance photographer. While this job allowed her to make her own hours, it paid very poorly. She eventually got a job doing Crime Scene Photography and garnered a reputation for being very good at the job, often picking out details that even seasoned Cops and Detectives would miss. Eventually, went from being a Crime Scene Photographer, too a beat cop. She did well enough at this job as well, even if she spent several years simply handing out parking tickets... She always seemed to be able to finish her routes far more thoroughly and faster than your average Officer.

After several years of experience as a beat cop and passing the appropriate exams, Val was given the Rank of Detective in 2009 and settled into the Homicide division. Here, she garnered a stunning reputation. Always at work on time, impeccable work ethic, above average case-solve rate, ect, ect, ect....

All that changed in in January of 2012. She started missing work, calling in sick with little or no notice. People noticed and warnings were handed out. Even when she was at work, she seemed distracted and overly tired. Then there was that whole incident where is called in sick for two days, then showed up at work with a shaved head, when she used to have hair past her butt. Rumours abounded. Trouble at home, trouble with a boyfriend, maybe drugs? The rumour mill churned at a rather remarkable rate. Still, she managed an average to above-average case-solve rate and this is the only thing that allowed her to keep her job. Whatever her problem was, it seemed to settle somewhat in early April of 2012. While she is still prone to missing the odd day of work, her hours have become more regular and reliable.

  • Among the Garou:

Val has been a fixture at the Hidden Walk since early 2004. Useful Bird, Scout, Blabbermouth, Troublemaker, Dropper of Silver Rings, Eater of eyes. Speaker for the Dead. Information gatherer. Flighty bird. Nuisance. Chatterbox. Pain in the backside. Friend to Stormcrows. Her reputation varies from Garou to Garou, depending on whom one talks too and how long their memories are.

When she originally arrived at the Hidden Walk, she was young, impulsive, and prone to messing with people and spying on them, simply because she could. This normally took the form of using Voice of the Mimic to mimic wolf howls, low flying airplanes, various Garou, ect. Needless to say, this behavior didn't always make her many friends in the local Garou population. She thought it was a laugh riot, the wolves, not so much. Then, there was that whole incident where she fell under the influence of a particularly nasty magical item. A small glittering gem, that made the viewer want it, one the same level as the One Ring in Lord of the Rings. Val, being a Corax, fell under the influence of the item even more strongly than most and was willing to do anything to get her hands on it. Going so far as to drop silver rings in to the eyeballs of the Garou currently in possession of the item. While the issue was resolved, some wolves have very long memories.

On a more positive note, she has scouted for the Garou on numerous occasions. She is known for passing on information that has proven useful, and probably saved a few lives over the years. She was heavily involved in the Pink Fuzz Fiasco and even planted dynamite in an airplane, preventing the spiritually enhanced drugs from leaving St. Claire.

Since 2012, she scouted Plasticorp and brought the Wyrm-infested company to the attention of the Garou. She was also involved in the raid that brought down the company, acting as a glorified flashlight, and a mobile ambulance service. She provided assistance that helped bring down the Hunter-Bane and the Black Spiral Dancers that arrived after the Bane was destroyed. When the Dancers were attacked, most of their silver-filled guns failed to fire - likely saving a number of lives and the rumour mill gives Val the credit from mucking with the Fallen Garou's guns. Once the Garou were dead, she spoke with the bodies and obtained some interesting information. There is also the rumour that she saved a Stormcrow named Storm’s-Shadow from a Bane though the use of some fast talking.


  • Amoung the Corax:

Val is the daughter of Mellisa (Mel) Konstantopilous, who currently lives in Port Angeles, Washington. Until 2010, Mel and her husband used to live down in Florida. Mel is an Volucris(4) and the one who made Val her Sliver of Helios Fetish. Mel, like most Corax, has a number of Corax contacts and is well known in the Corax community. The Bird's that Mel keeps in contact with the most, are located in South Eastern US, but one or two are known for wandering down in to Mexico.

While Val's mother is Corax, Corax are not born along familial lines and Val's 'Spirit-Mother' was a raven-born Corax who usually went by the name of Crystal or Calls-the-Loudest. A few years after creating Val's Spirit Egg, Crystal wandered off in to the Umbra and was never heard from again. Although, rumours do persist that she is still around, wandering from one Realm to the next.

Val, herself, has a fairly typical reputation amongst the Corax Community, aside from one notable exception. She spent most of her early years in Florida, followed by a brief stint in New York, before finally St. Claire. As a Corax, she also has some contacts with other Corax. Just some names, email address and phone numbers, but it is an excellent way to tap into any tales/rumors that are circulating outside the city and in the world at large. More specifically, she keeps in contact with one Corax that normally travels between New York and Toronto fairly regularly. The remainder are scattered along the Western US. From Vancouver, too roughly San Francisco. While she can receive info from outside this area, it is always second hand at best and may not be as detailed as info from the places her contacts normally pass through.

When she was younger, she used to be called Finds-Stories and was known as a decent scout, who delighted in passing on bits of rumour and the odd story that she'd come across. Somewhere along the line, she started getting ribbed for how seriously she took the task of 'Drinking Eyes' and was dubbed Memories-of-the-Dead - and the name stuck. For those who know her well, this obsession with storing up the memories of the dead and that all deserve to be remembered, stems from the first human-eye she ever took. A young man by the name of Ricky, Val's first serious boyfriend, and the man she abandoned to go for help when the pair was attacked by a Leech. By the time Val returned with help Ricky was dead, drained of blood and dumped in an alleyway.

She had a bit of a rough time between 2009-2012, after she attempted to discourage a pack of Garou from following a course of action that would get them killed, up in the Rocky Mountains in BC. An altercation occurred, which resulted in Val having her right shoulder blade nearly ripped out of her back. Calling Garou stupid and various other names is generally a bad idea. In the end, the incident scared Val very badly and she retreated in to her mundane life for more than two years. There were even some rumours near the end, that she was likely to lose Rank for neglecting her duties as a Corax, before she got her act back together in early 2012.

She's known to have a Warper (Nick Dalton) friend since roughly 2005. Although the name of this friend isn't widely known, there are a few birds that may have gotten wind of it. What is more widely known, is that the Mage is a long-time resident of St. Claire and like all Mages, can pull some interesting tricks. The Mage does seem to draw power from Glades (Which Warpers are known to do), but he does so without damaging the Glades and he actually seems to care about the welfare of these sacred places. Val has quite loudly declared the Warper to be 'one of the good ones,' a friend to Raven's Children, and should be treated as Raven-Kin if ever encountered. It is known that Val got out of her funk and started getting her act together; about the same time she started going on about her Mage having returned to the city(Jan 2012) after an absence of a few years. More than a few birds have drawn the connection between the Mage's return to St. Claire and Val's return to her duties as a Corax. All in all, Val is very closed lipped about her Mage-friend. She used to talk about him very freely, and then started clamming near the end of Febuary 2012. Now, she hardly mentions him at all and when she does, she's vague at best. This has a few birds eyeballing her a bit oddly, as Corax are not particularly known for keeping secrets. Particularly from other Corax. There is also the rumour that she is editing reports and leaving out details, but this remains pure rumour and speculation. At some point, she was called 'The Western Tengu', by her mother, and that name now seems to be making the rounds.

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