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* CoolGuns: Several of the protagonists carry them...
** Amy Halford owns a Walther PPK after stealing it from a dead biker
** The Prospector acquires a Smith & Wesson M29 magnum revolver
** Martin Rupp carries a Colt Model 1911 pistol, the exact same make and model of the pistol he used during {{UsefulNotes/The Vietnam War}}

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Per TRS. Bishonen is a Definition-Only fan-speak term used only for Japanese/East-Asian media. Examples or audience reactions are not allowed. Moving In Universe acknowledgements/relevance to Pretty Boy. Removing any ZCE or misuse.


* {{Bishonen}}: Amy describes her boyfriend Dylan as this. Also an apt way to describe Matthew's appearance
** Martin Rupp is also an example of this trope, but slightly more masculine (he's described as having the physique of a "twunk" and he's also over six and a half feet tall)


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* PrettyBoy:
** Amy describes her boyfriend Dylan as a {{Bishonen}}. Also an apt way to describe Matthew's appearance.
** Martin Rupp is also an example of this trope, but slightly more masculine (he's described as having the physique of a "twunk" and he's also over six and a half feet tall).
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* {{Chuunibyou}}: Amy Halford is a bitter ex-high school outcast and geek girl who tries to reinvent herself as a cross between a tough roughneck biker and a very masculine pseudo-gay male. Unfortunately, all of her knowledge of bikers comes from Film/EasyRider and Film/TheWildOne while all her knowledge of gay male culture comes from a mix of the YaoiGenre, the BaraGenre, Film/{{Cruising}}, and vintage 1970's sadomasochistic gay porn.

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* {{Chuunibyou}}: Amy Halford is a bitter ex-high school outcast and geek girl who tries to reinvent herself as a cross between a tough roughneck biker and a very masculine pseudo-gay male. Unfortunately, all of her knowledge of bikers comes from Film/EasyRider and Film/TheWildOne while all her knowledge of gay male culture comes from a mix of the YaoiGenre, the BaraGenre, the movie Film/{{Cruising}}, and vintage 1970's sadomasochistic gay porn.

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* EsotericHappyEnding: The Prospector and Slim have this ending. They think they have won and saved the city and still remain in good standing with what's left of the ruling council. But the city is crawling with hunters and federal agents who are convinced that Verona Beach is rife with domestic terrorism and they are both completely oblivious to how dire the situation in Verona actually is,



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* BigBad: Richter ultimately is this. A nominal mid-ranked member of the Invictus, Richter is in fact an opportunistic mercenary and drug trafficker colluding with the more renegade Kindred such as Axel, Brody, and Alex Falconer. He also serves as the Final Boss of the chronicle.


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* BittersweetEnding: Martin Rupp is subject to this. His mission of preparing the city for a takeover by the Circle of the Crone is generally successful and he remains in good standing with his covenant, but his beloved wife is dead and the chaos that has spiraled so out out of control that he must flee to Las Vegas and the actual invasion is delayed until the next winter.


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* DeadAllAlong: Alex Falconer was dead the entire time. He was investigated by the council because his blood had caused strange mutations (a consequence of being HIV+ from years of rampant IV drug use prior to his Embrace) and was ultimately a bit player in Richter's drug and human trafficking rackets.


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* EsotericHappyEnding: The Prospector and Slim have this ending. They think they have won and saved the city and still remain in good standing with what's left of the ruling council. But the city is crawling with hunters and federal agents who are convinced that Verona Beach is rife with domestic terrorism and they are both completely oblivious to how dire the situation in Verona actually is,
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** Martin Rupp carries a Colt M1911A1 pistol, the same make and model of the pistol he used during {{UsefulNotes/The Vietnam War}}

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** Martin Rupp carries a Colt M1911A1 Model 1911 pistol, the exact same make and model of the pistol he used during {{UsefulNotes/The Vietnam War}}

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* CombatMedic: Martin was a US Army field medic during 'Nam and even after the war, he got licensed as both a Paramedic EMT and a Licensed Practical Nurse. He still does his best to keep his license and skills up to date and keeps a fully stocked advanced first aid kit in his car.

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* CombatMedic: Martin was a US Army field medic during 'Nam and even after the war, he got licensed as both a Paramedic EMT and a Licensed Practical Nurse. He still does his best to keep his license and skills up to date and keeps a fully stocked advanced first aid kit in his car.car alongside a combat knife and a Colt M1911 pistol.


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* CoolGuns: Several of the protagonists carry them...
** Amy Halford owns a Walther PPK after stealing it from a dead biker
** The Prospector acquires a Smith & Wesson M29 magnum revolver
** Martin Rupp carries a Colt M1911A1 pistol, the same make and model of the pistol he used during {{UsefulNotes/The Vietnam War}}


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** Martin is a mild example of this, as he served in the US Army during the late 1960's and early 1970's but kept to a mostly legit life during his mortal days yet still keeps small baggies of cocaine on his person from time to time.
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** Martin Rupp is also an example of this trope, but slightly more masculine (he's described as having the physique of a "twunk" and he's also over six and a half feet tall)


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* CombatMedic: Martin was a US Army field medic during 'Nam and even after the war, he got licensed as both a Paramedic EMT and a Licensed Practical Nurse. He still does his best to keep his license and skills up to date and keeps a fully stocked advanced first aid kit in his car.
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* CompleteMonster: Both Alex Falconer and his associate Axel are sadistic and brute psychopathic drug dealers and drug users, who have a whole racket of drugging and then feeding on innocent women before selling them off to other vampires all over the state of California.
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* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: The trio of Axel, Brody, and Falconer are drug dealers and drug users, as well as human traffickers who prey on innocent mortal women and aggressively pander to other Kindred in the city.


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* CompleteMonster: Both Alex Falconer and his associate Axel are sadistic and brute psychopathic drug dealers and drug users, who have a whole racket of drugging and then feeding on innocent women before selling them off to other vampires all over the state of California.


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* CoolestClubEver: The Impulse Nightclub in downtown Verona Beach
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Richter is an amoral vampire of the Mekhet clan who is all about money, owning a nightclub and also dealing in black market weaponry.


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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Both Matthew and Martin are visibly horrified and disgusted when they learn of Axel's actions and the human trafficking racket.

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Trope has been merged into Badass Biker, ZCE.


'''Verona Beach '04''' is an ongoing chronicle based on the First Edition of White Wolf's {{TabletopGame/Vampire The Requiem}} based out of an IRL group in Roanoke, Virginia.

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'''Verona Beach '04''' is an ongoing chronicle based on the First Edition of White Wolf's {{TabletopGame/Vampire The Requiem}} TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem based out of an IRL group in Roanoke, Virginia.



* BikerBabe: Amy Halford dresses to the nines in leather biker gear and rides on a motorcycle everywhere
* {{Main/Bishonen}}: Amy describes her boyfriend Dylan as this. Also an apt way to describe Matthew's appearance

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* BikerBabe: Amy Halford dresses to the nines in leather biker gear and rides on a motorcycle everywhere
* {{Main/Bishonen}}:
{{Bishonen}}: Amy describes her boyfriend Dylan as this. Also an apt way to describe Matthew's appearance



* {{Main/Chuunibyou}}: Amy Halford is a bitter ex-high school outcast and geek girl who tries to reinvent herself as a cross between a tough roughneck biker and a very masculine pseudo-gay male. Unfortunately, all of her knowledge of bikers comes from {{Film/Easy Rider}} and {{Film/The Wild One}} while all her knowledge of gay male culture comes from a mix of the YaoiGenre, the BaraGenre, {{Film/Cruising}}, and vintage 1970's sadomasochistic gay porn.

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* {{Main/Chuunibyou}}: {{Chuunibyou}}: Amy Halford is a bitter ex-high school outcast and geek girl who tries to reinvent herself as a cross between a tough roughneck biker and a very masculine pseudo-gay male. Unfortunately, all of her knowledge of bikers comes from {{Film/Easy Rider}} Film/EasyRider and {{Film/The Wild One}} Film/TheWildOne while all her knowledge of gay male culture comes from a mix of the YaoiGenre, the BaraGenre, {{Film/Cruising}}, Film/{{Cruising}}, and vintage 1970's sadomasochistic gay porn.



* {{Main/Expy}}: Matthew is directly based on David, Kiefer Sutherland's character from {{Film/The Lost Boys}}

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* {{Main/Expy}}: {{Expy}}: Matthew is directly based on David, Kiefer Sutherland's character from {{Film/The Lost Boys}}Film/TheLostBoys



* {{Main/Leatherman}}: Amy tries to present herself as a mix of this trope and a more typical BadassBiker.

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* {{Main/Leatherman}}: {{Leatherman}}: Amy tries to present herself as a mix of this trope and a more typical BadassBiker.



* OccidentalOtaku: Amy Halford and Dylan Park

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* {{Main/Prospector}}: The Prospector claims he's this, but he's actually a very self-conscious jewel thief with a weird fixation on gold. He tells everyone he's actually a 19th Century prospector, despite being much younger.

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* {{Main/Prospector}}: {{Prospector}}: The Prospector claims he's this, but he's actually a very self-conscious jewel thief with a weird fixation on gold. He tells everyone he's actually a 19th Century prospector, despite being much younger.



* {{Main/Seme}}: Amy Halford tries to fancy herself as an unconventional gender-bending variant of this trope

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* {{Main/Seme}}: {{Seme}}: Amy Halford tries to fancy herself as an unconventional gender-bending variant of this trope



* {{Main/Uke}}: Dylan Park, the mortal lover and compadre of Amy Halford, at least according to her words

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* {{Main/Uke}}: {{Uke}}: Dylan Park, the mortal lover and compadre of Amy Halford, at least according to her words



* YaoiFangirl: Amy Halford, natch.

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* '''Martin Rupp''', a suave and well-dressed genteel vampire who is a quiet follower of the Slavic pagan sky deity Perun and intends to establish his own stronghold in the city. Clan Ventrue.

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* '''Martin Rupp''', a suave and well-dressed genteel vampire who is a quiet follower of at first but sees a new opportunity in joining forces with the Slavic pagan sky deity Perun and intends to establish his own stronghold in the city.other protagonists. Clan Ventrue.
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'''Martin Rupp''', a suave and well-dressed genteel vampire who is a quiet follower of the Slavic pagan sky deity Perun and intends to establish his own stronghold in the city. Clan Ventrue.

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* '''Martin Rupp''', a suave and well-dressed genteel vampire who is a quiet follower of the Slavic pagan sky deity Perun and intends to establish his own stronghold in the city. Clan Ventrue.
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Eventually, they are joined by another Kindred stranger who has been keeping his head down in the chaos but eventually decides to step up. That stranger is...

'''Martin Rupp''', a suave and well-dressed genteel vampire who is a quiet follower of the Slavic pagan sky deity Perun and intends to establish his own stronghold in the city. Clan Ventrue.


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* CoolCar: Martin Rupp's 1979 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue.
* DiscoDan: Martin Rupp is very much a 70's throwback


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** Martin Rupp is an expy of Frank Langella's portrayal Dracula from the 1979 film but with the appearance and physique of Akira Fudo from the 1987 Devilman OVA.

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* AbominableAuditorium: The Nightingale is a run-down theater and a meeting place for most of the vampires in the city. It is also the headquarters of Uriah, an elder vampire and a director of stage plays.



* AbominableAuditorium: The Nightingale is a run-down theater and a meeting place for most of the vampires in the city. It is also the headquarters of Uriah, an elder vampire and a director of stage plays.


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* FaceHeelTurn: Amy Halford becomes an antagonist NPC after setting fire to the Prince's mansion.


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* KillItWithFire: After her attempt at infiltrating the Prince's mansion fails, Amy Halford decides to go rogue and torch the place to take out the Prince and the Sheriff, using a mix of cooking oil, hard liquor, and an open gas line to create the blaze.
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* AbominableAuditorium: The Nightingale is a run-down theater and a meeting place for most of the vampires in the city. It is also the headquarters of Uriah, an elder vampire and a director of stage plays.
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* '''Brock "The Prospector" Goldberg''', a savant jewel thief and a security expert
* '''Amy Halford''', an insecure and manic freak with a chip on her shoulder
* '''Matthew''', a mysterious and aloof man seemingly content with his unlife
* '''Slim'''', a young hoodlum always looking for the next big hustle

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* '''Brock "The Prospector" Goldberg''', a savant jewel thief and a security expert
expert, Clan Mekhet
* '''Amy Halford''', an insecure and manic freak with a chip on her shoulder
shoulder, Clan Mekhet
* '''Matthew''', a mysterious and aloof man seemingly content with his unlife
unlife, Clan Daeva
* '''Slim'''', a young hoodlum always looking for the next big hustle
hustle, Clan Gangrel
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'''Verona Beach '04''' is an ongoing chronicle based on the First Edition of White Wolf's {{TabletopGame/Vampire The Requiem}} based out of an IRL group in Roanoke, Virginia.

The story itself takes place in the fictional city of Verona Beach, California in the year 2004. A group of four young vampires are called upon by the Prince to look into a bizarre and mysterious conspiracy that has been brewing in the city. A trail of murder, drugs, thuggery, and conspiracies begins to emerge and each of these four vampires, previously total strangers to one another eventually begin to forge their own destinies in the mean streets of Verona Beach.

The four strangers are all unaligned and belong to no major covenant. These four Kindred are...

* '''Brock "The Prospector" Goldberg''', a savant jewel thief and a security expert
* '''Amy Halford''', an insecure and manic freak with a chip on her shoulder
* '''Matthew''', a mysterious and aloof man seemingly content with his unlife
* '''Slim'''', a young hoodlum always looking for the next big hustle

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* AbandonedWarehouse: The storage unit owned by Alex Falconer isn't abandoned per se, but it's got a creepy vibe and the only one there is an old lady at the security gate and the bikers who were awaiting the deal with Brody.
* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The Mongrels MC appear as mortal antagonists early on
* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Amy Halford is a woman, at least biologically, but is heavily implied to have severe gender dysphoria and is a closeted/unaware trans man who resents being born female and tries to act like a violent macho man. She still uses her birth name and female pronouns, much to her subconscious chagrin.
* AsianAndNerdy: Dylan Park, the mortal lover of Amy Halford is an American of mixed Korean and Kazakh ancestry, and is a huge fan of anime, video games, horror films and B-Movies, and weird campy gothic aesthetics.
* BikerBabe: Amy Halford dresses to the nines in leather biker gear and rides on a motorcycle everywhere
* {{Main/Bishonen}}: Amy describes her boyfriend Dylan as this. Also an apt way to describe Matthew's appearance
* BookDumb: Slim is a bit of a dimwit but he manages to get ahead through a mix of sheer dumb luck and determination.
* {{Main/Chuunibyou}}: Amy Halford is a bitter ex-high school outcast and geek girl who tries to reinvent herself as a cross between a tough roughneck biker and a very masculine pseudo-gay male. Unfortunately, all of her knowledge of bikers comes from {{Film/Easy Rider}} and {{Film/The Wild One}} while all her knowledge of gay male culture comes from a mix of the YaoiGenre, the BaraGenre, {{Film/Cruising}}, and vintage 1970's sadomasochistic gay porn.
* CoolBike: Amy's Honda Shadow motorcycle
* {{Main/Expy}}: Matthew is directly based on David, Kiefer Sutherland's character from {{Film/The Lost Boys}}
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Alex Falconer served in the United States Marine Corps before he became a vampire. After he became a vampire, he was a drug dealer and a drug user, as well as a possible serial killer.
* {{Main/Leatherman}}: Amy tries to present herself as a mix of this trope and a more typical BadassBiker.
* LovesOnlyGold: The Prospector is an autistic jewel thief and expert at burglary precisely because he's obsessed with gold.
* TheMunchausen: The Prospector is this, claiming he was a 19th Century prospector in San Francisco and spinning wild crazy tales of witch doctors and various tropes and storylines he ripped off of movies he's seen, namely those of TheWestern genre.
* NoodleIncident: We don't know exactly what happened on Arbor Day 2003, but it was apparently amazing for Amy and disturbing for all the people she tells about it.
* OccidentalOtaku: Amy Halford and Dylan Park
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Slim lives and breathes this trope
* {{Main/Prospector}}: The Prospector claims he's this, but he's actually a very self-conscious jewel thief with a weird fixation on gold. He tells everyone he's actually a 19th Century prospector, despite being much younger.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Subverted with Prospector, who claims he was from the 1849 Gold Rush but was actually born in the 1930's and embraced in the 1960's.
* {{Main/Seme}}: Amy Halford tries to fancy herself as an unconventional gender-bending variant of this trope
* SerialKiller: Alex Falconer might've been this, in addition to a drug fiend
* SignatureScent: ''Brut'' brand splash-on cologne is the signature scent for Amy Halford
* TurnOfTheMillennium: The campaign is set during late September 2004, though the game itself began in the summer of 2022 in real life.
* {{Main/Uke}}: Dylan Park, the mortal lover and compadre of Amy Halford, at least according to her words
* VampiresHarem: Matthew has three girlfriends as his close accomplices, all of them human but aware of his condition. One is a goth, one is a witchy hippie, and the last is a raver.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Matthew lives and breathes this trope
* WhiteGangBangers: Slim is implied to be one of these
* YaoiFangirl: Amy Halford, natch.

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