Emeric Belasco from 'Hell House' (As well as the Belasco House)

F: Sh0
A: Sh0
S: Sh0
E: Sh0
R: Rm (30)
I: Rm (30)
P: Am (50)

Health: 0
Karma: 110
Popularity: - 5/-10 while alive (and in occult circles), -20 in Occult Circles after death (With Hell House)
Resources: In Life - In (40)

Talents:
Occult Lore
Psychology
Business/Finance
Crime
Parapsychology
Resist: Domination*
Stage Magician
Knowledge: Counter-Culture
Multi-Lingual
Knowledge: Ancient History
Engineering
Chemistry
Metallurgy
Psionic Potential*

Powers:
Free Spirit: Emeric Belasco has remained a consciousness after his suicide, allowing him full reign of his home due to its unique construction and his own care in how he secured his body. Unlike normal Free Spirits, Belasco's strength of will and capabilities are different, granting him several advantages that a normal Free Spirit would not have:

• Telekinesis: Belasco can throw and manipulate objects with Rm (30) strength, often throwing things around or hitting individuals.
• Possession*: Belasco can possess individuals and animals with Rm (30) ability, often possessing the being with the weakest psyche to do his bidding.
• Telepathy: Belasco possesses Gd (10) Telepathy, capable of reading and anticipating the thoughts of those inside of the house
• Mind Probe: Typ (06) ability to probe individuals within the house, which grants him the ability to best figure out how to manipulate them.
• Presence Mask: Belasco is able to mask his presence with Am (50) ability, preventing people from identifying his spirit as the one which causes the issues. Belasco has managed to convince everyone that the spirits inhabiting Hell House are numerous, when in fact, it's simply Belasco himself.

Contacts:
None

Limitations:

• Ego: Belasco's will is only surpassed by his ego, which can be used to rile Belasco into revealing himself as the sole prescence. It is Belasco's Ego which also leads to his downfall: The revelation of Belasco's own stature leads ultimately to his downfall in the afterlife. If Belasco is antagonized, he suffers a -2cs reaction bonus. In addition, if Belasco's secret shame is revealed (He was slightly deformed, having amputated his own legs and replaced them with prosthetics to grant him his gigantic height), Belasco suffers a -4cs and cannot affect the corporeal world for 1-10 turns.
• Bound to Hell House: Unlike a regular ghost, Belasco anticipated that electromagnetism might allow the conscious mind to exist after death. As such, Belasco cannot extend his mind or abilities outside of Hell House.
• Vulnerability to Electromagnetism: As with the book, Belasco would normally be vulnerable to the machine that is developed to purge the electromagnetic spectrum. Belasco hides in his well-shielded vault, which protects him from any Electromagnetic effect. Belasco suffers a +2cs damage from electromagnetic effects.

Hell House

Named the Belasco house after the designer and resident Emeric Belasco, Hell House gained its reputation beginning after its completion. A dinner party was massacred by its builder, Emeric Belasco, who promptly disappeared, leaving many to believe the house was cursed. Believed to be haunted by the spirits of all of Belasco's victims, the house was largely abandoned, with occasional attempts to 'cleanse' the house meeting with disaster.

In reality, the house was constructed based around radical theories about electromagnetic energy remaining after death, with the house acting to focusing and controlling it. Belasco used this energy to maintain his consciousness after death, even creating a room where his body remained after death that was completely shielded and hidden. Belasco's own spirit continued its psychotic and sadistic desires, promoting the myth of many ghosts rather than just a single spirit. Once cleansed of Belasco's spirit once and for all, it simply was a house....nothing more.