Click the thumbnail to view the full-size image. This picture was created by a good friend of mine, Joel Steudler.

Joshua carries himself well in spite of his purposefully ordinary looks, when he cares to. His skin is pale, as he sees little of the sun, and yet it is flushed with warmth and life compared to his undead friends. A combination of Kindred vitae and Life magick has made him far stronger and tougher than he appears to be. In fact, vampiric Potence has granted him superhuman strength, not that it shows. Though his build is fairly slender, his trimly muscled frame is as tough as iron, and his clothes do not always conceal his hidden reserves of strength.

What shows the most, though, is his natural, fluid grace. He moves like a dancer, or perhaps a stalking tiger. He uses this to his advantage at times, taking on a quiet, menacing air in the process. More often than not, his foul moods add to this generally unnerving disposition, as well as the unusual quality of Resonance -- part of his heritage as a true mage of the Order of Hermes. It shows in the charged intensity of his stare, a spark of static electricity at his fingertips, or the smell of ozone in his wake...as if a lightning bolt had just struck.

As for his aura, when checked it shimmers like a mirage. It is as pale as a vampire's, and sparkles when he uses magick. His colors always bear a strong, deep blue shade from the strength of his love for Morgan.

What jewelry he wears is precious but simple, starting with a gold ring on each hand. One is decorated with a Celtic knotwork design, and set with an emerald; it matches the one Morgan wears from the time of their handfasting. The other is set with an onyx stone, and a raised image worked in gold bears the wolf's head symbol of Clan Gangrel - Morgan's mark on him. A gold chain carries a pendant which matches the gold and onyx ring he wears; the eye of the Gangrel wolf's head is a deep blue sapphire.  A more unusual necklace of leather carries what appears to be the talons and fangs of a Lupine...at least, to a knowing gaze. Finally, he wears a little charm-bag on a drawstring around his neck, a gift from his clan-sister Mari; it is a small piece of embroidered blue-black velvet, decorated with delicate traceries of overstitching reminiscent of scales or feathers.

To finish his common attire, he often has a carefully concealed Glock 18 machine pistol or Glock 22 heavy pistol holstered under a jacket or hidden in a backpack. He also seems to 'find' additional weapons, a palmed throwing knife always appearing in his hand when needed. Sometimes the best magicks are simple, coincidental tricks...