Penn

Penn's History

Early life and siring

In life, Penn had been a Puritan. According to Penn, he had issues with his father, who apparently never approved of him, even to the point of considering Angelus his real father after being sired. Similarly to his sire, Penn's first victim was his sister, subsequently going on to kill his entire family at their home.

Over the next two centuries, Penn continued his murder sprees, even adopting some of Angelus' old methods, such as carving a Christian cross on his victim's left cheek before draining them of their blood. At some point, he began to deliberately seek out victims who resembled his family, killing them in order to relive his past murders.

Los Angeles

Penn committed multiple murders in Los Angeles across various decades, leaving the city and returning to it after the hype about his last spree had faded. Kate Lockley, after researching Penn and Angelus, believed Penn had been in Los Angeles in October 1929 and 1963, and likely in Boston in 1908.

When Penn last returned to the city, he was discovered by Angel, who learned about Penn's presence through an old psychic link he shared with the vampires he had created. Initially, he assumed that he was committing the murders in his sleep, but after Cordelia and Wesley chained him to his bed the night before another murder, they determined that it wasn't him.

Tracking Penn, Angel confronted him in front of his ally Detective Lockley, revealing his vampire nature to her for the first time, only for Penn to escape. After Penn faked evidence suggesting he was going after a school bus, Angel eventually discovering him again. Angel and Penn fought until Kate staked Penn through Angel; she impaled Angel through his stomach with a broken board, reaching Penn's heart