Vampiric Lore
- Vampires need to ingest human blood regularly to survive. This is a must. A vampire that tries to feed off of purely animal blood will be too weak and die. In a pinch, animal blood can be used to supplement their systems if needed, but it’s not a permanent solution.
- Vampire fangs normally look like slightly large or exaggerated canines. They are extended to a greater length when feeding.
- Vampires feel generally cold to the touch, with their temperature feeling closer to a normal human depending on how recently they have fed.
- The hunger is very real and very dangerous. A hungry vampire, even one that’s spent so long without killing, will drain humans of their blood indiscriminately until full.
- The effects of sunlight (and visibility of reflection) vary depending on the strength of the vampire. The weaker you are, the more sunlight hurts and the more a reflection is cast. Newborn and weaker vampires will die from sunlight. (Victor can sustain some sunlight, though it bothers him a lot, and has a blurry reflection that at this point is mostly just colors in a vaguely human shape)
- Digital cameras and cell phone cameras have no issue capturing a vampire's image
- Vampires are turned by ingesting the blood of another vampire when close to death. A newly turned vampire, if not properly looked after by their sire, will probably either go on a rampage and be killed for it, or will die from hunger or weakness
- Vampire blood has healing properties, and vampires thus heal from wounds quickly, and are able to regenerate skin, organs, and bone lost. They also cannot get sick. Their regeneration abilities do not apply to hair.
- Vampires cannot digest human food, as their digestion system does not function beyond blood absorption and "conversion" into vampiric blood. Any food they eat essentially has to be brought back up later.
- Vampires don’t NEED to sleep but it’s something they can do to pass the time. they don’t dream, but can recall memories in their sleep.
- Weaknesses! As I mentioned, light can be a weakness, as can blessed holy artifacts. (They can likely enter a church if they wish, or hold a bible, but actually touching blessed holy things will burn their skin.) Their other big weakness is fire. Fire can kill a vampire. Burn them, and scatter their ashes, if you ever want to kill one
- They can’t shape shift or fly, but they do have inhuman speed and strength, and can influence the minds of humans. They can charm people, put them to sleep/knock them unconscious, and erase or modify segments of their memories
- Their senses of smell, taste, hearing, and sight, are heightened, but their sense of touch is dulled.
- {NSFW} While they can engage in physical relationships with humans (by manipulating the blood currently within their bodies), it doesn’t really do much for them. Their pleasure comes more from the feeding. (It is something rather sensual to a vampire.) For this reason, most will stick within their own sexual preferences when seeking humans to feed upon. (In Victor’s case, usually women.) They can go outside their sexual preferences, but prefer not to. {NSFW}
Victor Clarke
Species: vampire
Age (appearance): 22
Age (approximate): 200+
Gender: Man
Orientation: het
Personality: Dramatic and over the top, Victor is a performer at heart. He comes off very carefree and fun-loving. He is vain. self-absorbed, and always ready to brag or show off. At least, when he's acting bigger than he really is. Victor isn't modest, and he does enjoy being extra, but once someone has gotten to know him they get more common glimpses under the exterior. He enjoys playing up those traits of his in public, but he tends to analyze many of his actions, having a plan in case things go wrong, and can be very cautious. It is a side of himself he does not let many people see.
Backstory: Victor was the son of a businessman, meant to inherit the business, But instead, Victor fell in love with music, and wanted to pursue that instead of a life of commerce. He was thrown out by his family, and took to living on his own, making what money he could performing at pubs and any other establishment that would take him. On his way back one night, he was attacked, pinned by a force far stronger than him and bitten on the neck, mostly drained of his blood. His savior from his vampiric attacker was another vampire, who offered him the chance to die as he was, or live on, no longer human. Victor took the latter. His sire was a vampire that wanted to be able to one day mingle among humans without causing fear. The start of this, he said, was not taking human life. Though nowadays he travels alone, Victor still feeds from willing humans in small doses, enough to make them woozy (and keep him from the hunger), but not enough to put them in mortal danger. Victor's current home is the tri-city area of the orchestra he performs with.
Age (appearance): 22
Age (approximate): 200+
Gender: Man
Orientation: het
Personality: Dramatic and over the top, Victor is a performer at heart. He comes off very carefree and fun-loving. He is vain. self-absorbed, and always ready to brag or show off. At least, when he's acting bigger than he really is. Victor isn't modest, and he does enjoy being extra, but once someone has gotten to know him they get more common glimpses under the exterior. He enjoys playing up those traits of his in public, but he tends to analyze many of his actions, having a plan in case things go wrong, and can be very cautious. It is a side of himself he does not let many people see.
Backstory: Victor was the son of a businessman, meant to inherit the business, But instead, Victor fell in love with music, and wanted to pursue that instead of a life of commerce. He was thrown out by his family, and took to living on his own, making what money he could performing at pubs and any other establishment that would take him. On his way back one night, he was attacked, pinned by a force far stronger than him and bitten on the neck, mostly drained of his blood. His savior from his vampiric attacker was another vampire, who offered him the chance to die as he was, or live on, no longer human. Victor took the latter. His sire was a vampire that wanted to be able to one day mingle among humans without causing fear. The start of this, he said, was not taking human life. Though nowadays he travels alone, Victor still feeds from willing humans in small doses, enough to make them woozy (and keep him from the hunger), but not enough to put them in mortal danger. Victor's current home is the tri-city area of the orchestra he performs with.
Miscellaneous Info
- Victor's primary instruments are violin, piano, and voice
- Victor always obtains consent from his victims before feeding, explaining what he will be doing - including that he will be altering their memories and removing his reveal of what he is. He will often take input from them on what they want the replaced scenario to be.
- If Victor’s dad were modern he’d be the kind of stuffy dad that hates all pop music. Victor stays up in his room blaring trashy pop all day (and unironically loving it)
- If someone cut Victor's hair, he would cry deeply because it has no way of growing back
- I have described Victor as "my beautiful trash child"
- Victor enjoys both classical and modern music
- He's able to work modern technology, and has social media accounts across multiple platforms
- He is used to feelings of loneliness, but prefers having some sort of companionship if possible
- He lives in apartments. Easier to move around as he needs, once a lease is up.
- His furniture depends on where he is. The dingy apartment has dingy furniture. He prefers furnished apartments b/c moving furniture around is considerably harder than just yourself and some clothes.
- Wild animals can be wary of him, but domesticated animals typically act as they normally would
- He is mostly nocturnal but goes out during the daytime sometimes. (usually on very overcast days because the sun’s effect is dampened.)
- Victor doesn’t typically interact with other vampires, as they generally have respected territories and feeding areas. The area around his orchestra is his. Sometimes drifting vampires or young vampires come through, he only drives them out if they cause trouble.
- Victor is known to chew his lip
- Victor's singing is mostly done as a hobby now. The best example I have for his singing voice is here (please forgive the 2007 aesthetics)
- He feels like a lean-built human would, give or take some degrees of warmth and the whole heartbeat thing.
- Victor would likely “sleep” on his back. If asked, he’ll joke that it’s “because that’s how you lay someone in their coffin“
- Victor is a pro at the multi-task. He kind of has to be paying attention to a lot at once when feeding.
- A guilty treasure of his is watching trashy vampire media. He'd pop popcorn and everything. "You said vampires can't eat" I'm aware. He'll bring it back up later. It's for the Experience
- If driven to a state where he really attacks, he chases, corners, traps. And while he doesn’t draw out his attacks, they are brutal and oft messy.
- When he’s actually happy and around someone who knows about him, his body language is relaxed. He smiles a lot, open-mouthed and genuine smiles that allow sight of his fangs. He’s also prone to getting terribly curious and invasive. He leans in a lot if he’s actually interested in learning about you.
Penelope "Penny" Grail
Species: human
Appearance stand-in description: Penny has shoulder-length red hair with bangs, wears glasses, and has hazel eyes. She is of moderate height.
Age: 28
Gender: Woman
Orientation: Lesbian
Personality: Penny is primarily a no-nonsense, very blunt, cynical type of person. She does not sugar coat things, and hates pretending to be civil or nice to someone she thinks doesn't deserve it. She comes off as annoyed most of the time, and does have some trouble expressing more positive emotions.
Backstory: She works at a blood bank, and Victor approaches her for a secondary blood source he can go to in case of an emergency. She does not believe him until he goes to approach her later that night. She thinks he's going to attack her and pre-emptively pepper sprays him and runs away. Victor's quick recovery and display of inhuman strength and speed in catching up to her are enough to give her pause and agree to hear him out on just what he wants. From there, he starts coming to visit and lightly bother her when he gets bored (and she's not busy - he has some tact). A rather unlikely friendship develops between them in time.
Appearance stand-in description: Penny has shoulder-length red hair with bangs, wears glasses, and has hazel eyes. She is of moderate height.
Age: 28
Gender: Woman
Orientation: Lesbian
Personality: Penny is primarily a no-nonsense, very blunt, cynical type of person. She does not sugar coat things, and hates pretending to be civil or nice to someone she thinks doesn't deserve it. She comes off as annoyed most of the time, and does have some trouble expressing more positive emotions.
Backstory: She works at a blood bank, and Victor approaches her for a secondary blood source he can go to in case of an emergency. She does not believe him until he goes to approach her later that night. She thinks he's going to attack her and pre-emptively pepper sprays him and runs away. Victor's quick recovery and display of inhuman strength and speed in catching up to her are enough to give her pause and agree to hear him out on just what he wants. From there, he starts coming to visit and lightly bother her when he gets bored (and she's not busy - he has some tact). A rather unlikely friendship develops between them in time.
Miscellaneous Info
- Penny is a trans woman
- She prefers other people call her Penny because she wants Penelope to be used mostly by her family and a girlfriend
- Despite how it might seem, she does actually like Victor and consider him a friend. This does not stop her from recognizing that he can be very overdramatic and annoying.