Name: Daelys Contact Information: phosphorene@yahoo.com, or on Skype as phosphorene. Age: 21 Other Characters: Plenty of OCs, but none that are currently involved in any RPs.
Character Name: Evan Timore Age: 177 Why do you feel this character would be appropriate for this setting?: N/A Background/History: Evan is a vampire, but not the kind lately popularized in certain recent pop culture fads. (The particulars of his vampirism will be gone over in the ‘powers’ section.) He and his twin brother, Elliot, were born in the late 1800s on the eastern edge of America to a woman who, ashamed of giving birth to mixed-race children, quickly abandoned them at the nearest orphanage. Evan and Elliot were adopted in their early childhood years by a mysterious figure who took them away to live in his estate, keeping a steady role in their lives until they hit their mid-twenties. At this point, the man who had become a father figure revealed his identity as a vampire and offered them eternal life. They both accepted. Shortly after their transformation, Evan’s Master (his vampiric sire) was killed by a vampire hunter after being tracked to his own estate while Evan was occupied elsewhere. Evan blames his brother for their Master’s death, since Elliot was on the premises when the death occurred. They parted ways at this point and have not spoken since. Evan occupied himself with various trades as the years went on, and gradually amassed a small real estate empire on the east coast. Toward the end of his life he took under his wing a 20-something homeless, alcoholic college dropout by the name of Matthew, cleaning up his act and getting him off the streets. They became lovers after living together for several months, and had a few years as a happy couple before Evan was killed by a rival vampire who had been edging in on Evan’s territory and picking fights for years. Evan would enter the game at this point, after his death. The world he comes from is similar to ours, but with a few key differences. Deep into that Earth’s history, fantastic creatures and magic were a part of everyday life until a bloody war sprang up between the humans and the beings of power. A consensus was reached and the most powerful creatures banded together to create a parallel dimension free of humans, to which most beings with any sort of magic retreated. They came to call the world of the humans the First Realm, and their own newly created home the Second Realm. Humans slowly turned these stories into nothing but myths and legends, and forgot they had once shared the world with magic. Some creatures stayed behind, namely the ones that depended on humans for one thing or another and were able to pass unnoticed among them easily. One such species would be, of course, the vampires. Because of this, Evan is no stranger to magic, parallel dimensions, or various kinds of strangeness, but it is still not entirely familiar to him. He has never personally been to the Second Realm, though he is aware of its existence and knows that there is a powerful society of vampires living on the other side of the veil. It’s one of the many stories his Master told him and Elliot before his death. But Evan has never felt the urge to leave the First Realm, and is not by nature an overwhelmingly curious person.
What are they bringing? (limit 3) 1) His wallet. This may seem pointless, but contained within are several personal photographs of his brother and of Matthew. I believe it will be integral to Evan’s psychological development within the game to have opportunities to consider his past. With the way Evan’s mind works, he will likely assume he is in hell upon waking within the game. This will make him wonder if his life decisions led him there. 2) A lighter. Though Evan doesn’t smoke, he often carries a lighter to make picking up potential prey in clubs and bars easier. Offering to light someone’s cigarette in a back alley offers a good pretext for coming up close without alarming the other person. Naturally, in-game this would give Evan some small fire-starting uses. 3) His earring. Evan wears a single earring on his right ear which he received from his Master upon being turned into a vampire. When he was alive, it was enchanted to keep him ‘connected’ with his twin brother by showing through the color of the inset gemstone whether Elliot was injured or otherwise incapacitated. Being dead, the enchantment should have dissipated and left the stone clear. Depending on the parameters of magic within the game, this earring would either possess a somehow-warped enchantment that has been altered by the game area, or could be drained of power and ready for re-enchantment by any sources of magic within the game itself.
Abilities/Powers: Here, a description of the type of vampire Evan is would be prudent. Evan is not dead in any respects, and is closer to a biological mutation that can alter the genetics of other humans under the correct circumstances. He is not affected adversely by sunlight or holy objects. He possesses super-strength, and incredible speed—to the point of being able to blur into invisibility when he really pushes himself. He can take more abuse than most humans (read: it’s harder to injure him). If injured, he can heal from almost any physical damage, though greater injuries (say, a broken bone) require the intake of blood. He doesn’t require any sustenance other than blood, and can only feed on humans as it keeps his genetic mutation in balance. If he goes for over two days without feeding, his inner predator begins to take over and he becomes increasingly aggressive and seductive, eventually reaching the point where he will do anything to secure prey. He considers this to be his darker side and rarely indulges in a true hunt, though it satisfies him on a visceral level when he is stalking a frightened human. If injured to the point of needing to feed, Evan may lose all conscious thought and begin operating purely on instinct, striking out and feeding on the nearest source of blood. Matthew almost died this way once, so sentiment does little to prevent an attack of this kind. When his vampire characteristics rise to the forefront, his eyes turn blue and his fangs elongate visibly.
Personality: Evan can be very stubborn, sometimes in ways that end up harming him, as evidenced by his refusal to forgive his brother for ‘letting’ their Master die. He is difficult to offend, but very slow to forgive if someone manages to push him past his tolerance levels. Since becoming a vampire his personality has been altered further, to an extent, and he tries to incorporate his mutation’s instincts into his lifestyle rather than waste time fighting them off constantly. He has strong territorial imperatives, which is a part of the reason he ended up building himself a small real estate empire over the years. He feels good when he has a ‘pack’ to protect, though it is not simple for others to win his loyalty in this manner. In that same vein, loyalty and protectiveness factor greatly in his personality. He can be possessive at times if he considers someone or something to be ‘his’, though this only becomes dangerous or debilitating if a blood-bond of some sort is formed between him and the other person. This entails an exchange of blood on the part of both parties, whether with intent or not. The effects (possessiveness, protectiveness, and a slight one-sided empathic connection) wear off over a period of several days if not renewed, but can become permanent if renewed often enough. Evan’s territorial imperatives can make it difficult for him to accept challenges to his authority, particularly when he feels he is in the right, but he will willingly if reluctantly cede authority to someone he respects or feels outclasses him in some way. Deep down he’s a little bitter towards maternal figures; his mother abandoned him, though he never knew for certain why, and he was mostly raised by a strong male role model. May be why he tends to prefer male romantic partners, though he’s never been shy about seducing woman when necessary. Evan died as an act of self sacrifice. Was afraid the vampire would take And, perhaps one of the most key parts of Evan’s personality: he is deeply lonely, having lost his Master and left his brother fairly early on in his life. He can make conversation easily enough, but it’s rare for him to make real connections with anyone. Matthew helped to ease that loneliness for a time, but now that Evan’s alone in the game? It’s sure to be back full force.
Happiest Memory: When Matt found out he was a vampire (on account of almost dying) and didn’t reject him despite it. Worst Memory: Coming home to find his Master dead. (Dead vampires do not turn into dust, they just revert to being human after a few hours. The genetic mutation dies along with the body.)
List of fears: Evan likes to imagine that he has his vampiric nature under control, but one of his deepest fears is that he’ll become injured and hurt someone he cares about. This has happened before, with Matthew, so it was driven even harder into his psyche. He also has a slight irrational fear in regards to vampire hunters, given his experiences with them over the course of his life. Logically he knows that he can fight them off and/or kill them in combat if need be, and even evade them long enough to escape. But something in the back of his mind makes him feel like he won’t be able to escape, once he’s being hunted. Those aside, he’s freaked out by creatures that he can’t sense or fight, even with his heightened abilities. Interpret that as you will.
Regrets: As mentioned earlier, Evan is not usually one to stress or angst over the fact that he’s a vampire. On the other hand, the fact that his urges and instincts almost killed Matthew several times (once as a result of lashing out while injured; another time when he had gone too long without feeding and scared the shit out of Matthew by hunting him down in the middle of the night somewhere in the city) is something that weighs heavily on his mind.
1st Person Sample Entry: Mod interview!!
3rd Person Sample Entry: There was a musty scent in the air as he awoke; some strange damp mixture of dust and mold that made him wrinkle his nose in distaste even before he fully floated into consciousness. Eyes quickly adjusting to the dim lighting as they opened, Evan made an aborted attempt to jolt into a standing position that was halted by the deep ache that suddenly radiated through his entire body. Where was he? The last thing he remembered—the alley—fighting—dying— Moving more warily as he took stock of his body’s aches and pains, he scanned his surroundings for some hint or clue that might hold an explanation. He appeared to be sprawled on the floor in a narrow hallway, lit intermittently by wall-set lamps. A gleam of light on glass caught his attention some distance down the hall, and he began to stand, encouraged by the thought of a window which might provide a better idea of his location. A faint sound, almost like a whisper, came from behind. Evan flinched and spun around, gritting his teeth against the ache. Nothing was there. He stared intently into the distance, trusting his sense of hearing more than any impression of emptiness the hall might hold. A minute passed, and then another. He frowned and began to relax, but just as he began to turn back towards the window in the distance, there was a huff of displaced air from directly beside his ear. Evan went rigid and swung around defensively, eyes shooting to blue and fangs extended, only to find again that he was staring at nothing but a wall. “I’m not in the mood for games,” he hissed, gaze darting around wildly in rising paranoia. “Who’s there? Are you the one who brought me here?!” For a moment, nothing but silence was his reply. Then his ears picked up a strange low hum in the distance, and he turned to watch in incredulous disbelief as what could only be described as a wall of darkness rushed toward him from the farthest end of the hall. Without a second thought, he began to run in the opposite direction only to see shadows approaching from there as well. He gritted his teeth and sped up, quickly realizing he had only one other option and sincerely hoping the original owners of the house had not invested in high-quality glass. With a silent prayer to some unnamed deity, he dove at the window shoulder-first.
Evan | Original Character
Contact Information: phosphorene@yahoo.com, or on Skype as phosphorene.
Age: 21
Other Characters: Plenty of OCs, but none that are currently involved in any RPs.
Character Name: Evan Timore
Age: 177
Why do you feel this character would be appropriate for this setting?: N/A
Background/History: Evan is a vampire, but not the kind lately popularized in certain recent pop culture fads. (The particulars of his vampirism will be gone over in the ‘powers’ section.) He and his twin brother, Elliot, were born in the late 1800s on the eastern edge of America to a woman who, ashamed of giving birth to mixed-race children, quickly abandoned them at the nearest orphanage. Evan and Elliot were adopted in their early childhood years by a mysterious figure who took them away to live in his estate, keeping a steady role in their lives until they hit their mid-twenties. At this point, the man who had become a father figure revealed his identity as a vampire and offered them eternal life. They both accepted.
Shortly after their transformation, Evan’s Master (his vampiric sire) was killed by a vampire hunter after being tracked to his own estate while Evan was occupied elsewhere. Evan blames his brother for their Master’s death, since Elliot was on the premises when the death occurred. They parted ways at this point and have not spoken since.
Evan occupied himself with various trades as the years went on, and gradually amassed a small real estate empire on the east coast. Toward the end of his life he took under his wing a 20-something homeless, alcoholic college dropout by the name of Matthew, cleaning up his act and getting him off the streets. They became lovers after living together for several months, and had a few years as a happy couple before Evan was killed by a rival vampire who had been edging in on Evan’s territory and picking fights for years.
Evan would enter the game at this point, after his death.
The world he comes from is similar to ours, but with a few key differences. Deep into that Earth’s history, fantastic creatures and magic were a part of everyday life until a bloody war sprang up between the humans and the beings of power. A consensus was reached and the most powerful creatures banded together to create a parallel dimension free of humans, to which most beings with any sort of magic retreated. They came to call the world of the humans the First Realm, and their own newly created home the Second Realm. Humans slowly turned these stories into nothing but myths and legends, and forgot they had once shared the world with magic. Some creatures stayed behind, namely the ones that depended on humans for one thing or another and were able to pass unnoticed among them easily. One such species would be, of course, the vampires.
Because of this, Evan is no stranger to magic, parallel dimensions, or various kinds of strangeness, but it is still not entirely familiar to him. He has never personally been to the Second Realm, though he is aware of its existence and knows that there is a powerful society of vampires living on the other side of the veil. It’s one of the many stories his Master told him and Elliot before his death. But Evan has never felt the urge to leave the First Realm, and is not by nature an overwhelmingly curious person.
What are they bringing? (limit 3)
1) His wallet. This may seem pointless, but contained within are several personal photographs of his brother and of Matthew. I believe it will be integral to Evan’s psychological development within the game to have opportunities to consider his past. With the way Evan’s mind works, he will likely assume he is in hell upon waking within the game. This will make him wonder if his life decisions led him there.
2) A lighter. Though Evan doesn’t smoke, he often carries a lighter to make picking up potential prey in clubs and bars easier. Offering to light someone’s cigarette in a back alley offers a good pretext for coming up close without alarming the other person. Naturally, in-game this would give Evan some small fire-starting uses.
3) His earring. Evan wears a single earring on his right ear which he received from his Master upon being turned into a vampire. When he was alive, it was enchanted to keep him ‘connected’ with his twin brother by showing through the color of the inset gemstone whether Elliot was injured or otherwise incapacitated. Being dead, the enchantment should have dissipated and left the stone clear. Depending on the parameters of magic within the game, this earring would either possess a somehow-warped enchantment that has been altered by the game area, or could be drained of power and ready for re-enchantment by any sources of magic within the game itself.
Abilities/Powers: Here, a description of the type of vampire Evan is would be prudent. Evan is not dead in any respects, and is closer to a biological mutation that can alter the genetics of other humans under the correct circumstances. He is not affected adversely by sunlight or holy objects. He possesses super-strength, and incredible speed—to the point of being able to blur into invisibility when he really pushes himself. He can take more abuse than most humans (read: it’s harder to injure him). If injured, he can heal from almost any physical damage, though greater injuries (say, a broken bone) require the intake of blood. He doesn’t require any sustenance other than blood, and can only feed on humans as it keeps his genetic mutation in balance. If he goes for over two days without feeding, his inner predator begins to take over and he becomes increasingly aggressive and seductive, eventually reaching the point where he will do anything to secure prey. He considers this to be his darker side and rarely indulges in a true hunt, though it satisfies him on a visceral level when he is stalking a frightened human. If injured to the point of needing to feed, Evan may lose all conscious thought and begin operating purely on instinct, striking out and feeding on the nearest source of blood. Matthew almost died this way once, so sentiment does little to prevent an attack of this kind. When his vampire characteristics rise to the forefront, his eyes turn blue and his fangs elongate visibly.
Personality: Evan can be very stubborn, sometimes in ways that end up harming him, as evidenced by his refusal to forgive his brother for ‘letting’ their Master die. He is difficult to offend, but very slow to forgive if someone manages to push him past his tolerance levels.
Since becoming a vampire his personality has been altered further, to an extent, and he tries to incorporate his mutation’s instincts into his lifestyle rather than waste time fighting them off constantly. He has strong territorial imperatives, which is a part of the reason he ended up building himself a small real estate empire over the years. He feels good when he has a ‘pack’ to protect, though it is not simple for others to win his loyalty in this manner. In that same vein, loyalty and protectiveness factor greatly in his personality. He can be possessive at times if he considers someone or something to be ‘his’, though this only becomes dangerous or debilitating if a blood-bond of some sort is formed between him and the other person. This entails an exchange of blood on the part of both parties, whether with intent or not. The effects (possessiveness, protectiveness, and a slight one-sided empathic connection) wear off over a period of several days if not renewed, but can become permanent if renewed often enough.
Evan’s territorial imperatives can make it difficult for him to accept challenges to his authority, particularly when he feels he is in the right, but he will willingly if reluctantly cede authority to someone he respects or feels outclasses him in some way.
Deep down he’s a little bitter towards maternal figures; his mother abandoned him, though he never knew for certain why, and he was mostly raised by a strong male role model. May be why he tends to prefer male romantic partners, though he’s never been shy about seducing woman when necessary.
Evan died as an act of self sacrifice. Was afraid the vampire would take
And, perhaps one of the most key parts of Evan’s personality: he is deeply lonely, having lost his Master and left his brother fairly early on in his life. He can make conversation easily enough, but it’s rare for him to make real connections with anyone. Matthew helped to ease that loneliness for a time, but now that Evan’s alone in the game? It’s sure to be back full force.
Happiest Memory: When Matt found out he was a vampire (on account of almost dying) and didn’t reject him despite it.
Worst Memory: Coming home to find his Master dead. (Dead vampires do not turn into dust, they just revert to being human after a few hours. The genetic mutation dies along with the body.)
List of fears: Evan likes to imagine that he has his vampiric nature under control, but one of his deepest fears is that he’ll become injured and hurt someone he cares about. This has happened before, with Matthew, so it was driven even harder into his psyche.
He also has a slight irrational fear in regards to vampire hunters, given his experiences with them over the course of his life. Logically he knows that he can fight them off and/or kill them in combat if need be, and even evade them long enough to escape. But something in the back of his mind makes him feel like he won’t be able to escape, once he’s being hunted.
Those aside, he’s freaked out by creatures that he can’t sense or fight, even with his heightened abilities. Interpret that as you will.
Regrets: As mentioned earlier, Evan is not usually one to stress or angst over the fact that he’s a vampire. On the other hand, the fact that his urges and instincts almost killed Matthew several times (once as a result of lashing out while injured; another time when he had gone too long without feeding and scared the shit out of Matthew by hunting him down in the middle of the night somewhere in the city) is something that weighs heavily on his mind.
1st Person Sample Entry: Mod interview!!
3rd Person Sample Entry:
There was a musty scent in the air as he awoke; some strange damp mixture of dust and mold that made him wrinkle his nose in distaste even before he fully floated into consciousness. Eyes quickly adjusting to the dim lighting as they opened, Evan made an aborted attempt to jolt into a standing position that was halted by the deep ache that suddenly radiated through his entire body. Where was he? The last thing he remembered—the alley—fighting—dying—
Moving more warily as he took stock of his body’s aches and pains, he scanned his surroundings for some hint or clue that might hold an explanation. He appeared to be sprawled on the floor in a narrow hallway, lit intermittently by wall-set lamps. A gleam of light on glass caught his attention some distance down the hall, and he began to stand, encouraged by the thought of a window which might provide a better idea of his location.
A faint sound, almost like a whisper, came from behind. Evan flinched and spun around, gritting his teeth against the ache.
Nothing was there.
He stared intently into the distance, trusting his sense of hearing more than any impression of emptiness the hall might hold. A minute passed, and then another. He frowned and began to relax, but just as he began to turn back towards the window in the distance, there was a huff of displaced air from directly beside his ear.
Evan went rigid and swung around defensively, eyes shooting to blue and fangs extended, only to find again that he was staring at nothing but a wall.
“I’m not in the mood for games,” he hissed, gaze darting around wildly in rising paranoia. “Who’s there? Are you the one who brought me here?!”
For a moment, nothing but silence was his reply. Then his ears picked up a strange low hum in the distance, and he turned to watch in incredulous disbelief as what could only be described as a wall of darkness rushed toward him from the farthest end of the hall. Without a second thought, he began to run in the opposite direction only to see shadows approaching from there as well.
He gritted his teeth and sped up, quickly realizing he had only one other option and sincerely hoping the original owners of the house had not invested in high-quality glass. With a silent prayer to some unnamed deity, he dove at the window shoulder-first.