NAME: Alistair Blackmoore
AGE: 688 (or so), appears in his early twenties.
APPEARANCE:BIO:Alistair remembers very little of his human past, being so close to death and almost delirious when he was turned. He was born in a medium-sized port town on the coast of Scotland and his mother was very poorly with a cocktail of disease and poverty when she had him. Nevertheless, she continued working in the brothel – holding on until her son was independent enough to find work and shelter of her own until her untimely death when he was ten years old. Without a father or any guiding figure in his life, he resorted to theft and looting to survive with a band of other misfits, most of whom had a home to return to at the end of the day.
When the Black Death rolled around, arriving in the town via ships and trade routes, the whole area was ravaged and the poorest fell first. Alistair was twenty when he was struck down by the virulent bubonic plague. Just before his inevitable death, he was inexplicably turned by his sire. The vampire was the acting chieftain of Clan Blackmoore, at least those who sought to restore a barbaric way of life in the country. His duty as a young fledgeling was to combat enemy vampires on the moors when there was no blood around to drink and no shelter from sunlight.
While starving in the moors, the leadership stubbornly refused to let anyone flee in fear of their lives. Alistair had just enough charisma and relation to the by then deceased chieftain that he attracted a small following. These vampires he led to safety, fighting through his own brothers and sisters alike. Since then, he has had a distaste for war as a whole; however, that doesn't mean he isn't good at it.
From the late 1600s to the 1730s, Alistair spent his time travelling the world in something of a 'mid-life crisis', leaving his country in what he considered to be the capable hands of his Council in order to seek out talented and interesting folk to claim under his family name. When in the Carribbean, he found and turned
Maria - mostly for her unique
toughness for a women of the era - who is one of his most trusted companions, despite not being on the Council herself. His exploration of the world was cut short by the tumultuous political climate in his home country around 1730 and he was forced to return. He acquired a reputation as “the smiling tyrant” at the end of the Jacobite rebellions during which other vampires attempted to stage a coup to overthrow him. He had his faithful relentlessly weed out the upstarts and execute them publicly along with their families and anyone associated with them.
On the verge of being found out in the 1800s, he and those closest to him moved to New York City as it would be easier to blend in while drinking human blood there.
PERSONALITY: Charismatic, humorous and ever-friendly, Alistair has ruled for so long by being nice to those he likes – those that follow the rules – and ruthlessly shutting down those he does not. Having lived for centuries now he likes life to be spontaneous and utterly hates boredom and boring people. Even so, he
is fair and would never kill without just cause (just cause apparently includes drinking from humans – his morals are a little flexible).
FAMILY: The Head of
Clan BlackmooreFreely allows drinking from humans in the city; however, explicitly forbids leaving them or any witnesses alive afterwards. Within the clan, drinking from animal blood or frozen blood is frowned upon as it is seen as weak – only the most traditional vampires survive in Clan Blackmoore. A newly turned vampire or one intending to be turned by a family member must be brought before the Council of Clan Blackmoore to be judged.
POWER: Control Over Disease – if he concentrates, Alistair can give humans and even vampires the sensation of feeling violently ill with close proximity to them. That includes nausea, dizziness, headaches and more.
SIDE: Against Humans, mildly
WEAPON: Uses an antique longsword for show and execution purposes only.
FAMILY MEMBERS:Simon (Blackmoore) Macro -- Slendy
Béatrix de la Croix -- Silent Observer
Alexander Stonewall -- GamingOwl
Emilia Arunay -- paigesweetheart
Maria Blackmoore -- Myst