Name: Kaori Lyle
Age: 42 (Appears Early 20’s)
Gender: Female
Breed/Species/Type/Lineage: Vampire
Physical Description:Talents:- Immortality
- Enhanced strength and agility
- Enhanced Senses
- Healing
- Experienced with firearms and blades
- Vulnerabilities: fire, sunlight, decapitation, and stakes
History:During the Vietnam War, Kaori’s father (American) met her mother while deployed. As the war came to an end, the two were married. He moved his new wife back to the United States where Kaori would be born and raised.
In the aftershock of the war, Kaori and her mother suffered mild discrimination. However, it was the emotional trauma suffered by her father that began the family’s decent into poverty. To cope with his PTSD, her father became heavily dependent on alcohol and struggled to provide for his family. Although her mother tried, the stigma surrounding her heritage and her own ignorance of American ways made it very difficult for her to earn any type of substantial income.
In her teenage years, Kaori turned to illegal activity to help her family survive. She began in petty theft, and eventually branched out to drug distribution. She continued this line of ‘work’ into her early adult years, until one risky deal went poorly and nearly cost Kaori her life and lead to her ‘change’ into vampirism by a being with a similar heritage to her own. While the first year of her vampirism was difficult, her mentor provided guidance to help Kaori to use her new talents to enhance her old life. She quickly sharpened her skills, and became a sought after ally in criminal circles.
Her talents earned her enough money to support her parents until their eventual death, after which she relocated and eventually settled in New Camden. She now occupies an elegant loft apartment and loans her skills to the highest bidder. Although she has done jobs for members of the council, she did not work for them exclusively.
Over the years, she has had few valuable relationships and friendships as they typically end poorly or in violence.
Psychological Profile:Due to the nature of her work, Kaori doesn’t exactly hold to any strong morals. However, she has common sense enough to think carefully through her actions so as not to compromise herself or the supernatural community. While she isn’t opposed to taking a life, she also doesn’t murder recklessly as she resents the notion of being little more than an animal. Because she came to the country feeling like an outsider, she’s always been a bit of a loner and doesn’t confide much in other people. A very deeply buried part of herself aches over her constant loneliness, but it’s unlikely that anyone would ever get close enough to her to discover this weakness. Also, Kaori has grown to admire fine things and detests the notion of poverty.
Possessions:-Vietnamese kimonos/robes inherited from her late mother
-A small arsenal of firearms
-Collection of valuable blades from different areas of asia
Yes, and:Kaori crossed paths with Gray Conover one dark night when she was fulfilling a request given to her by the council. When she arrived, she found her prey being hunted by an unlikely predator. From the smell of his blood, Kaori suspected he was human. She lurked in the shadows until the job was done, studying the brave human's methods...and memorizing his scent.
