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✹☽ Vampires of Redhaven ☾✹

These are half ripped-off from what I remember about Vampire The Masquerade and they’re by no means complete. Please help! Add more! And don’t feel like you have to conform because CONFORMING IS FOR NERDS!

Veneni
Alignment: Any Lawful

The Veneni are an ancient order of vampires who can trace their roots to early Christianity within the Roman Empire. They believe that vampirism is a sickness, requiring quarantine from the rest of humanity, due to a person's natural cruelty and sinful nature making it inevitable that they’ll hurt innocent people.
To identify themselves they wear agate pendants; this came about in the middle ages, when agate was believed to cure poisoning.
In modern times the order is hierarchical and rigid, but often beliefs and behavior vary widely between members, due to the age and large size of the order. The more authority you have, the more pressure you’re under..

Sardius
Alignment: Any Evil

An offshoot of the Veneni, Sardions believe their cultic order will give rise to the antichrist and trigger the end times. Therefore they behave as chaotically and cruelly as possible, in an attempt to end all suffering for good. This group split from the Veneni around the fall of Rome.

Úlfurstjórinn
Alignment: typically Chaotic Neutral

A philosophical lifestyle pursued by some werewolves, originating in Scandinavia and being formalized by a small but long lived pack in Iceland. Úlfurstjórinn, or “wolf wanderer,” is the practice of pack hunting and a nomadic lifestyle, learning to survive in any environment by forming unbreakable brotherly bonds with one's kin.

✹☽ Vampires of Redhaven ☾✹

Beck

Name or Nickname: Hannelore Beck
Sex and preferred gender: ♀
Species: human
Factional Alignment: explorer

Beck is technically a slayer, but her goal isn’t killing; she likes to record supernatural history & culture and deliver justice. She’s basically a nerd that might shoot you.

Proficiencies:
Age: 22
Physical Description: Beck is an African-American woman with a neutral mocha complexion. Her shoulder length hair is styled in Senegalese twists. She wears simple rimless glasses. Beck has a small but somewhat short nose, full shapely lips, and heavy-lidded dark brown eyes. She has a slender, muscular figure; arms noticeably toned, bust slim, posterior taught, shoulders a bit on the broad side. She dresses a touch masculine out of her sheer utilitarianism, opting for baseball tees and mom jeans for everyday wear, but in more contentious situations may wear plain combat clothes and tactical rigs. She’s just about 5’7”
Alignment: chaotic good
Personality in a nutshell: To the average individual, Beck likely comes across as a militant conspiracy theorist with a lot of weaponry. However, for a homeless vigilante, it must be said that Beck acts remarkably sane. She’s very calm and kind, perhaps a bit bold. She’s very open about her interest in the supernatural, despite the consequence of being outcast in human society and a very visible target to violent vampires. She’s very independent, nearly isolationist, not fond of being helped by others. Beck is exceptionally focused and studious, unshakably committed to her self-appointed role as a vigilante and historian among the shadowy creatures of the world.
Any Important Backstory: Beck was raised by her parents and grandparents in a neighborhood of Boston. As a teenager she grew fascinated with all things supernatural, stalking the urban neighborhoods with friends at night in search of trouble; when she got older she found it, happening upon a small coven of new vampires feasting on the local homeless. As a young woman she joined the army, but received a medical discharge just after her second deployment for reasons she’s not been open about. Since then she’s been gallivanting around New England in a converted hybrid VW bus, breaking up covens and keeping extensive notes on lycanthropic and vampiric culture.
Her parents still live in the family home in Boston, somewhat worried about her nomadic lifestyle. They call her “Loree.”

Evren

Name or Nickname: Evren
Sex and preferred gender: ♂
Species: vampire
Factional Alignment: Old Owl
Abilities: daylight walking
Strengths: Evren is a shapeshifter, and while he can transform into nearly anything, there aren’t many forms he can hold for long. He can remain shifted as a humanoid indefinitely as long as he’s unhurt, while taking less human forms is much less sustainable; generally, the further from human a form is the harder it is to stay shifted, though he’s strong enough to hold most shapes for at least a few minutes.
Weaknesses: Evren is vulnerable to traditional herbs and silver, and has a fear and weakness to religious symbols, to such an extreme that any symbolic manifestation of love or belief could burn a hole through his body. If hurt, Evren must take his vulnerable true form until he can heal.
Age: He’s not totally sure, but he’s at least 900 years old.
Physical Description: Evren’s true form hasn’t aged well, though few have seen it. His skin is tawny brown but uneven and spotted with age, but seems pallid as if lifeless despite it’s tone; it’s papery and wrinkled, clinging to his bony form. The sclera of his eyes are jet black while his irises and pupils are shocking crimson. His teeth are uneven and fanged, frighteningly large and often stained from when he last fed. His nails are long and yellowed, curled in towards his palm and sharp like an animals talons.
He doesn’t have a “usual” form, shifting his appearance frequently without sticking to any shape for very long.
Alignment: true Neutral
Personality in a nutshell: Melancholy hangs heavy on Evren’s shoulders. He’s very somber and can come across a bit cold at times, but he loves conversation and is quite protective of young people. His favorite thing in the world is ginger wine.
Any Important Backstory: Evren was born to a Romani family what is now Turkey nearly a thousand years ago. He spent most of his life living nomadically across Europe, and travelled to America with English Puritans to find some solitude in the wilderness. These days he mostly keeps to himself, feeding rarely and reading voraciously.

Hadrien

Name or Nickname: Hadrien “Haddie” Abner
Sex and preferred gender: ♂
Species: human
Factional Alignment: none
Abilities: necromancy
Age: 19
Physical Description: Haddie is a short young man at barely 5’3”, with conspicuously Satanic tattoos on his hands. There are bracelet-like strips of Hebrew words around each wrist, a Seal of Solomon on the top of his right hand, and a thelema on top of his left hand. He has slim shoulders and wears second-hand clothes that never fit quite right. Haddie has a birdlike nose, bushy eyebrows, and dark purplish bruising under each dark hazel eye. He has several piercings; right eyebrow stud, septum ring, lower lip stud on the left side of his mouth, and a barbell stud in his tounge made to look like a bloodshot eye. Both of his ears are pierced in several places but he doesn't always wear ear jewelry. He has ratty black hair and a distinctive white mallen streak that frames the right side of his face.
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Personality in a nutshell: Haddie is an ambitious but cruel young man. He has an incredible ability to focus and achieve nearly anything he sets his mind to. He’s known to hold grudges and seek revenge for even minor offenses against him. Despite his stern nature and self-discipline when it comes to working and learning, in the moment he often makes very rash decisions, say things he doesn’t mean, and pick fights he can’t win.
Any Important Backstory: Haddie was born on a commune near Fairfield, a picturesque town in northern Vermont. When he was just seven, he and several other children on the commune were infected with meningitis. The infection ravaged the commune and some even died; Haddie became permanently deaf in his right ear and hard of hearing in his left. He now relies heavily on reading lips to understand others.
After the epidemic, the cult was broken up and Haddie was sent into the foster care system for quite some time. As a teenager he was put back into the custody of his now devoutly religious mother, and they moved to a suburb of Boston to live with his aunt. Here he became aware of the supernatural, and yearned to control the seedy darkness of the afterlife. Haddie became fascinated with the occult, reading all he could find of any esoteric ritualism; satanism, alchemy, wicca, he wanted to know it all. Over time he refined his own brand of necromancy, creating his own practices and a belief system he believes gives him limitless power over the undead.

✹☽ Vampires of Redhaven ☾✹

More generally I really want to set some clans in stone, and I can't sleep so I'm going to go brainstorm and comeback with some ideas later.

✹☽ Vampires of Redhaven ☾✹

@yoyohayli I may change a few minor things yet, and I maaaaaay still make one more character just because I really want a straight up villain? Maybe Maybe not, but here are my two guys as it stands.

Beck

Name or Nickname: Hannelore Beck
Sex and preferred gender: ♀
Species: human
Factional Alignment: explorer

Beck is technically a slayer, but her goal isn’t killing; she likes to record supernatural history & culture and deliver justice. She’s basically a nerd that might shoot you.

Abilities: combat trained, proficient with guns
Strengths: steady under pressure, good listener
Weaknesses: stubborn, reticent, prone to isolation
Age: 22
Physical Description: Beck is an African-American woman with a neutral mocha complexion. Her shoulder length hair is styled in Senegalese twists. She wears simple rimless glasses. Beck has a small but somewhat short nose, full shapely lips, and heavy-lidded dark brown eyes. She has a slender, muscular figure; arms noticeably toned, bust slim, posterior taught, shoulders a bit on the broad side. She dresses a touch masculine out of her sheer utilitarianism, opting for baseball tees and mom jeans for everyday wear, but in more contentious situations may wear plain combat clothes and tactical rigs. She’s just about 5’7”
Alignment: chaotic good
Personality in a nutshell: To the average individual, Beck likely comes across as a militant conspiracy theorist with a lot of weaponry. However, for a homeless vigilante, it must be said that Beck acts remarkably sane. She’s very calm and kind, perhaps a bit bold. She’s very open about her interest in the supernatural, despite the consequence of being outcast in human society and a very visible target to violent vampires. She’s very independent, not fond of being helped by others, including well-intentioned researchers. Beck is exceptionally focused and studious, and committed to her self-appointed role as a vigilante and historian among the shadowy creatures of the world.
Any Important Backstory: Beck was raised by her parents and grandparents in a neighborhood of Boston. As a teenager she grew fascinated with all things supernatural, stalking the urban neighborhoods with friends at night in search of trouble; when she got older she found it, happening upon a small coven of new vampires feasting on the local homeless. As a young woman she joined the army, but received a medical discharge just after her second deployment for reasons she’s not been open about. Since then she’s been gallivanting around New England in an electric VW bus, breaking up covens and keeping extensive notes on lycanthropic and vampiric culture.
Her parents still live in the family home in Boston, somewhat worried about her nomadic lifestyle. They call her “Loree.”

Evren

Name or Nickname: Evren
Sex and preferred gender: ♂
Species: vampire
Factional Alignment: the old hiders

Vampires like Evren are generally very old and secretive, living completely separate from human society.

Abilities: shape-shifting

Evren can transform into nearly anything, though there aren’t many forms he can hold for long. He can remain shifted as a humanoid indefinitely as long as he’s unhurt, while taking less human forms is much less sustainable; generally, the further from human a form is the harder it is to stay shifted, though he’s strong enough to hold most shapes for at least a few minutes.

Strengths: He heals quite quickly, even for a vampire, but only when in his true form.
Weaknesses: If hurt, Evren must take his vulnerable true form until he can heal.
Age: He’s not totally sure, but he’s at least 900 years old.
Physical Description: Evren’s true form hasn’t aged well, though few have seen it. His skin is tawny brown but uneven and spotted with age, but seems pallid as if lifeless despite it’s tone; it’s papery and wrinkled, clinging to his bony form. The sclera of his eyes are jet black while his irises and pupils are shocking crimson. His teeth are uneven and fanged, frighteningly large and often stained from when he last fed. His nails are long and yellowed, curled in towards his palm and sharp like an animals talons.
He doesn’t have a “usual” form, shifting his appearance frequently without sticking to any shape for very long.
Alignment: lawful Neutral
Personality in a nutshell: Melancholy hangs heavy on Evren’s shoulders. He’s very somber and can come across a bit cold at times, but he loves conversation and is quite protective of young people. His favorite thing in the world is ginger wine.
Any Important Backstory: Evren was born to a Romani family what is now Turkey nearly a thousand years ago. He spent most of his life living nomadically across Europe, and travelled to America with English Puritans to find some solitude in the wilderness. These days he mostly keeps to himself, feeding rarely and reading voraciously.

✹☽ Vampires of Redhaven ☾✹

@Kidd We have a lawful evil werewolf, so why not a chaotic good werewolf as well? If you're looking for inspiration

✹☽ Vampires of Redhaven ☾✹

I’ll have to edit my CSs somewhat because I didn’t realize that vampires were public knowledge in this setting... must’ve missed that somewhere, my bad. Will finalize them tomorrow!

Vampires of Redhaven (and possibly other supernaturals)

I have my second character ready, so I’ll just wait until the OOC is up to post her.

Vampires of Redhaven (and possibly other supernaturals)

@yoyohayli Yeah, I just reread an earlier post of yours; for some reason I wasn’t thinking of vampires as a species but like, where else would it go? Lol my bad, will fix.

It's a Family Business [Mafia/Crime RP]

Rita

Rita Rey, King of the Queen Louis

"I always aimed at being a legend."
-Eileen Myles

Back to the basics

Name

Rita Luz Reyes

What I go by

Rita, Rey

Age

38

Gender

♀
masc presenting
occasional crossdresser

Sexuality

Lesbian

Birth Date:

April 23rd

Title

I’m the middle man, loyal and faithful to my lovers and my liquor.

The Reflection in the Mirror

Height

5’11”

Weight

222 lbs

Eye Color

dark brown

Hair Color

dark brown

Ethnicity

black hispanic

Physical Appearance

Rita is a large, muscled woman with somewhat rough features. Her hair is frizzy dark brown, quite short but very full and thick and with a few gray strands throughout. She has full eyebrows and heavily lidded dark brown eyes. Rita has evidence of sun damage on her round cheeks and across her nose, as well as in patches on her broad shoulders. She rarely wears any jewelry, except for a simple gold band on her left ring finger. Rita’s nails are short, often unpainted, but always neat. While most of her weight appears to be muscle mass, Rita does have a slightly chubby belly, as well as wide hips.

Attire

Rita’s wardrobe is decidedly masculine. She primarily dresses plainly in jeans, long sleeved tee shirts, and plain sneakers. Weather permitting she’ll wear cutoff muscle shirts and shorts, and when it’s cold she has sweatshirts, sweaters and wintry jackets. She rarely wears anything that could be considered formal (unless she’s crossdressing), but her closet isn’t without ties, suits, and polished leather shoes. For business arrangements she’s often seen in classic khaki and corduroy pants with a simple dress shirt.

Weaponry & Skills

Standard Weapon

Rita owns a simple Colt Government pistol, and keeps brass knuckles and a knife on her person at all times.

Skills

She’s a reasonably skilled brawler, known for fighting dirty and fighting anybody.

Strengths

street-smarts, quick-witted, good fighter, intimidating

Weaknesses

smart-mouthed, short tempered, easily develops bad habits

Things I waste my Time With

Hobbies

cooking, game shows, restoring old guns, shopping with Lily, working out, restoring metal art, sewing and mending clothes

Likes

cute girls, cars, Broadway musicals, Johnny Cash, exploitation horror films, cologne, helping underprivileged people

Dislike

human trafficking, most rich people, religiosity, farms, pretentiousness, bigotry

What I’m Really Like

Rita is a gruff, sarcastic ladies’ lady. She’s loud and loves to laugh, almost as much as she likes making others laugh. She doesn’t care much for authority, law-abiding or otherwise.

All About My Past

Rita grew up mostly in a foster home just outside Tulsa, Oklahoma. She lived on a farm owned by an older couple with several foster children. They did little to raise her, or any of the children, giving little affection. As a teenager she left Oklahoma and joined a gang in Chicago, making many contacts she maintains to this day. After a fight with another gang leader, Rita fled east and wound up in NYC. She met Lily at a gay bar in Greenwich Village and, well, the rest is history.

My Blood

Despite no longer having any formal ties to gangs or the mob, she maintains amicable communications with many crime lords and street-level mobsters across the city. She makes her establishment as close to a neutral ground as possible, though most drug trafficking is carried out by the Bustamentes.

Relationships

long-term open relationship with Lily

Lily

Miss Lily Duval

"There is something very satisfactory about being in the middle of something."
-Marilyn Hacker

Back to the basics

Name

Lilian Marjorie Duval

What I go by

Lily

Age

29

Gender

♀

transgender

Sexuality

bisexual

Birth Date:

September 6th

Title

I’m the proprietor, loyal and faithful to my people

The Reflection in the Mirror

Height

5’10”

Weight

154 lbs

Eye Color

dark green

Hair Color

varies

Ethnicity

black

Physical Appearance

Lily is slender, with mocha skin. She has unusual dark green eyes. She wears quite a bit of makeup; heavy mascara and eyeliner, eyeshadow, bold lip colors, contouring and highlight. Lily has a slim but chiseled jaw, full lips, and immaculately neat eyebrows. Her hair is cropped quite close to her head, but she likes wearing wigs in many colors, styles and textures. Her nails are always freshly done. Although Lily has a quite slim figure, she’s not lacking in seductive curves.

Attire

Lily considers herself a classic beauty, and dresses as such. She wears simple but classy clothing, ironically tending to shy away from terribly flashy clothing despite her history in drag. She’s particularly a fan of skintight short dresses. In more casual settings, she still opts for attractive blouses and nice jeans or skirts. Due to her height she only wears heels at work, usually wearing simple flats or even sneakers otherwise.

Weaponry & Skills

Standard Weapon

none; carries pepper spray

Skills

empathetic, good listener, great people skills, hardworking, perfectionist

Strengths

very intelligent, careful, cautious, kind

Weaknesses

timid, pacifistic, stressed out easily

Things I waste my Time With

Hobbies

charity work, drag, watching makeup tutorials, sewing, working out, walking/jogging, cooking and baking

Likes

helping others, shopping, Broadway musicals, art history,

Dislikes

bigotry, pushy people, rudeness, laziness, human trafficking, murder

What I’m Really Like

Lily is a gentle soul, empathetic almost to a fault. She’s very friendly and a good conversationalist, though can be a bit shy when it comes to actually opening up. She’s a touch vain, always wanting to look her best, especially if she’s with a lover. She’s a bit prone to complaining, being a perfectionist and having little patience with rude or annoying people; if caught in a bad mood she could be accused of even being bossy or stubborn. Lily is very generous, and truly bleeds for the world and anyone who is suffering.

(Personality)

All About My Past

As a child, Lily lived in Queens being raised by her grandparents, until her father claimed custody of her when she was fourteen. Her teen years with him were very uneasy, and she ran away before she was eighteen. She came out and began living as a woman at 20, but didn’t start HRT until after she met Rita. They bought the Queen Louis together, and turned it into a fabulous drag bar open to all deviants.

My Blood

Lily has no familial connection with the mobs, her only personal ties being through Rita and business connections. She’s under the impression that the gangs she works with aren’t ones involved in violent crimes or violating human rights, partly due to Rita witholding the whole truth and partly because she doesn’t want to believe they’re involved with such things.

Relationships

long-term open relationship with Rita

The Queen Louis drag cabaret & bar

The Queen Louis

The Queen Louis is a trendy but salacious bar in the East Village, a few blocks from Cooper Union and a few other gay bars and hangouts. It has three floors; the first is the nightclub, where drag shows are performed; the second is the bar, where the more relaxed clientele go to unwind; and the third, a loft apartment where Rita and Lily have made their home.
The first floor of The Queen is a party to the nightly roisterous crowd eager of mostly young people. The lighting was carefully planned and constructed, so as to transition from dramatic theatrical lighting during shows to moodier black lights and color filters more suitable to a late night discotheque. There is a stage with a catwalk opposite a sleek bar adjacent the entrance. On the floor between there may be tables and chairs for dinner theater, or the catwalk taken down and the floor cleared for dancing.
Behind the cabaret bar is a quite industrial stairwell, leading up to the main bar. This area is relaxed and rustic, with wooden furnishings and old metal artwork. Most of the regulars don’t go here, giving the bar a laid-back atmosphere that’s a far cry from the chaos downstairs. The patrons smoke frequently, both inside and outside on the balcony that connects to the firescape.
The loft is only accessible by the balcony outside the bar, and is locked from any entrants.

Vampires of Redhaven (and possibly other supernaturals)

Here’s my first form! I’ll probably make at least two more.

Evren

Name or Nickname: Evren
Sex and preferred gender: ♂
Species: human
Factional Alignment: the old hiders

Vampires like Evren are generally very old and secretive, living completely separate from human society.

Abilities: shape-shifting

Evren can transform into nearly anything, though there aren’t many forms he can hold for long. He can remain shifted as a humanoid indefinitely as long as he’s unhurt, while taking less human forms is much less sustainable; generally, the further from human a form is the harder it is to stay shifted, though he’s strong enough to hold most shapes for at least a few minutes.

Strengths: He heals quite quickly, even for a vampire, but only when in his true form.
Weaknesses: If hurt, Evren must take his vulnerable true form until he can heal. In his true form, he's vulnerable to sunlight.
Age: He’s not totally sure, but he’s at least 900 years old.
Physical Description: Evren’s true form hasn’t aged well, though few have seen it. His skin is tawny brown but uneven and spotted with age, but seems pallid as if lifeless despite it’s tone; it’s papery and wrinkled, clinging to his bony form. The sclera of his eyes are jet black while his irises and pupils are shocking crimson. His teeth are uneven and fanged, frighteningly large and often stained from when he last fed. His nails are long and yellowed, curled in towards his palm and sharp like an animals talons.
He doesn’t have a “usual” form, shifting his appearance frequently without sticking to any shape for very long.
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Personality in a nutshell: Melancholy hangs heavy on Evren’s shoulders. He’s very somber and can come across a bit cold at times, but he loves conversation and can be quite protective of young people. His favorite thing in the world is ginger wine.
Any Important Backstory: Evren was born to a Romani family what is now Turkey nearly a thousand years ago. He spent most of his life living nomadically across Europe, and travelled to America with English Puritans to find some solitude in the wilderness. Many of his memories are lost, especially of his life before he was turned, which is partly why he's such a lonely individual. These days he mostly keeps to himself, feeding rarely and reading voraciously.