Post by Avila Abendroth on Apr 18, 2014 14:02:42 GMT -5
AVILA ABENDROTH
600 BORN VAMPIRE • 26 December 1416 • FEMALE • VAMPIRE • N/A • BAR OWNER
Black Hair • Dark Purple Eyes • 5'4" • 125lbs
Appearance,
Avila stands at five foot four inches and 125 pounds. Her hair is long and jet black, resting at about her mid back normally and is trimmed neatly in the front in a way to keep it out of her eyes, though in such a way that her bangs seem to frame her eyes. Her purple eyes have a somewhat penetrating stair to them, as if she knows more than the age she looks lets on. She carries herself in an extremely regal fashion, always standing upright and keeping a dignified stance at all times due to the the fact that she was nobility at birth. She has decent curves with a moderately sized chest, and despite being 600 years old she appears to be twenty-one.
Her clothing normally consists of reds and blacks, often times trimmed and close fitting. She wears skirts a lot of the time, finding them easiest to move about in. Along with this she normally wears tank tops, and during colder months long sleeve shirts. When at work she wears a connected black dress that resembles a flower at the end. She's almost always wearing black tights and a pair of high shoes. She also wears a type of perfume that's not meant to smell, but neutralize body odors in order to try to hide from werewolves.
Avila stands at five foot four inches and 125 pounds. Her hair is long and jet black, resting at about her mid back normally and is trimmed neatly in the front in a way to keep it out of her eyes, though in such a way that her bangs seem to frame her eyes. Her purple eyes have a somewhat penetrating stair to them, as if she knows more than the age she looks lets on. She carries herself in an extremely regal fashion, always standing upright and keeping a dignified stance at all times due to the the fact that she was nobility at birth. She has decent curves with a moderately sized chest, and despite being 600 years old she appears to be twenty-one.
Her clothing normally consists of reds and blacks, often times trimmed and close fitting. She wears skirts a lot of the time, finding them easiest to move about in. Along with this she normally wears tank tops, and during colder months long sleeve shirts. When at work she wears a connected black dress that resembles a flower at the end. She's almost always wearing black tights and a pair of high shoes. She also wears a type of perfume that's not meant to smell, but neutralize body odors in order to try to hide from werewolves.
Spells and Abilities,
Persuasion: This is a skill which allows a vampire to supernaturally persuade or coerce a target into doing what they wish. A target with particularly strong will power can resist this ability, but as Persuasion is a stronger ability, it is much more difficult for them to do so. In order for an order or coercion made through this skill to be effective, the vampire must maintain whatever means by which they persuade until the command has been given. In addition, the more extreme the command in question is, the easier it is for the target to resist.
Rejuvenating Drink: This is a skill which allows a vampire to further enhance the benefits of doing what comes most naturally: drinking blood. Under normal circumstances, drinking blood is merely what is required to nurture and sustain a vampire, and keep them strong. However, with this skill, a further benefit is added, allowing the vampire to use the blood he or she drinks to actually heal themselves. The potency of the effects of this skill depends on the source from which it is taken. Human blood is most potent, allowing quick healing in minutes, sometimes seconds. Lycan blood is the next most effective, followed by zoanthrope blood. As is normally the case, a vampire gains absolutely no benefits by drinking the blood of another vampire. While this skill can be used to heal cuts, stabs, and many other kinds of physical injury, it can not heal fatal wounds. This means that such injuries as a stake through the heart or a wound from an iron bullet can not be healed using this skill.
Memory Drain: This skill is a form of limited psychometry which is connected to the drinking of blood. A vampire with this skill has the ability to read and absorb the memories of anyone who's blood they drink. This is both a blessing and a curse, as it can potentially grant them wisdom and insight beyond their years, but it also humanizes their prey. Depending on the amount they drink, a vampire with this ability can sift through nearly all of a person's memories up till the immediate present. Important to note is that this ability is always active, meaning every time Avila drinks blood, she absorbs the memories of the person she drinks from. Due to her age she has become quite proficient in this, not really being affected by the effects of the memories being brought onto her and even has gotten to the point where she can somewhat organize the memories as she takes them in.
Persuasion: This is a skill which allows a vampire to supernaturally persuade or coerce a target into doing what they wish. A target with particularly strong will power can resist this ability, but as Persuasion is a stronger ability, it is much more difficult for them to do so. In order for an order or coercion made through this skill to be effective, the vampire must maintain whatever means by which they persuade until the command has been given. In addition, the more extreme the command in question is, the easier it is for the target to resist.
Rejuvenating Drink: This is a skill which allows a vampire to further enhance the benefits of doing what comes most naturally: drinking blood. Under normal circumstances, drinking blood is merely what is required to nurture and sustain a vampire, and keep them strong. However, with this skill, a further benefit is added, allowing the vampire to use the blood he or she drinks to actually heal themselves. The potency of the effects of this skill depends on the source from which it is taken. Human blood is most potent, allowing quick healing in minutes, sometimes seconds. Lycan blood is the next most effective, followed by zoanthrope blood. As is normally the case, a vampire gains absolutely no benefits by drinking the blood of another vampire. While this skill can be used to heal cuts, stabs, and many other kinds of physical injury, it can not heal fatal wounds. This means that such injuries as a stake through the heart or a wound from an iron bullet can not be healed using this skill.
Memory Drain: This skill is a form of limited psychometry which is connected to the drinking of blood. A vampire with this skill has the ability to read and absorb the memories of anyone who's blood they drink. This is both a blessing and a curse, as it can potentially grant them wisdom and insight beyond their years, but it also humanizes their prey. Depending on the amount they drink, a vampire with this ability can sift through nearly all of a person's memories up till the immediate present. Important to note is that this ability is always active, meaning every time Avila drinks blood, she absorbs the memories of the person she drinks from. Due to her age she has become quite proficient in this, not really being affected by the effects of the memories being brought onto her and even has gotten to the point where she can somewhat organize the memories as she takes them in.
| Likes, • Blood • A little bit of chaos • Orchestral music • Being forever youthful • Sword play and pistols | Dislikes, • Not being able to remember anything past twenty years ago • Her plans being ruined • Being bested in any way • Being manipulated •Being forced to heal herself by feeding (Aka injuries, she hates the pain >>) |
Personality,
Avila, despite being so old, can act much like a child, often times surprising people that she is so old. However, this is because of the fact she had to start over, having only memories from the past 20 years of her life. Though she had retained her mature mind, she had lost all her knowledge of how a Vampire is to act in society the way she had learned. However, she does know how to act normally, though she, at times, will call someone young without realizing it, even if they look physically older than herself. She has slowly been regaining her knowledge, but it still affects how she acts around humans and lycans. With every feeding she has slowly relearned society, feeding off of the information of other's memories in order to better her understanding.
She hates being touched, it just irks her when a stranger decides to do anything like kissing her hand and has slapped people in the past for a simple pat on the back. She refuses to let a person touch her if she can help it. Despite this she can be quite friendly at times, though prefers to stick to herself. She rarely goes out during the day, though mostly because the sun bothers her at times, the pain it inflicts being something that she despises. She has never had a high pain tolerance. She is well versed in the modern society though, and knows that being out only at night can lead to people questioning what she does so she does push herself to get out every now and again.
She is far from frisky, preferring that men keep their distance, any time they start to get flirtatious with her she gets extremely uncomfortable, especially since she knows she is so much older than they are. This leads to a few awkward encounters here and there, especially with her drunk guests who find her appealing for a one night stand. She doesn't deny her looks though, she knows that she is quite pretty, but doesn't like to flaunt it. She refuses to do so, finding it pig like and stupid. She has an extremely big sweet tooth though, offering her a sweet of any kind can lead to an easier time getting to know her, especially if there is a lot. She's also a little less awkward with flirts when she has chocolate, though this is because she will completely ignore them in favor for the sweets.
She is fairly well versed in musical knowledge, both classical and modern. She was there during the Renaissance, leading to a very refined sense of art and music. She loves any form of music, minus those that she views "un-classy", namely rap and R&B. She can often times be seen sitting at the piano at her bar, playing soft classical pieces, often times pieces she had seen premiered, even if she doesn't remember these events. She loves any orchestral arrangement, and will go out of her way in order to attend the occasional orchestra. She actually learned how to sing opera during the Renaissance, and this has carried over naturally through the ages, leading to her having an extremely good singing voice. Though she doesn't remember it and it's not written in any memoirs of him, she was taught to play the keyboard by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart himself, leading to her personally finding his music the best, though it's all subjective.
History,
Avila's life was quite uneventful in the beginning. She lived the simple life of a noble, her parents were technically next in line for the throne at Transylvania. She has always been off poor health and physically weak, though no one but her parents knew why, they just hadn't seen the right kind of opportunity to feed her without someone finding out. She was eighteen when the assassins attacked. This was the day her life changed forever. She ran to her parents, avoiding blow after blow narrowly as the small group of assassins chased her. What she didn't know is that this is exactly what they had wanted. After they had killed her parents, the young girl was attacked herself, but an odd thing happened. She was stabbed in the shoulder, and instinctively bit into the man. In that moment her Vampiric side was fully realized. Her wound healed after she pulled the sword out of her shoulder, having had a taste of the human blood she quickly set about slaughtering them, her health no longer being an issue. She quickly dispatched them, though she couldn't control her thirst for blood. For the first three months she went on an uncontrollable rampage, though it was known as a small outbreak of disease. After those three months she was finally able to pull herself under control, and then return to the castle.
Avila lived a few years there, keeping to herself as she adjusted to her new need for blood, finding it odd that her parents hadn't decided to get her accustomed to it any sooner. After four years she left. She wouldn't see the castle again for nearly three hundred years. She spent about nine years roaming the country side of Transylvania, learning about the society that she had never had the pleasure of knowing. She drank in everything she was learning, observing everything around her. After a hundred years of being on her own, she had traveled throughout Europe, learning a few of the languages as she went so that she could more easily communicate with everyone. Over this time frame she learned French, Italian, German, and English, knowing that the start of the Renaissance would lead to some changes and wanted to be able to understand how every part of the world would be reacting.
She eventually moved to Vienna in 1680, something about it telling her that the town was going to be the musical center of Europe in the years to come. Avila lived there peacefully, her guess being made true when Hayden wrote his first symphony. She couldn't resist it, she was excited about the prospect of seeing music unfold in ways previously unheard of, especially since she had taken the time during the 1500s to learn how to play the violin. She acted as an observer during this time, up till the moment Mozart moved to Vienna that is. This was when she took an active roll in the music surrounding her, eventually even taking an opportunity to learn keyboard and train her voice with Mozart as her teacher.
Shortly after Mozart died something in Avila snapped, the cause being the blood of a deranged murderer. The memories she absorbed were too strong, causing her to lose control over how she absorbed the memories and directly affecting her mental state, throwing her completely off of her usual passive nature. She left Vienna after this, moving to France and ended up coming into contact with Napoleon. She eventually convinced him to take control of France, watching as he crowned himself emperor, her plans slowly falling into place as he launched his first attacks. Chaos, that's all she wanted to cause now was chaos. She succeeded, her offer of immortality to Napoleon being too great for him to resist as he pushed into Russia, which was his downfall. She decided not to help him off the island he was banished to, instead fading into the background of the world once again, waiting for her moment to cause more chaos.
She bid her time, waiting in the shadows for her next moment of action, and that moment came with the events leading up to WWI. She, on the side, used her strong persuasion skill to convince Archduke Franz Ferdinand to go to Bosnia on the worst day possible. This, in turn lead to his murder, throwing the world into the chaos that Avila had so strongly been wanting. Avila watched in pleasure as the world slowly tore itself apart, each country slowly working its way into the war. The death and bloodbath that resulted was exactly what she had wanted. Then her fun was ruined as the US entered the war, completely turning it around and making it one sided, putting her in disappointment as Germany was beaten back.
She fell back into the shadows, though this time it wasn't as long. She found her new champion of chaos, and his name was Adolf Hitler. She quickly went about setting up what exactly she wanted. She watched as eh slowly started taking more and more land, her influence being extremely strong. She laughed as he made his speeches, knowing how much chaos she was causing as he claimed that the Jews were the reason for all their suffering, something that she had pretty much implanted into his mind. As the war started she couldn't help it, she was rejoicing. It looked like she was finally going to get the war she wanted, the war that would bring about a new world order, and for a long time it looked as if Germany had won, that the British weren't going to be able to last too long.
Then one of German's allies made a bad move, attacking the one country that she had wanted to stay out of things this time. The United States entered the war, throwing her plans down the drain as they slowly turned the tide of the war, weakening Germany as they were now fighting a two front war because they had chosen to attack Russia. She watched with furry as Germany was slowly beign shoved back, her chaotic world slowly being brought to an end before Germany was defeated, Berlin taken by the Russians. She moved to the shadows, watching as the arms race threatened to destroy the world, wishing that it would but knew that it wasn't her time to come back out and cause more chaos. She eventually made her way to the US, making her home there, biding her time.
She lived in the US peacefully, watching and waiting till 1996 when she drank blood tainted with an unknown contaminate that affected her memory. After having slept a few days she awoke, finding herself unable to recall very little, her powers having been diminished by the damages. She was essentially a new born, the only memories she had were of the first 18 years of her life and all the musical knowledge she had gained during the 17th and 18th century. When the threats of 2013 came she quickly turned herself in, not wanting to lose her life without regaining her memories. For the past twenty years that has been her focus, regaining her memories and powers, though she has made very little progress due to the lack of history on her, having kept to the shadows during every event that she had been a part of.
Other,
Errrr..............am I supposed to sing here or something? O.o
RP Sample,
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