The distant one

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Wed, 18 Dec 2019 03:44:14 GMT

Please feel free to use this post to opt-out of interacting with D or being bitten by him (incredibly unlikely but it could happen). No questions asked, I only ask that you let me know any additional characters you might play so I don't inadvertently tag you elsewhere if you would prefer to avoid him altogether.

More info to be added on his vampirism and siring later.

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Tue, 12 Nov 2019 01:55:20 GMT

Personality Notes that will one day be a section I swear

- D is basically what happens if you try to repress literally every single emotion ever and stew it in self-loathing and daddy issues for 10,000 years or so. Is that an emotion NOT TODAY SATAN.

- Gross feelings keep happening anyway, but it's repressed to hell and back so usually doesn't show much if at all.

- Actions and body language say more than tone and voice!!

- The best way to approach all problems is via extreme violence or ignoring it. There is no inbetween. If ignoring it doesn't work apply violence until the problem ceases to be a problem.

- Complete fail when trying to manage life without violence and isolation. Manages something approaching domesticity when needing to stay in an area for a hunt but is still real bad at it.

- Occasional moments of dumb - see: buying a health kit however long ago, never using it, finally getting a reason to use it only for it to have expired probably centuries ago you beautiful moron.

- Life goals: travel the world giving vampires the Smack and eventually find dad and give him same.

- Actually?? Kind of?? Likes people???? Just has no idea how to ever show it because that would require THE EMOTIONS and we can't be having with that now.

- Generally prefers children and people who care about others, does not have time for people who are dicks to others. Will usually try to avoid an outright conflict but if it comes down to it... apply violence until problem ceases to exist.

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Sat, 09 Nov 2019 04:05:06 GMT

Open post for PSLs.

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Thu, 31 Oct 2019 22:02:32 GMT

First Impressions

Appearance

D is described as appearing to be approximately 20 years old and with an almost preternatural beauty to him. Pretty much all the vampires in his world are unnaturally attractive with extremely pale skin, so D is not unusual in that respect. Standing at 6'3", he has very long dark hair that he wears loose and his eyes are most often depicted as a shade of blue grey. He has small fangs and slightly pointed ears that betray his heritage.

If D drinks actual blood, his appearance changes radically. His fangs lengthen considerably to about the length of a pinkie finger and are matched by a pair on his lower jaw as well. His eyes change to a bloody red colour and seem to glow, while his entire face twists into a snarling mask. The transformation is often enough in the books that he is mistaken for a fullblooded vampire instead of a dhampir.

Fashion

D traditionally wears a black leather outfit, boots, a black cloak or coat, and a wide brimmed hat. A blue amulet is always present around his neck but is occasionally joined by a scarf that he uses to help keep dust at bay. Also almost always present is the long, curved sword that he keeps on his back.

Demeanor & Attitude

D is incredibly distant and aloof, to the point that it's not uncommon for people to assume that he just doesn't care about anyone. This isn't true; D does in fact care quite a lot for the people he meets in his travels, particularly innocents and children. He usually is shown to actually care more than most other, entirely human, hunters do. He just really, really, really sucks at showing emotions in general. He has them, but they're buried under so many layers of protective walls that only the barest suggestion ever shows in his expression or demeanor.

No, if someone wants to get a feel for how much D might care or feel towards someone, it's better to pay attention to his actions. He doesn't waste any time on people he has decided aren't worth it, such as those who have shown that they're uncaring of others, but for people he does have some concern for, D will show it in ways such as allowing them to stay around him or doing things to help them without comment.

Voice

D's voice is low, smooth, and often without emotion. When he transforms to be more vampiric, his voice takes on a rougher tone and is often wild and angry.

Magic & Telepathy

Information for interactions with magical and/or telepathic characters; things they may sense or read, and whether or not your character has any form of psychic shielding.

CODE BY TESSISAMESS

OOC Permissions

♰ Threadhopping - Sure thing!

♰ Fourthwalling - No thank you.

♰ Backtagging - Yes please for the love of god. I am often very slow and need all the help I can get.

IC Permissions

♰ Romance/Physical Intimacy - I welcome people trying but D is gonna have a hard time with it. He finds it easier to murder his way across the countryside than actually talk to people. He has an easier time with physical contact he initiates but it's always gonna be awkward AF.

♰ Fighting - Go for it, although D generally doesn't hold back and has enough powers to generally be godmodey.

♰ Injuries/Killing - I'd like to work it out in discussion but D can recover from extreme amounts of damage and even death so it's definitely on the table as an option. Just be aware that he might be pissed afterwards.

♰ Mindreading/Manipulation - Again, lets talk it out because D's powers get kind of weird in this area and that way we can work out the best way to both have fun with it.

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Wed, 30 Oct 2019 05:54:51 GMT

Inventory)

Amulet

The amulet features a large blue stone and appears otherwise uninteresting. It's true purpose, however, is to disable any hostile technology D encounters, allowing him to approach the defences of vampires without immediately being shot down by computer guided weaponry. It additionally allows him to gain entry through similarly guarded doors; essentially all technology will see him as an ally and allow him passage and safety. The stone glows with a bright light when it is activated.

Longsword

A longsword with a slightly curved blade. It's seen a lot of use and is well-worn. There is nothing unusual or particular about this blade. D replaces it several times throughout his travels.

Utility Belt

~~Like Batman~~ it's full of gear D uses, including caltrops, wooden needles, a micro computer, capsules, knives, etc.

Wooden Needles

Essentially slim needles of unfinished wood about a foot long. D throws them at speed for staking on the go.

Micro Computer

A tiny, very high powered computer. Rare to see in D's world, it's capable of analysing chemicals, DNA, and other data. D also has several small cylinders for taking and uploading samples into it.

Electronic Lamp

A cylindrical travel lamp approximately 6in x 2in. It provides light and heat, has a built in thermostat and can be opened to use as a refrigeration unit... somehow.

Caltrops

A number of small iron balls with spikes, can be used on the ground to slow down prey or pursuers, or thrown.

Knives

Like, several knives. For stabbing.

Wire, Hook, Thread

Used in various traps and other tricks, the thread and wire are as fine as spider silk and extremely durable.

First Aid Kit

A first aid kit holding all manner of items to treat injuries... except it's been so long since D bought it without ever needing to use it that the contents have expired.

Capsules

A number of small capsules that contain freeze dried blood plasma and nutrients. D adds them to water and drinks them for nourishment. While they are a common source of food for dhampirs, they are very difficult to come across and have to be purchased from the black market or from a less than scrupulous doctor.

Blanket

Large enough to cover a group of people, resistant to fire, water, cold, electricity, and heat.

An ungodly amount of money

Why does he even work for money, we don't know.

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Wed, 30 Oct 2019 05:33:06 GMT

Powers)

Immortality

Like all vampires and dhampirs, D is immortal unless destroyed and does not age in the slightest. He is estimated to be at least 10,000 years old but always appears as a young man of approximately 20.

Vampirism

As a dhampir, D has both positives and negative aspects from both his parents. While he can consume food if he chooses, D also needs to feed on human blood semi-regularly, although through a lifetime of practise and effort he has managed to reduce his need for blood down to approximately once a week. For preference, D drinks blood capsules, a small capsule of artificial blood containing a mix of everything his body requires that can be mixed with water and ingested.

That said, D will occasionally bite and feed from people if necessary, although it's rare and he has largely done so when he plans to turn them into a thrall.

Another aspect of his vampirism is that when D is suitably angered or tastes blood (usually he'll use his own if he is doing this on purpose), he will undergo a transformation to take on a true vampiric appearance. His eyes will take on a red appearance and his fangs will lengthen considerably. This bloodlust also increases D's natural abilities significantly.

Power Scaling

D's abilities seem to increase over time ~~so that the books can hit ridiculous levels~~ likely due to the fact that he was created to always be improving and becoming more powerful. So while abilities in the rest of this section get to godmode levels, it's really a sliding scale of where D is in his journey as to what maximum levels he's capable of.

Regeneration

Due to his heritage, and possibly a little additional genetic tampering, D is capable of surviving and regenerating from a frankly ridiculous amount of damage, including but not limited to being torn into pieces, impaled, hit with a nuclear blast, struck by a meteor, been covered in magma and then frozen... With this in mind it's probably no surprise how reckless he can be.

Resurrection

On top of his regeneration, D is also capable of returning to life even when other vampires would be hard-pressed to do so. Part of this is due to his connection to the parasite in his left hand, which has bought him back from being staked in the heart previously, but D appears to have some innate ability to resurrect himself as well as he has managed to do so without any aid.

Superhuman Strength

D's strength is, also quite frankly, ridiculous. He's able to break and cut solid metal, stone... he even levels a mountain at one point.

Superhuman Speed

Much like his strength, D's speed seems to be almost limitless. He's able to move fast enough to leave after images of himself if he chooses, regularly blocks bullets, arrows, and other missiles out of the air, and even cuts laser beams in two.

Superhuman Senses

All of D's senses are incredibly heightened, allowing him to, for example, hear the sound of a carriage moving miles away in quiet conditions and sense things that others can't. Additionally, the parasite can also sense energy and seems to be able to perceive things that D can't, such as looking through seemingly solid walls to sense where an enemy is and how to get to them. This means that even if D can't sense something himself, there's a good chance that the parasite can.

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Weaknesses)

Sunlight

While D can walk in sunlight, too much exposure builds up in his system eventually and runs the risk of causing him to experience sun sickness. Sun sickness can hit at any time and without warning, leaving D weak and making it difficult for him to defend himself as well as running the risk of death. The cure is for D to bury himself to the neck in the earth and rest, and he continues to be vulnerable during this time.

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Wed, 30 Oct 2019 05:31:24 GMT

The world)

In 1999, the world ended. Humanity, swept up in conflicts and wars, finally went too far and a nuclear holocaust swept the world, reducing much of it to waste and humanity to try and survive in the nightmare they had created. Years turned to decades turned to centuries, and instead of picking up the pieces, humanity fell to savagery.

Which was when the vampires stepped in. Their exact origin wasn't clear, and some claimed that they had been around since the beginning of mankind, but regardless what was clear was that they had been waiting for this moment. Aware of the path humanity was taking, the vampires had created their own plans and resources, enough to rebuild the ruined world and craft a new one from the remains. With themselves as the rulers of it.

Led by the first of them, Dracula, known as their Sacred Ancestor, they created a society ruled by vampires and named themselves the Nobility. While they subjugated humanity, they did succeed in restoring the world and finding ways to better it, advancing science to levels beyond what was originally lost. They created space travel, artificial intelligence, genetic manipulation, cybernetics, advanced weaponry and defences, and complex systems to control almost every aspect of the world around them.

But it was far from benevolent. For all that the Nobles, as they called themselves, created technologies that could benefit the world, they also seemed to revel in their dominance of it. They would genetically engineer monstrous creatures and release them into the world out of sport, uncaring what threat they might present to others, and even on creating ways that meant they could sustain themselves without needing to feed on humans, many of them still preferred the hunt and the power that came from treating humans as prey.

For a while this was the world that humans were forced to endure, but around the year 4000, it became clear that the Nobility, despite all their efforts, were declining. Even with their powers and advances, they were few and their numbers were dwindling. Humanity rose up against them and reclaimed the world for themselves once more, hunting and killing many of the vampires inhabiting their capital and driving others into hiding.

Now the year is 12,090 and the once great inventions of the Nobles are often forgotten and left where they stand, technologies forgotten in human memory and those Nobles that might still be able to make use of it few and far between. Humans try to eke out a living as much as they can in a world now inhabited by strange, monstrous creatures, making use of what technologies still available to them.

Hunters have risen in numbers as a result of this new world, men and women who make it their business to protect others from the numerous threats on the frontier, and none are as skilled as those hunters that specialise in hunting vampires.

D's history)

D was born as a part of the Sacred Ancestor's experiments into combining the Nobility with humans in an attempt to halt the inevitable decline of vampires. One half of a pair of conjoined twins, D was unaware of his brother through most of his life, as they were separated and the second D kept confined. At some point in his past D was given the parasite in his left hand and departed the research facility that he was born in, believing he had destroyed it.

Beyond this and a few other minor points, D's past is largely unknown. While it is never stated outright, it is heavily implied that D's father is the Sacred Ancestor himself and this implication is often used to explain why D is able to go so far above and beyond what other vampires and dhampirs are capable of. It's also implied that D spent some time as a possible lord of the Nobility himself prior to receiving the parasite and that he has been around for roughly 10,000 years.

D's relationship with the Sacred Ancestor is also difficult to pin down; by turns he seems angered by what has been done in the quest to prolong the reign of the Nobility and other times he is almost melancholic and reflective when speaking of him.

Regardless the relationship, one thing that is clear is that part of D's travels is a search for his creator, although what exactly he intends to do when he finds him is anyone's guess.

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Wed, 30 Oct 2019 05:20:59 GMT

Feel free to use this post to give feedback on how I play D.

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