Emerald Viktor
Jan. 18th, 2013 10:13 pmOkay so basically his human past is the same except for the vampire stuff. During the war between Hungary and the Ottoman empire in the mid 1500s, Viktor was serving as an officer. Also he was already sort of cynical and jaded about religion, since his family converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism so he never knew what to believe. Anyway! He was involved on an attack on Turkish fortifications, but when the Hungarians got there, it turned out not just the fort but a nearby village were empty! So Viktor is sent to investigate with a few men, and they find a whole ton of decomposing bodies in a swamp that were totally drained of blood, covered in rust. This ended up being the vector for Viktor's exposure to the vampire parasite.
The vampire parasite is a sort of microscopic bacteria like organism of unknown origin that attaches itself to a host organism. The organism is telepathic, multiplies quickly, and oxidizes iron to feed. In most people and animals this results in them dying of exsanguination, leaving rust covered bodies. But some are compatible, and are turned into vampires. The symbiote makes them immortal, and sort of merges with the brain and nervous system to become one being. The bacteria swim through the blood and replace the old symbiotic organisms in the human body. They make the host really strong and fast and give them crazy mind control powers, and regenerate the host but they need blood. And due to some neural quirk, now they want human blood! So. Vampire.
Anyway, he's been around for hundreds of years and inspired the myth of Dracula and shit, and is a highly respected figure in vampire society such as it is. And now he's in London! Why? Who knows! Maybe a change of scenery, he's been around lots of places. Perhaps the powers that be might be aware of his presence?
Edit: Also, to various powers and stuff he'll blatantly register as not human.
The vampire parasite is a sort of microscopic bacteria like organism of unknown origin that attaches itself to a host organism. The organism is telepathic, multiplies quickly, and oxidizes iron to feed. In most people and animals this results in them dying of exsanguination, leaving rust covered bodies. But some are compatible, and are turned into vampires. The symbiote makes them immortal, and sort of merges with the brain and nervous system to become one being. The bacteria swim through the blood and replace the old symbiotic organisms in the human body. They make the host really strong and fast and give them crazy mind control powers, and regenerate the host but they need blood. And due to some neural quirk, now they want human blood! So. Vampire.
Anyway, he's been around for hundreds of years and inspired the myth of Dracula and shit, and is a highly respected figure in vampire society such as it is. And now he's in London! Why? Who knows! Maybe a change of scenery, he's been around lots of places. Perhaps the powers that be might be aware of his presence?
Edit: Also, to various powers and stuff he'll blatantly register as not human.