Monstrous - Signups/Interest Check

Interest.

However, you should probably note that I do have a bit of a reputation on these forums that I may have to remedy over the course of this.

edited 18th Nov '16 10:11:51 PM by ThisGuy481

Always welcoming new players, regardless of reputation.

Name: Captain Lewis Ironfoot

Species: Human

Skills: Tactician - Is an expert tactician with years of military experience.

Peak Condition - Is in good enough shape to keep up with monsters in a combat scenario.

Iron Hand - Lost his right hand during a military op, and it was replaced with a prosthetic made of iron. This is a perfect tool for his favorite pastime. Punching monsters into submission.

Iron Handcuffs - Like most police officers these days, he always carries several pairs of iron handcuffs for use in restraining monsters.

Appearance: A man in his early thirties, wearing a dark gray police uniform. As well as his captain's badge, several military medals can be seen on his chest. His right hand is a prosthetic made of iron. He doesn't carry a gun.

Personality: Is a hard man who gets a twisted pleasure out of beating monsters into submission with his iron hand. At the same time, has a strong sense of justice and will not use lethal force unless his opponent does so first. Is very tired of hearing jokes about Ironfoot having an iron hand.

Background: Lewis Ironfoot was the decorated leader of a covert military strike team, who lost his right hand during [REDACTED] and had it replaced with one made of iron. After Change Day, Ironfoot quit the military to defend his hometown of San Lorenzo from a new threat, and joined the police force to do so. He quickly achieved the rank of Captain and was given permission to assemble an anti-monster strike team.

edited 20th Nov '16 8:47:12 AM by PossiblyQuiteInsane

Here's an NPC/possible reserve character:

Name: Patricia Addams

Species: - Human

Skills:

-Head of the Society for Transformed Rights

-Legal Expert

-Sociologist

-carries a hidden stun gun

Personality: Patricia is a well-mannered, intelligent, compassionate woman. But do NOT abuse anyone, human or otherwise, in her presence, or you'll feel her wrath.

Appearance: A plain blonde woman in her late 20's. Wears formal dresses in dark colors.

Background: Patricia grew up in a circus- surrounded by 'freaks' as well as normals, all of whom got along and made other people happy. This shaped her strong ideals.

After graduating with majors on Law and Sociology, she was planning on running for office when The Change struck. Horrified at the popular reaction to its victims, she helped organize the STR and is doing everything she can to insure the safety of the Transformed (she finds the term 'Monster' demeaning) and getting normals to accept them. She lives in an apartment in uptown San Lorenzo, which doubles as her headquarters.

edited 20th Nov '16 9:47:01 AM by Sijo

Approved. I'll put her in NPCs for now, but if you ever want to take control I'll create a reserve section to put her in

Incoming NPC/possible hang-out area.

• Name: Erebi Akinloye
• Species: Human with some Gnome blood.
• Skills:
  • Minor Nature Affinity: Erebi has a small influence on nature around her, though it's not something she can control consciously. Animals are tamer in her presence and quicker to warm up to her than other humans, while earth that she's been in contact with will become more fertile. This is a two-way influence, as Erebi feels more pleasant while in the presence of natural elements (this includes the collection of books in her library).
  • Eye of the Gatherer: This power grants Erebi the ability to single out items that she can add to her various collections. If she were looking at a pile of fifty different objects and only one of them was what she wanted, then it would stick out to her like a sore thumb.
  • Non-Gnomey Skills: She's a people person and a conversationalist. She has a great memory and a passable know-how of computers, which both help with her job. She's also a fond gardener and can whip up a delicious array of vegetarian meals.
• Personality: Erebi is a very balanced person: she knows when to be strict with patrons and when to let it slide; when to strike up a chat and when to let the person be; whether a pinch of salt is needed or a pinch of pepper instead. She prides herself on creating a friendly environment for both humans and monsters alike, and has little tolerance for those who try to upset the peace. As of late she's become something of a compulsive hoarder, especially with books, coins, and jewelry (the last especially odd since she doesn't really wear any).
• Appearance: A black woman coming up on the wrong side of forty- not that you could tell with how few wrinkles she boasts. She has curly black hair kept in a top knot, piercing brown eyes, and a mass of freckles across the bridge of her nose. She's obese and wears business-casual attire both during work and outside, favouring earthy colours and stripy patterns.
• Background: She was born in San Lorenzo to a Nigerian father and a mother of distant Gnomish heritage, both of which were cultures she felt distanced from; in fact, she still has no idea that she has monster blood in her veins. While growing up she had an ever-changing dream to be a chef, and then a gardener, and then an antique shop owner, before finally settling as a librarian at one of San Lorenzo's public libraries.
  For ten years she worked her way up the ladder until she was eventually promoted to head librarian. Her personable demeanor drew in customers and soon the library became as much a social hang-out as a bar or restaurant (helped by the cozy little café on the second floor). This took a blow when monsters came out of the woodwork and Erebi made it blatantly clear that her library was a monster-friendly, anti-discrimination zone, but the library still gets enough business to keep itself afloat.

Approved.

• Name: Jophiel, nee Sophie Long. Nicknames include "Jo" and "the Flaming Sword of God."
• Species: Angel
• Skills:
  • Jo can fly, and her body has adapted to support that, making her stronger, tougher, more agile, and more lightweight, and her senses are enhanced greatly.
  • Her main asset, however, is her remarkable ability to get people to do what she wants. Jo is charming and charismatic enough to persuade people of almost anything - even when they find her creepy (which many people do).
• Personality: Jo is preternaturally calm and wise, which combined with her manipulation, strong religious views, and immature appearance, serves to creep out everyone she meets. She believes that it is her duty to bring all of monsterkind together to overthrow humanity and set up a theocracy.
• Appearance: A twelve-year-old girl in a white backless sundress, with blonde hair and green eyes, and a pair of large, white, feathered wings.
• Background:
  • According to Jo, she is the human incarnation of Jophiel, the archangel who drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and then guarded it with a flaming sword. She was reborn as a human, but had no memories of her previous life until the M-reactor unlocked her true form, allowing her to go and spread the word of God.
  • According to her parents, Sophie Long is (or was) a perfectly normal little girl who has struggled with delusional episodes. After being affected by the M-reactor, she rationalized the changes and had more or less a complete break from reality. They miss their daughter very much, and worry that the authorities aren't doing enough to find her. The "word of God" she claims to spread is a heavily distorted view of the Bible that primarily emphasizes the apocalyptic aspects to the exclusion of almost everything else.

• Name: Michael, nee Lyle Northrop
• Species: Angel
• Skills:
  • Michael can fly, and his body has adapted to support that, making him stronger, tougher, more agile, and more lightweight, and his senses are enhanced greatly.
• Personality: Michael is willing to do whatever it takes to live as comfortable a life as possible. Some may call him opportunistic, hedonistic, and lazy; he prefers pragmatic. He's creeped out by Jophiel, but since it's a pretty sweet gig all things considered, he's willing to overlook that.
• Appearance: A tall, handsome red headed man with white feathered wings. Due to the problems his wings present, he's perpetually shirtless.
• Background:
  • Lyle Northrop was a high school dropout who was perfectly happy mooching off of his brother and occasionally looking for a job. Then the M-reactor happened, and he sprouted wings.
  • Not much changed at first; he still lived with Jeremy and still made no attempt to better himself. Then one day, a girl who also had wings came to town. She claimed to be the human incarnation of the archangel Jophiel, and she told Lyle he was the human incarnation of the archangel Michael. Lyle figured she was out of touch with reality, but when his brother kicked him out, he decided to travel with the girl anyway- not like he had anything better to do.

• Name: Gabriel, nee Nora Park
• Species: Angel
• Skills:
  • Gabriel can fly, and her body has adapted to support that, making her stronger, tougher, more agile, and more lightweight, and her senses are enhanced greatly.
• Personality: Gabriel has suffered a lot, and as a result she's easily influenced by others. She knows that what Jophiel wants is morally reprehensible, but it's the first time in a long time that she's had any sort of purpose. She rationalizes it by claiming that Jo will never actually succeed in her goals, something Gabriel is believing less and less herself every day.
• Appearance: A small Asian woman in her early twenties with white, feathered wings, wearing jeans and a halter top.
• Background:
  • Nora Park was a college student who sold drugs as a part-time job, up until she got caught and expelled. Not wanting to tell her parents, she started dealing drugs full-time and living with her boyfriend, Josh.
  • When the M-reactor altered Nora, she tried to continue living as if nothing had happened- until Josh (who had also been mutated) was murdered. Nora drifted for a while before she met Jophiel and Michael, two fellow angels who claimed to be human incarnations of archangels, and that Nora was also an archangel. Nora wanted nothing to do with them, but since she had lost everything by that point, she went with them anyway.

Approved.

NPC/ possible reserved character:

Name: El Lagarto Verde (The Green Lizard) real name Paco Jimenez (PAC-o he-MEN-ehs)

Species: - Chupacabras

Skills:

-Reptilian Body: Paco is slightly stronger than a normal human. Additionally he has fangs (that can suck blood) and claws. He can see well in the dark. His skin is tough but not bulletproof. He needs to drink blood daily, but it doesn't have to be human, or even a goat's.

-Wrestling skills: he's a good hand-to-and combatant even without his powers.

Personality: Paco used to be selfish and uncaring. Now that he believes he has to pay for his sins, he's desperately trying to help anybody in any way he can. When relaxed, he's quite the party guy.

Appearance: A green reptilian humanoid with large red eyes and a line of spines down his back. he usually wears a red wrestler suit: a mask, shirt, shorts and boots.

Background: Born to Mexican immigrants, Paco was a jerk most of his life. As a child, he tortured lizards for fun; as a teenager, he joined a gang. One day, he woke up and found that he had been transformed into a Chupacabras (Goatsucker) a monster from Latino legends. At first he hid into the wilderness out of fear of being hunted down (and rigthly so.) Then he met a bruja (witch) who told him this was punishment for his abuse of lizards, and that if he wanted to ever be human again, he had to perform good deeds. He believed her, and, taking inspiration from the Masked Luchador heroes of his infancy, assumed the identity of El Lagarto Verde both to fight crime and be accepted in open society (he has been successful at both, though he has to compete in a monsters-only league.) Since then he has learned about the true cause of his transformation, but still feels compelled to continue with his career, as it gives him a sense of positive fulfillment for the first time in his life.

Note that Paco is usually provided blood by the local slaughterhouse, thus keeping his thirst sated.

edited 22nd Nov '16 12:30:08 PM by Sijo

Approved. Remember, if anyone wants to take control of their NPCs, I can always reclassify them into reserve characters

Since I'm really, really stuck for posting for Maia, I'm rerolling and making Maia an NPC.

Name:Lark Chantrell

Species:Siren

Skills:

• Enthralling Voice: Lark has an incredibly beautiful voice, and it will call people to her. It also makes people more inclined to do what she asks. However, when she sings, people around her will be placed in a kind of trance and will walk towards her willingly, pushing off attempts to stop them. It's great for crowd control. It is resistible by people with strong wills.
• Siren Biology:Lark can breathe underwater, and swims very well as a consequence. She also has owl wings which she can use to fly and detect air currents. She can also sprout claws and is faster and stronger than a normal human.
• Human skills:Lark is the cook of the cafe on the second floor of Erebi's library, and, as such, has all the skills you would expect. She is a very good multitasker, and has a wide range of specialities. She is about 1 year through a degree in molecular gastronomy, and has a small tendency to experiment while cooking.

'''Personality: Lark is nice, kind, always eager to please. She can also be one of the most terrifying people in existence if you do any of three things: insult her cooking without reason, mess with children or be needlessly discriminatory. If you don't do any of these, she's happy to help and even put up with needlessly pedantic requests.

Appearance:She may look like this◊...but she is entirely capable of doing this.◊

Background:Lark was born to a single mother who was fairly well-off. However, since her mother was feeding two, she was often left alone in the house, and was required to find her own sustenance. That's where the whole food thing came from. Her mother supported her dreams, and would buy her cookbooks and equipment and ingredients. When she was 11, her mother was shot while walking past an out-of-hand protest, and Lark was left to fend for herself. She found refuge in Eribi's library, and was a regular there for quite some time before applying and getting an apprenticeship at a nearby restaurant. When she completed it, she applied for a job at the cafe upstairs, and got it. She now works there full-time as the cook.

Just as a quick note, due to Lark's abilities, she tends to write what she wants to say, instead of speaking it.

edited 24th Nov '16 12:48:24 PM by secretlyasuperhero

Approved. But remember the reactor incident only happened 6 months ago, which makes the timescale in your background sort of tight.

Oh yeah. I'll turn it into a different kind of protest (Lark's about 18).

Name: Henry Alister

Species: - Will o' Wisp

Skills: - Lost Spirit - He's been dead since the incident. He can no longer truly interact with the physical plane, which deeply bothers him. The best he can do is make a visual appearance to people and make noises. This does, however, allow him to travel practically anywhere, as walls or even the ground no longer stop him. The only thing that stops him is light, which he detests, and some magics. As stated before, he literally cannot physically interact with anything, but magic can affect him (too bad he doesn't really know any himself). Of course, he has other methods of interaction...

Lamp Man - You can trust him, right? His ethereal body glows at night, or at least a small orb where his heart would be does. Looking directly at it induces a haze effect where the person becomes confused and also heavily drawn to him. His voice also induces a sort of confused state where people are drawn to him. Even standing close to him tends to make people forgetful and ditzy. This allows him to lead them many places, which in most cases is somewhere far from civilization. He does like making people lost. This does not work at day unless in very dark areas.

Health Skills - Before the whole incident, he was a nursing student. He knows, generally, how to fix people up. As he cannot physically interact with things, though, this poses a bit of a conundrum.

Personality: In life he was an anxious, shy person, the type who likes friends but doesn't like making them. He was a good person, always helping around (he liked soup kitchens). He had a few friends and was very close to them. He had a childhood that wasn't exactly easy, mostly due to social problems and depression. He blossomed socially at a late age, so he's still mostly awkward. He's rather childish, in a strange, grown way. After the M-Reactor incident, where his heart gave out and he became ethereal, he has become a bit more unstable. His inability to physically interact with anything plus the social stigma of being, well, dead, has driven him to the edges of the forest. His inability to do anything real has deprived him of most forms of entertainment, which he really hasn't taken well. Due to his powers, most of the time he can't even properly hold a conversation with people.

He's taken to confusing hikers and similar, sometimes even leading them into rather precarious situations that don't always end well. He's very angry and bitter over being a wisp. He sees it as having basically ruined his life (though some part of him appreciates the lack of basic needs to fulfill). So, yeah. Not a happy camper. From his perspective, he didn't even get a good roll of the dice that he thinks some of the other monsters have. He wishes he was human again so he could go back to his regular life. He especially misses his old roommate, Ian, who he might've had a small crush on, and the rest of his old friends.

Appearance: In life he had olive skin, curly black hair, and green eyes. He was of average height, with a slightly athletic build. In death, he is basically the same. Now his skin has taken a slight grey tinge and his eyes are permanently dilated, not to mention him being mostly transparent as a whole. He's stuck in the clothes he was wearing when he died; a maroon hoodie, black jeans, and his ratty sneakers.

Background: He was born to a middle class family, their only child. They had good intentions when raising their child, but were a bit distant. As such he tended to lack emotional support as he grew, compounded with natural depression. He didn't really have any close friends until early high school age. Around the same time he did his best to clean his act up, taking his medicine daily, getting into social events and forcing himself to talk to people, doing extracurricular activities, and getting good grades.

His life started moving on a steady rise as he became more at ease and efficient in everyday life, and he made sure to keep it that way. Having recently graduated from high school, he had started college, working towards a degree in nursing, when he had a heart attack in his dorm room. He collapsed, alone at the time. Ten minutes after death, his body started 'dissolving' as it became ethereal. Forty minutes after death, he woke up as a will o' wisp. In confusion, anger, and some shame, he ran/ghosted off to the forest, where he now spends most his time. As he cannot stand light, he keeps to the deep forest during day, where he hangs in the dark shade.

Approved. I apologize for the delayed response, I was quite preoccupied dealing with Thanksgiving and its... aftermath. *shudders*

I trust that you're prepared for the difficulty of playing such an unorthodox character.

I am. He's got a few tricks up his sleeve.

After making a bunch of signups, I've learned that I'm terrible at both appearance and backstory sections. Please have mercy.

Name: Shiro Fuyuki

Species: Slime.

Skills:

• Slime Constitution: As a result of his transformation, Shiro is immune to most cutting or piercing damage, and highly resistant to heat. However, his high solubility means that he dissolves in most liquids, and is unable to reconstitute without adequate space (he hates jars). In addition, smushing or freezing will knock him unconscious, and high intensities high-frequency EM waves can kill him.
• Slime Hijack: Shiro may force his way into the bloodstream (usually via facehugger-esque methods), causing the unfortunate victim to gradually suffer from worsening cramps and nausea until he reaches the brain after several hours, at which point he takes over the body's actions. His form is dispersed throughout the bloodstream to integrate with the host, causing the host to manifest a telltale sign on their body, ranging from bloodshot eyes to a red 'birthmark' to even a crimson hand, depending on how long they have been a host and general compatibility.

Personality:

• Shiro's former ambition has given way to a primal hunger; he desires power more than ever before, and he is more than willing to acquire, use, and discard most people around him to that end. Of course, he does still have some not-evil emotions, not that he'd ever admit it.

Appearance:

• A viscous crimson fluid mass, uniform and indistinguishable from blood when unmoving.

Background:

• Formerly a Japanese salaryman, Shiro's hearty ambition drove him to leave behind his family and friends and go to a land often fantasized of, commonly known as the United States, to become the leader of one of those big American corporations he keeps hearing about where the CEO gets to stand next to a window, swirling wine in a glass. He nearly immediately found a job as... A salaryman, but with what appeared to be more opportunity for promotion, he decided to let himself shine above his coworkers, beginning to climb up the corporate ladder, rung by painstaking rung.
• A little over 5 years later, he was on the track to being naturalised (losing his former citizenship in the process), when the incident occurred. Naturally, this lead to some complications, and he ended up without any citizenships, and rather confused, as he had suddenly shrunken into a gloop of slimey red mass.
• Stuck in an uncomfortable position, he ahem learned about his powers while defending himself against a thug or two, and has been walking a mile in the shoes of those around him ever since, determined to climb back up the ladder and take what is rightfully his (and a little more, besides).

edited 27th Nov '16 10:13:31 PM by Mistfader

Oh, I've actually been discussing the idea of playing as the CEO of the company that created the M-Reactor. Maybe we could cross-over some of our backstory?

Approved

Thanks, Insane!

481, although the idea could be interesting, this fellow is intentionally starting with no connection to it. Skipping Square One (intelligence gathering) would be less fun, in my opinion. But thanks for the offer, and I look forward to seeing what you can come up with.

Forum rules question: Would this kind of conversation be better suited to the discussion thread if one of the participants isn't officially a member of the RP yet? The boundary there seems slightly grey to me.

So, this is what I've worked out so far for my character sheet. I hope it looks alright.

Name: Karl 'Child-Eater' van der Aajehof

Age: 23

Species: Jötunn (Frost Giant)

Skills:

• Járngreipr en megingjörð - As a Jötunn, and a large one at that, Karl is possessed of superhuman strength and athleticism. He can easily uproot the mightiest of trees, carve stone with his bare hands and toss trucks. Moreover, he is surprisingly quick for a creature his size which, given his impressive stride, lends itself to exceptional speed when the situation calls for it. Unfortunately this makes it difficult to perform more dexterous and delicate feats, practically impossible to go through a day without breaking something.

• Svalinn - His new body is also far more resilient than humans, appearing almost made of only stone and rime in certain places. He is completely immune to even the coldest temperatures and his thick, rocky skin immune to most calibers of bullets. His chest, back and forehead are particularly enduring however his joints are far more vulnerable. Despite this endurance, Karl is quite weak to heat and fire.

• Steinnson - The Jötunn were known to have great affinity with the natural world, as such Karl has gained intuitive ability to craft things from stone, wood or metal. He also has a keen, animalistic sense of smell - particularly adept at smelling humans and animals or significant plants. He is quite resistant to natural diseases and certain poisons, though not immune.

• Poète maudit - Before his unfortunate transformation, Karl van Aajehof was an aspiring writer and occasional artist, particularly fond of poetry and fauvism. This interest and talent persist despite his monstrous exterior and difficultly manipulating books without ripping off pages. Given this predicament he has taken to studying mythological matters and occultism in the hopes of learning more about his current state, if not counteracting some irritating aspects. As a result he has a good understanding of ritual magic (though no ability to use it), runes and folklore.

Personality: Karl van der Aajegof has always been a gentle, thoughtful soul and, whilst his current appearance does its best to convince people otherwise, little has changed. He is quite quick witted and generally kind as well as a loyal friend. However his new form has given him an unfortunately predilection for outbursts of rage that cannot always be contained as well as a frightful appetite for raw, fresh meat. He loves art and poetry, channeling his dark emotions into these pursuits whenever possible.

Appearance: Karl 'Child-Eater' van der Aajehof is, to put it mildly, incredibly tall. Two stories tall to be precise and quite muscular, his limbs perhaps a little long or lanky. The Jötunn's skin is greyish like stone with lines and cracks of frost across it, often forming rune-like patterns - most notably a Valknut above his heart. He sports short, dark brown hair (unlike the picture) and a neat beard (like the picture), a few rocky horns sprouting from his head and pointed ears. His eyes are dark and kind with an inspired glint from time to time. Karl has managed to fashion a rudimentary pair of shorts from old t-shirts and what appears to be cow hide (unlike the picture).

Background: Karl van der Aajehof was born in The Netherlands in a somewhat modernized farming village. He was the youngest of 4 siblings and spent much of their youth playing around the family farm and begrudgingly assisting with the hard work after school. Unlike his elder brothers and sister Karl was always a dreamer, more interested in books and drawing than participating in manual labor. Although his parents wanted him to work on farm he had ambitions of becoming an artist or an author, eventually applying for an American university with good reputation in such creative pursuits.

Karl moved into San Lorenzo three years ago, finding a small apartment in downtown and undertaking a double degree in literature and fine arts. He was rather talented and worked hard on his creative pursuits, one of the top students in his class and then the M-Reactor malfunctioned. Karl was asleep when it happened but not for long, his sudden growth quickly filling his apartment and then bursting into the surrounding ones. It was a miracle no one was serious injured though the building was practically destroyed. Since then he has had great difficultly in adapting to his new body, unable to continue his degree or even find work. The Jötunn also had to deal with a new, ferocious appetite for fresh meat and stranger things, eventually resorting to 'hunting' wild animals in a nearby forest.

An abandoned warehouse in the docks has acted as his home lately but his proximity to normal people has proven troublesome. Some months ago a young girl went missing in a nearby neighborhood and soon they suspected Karl of having eaten her, 'Karl The Child-Eater' they called him. Fortunately the girl was found alive and well relatively quickly, but the name and reputation stuck.

edited 8th Mar '17 6:54:59 PM by Lt.BGob

Okay, finished my sheet! Hope it looks alright - let me know if there's anything I need to tweak or you have any suggestions.

Approved. Glad to have you

Thanks, Insane!

I'll make an intro post sometime today or tomorrow.

• Name: Citlali
• Species: Vampire
• Skills:
  • Superhuman strength
  • Superhuman speed
  • Superhuman stamina
  • Superhuman agility
  • Superhuman durability
  • Superhuman reflexes
  • Superhumanly acute senses
  • Immortality
  • Fangs
  • Wallcrawling
    • As a vampire, Citlali is vulnerable to sunlight and holy symbols. She can be immobilized if stabbed in the heart with a wooden stake, and can only entire a private residence if invited in.
  • She is fluent in Nahuatl, Spanish, and English.
• Personality: Citlali has retained some immature tendencies, but she's much wiser and often crueler than her youthful exterior would suggest. She's had a long, often unpleasant life, but occasionally she shows sparks of the human child she once was. Her status as the oldest vampire in the Americas has made her their leader, but that status isn't official, and any power she has over her fellow vampires is largely based on respect (and the fact that she's a surprisingly accomplished fighter).
• Appearance: A ten year old Mexican girl with big, expressive brown eyes.
• Background:
  • Citlali was born in what is now Mexico, as a member of the Mexica, or Aztecs. She was ten years old when conquistadors came, and she took an interest in the strange animals they rode. One night, she snuck out to get a closer look at the horses, and she discovered one of the conquistadors drinking its blood.
  • Said conquistador was Miguel de Orozco, a vampire who had fled Spain to escape the Inquisition. Startled by Citlali, he attacked and mortally wounded her. Once his bloodthirst was sated, he was horrified at what he had done, and he turned Citlali into a vampire like himself. Like most new vampires, she had trouble controlling her strengthened senses, and it was easy for Orozco to force her to leave with him, especially once he assured her that her family would want nothing to do with her now.
  • Over the next three hundred years, Citlali and Miguel traveled across the Spanish colonies, posing as father and daughter and skipping town whenever anyone got suspicious about them. In 1801, they settled down in what is now California and started a horse ranch. By that time, Orozco had developed a fatherly affection towards Citlali. She did not reciprocate.
  • In 1820, months before Spain's colonies won independence, a wildfire ravaged the ranch. Citlali took advantage of the fire to kill Miguel and take control of the ranch. She revealed her secret to one of the ranch hands, Rodrigo Valdez, and hired him to act as her public face. While Rodrigo was believed to be the owner by the outside world, Citlali was the one who really ran things. Rodrigo's descendants continued to serve Citlali until 1872, when a group of missionaries-slash-vampire hunters attacked the ranch and killed everyone there. Citlali only narrowly escaped.
  • In a way, this benefited Citlali, as she met other vampires for the first time in decades. The vampire population of the Americas was small at the time, with only ten in total, but Citlali successfully rallied them to defeat the missionaries.
  • Now recognized as the oldest vampire in North America, Citlali set up the beginnings of vampire society in North America, with the vampires meeting annually at her rebuilt ranch. She gained a new administrative assistant several years later, Mary O'Hara, who served her in exchange for being made a vampire.
  • Over the course of the twentieth century, Citlali has come to be considered a leader amongst the vampire population; at the very least, she is widely respected.


• Name: Mary O'Hara
• Species: Vampire
• Skills:
  • Superhuman strength
  • Superhuman speed
  • Superhuman stamina
  • Superhuman agility
  • Superhuman durability
  • Superhuman reflexes
  • Superhumanly acute senses
  • Immortality
  • Fangs
  • Wallcrawling
    • As a vampire, Mary is vulnerable to sunlight and holy symbols. She can be immobilized if stabbed in the heart with a wooden stake, and can only entire a private residence if invited in.
• Personality: Mary is efficient to a fault. A master administrator, she runs Citlali's holdings with military-grade precision, and she's ruthless in her business practices. While generally unemotional, she holds Citlali in high regard, and treats her somewhere between a daughter, a younger sister, and an employer. Mary is also very protective of sex workers, due to having been one in the past. At one point, she ripped the arm off of a vampire feeding from a prostitute, before taking the human to a hospital and paying his medical bills.
• Appearance: A tall, auburn-haired woman who appears to be in her late twenties, with a penchant for black suits that she's been told make her look like one of the MIB. She has a faint Irish accent.
• Background:
  • Born in Ireland in 1850, Mary was sixteen when she emigrated to the United States for job opportunities. She initially worked in a factory doing "slopwork," but after losing sight in her left eye during an accident, Mary left the factory. In 1870, Mary decided to go west and try to make her fortune there.
  • Mary quickly found that California wasn't the paradise she had expected, and she turned to prostitution to make a living. Her life changed forever in 1876, when a group of bandits attacked her on her way home. She was unexpectedly saved by a young girl, who slew the men and introduced herself as Citlali. She offered Mary a job as her secretary, and Mary - terrified and impressed - agreed.
  • While Mary had some trouble at first, she adapted within a year, becoming a valuable asset to Citlali. In 1901, Mary asked to be made a vampire, and Citlali acquiesced. Mary has remained by Citlali's side ever since.

edited 2nd Jan '17 2:34:56 PM by emilyorthoclase