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Thousand Year Old Vampire: Guillaume d'Orléans
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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 8848283" data-attributes="member: 11760"><p><strong>The Berlengas, 1182</strong></p><p></p><p>This was not a perfect method. Coimbra's field hospital was destroyed in the fire, forcing me to hunt elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>I grew hungry, after being forced to wait longer to feed by necessity. Eventually, hunger overcame me and I could not stand to sail up the Mondego to Coimbra, but instead hunted the village of Figueira da Foz at the mouth of the river. But I had hunted there before, and found the whole village shut up this moonless night, barred against my entry with crosses, garlic and other folk magic. Most of it had little effect on me -- although their effect on me grew over time, which bothered me -- but crashing down locked doors in a quiet village would bring too many out into the streets with torches and weapons.</p><p></p><p>Instead, I moved to the ships waiting in Figueira da Foz's simple natural harbor. Surely strangers to the area would be less cautious.</p><p></p><p>I was wrong. Boarding the first darkened ship, I was set on by multiple men, hacking at me with axes and beating me with oars. I tumbled back into the water and swam the distance to my hidden ship. I raised the sail and made my way back across the waves to the Berlengas.</p><p></p><p>Juião spies me arriving and brings me into our furnished cave, shaking in fear.</p><p></p><p>"Master, what happened?"</p><p></p><p>I am covered in blood, both the bright blood of the men aboard the ship and, distressingly, my own, darker blood.</p><p></p><p>Juião weeps and hugs me, then tries to bandage my wounds.</p><p></p><p>"You've lost so much blood ..."</p><p></p><p>I watch him in silence, knowing what I have to do, but hating the decision. I had wanted to see this boy grow up to become a man and live a normal life, untainted by his association with me. A foolish thought, I see now. Somewhere, Constansia, whom I never tainted this way, is laughing at me.</p><p></p><p>"Juião," I murmur.</p><p></p><p>The boy stops. He knows what I'm asking of him. He nods and opens his collar, leaning over me, his face pressed into my shirt, soaked in blood and sea water.</p><p></p><p>And I drink from him. I intend to just take a little, enough to heal my wounds and prepare me for another hunting expedition, perhaps further down the coast.</p><p></p><p>But it has been so long since I have properly fed. Juião's hands beat against me as he feels his life drain away and by the time I've realized what I've done, he's limp and still.</p><p></p><p>In a panic, I know what to do, dimly remembering what Carnutes did to me, so long ago in France. I open the skin of my wrist and feed Juião's blood back to him.</p><p></p><p>For a long moment, nothing happens and the blood is wasted, running across Juião's gray lips. But then he gasps, and his eyes open sightlessly, gripping my wrist and pulling it against his mouth. I eventually have to wrench him away from my wrist before he drinks more than I have to give.</p><p></p><p>Juião crouches in the shadows of our cave, panting, his face smeared with blood, panting with the bloodlust now filling him, and I wonder if I made a mistake by letting him live after he helped me that day in the orphanage.</p><p>[spoiler="Character sheet"]Prompt 27 + 2 - 3 = Prompt 26</p><p></p><p><em>You accidentally create a vampire through sloppy feeding. Why do you not destroy them? Check a skill.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>The Frenchman</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Skills</strong>: </p><p>Skilled at navigating boats (checked);</p><p>Bloodthirsty (checked); </p><p>Knows the secrets of killing vampires (checked);</p><p>I control the beast; </p><p>Skilled merchant; </p><p>Cook Portuguese seafood dishes;</p><p>Knowledgeable of medieval medicine; </p><p></p><p><strong>Resources</strong>:</p><p>the Spear of Aeolius, an ancient Roman spear capable of killing vampires</p><p>Diary, written in a medieval Portuguese log book</p><p></p><p><strong>Characters</strong>:</p><p>Juião, a Portuguese orphan turned my servant turned vampire (Immortal); </p><p></p><p><strong>Marks</strong>: My eyes cannot stand bright light and I have to remain in shadows at all times; my touch is fatal to plants; </p><p></p><p><strong>Memories (up to three Experiences each)</strong>:</p><p>1: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: My father, Onfroi, gifts me an engraved inkwell, which he had to save for months to afford; after my father's death, Constansia and I leave Orléans by barge, after setting my house aflame and allowing my sister to believe I was destroyed there; I use my father's name when I later settle in Portugal and set myself up as a merchant and shipbuilder there</p><p>2: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: The night the other heretics were burned alive, Carnutes fed upon me as I screamed in pitch black darkness; I confront Carnutes about him making me a vampire and he confesses he did it out of loneliness and tells me I will suffer in the same way some day; Carnutes possessed Raum and led the Archbishop of Tours' men to try and killed me -- but I used the Spear of Aeolius and killed Raum and Carnutes instead</p><p>3: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: I rescue a dark-haired girl from attack and Constansia pledges herself to me, believing me to be a servant of Satan, and we soon wed; Constansia conducts her Satanic rituals and summons a demon, Raum, to serve me in the form of a raven;</p><p>4: I am le Passeur: The Portuguese orphan Juião helps me after I am burned by sunlight, unafraid of my supernatural nature, and I take him in as my servant; Juião teaches me to cook with the seafood I catch underwater; at his urging, I prey on battlefield wounded as I tend to them;</p><p>5: I am le Passeur or "The Frenchman": I retreat to the islands off Portugal with my servant, Juião, and sail to the mainland at night, under cover of darkness, looking for prey; I feed on Juião when desperate for blood and accidentally turn him into a vampire; </p><p></p><p><strong>Diary (up to four Memories)</strong>:</p><p>1: I am Guilliame d'Orléans, son of Onfroi, a novice scribe born late in the 10th Century of Our Lord; one of the joys of my youth, gardening, slips away as my touch is now fatal to plants;</p><p>[/spoiler]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 8848283, member: 11760"] [B]The Berlengas, 1182[/B] This was not a perfect method. Coimbra's field hospital was destroyed in the fire, forcing me to hunt elsewhere. I grew hungry, after being forced to wait longer to feed by necessity. Eventually, hunger overcame me and I could not stand to sail up the Mondego to Coimbra, but instead hunted the village of Figueira da Foz at the mouth of the river. But I had hunted there before, and found the whole village shut up this moonless night, barred against my entry with crosses, garlic and other folk magic. Most of it had little effect on me -- although their effect on me grew over time, which bothered me -- but crashing down locked doors in a quiet village would bring too many out into the streets with torches and weapons. Instead, I moved to the ships waiting in Figueira da Foz's simple natural harbor. Surely strangers to the area would be less cautious. I was wrong. Boarding the first darkened ship, I was set on by multiple men, hacking at me with axes and beating me with oars. I tumbled back into the water and swam the distance to my hidden ship. I raised the sail and made my way back across the waves to the Berlengas. Juião spies me arriving and brings me into our furnished cave, shaking in fear. "Master, what happened?" I am covered in blood, both the bright blood of the men aboard the ship and, distressingly, my own, darker blood. Juião weeps and hugs me, then tries to bandage my wounds. "You've lost so much blood ..." I watch him in silence, knowing what I have to do, but hating the decision. I had wanted to see this boy grow up to become a man and live a normal life, untainted by his association with me. A foolish thought, I see now. Somewhere, Constansia, whom I never tainted this way, is laughing at me. "Juião," I murmur. The boy stops. He knows what I'm asking of him. He nods and opens his collar, leaning over me, his face pressed into my shirt, soaked in blood and sea water. And I drink from him. I intend to just take a little, enough to heal my wounds and prepare me for another hunting expedition, perhaps further down the coast. But it has been so long since I have properly fed. Juião's hands beat against me as he feels his life drain away and by the time I've realized what I've done, he's limp and still. In a panic, I know what to do, dimly remembering what Carnutes did to me, so long ago in France. I open the skin of my wrist and feed Juião's blood back to him. For a long moment, nothing happens and the blood is wasted, running across Juião's gray lips. But then he gasps, and his eyes open sightlessly, gripping my wrist and pulling it against his mouth. I eventually have to wrench him away from my wrist before he drinks more than I have to give. Juião crouches in the shadows of our cave, panting, his face smeared with blood, panting with the bloodlust now filling him, and I wonder if I made a mistake by letting him live after he helped me that day in the orphanage. [spoiler="Character sheet"]Prompt 27 + 2 - 3 = Prompt 26 [I]You accidentally create a vampire through sloppy feeding. Why do you not destroy them? Check a skill.[/I] [B]The Frenchman Skills[/B]: Skilled at navigating boats (checked); Bloodthirsty (checked); Knows the secrets of killing vampires (checked); I control the beast; Skilled merchant; Cook Portuguese seafood dishes; Knowledgeable of medieval medicine; [B]Resources[/B]: the Spear of Aeolius, an ancient Roman spear capable of killing vampires Diary, written in a medieval Portuguese log book [B]Characters[/B]: Juião, a Portuguese orphan turned my servant turned vampire (Immortal); [B]Marks[/B]: My eyes cannot stand bright light and I have to remain in shadows at all times; my touch is fatal to plants; [B]Memories (up to three Experiences each)[/B]: 1: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: My father, Onfroi, gifts me an engraved inkwell, which he had to save for months to afford; after my father's death, Constansia and I leave Orléans by barge, after setting my house aflame and allowing my sister to believe I was destroyed there; I use my father's name when I later settle in Portugal and set myself up as a merchant and shipbuilder there 2: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: The night the other heretics were burned alive, Carnutes fed upon me as I screamed in pitch black darkness; I confront Carnutes about him making me a vampire and he confesses he did it out of loneliness and tells me I will suffer in the same way some day; Carnutes possessed Raum and led the Archbishop of Tours' men to try and killed me -- but I used the Spear of Aeolius and killed Raum and Carnutes instead 3: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: I rescue a dark-haired girl from attack and Constansia pledges herself to me, believing me to be a servant of Satan, and we soon wed; Constansia conducts her Satanic rituals and summons a demon, Raum, to serve me in the form of a raven; 4: I am le Passeur: The Portuguese orphan Juião helps me after I am burned by sunlight, unafraid of my supernatural nature, and I take him in as my servant; Juião teaches me to cook with the seafood I catch underwater; at his urging, I prey on battlefield wounded as I tend to them; 5: I am le Passeur or "The Frenchman": I retreat to the islands off Portugal with my servant, Juião, and sail to the mainland at night, under cover of darkness, looking for prey; I feed on Juião when desperate for blood and accidentally turn him into a vampire; [B]Diary (up to four Memories)[/B]: 1: I am Guilliame d'Orléans, son of Onfroi, a novice scribe born late in the 10th Century of Our Lord; one of the joys of my youth, gardening, slips away as my touch is now fatal to plants; [/spoiler] [/QUOTE]
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