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Thousand Year Old Vampire: Guillaume d'Orléans
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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 8848313" data-attributes="member: 11760"><p><strong>Las Vegas, 1986</strong></p><p></p><p>The Fiero squealed away, fish-tailing onto Desert Inn Road and out of sight. The police would later catch up with the drunk driver but right now, there was an employee of mine at my feet, bleeding out on the sidewalk.</p><p></p><p>"Lisa! Someone help Lisa!"</p><p></p><p>I dropped to my knees, trying to figure out what to do. It was just before dawn and Lisa had been heading home to make breakfast for her husband and kids before they headed off to work and school. And then the car had come around the corner, jumped the curb, and slammed her against a stone planter before speeding off.</p><p></p><p>"I can do this," I told myself, looking down at the battered and bloody girl. It had been centuries since I had worked in the Portuguese field hospitals, and I only knew about those days from my diary, although I could feel what I had learned then, about bile and phlegm and blood, still tickling around in the back of my brain, unconnected to how I had learned it.</p><p></p><p>Graveyard shift employees from my hotel were starting to crowd around me, although one had ducked back in to call for an ambulance.</p><p></p><p>"Boss, I can do this," said a voice in my ear -- a bartender, I think.</p><p></p><p>"No, I just need to balance her humors."</p><p></p><p>"Uh, what?"</p><p></p><p>I looked up and the man -- it was a bartender -- had a shocked look on his face.</p><p></p><p>"I was in the Army," he said, gently elbowing me aside, covering Lisa's abdomen wound with his wadded-up shirt and putting pressure on it. "I can do this."</p><p></p><p>I stepped back, feeling every minute of the centuries between Portugal and now.</p><p>[spoiler="Character sheet"]Prompt 69 + 2 - 5 = Prompt 66</p><p></p><p><em>Your knowledge is now outmoded. Lose an unchecked Skill that is now useless.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Will French</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Skills</strong>: </p><p>Bloodthirsty (checked); </p><p>Knows the secrets of killing vampires (checked);</p><p>I control the beast (checked); </p><p>Skilled merchant (checked); </p><p>Cook Portuguese seafood dishes;</p><p>Knowledge of vampire anatomy; </p><p>I can draw the shadows in around myself, creating supernatural hiding spaces (checked);</p><p>Visionary; </p><p></p><p><strong>Resources</strong>:</p><p>Diary: A leather-bound German-made ledger book</p><p>An ever-beating heart, which magically will not die</p><p>Allied with the Piagnoni, a 17th century group of Italian vampire hunters</p><p>An English shipping company, based in Southampton</p><p>Joint custody of a gambling empire in Las Vegas and Macau;</p><p></p><p><strong>Characters</strong>:</p><p>Juião/Julian Black/Junior: a Portuguese orphan turned my servant turned vampire (immortal); </p><p>Meresankh, an ancient Egyptian queen who has lived 3,000 years as of 1472, and whose still-living heart I have in my possession (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 (five, up to three Experiences each)</strong>:</p><p>1. I am Wilhelm Black: Julian, now a violent enforcer of the Nachtvolk, gifts me an ever-beating heart; Meresankh, the immortal woman whose heart that is, confronts me in Florence, but allows me to keep it in my safe-keeping for now; </p><p>2. I am Guglielmo Nero: After Florentine banks collapse during the 100 Years War, I move my banking operations from Cologne to Florence; poisoned by Averardo de' Medici, I wake up in Florence 100 years later, the Itzigs dead, my banking empire dismantled in my absence; setting myself up in Florence, I come to own and operate out of a fencing school.</p><p>3. I am Guglielmo Nero: I awake in the rubble of my Florentine fencing school, war having destroyed the building; I traveled the Ottoman Empire, searching for the origins of vampires before being sent to Cyprus on a mysterious errand, and there I erected a magical structure atop Mt. Olympus; I ally with an Italian vampire hunter to kill Averardo de' Medici, the vampire ruler of Florence.</p><p>4. I am William French: Fleeing a vampire war in Europe, I run a shipping business ferrying colonists from England to the New World, preying upon them during our voyages.</p><p>5. I am Will French: After centuries apart, Julian finds me in Las Vegas, where I am now a casino magnate and we merge our Las Vegas and Macau gaming empires;</p><p></p><p><strong>Diary (four memories, up to three Experiences each)</strong></p><p>1: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: The night the other (DAMAGED) 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>2: 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>3: I am le Passeur or "the Frenchman": The Portuguese (DAMAGED) 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 (DAMAGED) as I tend to them.</p><p>4: 1: I am Wilhelm Black: Brought into the society of the Nachtvolk of Cologne, I watched their leader slowly dismember a vampire, leaving him alive for hours, just in agony; with the help of the mortal Itzig family, I become a rich merchant, with investments across Europe.</p><p>[/spoiler]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 8848313, member: 11760"] [B]Las Vegas, 1986[/B] The Fiero squealed away, fish-tailing onto Desert Inn Road and out of sight. The police would later catch up with the drunk driver but right now, there was an employee of mine at my feet, bleeding out on the sidewalk. "Lisa! Someone help Lisa!" I dropped to my knees, trying to figure out what to do. It was just before dawn and Lisa had been heading home to make breakfast for her husband and kids before they headed off to work and school. And then the car had come around the corner, jumped the curb, and slammed her against a stone planter before speeding off. "I can do this," I told myself, looking down at the battered and bloody girl. It had been centuries since I had worked in the Portuguese field hospitals, and I only knew about those days from my diary, although I could feel what I had learned then, about bile and phlegm and blood, still tickling around in the back of my brain, unconnected to how I had learned it. Graveyard shift employees from my hotel were starting to crowd around me, although one had ducked back in to call for an ambulance. "Boss, I can do this," said a voice in my ear -- a bartender, I think. "No, I just need to balance her humors." "Uh, what?" I looked up and the man -- it was a bartender -- had a shocked look on his face. "I was in the Army," he said, gently elbowing me aside, covering Lisa's abdomen wound with his wadded-up shirt and putting pressure on it. "I can do this." I stepped back, feeling every minute of the centuries between Portugal and now. [spoiler="Character sheet"]Prompt 69 + 2 - 5 = Prompt 66 [I]Your knowledge is now outmoded. Lose an unchecked Skill that is now useless.[/I] [B]Will French Skills[/B]: Bloodthirsty (checked); Knows the secrets of killing vampires (checked); I control the beast (checked); Skilled merchant (checked); Cook Portuguese seafood dishes; Knowledge of vampire anatomy; I can draw the shadows in around myself, creating supernatural hiding spaces (checked); Visionary; [B]Resources[/B]: Diary: A leather-bound German-made ledger book An ever-beating heart, which magically will not die Allied with the Piagnoni, a 17th century group of Italian vampire hunters An English shipping company, based in Southampton Joint custody of a gambling empire in Las Vegas and Macau; [B]Characters[/B]: Juião/Julian Black/Junior: a Portuguese orphan turned my servant turned vampire (immortal); Meresankh, an ancient Egyptian queen who has lived 3,000 years as of 1472, and whose still-living heart I have in my possession (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 (five, up to three Experiences each)[/B]: 1. I am Wilhelm Black: Julian, now a violent enforcer of the Nachtvolk, gifts me an ever-beating heart; Meresankh, the immortal woman whose heart that is, confronts me in Florence, but allows me to keep it in my safe-keeping for now; 2. I am Guglielmo Nero: After Florentine banks collapse during the 100 Years War, I move my banking operations from Cologne to Florence; poisoned by Averardo de' Medici, I wake up in Florence 100 years later, the Itzigs dead, my banking empire dismantled in my absence; setting myself up in Florence, I come to own and operate out of a fencing school. 3. I am Guglielmo Nero: I awake in the rubble of my Florentine fencing school, war having destroyed the building; I traveled the Ottoman Empire, searching for the origins of vampires before being sent to Cyprus on a mysterious errand, and there I erected a magical structure atop Mt. Olympus; I ally with an Italian vampire hunter to kill Averardo de' Medici, the vampire ruler of Florence. 4. I am William French: Fleeing a vampire war in Europe, I run a shipping business ferrying colonists from England to the New World, preying upon them during our voyages. 5. I am Will French: After centuries apart, Julian finds me in Las Vegas, where I am now a casino magnate and we merge our Las Vegas and Macau gaming empires; [B]Diary (four memories, up to three Experiences each)[/B] 1: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: The night the other (DAMAGED) 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. 2: 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; 3: I am le Passeur or "the Frenchman": The Portuguese (DAMAGED) 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 (DAMAGED) as I tend to them. 4: 1: I am Wilhelm Black: Brought into the society of the Nachtvolk of Cologne, I watched their leader slowly dismember a vampire, leaving him alive for hours, just in agony; with the help of the mortal Itzig family, I become a rich merchant, with investments across Europe. 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