World The Sanguinary: Sacrifice of Humanity [Chernabog & theparlourghost]

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World The Sanguinary: Sacrifice of Humanity [Chernabog & theparlourghost]

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CASTLE KRONUS
Castle Kronus is an ephemeral building of an unknown origin. It transcends the physical properties of this realm and relies solely on the mental fortitude of its inhabitants. The building is vast and is made up of many floors that seem to go on forever. It changes and shifts within the intentions of its inhabitants. The structure has the ability to move locations, as if teleporting, from one place to another by the will of its creator. Castle Kronus is more like a living creature than a regular building. It seems as if it's living and breathing. If one stabbed its walls, would they bleed?

NPC List:
Vampire Court Members: (WIP)
Lord Dmitri Kronus

Info: An Ancient Vampire. He rules over Castle Kronus and the Court of Kronus. He is the creator of many chosen offspring, some of which make up the members of his vast court that resides in Castle Kronus. Kronus is extremely powerful. Most of his fledglings have been gifted with several of his abilities in lesser forms, but he has exceptional versions of all of these abilities. (Physical strength, Psychic abilities, Exceptional combat abilities, shape shifting abilities, excellence in magic, political prowess to name a few.) While he is not OP, he is an enemy that will have to be effectively outsmarted to be taken down. Elias is his second in command, and his chosen Childe/Lover.

Pavetta
Info: Taken at the age of 19. Pavetta has an exceptional ability to conjure dark magic (along with her younger brother Killian.) She is studious, serious and a stickler for order. When she feels like something goes against her beliefs, her natural reaction is to get rid of it. Pavetta is tied to the old ways and wants the same level of order as her creator. Her main goal in life is to keep her younger brother safe. A dark secret that she refuses to bring to light is that she turned her brother Killian. Killian does not remember this, and very few know the truth. (WIP)

Killian
Info: Created as a vampire at only the age of 11, Killian lives trapped within the body of a child forever. There is now knowledge of who turned him into a vampire. The assumption is that he was turned by a rogue fledgling of Lord Kronus who was killed shortly after. He and Pavetta have excelled in the study of dark magic. Killian has created a spell that allows him to appear as an adult version of himself. The mirage is an almost twin-like, androgynous representation of his sister; it appears to be around the age of 22. This secret has become so ingrained within his reality, to the point where most don't even recognize him as a child anymore. Killian is still at heart a youngling, and those adolescent personality traits are very prominent at times. (WIP)

Kaskia:
Info: Kaskia is more of a sentient being, than a vampire. Taken at the age of 20, she was frozen forever in her prime as an adult who appeared much younger. She excelled with magic and shape shifting, so much so that she had spent a lot of her time amassing unbelievable control over the animals around her. Unfortunately, Kaskia was killed by a hunter. In the court's grief--Pavetta and Killian resurrected her with dark magic. Doing so placed Kaskia even further within an ephemeral placement of this realm; trapped between this world and the next. Still able to shape shift, control animals and conjure dark magic-- she has the added ability to communicate with the dead, even long gone members of her court.

Claudia Kronus
Info: The long dead wife of Lord Kronus. She passed long ago, murdered by a hunter who sought revenge against the Lord. Her soul is bound to the Castle, allowing her to live on forever a second time. Some say she is seen walking the halls, but all know that the reason the castle lives is because of her. Portraits of her hang around the castle and many attribute Lord Kronus' obsession with Elias to be because he's a spitting image of her. Newer fledglings have even confused her as Elias' twin sister.
 
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Elias of Kronus


Gender: Male
Species: Vampire
Age: Appears 22 (Around 600 years old)
Hair: Fiery Orange-Red
Eyes: Honey
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 175 lbs
Build: Lean/Muscular
Orientation:Homosexual

Brief Synopsis:

During his Humanity, Elias was the son to a wealthy socialite family that had a large claim to a massive part of the continent 600 years ago. His homeland of Tiche was regarded as the golden wonder of the world. Similar to that of ancient Greece, it was lavish, exotic and decadent— similar words used to describe Elias. A charming young man taken within his prime, he was training to join the military. Gifted with the physicality of a god, he existed with traits that were only heard of within mythos. Hair red as fire, eyes colored like that of pure honey, skin as fair as raw silk; he was a jewel to the people of Tiche. Untouched by a pious ego, he was tender and caring given his rather wealthy upbringing. It made him a prime target for darkness and very easily coveted by those who idolized beauty. Lord Dmitri Kronus (a very powerful vampire) invaded part of Tiche, subsequently the part that Elias resided in. When Dmitri's clan at the time ransacked this area, Elias was taken from his family and presented to the vampire. Completely enthralled with this man's beauty, the Lord fell to his knees in an act of pure submission. Even he was weak to this divine being's visage. Lord Kronus had to have him. Elias was offered an ultimatum: come with Dmitri and the young man's city would be spared. To his dismay, he accepted.

While in the care of Lord Kronus, Elias was treated like gold. The vampire wanted to woo the young man without the use of glamour, in hopes of locking in his allegiance naturally. These whims were well accepted and eventually Elias became a fledgling to Dmitri Kronus. After he was turned, Elias spent a large part of his immortality continuing to train for combat. With greater physical, mental and supernatural advantages than before-- he wanted to become something even stronger than the rest of his newfound genus. Like most of his vampiric counterparts, Elias developed very specific supernatural abilities. While his physical traits put him above the rest during his humanity, his mental abilities were what set him apart as a vampire. Elias was the jewel of Tiche, and remained one within his immortality. He became Lord Kronus' second to his court, an advisor and a lover. While the Lord would come to take many, Elias would remain his most important pupil and romantic entanglement.

Appearance:

Elias is as beautiful in death as he was in life. Preserved forever was his honey-colored eyes, his luscious fiery hair and the paleness of his perfect skin. With that came a few other changes, however. The tips of his ears are now pointed, slightly elongated incisors rest behind faintly pink lips, and his nails are claw-like and pointed. When he becomes enraged or feasts, his fingers grow more exaggerated and long; the irises of his eyes dilate to a scleral size, turning his entire eye bright yellow and forming his pupils into serpentine slits. His incisors elongate into thin, almost snake-like fangs. (Aesthetically matching his rather exotic and desert-like lineage.) Elias has a faint accent remaining from his life in Tiche. It sounds faintly Grecian in nature, as his native tongue's origin was similar to Latin. He has several gold earrings in both ears, dresses often in dark clothing and enjoys wearing decadent jewelry. Elias sports black armor that form fits to his body when in combat or presented with a distant travel and constant protection from sun exposure.

Personality:

What was once an altruistic and pleasant man has morphed into something much darker. Elias has become callused, cunning and manipulative. He's grown disinterested in most things that 'life' has to offer, considering the rest of his existence is devoted to the very man who turned him into the monster he is. He spent his life trying to become one of the strongest vampires because there was nothing else for him to do. Even now, the idea of feeding on humans has become so second nature— all remorse over the act has left his body. Elias is nothing but a shell of who he was, and it shows within his personality. After Kronus created his court, Elias was knocked from his pedestal. He was not treated as a jewel, but rather taken for granted by Lord Kronus to always be around. This has jaded him. With no reason to exist other than at the whims of his (previously obsessive) lover and creator, Elias is secretly wanting something more. That something may cost him his court and his immortality, however.

Abilities:

Elias has very similar abilities to most vampires. That said, there are vampires that have stronger abilities than others. Most of his power lays in his mental prowess. This has proven to be an immense advantage to Lord Kronus, seeing as Elias is always six steps ahead of his enemies. It makes him a skilled fighter, a stronger hunter, and persuasive diplomat within his court. That said, he can not do things like shape shift, nor has he unlocked any 'inner beast' that allows him to destroy his enemies. He relies solely on his mental abilities, skills in combat, and his relatively broad knowledge of dark magic. His weapon of choice is a rapier.

Mental Abilities: Heightened sense of hearing, Heightened Vision (akin to a predator in the wild), Telepathy, Dream Infiltration, Psychic Attack (Able to make a direct attack on the opponents mind), Heightened Perception (Able to make intuitive calls based on the people around him), Mental Connection (Able to pinpoint something happening at a distant location. This can be especially strong if it's of a person he's mentally bonded with), Psychic Persuasion (Able to bend someones will to his own. Essentially 'glamour'), Premonitions.

Magic: Bleed into Shadows (can become one with the darkness around him, using it as a device essentially teleport from one place to another.) WIP

Physical Abilities: Immediate Regeneration of Wounds. Superhuman Strength and Agility/Speed. Hand to Hand combat. Sword Fighting.

Weaknesses: Sunlight can destroy him. Silver can harm him fatally depending on how long the contact is. Fatal wounds can kill him, resulting in massive blood loss. If he does not feed, then he will die. Beheading is the only way to truly kill him outside of sunlight.​

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Darian Gotia





Age
: 183, stopped physically aging around 24
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Pansexual
Race/Species: Dhampir [Father was Vampire, Mother was Human, Romani]

Height/Build:
6'1". Made of lean, sinewy muscle. His shoulders, arms, and thighs are his most toned, sculpted muscle from his life of fighting and being on the run. Despite this he is thin; his midsection tapering in tightly before jutting to his hips. [Due to years of only eating human food, abstaining from as much blood consumption as possible - he is in a constant state of half-starved thought has long ago adapted to it]

Appearance:
From a distance, Darian could easily be mistaken as a normal human. However, getting closer, it's fairly obvious there is something not quite human about him at all. This combination has made him have a strange mix of being conventionally handsome, but yet beautiful at the same time. His mother had beautiful, sunkissed-copper skin which he has slightly inherited, though much paler; resembling the color of a paler, earthy clay. His black, thick hair comes from both sides; it falling in large waves to his shoulders in the front and a bit longer in the back; falling between his shoulder blades. His eyes are a steely gray, a trait from his father, that slowly morphs to violet, then a pinkish red when fighting off his vampiric urges. His pupils are naturally an almond shape when relaxed but can constrict thinner depending on the light. The combination of his dark hair and lighter eyes on tanned flesh gives him a sort of dark complexion/expression most times.

His outward vampire trademarks are much more subtle; His ears are very softly pointed, which he often hides with his hair. His canine teeth are slightly longer and sharper than most humans but not very noticeable until up close; but lengthen when his vampiric side threatens to come out. His nails are naturally sharp, but not claws, but Darian also tries to keep them trimmed down as much as possible.

Short Bio:
Darian was born from a human mother and vampire father: It was not a consensual encounter. However, his mother still decided to keep and raise him as her own, attempting to teach him of the kindness of humans and to use his abilities for good. It was when he was around 16 years old that his mother was murdered by the local townspeople where they had been temporarily living at the time, mostly due to Darian and stating that it was because she was a witch that slept with a devil, causing him as her offspring. Before she died, she had told him to remember the half of him that was her; something that he struggled to hold onto his entire life. He has never really felt a sense of peace or comfort; as he is hated by both humans for being part vampire, and hated by vampires for being part human.

Living a mostly nomadic life due to never being able to stay in one place for long due to being driven out and forced to move again. It was only the last three or so years that he has been able to live on the edge of a town fairly peacefully, only tolerating him because he protects them from vampires and other paranormal creatures/monsters.

Personality:
Darian is very much a silent, distant man. He's never known much kindness in his life and has often been betrayed by those who showed any semblance of it, so doesn't trust easily, if ever. Despite that by outward appearance he seems rather young, it is obvious he is world-weary and tired. However, of the very few humans in his lifetime he's known to be truly kind, or children who don't know any better of his species, he is quite gentle and guiding; though still very quiet. He has never known a vampire that has ever treated him with anything but disdain and distaste.

Through his life he has also fought the cruelty and violence that stirs within him from his vampiric parentage, or carnal urges when it comes to feeding; which also isn't helped due to the treatment towards him from humans.


Known Abilities:
Incredible agility: even faster than some full blood vampires, inhuman strength, advanced healing [though muted/slower than a vampire's], heightened senses, night vision, heightened intuition. Can glamor humans to lure them in, but not quite at a level of mind-control, just attraction and distraction. Has some control over certain animals, rats/bats; but very minor and doesn't practice this often to know the extent or what other animals. Many of his abilities are unknown or dormant due to abstaining from feeding on humans and living in a constant state of half-starving. Being raised by his mother and other Romani, he has vast knowledge in the esoteric and spiritual, which he was able to make more powerful into the use of magic due to his vampiric heritage; but never having one to help him sharpen those abilities, it is unknown of how powerful this magic is/can be.

Weaknesses:
While being able to be a daywalker, there is still a sensitivity to sunlight. He cannot be exposed directly in bright sunlight for long periods of time before collapsing, but can tolerate it with basic clothing protection and can even be out in indirect sunlight without much issue. It also just makes him sick/paralyzed when he is directly exposed. Has no shifting ability as far as he knows, but has never tried.

Added notes:
Silver has no response, but blessed/holy silver can cause mild agitation, more like a basic allergy. He is not restrained to the requirements of Forbiddance and can come/go as he pleases without invitation.

Weapon Use:
He primarily uses a talwar that was given to him by his mother, that he has had modified to have the blade fused with blessed silver. He is trained on the use of many different sword fighting styles, and has no qualms using a vampire's weaknesses against them in a fight. He has recently obtained a modified crossbow.


His usual armor is a bit on the more simplistic side, as it's all made by himself. Most of the actual metal of his armor is silver.
[Both of his arms would be covered in his case, as well as silver chainmail around his neck]


 
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Court/Castle NPCs [continued]



Kydana
Status: Deceased
Kydana was discovered by Lord Kronus running away from her wedding of an arranged marriage at 17 years old. Not only had she left her much older husband alone at the church, but had murdered him as well as the priest. She had never wanted to be married off, never wanted to be told what to do. Her beauty and charms had allowed her to get away with much in her human life, and her family's rules and authorities meant little to her, as all it took was a downcast expression, a false tear or two, and she was given whatever she wanted. Despite this, much potential was seen in her, and she accepted to become Kronus' newest childe, wanting to claim power for herself. Unlike many of her vampire siblings however, she wanted chaos. She was drunk on her power. She even went out of her way to have most of her garments styled to appear as wedding dresses, to celebrate her new undead life. However, the young vampiress didn't realize that the life of a vampire in a court was often restrictive, especially under Lord Kronus' rule, and like a child, would act out. Only having been a vampire around 30 or so years, she met her true end at the hands of a Dhampir when she purposely went out to attempt to bleed an entire village dry as a means to get back at and upset Lord Kronus for his most recent restriction put upon her.



Asa
There is little to no known knowledge about Asa's past or true self, though much of what they'd have to say can be said by their appearance. Asa has no known sex, or gender, and they shed those constructs when they had been changed. Even their name is just what they gave themselves as means for communication, as their true name was long forgotten. They were found by Kronus long ago, and formed an alliance before joining his court. Despite that they are in fact only slightly younger than Lord Kronus himself, their monstrous features are not so much to do with age, as it is to do with their vampiric species. From their appearance alone, they are somewhere in the middle between bat and vampire. Even the main leather 'cloak' that they wear, once viewed closely, is actually their massive pair of folded wings that they keep clasped at their front, draped around their body. The more they transform, the more bestial they become. Their way of communication is strange. They can speak aloud if needed to, but their outward voice is strange and often hard to understand. Instead they mostly communicate through a mixture of sounds that translate into thoughts to enter one's mind. For this reason when not speaking to Kronus directly, they prefer to speak with Elias, or not speak at all. Their interests are simplistic in nature, possibly due to their more animalistic aspects. They do not care for the more human pettiness and structure of upholding appearances as most vampires do, and stay out of the related dramatics as much as possible. Yet, they are quite aware they are mostly afforded a seat in Kronus' court out of being an oddity.



Alotta Von Dralmek
Alotta is the epitome of a countess. In her unlife she has preened and groomed herself to the visage of one of their worshiped ancients, the Blood Countess. Bloodthirsty even before she had been turned, she sought out Lord Kronus on her own accord after having risen to power as a human in her 30's to attempt to request to prove to him why she should be turned, and enter his court; having grown bored of being human and stuck under man's laws. Once getting her wish, she was unwaveringly loyal and became a most ruthless childe for him, doing whatever she could to gain his favor. Yet she was, and never has been his #1, nor ever his favorite, and has a clear disdain for Elias because of it. Her greed and thirst for blood has also corrupted her mind over the centuries, and now wishes for nothing more than to be more powerful than Kronus and have her own court. She had taken Kydana under her wing as she had seen her younger self in the girl, but mostly used her as a pawn to underhandedly do whatever she could to cause any sort of trouble for Kronus. She is well versed in blood magic and curses.



Quaarlikch
Quaarlikch, the only name he gives to others, is another strange member of Kronus' court. Unlike the other vampires, despite having sharp teeth, he does not need them to feed. Instead, he drinks from a long, prehensile-like tongue apparatus that can spear into his prey from long distances and drain as if using a straw, and the sharp tip can also be used as a weapon. Additionally, it can be summoned out through his wide mouth which splits open as he needs to feed, or slide out of the strange markings on his throat; meaning that he is able to feed without a head in dire situations. His kind of vampire are considered much more like parasites, and usually treated as such. He is not popular among the existing court, nor most vampires that aren't his own kind in general, due to the general disgust and disdain of his differences. Also unlike other vampires, he is not completely immortal and ages, albeit slowly. His species are most apt at survival in the current and not necessarily the future, though can live many hundreds of years. Like Asa, he is aware that Kronus mostly keeps him around as a sort of oddity on display since his kind aren't known outside of underground environments, but his strength and fighting capabilities have also proved to be useful.





Siman
Siman was changed into a vampire in her late 20's, completely and utterly against her will by Kronus. She was blind as a human, and although is still technically blind as a vampire in that her eyes cannot physically see, she instead has gained a sort of vision in ways no mortal could fathom. She can see things in states of energies, or that's as much as she's able to describe them as. She can also see far more than a standard vampire, even some ancients - as her perception as someone who never had the concept of sight to rely on is drastically different than those who have/had. Light and dark now mean even less than before. This being said, as a woman who came from a land with nothing but the brightest sun that she adored basking in daily, now being forced to be submerged into darkness and cold has made her bitter and reclusive. She has attempted to end her undead life many times by trying to run out into the day, but has always been stopped by Kronus and other members of his court. She assists in matters of the metaphysical, spiritual, and magic only because she has no other choice.


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Graham
Graham is the 'living' example of what happens when a fledgling vampire does not listen to or abide by the rules when feeding and creating new kin. Graham was once human and quite beautiful, but is now stuck in a painful hybridization of a vampire and ghoul. He is not at all a member of the court, but is kept in Castle Kronus. The Lord mostly keeps him around due to not wanting the abomination created by one of his [long ago dead] children to be traced back to him or his bloodline in any way - and kept him alive out of morbid curiosity: another addition to his cabinet of oddities. Graham is either ignored completely to the point of often being forgotten, or treated as a pet that has long ago stopped providing entertainment.
 
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Darian Ally NPCs




Reveca Gotia
Status: Deceased
Darian's human Mother. A Romani woman that was abducted for her beauty and ravaged by a powerful vampire. She escaped, but was left pregnant from the encounter. She decided to keep and raise Darian as her own, attempting to teach him of the kindness of humans and to use his abilities for good. Reveca lived a typical nomadic lifestyle for her people, never living in one place for long; but this was only further escalated once people started to notice that her child wasn't quite human. She and her family raised Darian with as much love as possible, teaching him their ways as well as magics, but it became clear that on top of already being distrusted/despised just for their culture/etc - they now had to deal with the hatred and distrust that came with having a Dhampir among them. Reveca decided that she would travel alone with Darian when he was old enough as to ease the stress on her family.

It was when Darian was around 16 years old that Reveca was murdered by the local human townspeople where they had been temporarily living at the time, stating that it was because she was a witch that slept with a devil, causing him as her offspring. Before she died, she had told him to remember the half of him that was her and to continue to protect mankind; something that he struggled to hold onto his entire life especially as she was killed by fellow humans.

Darian is occasionally visited by her as well as she appears in strange ways - but has convinced himself that these visitations are just mental phantoms due to his grief and the guilt that his existence caused her; which is not quite accurate.



Father Leopold
Now a man in his late 70's, Father Leopold was one of the few humans in Darian's life who actively worked alongside him against various monsters and vampires over 60 years ago. It was not exactly a willing cooperation, but the young clergyman [at the time] needed dire assistance to protect the town that was constantly being attacked for an unknown reason. When the solution was found and the Dhampir discovered how to stop the reign of terror, he was immediately driven out of the town with hostility, and the priest did nothing to stop it - and even had a hand in the order. The man has lived with this guilt for many years, so at the recent opportunity to again assist Darian and his town, he provided the Dhampir with supplies to try and make up for it.
 
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