Sapphire Blackwood (Classic)

Sapphire Blackwood is a major protagonist of the Lover's Stadium series. The oldest living vampire, after the death of Dracula at her hands during The French Revolution, Sapphire quickly rose to prominence in the public eye in the late 90s with her fashion company, "Blackwood." Now, in the modern era, Sapphire has been dualling a life as a businesswoman and dealing with her troubled past. Eventually, after searching, Sapphire would join The Necro Crew and become a proper hero in her own right. 
==Appearance==
Sapphire is a slender, beautiful woman who stands around 5'10" and weighs in at 140. She is mixed, as her father was African, and her mother was English. While conventionally, Sapphire is beautiful, to notice the different eras of her life is by paying attention to her hair. For several years, Sapphire will wear her hair in a specific fashion to maintain the illusion of being different. However, she has recently stopped this and has worn her hair however she pleases.
As a fashion designer, Sapphire doesn't have a go-to outfit and loathes repetition, which is something that she gets on Milo and Xiao over for wearing the same thing or shoes every day. However, this does not mean she doesn't have favorite clothing, such as sweaters or shirts. The likelihood of Sapphire wearing the same outfit is slim, but there have been a few times, but none of them notable. 
However, Sapphire has slowly become lax in her outfit game after joining The Necro Crew. This laziness is because of their repetition and their "grab-and-go" mentality. This has resulted in her letting herself go more naturally, using less makeup, and slowly becoming more comfortable around them. This has allowed Sapphire not to feel like she is putting on a show like she does whenever she is recognized or seen in public. 
File:Sapphire's outfit at an After Party.jpg|Sapphire at an after party during House of Balloons.
File:Sapphire during Thursday.jpg|One of Sapphire's outfit during Thursday.
File:Sapphire post-trilogy.jpg|One of Sapphire's outfit post-trilogy.
==Personality==
Sapphire is an interesting case of how complex somebody can be. When she knows she will be spotted in a public setting, Sapphire acts regal and fronts a show to maintain her brand and the weight that her name carries. However, while Sapphire does love the people who support her, Sapphire has grown tired of doing this as the decades have drawn on. This has led her to long for people who won’t kiss her ass or constantly remind her of the success she has obtained, which is why she is so close to Emerald Lockheart and, later, The Necro Crew.
Emerald has been there for many significant moments of Sapphire’s life and knows her before the money and the companies. However, her true happiness has come unexpectedly from The Necro Crew. Sapphire claims they are the only people who don’t care about her money, status, or anything and are the first to make jokes about how rich she is, which she finds refreshing. She has slowly begun to see them as her found family, the people she wants to be around for the rest of their lives, and the immortal ones for eternity. 
However, Sapphire does have a darker streak. She has shown to be vengeful at times when scorned or betrayed. This side of her is shown to significant effect whenever she killed Dracula and handled other villains while searching for Milo and Xiao to gain answers. However, this side does not make her immune to emotion, as she feels great sorrow and regret over abandoning Mileena von Blut during The French Revolution. Sapphire cites leaving her best friend as the worst thing she has ever done. 
Another sad aspect of Sapphire is her great fear of love. Not out of edge or something as minute as being heartbroken, but out of trauma. Sapphire fell in love with the idea of Dracula and who he presented himself as. However, as Sapphire slowly learned, Dracula was not who he came off as, and the man manipulated her to the point that she lost herself in the process. This manipulation resulted in her killing Dracula to free herself from him and regain who she was as a person. 
==History==
==Attributes==
===Superior Vampire | "Necro Vampir Superior"===
While Sapphire may not claim the title of Vampire Superior or the medical term she coined, "Necr Vampir Superior," she is genuinely one of, if not the most, powerful vampire ever to have existed. Already effective due to her having been trained by Dracula and taught the inner workings of her vampiric abilities, Sapphire gained more power after killing Dracula. With Vampires in the Integrated Timeline, when one kills another, the remaining one gains the power of the newly deceased one. 
Thus, when Sapphire killed Dracula, she gained all of Dracula's abilities, which put her on the level of even the most experienced Hyperlane user. As a base vampire, Sapphire already had a heightened physiology that far exceeds everyone on The Necro Crew, granting her feats of strength and speed, making it nearly impossible to train with her. Xiao is the only one who can accurately calculate what Sapphire is doing during combat. He can only do that because of her technology, which allows him to detect her. 
Beyond her physical capabilities, Sapphire has shown excellent mastery in her other paranormal abilities. She has become intangible, invisible within the darkness, and can perform Milo's Shadow-Step ability to a much more significant degree. Sapphire can make herself noiseless, moving without anyone realizing, which she does both terrifying as a joke and in combat. Alongside night vision, Sapphire has shown considerable excellence in utilizing blood as weapons, either her own or others. Xiao claimed that Sapphire could potentially blood-bend if she was adequately taught, which made everyone shudder at the thought.
The scariest part in all of this isn't what she has shown; it's what she hasn't. What she has demonstrated to The Necro Crew and in her episodes has only been a fraction of what she can do due to her becoming somewhat depowered by Maleficent. However, since regaining The Blade of Revelations, Sapphire has slowly begun to return to full power.
===Sapphire's Equipment===	
===Sapphire's Equipment===
====The Blade of Revelations====	
====The Blade of Revelations====
	A gift from Dracula, The Blade of Revelations is a mighty mystical sword from Dracula's collection. Unbeknownst to Sapphire, the blade was tied to her power and soul, which Dracula did, and now unbreakable, as Dracula is deceased. Prolonged distance from the sword will slowly weaken Sapphire over time.
====The Cloak of Invisibility====	
====The Cloak of Invisibility====
	Something that was found during her travels, Sapphire discovered The Cloak of Invisibility in England at an occult auction. Initially, she wanted it to be used as inspiration for her fall fashion line, but Sapphire coveted it when she discovered it was an actual cloak of invisibility. While she can turn invisible in the darkness, the veil is primarily used during the day.
====Sapphire Jeweled Ring====	
====Sapphire Jeweled Ring====
	The first gift from Dracula that Sapphire received after turning was this sapphire jewel ring. The ring is spelled to allow her to walk in the daylight, and since Dracula, the caster, is deceased, the spell cannot be broken. Outside of this, it is purely an aesthetic choice.
===Abilities===
Outside of her extraordinary vampiric powers, Sapphire is also well-versed in the occult. While not a practicing mage, she has vast knowledge of spells, tomes, witchcraft, alchemy, and more. Sapphire has stated that she can perform hexes and curses, but whether or not this was in jest at the expense of Milo, Xiao, and Raymond is unclear. 
Sapphire is also an incredibly talented fashion designer. She utilizes her less-used vampiric abilities, such as her enhanced senses, to feel subtle differences in fabrics or see stitchings clearly without assistance. Due to this, Blackwood has become as successful as it is because each fashion rollout is perfect, down to the seams. 
Alongside this, she is both a classically trained actress and an outstanding vocal performer. It has become a running joke within the Necro Crew of who sings better, Sapphire or Talula. She has been nominated for various awards for her acting prowess and even did a few Broadway musicals before retiring from the stage to focus on her acting career and company. 
==Other Appearances==
===Donuts===
File:Donuts Sapphire.jpg|Donuts
File:Independent Sapphire.jpg|Independent
In Donuts, Sapphire does exist as a character, but a drastically different one; the only thing being shared is the name. In this reality, Sapphire is a mutant who can manipulate magical energies known as The Scarlet Witch. She is a member of Generation X and works intensely to promote mutant-human relations alongside fellow heroes such as The Hooligans.
===Independent===
Sapphire Blackwood is one of the few characters created before Lover's Stadium. Due to this, an independent Sapphire exists, devoid of any continuities except her own. In this separate reality, Sapphire is an actress who has worked on Marvel movies, Star Wars, and more. She is human and is in an engagement with another character named Ben Winters. Also, she is expecting a child with Ben (Congrats, Sapph!). 
==Creation Notes==
Sapphire Blackwood was created by Pepper, who, much like Morpheus, incorporated things from her personal life into the character. However, she did this with Sapphire long before Pepper even met Morpheus. Various aspects of Sapphire mirror Pepper, such as her personality, the people she surrounds herself with, and Sapphire's general outlook on the world.
A huge proponent of representation, Pepper - regardless of the context or reality - will consistently use a POC face claim. However, Pepper built Sapphire around the current face claim, and it is her go-to for Sapphire, having been for many years now. 
Interestingly, the idea of making this version of Sapphire a vampire came from a conversation Pepper was having with Morpheus, as she was still relatively new to creating more complex characters. However, since this conversation, Pepper has revolutionized Sapphire and has claimed that this version is her favorite. 
==References==
Category:Main Characters
Category:Season 1 Characters
Category:Season 2 Characters
Category:Season 3 Characters
Category:Season 4 Characters
Category:Vampires
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Category:Pepper Creation
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Category:Season 4.5 Characters
Category:Necro Crew Members