Alexis the Laodicean

He came from the lukewarm church Christ threatened to vomit out of his mouth (Revelations 3:14-22), and he was part of the problem. Baptized in early adolescence, he was a quite nominal Christian in his early twenties. He was very quiet about his Christianity, wore lucky charms, consulted popular fortune-tellers, and, in general, could hardly be distinguished from the pagan background.
What really interested him were sports ~ not gladiatorial bloodfests, but horse races, foot races, and, especially, wrestling. He spent rather too much time and money going to such events. He was big and strong, and trained in wrestling at the gymnasium, but never got around to entering in the games himself. Such entry required too much pagan religious ceremony, and, lukewarm though he might be, he could not figure out a way of getting into the games that would satisfy both his bishop and the athletic officials.
Before he could finally pick sides or find a way to weasel through, he appeared to take ill and die. In fact, he was vampirized. He rose from his tomb, realized in horror what he was, and spent the next week in the nearby hills, in a deep funk. Bloodthirst drove him back to town, where he subsisted mostly on short sips from horses, oxen, and drunks. He gradually came to know the local supernaturals, who were not numerous. He soon located the vampire who had turned him and tried to attack. But he was surprised and mortified to find he could be ordered off with a short command.
His "sire" showed up again, a short time later, and commanded him to steal money and turn it over. Alexis had to obey. Seeing where this was going, desperate to avoid a life of magical slavery as and to a horror, he went to his bishop.
The poor man was, of course, horrified. With John's stinging rebuke still burning in his mind, he told the young vampire to go to Patmos and pray at the saint's tomb, the man having died in the last two or three years. Alexis went, and there, while praying, was met by Cassandra.
The least accomplished of the vampires, he acts as muscle and guardsman and factotum. He generally hangs about with Bagoas.
Alexis is a fairly traditional vampire. He requires blood, though he generally subsists on raw meat, which he sucks dry. He prefers it served warm and is not averse to condiments. This includes garlic; he's Greek, after all. He can eat and drink normal food, too. He is not repelled by religious symbols, due to his calling, but is vulnerable to silver.
At night, he has the strength of ten, is vastly tough, can run too fast to see, can slip through cracks, and can turn into an owl. During the day, he is nearly normal. He casts shadows and reflections normally.
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Category:The Seven Vampires of Patmos