Claire Donovan AKA Vampire Fangirl

Name: Claire Donovan (Formerly known as Vampire Fangirl)

(Played by Jami JoAnne Russell.)

Date & Place of birth: September 8th, 1976, Newport Beach, CA.

Orientation: Pansexual, Polyamorous

Pronouns: She/Her

Species: Was human, now a vampire, progeny of Jack Townson.

Powers: Mind reading (inherented from Constance), Emotional manipulation, super speed, super strength, wall climbing, and The Super Sniffer. (A mutation of a power she had as a mortal - she could always smell vampires as a mortal, they started out as a basic copper & iron scent, but as she develops certain feelings for them, be they love, friendship, or utter hatred, each takes on their own scent. These scents can change depending on how her feelings change. For example, Aiden at one time used to smell like a brownie covered in rich dark fudge to her, but once his true colors showed he started to smell like someone cooked liver & onions with brussel sprouts, blended them together, and left them out in the hot sun for a week to rot.) Now she can smell all supernaturals, though she can't identify every species by scent, only those she's smelled before.

History: Claire was born to Michael and Ruth Donovan (neé Hoffman) and raised in Costa Mesa, CA until she was 16 years old. Even as a toddler she showed a great love for vampires. Michael was a folklore professor - but unknown to both Claire and Ruth, his birth name had been Gabriel Murphy, the last born of a line of vampire hunters and a descendant of the vampire Constance Maynard. He and his older half-sister, Angel Murphy, had been horrifically abused by their father, causing Angel to lose her mind and try to kill him. He escaped with the help of the blood sorceress Celeste Murphy (whom he didn't know had been manipulating his family all along to get to this point), she even helped him change his name and put 16 year old Michael in with the Hoffmans where he would meet their 15 year old daughter, Ruth, and fall in love. Michael would grow up to be a professor of folklore while Ruth gave into her mother's demands and become an accountant.

Claire would be their only child as both she and Ruth nearly died due to the fact they had different blood types. Warned that this would happen with future children, Michael told Ruth he'd rather have a living wife than be a widower with a lot of children, she she agreed to have her tubes tied and he got a vasotomy.

One Halloween night when Claire was nine she was bullied so much by some girls from her school - to the point they shoved gum in her hair - that she ran away and got lost. She ended up at a Halloween party, not knowing that everyone there were vampires and the man throwing the party was the king of the Toronto Court at his vacation home. He realized this young girl had the eyes of the legendary Constance Maynard. He hypnotized her long enough for a single drop of blood to be drawn to confirm she had vampire blood running in her. Not long after he'd be tricked by Celeste into sending her a necklace with a vial of blood, thinking it was only a tracking device. But Celeste had put a curse on it that made everyone except her and the vampire who gave Claire the necklace forget Claire's real name and forced everyone to call her Vampire Fangirl. So from the ages of nine years old to 45 Claire did not know who she really was.

When she was 16 Angel and five other vampire hunters worked together to cut the brake lines of the Donovan's car and arrange for them to have a fatal accident. Then they went to Claire's house to kill her. Celeste had convinced Angel that a sacrifice of a virgin who had vampire blood in their veins would give Angel control over all the vampires in the world. (A spell that doesn't actually exist.) Angel and the vampire hunters would kill the police and CPS officers who arrived at the house before them then tried to kill Claire. She was rescued by five vampires from the Toronto Court who had used magic to get as near as they could - and one Nosferatu named Sylas Cole. Though she doesn't remember much from that night as she was going into shock. One moment Angel was about to plunge a knife into her heart, the next Angel had no head. All Claire really remembers is splashes of crimson on the walls and floor and someone asking why vampire hunters would want to kill a mortal teenage girl.

The murder of her parents caused Claire to forget all about her life from before the next evening when she woke up in a house full of vampires. She just knew her mortal parents were dead and someone tried to kill her too along with the fact she had been cursed to lose her name at the age of nine. Any attempt to remember anything else would cause her to have migraines that would lay her out for days.

She would spend the next 29 years being bounced from vampire court to vampire court. At 21 she was allowed to take her first vampire lover and would end up with many more.

Not all her court transfers were peaceful. In 2006 she was taken as spoils of war by a vampire king who was obsessed with Dean Martin and completely tone deaf. He waited until her 30th birthday to celebrate his victory during which she'd be the entertainment. First she would have to sing for everyone, then choose one of the elder vampires invited to the party to feed on her in front of everyone. One of those vampires invited was Alexander La Mont. (She did ***NOT*** choose him to feed on her. She had an instant dislike for him.)

In 2019 she'd be sent to the Toronto Court where she'd meet her nine times great-grandmother, Constance, and a new lover named Karma. When Karma disappeared Claire became so depressed she was banished from the court and Constance followed.

Claire would wander one night into Townson Manor where she met Jack Townson and from that day forth her life began to change. For one thing Jack simply called her "Fangirl," not the full "Vampire Fangirl" that everyone else seemed compelled to call her. She would also meet Jack's "brother," Aiden Pierce, who would eventually become her tormentor. Aiden even stole a letter sent from the king of the Toronto Court - it seems the king relented and decided to finally tell her her real name. Aiden would then become the first vampire to ever feed on her without her consent. She then hired Sylas to get the letter back.

Claire also met, accidently released, and fell deeply in love with Nedia - who is the other half of Aiden's soul, born when Jack did a soul splitting spell to get Aiden's soul out of his body. Nedia would risk his life to try and save her when Aiden attacked her and as far as Claire is concerned Nedia is her "Knight In Blue Armor."

After she reclaimed her name and (almost all of) her memories, Claire decided she wanted either Jack or Nedia to be her sire. Aiden threatened to be the one to sire her, even whispering to her "You will always be mine," but luckily for her, Jack beat Aiden to the punch.

Claire is extremely happy to have her curse broken and to finally be a vampire. Though sometimes she worries she might be the weakest of Jack's progeny. She hopes and prays to all the gods and goddesses she worships that she can make him proud of her.