Alucard

Alucard was one of the five (previously six) members of the, as of now, unnamed party of player characters in Kyllambria. He was the prideful, yet mysterious noble of the party, which lead to alas not much being known about him, fore he was neither too keen on sharing. Alucard's race was that of a True Vampire, one not born from the bite of another vampiric being or a typical birth, but through dark deals and plots with greater entities. He used to fight mainly with sorcerer-class magic and a red elvish crossbow, but as his powers as a True child of the Night grew, Alucard had taught himself to use his Crimson form and his "familiars" in combat instead, opting to use magic only in transportation. He purchased the revolutionary firearm weapon - the Casull .45 semi-automatic high calibre pistol nicknamed "The Wolf" by Alucard. He used it to his death.

## Physical description

### Eye color

Red

Class Sorcerer/Warlock
000
19
17
20
 INT
12
13
16

## Physical appearance

He appeared as a tall, long-limbed, broad man with a hard to determine but reasonably young age. Alucard possessed bright red eyes, which burned brighter when angered. He had reasonably long jet black hair, with strong bangs to either side, with strands of hair falling slightly in front of his eyes forming the form of his face.

## Clothing

His usual outfit was comprised mainly in a classic higher society fashion, including a charcoal suit, leather riding boots, and a intricately knitted red cravat, covered by a full-length, red frock overcoat with a cape. On his hands, he wore white featureless gloves.

## Personality

Alucard fought with great ferocity and often even extremely cruelty. He was quite manic when fighting, often attempting to humiliate, terrify or torture an opponent before outright killing them. Having noot been a regular mortal or vampire, for that matter, Alucard had quite the ego to him. He was arrogant, egotistical and extremely proud, seen many times angered when belittled, sometimes to the point of murdering the person that has hurled the demeaning words at him.

While his goal currently was the rather basic one of just growing stronger, Alucard's secondary goal was finding mortals that can entertain him in combat, if a mortal fails to do so - they shall be tortured and humiliated by the hands of Alucard.

Alucard despite his own arrogance greatly values modesty and presentability in mortals, stating that "Mortals are mortals, not gods, not monsters, just men, no matter how strong or how brave, how big the sword or the hand wielding it, they will die, it is best they remember that when carrying themselves." However, even with his powers, it was still possible to take Alucard by surprise, probably due to his arrogance. In his altercation with Verdana, he had assumed that the knight would back down after being told to do so, being a mortal and all, but got his head cleaved off for it. Of course, he did not die of the wound, but was livid to think that a mortal would dare provoke him to this end. His arrogance and confidence would later on prove to be his undoing during his final hours in Lorminar.

## Backstory

Not much is known about the Count's backstory so far, as he is not at all interested in sharing with the party, or anyone really. Though the higher echelons of society know partial details of some events that surround him, they do not know of his actual involvement in them. The only one, bar Alucard, that knows the most would be the Queen of the Vampires, Mephistropha.

## Relationships

### Shiraori

Alucard didn't think much of Shiraori. A strong person, yes, great with magic, but rather dull in nature. While he was interested in the technology that Shiraori knows and their goals in Kyllambria, Alucard took no greater interest into the demon's person. Certainly confused with both Shiraori and Grey's reoccurring sabre-rattling over burning a forest down and fighting with children, Alucard could still find reliability in Shiraori when matters come to it.

### Grey

Being just 19 years of age compared to the ageless vampire next to him, Grey's mortal coils and teenage rage were all quite hilarious to Alucard, especially when seeing the dichotomy between Grey fighting and Grey any other time - Alucard noted, and found it strange that, despite all his initiative and anger in combat, he shows none of it in any of his other dealings, leaving himself to the backseat of important conversations and events. He appreciated Grey's tendency to disrespect authority and to reinforce things said by Alucard when in conversation. He also respected Grey's mastery of swordsmanship for his age and the bluntness he brings at times. All in all, Alucard found in Grey a friend, due to the latter's not-so-subtle hinting of it, and a trustworthy ally, strong and smart enough to know what to do when it matters.

### Bob Highill

Alucard didn't really think anything of Bob - he laughed at the halfling's mortal rivalry with Gruumsh and also found Bob's high materialistic views on life even funnier. Aside for that, Alucard was surprised by the damage the little man can do at times, but that is all.

### Gruumsh

Never really knowing Gruumsh, Alucard couldn't care that much for him, his antics or for his rivalry with Bob, bar laughing at all three from the sidelines or getting annoyed at when it hindered the party's objective.

### Dreamy

While quite abnormal himself, he was sometimes put off by Dreamy's incessant talking about her exploits in Kyl'nael, and while he respected her strength and her plainness, he couldn't quite trust her yet. Besides that, he was very thankful for her backing him up and arranging a deal on the Casull weapon ammo with Canella Exotica. He, however, had met many an insane men and women in his time and did not care, nor thought it is a good idea, to try to control her, knowing that it will lead to things such as the daytime murder she committed in Valynthar, which will just end up slowing the party down. Alas, Alucard still enjoyed the bit of colour she adds to the party.

### V.V.

Starting off quite pleased to find that one of the most powerful and influential people on the continent was a child of the Night, and having done a few jobs for V.V. and exchanged pleasantries as nobles, he considered Lord Valnataar a friend. As of later on however, he found Valnataar's behaviour at times childish - for example, when Valnataar overheard that Alucard didn't want to speak with him at the moment, The Lord then came to the carriage that the party had been riding to Myrathel, seemingly angry with Alucard, essentially to "just sit and pout like a child" in Alucard's eyes, finding his behaviour strange for a person of his status. Besides that, Alucard cared little for Valnataar's attempts to show him the harsh life in underground vampiric society, having stated that it was a pointless exercise to try and make him care - Alucard expected that a powerful being such as the Lord would have had a better read on him and known that showing the harsh life of people he doesn't know or doesn't care for wouldn't change much.

### Mephistropha, Queen of Vampires

Probably one of the only beings that knows Alucard's story fully, Mephistropha is held in very high regard in Alucard's eyes. Ever grateful for the gifts she has bestowed on him, even more grateful for the chance, offered by Mephistropha, to butcher Verdana Dubova, his loyalty remained strong. Not to the death as you would believe, however, he knew well what kind of person the Queen of the Night is, and he remembered all too well how long it took for his plea to reach her ear and how many a night it took to finally have her help.

## Items

* **Casull .45 Auto "The Wolf"** - More akin to a one-handed rifle than to a plain pistol, this weapon was Alucard's favorite of the ones in his possession. Expertly made by Canella Exotica and Lady Volumetriscu, with a barrel of 10 inches and a weight of 16 kilograms, the weapon was crafted for a being like Alucard - with the strength it fires with, no normal person could hold and use it, shown by Grey's attempt to fire at the training dummy ending with him hurting his hand and dropping the gun. It was given the name "The Wolf" due to it's silvery-white finish and the elegance it held in the Count's eyes. Despite the extreme costs of this one revolutionary weapon, Alucard hoped to one day find the funds for an even bigger gun to fill his other hand. This weapon is now either on his missing person, or lost entirely.

* **Tear of the Moon** - an item of extreme value and great magical strength that Alucard had no intention of letting go of any time soon. This item is now either on his missing person, or lost entirely.

* **The Ring of Free Action** - The ring, purchased in Baba Zhaba's shop, allowed Alucard to move unimpeded in rough terrain and to be unaffected by any paralyzing or slowing attacks. Despite the steep cost, Alucard found the investment worth it, seeing that its' uses will speak for themselves when the time is right. This item is now either on his missing person, or lost entirely.

* **The Ring of the Children of the Night** - A superbly powerful item that Alucard had very much enjoyed having while he festers his own personal strength. This item is now either on his missing person, or lost entirely.

## Crimson Abilities

Sensing the growing vampiric strength within himself, he had managed to mould his vampiric mastery and his knowledge of the arcane into things quite unique to him in the Vampire world - Form of True Crimson being one of the fruits of this labour. This new ability allowed Alucard to shift and flow his body into the shape of a fiendish reddish-black form, made of blood and ichor, with piercing red eyes dotting the surface at random spaces from each other. If one were to look closer at this form, they would've been able to notice its' ever shifting properties: thousands of centipedes, cockroaches and spiders shifting beneath the initial "layer". It was impossible to figure out the weak point of this form as it constantly shifted and flowed over onto itself, never just ceasing in place. Alucard seemingly had extremely good control over this new form and could mould it into anything he wishes - for example, when he used Baskerville ( one of his so-called "familiars"; a hell hound he bought and subsequently ate alive in Baba Zhaba's shop ) as an appendage to fire the Casull .45 weapon. Despite all of this, in Alucard's mind the Form of True Crimson was still in its' "experimental" stage, the ultimate goal being that his form could've have been able to eventually envelop cities in size, if he so wished, but that idea was really far from his reach in his state of power.

## Quotes

* "You have 5 seconds." - when approached by the people of Valynthar's poorer corners, a type of catch phrase when dealing with normal humans.

* "You should watch your tongue, morsel." - Alucard said this to a uncooperative citizen, expecting the word "idiots" to flow out at any moment.

* "Watch where the fuck you are going." - Before, with no hesitation, promptly backhanding a high-ranking noble in Sylvanfel for dirtying his overcoat.

* "I thought you wanted to fight! What happened? What happened to replacing the fake?! Go on, then, let's fight so I can murder you, you beautiful bastard." - Alucard initiates his final bout with his Moonlight clone.

* "You wanted the ring, huh, bitch?! Have the fucking ring, keep it then, keep it! GO ON! TAKE IT! I DARE YOU TO TAKE IT! DO IT!" - Alucard while manically punching his Moonlight clone ring first in the face.

* "A head is like a flesh wound, wouldn't you agree?" - said with a smile to Grey, after laughing about being beheaded by Kyrnael Knight Verdana Dubova

* "You were so high and mighty at the conference, what happened, dear? Weren't you going to "cull" me? Can't you see me? Poor little old me, an abomination? Maybe we should check your eyesight, dear. " - Alucard, just as he presses his thumbs on Verdana's eyes, beginning her torture and death.

* "Then me, you and everyone else in this world is a criminal by that logic." - when accused of helping the murder of the priestess in Valynthar on the basis of inaction in the face of the crime.

* "Listen to me, woman, I have neither the time, nor care to exchange pleasantries after I climbed a mountain for what feels like a day, just tell us what we need to do." - said leaning on the Cathedral wall when first arriving in the presence of A.S.E.H.I Klara of the White Brotherhood.

* "Yes, I did it." - said with a smile to His Holiness, the Pope, when questioned who killed Verdana Dubova.

* "Woman, do you think I was born yesterday? Answer the damn question." - when inquiring about Gwenelyn's plans for the return of the elves to Kyllambria.