Character(Azriel Valentine)

## History

Azriel Valentine was born to a minor noble woman in Taldor after she unwittingly spent a night of passion with a vampire. Sadly she had not realized his undead nature before the fact and was not ready for the abomination she would spawn nine months later. She gave birth to a dhampir and as such was forced to pay off or kill whoever she had to in order to hide her shame, but didnt have the heart to simply do away with her newborn child. Instead she chose to raise the child in secret and one day send them off on their own never to be seen by her again. The young Dhampir had more than anyone could really ask for when it came to privileges and funding, he had more than ample access to the best tutors and teachers that could be bribed to look the other way as to his origin. He did not however recieve the love of his ashamed mother whenever he asked for it. As a result he would grow cold and distant to many of the manor's staff,including to his tutors. Little did they know that his dark origins and poor upbringing would result in a a sickness of the mind that would slowly overtake him as he got older. It started with a cruel facination in his anatomy class when he disected frogs to advance his studies, and later evolved into the torture of whatever small animal was unlucky enough to not be afraid of him. He would find a strange facination with the way they struggled and cried out as he explored their inner workings. His mother did not notice at first of course, although when she did she would cover it up much like his cursed birth. The woman would grow more and more despondent as her ever more cruel and sadistic child advanced in his studies and continued his taboo facinations. On his twentieth birthday he would cross a line his mother had hoped he never truly would, prompting her to pay off the sick child and bargain for his leaving. She would hand him ample funds to travel by himself on the condition that he renounce his name and noble title and never returned. He ultimately agreed to her demands after realizing that his crimes would be uncovered if he did not, and so he would venture from his mother's household in search of new experiences to taste for himself. He was somewhat reluctant to leave his home, much to his surprise. He had formed a bit of an attatchement to his various teachers and the members of the staff he had come to cherish. He remembered how he would give them little gifts of drafts and medicine he would concoct in his classes, sometimes even taking some of the meeker servants out on the town once in a while. But alas, the reluctant mad doctor in the making would still be forced to leave the ones he somewhat cared for behind, after all they wouldnt have been so pleasent to him if they had know his personal hobbies. And so the young Azriel ventured forth into the world to seek out his purpose, and to found his own fortune.

## Appearance

Azriel Valentine is almost always seen wearing clean and expensive clothing, a blatant reminder of his asture upbringing. His raven black hair carefully groomed and maintained with various brushes and gels in order to suit his exacting tastes. His cold red eyes almost pierce the air as he cooly studies the world around him, almost seeming to drink in every little detail when he looks upon someone. His skin is a smooth porceline white with not a single blemish or hair to be found outside of his eyebrows and head. He has a bit of a graceful and fragile looking form, almost gliding across the ground whenever he moves.

## Personality

Azriel is quite the inquisitive and teasing sort, relishing in the aquisition of new knowledge and the reactions he is able to provoke from others. He is blessed with a calm exterior which hides his savage nature and dark impulses, often flying into a homocidal rage whenever his carefully laid plans are thwarted by others. Despite his facination with live surgery and torture, he has an almost protective side to those he deems his companions. He will never move to harm or allow harm towards those he would perceive as friends or loved ones. However he is eternally cursed with the same thirst as his unkown father, seeking the sweet coppery taste of blood from his recently tormented victims.

## Loves

Medical work,engineering,Social experiments,The meek

## Fears

The loss of those he cares for, getting caught and tried for his many crimes

## Hobbies

Live surgery on strong individuals who show defiance,Torture,Wine tasting,tinkering of clockwork and other mechanical technology,going to libraries

## Family

Rosealina Valentine(mother and minor noble of Taldor,Estranged),Unknown vampiric father,a small number of younger siblings that he still treasures

## Friends

The old staff of his ex-family's Manor,A few librarians here and there,Other scholars

## Aspirations

The eternal aquisition of new knowledge and pleasures,the find and perhaps bond with his unknown father,to find someone he can truly call family