Vampire (Venus Sykes)

Venus Sykes

**Venus Sykes**, also known by her alias **Vampire**, is a Russian mob member belonging to the Sykes family. She is the Avtoritet and former heir of the organization.

## Appearance

Venus Sykes is a tall, slender female usually described with "sickly skin". She has a defined stomach, and fairly thin legs and arms. Her fingers are noticeably long and slender, and her collarbone and jawline are very sharp. Her skin is very pale-- and sometimes looks discoloured in specific lighting-- and is cold to the touch. She possesses no natural body heat, but she does not need it to survive. Venus has silky black hair that reached down just above her shoulder blades, and she has shorter pieces to frame her face on both sides. She is usually wearing some sort of lip-gloss or lipstick, and her eyelids are always shining because of eyeshadow. Venus's eyes are a cold gray, and her eyelashes are considerably long compared to others. She has light eyebrows that are usually dyed to be darker to match the rest of her face.

Venus's attire is always something extraordinary, as described by others (and herself). She's mostly seen in dresses, but sometimes she'll wear white button-ups with slick pants. Her outfits are always accented by an abundance of golden jewelry and some heels.

## Personality

Venus is known as the Sykes's Avtoritet, which would usually allude to an cool-head, to leadership qualities, and to obedience. However, she is very opinionated, and her hatred is almost always clear for her job and the duties that come with it. Forced to sell off her body to men that her brother deems "reliable", she is always miserable in one way or another. Despite this, Venus has picked up a lot of skills and tricks on how to lure men into her grasp, and it has paid off, even if she hates doing it. She's usually confident and sharp-tongued, as seen with Cassian Harper.

However, towards her family Venus is a brand new person. She takes on the role of the older sister very well, and is usually very nurturing towards her siblings-- minus Xeno Sykes. Because of her sickly sister, Alina Sykes, she has picked up many caretaker skills over the years, and always tries to subtly use them on her. Vadik Sykes, Alina, and Venus can all collectively agree against a lot that Xeno does, yet all of them stay submissive to him because of their father's wishes.

Venus is soft-spoken and enjoys heart-to-heart conversations, but this side of her is shown to limited people. She overexerts herself by constantly picking up after her brother's mistakes, taking care of her siblings, and doing her own job as well.

## Origin

Born the first daughter and eldest child of Andre and Danica Sykes, the news of her gender wasn't a thrill to her father. Andre Sykes had always had the ideal heir: a male firstborn who took after his own temperament. More was demanded of Venus's mother, and she went through several other pregnancies. During this time, however, Venus was being raised to one day take on the Sykes business, and she learned a lot more than her other siblings-- until Xeno Sykes was born. The first boy to appear in the line-up. Andre was overjoyed, but the rest of the family turned their heads and scowled in shame for the eldest child. She was stripped of all of her privileges, and she became the primary caretaker of Alina and Vadik Sykes. Their mother had done her duty, and she began neglecting the children as she produced more of them, meaning that their childhood was very loveless.

Because Xeno was brought up as the heir, Venus was shoved back to run things behind her brother and was basically taught to pick up loose ends and tidy messes.