Sarah

"I was born Benat-Allah and a wife at 16. I was a vampire at 16 too, and I am much, much older than you. There is absolutely nothing you can do to frighten me, for I have seen the monsters in your nightmares. They are my brothers and sisters."

## Human Life

### Benat-Allah

Born Benat-Allah, Sarah was the daughter of Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah, the fifth Caliph of the Fatimids and his Christian consort. This was in the year 974 A.D. and while her birth was not prohibited, the news of it wasn’t encouraged. Nonetheless Benat-Allah had a good childhood up until the age of 16, when she became the bride of a much older man, a vampire in secret. Desiring to have a young wife forever, he turned her at the age of 16. Though Benat-Allah did not physically age, the many years showed in her eyes and she grew more and more discontent with her husband and inability to die. Slowly, she withdrew herself from the public eye until 1134, when she disappeared entirely and her husband died under suspicious and odd circumstances.

### Children

Benat-Allah didn't have children of her own, though it was her greatest wish to.

## As a Vampire

### Sarah

In 1304 she resurfaced as Sarah and became a member of the Council on Ages, the head of the vampire world government and eventually the lover of the leader of said council. Other than her husband and Spartacus (now known as Maximilian ‘Maxim’ Márkus) the leader of the council and former gladiator of the Roman Empire, she hasn’t had any other serious lovers

### The Council of Ages

As a member of the Council, Sarah had a tendency to show much more compassion than other members. This at times put her at odds with her fellow councilmen and many times her relationship with Maxim was speculated to affect the leader’s judgment. Nonetheless he proved time and time again to not be swayed entirely by her, though it was her influence that undoubtedly kept a gentler outlook when it came to muggle and wizarding affairs.

### Relationship with Maxim

While some councilmen speculated that Sarah only became a member of the council due to her relationship with Maxim, the relationship didn’t develop for many, many decades after she became a part of the council. Like any relationship that has spanned centuries, they have had their ups and downs. Both have had lovers other than one another and have occasionally been ‘just friends’, though they typically come back to each other after a decade or two.

When they would venture out into the world, Maxim and Sarah typically called one another husband and wife and she frequently took his last name as her own despite not technically being married and not always actually being a couple.

## Personality

While Sarah is arguably one of the most passive members of the Council, she can be ruthless if she feels it necessary to protect the greater good. She will kill anyone or anything that threatens bringing peace to the world or Maxim. She has no qualms about the destruction of those she deems evil, believing them not worth the effort it would take to restore their goodness. Sarah is a reasonable person and will not throw a fit to get what she wants. Though she may not like it, she accepts the judgment of the rest of the council if they are against her, but she still pursues her own interests as long as they do not conflict. She is invested in her own personal projects and while she will reveal them to Maxim and the council, she only does so when she’s sure the project cannot be harmed by them.

## Personal Projects

One of her projects, Project X, was the cultivation of a witch or wizard who essentially had the breeding, brains and brawn to help usher in a new era between human-magical-vampire relations. While the Council as a whole eventually wants to rule the human race (as the human race has done a spectacular job at its own destruction). Project X, while there is a physical facility, is mainly conducted in the field.

Another investment of Sarah’s is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. Known and supported by muggles, the Seed Vault contains samples of virtually every plant in the world. She also is responsible for a similar project located in Antarctica that preserves DNA samples of virtually all living things. Vampires are custodians of the facility, though many human scientists are there as well.

Play By: Jasmine Sanders