Alesana Magnusson

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I can smell them.

Alesana Magnusson (アレサナ *Aresana)* is a Bulgarian 16-year-old Metro Popper, and the User of the Stand The Emptiness. He lives in a higher-class area of Detroit with his mother and father, supposedly somewhere nearby his cousin. He's known to display many vampiric tendencies.

He is most often seen with Adam Jóvenes, who he considers his closest friend and is most often assigned with. Limbo describes the pair as "boyfriends who don't know it, somehow."

## Alesana

### Alias

Rich Boy, Vimbo, Himbo, Primbo (etc), Vampire, 'Prince Charming' (mockingly)
amigo, darling friend, amorcito (Adam)

## Favourites

### Food

Blood (esp. Adam's)
Marble cake, sarmi, baklava

### Hobbies

Spending time with Adam, reading, watching movies, playing piano

## Appearance, Biology and Identity

### Scars

Scars on his back, chest, shoulders and neck area. All minor.

## Psychology

### Dislikes

being hungry/thirsty, being sick, crowds, sarcasm

### Phobias

Losing Adam or any of his family, losing control, horses

## Skills and Powers

### Fighting Style

he can punch if he has to but usually just takes blood

## Appearance

Alesana is a boy with a strong build and tall frame, being notably muscular, mostly built in core strength. He has tanned skin and somewhat of an olive skin tone, bearing a few minor scrapes, callouses and small scars. He has a round face shape and a notably large nose. He looks fairly average aside from his face; He has strikingly distinct black eyes with slit pupils and red sclerae, a darker upper lip in contrast to his lower lip, and almost-vampiric fangs. He bears dark steel coloured studs on both lobes, and a helix piercing on his left ear, somewhat rarely seen. He also bears many goldish-grey coloured piercings; fang-like snakebites and stud anti-eyebrow piercings on both sides of his face. Whether or not some of these are fake piercings can be questioned, however the snakebites are supposedly real, and the lobe piercings definitely are real.

He has sandy-blond hair in a bob that dips slightly towards the bottom, then flares out and curves back in at the end. He has curtained bangs, a slight swoop and a normal straight section of hair framing the right and left side of his face respectively. His hair usually covers his ear on the left, and reaches down to his neck at the back, being fairly short in the front. His hair is pushed back by a two-tone ribbon headband, with a lighter upper ear and a black or almost black lower ear attached to a black fabric-covered band. Alesana is incredibly attached to his headband, which was apparently a gift from his cousin, and he is practically never seen without it. His headband's bow seems to share the same colouration as Adam's ascot.

He appears to wear layers of shirts, with a dark red very low-cut triangle-bottom shirt worn underneath a darker red tee of some sort, baring a diamond-shaped hole in the centre of it. This combination leaves part of his chest exposed through an almond-shaped gap. Over these shirts, he wears a magenta bandanna tied around his waist, the triangle angled to rest over his right leg. Also over his shirt, he wears an exquisite, floor-length purple cape with two long v-shaped attachments under the tall collar, connected with a rose-gold heart-shaped clasp. The bottom of the cape has a small heart-like hole, and the back of the cape, between his shoulderblades, has a deliberately-cut heart shaped hole. He also wears reddish-orange pants with magenta cuffs down to his shins, pinkish-white socks and brown ankle boots.

## Personality

Alesana is a very calm and collected individual who seems to harbour little fear and little emotion. He conducts himself with grace and sophistication, and tries to act proper. He is rather imposing and somewhat intimidating, and often looks judgemental or angry. In actuality, He's actually quite shy, having a tendency to stay quiet and keep to himself, getting quite nervous around large crowds and struggling to speak to people. He doesn't express himself well, and often has problems with others' emotions, sometimes also missing sarcasm and irony. He is often much more affected by things than he lets on, particularly things such as bullying.

Conversely, on the more physical side of things, he's very protective of those he cares about. Despite struggling to stand up to bullies in the past, if anything were to threaten someone he cared about, such as his cousin or Adam, he would step in without a second thought to protect them, no matter if it puts himself in danger. He has a few poor social habits, such as sometimes standing too close to people when talking to them and towering over them, as well as using 'inhuman terms', which he often feels shameful about. He also tends to be very affectionate with Adam, despite possibly not really *consciously* grasping the idea of having a romantic attraction to him. Despite this, it's very clear that he loves Adam.

He often appears very apathetic and rarely appears particularly fazed by events that occur. This, however, is in part due to his poor grasp on his own emotions and how to express them. He often is very subtle when he emotes, having mainly smaller changes to his expression. Because of his ominous aura, he often looks brooding when he is actually moreso incredibly confused. He tends to try to pick up language he hears from others, but struggles with the context needed to use them in a particularly proper sense.

When low on blood, Alesana can enter a hunt mode, which is unlike a feral state, rather, he becomes very condescending and intimidating despite remaining civil enough to have a calm conversation. His sole focus is to attain more blood, and he may even go after his own friends and allies for their blood. He will use off-putting language, such as 'thanking' people for a 'good meal'. If someone escapes from him draining their blood, he may track them back down. He tends to calm down within at least 24 hours of entering a hunt mode and often apologises for his actions during them, regardless how little he remembers them.

## History

Alesana Magnusson was born in Varna, Bulgaria, to Chinel and Primka Magnusson on January 26th, 2001. As a child, he was particularly close friends with his cousin Elitsa Milke, and was often defended by her from bullies, and in turn, he'd try and protect her physically. He was born with his Stand, but properly developed it around the age of 3 and began displaying vampiric tendencies and an understanding of his Stand's ability around the age of 6. He discovered that Elitsa could not see the Stand, and so, he made the decision to keep it relatively hidden information that he had one. However, the information did eventually come out, and after odd rumours involving vampires begun to pop up around the town, the Magnussons, distressed, made the decision to move away. They moved, partially to get away from the rumours, and partially in the hopes of finding someone who knew a bit more about "Stands" than Chinel.

They moved from place to place for a short while, and whilst in Mexico, when he went exploring far from their temporary residence, Alesana encountered Adan Joven for the first time, jittery, nervous, and only able to speak Spanish and a small amount of English, limiting communication ability between the Mexican boy and the Bulgarian boy. Still, they talked, and Alesana became attached to Adan's gentle nature, and adapted his rich lifestyle in a way to support Adan's poorer rural lifestyle. They became incredibly close, and, at one point, *somewhat* curious, but mostly simply wanting to help with an injury, Alesana kissed Adan on the cheek, an interaction that was, apparently, seen by someone in Adan's village and "reported" about.

Adan ran right to Alesana the night he got excommunicated from his village, on the day Alesana happened to be leaving for another place to live. Desperate not to lose Adan or leave him to fend for himself, Alesana tried to stow him away to come with them, hoping to accomplish this without his parents' notice. While they didn't notice, Adan and Alesana were then separated when Alesana had to take a plane away, as they could not come up with a plan to somehow stow Adan away by secret. Distraught, Alesana promised that if they didn't meet again, he'd find a way to come back for Adan, reluctantly giving him a headband to keep as commitment of sorts.

Upon moving to Detroit, Alesana happened to be reunited with Elitsa, much to his delight, as the two had not drifted apart all too much. After a while of living there, he was approached by someone one day with an offer: joining a gang. The person offered this along with the mention of connections, influence and opportunity, all things which he saw as a benefit to his aim of reuniting with Adan, now known as Adam. However, when all was said and done, he did not need the gang, as Adam found him instead. But having grown familiar with the gang, Alesana was then unable to leave it.

His relationship with Adam grew during their time with the gang, and their interactions are often seen as romantic in nature, despite their relationship being very poorly defined amongst themselves.

## Skills

### Stats

#### **Physical Strength**

Alesana is incredibly muscular, and as a result, is very physically strong. He is able to easily hold his own in a melee fight.

#### **Mental Strength**

Alesana is generally mentally strong on an average level, but is somewhat limited by his developmental disorder. He sometimes seems to be rather oblivious, and struggles to pick up on subtle cues unless practised with the language being used.

#### **Reflexes**

Alesana's reflexes are dependent on his "blood levels". When high energy, he has good reflexes, and when low energy, his reflexes are very delayed.

#### **Endurance**

Alesana has a high endurance, partially due to his strong muscle mass, and sometimes as a byproduct of his Stand having enough blood to give him a boost.

#### **Speed**

Alesana's speed can range from shambling to a near-gliding dash. On normal energy levels, he is incredibly fast in short bursts.

#### **Technique**

Alesana rarely takes much of a leadership position, and rarely plans on his own, but is capable of formulating a strategy, especially when working together with others.

#### **Cooperativeness**

Alesana is a very cooperative person, and is good at working with others. He most often teams up with Adam, however, as Adam acts as a willing energy source.

#### **Self-Control**

Alesana's self-control is somewhat diminished, as he can often do things on impulse, and can be driven by instinct at times. However, his self-control is most usually good when it truly matters.

#### **Intelligence**

Alesana is averagely intelligent and tends to be very eloquent. He functions well academically, most likely aided by his cousin.

### Skillset

* **Heightened Senses:** Alesana possesses heightened perceptive abilities under some circumstances.
	+ This is especially prevalent in his sense of smell, as he is shown to be able to smell people from incredibly far away. This generally only applies to those he has taken blood from in the past.
	+ He can tell people apart by their smells in this way as well, knowing where specific people are because he knows their scent from others'.
* **Night Vision:** Alesana displays a heightened scotopic vision, allowing him to see in the dark much better than most humans. It is not perfect, but it is good. This may be related to his light sensitivity as well. His eyes glow when in low light levels.
* **General Vampirism:** Alesana displays generally vampiric tendencies, including the desire for, and consumption of, blood. He is able to consume blood with little to no difficulty or negative consequence.
* **Money:** Alesana comes from a wealthy family, and has access to significant amounts of money, should he need it.
* **Bilingualism:** Alesana can speak both Bulgarian and English. He is also learning Spanish.
* **Height:** He's tall.

## Trivia

* He has a sensitivity to light, and sometimes wears sunglasses or hats to shield his eyes in harsh sunlight.
* He has a fear of horses.
* His favourite movie is Hotel Transylvania, and he writes fanfiction.