Vermeilis Draculei

Species
 Affiliation

**Vermeilis Draculei**, or Ver, for short, is the conceived daughter of Steele Draculei and Caressa Rosenhardt-Draculei. Both were vampire and human, respectively, making Vermeilis a dhampir, a term for any human-vampire offspring.

## Aspects

### Last Woman Standing

With the humankind on the verge of extinction compared to other species, Vermeilis is one of if not the only one that is still familiar and personally carries humankind heritage, even if she's half-vampire. She will live to see the day when humans regain their footing in the world, and she does so by preserving (some of) their traditions.

### Unwanted Bloodlust

Being a dhampir, long exposure to the sight or scent of fresh blood can push her into a vampiric frenzy. When the desire surfaces, it will build up overtime and will not disappear until it is sated by drinking blood, or repressed by staying away from any more blood. Failure to do so will 'turn her over', so to speak.

### Bloody Secret

Vermeilis prefers to be thought of as a human even if she's not one, as such she insists her status as a dhampir to be top secret.

### Gilded Heart's Veteran Agent

Vermeilis is one of the longest-serving member of the Gilded Heart aside from the Guildmaster. As such, her experiences is almost second to none. However, due to this, she's a little distrustful over fresh members.

### Everyone's Drinking Buddy

Her vampire half likes to drink blood, but her human half LOVES to drink booze. She'll take literally anyone to be her buddy on the bar, and most times, they become actual buddies.

## Stunts

### Shapeshift

Spend a fate point or roll for Magic or Deceive to shapeshift into a desired form, except when transforming into a bat. What (half-)vampire that needs to pay to transform to their element? However, if the roll fails, Vermeilis randomly transforms into something other than her desired form. Sometimes a cat, sometimes a giant cockroach. Who knows?

### A Bite from Darkness

Vermeilis can use Stealth to make a physical attack, provided that she is undetected by her enemy. Stab (or bite) them in the neck!

### Vampire Sense

Vermeilis can detect the lifeforce of all living creature within a set range as well as a slight capacity to sense impending danger. As such, Vermeilis' Notice skill is unimpeded by any means, unless Vermeilis is within the range of vampire weaknesses (sunlight, garlic, cross, etc.). Like spider-sense, but vampire! In addition, she can roll for Notice instead of Athletic when she is met with a 'think fast' situation. Results may vary.

### Darkness Affinity

+2 to Magic if Vermeilis invokes dark magic within a dark area (i.e. places with minimum source of light, or inside 'dark realms'). Comes with an extra chance of pain.

## Extras

### Inventory

- Books

- Blood Packs

- The Mosquito : Vermeilis' melee weapon of choice. A rather odd stiletto, it functions the same way as one would expect, but on the tip of the blade lies a tiny slit connected to a tube. When it is used to stab, the hole enables it to drain blood from the victim, storing it inside a flask that doubles as the handle. This feature is the reason of the stiletto's affectionate name. Effectively, it's also allows Vermeilis to secretly draw blood for her to drink later. Scary.

### Backstory

Throughout her childhood, she thought of herself as a normal human girl, and she lived as one, too. It was not until her teenage years that she realized her heritage was... unnatural, as she started to age slower than her peers, and eventually, stopped aging at all. At least, in appearance.

For a while, she enjoyed her status as a half-human vampire, but eventually both societies stopped accepting here into their midst. The vampires thought of her as an impure abomination, while the humans thought of her as nothing less of a monster. This led her to be a nomad, traveling the world for a place she could call home. She couldn't help turning back to human societies, though, as she lived as one for the longest time.

Hundred years past, and for reasons inexplicable, humans became a declining species. Vermeilis thought that there must be someone to help preserve the human heritage, and that one person could be her. From there on, Vermeilis proudly called herself a human, even if she's a mix between it and a creature of the night, and vowed to keep the humans alive, even if she's alone in the quest.

As a dhampir, Vermeilis has the same powers, strength, and weaknesses as pure vampires do, albeit moderately reduced. For example, she has a limited capacity to use vampire magic, all the while to being able to withstand the sun for a short while.

Currently, she's a member of a guild named Gilded Heart, and she works as their go-to covert operative. She's so good at it, other members thinks she's the only 'human' member of the guild, performing on par with others. But don't tell anyone.