Oceania: Member
So you’re probably wondering why there isn’t a link to a bio?
That would because he’ll be introduced during McFassy Fortnight, which will begin in 5 Days: September 1st.
Actually that would be the 16th.
Sorry forgot to edit!!
Category: Character Introduction
Sylum Inspiration: Miss Scarlet
Tallikut: Member
Very few people know her real name, just that she’s gone by Miss Scarlet for most of her life. Get her in a good mood, she’ll talk about her Papa and growing up on a Plantation in South Carolina. She’ll hint at the asshole of a husband she had, and how he left her in debt forcing her to sell everything and ended up moving to DC.
Where she started a business in making sure lonely business man and politicians weren’t so lonely.
She ended up selling Union secrets during the war, not at all ashamed of her connections to the Confederacy. It was after the war, that she also gave information to the Federal government about plots to under mind the burgeoning peace.
She met Lady Heather, while she was traveling. The two woman instantly connected, especially over their chosen occupations.
Sylum Inspiration: Master David
Camelot: Member
David doesn’t talk about his time before he was handed over to Lord Beringar. His family line is from Scotland, and that is about all he’ll say.
He was given to Hugh in a card game when he was 15 years old. Hugh took him under his protection, and with help from Cadfael explained that he wasn’t needed to warm his bed.
After Cadfael ‘died’, and the three returned to Camelot, David began to flourish under the tutleage of the Clan. He soon became friends with Harold who taught him about the pleasure of sex, instead of the power play he had been under.
It was through his friendship with Harold and John, he decided to use his knowledge to help others. But to do this, he needed to be Turned so he went to the only man he ever saw as a father.
Sylum Inspiration: Lady Rogue
Sylum: Member
Rogue followed a boy out west. He ended up dead, she ended up working in the Saloon. A few years later she met the infamous James ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok’, and instantly made a friend. He was working undercover in the brothel, and she helped him out – becoming a Chosen One soon after.
Over the years she stayed good friends with her ‘boys’ and as the west developed, she bought the place she worked, and built her own Empire.
In time she knew what her role was, and it wasn’t watching the West fade into the Sunset.
So she requested her boys Turn her.
Sylum Inspiration: Henriette
Passin Kin Clan: Member
Henriette doesn’t talk about her childhood. She grew up in Paris, and was blessed to have a benefactor in society. She ended up working as a Magician Assistant, living a good life. Then she met Louise Massart, and everything change.
She fell in love with her instantly.
When Louise was accused of murder, she refused to lose her and they set out to find the real murderer. They ended up meeting Briar Rose and Snow White, who helped them prove Louise was innocent.
Afterwards the two woman knew they were meant for each other, despite what obstacles society would bring them, not only as two woman, but as a interracial couple.
Briar Rose and Snow White told them about Vampires and gave them a new option.
Sylum Inspiration: Cecil Fredericks
Sylum Clan: Member
Cecil grew up in the Bronx and had always been interested in history, but was never able to go to college. As a teenager he got a job working at the National History Museum as a docent, and then as the years went by he moved to guard, and when he came close to retirement moved to night guard.
He is well learned, read everything he could get his hands on, but never formally educated. He never married, his taste in partners wasn’t accepted by society so he decided to be a bachelor than live a lie.
He became a Chosen One not long after the Tablet of Ahkmenrah arrived at the Museum. He ended up meeting Ahkmenrah not long after. He then became friends with Blade, then Hannibal and now gives special tours for Cameron Poe’s kids.
He was set to retire, and was training Larry to take over his job.
Everything was good, until the Museum was robbed. As he lay wounded he took one look at Hannibal and just rolled his eyes, of course he wanted to be Turned, truthfully he should’ve done it years ago.
Sylum Inspiration: Benson
Vampire Council: Caretaker
Benson was not his birth name, it’s close enough. He was taken from his tribe, and given to a Roman Nobleman. He learned quickly to forget his past life, and figure how to survive in this one.
He ended becoming friends with the family’s nurse, Minerva. She enjoyed his quick wit and sarcastic commentary of Roman politics, and he enjoyed her ability not deal with other people’s drama.
He was sad to see her go, when her and her husband retired but was grateful they had such a good long friendship.
A few years later she showed back up with another man on her arm and quite the tale.
There was no way Benson was turning down her offer!
Sylum Inspiration: William ‘Dell’ Parker
Ghost/Darkness: Member
Dell Parker was born during World War II into a family riven by the conflict. His father, William, died during the Guadalcanal Campaign not too long after Dell was born. This broke his mother, Alice. She took solace in a bottle and her neglect, combined with occasional bouts of physical abuse, left an impression on the young boy.
As Dell grew older, he found it was safer to hang out with kids on the street rather than face what was at home. It was only through the timely intervention of his grandmother, who taught him how to bake during their visits together, that he actually got his life on track.
The burgeoning surfing culture along the southern California coast also provided solace. Dell became an accomplished long board surfer, spending his free time riding the waves when he wasn’t working odd jobs.
Being drafted to go to Vietnam sent his life into an unexpected direction.
Dell became a combat medic and saw first-hand that he could save lives through his own skill and tenacity. He caught a bullet during a particularly heavy skirmish near the end of his second tour. Suddenly, ‘Doc’, as the men in his unit called him, was the one who needed saving. Unfortunately, they were in a hot zone and the possibility of timely rescue was fleeting. The rest of the men made Dell as comfortable as they could before returning to the fighting and he resigned himself to his fate. That is until a stranger in a battered helmet and dirty fatigues sat beside him and told him that he had a choice. He could die or he could live.
The discreet flash of fang clued Dell into just what he was being asked to choose. Closing his eyes, he gave a nod and whispered, “Yes.”
Sylum Inspiration: Angela Bennett
Mod Kin Clan: Member
Angela Bennett was a systems analyst from Venice, California who telecommuted to Cathedral software in San Francisco. She had little friends outside her computer, and her mother had just passed away from Althezihmers.
One of Bennett’s co-workers sent her a floppy disk with a backdoor labeled “π” that permitted access to a commonly used computer security system called “Gatekeeper” sold by Gregg Microsystems, a software company led by CEO Jeff Gregg.
Just before she left for a much needed vacation she discovered her friend Dale, who was flying out to see her, had been killed in a plane crash. Something hadn’t set well with her, so she took the program with her to Mexico.
While on vacation, where she met Jack Devlin.
(Dilios Note: This is the name she knows him as, there has been no way to verify if this was is real name. The only thing we do know is that he is a Rogue)
He seduced Bennett, trying to get the disc. He hired a mugger to steal it, and then killed the kid in the processes. His goal was to kill Angela, but instead something went very wrong, and she ended up Turned Without Consent.
Sylum Inspiration: Holly March
Sylum: Member
Holly March is the daughter of Holland March.
She lost her mother when she was young, and was raised by her father. In time she felt as if she was raising her father, and finally got help when they met Jackson Healy.
The only time she was truly scared for her new family was when Healy had disappeared and she saw a part of father, she really hoped never to see again. When they got Healy back, she discovered the world of Vampires.
It wasn’t long before her dad was Turned, and they were a real family.
She did what most girls did.
Went to college. Fought for equal rights. Decided to have kids.
She just didn’t get a man to have kids with. Her dad still brings out the Turkey Baster out at Thanksgiving …
The biggest tragedy she had, was loosing one of the kids during birth. (Dilios Note: Discussing with Healy, there seems to be more here, but no one is sure yet)
When it was time for her to be Turned she went to Bruce Wayne to be Turned. He had been there for the past years, dealing with the ‘Nice Guys’ and well he was her dad in a past life.
Sylum Inspiration: Harry Hole
Mod Clan: Member
Harry Hole (pronounced hoo-leh) was born in Oslo, Norway both parents were school teachers, and his young sister “Sis” has Down’s Syndrome, whom he always makes sure is well taken care of.
He joined the Oslo Police Department straight out of Police College where he studied law.
Over the past decades he’s become Norway’s leading expert on Serial Killers.
Harry is a known drunk, asshole who manages to piss everyone off yet exceptional at his job.
While at a very remote dark crime scene, he was attacked and then woke up dead.
Sylum Inspiration: Lionel Fusco
Lealta: Hunter
Lionel grew up in New York. He knew how it worked since he was five. His parents were nothing to write home about, and neither was his ex-wife.
The only thing he was truly proud of is his son, Lee who has been raising on his own since his ex took off.
He became a cop, because it was the good thing to do. He was stationed at 51st precinct and ended up working with James Stills and Louis Azarello. Soon they pulled him further into corruption, until he was completely snared and working for HR.
He found his redemption when he got the the first and only drop on John Reese. Stills ordered Fusco to kill and dump John’s body in Oyster Bay. During the ride out, John facilitate an escape and let Lionel live, realizing he still was a good cop.
He made Lionel into an Asset, pulling him in to help with the numbers.
John had Lionel moved to the 8th Precinct to work with Carter.
John had Lionel go deeper into HR, to help bring down the organization. It was then he realized he was finally doing something good. He liked working with two men, and the dog was cute.
In time Lionel discovered that Carter was also working for them, when the two were trying to help him stop an HR hit. Only to watch John hunt down the bitch that had stolen Harold.
If that wasn’t enough to prove there was something more going on … after seeing John jump across a four lane highway to get to another building to save Finch, he was sold on the Vampire thing.
He was there for Carter when she discovered about Zoe and later Turned.
She in turn was there for him, when he discovered about Donna.
Sylum Inspiration: Sameen Shaw
Serenity: Hunter
Shaw lost her parents when she was younger, and ended up in foster care for most of her teenager life. She had gone to medical school, but was told she didn’t have the right ‘bedside manner’ – so she joined the US Marines.
She was recruited out of the Marines into NSA, from there she ended up working what she would discover ‘relevant numbers’. When they decided to retire her, she was recruited by John Reese.
It took her less than six weeks to figure out there was more going on than two idiots working to help people. When she confronted them about the lack of a heart beat they tried to work their way around it, she pointed out she does have a medical degree.
She didn’t have an interest in being Turned, didn’t see the point. Until a Number went bad, and she lay dying and Joss gave her the opportunity.
Sylum Inspiration: Sean Cassidy
Vampire Council: Member
Sean doesn’t talk too much about his childhood. He will talk relunctantly about his parents, state they loved him but didn’t know what to do with him.
His mutation came during puberty but he was able to hide it through school. It wasn’t until Charles showed up (ironically while he was on a date … yes a date that went bad but a date none the less) that he realized he could do more with his life.
He liked the school, and was eager to help learn more about his mutation and what he could to help.
He was confused when Alex disappeared for a while, but when Alex returned he sat him down with the Professor and told him about Vampires and Mates.
Sean needed some time to think about everything, went for a small road trip and when he returned wanted to date Alex.
Six months later he was Turned.
Sylum Inspiration: Alex Summers
Vampire Council: Member
Alex was the first born son of Christopher and Katherine Summers. He was a typical kid growing up after the war, and only started getting in trouble when he was a teenager.
It was then his powers started to be showcased, to the point when he did end up in jail he requested solitary confinement.
This is when he met Charles Xavier, he had come to offer him a new life at his new school for the gifted. Alex desperate for anything to help him with his powers agreed.
He ended up helping Charles build the school, and set up security for it. He wasn’t sure about teaching, but figured he would give it a try … if the Professor thought he could.
When Charles told him about Vampires, he wasn’t nearly as shocked, after all he shoots plasma beams out of his chest.
A few years later, he timidly asked Charles about being Turned, after all he would need someone around to help.