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Name: Adrian "Alucard" Ţepeş Door: Right Canon: Castlevania Canon Point: Post-Season 1 Age: 20 Appearance: too many alucards on the dance floor History: it means dracula backwards Personality: As a being of two very different worlds, Alucard is a man set with complicated feelings and worldviews. He is complex due to what has been suffered by his family and country, as well as what he is. By first appearances, he seems to be a man who is cool to most situations, impassive, and perhaps even disconnected in heavy situations as he remains well-spoken and calm as he addresses most matters in front of him. It is even rare for him to become particularly personal with most people, holding them at a fair distance while remaining diplomatic. For all of his considerable politeness, Alucard doesn't seem to want to make an effort to have a personal relationship with anyone. It is a way that he thinks will keep him focused on more important, practical tasks, and in addition recognizes himself as a creature that would be undesirable. To him, humans are fragile creatures, and although he bears half of that in his genetics, he still finds them so delicate and does not see himself suitable to socialize too deeply outside of civil niceties and necessary teamwork. Most of this can be contributed to the difficult history of his mother and father, a human woman who was a doctor and the latter being a powerful vampire with little love for most of humanity except distinctly his human wife. It torments Alucard's soul to know how humans turned on his hardworking mother, a woman who saw the best in man, who insisted that at its core humans were capable of so much. He tries his best to live up to what she had seen in humans as he adored his beloved mother, even if he does harbor some resentment toward the religious factor that burned her alive. While Alucard is sympathetic toward his father's rage, he regretfully knows that he needs to kill him in order to save his country and the humans his mother loved. He has guilt in knowing he has to commit patricide, but will do it for the memory of Lisa Ţepeş. As a result, Alucard has committed his entire value to a mission that has torn his family apart that he once lived happily with. He doesn't see his future beyond saving humanity from his father's madness, and whatever sorrow that Alucard suffers, he keeps it deep down within his heart in order to act the soldier that is needed of him and not necessarily what it is that he wishes of himself. This isn't to say that he doesn't mourn or feel anything, but he certainly does so privately in moments that he can steal for himself, rare and few as they are. Though aristocratic, even dramatic and definitely a supernatural creature himself, Alucard also has a respect and comprehension of sciences that definitely aren't popular or understood during his time period. Not unlike his mother, Alucard has a natural curiosity towards these things, knowing that there is so much of the world left to learn and discover, especially with mechanisms, medicine, and engineering. So if there is at least one positive takeaway from Alucard's dour nature, it is that he is very curious and desires to learn as well as access unique tools. Powers and Abilities: Bear in mind that I am focusing primarily on what's been displayed in the show while utilizing the Castlevania games to supplement what will be likely filling in some of the blanks. For example, I will not include much in the way of magic spells here because Alucard has not yet showed whether or not this is an ability of his in the Netflix series even though it is a skill he has in the games. I'll provide explanations where it's needed. DHAMPIR ABILITIES - Enhanced Strength. Alucard is stronger than the common human, enough that he can easily wield a ridiculously long sword one-handed against a skilled hunter's full strength. He can't arm wrestle Clark Kent anytime soon, but he'd have a shot at beating Jesse McCree's mechanical arm. - Enhanced Senses. Alucard has a keen sense of sight and hearing, but more importantly he can smell very easily, down to the point that he can sniff out blood in people and generally their health. The biggest takeaway from this is that he smell the blood real goodlike. - Speed. Alucard moves ridiculously fast. He'll phase faster than a typical human, but he can't outrun, say, Barry Allen. - Durability. A knee to the groin does nothing to Alucard. Also, he's just pretty durable all around and can take quite a beating. Some factors may end up being a weakness, but I'll cover that below. - Shapeshifting. As shown in the opening credits of Castlevania, as well as matching his abilities in Symphony of the Night, Alucard is able to shapeshift into a wolf and a bat respectively. - Immortality. Alucard does not age, but he can be killed under the right circumstances. - Self-Healing and Recovery. Most injuries can be recovered fairly quickly in Alucard's case in a matter of seconds, unless he's dealt a violent blow from someone significantly more powerful than him, such as his own father. That would then require a longer period of time and plenty of rest. - Vampirism. It should go without saying, but as the son of a vampire, Alucard does drink blood. I presume he requires the blood of humans or at least a being that is sentient but I'll leave it open to players to determine via permissions if their blood as a non-human would be enough for him to live on. - Sword. If his blade is nearby, Alucard can summon it to his person, and is also capable of enchanting it. - Float. Alucard is capable of floating a few feet off the ground, but doesn't appear to be able to take actual flight beyond that. Inventory: His stupid long sword Samples: Log Style - two beautiful dhampir walk into a club Network Style - How deeply have you fallen into these circumstances upon us? I've no doubt I am not the first to say that I have no desire to play into these expectations. It is a wretched cruelty to expect that we would fall into such simplistic labels as these. Were in my power alone, I would refuse, absolutely, to be part of this. I would unravel it all immediately if possible, but I know that is not a matter so easily resolved just yet. I suppose it is my only hope to know how many have not fallen to their own flaws just yet. |