Name: Orias Saunder
Age [appearance]: 28
Age [actual]: 487
Gender: Male
Species: Vampire
Hair: Light brown, about 1.5" long, worn gelled in a loosely upright style.
Eyes: Brown/dark amber
Frame: Heavily muscular, toned. 6\'1", approximately 190 pounds
Tattoos/Distinguishing Marks: None
Permissions Given -
Injuring: Ask, in general no
Cursing: Ask
Killing: No
Personality: Outgoing, charming, somewhat of a pathological conversationalist. He\'s fond of talking with anyone, usually at length. What he prefers above all else is being able to perform some kind of activity, while maintaining a dialogue (or monologue) in his light Hungarian accent. He\'s been around long enough to know the ropes, but hasn\'t spent a lot of his career as a vampire with other supernaturals. As a result, he\'s very curious about his new surroundings.
Orias is talented with almost anything that involves his hands. His skills with carving and sculpting have grown to encompass nearly all materials that come to hand, including his favorites of stone, wood, and metal. He enjoys his business selling masterfully carved pieces of wood and stone, and will often create pieces on request. He also enjoys giving massages. Despite his voluble characteristics, he\'s an excellent listener. He will sometimes allow a beautiful subject to talk for several hours while creating a statuette in their image.
Even though at heart Orias is a gentle person, he is skilled with both swords and guns. He\'s had rough encounters with rivals in the past, and has decided long ago that winning is preferable to losing. He enjoys a friendly bout with fists, blades, or bullets on a regular basis when he can manage it.
History: Orias was raised in eastern Europe in the middle of the 18th century by his father as an only child. His mother passed away when he was very young, as was common. His life as a human was unremarkable, consisting largely of farming. He spent his free time at the local tavern, and what empty time he had at home was devoted largely to carving and whittling various things out of wood.
When he was in his late twenties, Orias was sired by a female vampire who broke into his house shortly after he inherited his father\'s farm. She never shared her name, but after several nights of intense sexual activity, she did share her blood. His sire took him through a frenzy of all the most classic vampiric acts during their brief relationship; feeding, followed by sex, followed by toying with the lives of the local humans. She kept his mind fogged and his purpose for the strange transitions in his life simple: he now existed for her pleasure. After several months of such activity, she became bored with her new toy and abandoned him. She left a letter explaining the basics of vampirism, and a mention of other supernatural beings, but never more than that.
After venturing out, away from his farm, he encountered several other fledgling vampires in the area, similarly ignorant of their origins, and roamed with them for several decades before they parted ways. During this time, he discovered that his enhanced senses, dexterity, and strength enabled him to create incredible carvings. For some time after he left his group of friends, he made his way in the world by posing as an eccentric artist, selling sculptures and figurines, and taking lessons from humans who possessed greater skill than he.
His roaming ways never really left him, but he has developed a knack for staying a step, and a dollar, ahead of being a drifter. He sells his sculptures just about anyplace that will take them, often for far less than they\'re worth, to make a living. Every decade or two, he\'ll drop off the radar and let the neighbors report him missing, create a new identity as next of kin, and take the proceeds from the estate auction to start new. Recently, he hasn\'t needed to do that, thanks to the wonders of eBay, where he maintains an online store.
In the past six months, Orias came to the city due to its reputation as a haven for the arts. Only after several months out on the town has he realized the density of the supernatural population. He has begun hoping to get models for sculptures of all varieties of supernatural races, and wishes to open a gallery in the city. While he hopes to find investors to bring his project to life, he has a backup plan. Over the years, he has slowly accumulated several large deposits of gold. He has carved these into miniature statues of incredible detail, using the most beautiful nude models he could find. The gold is worth a small fortune, but the artistic value of these statues brings them near the realm of priceless. He would rather not part with these for any reason, but would be willing to to achieve a dream, or perhaps help a friend who truly needed it.
Awareness of Supernaturals: Orias is aware of most vampiric abilities, of vampires, were-shifters, and knows of the existence of most types of supernaturals. However, his knowledge is incomplete, and is mostly not based on personal experience.
Occupation/Job: Owner of a successful online store, sculptor.
Interesting Facts / Quirks: Orias gets extremely fidgety unless he has something to do with his hands.
Hobby/Hobbies: When not carving or sculpting, Orias practices with his guns or swords, or surfs the internet. He\'s also fond of working on his car.
Likes: Physical activity, good conversation, attractive men, parties, melodic music, anything well made, anything broken that he can fix.
Dislikes: Cheap merchandise, complex politics, liars, cheaters, thieves, loud unpleasant noise.
Strength: Orias is an extremely honest, caring person, and can generally pick out lies as he hears them. Very physically talented, has an eye for detail, and is quick to pick up on almost any kind of minutiae. His vampiric physical strength is well above normal.
Weakness/Flaw: Orias tends to be simplistic in his moral and political views. When there is a direct way to get something done, he tends to favor it heavily over other considerations. He also lacks most vampiric talents (most notably any mental or speed abilities) outside of strength. He is still considerably faster and more agile than a human, but for a vampire, these abilities are negligible.
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