ooc information. remi / 27 / they / them. i operate on european time, usually nights but lurk during the day.   this blog will be trigger heavy,   because I am a fiend for horror of all genres. this is a dead dove do not eat situation when I say that this blog will contain gore, body horror, lots of blood, cannibalism mentions, torture mentions, allusions to gothic horror tropes (but never explicitly written out).   do not interact   if you support people's choice to be homophobic, transphobic, antisemitic, islamophobic, zionist, right-wing scumbags, even if you are not yourself. I want nothing to do with conservatism nor contrarianism on that point. if you follow raphael (indeath) or any of their vocal current/past friends (axel/briarwood (@gallantry) + danny (@zimwy) + ana (@goldenfanged)), block me. I want nothing to do with any of them, they make me sick. sabrina's experience. dean's experience.plotting & interactions. I do a lot better with long term interactions than I do short term ones.   it can and will take me years to respond,   and I tend to priorities my friends when it comes to responses. the best way to get me excited for a thread is to approach me with the enthusiasm that you have for it! if you have an idea that you're excited about and want to throw it at one of my muses, absolutely go for it.   I enjoy plotting, but am more than happy to wing things.   most of the time, a general vibe or a brief few words of context is all I need to move forward.with that said, I would appreciate if, at the point of following, you would at least have an idea of the muses I have that you want to interact with. when I follow a single or multi-muse blog, I always look at ways I can interact with them and what muses they have that I want to interact with. please, if I have to read another "it's up to you" when trying to plot I might just softblock. I need something, ideas, muses, anything. UNLESS I SPECIFICALLY STATE that I will pick my muse, I need to you to give me an idea of who you want. generally when plotting I tend to give ideas of both your muses & my muses that I think could work, but I need something other than "it's up to you" in return.if I have an idea for one of my muses and yours without initiating plotting via liking / commenting on a post, I tend to just approach people with it in DMs anyway.

mains & exclusives. these are all entirely vibes based I'm not going to lie to you.   if we're friends or we've been mutuals for years,   consider yourself an unofficial main at this point. I don't have any hard exclusives, but I'm unlikely to follow back single muse blogs for characters where I have a good rapport with someone. this is all vibes based again and I'll never throw anyone aside right off the bat.shipping. as much as I try to focus on storytelling and building long lasting relationships that can cross between all kinds of shipping,   I do enjoy some romance from time to time.   all of my muses are currently open for shipping unless I make a note of it below. when it comes to shipping, I have no qualms about writing smut on the dash, I can put it under a readmore or write it on discord or fade to black, whatever my writing partner is comfortable with. I can't say it's something I do often, but it's on the table.formatting. I default to using small text and italics/bold, with the occasional double space at the start and end of my dialogue. I have a bunch of icons that I like using, but stop using them to match my partner. I adjust to whatever my writing partner's style is for the most part.   sometimes I forget people's specific rules, so just dm me gently if you need me to stop doing something for accessibility reasons.  

blog activity. I'm not going to lie, I have raging ADHD and despite being medicated I am impulsive to no end.   consider my activity spontaneous   because there is no way on this earth that I can outpredict myself. I'm in uni full time and have depression, so don't expect me to be here 24/7. I write as and when I want to. if you want to plot or chat or hang out when I'm not on a tumblr kick, you're free to ask for my discord.  one important rule   I have about communication is: please do not double message me if I have not previously responded to you, unless the content of the second/third/etc. message is different and you do not mind waiting for an answer. it bothers me greatly to receive multiple meaningless messages such as 'hi' or emojis without any substance. as long as you are okay with not getting a timely response then feel free to spam me all you like. but spamming me to get my attention is the fastest way to a block from me.muse key. primary ( + ). secondary ( › ). tertiary / request only ( – ).aedearly. icon border.
echoesofnemesis. textures.
cassiaslair. carrd template.
bastien lecouffe deharme. artwork.

original characters.

literature.

video games.

other media.

base information.
  name:   laura barrett.
  age:   21
  gender:   cis woman
  pronouns:   she/her
  sexuality:   bisexualmeta information: vtm.
  clan:   lasombra
  disciplines:   blood sorcery, dominate, oblivion
  merits:   unbondable, beautiful
  flaws:   stigmata, aversion to holy symbolsappearance.
  face claim:   peach prc
  height:   five foot two inches
  hair:   long; dyed pink; beach waves; worn down
  casual dress:   pink dresses with matching makeup; golden jewellery; white ballet pumps
  art:   ask me to send it because i can't use imgur <3abilities.
  blood sorcery:   rituals aplenty. corrosive blood; the ability to extinguish blood from another; the ability to increase the potency of her own blood
  dominate:   able to issue both one-word and short sentence commands to others that will be undertaken without fail unless the person has a high enough willpower to resist; able to wipe and rewrite memories
  oblivion:   shadow manipulation; ability to disappear into shadow; ability to imbue the power of the shadowlands into anything she touches, necrotising ita note on shipping.
TLDR; laura cannot be in a healthy ship.

personality. on the outside laura presents as bubbly, girly and personable. she's quick to introduce herself to people and is more than willing to lend a hand to get her foot in the door with people. laura is good at understanding people and often uses this to ensure that the people around her are being honest, mostly under the guise of not being able to help them if they aren't honest with her.  at her core,   laura is manipulative and enjoys twisting people into doing things for her. she is power hungry and often cold when making decisions for a group. she has a machiavellian stance in that the ends always justify the means for her: even if they don't go to plan.  her ideals    deep down,   she's lonely, and despite forever having her mentor's soul entwined with her own, she feels as though she lacks understanding and empathy from other people. most of the time this is her own doing. both by accident and on purpose, she pushes others away in order to remain in control of every situation she puts herself in.important npc: christian biggs. the tremere that manipulated laura's every move for the first few months of her life. he kindled the flames of her desperation, forcing her to kill an innocent to prove her loyalty to him. the pair retained a toxic sensual relationship despite neither's attraction to anything but what the other could give them in other avenues. both master manipulators, it was the older that would eventually get the upper hand and begin performing a ritual that would surely spell the demise of laura and her comrades. in an attempt to stop the ritual, laura used the powers of oblivion she'd been given to necrotise his corpse. in the process however, the ritual culminated and a blast of energy pulsed from christian's body. the ritual had half-succeeded, with christian's soul finding a new body indeed, but not quite the one he had anticipated. rather than taking over the body of a methuselah salubri, his psyche had been fused with laura's, forever leaving him as a dark and chiding presence in the back of her mind from that day forward.

backstory (abridged). laura's life pre-vampirism was barely anything she'd consider worth noting. a relatively normal upbringing alongside her troublesome older brother and angelic younger sister, she was the forgotten middle child left with the expectations of being the 'better' child than her brother was. she was accepted into law school and finished her first year there without issue, though it was in the september of her second year that her entire life fell apart.kidnapped and kept in a cell for multiple days, laura was starved and desperate by the time she discovered others had been taken alongside her. other girls from her university, people she'd seen but never interacted with. at first she'd thought it a cruel joke, but that thought was soon dismissed when the girls discovered another young woman with a strange symbol carved into her -- that of a human body with a hole cut out of its middle. confused and scared, the girls attempted to free themselves from their captors only to end up directly in the centre of a ritual being performed by the cult of shalim. for their mistakes, each girl was sentenced to a fate worse than death: they were each embraced to become catalysts for the end of the world.upon waking up laura found herself in the same cell as before, although this time accompanied by yet another stranger. this girl had been bound and blindfolded, and upon inspection appeared to beg for laura to drink her dry as a sacrifice to their dark deity. despite her attempts to avoid bloodshed laura succumbed to the beast within and drained the girl, committing the first violent act of her life.  vampirism.   after being discovered by the camarilla, laura had a choice: she had to fight to live or die twice in the same night. as fresh fledglings sired by unknowns, the group had to convince the camarilla court to spare them. that night she learned of her lineage -- the lasombra -- and their former ties to 'the sabbat', learning also that a former member of the sect now resided as the head of the tremere chantry in the city, and the court's primogen. in an attempt to learn more about her blood, she approached the man and forced him to pay attention to her ambition. the tremere relented, pledging himself to the girls' survival in exchange for promise of future favours from laura herself.more to come.

base information.
  name:   nova moreno.
  age:   225
  gender:   cis woman
  pronouns:   she/her
  sexuality:   lesbianmeta information: d&d.
  level:   12
  class:   rogue
  subclass:   assassin
  weapon(s) of choice:   dual pistols, dual daggersmeta information: vtm.
  clan:   toreador
  disciplines:   auspex, celerity, presenceabilities.
  auspex:   premonitions; aura reading; heightened senses; ability to read spiritual 'footprints'; telepathy
  celerity:   able to move faster than light-speed; extremely dextrous; can catch and return projectiles mid air
  presence:   ability to read and manipulate others' emotionsappearance.
  height:   six foot three inches
  hair:   long; straight; black; worn down or in a high ponytail
  casual dress:   leather or lace; corset top; black heels
  armoured dress:   as above, add more leather
  art:   ask me to send it because i can't use imgur <3

personality. on the outside nova can be cold, even intimidating to most. she looks down at everyone that is not in her immediate circle and especially likes to make men or masc-aligned people feel uncomfortable in her presence. she presents herself as a sexual, sensual femme fatale because she knows it sells. nova is a performer. she knows what people want and moulds herself to give it to them.  at her core,   she is extremely family oriented for the found family that she has built for herself. nova cut off her birth family when she left them for greener pastures and did not once look for them while they were still alive. the family that she has accumulated -- her brothers and daughters -- are people that she would die (and kill) for. nova is a fiercely loyal person to the point where she can easily be misled by someone that she is loyal to.  her ideals   relate strongly to her will to survive, and for those she cares about to survive. all that matters to her is that she and her daughters carve out the future that they want to see.  deep down,   she struggles with maintaining her humanity. nova is a murderer. she has committed sins beyond human morality and is very aware that she is not human and thus does not abide by human morality laws. she does not even think about killing as a terrible act any more. she knows that she is irredeemable. also, she's a hypocrite! she cares so deeply about those close to her but has absolutely no qualms about taking other people's loved ones away from them.

backstory (abridged).

base information.
  name:   omen
  age:   28
  gender:   agender
  pronouns:   he/him or they/them
  sexuality:   bisexualmeta information.
  level:   10
  class:   fighter
  subclass:   samurai
  weapon of choice:   katanaappearance.
  face claim:   nakamoto yuta
  height:   five foot eight inches
  hair:   short, white; often messy / tousled
  casual dress:   leather jacket without a shirt, leather trousers or black skinny jeans, boots
  armoured dress:   the exact same as his casual
  art:   ask me to send it because i can't use imgur <3

personality. on the outside he would appear as a born leader; he has been commanding others since he was sixteen and has a distinct level-headedness that makes him a good fit to lead any team. prior to its disbandment, he led an adventuring team that brought down the corrupt biotechnology corporation, serenity springs.  at his core,   he is a stubborn bastard. once omen sets his mind on something, it is very difficult to tear him away from it. his dedication to his job and to those he loves come second to none, and his duty to them is his main priority. very rarely will he admit his faults, and will deny any wrongdoing until matters have settled. in an argument he is cold, refusing to back down while also remaining calm and quiet -- almost eerily so.  his ideals   centre around being a hero and protecting those who cannot help themselves. he is extremely self-sacrificing and would rather die protecting his loved ones than to waste time thinking about a more complex solution.  deep down,   he just wants to find people that he can feel safe with. he's terrified of losing people and thus tells himself he prefers to be alone so that he doesn't have to lose anyone else.

backstory (abridged). created by the drogovas clan via a ritual to create new, artificial vampires, omen was one of the few failed attempts that survived past the ordeal. abandoned by the vampires in the streets of the azurite ward, he was found by muramasa makino, the heir to the ward's criminal organisation: the unfallen. given the name ryūnosuke, the child grew up in relative solitude due to his mother's responsibilities. he was primarily brought up by various nannies and attended the local high school as a civilian child. having been left alone for the majority of his formative years, omen gained a passion for art and eventually took up an apprenticeship with the unfallen's specialist tattoo artist. at age sixteen, omen took up his oath with the unfallen, immediately being granted his own sub unit to command at will.uhhh tldring the rest because my brain poofed out:
- he lost his fiancée which made him want to become an adventurer
- he formed a team that all decided to take down the corporation that kidnapped his fiancée -- they had their own reasons also
- said fiancée came back briefly and then died in omen's arms
- half of his team died and he abandoned the other one
-- despite having city-wide fame omen fell off the face of the earth to keep to himself and wallow in his guilt

base information.
  name:   pearl whitestar
  age:   25
  gender:   cis woman
  pronouns:   she/her
  sexuality:   bisexualmeta information.
  current campaign level:   six
  class:   fighter
  subclass:   battle master
  weapon of choice:   greatswordappearance.
  face claim:   anok yai
  height:   five foot ten inches
  hair:   long, black; styled in different manners depending on mood; often braided or straightened
  casual dress:   fashion-forward clothing, tight waisted, corseted or otherwise feminine clothing, skirts or skintight trousers, tall heels
  armoured dress:   reinforced trench coat & kevlar armour (sci-fi), half-plate (medieval)

personality. on the outside pearl may seem reserved and distant at a glance, but the moment one would hear her speak, the young woman's energy pervades her outward intimidation.  at her core,   pearl cares for everyone regardless of their background. she holds a lot of guilt towards harming people, but knows that people like her are needed to protect those who can't protect themselves. she is the necessary evil to ensure that the meek are not met with a fate that can be prevented.  her ideals   tend to fall around a central ideal of building a world in which everyone can thrive, and no one is left alone. despite her position as a fighter and protector, she prefers non violent action over violent action -- unless someone is openly hostile to herself or the people around her.  deep down,   pearl harbours a lot of rage. she contains a lot of hatred towards herself for her ignorance during her youth and often blames herself for contributing to the suffering of others. she visits the local fighting pits to train against her mentor, seth, or to let off steam in paid fights. she's a known fighter and has grown some rapport in the pits, and her personality within that sphere is entirely different from how she truly prefers to present herself.

backstory (abridged). pearl grew up as the niece of one of -- if not the most -- diamond city's most prolific megacorporation CEOs. whitestar industries pioneered the technology to make the New World habitable back in the days of eld, after the people of Solteria were forced to relocate after a disaster on their home world. she grew up privileged, pampered and never learned of the world outside her luxurious bubble.  university years.   once at university, everything changed for pearl. her eyes were opened to the backgrounds of those around her for the first time in her life, and she learned that her family was often the indirect cause of other people's suffering. after her first year she refused to return home, instead deciding to form a society based on providing aid to students whose families had been displaced or otherwise victimised by the megacorporations of the city. she and her best friend, a tiefling named mayhem, moved to the Jasper Ward, where Pearl then found her way into the Scarlet Guard.  The Scarlet Guard.   a humanitarian organisation that assists those who have suffered at the hands of megacorporations. pearl was recruited because of her victorious displays in the fighting pits and her willingness to aid others through the society she formed at university.

base information.
  name:   zlatan.
  age:   appears 25. actual 868.
  gender:   cis man
  pronouns:   he/him
  sexuality:   gaymeta information.
  clan:   caitiff
  disciplines:   celerity, obtenebration, protean, vicissitude
  merits:   common sense; favoured blood; inoffensive to animals; lingua franca
  flaws:   clan curse: lasombra; repulsed by garlic; fanatical devotion; word-scarredappearance.
  face claim:   n/a
  height:   five foot ten inches
  hair:   unruly; black; medium-length; straight
  casual dress:   black cassock; white collar; crucifix
  distinctive features:   red eyes; words of the book of nod in enochian etched into the skin from the back of his neck to his coccyxabilities.
  celerity:   able to move faster than light-speed
  obtenebration:   shadow manipulation; ability to summon tentacles from the abyss
  protean:   ability to see in the dark while eyes glow red; claws that grow from his fingernails
  vicissitude:   ability to change his own appearance at will; ability to mould the flesh and bones of another like clay

personality. on the outside  at his core,    his ideals    deep down,  

backstory (abridged). born in Philipoppolis in 1157