Post by NIKLAUS LEIF ALMSTEDT on Mar 12, 2013 11:37:15 GMT -8
NIKLAUS leif ALMSTEDT
and i will cling to what i knew, i saw exactly what was true
Full Name :: niklaus leif almstedt.
Nicknames :: klaus, usually. or you can just stick to niklaus.
Date of Birth :: sometime in march; he knows it was in the ninth century, but that's about it.
Physical Age :: twenty-four.
Mental Age :: around one thousand and one hundred years.
Species :: vampire.
Ability’s :: shadow manipulation; when it's convenient for him, niklaus is quite apt at moving shadows - making them into a looming figure, covering himself with them, making the room so completely dark that it's almost impossible to see in. the downfall to this is that it's exhausting for him to do.
Height :: six feet, four inches.
Weight ::[/i] one hundred and fifty pounds - the majority being muscle.
Hair ::[/i] dark brown.
Eyes ::[/i] golden, though when he was a human he had lovely blue eyes.
Play by ::[/i] richard madden
Likes :: {ten minimum}
• battle
• games
• rough housing
• men
• hunting
• a good party
• easygoing conversation
• his coven (or family, as he deigns to call it)
• making people laugh
• protecting those he cares about
Dislikes :: {ten minimum}
• being reminded of the past
• being forced to face his sins
• meetings (they're so dull)
• having to wait for things
• being ordered around - he's a man, for god's sakes
• being rushed
• getting separated from his family
• losing
• having to take responsibility
• confrontation
Strenghts :: {two minimum}
• competitive (competition does breed excellence, you know)
• strategic
Weaknesses :: {two minimum}
• mostly uneducated
• highly bellicose
Habits/Quirks :: {two minimum}
• raking his hands through his hair when he's anxious
• he's just a very touchy-feely guy
Fears :: {two minimum}
• losing his family for a second time
• turning back to his blood-lusting, carnivorous ways
Secrets :: {two minimum}
• he doesn't exactly broadcast that he slaughtered his sisters.
• his fear of abandonment.
Personality ::
the first and most important thing you know about niklaus is that he is, undoubtedly, one of the most loyal people you will ever meet. after losing his family, a kind word and soft words are likely to gain his affection - and boy is he an affectionate guy. he is easygoing and just loving, and one of those people that tends to love with his whole heart instead of just slowly, reluctantly, piece by piece. he loves people like he does everything - full force, and with the determination to make things work. that's just how he's always been. and, growing up in a large, boisterous family, it stands to say that he is much the same way.
and it's crucial to understand that his undying loyalty is because of his deep desire for family. what little family he had left, he destroyed; and so the idea of losing any of his new family is absolutely crushing to him. he is very simple-minded, in the sense that things tend to be black-and-white for him (with few shades of gray between), and so there is either good or bad, and he tries his best to live by his laws of good.
however, there is the problem of niklaus' temper. it would be unsafe to say to his face that you think he has an anger problem, because he will likely (and ironically) get angry about it; but it's true that there is a darker part of him that is still remaining from his days of killing and pillaging, and a lot of self-loathing that tends to kick in. he is always working to keep his anger problems under control, but most of the time, he denies having a problem at all.
Mother ::[/i] helene.
Father ::[/i] ingvar.
Siblings ::[/i] astrid and ygritte, his two younger sisters.
Other important people ::[/i] the other members of his coven.
History ::[/i]
the beginning story of niklaus' life begins with his birth, of course, ranging through his life. he doesn't remember much of it, since it was so long ago, but he does remember this: as the young son of a víkingr leader, he knew that it would one day be his job to take over their small but deliciously brutal army. and niklaus had been born - raised - to take over, to have this thirst for destruction and winning; and when, at last, his father was too sick to carry on and it became his job, he was absolutely thrilled. this was his chance to impress his father. to prove that he was worthy of carrying on after he was gone.
but when niklaus returned from his first raid, he came to a village that was burning down to the ground. everyone was dead. the warriors went to try and find their families, and instead of finding his parents or his sisters, niklaus found a vampire.
to this day, he still doesn't know who the vampire was. they were a nameless terror in his life, who sunk their teeth into his neck and left him just alive enough to let the venom take him and turn him into a monster. he remembers the transformation being extremely painful and lonely, and that he had never been more terrified in his life.
when at last niklaus woke to life anew as a vampire, he was nearly crazed with a burning hunger. he went on the hunt. seasoned warriors, women, children - all of them fell to his insatiable thirst, and because the vampire had abandoned him to develop on his own, he continued killing; it didn't matter who it was, how old they were - he didn't know, because all he was seeing was red.
finally, the red veil lifted from his eyes - and niklaus looked at his hands to see the body of his younger ygritte in his arms, drained and lifeless from his attack. a little ways away, astrid's corpse lay alone, too.
the guilt of what he'd done sticks with him to this day. horrified at the destruction he'd been able to wreak, he sought a quiet place - a lonely place - a dark place - to gather his thoughts. he finally crouched down, low and deep in a cave, and sobbed until he realized that he no longer was able to shed the tears he had once thought to be a weakness.
the shadows crept up on him, drawn by his lonely anguish. in the midst of a couple of days, he had managed not only to lose his warriors, who might as well have been family, but his parents and his sisters, as well. it wasn't until he dragged himself out of his grief that he began to realize the potential he held over the shadows; how he could dispel them, if he focused hard enough, how he could pull them to his finger tips. eventually, he was forced by his thirst to go out and hunt again - and was, thankfully, found by a vampire named michael.
michael was, perhaps, the loveliest thing niklaus had ever seen - all blonde hair and golden eyes. and he smiled kindly at niklaus who was drenched in blood, opened his arms, and said, come here, child.
niklaus has been lost in that embrace for the rest of his life, and has never forgotten michael - who helped him hone his ability, who guided him onto the path of a 'vegetarian' vampire - the man named after the archangel, who embraced him and told him that he was not alone.
niklaus left michael, after a little while. michael had soothed his anguish, but not completely, and he needed something else, something different - and when at last he heard of a small but blooming coven - the foiseil coven, he had repeated the name reverently, gently - he immediately sought them out to join their ranks.
Your name ::[/i] lise!
Age ::[/i] seventeen
Experience ::[/i] A LOT OKAY
Have you read the rules ::[/i] musical!
Role Play Sample ::[/i]
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