[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/67976/posts/ooc]Children of Lord Dracula[/url] - ACTIVE
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[b]Name:[/b] Viktor von Gesner 

[b]Age:[/b] 35

[b]Sex:[/b] Male

[b]Appearance:[/b] [hider=Viktor von Gesner][img=https://36.media.tumblr.com/186d1e88cf157f55ae9a1d78e7197f8b/tumblr_meqi2bntAa1qlab27o2_500.jpg][/hider]
[hider=Description]Both before and after his death and 'rebirth', Viktor was considered by many to be handsome. While human, Viktor was a tall and fit young man with a square jaw, rich, chestnut-colored hair, and ocean-blue eyes; his days spent helping work at his family's sawmill during his adolescent years left him healthy and well-built. His complexion was light but not pallid, remaining smooth and unblemished. After awakening from his transformation, however, Viktor's appearance changed with him. He seemed to age physically, his skin becoming sickly pale in color, as though he hadn't seen the sun in months. His hair started to gray and lose its youthful richness, and his eyes seemed to freeze over like ice, becoming an unsettling electric blue in color. Wrinkles and frown lines began to form on his face, and heavy bags underneath his eyes gave him the appearance of eternal fatigue - as though something heavy weighed down on his shoulders. Besides all this, however, Viktor's former youthfulness seemed to return, if only for a time, after enjoying a 'meal'.[/hider]

[b]Wardrobe Style:[/b] Perhaps considered 'vintage' for this day in age, Viktor makes sure his choice of clothing remains austere and formal. Favoring dark, caliginous colors, Viktor's typical attire consists of either a black overcoat or sports coat over a dark dress shirt/waistcoat combo with matching suit pants, black leather shoes, and a black leather silver-buckled belt. In any outfit he's seen wearing, he keeps a dark-colored scarf neatly tucked into his collar and usually dons a pair of black leather gloves, more for appearance's sake than actual utility. 

[hider=Example Outfit][img=http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8bcj1TP0M1rtkvgdo1_500.jpg][/hider]
[hider=Example Outfit Two][img=http://images.bwwstatic.com/upload10/467588/stan.jpg][/hider]
[hider=Example Outfit Three][img=http://i.imgur.com/pm1sA.jpg][/hider]

[b]Height:[/b] 5'11"

[b]Weight:[/b] 154 pounds

[b]Bio\History:[/b] Born in the German Empire to the Von Gesner family in 1883, Viktor lived the early part of his childhood moving from house to house. His father, [url=http://image3-cdn.n24.de/image/572184/1/large16x9/61x/mit-kartoffel---der-seewolf--bei-prosieben-image_620x349.jpg]Ludwig[/url] made little money as a carpenter, and struggled to make ends meet. However, when Viktor was only a young boy, his father received a letter from his brother, [url=http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/d7/7f/65/d77f65f93275395cad6a6d5979003e2b.jpg]Markus[/url] in America; an invitation for the small family to come and work for him at a family-owned sawmill. 

Boarding an immigration ship to America shortly after receiving the letter, the Von Gesner family found themselves enjoying the best part of the Second Industrial Revolution, as new technologies became available for labor, making work easier and production rates increased. Because of this, the family ended up becoming far wealthier, enough for Viktor to receive an education. 

Finding himself enamored by history, Viktor applied himself to these studies, enough to journey onto university to receive a graduate's degree in history and a minor in archival science. Shortly after his graduation, however, his father, a longtime smoker, died due to lung cancer, leaving Viktor a moderate inheritance for him to make something of himself - a future. 

Leaving America to head back to Germany in 1906, [url=http://www.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Captain-America-Bucky-Barnes.jpg]Viktor[/url], now a young adult, found a comfortable job working at a history museum as a historian/archivist. He stayed in this position for a number of years, achieving moderate success as a hardworking citizen, just as his father would have wanted. But not all was to last. In 1914, World War sparked up between all the major powers of the world, causing mass chaos to erupt. Viktor did his best to remain out of the war, preferring his job as a historian to the soldier's life. 

Avoiding the four-year conflict until it's end, Viktor decided that leaving Germany during the aftermath of the Great War would be best, and quickly set off to Transylvania, Romania, intrigued to see what historical marvels the region would have to offer. 

There he met the enigmatic and mysterious Lord Dracula, a man of such refined mannerisms and grace that Viktor felt a certain connection to him, as though he wished to always be in the noble's presence. The two of them formed a close companionship that lasted for many weeks, until the fateful day that Viktor awoke to find puncture wounds in his neck...

Overcome by a debilitating illness that left him bedridden for days on end as he underwent the painful and severe transformation into a Vampire, Viktor died in his sleep, with no one to mourn for him. 

He remained in a death-like state for only a few hours before awakening again in a rush, overcome by a terrible [i]hunger[/i], a hunger not for food or drink, but for [i]blood[/i]. Contacted yet again by Lord Dracula, Viktor was promised he would receive answers to all his questions if only he returned to the lord's castle for an extended stay. Finding himself enjoying immortal life the longer he lived it, Viktor stayed at the castle, becoming one of Dracula's children. 

[b]Skills:[/b] Expert knowledge in the fields of history, archival science, and English, fluent in both German and English, charismatic and eloquent, almost an inhuman amount of patience and willpower. 

[b]Specialty Power(s):[/b] [hider=Memory & Knowledge Absorption]A gift (or curse) from his Vampirism has given Viktor the ability to absorb memories from others, effectively able to gain knowledge of nearly anything by extracting it from the minds of his victims through physical and eye contact. This power allows him to essentially become a polymath in a short period of time, as he need only remove the knowledge inherited from someone and transfer it to himself. This power, though greatly effective, is despised by Viktor, who chooses to use it only in certain situations for a few reasons, due to the psychological damage it can have on him. The process of absorbing memories/knowledge from others is slowly, but surely having an impact on him, as he is starting to losing grasp of which memories are his, and which memories belong to others that he's taken. To add-on to the damage, the sheer [i]amount[/i] of alien memories he has can cause debilitating headaches, as well as occasional hallucinations as he's struggling to cope with them. Viktor finds that Vampires, specifically those with telepathic powers themselves, are highly resistant, if not invulnerable to his absorption abilities, due to their advanced age and willpower. However, this resistance is nullified should the Vampire give consent and 'open' their mind, so to speak.[/hider]
[hider=Supernatural Condition]Due to his Vampirism, Viktor's natural attributes have increased substantially, his strength, speed, reflexes, durability, agility, and healing factor far above normal humans. Because of this, he is completely immune to disease/illness, extremely resistant to physical injury, and is an extremely dangerous combatant to humans.[/hider]
[hider=Transfiguration]Viktor has limited transfiguration abilities, able to transform himself into a large, black raven at will. This power is typically used for spying on the humans around Transylvania, but he can occasionally be found in raven form around Dracula's castle.[/hider]

[b]Other:[/b] Though a native German citizen, Viktor's years spent in America, coupled with his century-long-life thus far as a Vampire have caused him to lose the majority of his accent, though a hint remains in his voice, and he will occasionally throw German words into his speech. Also, despite his growing misanthropic/cynical views on humanity, Viktor still holds ties to his own youth in the 19th and 20th Century, oftentimes found listening to music from the 1930s/40s/50s, as well as enjoying a good discussion on the politics of those times.