Name: Rowan Drake (left) and Alexander Fife(right) Age you were turned: Rowan Drake-27 Alexander-21 Age you are now: Rowan Drake: 820 Alexander Fife: 521 Year you were turned: Rowan Drake: 1191 Alexander Fife: 1510 Diet: Their diet is a mix of human and animal blood depending upon where they inhabit at that time and what kind of people are around them. For instance in the two world wars their diet consisted mainly of human blood. Personality: Rowan has a calm and philosophical disposition. He is gentle mostly but can be very ruthless and he very rarely feels guilt. He is intuitive and understands people well but he is also quite laid back and somewhat lazy. He is humorous and satirical and can use cutting sarcasm when he wants to. Alexander is a very joking kind of person but not overly so. He is very active and tactile, hugging friends and especially jumping onto Rowan's back when he least expects it. He's very musical, carrying some kind of musical instrument with him wherever he goes and often whipping it out at the most unexpected times. He may seem naive but in a serious situation his personality changes completely and he becomes hard and confident. Items: Rowan wears a worn gold pendant on his belt with arabic writing on it. [img]https://24.media.tumblr.com/1877b49f9914c63ae85db16b1d38413a/tumblr_mzo7kxJStP1tqwzjzo1_250.png[/img] History: Rowan was born the child of a poor nobleman. His father's family had been rich and powerful but slowly they had diminished and Rowan was born into the ruins of a great family. He decided to become a knight and used his natural born cunning and strength to quickly move his way up in the ranks, eventually being accepted into the close confidences of King Richard the Lionheart. At the age of twenty three he was chosen to accompany the King to the holy land to fight in the third Crusade. He came for his friendship to the king but he was decidedly uninterested in the campaigns, thinking them foolish and wasteful. During his time there he fought against Saladin often and the two found themselves respecting one another. At the battle on the Arsuf plains Rowan was injured defending Jaffa from Saladin's forces and was taken captive by him, even though Jaffa was not taken. He lived around Saladin for a long while and was well treated by him. The two even became friends although Rowan was not allowed to rejoin his king. There was a strange man in Saladin's court whom rarely came out in the daylight and when he did he was shrouded in thick black robes. Rowan met this man occasionally and they also became close, although Rowan knew hardly anything about him. The man seemed intrigued with him and one night while Rowan went for a walk, the man offered him wine which turned out to be his own blood and then ran Rowan through with his own sword. Rowan awoke in bewilderment and during the course of the day him killed and drank the blood of a serving girl. Rowan was horrified and went to Saladin, begging him to execute him. Saladin saw what had happened for he knew of vampires. He refused to kill Rowan but banished him from his court and left him in the desert, leaving with him a pendant of gold. Rowan was burned in the desert sun but he had just enough thick clothing to survive and using his vampiric sense he managed to sustain himself with the blood of the desert creatures until he found civilisation. He learnt to control his bloodlust and managed to return to england, to the great joy of King Richard. However soon he realised that, not only did he have supernatural strengths, he also didnt seem to be aging. He was the first to notice it and swiftly took action even though it pained him to do so. He pretended to fall ill and let a servant find him stone old and not breathing in his chambers. He let the mourning take its course and just escaped the coffin to flee into the country. He lived quietly for a long while, flitting in and out of court on occasion until he met a young and talented musician. Alexander was a minstrel in Henry the eighth's court and was highly esteemed by the king. However Alexander didnt want to be a kings minstrel for his life and hated being tied to court by Henry. He and Rowan met and gradually came to trust one another, finally becoming lover's. Alexander knew of Rowan's vampiric nature and eventually convinced Rowan to turn him into a vampire. They fled Henry's court and went into hiding for a while. Rowan taught Alexander self control and as the years went by they saw an opportunity in the newly dscovered america. They swam there over the sourse of a week and have lived there ever since, adjusting to each turn of the century and acquiring new musical talent along the way. Family: Rowan: Father:Rufus Drake (deceased) Mother:Mary Drake (deceased) Younger Sister:Emily Drake (unknown) Alexander:Father: Arnold Fife Mother: Hillary Fife Younger Brother: Timothy Fife Younger Brother2: Richard Fife [img]https://24.media.tumblr.com/c9fdca30554e6a69e0e6712914d5a052/tumblr_mzo7lgQtJA1tqwzjzo1_500.png[/img] Rowan = left Alexander = right Extra Info: They generally travel around the place, performing at concerts and especially at some bars where they have become known and their secret passed down for long generations of bartenders.