[hider=Irina Rochdale][center] [img]https://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/b3RmLjk2LjI5YjFmZi5TWEpwYm1FZ1VtOWphR1JoYkdVLC4wAAAAAAAA/azkia-demo.regular.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/H0vRWf5.png?1[/img] [img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/bcb510df-2243-4da6-a753-9f7294755b20.jpg[/img] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTCS6aWRSc][i]You can run on for a long time -/- Run on for a long time...[/i][/url][/center] [color=00AFEC]Name[/color] [indent]Irina Rochdale[/indent] [color=00AFEC]Nickames[/color] [indent][color=00AFEC][i]“That’s [b]Commander[/b] to you.”[/i][/color] Ira (friends and family); Zima (by Mikhail cause he’s a dick); the King’s Rose; Commander[/indent] [color=00AFEC]Age[/color] [indent]348[/indent] [color=00AFEC]Gender[/color] [indent]Female[/indent] [color=00AFEC]Sexuality[/color] [indent]She really doesn’t have time to spend figuring out something so unimportant[/indent] [color=00AFEC]Relationship Status[/color] [indent]Single[/indent] [color=00AFEC]Species[/color] [indent]Born Vampire[/indent] [color=00AFEC]Appearance Details[/color] [indent]Irina is tall for a woman at 5’7” with a lithe figure possessing more strength than meets the eye. Usually stone-faced or scowling, she shares the same hair, skin and eye colour as her brothers, with the exception that she can often be seen with her eyes coloured gold with bloodlust. She is the very embodiment of “serious”, standing rigidly straight and moving with purpose. She cuts a surprisingly imposing figure in her Black Thorn Commander’s uniform, ironically coloured white to identify her as commander rather than a regular officer. She hasn’t worn a skirt since 1600 and doesn’t intend to, wearing only clothes she could fight in and preferring the sharp cut of her uniform. She does, however, have a soft spot for dark lipstick and eyeliner.[/indent] [color=00AFEC]Personality Traits[/color] [indent]In a word, Irina is intense, and the first thing many people notice about her is a piercing, judgemental gaze that seems to go right through you. That is accurate to her personality as well: she sizes up everyone she sees, gauging their strengths and weaknesses. Rigid, blunt, cold, and ruthless, she fulfills the stereotype of a military commander to a T. She speaks quickly and concisely and only wants to hear you talk long enough to get the information she needs, having no patience for pretty words or idle chatter. Mercy isn’t a word in her vocabulary and she takes her duty deadly seriously, and God help anyone who stands in her way. [/indent] [color=00AFEC]Skills[/color] [indent][list][*]Excellent memory. [*]Martial Expert: Irina has been training tirelessly ever since she could hold a weapon in every combat form she could find, and is adept with pretty much anything that can be used to inflict harm, both modern and archaic. Her personal preference, however, is fencing. [*]Bloodlust: Centuries of discipline have allowed Irina to trigger her bloodlust on command, and control herself under its effect in order to use the enhanced physical prowess it provides to her advantage in combat. To facilitate this, she consumes as little blood as she can stand, fasting so that she is always just on the edge of bloodlust. She triggers it by biting her tongue. [*]Strategist: Self explanatory; Irina is a talented strategist and tactician when it comes to combat missions. [*]Rider: Irina is a skilled equestrian, able to wield various weapons while mounted. Now that horseback riding has become largely obsolete, she’s also become a skilled driver of various vehicles, both on- and off-road. [*]All the physical prowess that comes with being a born vampire [/list][/indent] [color=00AFEC]Weaknesses[/color] [indent][list][*]Tactless: Irina never could wrap her head around the art of conversation, and thus has stopped trying. She’s blunt to the point of rudeness and would be a huge liability in negotiation. [*]Restless: Irina gets itchy when she’s in one place for too long, and has a tendency to work herself too hard, outright resenting rest. [*]Paranoid: Irina never feels comfortable without her back against the wall, and is always on the lookout for threats even when none should be present. [*]Temper: Irina’s temper is quick and hot, and God help anyone in its path. Unfortunately, this can make her vulnerable to goading. [*]Especially vulnerable to her twin’s bullshit; he knows where all her buttons are and precisely how to push them.[/list][/indent] [color=00AFEC]History[/color] [indent]Born alongside her twin Mikhail a few decades prior to the King’s command, Irina doesn’t remember much about the days before the Black Iris segregated itself from humans. With Dmitri centuries older than her and occupied in his duties as heir, and Mikhail entirely insufferable, Irina looked to her militant father for companionship. With his guidance, she turned her temper into something constructive, and put her determined, discipline-hungry mind to good use by learning combat. From the moment she picked up a bow as a child, she fell in love with the art of battle, learning to wield any weapon she could get her hands on and finding a particular friend in the rapier. As she grew older, her potential grew clearer and clearer to her father, and soon he allowed her to join the Society’s armed force, the Black Thorn. Her capability was quickly proven and her skill shone among her peers, and she rose through the ranks quickly, eventually taking her place at her father’s side as Commander of the Thorn. As Commander, she controls the Thorn and directly commands its most elite forces. While the bulk of the Thorn investigates and tries law-breakers within the Black Iris, Irina and her highest officers take on the most dangerous threats, be they powerful Black Iris members or human Hunters getting a little too close. [/indent] [color=00AFEC]Misc.[/color] [indent] [color=00AFEC]00AFEC[/color] As part of her uniform, Irina at all times wears a rapier on her left hip. The handle and guard are decorated with white enamel and a few rubies, and its name is [i]Ukus Zimy[/i], “Winter’s Bite.” [/indent][/hider] [@Prosaic] I present to you: half-assed backstory, the person