Altered Tundra — Roleplayer Guild

FC; Matthew Grey Gubler | DC; Amethyst

Occupation				 																																

Main Physicisan and caregiver at Lifesaver Medical Clinic in Brooklyn, New York City, New York

Loyalty       				 																																

Dominic's loyalty is to none of the Royal Families. His loyalty is with those unaffiliated. He treats human and vampires alike who do not side with any of the three families and he looks out for them.

Aspirations				 																																

"I just want to help people and not be bothered by certain people of my family."

Philosophy				 																																

"Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind."

Fears        				 																																 

There is a certain paranoia that Dominic always had when it comes to his family. He may harbor some residual feelings of love for them, his ire for them is much higher than compassion. Aside from a choice few, he still very much hates them, but that is not where his true fear resides. Of course, he's always paranoid that his family will reel him back into the fold, but it is the bloodlust that he knows exists in his family's DNA that makes Dominic truly afraid of himself. And it is truly terrible how rapid the Zeno Bloodlust is. Dominic rarely felt it but it has always been in the back of his mind, thus he always does as much good so the bad doesn't come to the surface. Despite everything he might do, however, he knows it is there...

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there with open arms and open eyes — Drive by Incubus

Appearance				 																																

Throughout the years, Dom has put on maybe a year or two of physical age onto his slowly aging body, he still has retained not only the youthful appearance of a twenty-eight-year-old vampire, but he also has forever retained his lanky figure. Being a man who stands roughly around six feet and two inches, Dominic, despite how he was put through rigorous training regimens during his time in the army and works out daily, he has not gained a single ounce of muscle past what his vampire body would allow. Maybe this is due to the limited amount of blood he intakes, but nevertheless, for over ninety years, Dominic is a lanky vampire. 

But, that doesn’t mean he can’t look fashionable, right? Truth be told, Dominic does fashion himself a bit on the quirky side. It doesn’t matter if he has normal dark brown hair and lighter brown eyes or even a job in which he helps people, his fashion sense is something close to odd and colorful. He has never shied away from displaying his colorful personality in his clothes. Whether it’s mismatched socks, tye-dye shirts, and sweaters, pants of plaid and flannel, or shoes with the pansexual flag colors on it, Dominic is someone with just enough bizarre tastes to pass as reasonably weird. He also really enjoys ear, neck, and wrist accessories.

Personality				 																																

Compassionate + Understanding + Sympathetic + Honorable + Positively Proud + Loving + Emotionally Unpredictable + Manic + Desperate + Prone to Vampiric Bloodlust

There’s something prideful about Dominic, though not in the typical vampire pride that one might think. In the mixture of his quirky charm, unconditional compassion for just about anyone who comes under his care, Dominic indeed has pride for himself and for those who all have the strength to stand up for what they believe in. there also comes a layer of respect he will feel for someone should they stick to their guns. Whether the choices made are ones he could bring himself to like or not doesn’t matter. Being someone who made hard choices at the point in his life, Dominic wouldn’t feel right if he judged someone for their own choices, so there comes a respect no matter what.

Dominic took a long time finding his identity, but eventually, when he broke free of his family’s grip on him (which did take a while), he was free to be himself. Every bit of Dominic’s life is centered around proud of himself, of his accomplishments, and of the lives he saves. He can love who he wants with little to no disregard what his family thinks. As an out pansexual, by both accepting himself, Dominic too accepts everyone for who they are. The only moments he finds himself feeling negative emotions is when confronted with impossible tasks or with those who discriminate against him or anyone trying to live their life. When this comes, Dominic may be the most ferocious pure blooded vampire you’ll ever meet due to his knowledge of the human body.

That is Dominic Wells. Anger does not come to the surface often, but when it does, there’s no stopping it. 
Likes/Dislikes        	                              																												 	
▲   Art (Music, poetry, theater, broadway, comic books)
▲   Saving lives (mostly through music but also lives saving lives through other means)
▲   Exercizing (it brings Dominic peace and helps him deal with his bloodlust.)
▲   New York Pizza, though he also likes Hawaiian Pizza, too!
▲   Medical and Vampire Dramas (don't judge him)
▲   A select few members of his family.

▼   Everything illegal and morally wrong to do with his family
▼   His vampiric impulses
▼   Killing
▼   The horror genre
▼   Summer in New York
▼   Seeing humans as less than people

History				 																																 	

Born sometime in the 1860s, Dr. Dominic Peter Wells -- born to the name Domenico Pietro Zeno -- came into the Zeno family as the youngest of the Pure Blooded members of the Sicilian-based Vampire family. Their history is shrouded in a lot of things that Dominic had never really cared about nor did he like it. It’s true that he always was the black sheep of the family. From the moment he found out about exactly his family was all about, he made the conscious decision to have no part of it. This was, of course, met with a lot of disappointment and not one congratulations but, at the same time, when he made the decision at the start of the 1890s, Dominic was greeted with a few inches of respect. It was almost as though, while his family didn’t understand his choices, Dominic was given the “free pass” kind of respect he didn’t expect.

Since then, though he had run-ins with his siblings, Dominic remained as distant as he possibly could. Whatever was in his power to isolate himself from who his family was, Dominic did it. He wandered the globe from Morocco to Spain and even spent time somewhere in Pre-Nazi Germany. There came a point in time, however, where he stumbled back into the states. It was at the start of World War Two and by this time, he achieved something nobody in his family, let alone Tavi, could ever hope to achieve.

Compassion for the humans. And boy did it ever come through in the best of ways for the Youngest of the Zenos.

Dominic had spent those years around the world studying medicine. To him, learning how to heal was the best thing he could do to ensure that he would never become the bloodthirsty monster that all his siblings seemed to have no problem being. With a couple of fields of specialties, Dominic’s main focus was general care. Making sure those who needed to be patched up were and those who needed immediate care were given just that. He was an assistant to a doctor in England after graduating top of his class at St. George’s around the start of the 1920 decade. From there, he ventured back to the United States of America.

Only, after laying as low as he possibly could, Dominic, who had gained a sense of love for the Americans and humans in general, was struck with a hard blow when the Second World War began. He wanted to stay at the small clinic in Denver Colorado that he had been working at, but something called to him. So he enrolled in the US Army as a medical specialist, but when enrolled, he was trained as a combat medic. Though his contributions might’ve seemed little in comparison to those who fought on the frontlines, Dominic felt rewarded ten times over knowing that his skilled would either help those who were injured to make it out of one battle and possibly to their loved ones back home or that he was one of many contributing factors that led to the end of World War II when he second Atom Bomb hit Japan. 

And then came the second wave of Dominic laying low. Over forty or fifty years he spent living all over the country, never staying in one state for too long. At some point, Dominic lived in Los Angeles during the 1980s where Hair Metal and Heavy Metal took off, then there was a point in time where he lived in Seattle for a couple of years. Ironically, it was during another round of mainstream rock genres, this time, however, it was the rise of Grunge and Nirvana. Dominic could even remember seeing Kurt Cobain live once before his band made it big. At some point, Dominic wept with the rest of the country when news broke of Kurt’s suicide. Feeling attached to the music, he went down a near dark path where he almost fed on the source instead of the blood bags he had fed on for the longest time. It wasn’t until he saw himself in the mirror with his red eyes and fangs out did he stop himself. 

“Never again.”

Those words stayed with him and have stayed with him until the current decade of 2020. Dr. Dominic Wells, a doctor of medicine and healer, vowed to never again let himself be controlled by the beast within. Dominic Wells, the proud and out Pansexual never would let himself to feed upon the people he loved; not just those he cared for at his clinic in New York City, but those he had loved during his years roaming the world. Dominic Wells, though a pure-blooded vampire of the Royal Zeno Family, has never been more human in his entire life than knowing that now is the best time to promote love over hate than anything else, especially with all of the hate going around in the country.

“We were meant to rescue each other, not cut down the forest to rescue one.” — Shannon L. Alder

Skills				 																																 	

Trained Combat Medic
Easily the focus of his entire skillset, Dominic lived his life mostly as a wayward vampire until enlisting into the USA Army. When he joined, while he focused on medicine, he also was given combat training. In this, Dominic learned how to fire a gun (even though he hasn’t fired one in his life), he learned basic army fighting techniques (even though he doesn’t like to fight), and most important of all, he learned the tools and trades of how to save a life (something he has never forgotten). Most of what Dominic learned in the army aside form medicine knowledge is all but muscle memory now. As far as medical talents, he is a gifted surgeon and can identify most known physical injuries just by feeling the bone.

Pureblooded Vampire Physiology
Like other pure blooded vampires, Dominic’s body is built to move faster, attack stronger, and last longer than say vampires turned. But, due to Dominic cutting himself off from drinking blood from the source about one hundred and ten years ago, his strength is not even close to what it could be. While faster than the average human, his movements are slower than the rest of his kind. His physical attacks are weaker and longevity waned down, thus why he started to age a little faster than some (though it’s not noticeable to non-vampires).

Compulsion
Dominic, like most vampires, can persuade people to do what he wants them to do. Some might use this ability for evil, but Dom only uses it on stubborn patients of his or those he sees need medical treatment. If they refuse, he simply suggests they accept his help and he gives it to them. Though technically this would make Dominic a hypocrite, he only uses this particular ability as a way to help another person who he knows needs his help.

Artistic
Since the 1980s, Dominic Wells has been a creative soul. First drawn to music, he picked up his first guitar after seeing Twisted Sister live in Hollywood. He taught himself to play and by the 90s, he had opened for Nirvana as a solo act. Soon after Grunge faded, however, he found a love for painting and writing. He writes poetry and paints using both traditional means and digital works using Adobe Photoshop. He also designs stuff for his work like the logo of his clinic, his business cards, and some of the shirts he wears are his own designs.

Multilingual
Not including his native Italian, during his travels in both work and for pleasure, Dominic’s fast mind picked up the full understanding and knowledge of four languages: Moroccan, German, French, and Spanish. Dominic can understand Russian, but he can’t speak it fluently and he does understand some Mandarin Chinese phrases. Most of the languages he does understand and speak fluently are used on a regular basis because he lives in a very immigrant-heavy neighborhood, so understanding his patients’ native tongue is very important to him.
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