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~"And so our hunt begins anew..."~

Eyes are actually as blue as ice. The whites of her eyes turn black when she's angry.

~REBECCA SELIE VALENTINE~

AGE:
Unknown (Appears around her late twenties to early thirties)

GENDER:
Female

SPECIES:
Vampire (Changed sometime during the Renaissance in Venice.  Her attacker is believed to be of the Draculean strain)

AFFILIATION:
Her own side

PERSONALITY:
Charming and elegant, a very noble attitude, she could woo you with just a few simple words or with just a look of her eyes. She cares for others and does what's necessary to help those in need, but she fears getting too close to anyone...thinking it may invoke her vampiric side and drive her into bloodlust and mayhem.  The only exception to this is her servant/lover Camille.  When angered, her personality shifts and she becomes cold, relentless, and violent. Unlike some, Rebecca only pines for the simpler things of life. From day to day, she preoccupies herself with hobbies such as reading classic literature, listening to music at home, playing piano, painting, and has even taken up a bit of swordplay, which she's become a rather avid swordswoman. It's become apparent to some that she enjoys the company of women more than men, possibly even a physical attraction to them. She is also sociable with men, but she has a particular disdain for some, especially if they take advantage of a woman in any way or are cruel to them.

However, despite her sociable nature, she isn't quite fond of working alongside humans.

BIO:

-BATHED IN THE BLOOD OF VENDETTA-

	House Valentine was once the most prominent of families in the Venetian Aristocracy. Baron Renault, Rebecca's father, was a wealthy landowner and a considerably generous philanthropist. He later fell in love with Marianne, a beautiful and famous actress and opera singer, and married, where upon later they had a daughter, Rebecca.

 Twas thanks to her mother that Rebecca was raised in an environment steeped in music and the arts. She loved to hear her mother sing and enjoyed watching her plays and her concerts with her father. She even dreamed once of becoming an actress just like her mother, to be adored and talented as she was...but sadly her dreams were cut short. One considerably dark and cloudy night, a stranger clad in black and wearing a mask visited her family's home, and with him....he brought unspeakable horrors. He was tame at first, rather charming to Rebecca, but his advances upon her and her mother became unsettling. Renault soon took notice and kindly, yet firmly he asked the man to leave. He did not.... Instead, the man revealed himself to be a creature of the damned. He murdered Rebecca's family right before her waking eyes, tearing them to pieces with his bare hands and lapping their blood off the floor. 

	Then, he turned towards Rebecca, a savage gleam in his wicked red eyes. She tried to run away, far into the darkness of the forest surrounding her family's lavish abode, but he was too quick for her. Soon he caught her and pinned her to the ground ripping away her dress and defiling her once pure essence with his malice. Once the vile act was committed, the creature took her limp and lifeless body, tied stones to her ankles, and tossed her into a lake, never to be seen again... Tales of his massacre would spread like wildfire, but the killer's identity would never be known....except by one. 

	Years past since that horrific night, a lowly fisherman out on his evening stroll discovered the woman's body after his hook snagged onto her. He pulled the seemingly dead woman out of the lake, but right as the full, crimson moon shined upon her corpse, Rebecca sprung to life instantly and attacked the man, draining him until he was nothing but a dried husk. She fled back to her home, only to find it in ruins, every last ounce of her family legacy gone in ashes. An anger surged within her as she looked to the charred remains of her family's mansion, her eyes becoming dark as the ash that surrounded her. Rebecca could see him again, his vile smirk, his despicable eyes leering with bloodlust. 

	But worse....she had become just like him...a creature of the undead...a Vampire. From that day forward, she swore vengeance upon them, all of them, for killing her family, destroying her home...and turning her into a monster. For several years she's traveled about the world, learning of different supernatural horrors such as the dreaded vampires and how to slay them efficiently. She steeped herself not only in the knowledge of her cause, but also that of literature, music, art, and whatever else caught her fancy, even...a few beautiful maidens here and there. Nevertheless, she kept her true identity as a Nosferatu hidden from the outside world, only indulging her savage bloodlust out of need for survival. The few who knew what she was were only those closest to her, be it a friend or a lover, and some willingly allowed Rebecca to feed from them. Now in the modern era, Rebecca finds herself in the United States with a considerable amount of wealth and a new thrall/assistant by her side named Camille. She still seeks to avenge her family's death by tracking down and killing the Vampire who murdered them, yet she has also turned her attention towards recent events.  Rebecca has also gained another ally in a mysterious male vampire she spared reluctantly during an investigation of a coven in New Orleans  She's mostly used him as an informant, but his services always came with a hefty price. (Hope that's cool with you @Wraithblade6)

POWERS:

Rebecca's powers are telepathy, the ability to enter people's dreams and tamper with them, and to hypnotize others with her charm.  These are just a few special abilities among the typical shape-shifting.  However Rebecca does not choose the typical wolf, bat, or mist form, rather opting for turning into a black cat  This feline form is believed not to be derived from Vlad Tepes Dracul himself, but rather from another infamous vampire's bloodline, the Countess Mircalla Karnstein of Styria, better known as Carmilla.

ABILITIES/FAULTS:

Rebecca is noted for being quite agile, dexterous, and acrobatic, not to mention having enhanced physical strength and stamina and an extensive knowledge of firearms and bladed weapons, though she is more fond of the former over the latter.  Her eyes are more developed than the average human being too, allowing her to see from further distances with crystal clear accuracy.  Rebecca also has considerable pain tolerance, almost feeling no pain at all.  Working as a private detective too has gained her some notoriety for her amazing investigative skills, namely her eidetic memory and her keen observation.  However, she is a shrewd judge of character, trusting no one other than those closest to her.  This has caused her at times to come off as cold, and has sometimes made her more enemies than friends or lovers.

WEAKNESSES:

Though she is a vampire, Rebecca is only affected by a few common vampire weaknesses. She can still ingest garlic, albeit in moderate amounts, and she can still traverse through sunlight, only for a short amount of time before she begins to feel weary, light-headed, and at some points nauseous. Prolonged exposure to sunlight may even cause her to faint or her skin to blister painfully and burn off, but this is only in the case of direct contact with her skin. Religious paraphernalia if touched to her skin will cause burns and the sight of such can cause her to have splitting migraines and even lash out angrily. Naturally though, a stake to the heart can kill her instantly. The same goes with forcing her to swallow holy water or decapitating her.

OTHER:

Aside from her pistol, most if not all of Rebecca's weapons are keepsakes from her many travels across time.  Some of them carry some fond memories for her, while others are just simply tools she utilizes for killing the damned creatures of the night.

Nightshade:

Rebecca is skilled with quite a few swords and bladed weapons, but her favorite above all is Nightshade, a special katana she picked up during her travels in Japan in the early 1800s.  The sword in actuality was forged by a hidden sect of vampire hunters in the Yamanashi prefecture in Japan, not to mention they made some of the best sake she had ever drunken.  Sporting a razor sharp edge, it's the perfect tool for lopping off a few limbs and delivering quick decapitations.

Miseria:

A short silver dagger for those sticky situations.

In World War II Germany, rumors had spread of the Nazis using a blend of science and occult magick to produce an army of super soldiers and make Adolf Hitler immortal.  The end result was the creation of Sanguinarius, the modern vampire strain.  Soon, vampire attacks were rampant all throughout Europe in the late 1930s as the war pushed on, but quickly covered up by government officials to prevent widespread panic.  A special order of hunters was established then to eradicate the sanguinarian threat and any other supernatural creatures.  Unfortunately, Rebecca had a run in with one of these hunters when she was chasing a vampire in Dresden...and visiting one of the SS brothels for a bit of nightly fun.  She had no choice but to kill him, but kept his silver dagger as a memento.

Small and concealable under any circumstances, there's a special compartment in the hilt of the dagger for a vial of wolfsbane nectar, salt, silver filings, holy water, whatever the hunter wished to carry.

Thorns of the Saint

Sharpened and honed for the utmost aerodynamic design. They can be deployed rapidly in a cloud of deadly projectiles for a more wide ranged kill, maybe to get rid of a pesky gaggle of ghouls. These special throwing knives were a gift to her from a nun during her stint in an Irish convent in the 1960s, when a rash of brutal, grisly murders were taking the country by storm.  Turns out it wasn't vampires, but werewolves.  Nevertheless, Rebecca stayed on task, though it wasn't easy being around so much religious imagery and those ear splitting hymns.  At least that sweet nun keeping her company made the duration of her stay easier.

~Carmen~

If there's one thing Rebecca loves more than alcohol, women, and of course the occasional taste of blood, its style and accessibility, which is why she chose this sleek silver plated Beretta 92FS compact as her main firearm.  Though it fires a meager 9mm Parabellum round, it still packs a punch against vampires and werewolves alike.  The ammunition was specially designed by Rebecca to dispatch the horrors of the supernatural world, bullets made from a silver cross from St. Thomas' Holy Church in Manhattan, also coated in a deadly concoction of salt, ashes of Saint Croix and holy water, which can cripple any creature of Hell in less than a few seconds.

CHARACTER THEME:

You're Not Here - by Akira Yamaoka and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

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"Ah!  Mistress!  Wait for Me!"

Eyes are actually emerald Green. Often they'll become feral and cat-like if she's either angry or excited.

-CAMILLE "CAMMIE" BELLE WINTERS-

AGE:
34 (16 when she was turned by Rebecca)

GENDER:
Female

SPECIES:
Vampire (Possibly of the Draculean strain, same as Rebecca but with notable differences)

AFFILIATION:
Rebecca's side

PERSONALITY:
A bit shy around other people besides her mistress, she's a rather plucky and cheerful kind of girl with a bubbly attitude and an optimistic outlook on life. She adores things such as cute clothes, animals, and things that make her happy, and she loves to cook and make others smile. However, in an instant her personality can shift and she can become aggressive and violent. Cammie may seem like a push-over, but what she lacks in strength she makes up for in fierce devotion. To Rebecca alone Cammie is devoted to serving her and protecting her as well. She also has an intimate and emotional connection with the woman and becomes jealous when she sees others flirting with Rebecca, often to the point of lashing out at them. Because of her abilities as well, she has the utmost respect for the dead.

Camille however doesn't share much of the same zeal as her Mistress when it comes to slaying vampires and other creatures of horror.  Nevertheless, she keeps her qualms unnoticed, staying devoted to the woman she will love and protect till the end.   Like her mistress, she doesn't feel comfortable working with humans either, mostly because she is afraid of them.  She's not too fond either of their vampire informant, often calling him old man.

BIO:

-MY MISTRESS, MY SAVIOR...MY LOVE-

	Cammie was always a strange girl. She never made friends in school, often because she was ridiculed, and most of the time she stayed locked in her bedroom lost in her own little world, due to her abusive alcoholic father and her neglectful mother. Sometimes, she would even sneak out after dark and stay in the cemetery, speaking with the ghosts that resided there and learning of their stories. Cammie's powers are believed to have emerged after she was born dead then came back to life, supposedly gaining a link between the world of the living and the dead. Slowly her abilities manifested and by the time she was twelve, she began to develop her mind reading powers and her precognitive vision. Though as amazing as these were, it didn't do much but alienate her from the rest of the world. She was constantly bullied in school and her parents only ignored her further. 

	Then one night while she snuck out to the cemetery, Cammie saw a bunch of high school boys kicking over gravestones and spraying graffiti on the mausoleums. Angry, she tried to confront them, but they overpowered her and one by one they took turns beating her and savaging her until she was nearly dead. Bleeding, bruised, and nearly every inch of her body in pain, she could barely move. Then one of the boys pulled out a switchblade and started cutting into her shirt. Cammie closed her eyes, knowing what these sick bastards had in mind, knowing that she couldn't escape from it. She bit her lip and feared the worst...until...she felt something warm splash against her. She opened her eyes and discovered a woman, seething with anger, her eyes black as the pit of Hell. In her blood drenched hand she held the heart of the boy, freshly ripped from his chest and bit into it ravenously. The others soon ran away in fear, screaming into the night, yet Cammie, try as she may she couldn't squirm away from this ghastly horror. 

	As it turned out though....maybe she didn't want to...as the woman's face returned to normal, displaying such beauty Cammie's eyes ever beheld. The mysterious woman knelt beside her, cradling the beaten girl in her arms and looking upon her with eyes that showed worry and compassion. "They're gone now..." She whispered to Cammie. "They won't hurt you again...." She could sense that Cammie was slowly dying and in a last act to save her, she asked the girl, "Girl...are you willing to accept eternal life, despite what it should entail?" Weakly Cammie nodded, her eyes widening as she saw....fangs...in the woman's mouth. 

	She knew who...or rather what she was in the presence of, but nevertheless...she accepted knowing she would be turned into one. The woman's fangs plunged into her neck and she drank of her crimson nectar. Softly Cammie whimpered and her body went limp in the woman's grasp...everything around her growing...dark.. From that day forward, Cammie had abandoned everything. She no longer cared for friends or for her ungrateful parents. Forever faithful she remained to the very woman who saved her life and gave it back to her anew. The vampire Rebecca.

POWERS:

	Before she was turned by Rebecca, Cammie had some psychic powers. She can see and speak to the dead and read the minds of whoever she touches, also she can receive visions from objects she touches as well, such as an item belonging to a person.  She has yet to master her shapeshifting abilities and her hypnosis isn't well developed either.

ABILITIES/FAULTS:

Like Rebecca, Camille is agile but fairly clumsy and has some swordplay under her belt, but not as good as her Mistress.  Where Camille excels most is in marksmanship.  She's a good shot with almost any firearm and can hit her targets with the utmost accuracy from even a great distance.

WEAKNESSES:

Camille's weaknesses are more or less the same as Rebecca's, albeit, given she is still a youngling by standards, they are much more severe to her.  Camille cannot traverse through sunlight at all as indefinitely it will burn her alive.  She cannot eat any garlic for it will cause horrible stomach pains, possible internal bleeding, and most likely damage to her body's inner tissue.  Camille is even repulsed by mirrors and she cannot cross streams of running water.

OTHER:

Camille was trained by Rebecca for years to fight alongside her, the woman teaching her everything she knew about supernatural creatures and how to kill them.  Cammie was well versed in firearms, swordplay, hand to hand combat, and of course marksmanship.  She's a good shot with any firearm and can hold her own quite well in close quarters, but much to her chagrin, her Mistress will not allow her to engage any enemies at close range.  Rebecca has strongly suggested that Camille act as her overwatch instead, not to chide her but to make sure her beloved thrall is safe.

DMR-58 Hekate II

Chambering a skull crushing .308 Winchester round (7.62x51 NATO), this rifle was made for Camille to Rebecca's exact specifications.  This rifle is fairly light, can be easily broken down for transport and fires highly damaging explosive bullets, using a detachable four round box magazine. Additionally, the high power scope has built in lenses adaptable to any level of light, even pitch darkness.  Top that with the impressive range of this weapon and you have one hell of a gun for any hunter of the UHC.  It's Camille's favorite weapon so far.

Rose of Sharyn

More or less a get out of jail free card for Camille.  This switchblade knife is easily concealable under any circumstances and even has a special modification.  The cross on the handle is a small button.  When pressed, it activates a stream of holy water, housed within the blade, that can be injected into a vampire or werewolf once it has been stabbed.

Lilium

In the event she is surrounded by a gang of vampires or werewolves, Camille has this to fight her way out, at least until her Mistress comes to rescue her.  Designed similar to Rebecca's Nightshade by the descendants of the Japanese vampire hunters, this wakazashi was forged with serrations in the blade for maximum damage and to saw through the thick hide of werewolves.  Rarely has Camille used it in combat, since Rebecca keeps putting her at far range from any danger, but it has saved her skin a few times.

~White Knight~

Camille's preferred sidearm.  Unlike Rebecca, she sacrificed concealability for stopping power, going with the Colt 1911 platform and its more powerful .45 ACP round.  Still, she uses the same style of ammunition.  Coupling this with the raw power of a .45, she can punch quite a nasty hole in a vampire's gut.

CHARACTER THEME:

Letter from Lost Days - by Akira Yamaoka and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

@The Grey Dust

Okay, I've made the changes specified and fixed a few things.  Cammie's age has been bumped up alot more to better make sense her skill range.  I wouldn't necessarily say she is the best at everything, but more or less astute.  I took out the whole hacker thing though as I looked back on it and figured it didn't suit so well at the time.

Also, they don't necessarily carry their weapons around all the time, maybe their firearms and a few throwing knives, but the swords and rifles and stuff they save for when they're on the hunt.  Most of the time, Rebecca and Camille are just searching for evidence of possible vampire activity, and once they have validated proof there is an active coven/single vampire, then they seek them out to eliminate them.
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