Name: Mithias
Appearance:
Species/Strain: Undead vamp
Phase of Infection: n/a
Personality: Intelligent, quiet, curious, an investigator, a defender, not prideful. Trying to survive in a confusing world long enough to discover why things are the way they are. Fairly pessimistic about humans, as in he expects them to be a lot like close-minded greedy animals. Some aren't so bad. He has abandoned his human faith in favor of an openness to truth, whatever it may be.
Abilities: Shares the undead vampire trait of psychic communication with other vampires, but Mithias has the unique ability to make himself psychically immune and invisible to other vampires' psychic detection and influence. He can ward them out. Most impressive, he has the unique ability to harvest heat energy from his Obscurum Sanguis. The infection itself generates a lot of energy to animate a otherwise "dead" body. Mithias' strain can focus that energy, lighting his blood on fire in his hands. He can burn something by touch, throw a flame, and even prevent himself from burning by redirecting the heat. There is a limit to this power of course.
Skills: swords, mostly dual-wielding. The whip, bolas, horse riding, driving cars and planes. archery, basic firearms. knowledge of modern finance, government, human psychology, judeo-christian studies, biology and genetics - particularly understanding of Obscurum Sanguis, chemistry - particularly knowledge of explosives, basic computer operation and communication.
Gear: Mithias has a house. It's a nice house, with a security system, a library, a garage, and of course a secret underground area for special-item storage in the basement. He has a bike, a car, and he maintains all this under the guise of some rich old human name with of course unreported savings in foreign accounts. He keeps his main home off the radar and does travel. He probably has stashed away all kinds of weapons from over the years. He finds swords more reliable and respect worthy than guns.
Background: As usual, Mithias was a knight, one of the last knights of the time of the crusades. He was a very obedient, god-fearing man, who chased away the servants of Satan from the realm. He was merciful and kind and very innocent, until his people turned on him and threatened his family.
His young wife, Evelyn, was arrested and imprisoned in a ploy to force Mithias to turn himself in and confess to heresy. Mithias was desperate and turned to a vampire for help. He was turned, then rescued his wife. Being a naive fledgling and clueless about how vampirism worked, he attempted to turn Evelyn, but it didn't work. He also couldn't bring himself to kill her once he learned, through the psychic blood bond, that she was already pregnant. Fortunately, the attempt didn't kill her, but the baby was born with psychic powers. Unfortunately, Evelyn died in childbirth and did not hence become a vampire. The child, Damien, found a decent home under the care of mother Luna at a church orphanage. What role Mithias played in his raising is a mystery lost to time. Damien Varomere alone was the only human to ever truly be gifted with psychic powers.
In modern times, Mithias is fascinated with the progress of science and understanding. He funds a research organization directed at uncovering the source of vampirism and lycanism. He hunts rabid, devolved Draculan vampires and werewolves when they pop up. He doesn't approve of the abuse of humans and will stand up to another vampire that does this, possibly resulting in a fight or a hunt.
