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[ofmoonliights]

☽● INTRODUCING

FULL NAME: Emma Grace Sawyer

ALIAS: Mirela Nikolov

NICKNAMES: Em

DOB: October 30, 1990 ( Scorpio ☼ | Leo ☽ | Pisces ↗ )

AGE: 31

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single

SPECIES: Witch (untriggered werewolf, unaware)

HOMETOWN: Sonoma, California

OCCUPATION: ER Nurse

ORIENTATION: Bisexual | Biromantic

GENDER: CIS Woman

PRONOUNS: She/Her

TRIGGERS: Death, fire

// A full written bio is coming, but it's been a few years since I've played these guys so I'm just readjusting / refining some points.

Born Mirela Nikolov, to Natalia, a witch, and Aleksander, an untriggered werewolf.

Alek was unaware of his wolf nature, having been raised by his human mother. Gabriela was a powerful witch, stemming from a long lineage of witches and in line to become the leader of her coven in Bulgaria. They were opposites attract, the queen and the pauper, but it was a match made in heaven, despite heavy opposition from her mother. They married.

A few months off inheriting the leadership of the coven, the family were happy, however, Natalia's younger sister, Gabriela, coveted the position and set out to take it for herself. With the growing threats against her, they temporarily relocated the the States to hide out until Natalia's position as leader could be cemented. They welcomed Mirela in the fall of 1990.

But Gabriela followed. She attacked the family home in December, setting a fire and trapping the family inside.

Aleksander was able to lower Mirela to the ground where neighbours gathered to ensure her safety, but when he went back in, it became obvious that there was more to this than human created arson. Magic was involved, and despite her best efforts, Natalia's magic had been suppressed. They weren't going to make it out of there alive.

Aleksander didn't want her to die a long, slow and painful death, instead suffocating her with his hand so that she would be pain free in her final moments.

But what he didn't realise was that this would trigger a curse within himself, one that allowed him to survive. He triggered his curse, and managed to escape the wreckage of the house. But Mirela was gone, and it was assumed that her parents were deceased. He never corrected the story, thinking it safer that his daughter remained lost to the system where Gabriela couldn't find her.

In the hospital being treated after her parents death, an emergency room nurse fell in love with the then known as Baby Doe, who only quieted around her, and took her husband, a resident doctor at the same hospital, to meet her. The pair had a one year old at home and they had been unsuccessful in trying for a second, but this was their sign to take in the baby. They could be a family.

Offering to foster her was one thing, and the wait to see what family was out there was agonising. Months stemmed into a year, then two and they were unable to find any connections. The Nikolov family had rented the house under a different name, no one knew who they were, they were ghosts.

And so, at 3, Emma was officially adopted into the Sawyer family that she had known her entire life. With her older brother Ethan, they were set.

But raising Emma came with challenges, unusual events that would happen around her. Wincing when she touched the nanny, spouting that she would die soon, only for the nanny to die in an accident days later. Unexplained accidents, fires, things moving. It was odd, and they couldn't find a reason for it.

Until, just before her 14th birthday, a woman knocked on their door. Elina Avramov was elegant, moving with an ethereal grace that brought a hushed awe over the Sawyers as she crossed the threshold of their home with silvery eyes locked on one person. Emma.

She revealed the truth, that Emma was the cause of the odd occurrences and that her birth mother had been a witch, quite a powerful one until the arson attack on their home that wasn't quite arson, but a werewolf attack. At least as it had been framed to Elina when news of her daughter and son-in-law's death reached Bulgaria. Now living in the States, searching for her granddaughter, she offered the Sawyers a new home somewhere they could be safe, adjust to the news that the supernatural walked amongst them, but also so that Emma could also be trained to use her power. And so, the family moved to Silverkeep.

Following her parents into emergency medicine, Emma uses her powers to heal. She's grown into her powers well, as a confident witch. But as a person? She's a mess, unable to handle balancing a love life or many friendships. She's quick to react to insults and injustice and hard to sway once set in her opinion, but she is a compassionate and caring person who will always do what she believes is best.

[cfhiraeth]

[ PHOEBE TONKIN, 34, CIS WOMAN, SHE/HER ] CHARLOTTE BRENNAN just walked down main street. They are a OWNER OF BRENNAN who has been in Silverkeep for ALL THEIR LIVES. They are part of the CRESCENT pack and act as ALPHA. People know them as LOYAL & CUNNING but also as CLOSED-OFF & IMPULSIVE. They are described as BURNING EYES, BOURBON ON HER BREATH AND LEATHER JACKET.

TW MURDER, DEATH

For generations, the Brennan have led the Crescent pack, it was never a secret in the Brennan's household, what they were, or who their father was. The town was small and rather quiet and the Brennan's household often felt too small to Charlotte, with her three siblings and all those from the pack who constantly came around. Little Charlotte's escape was colors and papers, paint, crayons, and anything that could leave a mark on a canvas. With her nose in her sketchbook, everything around her faded.

Charlotte was 14 when their mother left and she chose to feel nothing but anger toward it. Charlotte and her twin were the eldest and their father was busy with the bar and the pack so it too often fell on them to make sure the two younger ones were fed, clean and their homework done. Charlotte often stayed up late, making sure her father ate when he closed the bar down for the night. Then she stayed late because she couldn't take the way the house felt anymore. She would go out and wreak havoc wherever she could, getting herself in trouble as much as possible. It followed her, trouble, attracting it.

Charlotte wanted out. Out of the town, out of her family. Graduation was supposed to be her golden ticket, gone the day after, not telling anyone. But things didn't work out that way, her curse being triggered one week before graduation. The TISH acceptance letter was thrown in the garbage, her acceptance was turned down in an email. No one knew and no one would.

They all knew that her father wasn't immortal, but the sickness came quicker than they could see it and before anyone knew, he was on his deathbed, begging for mercy. And Charlotte was the one giving it to him, that mercy he so much needed. She thought her twin would take his rightful place as Alpha and that maybe, she could leave then, at least for a little while. But once again, things didn't work like she thought they would and she was the one to be made Alpha.

Charlotte always loved the pack, that was not the problem. She just had dreams that did not work with it. And the second she became Alpha, the pack became everything. No one could ever doubt her motivations, not before and not now.

[kaydenbedard]

[ CASEY DEIDRICK, 33, CIS MALE, HE/HIM ] KAYDEN BEDARD just walked down main street. They are a WELDER who has been in Silverkeep for THIRTY THREE YEARS. They are part of the CRESCENT pack and act as PACK BETA. People know them as RELIABLE & FEARLESS but also as RESTLESS & HEADSTRONG. They are described as RAIN DROPS FALLING ON A TIN ROOF, A CHAINSAW BUZZING, A OVERSIZED PLAID BLANKET.

At a young age, Kayden knew something was different about him. He could feel it like somewhat of a shadow. There but not entirely so. Almost hidden. Memories flooded his mind of whispers and murmurs of his parents when they thought he wasn’t listening. It was almost like they were sheltering him from something. This would become full circle later on in the man’s life. What he didn’t know at that time was that he was cursed, quite literally.

In Kayden's teen years, his Father wanted to tell him about who he was - but his Mother wanted to protect him, wanted Kayden to feel normal without the pressure that consumed him. This would cause a rift and Kayden's Father would skip town before the young male's 14th Birthday.

As much as his parent’s put the effort in or rather mostly his Mother to seclude him from everything supernatural related, it was too much of a fight then they could manage. The male’s curiosity of wanting to find out what he thought was being hidden from him got the better of him. What innocence consumed in his younger years didn’t flow too freely when the boy hit puberty and into his teenage years.

He caught wind of what his parents tried to hide, to risk his exposure to everything. And when he finally realized what that private matter came into light and out from the darkness of hiding, something went off in the male’s brain. One innocent guy turned into a rebel without a cause. Past from the constraints of his parent’s watchful eye. At that time, he never understood why they both kept something so great, so empowering confidential.

When he learned first hand of his powers, Kayden did so without batting an eye. The feeling that was the most domineering was that of satisfaction. That now finally he could be a part of something (And rather not feel like some sort of outcast that wasn’t in the ‘IT Crowd’). Once he became self aware Kayden took all the training and all the knowledge passed his way with open arms. It brought him solace and comfort.

However, it wasn't until he was 20 - when he realized why his Mother was so adamant about trying to shelter him. The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos and enemies of all sorts of backgrounds linger in the shadows waiting for the exact right moment to strike. Kayden would lose a good friend at the hands of a hunter who was using his Friend as a means to get to him. Kayden would get his revenge on the hunter, but the loss still resonates with him even now.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. Back before the loss Kayden was living on edge, he wasn't any sort of leader. He used and abused his gift and to say he was selfish would be an understatement. But he grew in the end and that's what really matters. Safety brings first aid to the uninjured and he wants to have his hometown of Silverkeep embody that and he will do anything and everything to protect the people who need that.

[ofmoonliights]

☽● INTRODUCING

FULL NAME: Nicholas James Adler

NICKNAMES: Nick

DOB: December 31, 1733 ( Capricorn ☼ | Aries ☽ | Pisces ↗ )

AGE: 35 / 290

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single

HOMETOWN: London, UK

SPECIES: Vampire

OCCUPATION: Carpenter

ORIENTATION: Bisexual | Biromantic

GENDER: CIS Man

PRONOUNS: He/Him

TRIGGERS: Death

// A full written bio is coming, but it's been a few years since I've played these guys so I'm just readjusting / refining some points.

tw...death.

Nick was born the reluctant older son of one of London's most powerful, and corrupt, politicians during the Georgian era in Britain. He was a spoiled child, often left to the care of nannies and other household staff, alongside his younger sister Nina when she joined them when he was four.

His mother died when he was six and Nina two, and their father was never present, up until he died when they were in their late teens. Nina was the light of his life however, and the pair were inseparable even as they grew into adulthood. He was remarkably protective over her.

He was reluctantly married in his mid 20s, a political match that had been in place since his birth. Katherine was an adequate wife, though often dull, and he dutifully gave her children and a lavish home as per his requirements as husband. But he often strayed, and rarely was home to pay attention to his children, Caroline, Charlotte & James.

When he turned 35, he embarked on an affair with a woman who turned out to be a vampire. She turned him for her own pleasure, and after he realised what he had become, he knew he didn't want to face this life alone. He convinced his sister to turn as well, and the pair faked their deaths. When realising what he had done, the woman who'd turned him left the pair, and from then on it was Nick and Nina alone.

It was ideal, moving all the time, never staying in one place, moving to the States when they felt it was time for somewhere new. Until the 90s, when they stumbled upon a wolf pack. The pack attacked, killing Nina. In his rage, he slaughtered them all before fleeing the area.

From then on, he has wandered from town to town lost, revelling in hedonism, refusing to create connections, and causing chaos wherever he can.

[ofmoonliights]

☽● INTRODUCING

FULL NAME: Elisabeth Jansen

NICKNAMES: Lis

DOB: February 1, 1987 ( Aquarius ☼ | Scorpio ☽ | Cancer ↗ )

AGE: 36

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Widowed

SPECIES: Werewolf

HOMETOWN: Fallon, Nevada

OCCUPATION: Owner - Inkjection Tattoo & Piercing

ORIENTATION: Bisexual | Biromantic

GENDER: CIS Woman

PRONOUNS: She/Her

TRIGGERS: Death

// A full written bio is coming, but it's been a few years since I've played these guys so I'm just readjusting / refining some points.

Lis was always a sucker for bad boys, and it would be what brought her to rock bottom, the catalyst for her to change her life.

She's always been aware of the supernatural, and aware that a life forced to change into a wolf at the full moon was not part of her plan, much to her parents displeasure. They had married out of convenience, their wolf lineage being the pushing factor behind their nuptials. Over time, they had grown to love each other, become companions, but it wasn't what Lis wanted.

The middle child wedged between two rowdy boys had meant that she had learned to fend from herself at a young age, constantly trying to keep up with her brothers and their friends.

One such friend of her older brother, Jackson, became a constant by her side as they entered their teen years. Stand offish, brusque and rude he was the bad boy that every girls parents dreaded that she would bring home.

But Jackson won them over with the way he protected Lis with everything that he had. They were in love, and they married at 19, despite the rumours and whispers it would bring, that they'd only married because she was pregnant.

But, Jackson was involved with shady figures. Gangs, illegal dealings, and despite her pleas to get out of it she found herself staying still, knowing that she would be unable to leave him to deal with it. Whilst not directly involved, Jackson would find himself stuck in between battling underworld figures, mistaken for being part of an ongoing fight between factions.

She would regret the decision to stay just a few months later, when they found themselves in the crossfire of a rivalry gone wrong, and Jackson was killed, mistaken for someone else.

In the days after her his death, she realised she was pregnant. She kept away from her family in the months to come, before giving birth to a son. Samuel Jansen was her reason for existing, a spitting image of his father.

Her darkest days came when Samuel was 18 months old, and she was out with a friend for a rare night out when she came across a familiar face. The man that had killed Jackson. Filled with an uncontrollable rage, for the man she lost, the son that wouldn't know his father, she took his life without a second thought, triggering her werewolf curse.

Afterwards, she could only think to call her brother, who told her to come to Silverkeep. Her family had all settled close to the area, and she could raise her son around his family. So she did.

She's been there since, raising her son, opening her store, and trying to love the son that grows more like his father each and every day.

[cfhiraeth]

[ ELODIE YUNG, 35/249, CIS WOMAN, SHE/HER ] FRANCINE SEANG just walked down main street. They are a CEO who has been in Silverkeep for 1 MONTH. They are part of the OBSIDIAN clan and act as SECOND IN COMMAND. People know them as DEDICATED & LOYAL but also HEDONISTIC & BRUTAL. They are described as CRIMSON LIPS, PARTYING ALL NIGHT, A SNARL THAT CAN FREEZE YOUR BLOOD.

MURDER, MISCARRIAGE & DEATH TW

Francine’s story is a cautionary tale for the ages. Born in Paris in 1774 to a family that belonged to the aristocracy, she knew a lavish lifestyle from the moment she took her first breath. The only daughter in the Sean household, she was doted upon, something that angered her. While she liked the attention and endless possibilities that her family’s wealth gave her, she wanted more.

The Seang family were known as a legacy in the supernatural world, hunters and black magic objects with a reputation for being as ruthless as the monsters they were chasing. And Francine wanted in more than anything. And it was by showing on one of their hunts and taking down a vampire that she showed her family she was just as good as the others. From then on, she trained with her brothers and was allowed out after dark.

The family needed to keep the appearances, attending soirées, balls, and all sorts of events were required. And somehow, Francine always found a way to step out of line all while remaining charming. She became known as the life of the party, envied and hated by the other girls and sought out by the boys.

When the time came, Francine had to marry, an unmarried woman always being frowned upon. The match was one made by her family, a man who dealt in the same kind of things as the Seang. It was mostly a loveless marriage, one of convenience for both. There were moments of tenderness but they always seemed to be followed by screams from both. He wanted Francine to be a dutiful wife and stop hunting. And that was something she would never do. They seemed to be unable to bore children, something that did weight on Francine who dreamed of having a daughter who could follow in her footsteps. There were miscarriages, many of them, and the last one almost left her for dead. Maybe that was why she had been more careless that night.

Her father had recently killed a vampire’s mate, the one left behind was hell bent on revenge. And she wanted the Seang to pay, every single one of them. Death was too clement for what they did and only one thing would truly hurt them. And that’s how Francine became a vampire, taken by surprise and turned into what her family hated the most. The vampire who turned her thought that the Seang would forced to kill their only daughter, causing them great pain. But like it happened so often, someone was underestimating Francine.

When the Seang realized what Francine was, they tried to kill her and fought until their last breath, all of them. With an instinct for survival more powerful than anything, Francine was the only one to walk out of her family’s house that night. And by the time the bodies were discovered, she had fled France.

Francine traveled Europe, changing her name every time. When she left her life behind, she took every penny her family had, along with priceless artifacts and dark magic objects. Secured away, she let them become legends, things that no one alive ever saw. It wasn’t until the 1900′s that she took her name back and started to build her own fortune through the dealings her family once did. The value of the objects in her possession was unable to even put a price on, which attracted a lot of buyers.

Meeting the Obsidian coven was the end of her life on her own, family having found the family she always wanted. These days, she is a very powerful and rich CEO of a tech company, investing in the right places before most even thought to do so.

[cfhiraeth]

[ MELISA ASLI PAMUK, 34, CIS WOMAN, SHE/HER ] AMARA AYDIN just walked down main street. They are a MANAGER who have been in Silverkeep for 3 YEARS. They are part of the DAWN coven and act as MEMBER. People know them as EMPATHIC & FRIENDLY but also as DISOBEDIENT & SECRETIVE. They are described as BARE FEET IN THE MORNING, THE SMELL OF RAIN IN THE AIR & ORNATE OLD FASHIONED RINGS.

There was a time when Amara had it all; family, friends, love. But it all went away slowly. First, her parents died in an accident, then friends were lost as she grieved the dual deaths, and then, tragedy struck again as her fiancé was killed during war.

Grief was too much for her and she left behind whatever left she had, her sisters and the only life she ever knew, and moved to the United States.

First, she moved around a lot, unable to find a place that felt like home. What she needed was a coven, a place to ground herself and start over. New Orleans called to her and she decided to move there.

She hadn't been in the city for more than a month when she sought out the Dawn Coven and they welcomed her with open arms. She started to work at the Apothecary, finding her place among the other witches of the city.

Still, there are moments when Amara lets the darkness of her past swallow her and becomes sharper around the edges.

[cfhiraeth]

[ ADRIA ARJONA, 33, CIS WOMAN, SHE/HER ] BEATRIZ BURGOS just walked into the French Quarter. They are a HUNTER/BOOKSTORE CLERK who has been in New Orléans for 3 WEEKS. They are AWARE of the supernatural. People know them as INTELLIGENT & ADAPTABLE but also as ESCAPIST & DUPLICITOUS. They are described as SHARP EYES, AN ALWAYS WORKING MIND, FAINT AFTERTASTE OF COFFE.

DEATH & MURDER TW

From the moment she was born, Beatriz had only eyes for her father, something that made her mother laugh. She would take care of the infant all day long and the moments the baby heard the car stop in the driveway, the motherly care was long forgotten.

When her father started to travel for work, mother and daughter would get along well, spend time together, and forge memories that would last a lifetime, but all of that went out the door as soon as her father came back. It became a teasing point between the two parents and when Beatriz got older, something to tease her with too. Despite the favoritism, the Burgos were a tight-knit family.

Ten years ago, news of her father's passing hit Beatriz with the full force of grief. The fact that her mother became withdrawn and kept the details of her father's passing didn't help. Suddenly, Beatriz found herself fighting her mother, pushing against what was told.

Beatriz started to ask questions, too many of them, and it eventually got her in trouble, the kind she wasn't prepared for. Attacked by a vampire, and saved by a hunter, a world she never knew existed opened up in front of her. The hunter knew her father and was the one to tell her the truth; he was killed during a hunt. All the traveling she did for work was him going on hunts and Beatriz felt like her whole was a lie.

After that night, Beatriz started to train hard and became a hunter herself, with only one goal, finding her father's killer and avenging him. It lead her to New Orleans and she's not stopping at anything to get to the bottom of it.