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NAME: Conure PLAYER: White_Ravens_White_Crows
SPECIES: Dhampire with Human, Elven, and Vampire ancestors
GENDER: Female
AGE: Unknown. Supposedly 200 yrs old but is waaaay too powerful for that. She’s not quite sure how she old is, herself.
She claims she just woke up one day and there she was!
APPEARANCE: Short and round with a sweet round face. Looks like a Typical Dhampire or elven woman, but with dark dark
brown hair and unevenly colored eyes that reflect both her elven and vampiric ancestry. Some would even go as far as saying
her eyes are purplish. She’s not the skinniest thing in the world when compared to other Dhampires, Elves or Vampires.
However, she is very attractive to most humans. Wears a lot of Black leather with, on occasion, a green, flowing, ankle length
skirt. She always wears a black or ruddy brown, wide brimmed hat with a long feather in the ribbon. On first appearance she
looks like a smaller, more feminine version of D, but with a pudgy body.
Conure wears several piercing in both her ears, but most of them are in her left ear, near the top edge. The right piercing
is so small that most never see it. She has her right eyebrow pierced, but that remains hidden under by her hat and brown
hair. Despite the slight appearance and the gentle manner, she can put up quite a fight!
She wears a cloak most of her waking moments, but the rare time D or some one sees her bathing, they see an impressive pair
of bat wings on her back, covered with fine fluff almost like bird down. She can pull these wings into her body at any time,
much like Meier Link can withdraw and hide his gauntlet.
Her dragon form is about the size of a Great Dane. Her feathered wings have a wingspan of 17 feet. She usually walks
on all fours in this form, but she is quite capable of walking bipedally, like a dinosaur. She is also capable of fast, extended
flight. Her dragon-self is long and thin, with a slender muzzle that is lined with many sharp, scary looking teeth. She has
a tall collar of feathers on the back of her head and two very long, gazelle like horns. When in fighting mode, she can call
up bone armor that covers her muzzle, neck, body, tail and outer edge of her wings. It’s very hard and makes a great
defense, but it’s not perfect. Her Dragon biology is the same as all other dragons in ShadowBlood, with the exception
of prolonged estrus.
Her eyes in Dragon dorm are much like the character Riddick’s from the Deep Black and Chronicles of Riddick movies. She
can see in near darkness in this form.
PUREBLOOD or TURNED?: Pureblood? HELL NO!! It’s widely known she has Vampire, Elven and Human ancestors! Born
a Dhampire and will die a Dhampire.
ORIGINALLY FROM: Somewhere in the middle of Canada.
SKILLS (physical):
A healer, herbalist and crafts person. She specializes in watercolor and pencil work that she occasionally sells to passing
travelers. She’s a warrior with a keen eye, but her true talents lie in her healing touch and caressing smile. BOY does
she know how to turn D on!!!
POWERS (abilities/powers,magickal, etc.):
Conure is definitely a Mage. She is described as a Spirit Walker, but no one really knows this with the exception of D,
her comrad-in-arms. In addition to this specialized gift, she is a power wielder of unknown magnitude. Everyone knows she
can handle magic, but on occasion she’ll show her friends - and herself- a surprise or two in a fight!
KNOWLEDGE:
She’s well versed in the arts of medicine, herbalism, drawing, art history and the nasty art of squashing bugs with
her foot.
She knows how to ride a horse, but she’s not as experienced as her riding companions, as she is much younger than they
are. She can ride well, though, and regularly kicks arse in playful races with her friends. The exception to this is when
she’s against D’s cybernetic horse. ;-) Ya gotta love dem high tech gizmos :-D !!
D is her mentor. When they discovered how well they got along, they decided to become long term business partners. D, at his
father’s suggestion, took upon himself to improve Conure’s swordsmanship. D has trained Conure in all her fighting
skills, with the exception of Spirit Walking, which 1) D can’t do and 2) she does instinctively.
WEAPONS:
Conure owns a specialized sword made by a friend of Dracula’s. Exactly what this sword is made of is uncertain, but
it sure acts weird under certain circumstances, like when you need to save a person and the guy attempting to kill them is
directly behind the victim....
She has a few natural weapons. Her wings are usually hidden and if she can surprise attack someone, she can swoop down
on them in a rein of terror. The she has specialized spines in sheaths on her forearms that, when she whacks someone with
them, she paralyzes them for as long as she needs. These appear when she needs them in dragon mode. She can mentally extend,
but not shorten, the effects of this neurological number.
In dragon form she has a wicked set of teeth and claws. Her flame is long and powerful but she needs access to fluids in order
to toke its fire. Her wings, which have a span of over 17 feet, makes her quite impressive when she hawks over victims at
night! Her particular Dragon form can instantly cover itself with a set of bony armor plates that withdraw into her dragon
body at will, much like a Transmutation of Matter wielders can do. It is a hard bony scale that covers the top of her head,
her neck, her back, arms, tail and outer wings. She is very pale - paler than when she is in her Dhampire form. She is an
ashen grey - white with weird off green eyes that are very much like Riddick’s. She can see in almost pitch black darkness
and D has her help him watch the camp. It’s a job she hates with a passion.
POSSESSIONS:
One horse and a cat she loves dearly. Then there’s D, Damian, Euclid and Meier Link, her riding companions.
Her main weapon is a sword she got from Dracula when she started training with his son. It was one of the rare times she has
seen D face to face with the Vampire God.
She doesn’t have a lot of fighting stuff. Most of her clutter is comfortable clothing and decent armor that D INSISTS
she have at hand. If she had it her way, she would have only simple supplies like a portable easel, water colours, portable
frames, brushes and paper or paint boards. She has technological things like wrist ebooks and an old GPS (Global Positioning
Satellite) compass.
MAIN SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION:
Her horse, or by flying under her own wing power. Flying is easier to do when she is a dragon. She can also float ghost-like
in both Dragon and Dhampire forms when Spirit Walking.
BACKGROUND STORY:
(Incomplete. I’m still thinking up this brat :-) . )
D and Conure met out of necessity. Conure was a very young Dhampire in dire need of direction in her life. When her foster
father introduced her to Dracula, she was a bit suspicious of him at first, but she found herself drawn towards the powerful
God. He later introduced her to D, the quiet but confident man she would grow to adore. When D showed interest in the charming
girl he had met, Dracula set up a practice fight to show Conure what his son was capable of. Conure was MORE than impressed.
It was decided that D would train her, which, at the time, encompassed training in almost everything! These lessons would
include improving any Vampire powers she had. It turned out she had skills neither of them knew she harbored!! She was a Spirit
Walker and a powerful one at that, but she didn’t think much of it. To her it was just another thing she did. She did
it so instinctively that D got irritated and told her to learn to control it. When the student and teacher discovered that
they got along exceptionally well, they agreed to become long term business partners.
Before Conure met D, she had worked as a freelance artist. She had earned most of her income by drawing and painting for local
Nobles. It was during one of these commissions that she Met Meier Link.
Meier had been attracted to her artwork and after several enlightening conversations during court as she drew, they started
hanging out with each other. It blossomed from there. They became lovers and Conure, who had met many friendly vampires in
the past, was engrossed with this hired aristocrat. He taught her many things, including a powerful lesson on Vampire Libido.
She’d known he was an Empath, but feeling his mind in hers as they made love was an experience she craved time and time
again.
Conure eventually became pregnant by the pale haired Vampire. The two had rejoiced, but celebration turned into unbridled
grief when she miscarried several months later. Conure was forced to console Meier for months afterwards. They tried several
times to have more children, but nothing came from their efforts. Meier slowly slipped into a depression that eventually led
to him to denying his empathic abilities. This nearly wasted him away and had Conure not demanded the Vampire to feed from
her, he would have died from starvation.
Meier and Conure have a very close empathic link because of that feeding. The blood he took from her revived him greatly but
it caused Conure to be closer to his mind than she thought possibly. Their times together were much more meaningful after
that. What hurt most was when Dracula asked her to be his resident artist and Meier could not follow.
The vampire kept ties with her for several decades afterwards. He sent romantic letters by mail and royal courier. Conure
kept what she could but there was one particular letter that touched her heart that she always kept with her. She kept it
close on the spirit realm and no matter where she went, she could feel it with her. After that she lost contact with her lover
and although she could feel him in his mind, they did not see each other again for a very long time.
Conure was with Dracula for several long but fruitful years. Then she started training with D and just as they were finalizing
their business agreement, Meier and Conure were reunited. Meier had found Conure through the two Morpheus he had met ages
ago. Their reunion was sweet and although Meier wanted do do nothing but hold her, Conure caught the vampire up on what had
happened since his ‘disappearance’. Since then, Conure and D have joined forces with two Morpheus’ that had
befriended Meier. Through Conure, D was reunited with the Vampire. Conure felt horribly guilty over unintentionally reopening
old wounds between the two warriors. However, after settling on a quiet truce, Meier decided to join forces with Conure and
D in hopes of forgetting the past.
Conure has been slowly bringing D out of his quiet, internal shell. She’s been trying to get him NOT to repress his
vampiric side, though she realizes he’s afraid of what might happen if he does let go. Meier has be silently aiding him,
also, though how he does it, Conure doesn’t recognize.
POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES:
Shy, peaceful, but loves to smile and talk warmly when she’s under the influence of your charm. She’s an excellent
friend and always seems to know just when to say and where, though not under every occasion.
NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES:
Always unsure of herself, even in a fight. She’s quite temperamental, especially when excited and can’t quite
keep herself from bouncing off of walls. Because her magickal powers aren’t quite fully developed, she always seems to
get into trouble in a fight. However, some of these problems tend to turn out to be good things :-)
Her dragon form regularly overtakes her mind and D has to rein her in more often than he should. Her dragon form is brash,
bold and is very much like an over sized dog. She is very protective in this form and she is often one of the first ones to
know if someone is approaching. However, this form is very instinctive, impulsive and Conure often loses her logic to it’s
needs and wants. Even in Dhampire mode her moods are ruled by the dragon. However, after about 5-10 minutes after shape shifting
her mind is herself.
Being a Dhampire means she has to watch her time in the sun. She can go long periods of time in it and she can stay awake
for up to three days at a stretch, but if she over does it she suffers Over Heating. All Dhampires suffer from this. Some
suffer more painfully from it. The symptoms of which include sudden pain, nausea, chest burning and dizziness. If they are
not buried, they can slip into a coma. The coma is not permanent in many cases, but it can knock out the victim for weeks
if not permanently.
Being an energy feeder, Conure has the dire need to feed off of magickal energy. If she doesn’t, she gets quite cranky
and suffers from a form of starvation. This doesn’t happen very often but she has suffered from it two or three times
in her life. D has seen her go through mild hungers. So far he has been very lucky. When she is hungry enough she will search
desperately for an energy node and literally dip a cup into the ground using her spirit walking ability and come up with a
cup of magical energy. Then she will drink it straight from the cup. Few see her do this and it’s a bit unnerving to
those who have never seen Spirit Walking before.
When she uses energy stored after feeding from a node and she over exerts herself while fighting, it drains her. She goes
slightly psychotic and becomes so weak she cannot keep awake or even sit on her own.
She finds it hard to become pregnant and stay pregnant. Her Elven heritage is the cause of this and it infuriates her if,
after years of trying, she cannot even hold a fertilized egg longer than a month.
HABITS:
She has the habit of slipping in and out of Dragon and human form at will. She does it so often that people who first
know her find the habit unnerving, Part of her reason for doing it is that if she resists the dragon side of her she becomes
a bit psychotic and D has to fight off an annoyed dragon.
Conure draws whenever she’s relaxed enough to let her guard down. While traveling she is too stressed to do that, so
she spends her time wandering around, pacing in dragon form.
OBJECTIVES IN LIFE:
Her objectives in life are very simple as she’s not sure what she wants to do with herself. She enjoys D and wants
to stay with him for as long as she can. She also loves her friend Meier Link. The two Morpheus’ that hang with him are
also close friends. She wants to, perhaps, learn to be a Dream Walker, but she does not think she has the skills or will to
be a Morpheus herself.
QUIRKS AND SPECIAL TRAITS:
Shape changer. Does it at will and when ever, even if its going to scare the locals. She has to do it or the dragon takes
over the Dhampire mind. She is learning how to control the Dragon through D and Meier. They are helping her teach herself.
She rides and races when she can. When she feels safe enough, she will draw. When she can’t she paces ad nausea.
SPECIAL:
(Some really cool stuff to bring up later but I don’t want to blow future plans!)
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