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User Name/Nick: Lily
User DW:indilwen
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Other Characters Currently In-Game: Laura Moon and Natasha Romanoff
Character Name: Eric Northman
Series: True Blood
Age: 1100, but looks 30-ish
From When?: Season 7, episode 7. Growing weaker and sicker from stage III Hepatitis V that he contracted from his deceased sister, Nora, Eric leaves Louisiana alone and dies at his farm in Öland, Sweden.
Inmate Justification:
Eric Northman is a millennia work in progress with little made. He is not a nice guy. Apart from the countless souls he’s taken by draining their blood, his views regarding humans are that they are the monsters, not the vampires. He knows them to be much more powerful and physically superior, but also knows how entirely dependent they are on humans as their food source. It makes him bitter and he holds a certain amount of resentment and hostility towards them. Enough so that he takes pleasure in using them to his will and enjoyment. And it shows.
Arrival: Against his will.
Abilities/Powers:
Eric will arrive on the barge with common powers and weaknesses of vampires in his canon. However, until he graduates, his ability to fly will be totally removed, while his super speed, strength, healing and heightened senses (smell, sight and hearing) will be dampened significantly, though will still be impressive when in use. These powers can and should be removed as punishment if a warden sees fit. Eric is also immortal and doesn't age.
(further note: I do plan to put up a permissions post for glamouring and biting/feeding before his IC intro)
Inmate Information:
If we’re to boil down serious crimes, Eric is a vampire and his only food source is blood. So there are countless deaths by his fangs done in the name of survival up until the introduction of mainstreaming and synthetic bottled blood. It is then safe to assume that this is also the very reason that he became resentful and angry towards the humans; shifting away from initial guilt at hurting someone to feeling above them that morphed into seeing himself as superior. It wasn’t long after that taking their life from them meant nothing more to him than a steak dinner would be to a human being.
It is true that his maker, Godric, taught him how to survive and that the vampire way was taught as a means to protect his progeny in every single way. But, having been a true Viking before being turned, Eric had an intense and fierce need for vengeance that had been built in. He needed to find the ones responsible for the deaths of his blood father, mother and sister. Today, he finds the thought of mainstreaming to be terribly inconvenient and against the old ways, though he also sees the market for synthesized blood to be an incredibly lucrative market, which is the movement currently taking place in his world.
Eric is immoral. He shows indifference to the pain and suffering of all species of people in general, unless they are those he’s fiercely devoted and loyal to. The list of those is very short, and includes precisely four names; two of which belong to his vampire father and sister. The third is his own progeny, Pamela and the fourth is a halfling named Sookie Stackhouse, to whom he lied to and treated unkindly in the beginning. She was also someone he came to love in a different way than the others. Eric would go against all odds for them and have at some point or another. Eric isn’t incapable of love, but he is very specific and choosy. Everyone else he could give a rats ass about, even if there’s some close relation to those on his list.
When he’s not cunning and manipulative and using someone to get something, Eric lives his life in a joie de vivre kind of way. He enjoys money and grandeur and respect, to the point where he finds small, creative ways for garnering it. For example, it’s generally frowned upon for a vampire to feed off an unwilling participant. But Eric’s idea of getting around this is by having them offer themselves to him. Shockingly, the line is long. He loves a good challenge and because of his age, they aren’t what they used to be. So oftentimes, Eric will appear lazy and aloof, boring easily.
He does tend to have a fiery temper, which grew only hotter after the true deaths of both Godric and his vampire sister, Nora, who died in his arms from the very illness that he will inevitably succumb to (adapted for game purposes). He's an extremely broken man and very alone, despite still having Pam, even after releasing her from their blood bonds. This has led to manic tendencies and plenty of disregard for his own safety.
Path to Redemption:
In order for Eric to graduate, he’s going to have to see himself as equal (or, at the very least, similar) to those on the barge. He would benefit from a sense of community and be given the opportunity to evolve naturally into someone capable of compassion and decency.
Upon arriving, he will be reunited with Godric, his maker, but that codependency could make things worse before they get any better. You see, Eric wanted to meet the sun with his maker and was commanded essentially, to keep on existing. Because of that, there is a low-lying fear that it could happen again. Especially once he sees it first had that nothing is permanent on the barge. Knowing that could hold him back from any kind of reasonable progress. Though, it might do him well to learn what he can be on his own, apart from his maker, with him still close by. And while Godric’s true death meant Eric could do that in their world, losing that thousand year old connection was too much for him to take.
But Eric needs to form other relationships and broaden his “list” to include other people. Ones who hopefully see something in him and put aside any negative opinions to get to know him.. They’ll have to be stubborn like him, understand what being truly alone feels like and sympathize. The barge is filled with all manner of interesting folk with varying levels of powers, abilities and worldviews. Those connections could be what sets Eric on a course to open his eyes more to the similar challenges everyone faces. There’s also the chance of humanizing him through breaches and floods, depending on the theme.. I think that alone can be drastic and life changing for him letting him live human lives through the memories he takes from such events. Of course, once the initial period of hating the shit out of it is done and over with, that is.
It will take time and effort realistically. Whoever becomes his permanent warden will need to be extremely patient and not be intimidated by his ego or the fangs. He needs someone he can’t manipulate and control. Eric will not take well to another “mentor” type person because there can only be one Godric. However, if there’s a chance they can get to know Eric outside of a permanent pairing first, that will greatly aid the warden assigned in getting any sort of time of day from him.
After all, he’s an 1100 year old vampire and no one is the boss of him!
History: Here
Sample RP: TDM thread (includes network in base post)
Special Notes: Nope!
User DW:
indilwenE-mail/Plurk/Discord/PM to a character journal/alternate method of contact:
Other Characters Currently In-Game: Laura Moon and Natasha Romanoff
Character Name: Eric Northman
Series: True Blood
Age: 1100, but looks 30-ish
From When?: Season 7, episode 7. Growing weaker and sicker from stage III Hepatitis V that he contracted from his deceased sister, Nora, Eric leaves Louisiana alone and dies at his farm in Öland, Sweden.
Inmate Justification:
Eric Northman is a millennia work in progress with little made. He is not a nice guy. Apart from the countless souls he’s taken by draining their blood, his views regarding humans are that they are the monsters, not the vampires. He knows them to be much more powerful and physically superior, but also knows how entirely dependent they are on humans as their food source. It makes him bitter and he holds a certain amount of resentment and hostility towards them. Enough so that he takes pleasure in using them to his will and enjoyment. And it shows.
Arrival: Against his will.
Abilities/Powers:
Eric will arrive on the barge with common powers and weaknesses of vampires in his canon. However, until he graduates, his ability to fly will be totally removed, while his super speed, strength, healing and heightened senses (smell, sight and hearing) will be dampened significantly, though will still be impressive when in use. These powers can and should be removed as punishment if a warden sees fit. Eric is also immortal and doesn't age.
(further note: I do plan to put up a permissions post for glamouring and biting/feeding before his IC intro)
Inmate Information:
If we’re to boil down serious crimes, Eric is a vampire and his only food source is blood. So there are countless deaths by his fangs done in the name of survival up until the introduction of mainstreaming and synthetic bottled blood. It is then safe to assume that this is also the very reason that he became resentful and angry towards the humans; shifting away from initial guilt at hurting someone to feeling above them that morphed into seeing himself as superior. It wasn’t long after that taking their life from them meant nothing more to him than a steak dinner would be to a human being.
It is true that his maker, Godric, taught him how to survive and that the vampire way was taught as a means to protect his progeny in every single way. But, having been a true Viking before being turned, Eric had an intense and fierce need for vengeance that had been built in. He needed to find the ones responsible for the deaths of his blood father, mother and sister. Today, he finds the thought of mainstreaming to be terribly inconvenient and against the old ways, though he also sees the market for synthesized blood to be an incredibly lucrative market, which is the movement currently taking place in his world.
Eric is immoral. He shows indifference to the pain and suffering of all species of people in general, unless they are those he’s fiercely devoted and loyal to. The list of those is very short, and includes precisely four names; two of which belong to his vampire father and sister. The third is his own progeny, Pamela and the fourth is a halfling named Sookie Stackhouse, to whom he lied to and treated unkindly in the beginning. She was also someone he came to love in a different way than the others. Eric would go against all odds for them and have at some point or another. Eric isn’t incapable of love, but he is very specific and choosy. Everyone else he could give a rats ass about, even if there’s some close relation to those on his list.
When he’s not cunning and manipulative and using someone to get something, Eric lives his life in a joie de vivre kind of way. He enjoys money and grandeur and respect, to the point where he finds small, creative ways for garnering it. For example, it’s generally frowned upon for a vampire to feed off an unwilling participant. But Eric’s idea of getting around this is by having them offer themselves to him. Shockingly, the line is long. He loves a good challenge and because of his age, they aren’t what they used to be. So oftentimes, Eric will appear lazy and aloof, boring easily.
He does tend to have a fiery temper, which grew only hotter after the true deaths of both Godric and his vampire sister, Nora, who died in his arms from the very illness that he will inevitably succumb to (adapted for game purposes). He's an extremely broken man and very alone, despite still having Pam, even after releasing her from their blood bonds. This has led to manic tendencies and plenty of disregard for his own safety.
Path to Redemption:
In order for Eric to graduate, he’s going to have to see himself as equal (or, at the very least, similar) to those on the barge. He would benefit from a sense of community and be given the opportunity to evolve naturally into someone capable of compassion and decency.
Upon arriving, he will be reunited with Godric, his maker, but that codependency could make things worse before they get any better. You see, Eric wanted to meet the sun with his maker and was commanded essentially, to keep on existing. Because of that, there is a low-lying fear that it could happen again. Especially once he sees it first had that nothing is permanent on the barge. Knowing that could hold him back from any kind of reasonable progress. Though, it might do him well to learn what he can be on his own, apart from his maker, with him still close by. And while Godric’s true death meant Eric could do that in their world, losing that thousand year old connection was too much for him to take.
But Eric needs to form other relationships and broaden his “list” to include other people. Ones who hopefully see something in him and put aside any negative opinions to get to know him.. They’ll have to be stubborn like him, understand what being truly alone feels like and sympathize. The barge is filled with all manner of interesting folk with varying levels of powers, abilities and worldviews. Those connections could be what sets Eric on a course to open his eyes more to the similar challenges everyone faces. There’s also the chance of humanizing him through breaches and floods, depending on the theme.. I think that alone can be drastic and life changing for him letting him live human lives through the memories he takes from such events. Of course, once the initial period of hating the shit out of it is done and over with, that is.
It will take time and effort realistically. Whoever becomes his permanent warden will need to be extremely patient and not be intimidated by his ego or the fangs. He needs someone he can’t manipulate and control. Eric will not take well to another “mentor” type person because there can only be one Godric. However, if there’s a chance they can get to know Eric outside of a permanent pairing first, that will greatly aid the warden assigned in getting any sort of time of day from him.
After all, he’s an 1100 year old vampire and no one is the boss of him!
History: Here
Sample RP: TDM thread (includes network in base post)
Special Notes: Nope!