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"I don't usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it's true - I'm scary."
Fᴇᴀᴛs
Iᴍᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟɪᴛʏ
His most formidable power is arguably his tragic fate as a seemingly near invincible ancient vampire seemingly able to turn to mist when defeated and retreat to his resting place. While capable of temporary death, his soul is in every sense of the word immortal, capable of coming back to his body if separated and in severe disrepair and revived to a fitting state or in another body which conforms to the memory of once he once was. An example would be staking his body to keep him in a state of paralysis and when removed his spirit would rush back into it and revive him once more. No matter what damage is inflicted upon him his eventually heals, though it may take quite some time, decades, possibly centuries if turned completely to ash and not properly dispersed.
Eɴʜᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ ʙᴏᴅʏ & sᴇɴsᴇs
His regeneration is superb even among vampires; slashes and cuts heal quickly while deep, impaling wounds, ironically enough, are far more troublesome to overcome. His speed, strength and endurance are exceptional enough to perform amazing feats ranging from dodging bullets, running down cars, breaking and bending metal, walking along walls, ripping limbs and heads off and much more. While his level of smell isn't always on par with the eldest of werewolves or shifters, his ability to detect the dangerous smell of silver is uncanny. His hearing and sight are amplified to an extreme, as is his ability to taste various discrepancies in blood he feeds on. Strong attacks designed to overwhelm his senses are often quite effective in dealing with him, while electrical, cold, blunt weapons, and slashing attacks aren't as effective as a nice impaling wound or flames.
Aʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇs
Sʜᴀᴘᴇsʜɪғᴛɪɴɢ
Vampires are often associated with bats, and while he can travel as a single bat or a swarm of many, he also possesses the ability to change his age, turn into mist, especially when near death for a swift retreat. He is capable of traveling through shadows as a shade or in corporeal form and has been spotted as a wolf and a hardy demon-like gargoyle.
Bʟᴏᴏᴅ & Fʟᴇsʜ
Blood and flesh calls to him in more ways than just a way of life. He can empower himself with blood, manipulating it into weapons or redirecting the flow of it. He can detect diseases, parasites, feel out dangers in blood before he drinks, create sigils for symbols of power and change the shape and temperature as if it were an element he controlled with ease. This includes other useful powers such as the ability to gain glimpses of memories and experiences of power through blood.
ɢʟᴀᴍᴏᴜʀ & ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ
Like many vampires, he can exert his influence to persuade others to do as he asks, even forcing them to forget they ever saw or knew him. His control can be countered through a few mixtures or spells, as can putting him down for an extended period of time. His influence is limited mainly to mundane mortals, though weak willed or wounded supernaturals and those enamored with him might prove susceptible to his charm. Nocturnal animals are also subject to his control, capable of fighting and spying for him with little effort on the vampire's part.
ᴍɪsᴄᴇʟʟᴀɴᴇᴏᴜs
Several powers are available to him such as feats of:
Telekinesis, Dark / Shadow / Entropic & Otherwise Negative Energy magics, Control over animals he possesses an affinity with, Immunity to poisons and diseases, Temporary feats of flight, Teleportation, and powerful illusions.
He is capable of eating and drinking human food and drinking other vampire's blood without much of a problem, but the former do little for him and the latter can prove to be enthralling and intoxicating. Dead blood doesn't have a massively devastating effect on him outside of providing little to no nourishment and tasting foul. ___________________________________________
ᴡᴇᴀᴋɴᴇssᴇsHis immortal soul is still susceptible to deep, impaling wounds with weapons made from specific oaks and silvers. Magic is harmful to him even if it's not an outright weakness aside from flames, though the manipulation of temperatures hardly bothers him and his age has conferred much wisdom and experience in combating magic users. While unfettered by scriptures and holy ground, powerful positively aligned faith warding spells work well as do barriers against the undead and supernatural. Without blood he will turn rabid and eventually desiccate until awoken. Werewolf bites aren't lethal, though they can induce a strange fever-like sickness on rare occasions. He expresses a rather irrational fear for crossing running bodies of water without the use of magic, craft, or bridge, fearful he might burn if submerged in running water. Invitation to a building matters little to him unless blessed with undead repelling charms kept up to date. Many animals seem to dislike him aside from several nocturnal animals he can exert control over, but those who dislike him tend to shy away from him or make noises at his presence. NOTE!! I know everyone has their own version of a vampire's strengths and weaknesses, but this is my interpretation, my character, this is my design.
Bᴀᴛᴛʟᴇ
Aʀᴍᴏʀ
Variable - He doesn't often wear armor, but when he does it's to protect against small blades or small firearms in the form of a Kevlar vest.
Wᴇᴀᴘᴏɴ ɴᴏ. 1
Firearms - At any given time he may be carrying a variety of multi-nationally created pistols, assault weapons, sniper rifles, shot guns, and other various automatic weaponry. He considers himself an expert with nearly all of these and keeps them readily clean with ammo in supply. He also has a stockpile of specialized weapons and ammo for supernatural creatures.
Wᴇᴀᴘᴏɴ ɴᴏ. 2
Blades - The vampire also owns a variety of blades ranging from easily concealed switchblades and daggers to larger ones such as medieval weapons and Renaissance blades and all the way to modern military knives and machetes. Of particular note is a blade one Bethel Valencia Wardlaw procured for him, capable of inflicting great harm against spirits inhabiting a vessel, particularly devils, demons, angels and ghosts. The blade expels the possessing spirit from the hosts body, outright killing lesser creatures such as petty haunting ghosts, while stronger creatures are sent away to their own plane, forcing them to reconstitute their form and find a new host. ______________________________________________
