I love doing way to much for small characters. Today I have a new one I just thought up, who shares her name with the lovely Isabella Von Carstein from TW Warhammer. She's based off Mimori from BA. Now then. How the hell do these 2 completely different people come together to make this specific character? With a lot of mental gymnastics.
Okay. Isabella is a vampire who lives on Sova Island. She's from the Von Carstein Court, who I loosely mention once in the event chain as a little nod to my friend Connor (He players Mizaru in the campaign), because we played Warhammer a lot and he'll get the reference. Isabella comes in after Scin is almost assassinated. There are many different jobs to do at Scin's Estate. Her staff are second to none and would die before failing to meet Scin's expectations, but even so, Scin would rather not rely on them for every single thing. Especially when she can take advantage of an opportunity to build a few bridges. A perfect example is Mr. Krast, the Head Groundskeeper of the Estate, who is also a Sova Island Vampire.
Isabella takes up from Mimori's roots, and is very skilled in housework. Sewing being one of her favorite things to do. When Scin takes a crossbow bolt to the back, and Rena subsequently rips it out, a pretty large hole gets torn in Scin's dress. Not to mention her back. When they make it back to the Estate after everything, Scin will mention that her dress will be repaired and back good as new in a day or so. Isabella will be the one doing the repair, and will show up late that night to handle it. I don't have a specific backstory for how she gets involved in the first place, but I was able to build some lore up to make her a little more than meets the eye. I.E. Her Von Carstein roots.
Isabella is a vampire. That's a given. But she and her Court aren't the most normal of vampires. The Von Carstein Court is very traditional. They're also just a bit ravenous when they get thirsty. That being because their specific blood lust gets aggressive at times. Most vampires on the island don't need a solid serving of blood more than once or twice a week. With the Von Carsteins, they need it daily. If they go more than 3 days without blood, they can turn into freaking nightmarish monsters desperate to kill and drink every drop from the closest person. So they do their best to make sure that doesn't happen.
Even so. If someone particularly, fragrant, comes along, it may be enough to trigger a bit of that blood lust. I may or may not be planning on one of my players getting a chomped on. Just a tad. Just a lil baby bite. Tiny one. Ha. We'll see how that goes.
In other news. I just got my right sleeve worked on the other day. Still pretty sore and typing this has sucked, so once again I'm a little behind on posts and making references and such. That'll probably keep up for another week. I'm still alive and not going anywhere. Just focusing on taking it easy and healing my arm. I'll be around though :)
Enjoy.