BASICS.

name(s) Dr. Elijah Reid ; Eli

age ███

species Vampire

gender & pronouns Masculine ; he/him

orientation Demisexual

relationship status: single, not really looking

occupation Lighthouse Keeper

previously Doctor ; Emergency Medicine

ethnicity Caucasian ; Welsh

APPEARANCE.

height 5'11" ; 180 cm

weight 190lbs ****; ****86kg

hair white, cut short and pushed back neatly, the texture is thick and wavy

eyes grey-blue, very light in colour

body type sturdy and compact, but with a softer layer overtop. Little definition.

voice **warm, deep but rather soft-spoken. hypnotic

clothing frequently wearing comfortable clothes with thick fabric and long sleeves

VAMPIRISM.

Important notes about Eli’s brand of vampirism:

• Eli’s feeding has a peculiar mechanism. He does not need to feed often to survive. However, the longer he goes without, he will slowly seem to age. When he next ingests blood, he will be revitalised, and begin to appear young again.
• Living on a fairly gloomy stretch of British coastline, he can go outside at daytime — but he remains covered up as possible. On the rare sunnier days, he will stay inside. Strong sunlight makes him feel weak, and through prolonged exposure, it burns.
• Being bitten by Eli will not turn you into a vampire. You must exchange blood.
• Not unlike a snake, Elijah produces venom. A predatorial mechanism that keeps vampire’s prey returning to be fed on. It is a secretion created by hormones that’s present in pretty much all of his bodily fluids. When humans come into contact with it, it produces addicting effects to varying degrees.
• For example, if someone touches his saliva, the effect will be very minimal, and they will likely not feel anything. But if they somehow ingest it, or get it into their eyes, something like that, the effect will be stronger.
• The most obvious and potent effect of the venom is upon being bitten. This way, the venom is injected directly into the bloodstream. Afterward, it will travel through their body and enthral the victim, giving them a strong desire to return and be fed from again.

PERSONALITY.

Elijah is used to spending whole days without hearing another person’s voice. Initially coming across as somebody distant, he is actually quite an easy-going individual — but his social skills are somewhat unrefined from so much time alone.

He has a reserved temperament, full of politeness and gentility that doesn’t quite match the modern age, and yet with a few well-placed words it’s surprisingly easy to break his composure.

A natural helper and fixer, Eli strives to be useful above all else. It is what made him such a good doctor in the past, and nowadays, very dedicated to maintaining the lighthouse he calls home.

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DETAILS.

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HISTORY.

Elijah grew up with a big heart and a prevailing wish to help people. Always the first to volunteer, the first to speak up when something was wrong, the first to offer his shoulder to share the burdens of his friends.

Naturally, it evolved into what he wanted to do with his life. He considered the many options of being a public servant, until, as an adult, he carved out his own existence as a doctor. He had the right temperament, the right amount of calm under pressure, steady enough hands, and thankfully, he was smart enough to pass his exams. He grew into someone quite well-respected at his hospital, working in emergency care.

During a night shift, he had a peculiar run-in with a patient. One who seemed slightly out of their wits — not like the usual drunken accidents who might find their way to the hospital at night. They were feverish, almost deranged, and their forearms were covered in self-inflicted scratches and bites.

Their psychosis was put down to a severe form of dehydration. After an overnight stay with a saline drip, antibiotics, some dressing of their wounds, they were allowed to return home.

For some reason, it stuck in his mind even after he got off work. There was something… off about the whole thing. He had seen people dehydrated before. Sometimes they cried, sometimes they got angry, sometimes they even hallucinated. But the way that particular patient acted didn’t seem usual. How they had harmed themselves… It didn’t sit right with him.

But in the end, there was nothing he could do. …Unless…?

—

Feeling guilty about even looking in the first place, Elijah checked the patient records for their address. He decided to pay a visit to check on them. When he arrived that evening, everything was dark, and there was nobody home. Seeming useless at the doorstep with his impulsively bought fruit basket under one arm, he eventually left.