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JESSICA CHASTAIN, FEMALE, SHE/HER, VAMPIRE  /   deep in the pacific northwest lives LYRA ELIZABETH BLACKWOOD. i heard they’ve been living there for two years and last saw them hanging around the electric dusk drive in, i think they might’ve been enjoying a movie. at one hundred and thirty four, lyra doesn’t look a day over thirty eight. everyone around here always associates them with a southern drawl, vintage skirts, old letters. hope they enjoy their stay ! ( belle, gmt, she/her, 19 ) *tw: death, alcoholism, assault

have you ever told yourself that you’re not going to join any new rps for a few months while you get settled into college only for a good friend to send you an awesome rp? because that’s totally what happened to me. anyway hello lovelies my name is belle, i’m nineteen and this is the intro for my wonderful vampire daughter.

INFLUENCES: 

deadwood the tv show, the whole aesthetic of godless on netflix, esme cullen from twilight, lily potter from harry potter, beverly marsh from it.

STATS:

name: lyra elizabeth blackwood

age: 136

gender: cis!female

species: vampire

hometown: deadwood, north dakota.

personality: aloof, loving, morose, honest, protective, quiet

ORIGINS:

we begin our story in the 1860s it’s the ear of horses, stetsons, gunslingers and saloons. lyra grows up in a house with an overworked mother and an alcoholic father, not that really affected her too much too begin with. she was too busy adoring the horses down at the stable where her father worked and trying to focus on learning everything she could. she was really a bright child just not the most observant of her surroundings. her mother used to say that she lived in her own world, a fact that is still very true to this day.

as a teenager however her father’s problems became harder and harder too hide and it was not long until at fifteen she was at least attempting to plan her escape. there was only one problem. the only way she was going to become free from her father was if she fell into the control of another man.

so at sixteen lyra became engaged to a twenty four year old she didn’t love all in the hopes that she could move out of that small town, which of course they did. moving all the way too indiana by railroad.

the twenty years that followed were not totally unpleasant. lyra was trapped in a loveless marriage but did not have a hard life. her husband did not limit her freedom, did not take issue with her reading and she made good friends and roots in the community.

that night in 1903 was a completely random, lyra and her husband were on their way home when they were attacked by bandits wanting to take all that they had. lyra’s husband resisted, tried to fight off the attackers and was shot through the heart during a state of panic. then fearing what might happen too, the men tried to kill lyra too, but ran off before seeing that the job was finished.

lyra was left at the roadside, bleeding and barely clinging to life. despite everything there was really only one thought in her mind: she didn’t want to die.

that’s where lyra’s sire found her and really she must have been a pitiful sight. far from the woman her mother had raised her to be, but that didn’t matter. her life was saved just not in the way she wanted.

LIFE AS A VAMPIRE:

lyra certainly didn’t take to the change too easily. her first few years were ones of bloodlust and no self control. it’s unknown just how many people she killed.

following that came the years of isolation, despite everything she had done, lyra still cared and there is no force more powerful than self loathing. so she cute her self off from society for years, only feeding when she had to, her confinement feeling like some sort of self made purgatory.

eventually however lyra grew to have more control over her urges, began to feel a bit more like a person again after those years of being a monster. the result of which is a very odd individual. it would not be a surprise to think lyra was simply soft, but be careful she can be deadly when she wants to.

MISC:

she still has a bit of a southern accent and as a result of which she’s likely to call everyone a pet name.

lyra still has a tendency to feel like alone, and even though she may seem friendly with everyone she keeps most at arms length.

an old soul she tends to stay away from technology.

never had children which is a point of sensitivity, she’s a considerably young vampie in comparison to the others but that does not mean she won’t try and become the mom friend.

LINKS:

pinterest board (x) playlist (coming soon)

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Jessica Chastain having dinner with Sophie Turner