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::Name::
Arroya McKinnely
::Age::
Has retained the appearance of a twenty one year old.
: razz ersonality::
Arroya is the kind of woman who only does what she likes, taking little concern to follow the advice or suggestion of others unless they are of her kind. Though, she does extend the courtesy of making it appear as if she's listening to them, but inevitably she does things her own way. That doesn't mean she isn't interested in other people's opinions. In fact, she is quite interested in others because she finds their constant change and differences intriguing. Arroya is also intrigued by anything that's beautiful, such as art, music and scenery. Even people. She has a calm attitude and takes pride in her logic and propriety. There is never a time where she doesn't look clean and prepped to her best. Because she likes looking upon beautiful things, she takes special care in her own beauty as well. By nature, she's charming and sweet to those who treat her nicely, sticking close to the Golden Rule, "treat others how you wish to be treated". That means if she's ever crossed in the wrong way, it's rare that she'll let it by without a vengeance. Arroya also shows great devotion to her coven and they are the only people she has a form of emotional attachments to.
::Appearance::

::Rank::
Pure Blood.
::Ability::
A rather simple ability where Arroya is able to manipulate the rarely used crystal element. The crystal is transparent and difficult to see, especially in the dark. What makes it remotely visible is the shine it will give off in light and slight distortion it creates when passing over an object. Unlike the other elements, crystal is more of a sleuth when it comes to the senses. For example, the elements such as fire or water aren't solids and they radiate a temperature, while crystal is quite the opposite, leaving a smaller margin for anticipation.

Arroya favors creating small and thin projectiles that are needle like in shape and similar to senbons. For defensive purposes, she is also able to call up sheets of crystal to protect herself or others. Though Arroya has had access to this ability for many centuries, she only uses it when the time is absolutely necessary. Typically that time is when she's fighting a foe who is of equal stature to herself. She avoids using this ability during battle, but has trained with it to the point where she handles it exceptionally well, but she hasn't quite perfected it yet. Being so versatile, there are many possibilities that she has yet to have the need to explore.
::History::
Arroya was born in the early fourteen hundrends in Wallachia, Romania. Her small family resided in in Lesser Wallachia, also known as Oltenia. At the time of her birth, a peace was signed in Romania as it became part of the Ottoman Empire, along with the rest of the Balkan Pensinsula. Being such a young child during this time, Arroya didn't understand the receeding distress of her family and her father's constant disappearences. Her mother, a woman's name she doesn't recall but loved very much, had told the young Arroya that he had a duty to the land's Duke, Vlad II, and that everything would turn out okay. A typical mother's response to her daughters curiosity. Being naive at the time, Arroya believed her mother and went about her life being sheltered from local politics. Unfortunately, those "politics" ended the life of Arroya's father when she was ninteen years old. Old enough to reason by this time, the young woman was outraged with Vlad, who had taken up reign again. Much to her dismay, Arroya was unable to act out in her rage for fear of her own death and the death of her remaining family.

Throughout her childhood and up to her early adult years, the legend of vampires was firmly planted into the region's way of life. Ironically, this would also become Arroya's demise at the age of twenty one. Since the day of her father's death, Arroya would spend hours after the sun had set, just sitting in the fields behind her home. What she did seemed like a mystery, but, all truly did was simply divulge in her restless mind. The grass was tall, so her presence would be hidden from theives or thugs that seeked refuge from authoritative eyes. But, the tall grass would do nothing to hide her scent from a vampire.The night Arroya got changed, she'd seen her father out in the fields, a dark hunger in his eyes as he hunted her down.

From that point in her life, everything becomes a blur of adventure and excitement mixed with deep pains and turmoil. The latter of which seemed to fade as the centuries passed. Now she finds herself not too far from her old home in the most beautiful parts of Italy.

::Name::
She goes by Dark
::Age::
About 200 yrs old. Appears to be around 16
: razz ersonality::
Dark likes thrillseeking and standing out in a crowd when the occasion is appropriate. She is very loyal to her own kind and generally courteous to other races, but distrusting. Taking care of her appearance doesn't contain much. She'll run a comb through her hair and throw on whatever she feels like, matching her attitude towards life as very carefree. She obsverves the beauty of everday things and can get lost for hours staring at a flowing stream. Dark is fun to be around if she likes you, but can be a real pain if she doesn't.
::Appearance::

::Rank::
Leech
::Ability::
Dark is able to read the minds of other races, but not her own kind, and is able to erase thoughts. If someone knows something they are not supposed to, it can be erased from their mind. This works better if she has just fed otherwise there is a small chance it doesn't.
::History::
Dark lived in a valley in Rome with her father and two brothers. Her mother was killed of Malaria when she was little. Her father was an aristocrat and tried to give them everything they could want. One day, Dark got into an agrument with him and she ran from home.

She was sixteen and didn't know where she was heading. Her days were spent at a tavern outside of Rome. She met a man who offerred to buy her meals for her, one night. Being grateful, she didn't think of any ulterior motive.

She fell for him after a few weeks and moved in with him at his home in Florence. Soon after, he revealed himself as a vampire and before Dark knew what was really happening, convinced her to let him change her too. Afterwards, she grew to resent him and left while he slept, fleeing to Venice where she has resided ever since.

::Name::
Shezeu Underwood
::Age::
Eighteen years (appears to be sixteen)
: razz ersonality::
Shezeu finds it hard to trust others but once she finds she can she is usually friendly but is most of the time shy and quiet.
::Appearance::
*working on a drawing*
::Rank::
none yet
::Ability::
will write after given rank
::History::
Shezeu lived her whole life with her parents high in a mountain range until one day when she was 16 her dad wanted to test her strength, therefor she was sent to live in the nearby woods for several months. During that time, she was attacked and turned vampire by a man who calls himself The Red Death. Fearing what her parents would think, she refused to return home.

Weeks later, Shezeu found refuge in a traveling freak show, who gladly took her in as one of their own. She kept to herself most of the time but eventually became close friends with one of the performers. They performed together during the show and worked during the day around the circus's "encampment". After a year, Shezeu has befriended many of the other performers, especially the first friend she'd made, who was now like an older brother to her. Early one morning, the circus stops and makes camp on the outskirts of Italy., and later that evening after completing their daily tasks, the boy gives Shezeu his companion, Bo. Sadly though, the next morning she wakes to find that he's vanished without a trace, and none of the other performers know where he's gone.

Sadness gripping her heart, Shezeu leaves the circus during their evening performance. She again finds herself aimlessly wandering the dark streets of Italy's slums. Early the next morning after running away, she comes across a bizarre raptor like creature that joins Shezeu and Bo in their exploration of Italy.