William Unruh (vampire)
Basic Information
Birth Name: William Unruh
Aliases: Liam
Place of Birth: New York
Age: Real 57, Apparent 26
Male/Female: Male
Current Occupation: Club Singer (standards and some jazz)
Past Occupation: con man/grifter/pick pocket, specialized in fast talking people out of their gambing winnings
Appearance
Hair Color: Blond
Length and Style: Short, not quite a military cut, but close
Eye Color: Very light blue
Skin Color: Pale white
Height: 6'4
Weight: 180
Nationality: American, parent's were german immigrants
Race: Vampire
Body Type: Tall and very thin, very angular face
Description (if an NPC) or name of your creator(if a PC): Elina Ingibjorg (creator)
Personal Questions
1. Describe your character's personality
Very laid back and relaxed, he is rarely if ever rushed into doing anything. He enjoy's sitting and listening to people talk and has perfected the art of putting people at ease and just listening as they tell their stories. He is constantly working the angles as he listens, trying to fit what he learns together in a way that will benefit him.
2. Describe how your character would appear to a stranger (I.E. typical dress, way they carry themselves etc.)
Liam is immaculately well groomed and dressed, he rarely dresses down unless he is alone. If he is going out on the town, as he does most nights, he is usually in a dark colored suit. He carries himself confidently, but open, people are not afraid to approach him.
3.What does your character like?
The bar and smokey night club atmosphere, smoking, drinking, jazz and standards music, gambling.
4. Dislike?
Loud or unclean people, muscle bound bruiser types, bugs, he also finds firearms to be rather inelegant and dislikes using them.
5. (For humans) Describe what abilities you see your character having if they were turned. N/A
6. What are your fears?
He is torn by society today, on one hand he loves the newness of it, but he fears that he will not be able to keep up.
7. What is your character's strengths and weaknesses?
Exceedingly clever when it comes to getting what he wants from people through guile, he is not much for a stand up fight.
Hobbies & Skills
He loves his music, and has trouble sitting in a silent room without something playing in the backround at least. Spends most of his hours playing with new techno gizmo's, to the point where he doesn't get alot of sleep most days since he is wrapped up in playing with his new toys.
Abilities
Subterfuge
Empathy
Flaws
Anal Retentive about his appearance
Cosmetic Traits(These must be minor, see the rules)
Numerous scars from his childhood, most of them are covered by his ever present suits, but there is a small scar visible under his left eye
Quirks and Habits worthy of mention
Almost always taping his feet in time with whatever music happens to be on
Personal History (Please be detailed, this creates your basis for your character)
Born to german immigrant parents in New York, Liam had a rough childhood. His father was a massive man and constantly angry at the fact that the new world they had left Germany for was not providing him with the wealth of his dreams. Finding himself unable to vent his anger and frustration anywhere else, he took it out on the only two targets he had close at hand, Liam and his mother. Shortly after Liam's 13th birthday Liam's father came home drunk and freshly enraged at the injustices of the world, the beating that night proved fatal for Liam's mother. Liam knew that he had to take action to get away from his father, and soon, or he would surely follow his mother into an early grave.
Thankfully for Liam his father had a pair of bad habits that would ultimately prove to be the death of him, stupidity and the inability to keep his mouth closed for any period of time. A few short weeks after his mother's death, Liam was woken by police who had come to inform him that his father had passed away. According to the stories of the people that had witnessed the event, he had evidently finally managed to piss off the wrong people, and had accidently fallen on a knife, 25 or 30 times.
After a short stint in a city orphanage (about 3 hours), Liam decided that this life wasn't for him, and decided that perhaps a change of location would do him some good. He wandered the country alone for almost 5 years, begging, stealing what he needed and moving on to a new town. That is when he found himself in Las Vegas.
For the first time in his life, Liam finally felt at home, finally felt like he had found a place where he fit in and could enjoy himself. He discovered music, laughed more at the shows he went to in his first week than he had his entire life before vegas. Stupid gamblers and tourists provided him with enough marks that he was able to live the life of a king, or at least a pampered prince. For 6 years Liam lived this way, then, he made what he would later refer to as the best mistake in his life.
Liam was walking through the casino looking for a new mark to toy with when he spoted the perfect choice. A 20 something woman sitting at the high limit black jack tables. hell, she was pretty enough that he might even stick around for a night or so before he took off with her winnings, and jewelry, and what the hell, most of her clothes would probably sell pretty well too.
Three hours later, Liam was totally baffled, how could this be happening. She seemed so ditzy but somehow she knew his every con before he even got it fully started and subtly cut it off. His best lines, most flirting smiles and winks, nothing was working. And to top it off, he felt like he was drunk, somehow just the smell of her was intoxicating. He would never remember most of that night, or the next morning, or even part of the next night particularly clearly. He remembers the bite, but not how they got up into her room. He remembers taking her dress off, but not what happened to his pants. All he really knows is that when he woke up finally, she was sitting on the bed smiling at him, welcoming him to his new life.
First almost 20 years they worked Las Vegas together, her teaching him to feel other peoples minds and emotions while blocking his own. Him teaching her how the best cons in the business, surefire ways to seperate a fool and their money. And then, she was gone, leaving a note with just the words goodbye, and an address. An address in some place called Nachton City.
Liam sat thinking for awhile, trying to figure out what he wanted to do. Shruging, he started packing. I guess I have to move on sometime, I wonder how the floor shows are in Nachton?
Odd Questions(To help define your character)
1. A stranger at a bar offers your character a drink, what is a typical response?
Take the drink, and listen to the person chat for awhile, never turn down a free drink.
2. Your character finds a lost child alone on the streets. What do they do?
Watch their pick pocketing technique, possibly give them pointers.
3. A barfight erupts in the nightclub your character is in, what do they do?
Look around for someone to place bets with.
4.What animal does your character most identify with?
Those big russian dancing bears, always a good show.
OOC Info:
Player name (online is fine): Liam is fine.
Other Characters you play: None
How you came to SA (Other board, friend, etc): Friend