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Xanifer Deviir, Vampire Lord

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BASIC INFORMATION

Full name: Lord Xanifer Deviir
Nickname(s) or Alias: Xani
Gender: Male
Age: 304
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 152 lbs
Race: Vampire Drow
Sexuality: Demi-sexual
Nationality: La'marri
Residence: The Deviir Estate, just outside La'marri
Relationship Status: Single


PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Art: Xanifer
Art Credit:  sambees
Comic Credit: Darken

Xanifer is tall and slender, but has a certain strength about his build and the way he holds himself with authority and assurance. His hair is a flowing white silk, while his pale blue eyes hold an orange tinge about the pupil. Once he was quite dark of skin, but vampirism has turned the hue to a pale ashen color.



CLOTHING, GEAR, AND JEWELRY
Xanifer is a lord and dresses in very finely made clothes, usually tailored 3-piece suits, including a vest and long coat. He has an intricately designed sword cane . A pair of red-tinted, square glasses rest scholarly on the bridge of his nose.




PERSONALITY
A true gentleman, Xanifer possesses great grace and poise. He is soft-spoken, gentle, kind, generous, and worldly. In his own mind he is what a real lord should aspire to be, a true inspiration to those he lords over. He is also a rather somber individual much of the time, seemingly rather unhappy and even depressed. Xanifer does have a sense of humor and is good-natured and patient about most things.



SKILLS
Talents/skills: Inhuman strength, speed, senses, and reflexes. Keen business sense.

Magic Abilities: He has no real magic.



COMBAT
Peaceful or aggressive attitude? Xanifer is a rather passive individual. He abhors unnecessary violent and will avoid conflict whenever possible. However, he will not hesitate to cut down anyone he deems a threat to himself or those close to him.

Weapon of choice (if any): The fine cane that he uses to assist his walking can be a rather effective blunt weapon, but hidden within is also a long, thin sword of exceptional quality and sharpness. This is the only weapon that Xanifer will carry.

Weaknesses in combat: Obviously he is much weaker in the daytime. Xanifer also cannot stand long exposure to sunlight, not at all. His skin will start to burn and peel within minutes of direct sunlight. It is extremely painful. Fire is also not his friend at all. While he doesn't fear small, controlled flames as from a hearth, lantern, or candle, any uncontrolled or large fire terrifies him. When he's weak from sun or hunger, his right leg does cause him to limp.

Strengths in combat: In the night and full of fresh blood, Xanifer is as dangerous as any vampire, with his inhuman speed, strength, senses, and reflexes.



FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FOES
Parents names:
Aldrin Deviir: A very strong-willed and tenacious man. Most drow do not bother to venture away from their own society, but Aldrin took his young wife and built himself an empire in and around La'marri. The family disapproved heavily, but he would not be swayed from his decision. Somehow he managed to maintain ties to the drow community living separately from them without facing shunning. Three very wealthy and powerful families eventually followed him to La'marri. This is how he secured an arranged marriage for his son to the daughter of one of those families.
Virani Deviir: Bearing the Kilana maiden name, Virani was a beautiful woman that was as driven as her husband. She supported him without hesitation when he decided to move them away from all they had ever known for a chance at a business opportunity.

Are parents alive or dead?  Aldrin died during a hunting accident thirty years after his grandson was stillborn. Virani died a short ten years after that, supposedly from a broken heart.

Is the character still in contact with their parents? Since Xanifer does not possess the ability to speak with the deceased, no, he is  no longer in contact with his parents.

Siblings? Relationship with siblings? Xanifer was an only child, and was very appreciative of the fact that he was subject to the undivided attention and love of his parents.

Other Relatives: He has two uncles and several cousins on his mother's side. His father was also an only child and so his only relations on his father's side are distant cousins, great aunts and uncles, and grandparents. Both his maternal and paternal grandparents have passed away.

Partner/Spouse:
Nashira Myana: A beautiful young drow from a very prestigious family. Xanifer was betrothed to her at the tender age of five the day she was born. They grew up together and were extremely close. He loved her dearly, and they married as soon as she was of an age to do so. It was what was expected of them, and considering their close bond they were happy to fulfill their family duty.
Tragically fate did not intend them to live a long and happy life together. Nashira died in childbirth a short four years after wedding her childhood sweetheart, attempting to give him a son. The baby also perished, and Xanifer was shattered by the loss.

Lyra DeGosta: A seductive vampire that lulled Xanifer to her with promises of taking his pain away. Instead she turned him into a vampire and manipulated him for several decades, using his status and money to live a luxurious life. Eventually he was able to escape her manipulative claws and he banished her from his home, resulting in a very hostile break. For a couple decades she tried petty acts of revenge before disappearing from his life. He doesn't know what became of her and he doesn't much care, either.

Children:
Nashuli Deviir: Sadly the boy was stillborn. He was buried beside his mother who died trying to bring him into this world.

Pets: Xanifer has two cats that roam about his home, discouraging pests from taking up residence. They are both solid black short-hairs, named Milo and Ryder.

Enemies? Why are they enemies?
Lyra DeGosta: The one that turned him forever away from the sun. He resents her for dragging him into the world of vampirism and she is a lover scorned.



BACKSTORY
Xanifer was born in La'marri; his father was already a successful lord at the time. Like any young lordling he was raised privileged, receiving a fine education from private tutors. When he was eight he was out riding his horse when a large mountain cat attacked them. The horse fell and trapped his right leg beneath its crushing weight, shattering the limb horribly.

They both might have lost their lives if it weren't for his father's two large hunting hounds, which heard his screams and came running. Thankfully the cat had primarily mauled the horse so once the dogs had killed the beast his father was able to coax the horse off him and carry him to safety. Unfortunately the horse was too injured to save and had to be put out of its misery.

It took almost three months for him to recover from that injury and learn to walk again. Xanifer walked with a slight limp and with the aid of a cane after that. When he was twenty-one he married Nashira Myana, a beautiful young drow lady, they had become betrothed the day of her birth. They were raised together and loved each other very much. Sadly she died in childbirth a few years later.

He was crushed by the loss and spent many decades in a deep depression that only lifted when he came under the seductive influence of a vampire. She turned him, promising to take his pain away, but only worsening it as she used him for a long, long time. Finally he was able to remove himself from her manipulative web. They squabbled for years, but ultimately Lyra vanished from his life.

Now his years are dull and empty. Though his depression hasn't fully returned and his father's businesses now thrive, Xanifer doesn't find himself to be particularly happy.

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