I have an alt Natural Katana/Dark Armor Scrapper on Virtue, named Sangrenacht, who I now fear is a cliche, based on a thread in the general forum. I would appreciate any comments on originality (or lack of):
Katrina van Nistelrooy was a Dutch plantation owner's daughter in South Africa in the 14th century, but was bitten by a powerful vampire, and kept as a mindless enforcer for hundreds of years. One day, by pure chance, she bit a nun, which restored her reason, if not her humanity. She killed her mistress and escaped, and ever since has been hunted by her former friends, who mean to torture and kill her. She can't return to pure humanity, but there is a legend that if enough good deeds are done, she can feel the sun again, at least. Of course, good deeds need doing in Paragon City, so here she is.
I'm not the world's best RPer, but I try to keep all her speech very formal (as she's just learning English, since her old language is dead). She's in full leather including a helmet, but when she reaches level 20, she can behold the sun again (i.e. she gets to wear street clothes). When she comes up against 5th Column (or Council) Vampires, I'll RP it like these are her former friends, looking for her, so she'll switch back to full leather (so they can't tell it's her). I might try to come up with a good story for her sword as well, but there's no need until we can customize weapons, right?
I took inspiration from several sources, chief among them being an excellent book by Wilbur Smith called Birds of Prey (it's not about vampires at all, but one of the characters provides some background and a first name)...but the basic story is mine. I'm sure someone else has come up with something similar, but I'm not familiar with it.
I have an alt Natural Katana/Dark Armor Scrapper on Virtue, named Sangrenacht, who I now fear is a cliche, based on a thread in the general forum. I would appreciate any comments on originality (or lack of):
Katrina van Nistelrooy was a Dutch plantation owner's daughter in South Africa in the 14th century, but was bitten by a powerful vampire, and kept as a mindless enforcer for hundreds of years. One day, by pure chance, she bit a nun, which restored her reason, if not her humanity. She killed her mistress and escaped, and ever since has been hunted by her former friends, who mean to torture and kill her. She can't return to pure humanity, but there is a legend that if enough good deeds are done, she can feel the sun again, at least. Of course, good deeds need doing in Paragon City, so here she is.
I'm not the world's best RPer, but I try to keep all her speech very formal (as she's just learning English, since her old language is dead). She's in full leather including a helmet, but when she reaches level 20, she can behold the sun again (i.e. she gets to wear street clothes). When she comes up against 5th Column (or Council) Vampires, I'll RP it like these are her former friends, looking for her, so she'll switch back to full leather (so they can't tell it's her). I might try to come up with a good story for her sword as well, but there's no need until we can customize weapons, right?
I took inspiration from several sources, chief among them being an excellent book by Wilbur Smith called Birds of Prey (it's not about vampires at all, but one of the characters provides some background and a first name)...but the basic story is mine. I'm sure someone else has come up with something similar, but I'm not familiar with it.
So how is that? It's not terribly cliched, is it?