06-05-2004, 06:29 PM
Harley's Character
Name: Matthew Perrison (mostly referred to as Matthias)
Birthplace: London, England
Birth date: 881 CE, somewhere around May
Appearance: Matthias is a handsome young man with the physical appearance of a man in his early twenties. His pale skin accentuates his pitch-black hair and the blood-red eyes. To the sides of his shining teeth, Matthias bears two fangs that are only slightly noticeable to the human eye. Matthiasâ hair style changes almost every day, as it moves along with Matthiasâ mood. Mostly it looks unkempt but always has a shining quality to it.
His clothes are simplistic; a white shirt with black cotton pants, with a leather belt that has a holster for a dagger. Although only known to some underground vampire circles, the red sign on the back of his shirt, are blood smears left over from the original owner. The smears come together to form a sign similar to the letter Y.
Powers: Matthias has shown great strength and has the power to hurl a small carriage and walk through plaster walls. Furthermore, he possesses an almost divine speed. He can use his speed in such a way as if to disappear in the blink of an eye. Mattâs body is flexible, light, and dexterous. He can jump to great heights, and has recently successfully levitated above the ground for a few seconds. Although he does heal faster than an average human, he is far from impervious.
Matthias can see in the dark as a normal human can in the daylight. Texts can be read at great speeds, and Matt is able to mimic sounds. As the last part of his powers is Mattâs immortality, which does not relate invulnerability but to a very very long life.
Weaknesses: Combined with his supernatural powers, is Mattâs craving for blood. Blood fuels his powers, and without regular feeding, his powers weaken and wane, leaving him an almost ordinary human. Although the blood of animal will satisfy his craving, its effect is less compared to the blood of a human being. If he goes without blood for an extended period of time, he could die from the effects. Sometimes he will last longer after a feeding, depending on his fill.
Sunlight is very harmful to Matthias, and if he does not cover his entire body, he can only operate at night. The light of the sun will set him aflame in a matter of seconds, reducing him to ashes. Fire is also a weakness to Matthias, burning him quicker and more than an average human. By slamming a stake through his heart, Matthias becomes paralysed and if it is not removed within the time span of fifteen minutes, his body is reduced to ash.
The sign of the cross can pose harm to Matthias as well. If he were to touch the cross with bare skin, it will slowly start to burn him. The same applies to holy water, although he burns more quickly.
History: Some 200 years ago Matthew was a young hell-raiser in London. Much to the disgust of his father he would be out most nights carousing to all hours, then stumbling home drunk. The only comfort was his loving mother, which he loved dearly. Matt was considered the black sheep of the family and many people looked upon him with a weird eye as he was not the average youngster, being very eccentric in his life philosophy.
It was around his 23rd birthday when Matthew went partying in one of the new bars in the city. Upon his arrival, he found that the building had a supernatural aura that compelled him to enter. That night vampires fed on him and he was sired in order to make him become one of them.
That event led to the loss of his soul and Matthew came to join the clan of vampires in the tunnels underneath the tavern. Forced to fake his death, Matthew proceeded to slay his family, during his funeral, in his first lust for blood. Changing his name to Matthias, he travelled with a group of vampires that broke off from the clan.
For the next hundred years, this group of vampires wreaked havoc throughout England and Europe till the night Mattâs soul was returned to him. It was a stormy night, and the group had decided to kill the clergy within a nearby church and use it as a sleeping place for the day. However, they were led into an ambush by a group of vampire hunters. And the group was captured and were tortured day and night, while a priest practised a ritual in order to return the vampiresâ souls.
Three of the five vampires went mad and were later thrown into the sunlight, where they quickly burned to ash. Just as the vampire hunters planned to nail Matthias and his friend Darius to the walls of the church, the two were saved by a vampire clan known as the Zenith. Both Matt and Darius were given an offer to join the Zenith clan, because as they learned, they were the last of their original clan that had broken off from vampire tradition and had over the year been culled, and the only way they could survive was by joining another clan. Although Matt was quick to accept, Darius spurned the offer and fought his way through the vampires and disappeared into the night, opting instead to try and make it on his own.
Over the following years Matthias had to come to terms with his soul as no ritual had worked in an attempt to remove it once again. He continued his hideous deeds with the Zenith clan till at last his soul could bare no more, he had killed a woman that had looked like his mother, the only person to ever truly love him for who he was. Driven by guilt, he fled the clan and brought upon himself the anger of other vampires that wish to hunt and kill him.
Travelling all through Europe for the next decades, Matt lived off animals and continued to hone his powers. The next life-altering confrontation was when he met Darius again, not having seen each other since Darius had fled the church. Both had tried to sleep in the same lighthouse and met as an accident. The two talked, fought and talked again till sunrise, when both retreated to their sleep. A letter had been left at Mattâs side the following day. Darius had left early, and Matthias once again lost his best friend.
He wandered that evening, till he was strangely drawn to a nearby seaside innâ¦
Name: Matthew Perrison (mostly referred to as Matthias)
Birthplace: London, England
Birth date: 881 CE, somewhere around May
Appearance: Matthias is a handsome young man with the physical appearance of a man in his early twenties. His pale skin accentuates his pitch-black hair and the blood-red eyes. To the sides of his shining teeth, Matthias bears two fangs that are only slightly noticeable to the human eye. Matthiasâ hair style changes almost every day, as it moves along with Matthiasâ mood. Mostly it looks unkempt but always has a shining quality to it.
His clothes are simplistic; a white shirt with black cotton pants, with a leather belt that has a holster for a dagger. Although only known to some underground vampire circles, the red sign on the back of his shirt, are blood smears left over from the original owner. The smears come together to form a sign similar to the letter Y.
Powers: Matthias has shown great strength and has the power to hurl a small carriage and walk through plaster walls. Furthermore, he possesses an almost divine speed. He can use his speed in such a way as if to disappear in the blink of an eye. Mattâs body is flexible, light, and dexterous. He can jump to great heights, and has recently successfully levitated above the ground for a few seconds. Although he does heal faster than an average human, he is far from impervious.
Matthias can see in the dark as a normal human can in the daylight. Texts can be read at great speeds, and Matt is able to mimic sounds. As the last part of his powers is Mattâs immortality, which does not relate invulnerability but to a very very long life.
Weaknesses: Combined with his supernatural powers, is Mattâs craving for blood. Blood fuels his powers, and without regular feeding, his powers weaken and wane, leaving him an almost ordinary human. Although the blood of animal will satisfy his craving, its effect is less compared to the blood of a human being. If he goes without blood for an extended period of time, he could die from the effects. Sometimes he will last longer after a feeding, depending on his fill.
Sunlight is very harmful to Matthias, and if he does not cover his entire body, he can only operate at night. The light of the sun will set him aflame in a matter of seconds, reducing him to ashes. Fire is also a weakness to Matthias, burning him quicker and more than an average human. By slamming a stake through his heart, Matthias becomes paralysed and if it is not removed within the time span of fifteen minutes, his body is reduced to ash.
The sign of the cross can pose harm to Matthias as well. If he were to touch the cross with bare skin, it will slowly start to burn him. The same applies to holy water, although he burns more quickly.
History: Some 200 years ago Matthew was a young hell-raiser in London. Much to the disgust of his father he would be out most nights carousing to all hours, then stumbling home drunk. The only comfort was his loving mother, which he loved dearly. Matt was considered the black sheep of the family and many people looked upon him with a weird eye as he was not the average youngster, being very eccentric in his life philosophy.
It was around his 23rd birthday when Matthew went partying in one of the new bars in the city. Upon his arrival, he found that the building had a supernatural aura that compelled him to enter. That night vampires fed on him and he was sired in order to make him become one of them.
That event led to the loss of his soul and Matthew came to join the clan of vampires in the tunnels underneath the tavern. Forced to fake his death, Matthew proceeded to slay his family, during his funeral, in his first lust for blood. Changing his name to Matthias, he travelled with a group of vampires that broke off from the clan.
For the next hundred years, this group of vampires wreaked havoc throughout England and Europe till the night Mattâs soul was returned to him. It was a stormy night, and the group had decided to kill the clergy within a nearby church and use it as a sleeping place for the day. However, they were led into an ambush by a group of vampire hunters. And the group was captured and were tortured day and night, while a priest practised a ritual in order to return the vampiresâ souls.
Three of the five vampires went mad and were later thrown into the sunlight, where they quickly burned to ash. Just as the vampire hunters planned to nail Matthias and his friend Darius to the walls of the church, the two were saved by a vampire clan known as the Zenith. Both Matt and Darius were given an offer to join the Zenith clan, because as they learned, they were the last of their original clan that had broken off from vampire tradition and had over the year been culled, and the only way they could survive was by joining another clan. Although Matt was quick to accept, Darius spurned the offer and fought his way through the vampires and disappeared into the night, opting instead to try and make it on his own.
Over the following years Matthias had to come to terms with his soul as no ritual had worked in an attempt to remove it once again. He continued his hideous deeds with the Zenith clan till at last his soul could bare no more, he had killed a woman that had looked like his mother, the only person to ever truly love him for who he was. Driven by guilt, he fled the clan and brought upon himself the anger of other vampires that wish to hunt and kill him.
Travelling all through Europe for the next decades, Matt lived off animals and continued to hone his powers. The next life-altering confrontation was when he met Darius again, not having seen each other since Darius had fled the church. Both had tried to sleep in the same lighthouse and met as an accident. The two talked, fought and talked again till sunrise, when both retreated to their sleep. A letter had been left at Mattâs side the following day. Darius had left early, and Matthias once again lost his best friend.
He wandered that evening, till he was strangely drawn to a nearby seaside innâ¦