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| Name | Melahn |
| Age | physically 30ish |
| Pronouns | He/Him/His |
| Species | Vampire |
| Location | Stratah |
| Story | TBA |
About
The last prince of Stratah, which switched to a democratic system of government during his heir's generation.
Still alive because he made himself immortal. It's something that has been attained before, through the creation of vampirism, and though he certainly had the connections to join an established line if he chose to find one, he's unimpressed with the drawbacks of the existing lines and becomes convinced he can do it better(despite establishing new vampiric lineages being extremely illegal). But he's more of a 'ask forgiveness not permission' type of person so he does it anyways, wildly successfully. His vampiric lineage is incredibly stable and durable, and requires little to no consumption of human blood. There is a scandal but he absolutely bullshits his way out of trouble with his status and success and pure charisma.
His reign also marked the last time Stratah went to war, and the fact they blasted Angstrom back to the stone age with a siphon-bomb still tarnishes their reputation.
Melahn is a talented battle mage and leads from the front line, which is admirable but also stupid and he is captured shortly after the Siphon is dropped and Angstrom is cut off from magic and plunged into an apocalypse because almost all of their infrastructure relies on magic as a power supply.
Unfortunately Melahn is extremely immortal, so what was intended to be a quick execution turns into an extended torture session. His captors can't figure out how to kill him so they eventually settle on just burying him alive.
Melahn spends a maddening length of time stuck in a box underground, slowly withering away but never actually succumbing to death. He is only unearthed by accident, while a construction company is digging up a plot of land in preparation for a new build.
He looks very much like a half-mummified corpse at this point, it takes actual days for anyone to notice he's not dead. They get some blood in him and he is rehydrated, not unlike a sea monkey, or a packet of freeze-dried yeast.
He is briefly famous again as an astounding archeological discovery/medical miracle/that guy they dug up in a gas station parking lot. He returns to his homeland and tries to acclimate to this weird new world.
Personality & Outlook
Acts like he owns the place because he does half the time. Is capable of being unbearably snobbish and smug and vain, but is also quick to praise others for their successes(really just talks a lot, one of those people who's uncomfortable in a quiet room). The only time he shuts up is when he's 'feeding', which mainly consists of meditating in the garden & sucking life energy directly out of his plants.
A warm, comfortable, charismatic presence about 95% of the time, which makes the other 5% where he's a cunning, ruthless, self-serving bastard feel like a bucket of ice water.
Very claustrophobic for being-buried-alive reasons. Haaates being in windowless rooms or underground spaces. Actually starts getting antsy if there are no plants in his line of sight. Really just prefers to be outside and surrounded by life at all times.
He's a little behind the times, but also a huge nerd, so he's been delving into pop culture recent history ferociously. Spends a lot of time at the university(talking his way into becoming a professor) when he isn't bothering politicians.
Powers & Assets
Life Mage
Specialized in life & repetition & rhythms. Good at spotting & enhancing patterns, predictions, healing. He takes a scientific approach to magic, especially interested in biology, which leads to an interest in healing, which leads to an interest in immortality.
His casting philosophy is persistence. His willpower isn't particularly strong but through repetition it can get a lot done.
Vampirism
Immortality! His eyes glow which isn't great for his eyesight but it's pretty sexy of him. Doesn't actually need to drink human blood! Absorbs life energy from fruits and seeds and meditation.
Royalty
Means nothing when your country isn't a monarchy anymore but he's not gonna just give up his title. His closest living relative is also the democratically elected leader of Stratah and he absolutely takes credit for/advantage of that and continues mingling with leadership like he belongs there.
Relationships
Maurice [lover]
The only other vampire in his line. They actually started out as enemies in the war and have legitimately tried to kill each other multiple times...But fighting to the death is inherently homoerotic & they HAD to just make out eventually. Maurice eventually switches sides, though Melahn disappears before they can see if they'll mesh together in a domestic setting. Maurice still unofficially works for the Stratan Leadership, doing various shady things their PR team doesn't want the world to know about.
Xanthi [many-greats-granddaughter]
His closest living relative and current leader of Stratah. He is very proud of her. She is very annoyed by the fact he attributes her accomplishments & success to sharing genes with him. But also she is a very respectful person and the meanest thing she would ever say to him is 'okay grandpa.'
Aesthetic
Libraries, scrolls & gild-edged books, vibrant greenery, pomegranates on silver platters. Long silk coats and robes. Large cats. Hints of gold glitter that you can't get rid of. Woven material, anything made by small repetitive motion.
Trivia
• Probably meme trash
• loves dating sim & rhythm games, especially DDR
• Wears that dumb pink sweater vest every day because Maurice crocheted it for him & Melahn just gets really attached to objects he owns in general
• Has definitely had a pet panther at some point
• gay as fuck. Only reproduced because as royalty he had an obligation to produce heirs. He was pretty good friends with his wife, but honestly has forgotten the names of half of his children.
• has to set alarms when he meditates because otherwise he can zone out for days at a time. It was about the only thing he could do while he was buried and he's gotten extremely good at it
Q & A
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Artist Notes
- the pink thing under his coat is a sweater vest
- sparkles are not required but are appreciated
- his eyes glow. You don't have to render that but the color is p vibrant/I'd prefer you not dull down the gold!
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