Basic Info
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Full name
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Morten Døle
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Gender
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Nonbinary dude
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Pronouns
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he/they (norwegian: han/hen)
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Birthday
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1999, April 12th
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Age
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20
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Species
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Vampire, unfortunately.
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Bat form
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Large flying fox (pteropus vampyrus)
Profile
 | ABOUT Vampire kid who didn't really intend on being a vampire at all. Overall, Mort fits into practically none of the common vampire stereotypes. They're neither elegant nor terrifying. They're not even more than a hundred years old - in fact, they turned just recently. They are, however, a goddamn dork with an interesting sense of style, has a love for fun hats and florals, quite socially awkward around strangers, literally the least scary vampire you'll ever meet. They also got no interest in any relationships of the romantic kind, and at around the time of turning, they had practically no friends besides the bat. The bat who turned out to be lying about its identity all along. He's also the only child of a single mother. She's thankfully supportive of her weird vampire child, even though he almost drained her once, soon after turning, after failing to understand their sudden blood cravings until he found himself on mom's neck. She survived, thankfully - an ambulance was called in time once he realized what he had been doing, and she got treated back to health successfully. Due to this, they may have been averse to using bloodbags  as a feeding method for a while. After all, that was literally what saved their mom;  imagine how many other lives those bloodbags could save? It's not like they want to feed off living human beings either, unless they actually let him. He's also rather reluctant about drinking directly from animals, which would almost certainly die if they were small enough. Though they don't really like to admit it to Bat's face, undeath is actually kind of neat, save for the whole blood issue. |
| BACKGROUND Ah yes, so how did he even get into this state of permanent undeath? Well,  it all started when their little household finally moved into a new house. Mort went exploring the house a bit, and it turns out there was this little bat hiding there, who accidentally blurted out a human-sounding noise in an attempt to make them go away. But clearly, that didn't work, as Morten's reaction was definitely more along the lines of "This bat can talk?? Dude, that's awesome!!!" Morten would then go on to assume this was a magical familiar who lost its wizard ages ago. That's why it could talk, right? Sure, the bat confirms. Whatever. The bat didn't intend to stay for long, anyway, it would be gone by tomorrow. Just gotta humor this human first. And then a day turned into a week. Weeks turned into months. Kind of by accident, the two ended up becoming really good friends over the following year. Morten did most of the talking, rambling, infodumping about their favorite subjects, and the bat was an excellent listener, sometimes inserting its own snarky comments, which Mort just found amusing. However, one day, Morten finds themself in a strange predicament. Food is suddenly weirdly nauseating, and mirrors don't reflect - why? What's going on? Why is everything so wrong... what's this urge to consume red substances... Horrible. No. As it turns out, that friendly bat was actually a goddamn vampire the whole time, all along. That's why it spoke human. It had been waiting for a time to show itself, his true self, but wasn't sure how. Besides, Mort had shown quite a bit of strong interest in fantasy stuff, often involving elves, shapeshifting, magic, the concept of immortality - they even chose their own name. Morten. Obviously this kid would enjoy being a vampire. Clearly. Bat has certainly been enjoying it, who wouldn't! That's totally inconceivable, because being a vampire is a privilege. So as a surprise birthday present, he gave him the... gift of immortality. You're welcome, Mort.   For context, Morten is actually a totally normal masculine name in Norway, and isn't really supposed to be all that associated with death in the first place. But Bat didn't know that. Bat genuinely thought they would love the vampirism. Instead, it just ended up being stressful. Oh well?? It may take some time to mend this friendship... |  |
RANDOM TRIVIA
- their freckles got stuck when they turned. though he may never see the sun again, at least that's there to remind him. if he could see his face, anyway...
- no father. or, well, whatever biological dad he was supposed to have, left before he was even born.Â
- the closest he had to a father figure was their uncle. he came visiting from another town sometimes, stayed at their apartment, and was basically a for a while.Â
- the grandparents lived somewhere else, further up north. he saw them during the holidays, mostly. 17th may and yule and such.Â
- speaking of family, liv is their second cousin! they share a set of great-grandparents, as their mothers are direct cousins.Â
- they met as children once or twice, but otherwise don't really stay in contact.
- nerd. didn't really have a lot of friends growing up. probably spent a little more time online than average.Â
- probably grew up with some of the things you grew up with! (yes this is where i get to be very self indulgent)
- would scour the internet for free online flash games, because mom had a kinda tight budget and didn't want to spend too much money when she would rather save it up instead.Â
- so, neopets? absolutely.Â
- club penguin? yes, as a nonmember.Â
- they liked collecting the hats at the parties.Â
- already back then they refused to conform to any gender and just wore what they liked
- has always gotten along better with animals than people. wasn't really allowed to have their own pet, though. the apartment rules didn't allow it.Â
- norwegian, of course.
- grew up in a small apartment in haugesund.
- at the start of this story, mom and mort moved into a different town; the same town as the uncle. it's more convenient! also there was a small house for sale there, that too.
- this town is currently unnamed. and fictional, but definitely inspired by the cute fjord towns i've seen on roadtrips :-)
- had just recently finished VGS. (the closest equivalent would be high school i guess??? except it generally lasts from ur 16 to 19)
- was a rather lazy russ (norwegian graduate... not getting into the details, that's a whole thing on its own and absolutely nothing like american graduation lol)
- the school's color was red, so all the russ stuff was red too.Â
- the pants were fairly decorated! mostly with flowers and cute stuff. they also had this fun cap, which they wore.Â
- the string was supposed to have more knots, representing pranks, but uh.. they were very lazy about it and most of the pranks sounded nasty anyway.Â
- wasn't really a part of the party culture either. mostly they just wanted the neat clothes.Â
- after moving into the new home, they took a year off from education, worked as a cashier for a couple of months, and was planning on going to folkehøyskole in fall 2019, but uh... bat's surprise vampirism kinda got in the way, huh.Â
- was a rather lazy russ (norwegian graduate... not getting into the details, that's a whole thing on its own and absolutely nothing like american graduation lol)
- watched the moomins a lot as a wee little baby and it probably influenced their aesthetic quite a bit
- obviously it was the norwegian dub
- transmasc nonbinary afab person who'd rather present androgynous as hell, yee haw
- again, he/they. han/hen in norwegian.Â
- realized at like, 18?Â
- bat actually helped them get out of the closet. it went well!
- if they ever confused you with their appearance then i've done my job
- would WANT to go on T, except norway's system is abysmal at handling gender nonconforming trans folks :(Â
- they did hold out hope that maybe things would get better during their lifetime, but hhhg not for a while apparently. does the system even know what a nonbinary person is??
- WELL that is why becoming a vampire was secretly a blessing
- hadn't really had the chance to go through all the legal hurdles of name+gender change yet either, so uh. yeah
- "[deadname] døle? oh nah, that person is dead. literally. they died." "they?" "no i'm still not gonna call my past self "she", i refuse" "wait, YOU're [deadname]???" "no i'm not. my name is morten, shush" "we require legal-" "can vampires even get legal documentation? am i even legally dead? i was kinda dead for like two weeks but i don't know" "....good question"
- though their mother is supportive and overall okay with the whole vampire thing, she really does miss cooking food for her kid. vampires can't eat anything, and she's not very keen on being the meal.Â
- due to turning while their hair was blue, that color is now permanent. so yes. the roots will grow out blue too. it's pretty wild.Â
- this also explains the bat form, that is also very blue
- the bitemark is on their hand. it's usually covered up by fingerless gloves.Â
- autistic. honestly, they all are to some degree, but mort actually has a diagnosis.
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