Valerio -- Nightwalker Age: Unknown -- Mira estimates that he is more than one thousand years old, making him an Ancient, but Valerio will never admit to it. One of his abilities is to mask his age from other nightwalkers, making it impossible for them to gauge his potential abilities. Physical Description: Height: 5’ 7” Weight: 190 Description According to Mira: Valerio was the classical image of the vampire. Not the rotting, shambling corpse with breath that smelled like death, but the classical Hollywood version with dark brown hair and pale blue eyes like a glacier kissed by the sea. His cadaverous white skin was stretched over hard lean muscle, created by a human life spent at hard manual labor and an undead existence filled with constant physical activity. He was shorter than me, but not by much. It was not something easily noticed either. When the nightwalker entered a room, his presence filled it in such an overwhelming way that you couldn’t be aware of anyone or anything else. He became everything and was everywhere. Handsome was inadequate word to use to describe him. He was beautiful in the same fashion Michelangelo’s David was beautiful or the Venus de Milo. He possessed the same type of beauty as a summer sunset on the Mediterranean with a full moon rising in the distance. Awe-inspiring. Breathtaking. The type of peaceful, exquisite beauty that made you want to believe in a God or that there truly was good left in the world. It was the kind of beauty that convinced you to hold on for just one more day. But it was more than just his appearance that fulfilled the image that humans now clung to when it came to vampires. It was also his manner. Calm, unshakeable confidence oozed from every pore and controlled the muscles in his lean frame. It was in his walk and the way he stood, poised and always aware of his surroundings. He possessed the same seductive beauty as a sleeping jaguar. Beautiful and infinitely deadly when awakened. Sadira taught me concepts like power and control when dealing in the world of nightwalkers. Jabari gave me the concepts of loyalty and honor, instilling within me a sense of history for my kind. But Valerio taught me how to live and how to live with myself. He opened my eyes to the world of pleasure and joy. I learned to laugh again. Valerio gave my kind a new reason to fear me. I learned how to play games with my prey, both physical and mental, created to induce equal part happiness and fear. When I left both Sadira and Jabari, I never looked back. I stepped from their shadow and pursued my own life in a fashion. Yet, I can’t completely shed Valerio. Years wither away, decades slip away, and I suddenly find myself once again seated in an elegant parlor or strolling down a rat-infested alley with Valerio smiling at my side. I leave him with unspoken words like “never” balanced on the tip of my tongue, but I know better than to say it. Our paths always find a way to cross. I don’t fear him, and I know that it may prove to be my greatest mistake when it comes to Valerio. I don’t trust him and I am extremely cautious when it comes to the nightwalker, but my lack of fear may prove to be the end of me. Scent: Mira states that Valerio smells of cinnamon Favorite feature: Valerio would claim that one of his best features is his smile. Slow, seductive, and always enticing no matter what the circumstances. Most hated feature: There isn’t particularly anything that he hates about himself. However, he sometimes wonders if his hands are too small. Birthmarks: None. Scars: His back is crisscrossed with scars from being beaten during his human years.
General Personality Description: In many ways, Valerio can be seen as Danaus’s polar opposite. Valerio takes very little serious in life. He never speaks of his human years and he had never told Mira who his maker was. However, she has gotten the impression that Valerio is either from Northern Italy or Southern Spain. He is fluent in nearly a dozen languages and seems to be comfortable no matter when or where he appears in Europe. For Valerio, being a nightwalker is about enjoying every ability that he has acquired during his long existence. He leads a very hedonistic existence, determined to drain the life out of every night that passes. However, he is also very self-centered, determined to watch out and protect himself first and foremost. As a result, his pleasure often comes at the pain of others, whether it be human, nightwalker, or lycanthrope. Several centuries ago, he took Mira under his wing as she left Jabari’s side and showed her another side to living as a nightwalker. She will always hold a very special place in his heart, as she has the same passion for life that he has. In the early years, she also had the same self-centered passion of living for herself that he could respect. Valerio loves Mira as much as he is currently capable of loving another creature. But those emotions for her will not lead him to sacrifice his own safety for her needs unless it could potentially benefit him in the long run. He has spent his entire existence traveling throughout Europe, but he has not claimed a domain of his own. However, after a particularly dark incident that caused Mira to see refuge in the New World, Valerio set up a more permanent home in Vienna. During the past several centuries, he has made several fledglings and then abandoned them out of boredom. He has lost contact with all of his children. However, he does take a secret pleasure in knowing this one of his fledglings, Knox, is now in Mira’s domain. Special Abilities: Aging: He no longer ages. His appearance looks as if he is in his early to mid-thirties. Heals quickly: Most cuts close in a matter of seconds, while broken bones can take a few minutes to heal. Mortal wounds are those that result in excessive blood loss just before sunrise, the removal of the heart or head. Speed and strength: He is much strong and faster than any human or even lycanthrope. Telepathic/Empathic: He can read/sense the emotions of nightwalkers and humans around him with very little effort. With some of the young ones, he can pick up the occasional stray, unguarded thought. Fashion: For Valerio, keeping up with the latest fashions is an absolute must. He follows the latest fashions through magazines and keeps in regular contact with some of the most accomplished designers throughout Europe. Regardless of the situation, he always makes sure that he is appropriately dressed. As a result of their many years of association as well as her upbringing from Sadira, Mira has picked up many of his same tastes in the latest fashions.
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