Post by Demeter on Aug 21, 2007 1:48:53 GMT -5
Basics
Name: Mercedes Fiore
Age: 116
Birthday: 6/1/1906
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual
Species: Magic User - Turned Vampire
Appearance
Hair Color: Black
Hair Style: Her hair is thick and wavy. She normally wears it up in a knot or twist but when she lets it down, her hair reaches the top of her thighs.
Eyes: Bright Green
Complexion: Fair, she burns easily but tans off.
Teeth: straight with elongated canines and slightly stained due to a love of coffee
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 135pds
Fitness Level: She’s constantly on the go and loves to work out in the privacy of her own home.
Clothing Style: Mercedes wears what she wants to wear. She doesn’t follow trends but is drawn to color and texture. Her closet is filled with vintage outfits, haute couture designers and everyday casual. Her typical business attire is anything that screams “witch,” while her normal downtime outfit is bare feet, yoga pants and a stretchy tee or tank top.
Tattoos: Two angel wings done up in a bright, crimson red color that cover the length of her back from the nape of her neck to her lower hips.
Piercing: Several, four in one ear and five in the other.
Jewelry: Mercedes typically wears studs in the upper piercings but dangles in the lower ones. She has wears a toe ring on the right big toe and ring past down from her maternal grandmother on her right little finger.
Scars: No major scars, just the collection from childhood.
Personality
Mercedes is rather easy going, preferring to do whatever she feels is needed then acting for some purpose. She does whatever is needed, when it is needed. She likes to go out but when she has to deal with responsibilities, she hunkers down and handles it. She has a few trust issues. She doesn’t have commitment issues but never wants to be in a situation where she could be trapped.
Vampire
Bloodline: Anila
Innate Power: Wind
Infected at age: 27
Contagion: Turned by one of the Neri family in Italy.
Magic User
Powers: Strong water elemental with skills in casting, summoning, and scrying. She holds her maternal family’s grimoire.
Allegiance: neutral – Mercedes walks the center line and believes that everyone has good and bad in them.
Basic History
Parents: Ines - Father Unknown
Siblings: None
Close Friends: Romi Neri, Gwen Neri, Elise, Brielle, Thanos Neri, and Ace Wagner
Significant Other: Brielle and Elise
Children: Two daughters and Son but Mercedes doesn’t know their names or if they are still living.
Interests/Hobbies: Gardening, shopping for antiques and stock for her store, visiting jazz clubs
Education: Never had any formal education but has taken some business courses at the local community college
Intelligence: Fairly smart but that mostly because she's lived for a while
Occupation: Owns her own occult shop in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Place of Residence: Mercedes lives above her occult shop on the second and third floors and has her own antebellum mansion, Bayou House
History
Mercedes’ mother was part of a small clan of the Romany people that travelled along the coast between Northern Spain and Northern Italy. The clan was a group of magic users and hunters who sold their wares and services to the towns they travelled through. Ines developed a taste for the finer things in life and went against the traditional culture of her clan.
When Ines was sixteen, she slipped away from the caravan the night before they were to leave Ortona, a coastal town in Italy. She took few possessions with her but she stole away with the grimoire that had been her in family for generations. She ran away to her young Italian nobleman who promised to set her up in grand style in exchange for the use of her body.
Ines’ mother watched her go, knowing that it would useless to try and hold the girl anywhere she did not want to be. Ines’ young lord did set her up in fine style with a pretty house, servants and lush clothing. And he visited his young mistress often. Ines didn’t mind the way of life she’d chosen but all the jewels in the world would not have made the people of Ortona like her. With her background and profession, she was not very well liked by the women of the town.
She didn’t let that bother her too much because she had the attention of a handsome young man and plenty of pretty things to occupy her time. But as the years past, that young man tired of her and broke things off. He let Ines keep the pretty clothes he bought her but he house full of things and servants were his. It didn’t take long before she found a new protector. And so the pattern continued for many years until she was too old to have constant protectors. Ines turned to taking in the wash and mending for the other families in the town and she also doled out simple herbal remedies for those who know she was a witch. She also supplemented her income by taking the occasional lover.
It was one of these men who fathered her children. Ines never figured out who shared half of her daughter but it proved to be useful. The men who she’d been with at that time all believed that the child could be theirs so they provided for her upbringing. As such, Mercedes grew up as a spoiled child who wanted for nothing. As such, she didn’t understand why everyone warned her away from a young man who came around to court her in her seventeenth year.
Mercedes followed in her mother’s footsteps and ran away with this young man. Unfortunately, her situation turned out worse than her mothers. The young man she ran away with turned out to a scion of the notorious Neri family. He took Mercedes as his captive and brought her into the Neri Castle to be used as a blood and sex slave. What followed was a decade of torture.
Her captor was allowed to be the first to take her blood and the one who was allowed to take her body for the first time. After that, she was free to any member of the family who so desired her. Though the standing rule was that a slave could only be used for feeding once every three days, there was no limit on anything else. She was bounced from bed to bed, being used. Sometimes she was dosed with an aphrodisiac, sometimes she wasn’t. She found that often the women who raped her were worse than the men. The men only wanted one thing and she could often retreat within herself during those encounters. The women sought to truly torture and humiliate her.
After a six years of that life, the head of the family decided that Mercedes would do good in the breeding program they used to build up there supply of slaves. Over four years, she was heavily dosed and paired with human males who were equally dosed. Mercedes produced three offspring from those liaisons though she’s never held any of those children. After the birth of her last child, one the young members of the family got to use Mercedes as his first taste of live blood. That young vampire got a little too excited and held on too long; turning Mercedes into one of them.
After that, Mercedes as useless to the Neri family. It was Romi Neri, a son of the family’s head, who took pity on her and trained her in the new abilities she possessed. It was also Neri who took a letter to her mother. She apologized in that letter, explaining that she was sorry for her actions as a child and that she would never be able to come home now. In reply, Ines sent the family grimoire to her daughter, telling her to keep it safe and it would keep her safe on whatever path she now followed.
It was Thanos Neri, one of the family who had long ago tossed down his ties to the family, who got her to safety in the city of Rome. Since then, Mercedes has travelled Europe, trying to find where she belonged. Eventually, she crossed to America and found herself in New Orleans. She loved the area and started to set down her roots. She found her mansion, opened her shop and found her first familiar; a Great Dane named Lady in a Teacup.
Eventually, she found companionship in a Brood/Alati hybrid by the name of Elise. She come into the town where Bayou House was, searching for the locally famous witch to photograph. Sensing that she could trust the hybrid, Mercedes allowed her to photograph both sides of her dual nature. In short order, her relationship with Elise changed. Elise was invited to live at Bayou house whenever she was in the area and she was invited in Mercedes’ bed. They’ve never officially catalogued their relationship and Elise has respected Mercedes’ fears of being trapped and not asked her to be a bonded partner.
Now, there is something new and intriguing in her life and she’s interesting to see where this new path leads.
Name: Mercedes Fiore
Age: 116
Birthday: 6/1/1906
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual
Species: Magic User - Turned Vampire
Appearance
Hair Color: Black
Hair Style: Her hair is thick and wavy. She normally wears it up in a knot or twist but when she lets it down, her hair reaches the top of her thighs.
Eyes: Bright Green
Complexion: Fair, she burns easily but tans off.
Teeth: straight with elongated canines and slightly stained due to a love of coffee
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 135pds
Fitness Level: She’s constantly on the go and loves to work out in the privacy of her own home.
Clothing Style: Mercedes wears what she wants to wear. She doesn’t follow trends but is drawn to color and texture. Her closet is filled with vintage outfits, haute couture designers and everyday casual. Her typical business attire is anything that screams “witch,” while her normal downtime outfit is bare feet, yoga pants and a stretchy tee or tank top.
Tattoos: Two angel wings done up in a bright, crimson red color that cover the length of her back from the nape of her neck to her lower hips.
Piercing: Several, four in one ear and five in the other.
Jewelry: Mercedes typically wears studs in the upper piercings but dangles in the lower ones. She has wears a toe ring on the right big toe and ring past down from her maternal grandmother on her right little finger.
Scars: No major scars, just the collection from childhood.
Personality
Mercedes is rather easy going, preferring to do whatever she feels is needed then acting for some purpose. She does whatever is needed, when it is needed. She likes to go out but when she has to deal with responsibilities, she hunkers down and handles it. She has a few trust issues. She doesn’t have commitment issues but never wants to be in a situation where she could be trapped.
Vampire
Bloodline: Anila
Innate Power: Wind
Infected at age: 27
Contagion: Turned by one of the Neri family in Italy.
Magic User
Powers: Strong water elemental with skills in casting, summoning, and scrying. She holds her maternal family’s grimoire.
Allegiance: neutral – Mercedes walks the center line and believes that everyone has good and bad in them.
Basic History
Parents: Ines - Father Unknown
Siblings: None
Close Friends: Romi Neri, Gwen Neri, Elise, Brielle, Thanos Neri, and Ace Wagner
Significant Other: Brielle and Elise
Children: Two daughters and Son but Mercedes doesn’t know their names or if they are still living.
Interests/Hobbies: Gardening, shopping for antiques and stock for her store, visiting jazz clubs
Education: Never had any formal education but has taken some business courses at the local community college
Intelligence: Fairly smart but that mostly because she's lived for a while
Occupation: Owns her own occult shop in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Place of Residence: Mercedes lives above her occult shop on the second and third floors and has her own antebellum mansion, Bayou House
History
Mercedes’ mother was part of a small clan of the Romany people that travelled along the coast between Northern Spain and Northern Italy. The clan was a group of magic users and hunters who sold their wares and services to the towns they travelled through. Ines developed a taste for the finer things in life and went against the traditional culture of her clan.
When Ines was sixteen, she slipped away from the caravan the night before they were to leave Ortona, a coastal town in Italy. She took few possessions with her but she stole away with the grimoire that had been her in family for generations. She ran away to her young Italian nobleman who promised to set her up in grand style in exchange for the use of her body.
Ines’ mother watched her go, knowing that it would useless to try and hold the girl anywhere she did not want to be. Ines’ young lord did set her up in fine style with a pretty house, servants and lush clothing. And he visited his young mistress often. Ines didn’t mind the way of life she’d chosen but all the jewels in the world would not have made the people of Ortona like her. With her background and profession, she was not very well liked by the women of the town.
She didn’t let that bother her too much because she had the attention of a handsome young man and plenty of pretty things to occupy her time. But as the years past, that young man tired of her and broke things off. He let Ines keep the pretty clothes he bought her but he house full of things and servants were his. It didn’t take long before she found a new protector. And so the pattern continued for many years until she was too old to have constant protectors. Ines turned to taking in the wash and mending for the other families in the town and she also doled out simple herbal remedies for those who know she was a witch. She also supplemented her income by taking the occasional lover.
It was one of these men who fathered her children. Ines never figured out who shared half of her daughter but it proved to be useful. The men who she’d been with at that time all believed that the child could be theirs so they provided for her upbringing. As such, Mercedes grew up as a spoiled child who wanted for nothing. As such, she didn’t understand why everyone warned her away from a young man who came around to court her in her seventeenth year.
Mercedes followed in her mother’s footsteps and ran away with this young man. Unfortunately, her situation turned out worse than her mothers. The young man she ran away with turned out to a scion of the notorious Neri family. He took Mercedes as his captive and brought her into the Neri Castle to be used as a blood and sex slave. What followed was a decade of torture.
Her captor was allowed to be the first to take her blood and the one who was allowed to take her body for the first time. After that, she was free to any member of the family who so desired her. Though the standing rule was that a slave could only be used for feeding once every three days, there was no limit on anything else. She was bounced from bed to bed, being used. Sometimes she was dosed with an aphrodisiac, sometimes she wasn’t. She found that often the women who raped her were worse than the men. The men only wanted one thing and she could often retreat within herself during those encounters. The women sought to truly torture and humiliate her.
After a six years of that life, the head of the family decided that Mercedes would do good in the breeding program they used to build up there supply of slaves. Over four years, she was heavily dosed and paired with human males who were equally dosed. Mercedes produced three offspring from those liaisons though she’s never held any of those children. After the birth of her last child, one the young members of the family got to use Mercedes as his first taste of live blood. That young vampire got a little too excited and held on too long; turning Mercedes into one of them.
After that, Mercedes as useless to the Neri family. It was Romi Neri, a son of the family’s head, who took pity on her and trained her in the new abilities she possessed. It was also Neri who took a letter to her mother. She apologized in that letter, explaining that she was sorry for her actions as a child and that she would never be able to come home now. In reply, Ines sent the family grimoire to her daughter, telling her to keep it safe and it would keep her safe on whatever path she now followed.
It was Thanos Neri, one of the family who had long ago tossed down his ties to the family, who got her to safety in the city of Rome. Since then, Mercedes has travelled Europe, trying to find where she belonged. Eventually, she crossed to America and found herself in New Orleans. She loved the area and started to set down her roots. She found her mansion, opened her shop and found her first familiar; a Great Dane named Lady in a Teacup.
Eventually, she found companionship in a Brood/Alati hybrid by the name of Elise. She come into the town where Bayou House was, searching for the locally famous witch to photograph. Sensing that she could trust the hybrid, Mercedes allowed her to photograph both sides of her dual nature. In short order, her relationship with Elise changed. Elise was invited to live at Bayou house whenever she was in the area and she was invited in Mercedes’ bed. They’ve never officially catalogued their relationship and Elise has respected Mercedes’ fears of being trapped and not asked her to be a bonded partner.
Now, there is something new and intriguing in her life and she’s interesting to see where this new path leads.