* NIHIL INTERIT

From a conversation with @fatesought: 

But admittedly I dont 100% remember the larger political context of her ascension. I remember the immediate stuff but cant remember why other vampires dont like her like is it just because she's not as awful as them?

I’ve been meaning to write a lengthy and detailed post about this, but instead of that, I’m gonna try to make it quick and dirty. Try being the operative word. 

          Bianca was a slave for 2,000 years. Not just her human life, but as a vampire as well. Essentially, Bianca had an affair with this beautiful girl she met by chance, and it turned out that girl was a vampire whose master felt that he owned her. When he found out about her affair with some human slave girl, Adonis decided to punish Oriana by tracking down said slave girl (Bianca) and burning her household to the fucking ground. Everyone but Bianca died, including Bianca’s human master and her two year old daughter. 

          Adonis made Bianca a vampire in order to make Oriana suffer. He tortured her and subjugated her knowing that Oriana would blame herself, knowing that Oriana had feelings for her-- because Adonis was a sadist in the purest form of the word. He would encourage relationships between his vampires so that he could use these relationships to inflict emotional wounds as a bonus to the physical ones. We’re talking about a man who owned his own torture theatre, where he would assemble vampires as an audience to watch him flay someone they loved alive. 

          This is how she met her husband, Renard LeMercier. Some 500 years ago, Adonis won Renard in a bet against Renard’s sire. Renard was a spoiled asshole who thought being a vampire was gonna be great, and he was not at all prepared for Adonis’ circus of evil. Oriana and Bianca befriended him, took care of him, helped him to keep his mind whole. Eventually, the three of them became lovers, but this only meant that Oriana suffered more. Eventually she became so depressed, she wanted to kill herself. Bianca and Renard worked together to get another vampire master to take Oriana from Adonis as part of a trade. Their efforts were successful, and Oriana was finally safe, and they saved her life. 

          Fast forward to the early 1990s, about a hundred years later, Adonis unveils in his torture theatre... surprise!! It’s Oriana. They have no idea when/how/why he got her back, but he’s up there, and he’s hurting her, and Renard makes this sound like his heart is breaking, and Adonis has that demented fucking smile on his face, and Bianca just.... snaps. She stands up, breaks the leg off her chair, rushes the stage, and fucking stakes Adonis. With a wooden chair leg. The only reason it worked was because no one would have ever considered doing it. It was as much a surprise to Bianca as it was to anyone else, and if there hadn’t been a literal audience of people to witness it, people probably wouldn’t even believe it happened. But vampire law is vampire law, and it made Bianca queen when only the night before she had been a pawn and a slave. 

          Adonis was a big player. He wielded a lot of power in a lot of countries and collected an impressive array of vampires in his control and wealth. He had his fingers in a lot of pies. Some vampires were pissed he was dead, allies or friends who now have to deal with some lowly slave girl who murdered him. Some didn’t care about Adonis, but they certainly care about the kingdom he left behind, and they don’t think Bianca deserves it. They think she is weak, open, defenseless... that there is this giant dragon horde of blood and gold there for the taking and all they have to do is wipe this ridiculous slave girl off the map. And it’s not just the vampire community either, because Adonis was involved in a lot of crazy preternatural shit, so. Yeah. For some vampires it’s personal. For others, it’s business. But they all see her as weak and unworthy, and she’s sitting on something they want. 

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Who the heck is my muse anyway:

Bianca is an ancient vampire who recently became the vampire queen of the city of Miami, Florida, when she raised against her sadistic master, Adonis, in revolt and killed him. Whereas Adonis was a cruel and psychotic master, Bianca is trying to instate peace to the city’s vampires. She has also recently gained sudden fame as the lead singer of rock band Escharotica.

Points of interest:

While there is nothing specific to indicate that Bianca isn’t human, there is something about her that doesn’t sit right with the average onlooker. Anyone more supernaturally inclined would be immediately aware that they were in the presence of something old and powerful, but outwardly there isn’t much to suggest the force that Bianca truly is. She is still intimidating to approach and often does not register a facial expression.

What they’ve been up to recently:

Unfortunately, it’s not easy to be queen, and there are many who believe a lowly slave girl does not deserve the title. Adonis’ death brought freedom, but also a drastic shift in the vampire political landscape, and now Bianca must defend herself and her people from those that would take her city from her.

Where to find them:

She has moved to a home in Miami on the water, but often spends time travelling to solidify alliances and also to work on projects relevant to her professional career.

Current plans:

She’s working on a new album with the band and also inviting new allies to help strengthen her position. This is difficult, however, as inviting anyone into their home puts them at risk of attack.

Desired interactions:

Allies, enemies, and those which she must defend. Her people, those that suffered with her, alongside her, for centuries, and those that don’t believe she is strong enough or worthy enough for her new position. People in the music industry, and of course, friends.

Offered interactions:

If you are a supernatural creature (particularly a vampire) in Miami, you can always seek an audience with Bianca. If you are a supernatural creature from anywhere else, you might have a political reason to approach her. You could also be a friend or a fan.

Current open post/s:

No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others. And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.