From Shadows

Dalvrick:

Vevila Gray, his dhampir daughter (1895-Current, appears to be in her 20s). Used to live with her father in Venice during summer and her mother and stepfather the rest of the year until adulthood. Visits her father maybe once a year if she feels like leaving the London area except for a short period during the 1970s. He’s usually the one to visit her while abroad on Gallery Show Tours, not the other way around. If she does visit, she usually spends very little time in the apartment. She finds it awkward to interact with most people in general, and creating another alias every few years just to see her father and Gunther outside of London is taxing. Well, technically Gunther the X. "Her Gunther" died in 1911 after a long life of 18 years. Giovanni (See below) is the only mortal who knows who she really is when and if she does decide to visit the warmer climes of the Mediterranean. She usually lies to anyone who is with her father and says she's his accountant or a relative of Giovanni's, usually a niece or granddaughter. (Unless otherwise plotted of course.)

FC - Ellie Bamber

Nikolai (1413 - Current) and Anya (1801 - Current, real name is Marie Dubois) Sokolov, his most trusted and longest friends. Nikolai is one of the few survivors of the coven Dalvrick belonged to from 1748-1755. Anya came along later when a young courtesan by the name of Marie Dubois became the target of Nikolai in 1820s Paris. Unlike Francoise and Dalvrick's relationship, however, it was not a pleasant and "socially-acceptable" coupling, Nikolai being a much less gentlemanly person than his "brother", and a frequent brothel visitor. But Marie found her most active client of the evening to be irresistible. They both quite enjoy the classically darker vampire hobbies. They are not exactly pleasant to non-vampires, "Little Vevi" being an exception as much as she is a curiosity to her "aunt and uncle" as dhampirs are so rare.

FCs - Alexander Ustyugov and Sophie Mousel

Matteo (29) and Alessia Rossi (26), his assigned watchers and psuedo-friends from the Vatican. Matteo usually runs the cover of one of Dalvrick's thralls and personal driver. Matteo's family has been watching his movements and actions since 1934 when his grandmother took the post from her superior. These two hunters have a good relationship with Dalvrick, but would try to kill him if the call ever came in to do so without hesitation. Otherwise, they're just the couple across the street and parents of two young girls, Sofia and Bianca.

FCs - Luca Marinelli and Miriam Leone

Giovanni "Old Man" Costa (1942 - Current) , Dalvrick's oldest mortal friend and owner of the paint shop on the first floor of the building that Dalvrick secretly owns in its entirety in Venice (Publicly, he only owns the top floor apartment). He is also one of the few actual thralls Ricky's ever created. But the dementia and the effects of Gio's advancing age and underlying health issues are beginning to overtake the benefits of their blood pact. The inevitable cascade of deterioration is something Ricky is not looking forward to.

FC- Roberto Benigni

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do i ship our characters together?: yes | no | not yet but maybe soon

would i like to ship with you?: yes | maybe, i'm willing to try | no

type of relationship i could see: childhood or high school sweethearts | exes | engaged | married | long-term relationship | crushes | unrequited love | fling | long distance | online relationship | just dating | new relationship | toxic lovers | friends with benefits

tropes i'd enjoy writing for them: friends to lovers | enemies to lovers | exes to lovers | fake relationship / dating | forbidden love | grumpy and sunshine (Ricky had a dark period between the mid-1700s up till around 1900) | star-crossed lovers | surprise pregnancy (Unsure how it’d work though being they are both undead.) | second chance | soulmates | amnesia / mistaken identity | forced proximity | secret relationship | slow burn relationship

would i rather plot first or jump right in and see where it goes?: develop their relationship first | jump right in | something in between ( what specifically? )

what now?: let's plot something | send me shippy memes | i'll send you shippy memes | write me a random starter | i'll write you a random starter

Partners (Time together)

Francois Geirheim neé Dupont (1750-1755)

(Killed by the Talons of the Eagle)

Ina Gray (1890-1900)

(Just Ina while they were together. Split for daughter’s safety)

Kids

Pascal Geirheim (1752-1755)

Vevila Gray (1895-Current) (Looks like she’s in her early twenties)