Akbal is Emilās best friend and companion since the 18th century. Heās of Mayan origin and his name means āblue nightā. He was turned into a vampire as a sacrifice or offering to the bat god Camazotz (which meansĀ ādeath batā), which happened to be (in my canon, at least) a vampire. The god, whose actual name is forgotten, decides not to kill Akbal, but to make him like him, so he turns him into a vampire.
For quite a long time, Akbal lived in a deep cave withĀ āthe godā, but with time the sacrifices that people made (a.k.a. food for them) stopped, and Akbal decides to leave the cave. Long time had passed, and people didnāt look like him anymore (with his body modifications and adornments), but if I had to say a key characteristic of Akbal, it is grit. And he has decided long time ago that he will not fail in whatever he gets into.
Thatās how he meets Emil, getting together (as the invisible members of society that they are in the colonial times, a child and a native young man), and making a business and a fake life for them both be able to be successful and keep a low profile.
Getting into the 20th century, he joins Leonoraās quest basically because Emil decides to, and he will not allow them both to fail.
Heās VERY fashion conscious so heās always dressed perfectly, hair cut in the latest fashion, but he has decided to keep his ear expansions in a more discreet manner than he would have worn them back in pre-colonial times, since he does not want to forget where he comes from and who he is.
Sidenote: I want him to be a little darker, but the next marker I had was of a way too dark colour XD so, when I draw him digitally, youāll see his real skin tone. Sorry.