#nymphal

The Blood Order: Current project, vampire drama involving a cult, a generational curse and themes of generational trauma, the butterfly effect and how things remain the same as they change.

My Boyfriend is A Vampire God: Secondary project, a continuation of TBO in which the cult leader becomes a god and has to hide it from his new human girlfriend all while figuring out how to be a god in a deeply flawed divine system.

New World: A modded minecraft + D&D mashup project currently left on the back burner.

Anthology: Characters with no larger universe who were made just for fun.

Kachic: Characters from a long term rp project with my best friend @julesnull

Nikolas "Nik" Belov, 45, he/him, Voss' best friend, gay

Lore: cursed to be in love with Vostok and then die, grew up in a violent religion and stays normal despite the horrors, vampire freak, based on a neva masquerade cat

Vostok "Voss" Kapitsa, 44, vampire, he/him, Nik's best friend, bisexual

Lore: cursed to fall in love with Nikolas and have him die, lost an eye to cancer, has terrible luck overall and died instead to a vampire, most at risk to harm himself and others but the power of friendship says otherwise, based on a timber rattlesnake

Hisako Tanehide, 25, she/her 🏳️‍⚧️, Ghoul's girlfriend (complicated style), bisexual

Lore: grew up with crushing expectations, has a few anger issues, former wrestler, current nurse, bad at admitting feelings, leads a vampire support group (Donor Society) with Ghoul, based on a black bear

Loukas "Ghoul" Marebeth, ~165, vampire, he/him, Hisako's boyfriend, pansexual

Lore: lived in the 1860s as a painter, died in 1880 to his vampire patron, patron died in a targeted arson attack, joined with Hisako to form the Donor Society, also bad at admitting feelings, EDS haver, 1980s enjoyer, based on a canary

Trixie Silvia-Nakamura, 23, she/her 🏳️‍⚧️, demi-human, aroace

Lore: member of the Donor Society, daughter to Nymphal (unknowingly), big fan of accessories and whimsical items, practicer of magic, has a cat familiar named Domino, based on a rabbit

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Kanon Maratus, 23, he/him 🏳️‍⚧️, human, biromantic, asexual

Lore: member of the Donor Society, grew up in the same religion as Nik, held to unrealistic standards, mom died, way happier after, now devoted to a different religion, crochet enjoyer, Trixie's best friend and queerplatonic partner, mortician, based on a peacock spider

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Sammie Aracari, 24, she/he/they, human, Antoine's girlfriend, lesbian

Lore: member of the Donor Society, childhood friends with Kanon and Trixie, doing her best to get a music career off the ground, joined the group to aid his partner Antoine, helps protect other vampires from harm and provides them resources, based on an aracari toucan

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Antoine Yong, 32, he/they, vampire, Sammie's partner (he/they lesbian style)

Lore: (wip)

The Clawed Maiden, old, she/her, goddess (mischief, formerly torture), Absolom's twin sister, bisexual, aromantic

Lore: spent most of her life toying with mortals as her father did, considers herself above having children and settling with a partner, the only respect she has for mortals is the safety of children, made Isaiah the first vampire

Absolom, old, he/him, god (insanity), The Maiden's twin brother, aroace

Lore: the quiet and reserved counterpart to his sister, enjoys toying with mortals all the same, considers insanity an art and takes pride in careful manipulation of the mind

Ambriel, old and dead, he/him, god (misfortune), The Maiden and Absolom's father, bisexual

Lore: immensely enjoys experimenting with and making life worse for mortals, maker of curses, forgot to make a curse that didnt affect him, sired Vostok's ancestor, got stabbed in the stomach by Ouraeus for trying to come onto him, everyone in his bloodline is based on a snake of some kind, Ambriel himself is an anaconda

Ouraeus, old, he/him, god (absolute justice), killed Ambriel, aroace

Lore: the supposed holy counterpart to Ambriel, holds order among mortals to an oppressive degree, refused the sacrifice of Isaiah during a war, killed Ambriel, currently barely holding onto his dying religion as he starts to fade himself, based on an Egyptian black cobra

Nymphal, dinosaur old, he/she, god (magic and whimsy), Trixie's father, pansexual

Lore: born from a meteorite, lived as space goop that mimicked the forms of creatures, became a god after humans evolved, mentored Ouraeus and Ambriel the best he could, sired many demihumans and demigods, best friends and queerplatonic with the god Kanon worships, based on a red spotted forester butterfly

Saint Isaiah, ~510, he/him, vampire -> god (patron of vampires), first modern vampire, straight (?)

Lore: sacrificed at 10 years old to Ouraeus by his dad during a war, sacrifice was rejected, The Maiden revived him as a vampire, accidentally killed a bunch of people and made them into vampires, those vampires thought their death was divinely motivated, all the vampires banded together to make The Blood Order, Isaiah lived for another 30 years as a vampire, still in a child's body as his mind matured, eventually killed by a priest, body still in stasis in the possession of the Order, leaving Father Jeremiah as the leader and Isaiah in limbo for the next 500 years

Father Jeremiah ben Eden, ~530, he/him, vampire, Isaiah's disciple, queer

Lore: killed by Isaiah, became a vampire, very devoted to him and The Maiden, very unhealthily attached to them, Isaiah dies and leaves him as leader, desperately wants to be The Maiden's chosen, The Maiden doesn't choose him and chooses other vampires, Jeremiah kills those vampires, children are often collateral, Jeremiah still doesn't get the hint, repeat until the Order is completely dysfunctional and a shell of itself

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Keanna Pedragosa, 20, she/her, human, Isaiah's girlfriend, straight (until further notice)

Lore: freshly graduated from high school, works at a diner to make money for college, hooks up with an ascended Isaiah, just thinks he's a cool dude, has no clue he's a god for like several months

Zezi, they/them, vampire, lunar alien, aroace

Lore: once a powerful vampire lord, forced to flee once their kingdom started to crumble, now resides in the deep woods as a humble sorcerer and the only wielder of portal magic

Lord Irisiphel, he/him, incubus, queer

Lore: one of two sons to his late viceroy mother, forcefully exiled out of the underworld by his life rival Ophaniel, of whom snapped his horn off to inhibit his power

Maple Forrest, he/him, harengon, queer

Sir Thala, she/her, merfolk, asexual

Voxis, they/them, fae, asexual

The Tortured Warrior, he/him, human supposedly, straight but there's nobody to love him

Lore: forced to live as an insomnia ridden warrior of a kingdom long fallen in a suit of armor fused into his skin, imprints personalities of a wife and children onto his weapons, inspired by my suffering through the Infernal Origins minecraft modpack

Béollan, he/him, dullahan, aromantic, gay

Jacques, she/her, dullahan, lesbian

Lore: crashes halloween parties and after parties, vanishes without a trace after spooking attendees, has an apple orchard spirit girlfriend

Machina Gigas, she/her 🏳️‍⚧️, reptilian alien, lesbian

Lore: hails from a planet with a race of lizard aliens with the ability to regrow limbs, born with a gene that inhibits that ability, lost both her arms, her people failed to do anything about it, ran off with her best friend and forged her own arms

Unzani, he/him, cat deity (balance), bi, married to his husband Wae

Jacale + his son Wren, he/him for both, both are deities (discord, Jacale is a jackal, Wren is part goat and domestic dog), Jacale is bi, married to his wife and Wren's mother Zhali, in a polycule with a lot of people

Both drawings by @julesnull

Ignore missing, unfinished or old art it's all I have

Do note there are far more characters than this, these are just the cream of the crop (aka the ones I give attention to) and especially with TBO there are a lot more characters included in the story but yk this is already a CVS receipt of a post.