On the subject of THE HANGED MAN

something simon thinks about often is the sheer stagnance of vampirekind. vampires are a species that stay the same forever- they don't evolve or change; hell, the vampire kingdom is old school, even to simon.

simon is physically weaker than an average vampire- he suspects this is due to the radiation poisoning he suffered from before being turned. it takes him longer to heal and he doesn't have possess vampire strength the others of his kind have.

simon doesnt really mind this- he merely observes this fact. his body stayed the same way it was the morning betty bit him; the same way it was after her bite mutated and changed his body for the last time. plus, simon is a man of habit.

a thousand years of life with betty has made simon more open with her; they talk, like, about how they feel, how their relationship feels.

simon has grown quite philosophical and his field of study has expanded. being undead gives him this subconscious duty to put his eternal life to good use: the library. an ode to scholars and thinkers, adventurers and collectors. an ode to the humanity he left behind.

he always says sorry to the few humans he's ever directly fed from.

simon has only fallen to blood frenzy once.

simon's library is quite frankly, huge. you can't reach the books on half the shelves without flight or telekinesis.

current research focus is on procuring the ice crown. (he would be immune to its effects as a vampire)

simon refuses assistants and servants because they make him feel weird, despite the fact THE LOVERS could absolutely have them in their chambers.

simon loves his side job as a professor btw. he always gets so cheery and dorky when it's that time of the year for him to get his students.. and he loves history!! he definitely goes on old man rants about "his day" every now and then

being pregnant with morrigan made him wonder if perhaps there WAS a cure for vampirism after all. he'd entertained the thought every now and then despite the fact that everything he looked into claimed it couldn't happen. but if his body could still remember how to function like a human's, then it didn't seem so impossible to him.

On the subject of THE WORLD

a great strategist- but she misses traveling the world, researching and hunting for ancient artifacts with simon. this is not her dream.

cooking food was a love language and hobby for her. sux when you and your hubby can't eat food.

loves making morrigan snacks (they're a living vampire and can eat food!)

betty's whole thing is.. improvise. adapt. overcome. she keeps working hard so she can keep winning hard.

her fangs are VERY long. they always jut out of her mouth despite her best efforts, and she has to hide her mouth when incognito.

that makes it kinda hard to kiss simon but she's had a thousand years of practice!

due to the length of her fangs, her feeding bites are always fatal.

she is considered very beautiful. simon agrees

spends a lot of time out and about. she is also the vampire king's current advisor, so she spends a lot of time by his side. it's probably a good thing, and a better thing he trusts her. but she worries. she isn't as ruthless with the subject of conquest as others would like. sure, vampires are powerful, but taking over everything.. would upset the balance of life. they'd exhaust their resources.

she can be pretty scary. betty has learned to project an intimidating persona to keep up her role as battle strategist and advisor. it helps keep others off her back, too.

betty is in part so successful because she is constantly improving upon herself and adapting, she challenges vampirekind to change. it's just so hard for them to do.

betty adapts well to new settings. she finds it.. reasonably easy to settle into new situations, especially when human spying is involved. she just needs a feel for her surroundings.

betty can be ruthless, sure, especially when simon is involved in the danger. but she remembers her roots. she would never cause harm to a human that was not a threat.

she partially trained marceline to fight before the vampire king took over her training.

she's stressed. simon is her escape. she always gets to their chambers, throws her expensive and intricate robes off.. and embraces simon.

dramatically lounges and climbs all over simon in her sleep. subconsciously heat seeking.

worries that if things come to it and they leave the kingdom, simon will be unhappy. he seems to really like it here.

since the crown was never discovered, vampires in this universe are still hindered by the day. they were not able to take over the world, and vampire hunters are a serious threat. this universe has a vampire kingdom, where the majority of vampires live.

THE LOVERS are a part of the vampire kings inner court, and have been for over a thousand years.

THE WORLD/betty is a battle strategist. she works with the vampire king to keep the kingdom safe and defend it from hunters and other general threats of Ooo. she doesn't work on the frontlines- she is a very intelligent woman, but she is still a powerhouse in her own right. not sure of her power yet.. thinking either teleportation or extremely resilient to damage.

THE HANGED MAN/simon is a historian and teacher- a researcher of artifacts deemed potentially beneficial to the efforts of vampirekind. currently, he is researching the location of the crown. he owns and manages a giant library of books gathered over a millennia. for six months of every year he invites vampire scholars to his library to read, and offers classes to them. he has telekinesis.

marceline is a young vampire and adopted daughter of THE LOVERS, having recently gained her title of THE STAR. she shows amazing battle prowess and fiercely wants to make her parents (and the kingdom) proud.

THE LOVERS (but especially betty) are known to abruptly refuse visitors and work to spend days, sometimes weeks alone with each other. sometimes, they allow visitors but refuse to separate for business. simon is much more consistent- he is a man of habit, after all. but who is he to say no to wifey time?

THE CHARIOT is the unofficial title for morrigan. additionally, they are inexplicably the only vampire born to two fully turned vampire parents (though this knowledge is a secret within the inner court). they have the power to clone themselves almost infinitely, and are a scholar under their father. they have a special interest in black magic and spells, hoping to be able to open portals one day.

simon and betty are very in sync with each other's emotions due to the fact that betty turned simon.

simon still has a bit of a grudge against the vampire king. he turned his marcy when she wanted simon or betty to do it >:(