
Name: Nyx / The House Master
Nickname / titles: The Cat Witch, The Cat (mostly for residents when they don’t want to blatantly talk about her since she seems to pop up at the sound of her name), The House Master
Gender / orientation: Female, Pansexual
Age: ???
Physical Description: Nyx has a height of nearly 6’ and wears black heels to bring her up to it. Her hair appears wispy and is black with a violet sheen and although she has a vampire-esc aesthetic (especially with fangs and pointed ears), she is not one and does not have the stereotypical pale skin. Her eye is a hollow yellow that glows dimly when she is in the shadows and her other is covered by a purple eyepatch. As far as cosmetics go, she wears dark lipstick as well as nail polish on her pointed fingernails. Her style of dress seems to be bat-wing inspired and she has a classic pointed witch hat, both of which are dark shades of purple. She has also never been seen without her black cat familiar perched atop her shoulders, although the cat has been spotted by itself on numerous occasions.
Eye colour: the visible one is an orange-yellow
Hair colour: black
Notable traits: an eyepatch and her witch’s hat; her hair floats about rather dramatically; a cat is draped around her shoulders; she has pointed fangs, nails, and ears
Typical clothing: varying shades of purples and blacks, usually showing motifs of bat wings or spider webs on the sleeves. Her usual “uniform” is a long sleeved dress that hides her legs along with her hat and heels (which can only be inferred from the sound of her walking).
Species: ??? Witch
Abilities/skills: She can cast almost any spell so long as she does the proper preparation procedures and is fully aware of it and it’s effects. These tend to use up quite a bit of energy though so she doesn’t often go through with them. The abilities she uses more commonly, however, are:
- taking on the form of a quickly-moving black plume of smoke to move around
- teleportation
- taking on the form of her familiar (Spider, the cat) and seeing through his eyes
- manipulation of the house itself (she can affect most things within the house, like moving the hallways into more of a maze than they already are or dimming/turning up the candlelight
- flying on a broomstick, although to do so in the house is not proper etiquette in her opinion
Species affiliations: She has connections with an organization that works in the shadows to set up safe houses for local supernatural populations; she was elected to be one of the “house heads”, which is now where she finds herself. Because of this responsibility, she will do everything in her power to protect the supernaturals under her care. Humans are less of a priority
Brief history: She is a mysterious individual and prefers to keep it that way; all that most residents know is that she appears older than she lets on and must have some sort of connections or clout to get her to the position she is in today.
Brief personality traits: Mysterious, an eloquent speaker, and determined, Nyx views herself as a model for the other residents and shoulders the responsibility of taking care of them, even if they themselves are not aware of her influence. She seems to know of any potentially dangerous antics without being drawn in herself and even takes a more personal approach sometimes by outright giving advice to her tenants, although since quite a few are fairly ancient themselves, she tends to do this moreso to young or new supernaturals. She still does try to get to know everyone under her care though, even if her schedule is mostly full.
Optional character trivia:
- She is the house master (and will likely be less active than my other characters)
- her wand is the horn of a unicorn
- there is no significance planned for her eyepatch, I just didn’t feel up for drawing the other eye ajfhsjsjsk
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Colored werewolf form/
colored normal wolf formName: Nikolav Weiss
Nickname / titles: Niko, Nik, Niki (the last one he isn’t too fond of)
Gender / orientation: Male, biromantic / asexual
Age: 17 years
Physical Description: Nikolav has shaggy, but well taken care of light blond hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. His build is on the slimmer side and he stands at a height of 5’11”. Nik’s facial features are also sharper, appearing a little more intimidating than he thinks he is.
Eye color: blue
Hair colour: light blond
Notable traits: large canines, sturdier and more blunt than a vampire’s; scar of a werewolf bite on his arm (which he often tries to cover with sleeves)
Typical clothing: He almost always dresses for cold weather, preferring sweatshirts, turtlenecks, hoodies, and even sometimes a combination of both. Jeans are his go-to bottoms and he favours casual footwear. Quite a few articles of clothing he owns are ripped and sewn in random places, likely from his excursions while transformed and from transforming itself.
Species: werewolf (turned)
Abilities/skills:
- Niko is training himself to have more control over his emotions, enough so that he can keep his cool in many unexpected situations
- If feeling extreme emotion, hunger, restlessness, or during the full moon, he will turn into a werewolf and lose consciousness as himself
- While he cannot turn into the werewolf form by choice, he can change himself into a normal white wolf
- Surprisingly, some communication with canines; this is absolutely useless unless you want to be distracted at some point or perhaps find a nearby squirrel
Species affiliations: Niko does not affiliate himself with werewolves specifically, and even around the other supernaturals he tries to keep his distance.
Brief history: details to (potentially) be brought up in the rp; Niko ran away from home not long after being “cursed” since he didn’t want to hurt his family. He was attacked and bitten by an injured werewolf after the veterinarian’s office he interned at brought one in, and has since been trying to make it on his own. After finding out about the “abandoned” mansion, although unsure about living with a bunch of creatures he only recently found out existed, Nikolav decided to give it a shot.
Brief personality traits: Nikolav’s personality has changed since he started his new life; he is now generally very cautious and is good at stepping up to take responsibility. He can be very gentle and friendly with new people and while teaching how to do things and is overall pretty quiet. Most of the time he is tired and whenever he tries to get any rest, a new bout of restlessness overtakes him. As he is still new to the whole werewolf thing, Niko has been trying very hard to not be very emotional. Whenever he is, and whenever he is hungry, then he begins to take on the mentality of a wild animal. This can be very dangerous from anyone involved, however Niko’s hidden fear of some of the other supernaturals is strong enough to effect even in this form. This means that even when he is a monster with a lust for blood, he is still pretty docile around most of the house. After getting some time to adjust to his newer lifestyle, a few of his old mannerisms have resurfaced, such as making snarky comments once in a while and generally joking around. These responses are still not too common though, and he likely won’t do it unless there aren’t many people around.
He has also learned to focus quite a bit more on himself, both to keep himself in check as a werewolf but also having a more survival-based mentality. Nikolav is unsure if this instinctual focus happened because of his closer connection to being an animal or the fact that he’s now living with some pretty shady characters. If anyone brings this attitude up he will feel ashamed, as he doesn’t like turning a blind eye to some of the more bloodthirsty residents but will do so for the sake of saving his own skin.
An added effect of this desperation to survive is also evident in his acting skills, which were pretty much nonexistent before his transformation. Now, he somewhat puts on the persona of someone far more extroverted than he actually is; this is primarily done around the other residents as to make him seem not as terrified, since as a werewolf he is more attune to sensing fear.
Optional character trivia:
- Nikolav tends to get cold very easily, moreso since he has become a werewolf. He subconsciously is used to the thick fur he donns in his other form
- Although he is not very far along in his ‘career’ as a vet, Niko used to intern at a local veterinarian office that is run by a family friend
- He is a sucker for sweet foods and has a large appetite
- In werewolf form, Nikolav is about the size of a polar bear