The Van Helsing Group

[Veroe]

This is the OOC and casting call thread for The Van Helsing Group.

The events in that hack’s Bram Stoker’s novel of Count Dracula was only half true. Jonathan Harker did go to Transylvania to Count Dracula’s castle, and the count did leave Harker to his three wives who eventually fed from him to death. Dracula traveled to England, where he seduced and fed off Lucy Westerman and then Mina Harker whom despite Professor Van Helsing’s and his companion’s best efforts to save her became a Vampire and Dracula’s newest bride.

She left a newborn child named Jonnathan Quincy Harker whom Van Helsing raised as a son, and who has helped the Professor to track and hunt the vampires, and along these adventures they have gathered a company of allies dedicated to ending the threat posed by the count and his harem.

As the Great war ravaged Europe Dracula fled to the new world where he and his wives have set up a new home in new York, now the Van Helsing group has tracked him to the Big Apple in the roaring 20’s, setting up to stalk and end his reign of bloody terror.

Please ask any questions you may have here for everyone's benefit and post a bio here if you're interested in playing any of the characters
Anyway that’s the setup now for the characters

Abraham Van Helsing will be a NPC and I plan to play young John Quincy Harker, but several roles in the Van Helsing Group and Dracula’s side and others are open to fill.

Available Van Helsing group roles:

Isabel (Spanish)-(taken byLil Squirter)

Alexei (Russian)-(taken by Katamari_Roller)

Gretchen (German)-(Taken by TheWhiterabbit8)

Available Vampire Roles:

Count Dracula-(taken by CountV)

Marishka-First wife to Dracula. (taken by Kalika84)

Verona-(taken by Broken Dreamer)

Mina-(Taken by Yeisha)

Mikhail-Brother to Alexei, bitten and enthralled by Dracula into becoming his and his wives manservant and slave. also afflicted with Lycanthropy (turning into a werewolf during the full moon).

Other:

Clara Jane-a flapper from rural Pennsylvania that has moved to the big city to become an actress. She has attracted the attentions of Dracula.

Aleena-(Taken by Yeishia)

Anthony-(Taken by theWhiteRabbit)

 

[CountV]

Hi, applying for Count Dracula

I'll be sticking with the classic

Name: Count Dracula (first name unknown)

Species: Vampire

Age: over centuries old

Background: Claims to be a descendant of the infamous Attila the Hun. In his young (human years) he studied the black arts, that would later allow him to return as a vampire.

Took up a militar mantle to fight the Turks, thus completing a militar personal and family history that he is very proud off.

Upon coming back from the death he took a castle and three brides that he kept with him for several centuries, until the events refered above.

Personality: Usually he is polite and amiable, gaining others favor through his charm, however he can be easily angered if his plans are meddled with... specially if this has been done with someone under his command. Also he is evil to the core and delights specially on corrupting the forces of good.

Powers: Superhuman strenght, mind control abilities, command over the creatures of the night, shapeshifting.

Weakness: Need of human blood, he is weaker during the day and hurt by the sun, aversion to holy objects and garlic, and finally he needs to be invited to enter a place

Appearance: I'll supply one if needed I think it's better if everyone goes by their own depiction of the Count.

Please let me know if this is ok, or if I need to make any changes

 

[Veroe]

It's perfectly fine, welcome aboard.

 

[CountV]

Thank you

 

[Kalika84]

I wouldnt mind playing Marishka if thats ok.

Name: Marishka
Species: Vampire
Age: centuries (younger than dracula)
Appearance: Average height, (5'6/5'7) Long dark chocolate coloured hair, pale skin, golden eyes. Curvaceous with full lips and a sleepy beauty.

History: Daughter of an Aristocrat, she is used to being the centre of attention, she also wants what she wants when she wants it. Met Dracula at a gala Ball given by her father and immediately was entranced by him.

Once she was turned by him she became his first wife. However she refuses to believe now that Mina has come on the scene that she is not his favourite. She is always impeccably mannered however she is very dominating of the other wives and has a tongue like a whip. She is not afraid to dress down the other wives...providing Dracula is not around to hear her.

Same weaknesses as Dracula.

Strengths: extremely strong and fast. supernatural reflexes, shapeshifting and mind control. Strong mind control over men however not as much over women. Also not as strong in any of the above as Dracula.

 

[Veroe]

Thank you, Kalika84, you are approved.

and Welcome aboard.

 

[Kalika84]

Thanks

 

[lil_squirter]

I would be interested in Isabel if the character is still open.

 

[Veroe]

Isabel is still open, lil Squirter, just put up a bio for her.

 

[Katamari Roller]

Hmmmm... what is your vision of Alexei? Must he be a large, strong, heavy-accented Russian? A peasant? Or can he be an effeminate nobel, or...?

Basically, I wonder if you have particular expectations about him.

 

[Veroe]

No expectations so he'll be whatever and however you wish to play him, Katamari.

For Alexei a burly peasant could work or the effeminant noble either works.
You can play up the accent or go completely without. I don't care about that.

Well, nothing more than historical expectations...alot has happened in Russia recently so you could weave in the Great War (WWI), Rasputin's influence on the Czar's family, or the Bulshevik revolution into the character's background as you see fit of course but just have any or all of those big moments in recent Russian history a part of his story.

 

[lil_squirter]

Name: Isabel Maria Castillo
Species: Human
Age: 19
Appearance: height 5 feet 4 inches, hair to the small of her back, kept in a neat braid, warm brown streaked strands mixed in with rich mahogany and near black. Sun kissed deeply tanned skin, accenting thickly dark lashed almond shaped eyes of brown flecked with amber. Strong body, muscled and lean covered in the long modest dress of her nearly vowed lifestyle.

History: As was often the case for families in Castile Spain, the girl was one of many children. Seven siblings of which she was the quiet middle child. A daughter was not a wanted commodity and Isabel was groomed to either find a husband or take Holy Orders when she could. The girl knew her lot in life, and, not desiring to become the spouse of just any man who would have her, she chose to become a bride of Christ.
For years Isabel was devote in church and dedicated to raising her younger brothers and sisters, she was nearly as much a mother to them as her own mother was. At the age of fifteen she had an encounter with a passing gentleman which the village was eager to have such a rich man passing through and many flocked to watch him. Hidden as they were behind the bushes and edges of barns or houses they peeked on to see the tall dark figure and the company he kept. He was accompanied by women of surpassing and even haunting beauty. They were fine like delicate porcelain and like nothing anyone had seen before.
The first night the wealthy foreign man stayed was quiet, aside from the town gossip but on the second three children had gone missing. One of them Isabel's own younger brother Estabon. While her family was beside itself with worry and they joined the masses out looking for the lost children while Isabel and some of the other older girls looked after the needs of the rest. It was that night that the visiting man sent for her specifically. Assuming he had perhaps wanted to inquire after the missing children as gossip made such good bed time tales, she accepted the invitation and joined the man and his entourage for a late meal.
When she arrived she felt something...dark and clinging about the room. Her heart felt heavy, as if she were walking through a veil of malevolence. Her head felt thick and dizzy as the man spoke to her, his voice accented with that strange tongue he soon slipped into. Isabel felt herself succumbing to the power of the dark eyed man and she was eased by his female companions into a chair. Her will sapped from her as her strength ebbed away.
The towering figure, lithe and moving with the liquid quickness of shadow, bent over her. Spidery digits held her chin as those words continued to fill her mind, no longer simply spoken but truly inside her head. She felt the cold caress of his lips along her neck and the cold sting of penetration on her throat.
A flailing hand grabbed her rosary, the beads searing into her skin and breaking the spell of her seduction by the foreigner. With a scream and a shove she scrambled away from the room, escaping her intended fate. The man and his companions left the town that night, Isabel recovered and had been even more determined to than ever to enter into the convent.
Another three years were spent in the local abby where her devotionals were learned and she became a novice in the sisterhood. But she had delayed the taking of her vows until she was able to fully rid herself of the visions that plagued her dreams. Red eyes and the strong iron tang of blood woke her with night terrors and sweats. When stories began to reach her village of bodies drained of blood, missing youth and a man in the company of ethereal beauties she knew her own encounter was not simple chance. She had been chosen to battle this beast, by the blessing of the Heavenly Father himself. With regret and sorrow she bid farewell to the mother superior and her sisters in the church. Armed with her faith and the determination that God himself was watching over her, she sought out the beast to rid the world of him. On her mission she met and was subsequently recruited by one John Harker to join his Van Helsing group in battling the ungodly terror.

Weaknesses: Same as any human

Strengths: Strong will, strong mind and fervent belief in God and her own sanctified destiny to destroy Dracula and his ilk.

http://backseatcuddler.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/salma-hayek-bio.jpg

 

[Veroe]

good bio, lil squiter, welcome aboard.

 

[lil_squirter]

Thank you Great to be onboard.

 

[Katamari Roller]

Name: Alexei Karazov
Species: Werewolf
Age: 23
Appearance: Rather short, only 5´5, and quite thin. With short brown hair and large, brown eyes, he looks quite a bit effeminate, attractive enough to both sexes. Of pale skin, and refined features. He does not seem like he could hold his own in a fight... but appearances can be terribly deceiving.

History: The youngest son of a Russian noble, Alexei was the one to stay at home taking care of the family state while his brother left to serve the Motherland against the Germans. Alexei should have gone, but he simply could not be a proper soldier. He looked too much like a woman, and he also was a bit too sickly and out of shape for military life. His own father looked at Alexei with derision, but had no one else to resort to, being old and ill, so Alexei had to take care of the state until his brother returned.

Which he did not.

It was a devastating hit to the head of the Karazov family to know that his only son worthy of carrying on with the family name had died. He would soon follow him to the grave, though, leaving Alexei to swim in a sea of sharks, and with no semblance of inner strength to cope with it all. The following years were a nightmare after a nightmare as the lands Alexei supervised were ravaged by the civil war that shook Russia´s pillars. Eventually, though, Communism came to the minds of his subjects, and these were only too eager to do away with the tyrant and proclaim themselves owners of their own destinies. A night of full moon, the peasants assaulted the Karazov state and set it on fire. Alexei barely had time to gather what little money he found and a few clothes, and run into the forest surrounding his home, pursued by the revolutionaries.

And he would have been killed if his long-lost brother had not turned up suddenly... then slaughtered the peasants, and given his brother a parting gift. A gift that saw the local gentry living in terror during the next six months. Alexei became the master of the Karazov lands once again under an umbrella of superstitious fear that was, nonetheless, well founded. And well communicated to listening ears.

When Val Helsing arrived at his residence ready to kill him, calling him a monster, Alexei found him such a hilarious character that he could not help but burst into laughing. Monster? Him? His brother was a werewolf, his father a tormenting ghost, and his people were were less eager to kill him when he was a monster, than when he was a pure human being. So he politely asked Van Helsing to kill Alexei Karazov and put an end to the family. But as things turned out, Van Helsing had never meant to kill him, because he had not been looking for Alexei. He had been looking for Mikhail.

Alexei did not know what to think, then. His brother´s intervention and the curse he had passed on to him had saved his life, but it was too convenient for a monster hunter to appear a few months later. Alexei decided then that he had no love left for his lands or his people, but he certainly wanted to know why his brother had left him to rot in the Karazov state. And of course, in seeing his brother either freed from the Count´s nefarious plots... or killed if he had aided him willingly. Alexei sold his properties, and the peasants knew peace. So did Alexei too, for a change, freed from his responsabilities and with a good sum of money. And Van Helsing made life interesting for him once again, so he figured he would tag along and see where he dragged Alexei to.

He currently works as a sort of bodyguard to Van Helsing, and a drinking buddy as well. Freed from his responsabilities and with more money than he expects his final goal to require, Alexei has a rather carefree attitude, an interest in monster hunting, and a chip on his shoulder concerning his brother´s bad manners. Leaving that detail aside, though, he is probably as jolly as anyone in Van Helsing´s little troupe can be.



Weaknesses: Silver, of course. Bullets are specially effective. Forks are fairly annoying.

Strengths: Alexei looks like a young woman or a very effeminate young man with a frail constitution. However, what rests under his skin is a mass of compact, well toned muscles, and the animal cunning and instinct to guide them. He is a werewolf, not a rabid dog. He fights hard, fast, and smart, and even vampires know to take a cautious step back when they face a werewolf. They might be good fighters and even better hypnotists, but werewolves are not pushovers either. In human form, Alexei uses blunt objects and blades to break bones and sever arteries at lightning speed. In werewolf form, he uses his bare hands... or his claws and jaws.





Hmmmm... actually, I´m not sure if I should join. Allow me to think about it for a bit, and I´ll get back to you real soon so you can find a possible substitute if I decide to pull out.

 

[Veroe]

another great Bio Katamari. The role is yours if you still want it.

 

[thewhiterabbit8]

Name: Gretchen Schwartz
Species: Wiccan priestess
Age: 19

Appearance: She is a tale tanned woman with long black braided hair that falls to just above her ass. She has large oval brown eyes and a thin long nose just above two pillow lips. She is a small chested woman with long legs and a thin waist he hands are long but strong. She normally wears a long cloak of green or brown with a crown of willow branches. When away she dresses far more plain in a green blouse and dark brown vest with a long green skirt.

Personality: She is kind and intelligent living to please her father and mother and did so by becoming engaged. She is loathed to enter battle wishing not to harm anyone be it man or monster. She is very cautious about sex seeing how it made fools of men and women. She is a strong willed woman demanding her due weather it be the power of nature or respect. She is the only one who can face the darkness and look deeper without being corupted.

History: Gretchen is the only daughter of a famous general last of a long line of knights stretching back to the Templar. She grew up in and around soldiers giving her from an early age an appreciation of fighting and fighting men. Her family once of great wealth produced may soldiers and weapon smiths. The second half of her life she was raised by her mother. She was taught the ways of nature how to communicate with animals and use the herbs.

Late in her life she found herself engaged to a man she had never met a man she only knew by his pen name. she left to find him plunging deeply into a world she had read only about in books. She found dark things and fell in love with those creatures of the dark she did not know. She sought out helsing perhaps the only man in the world who may know of her fiancé. She arrives in a distant city to either wed or be properly divorced and rid of him.

 

[Veroe]

Actually I was going to have the Van Helsing group arrive together on a ship in New York harbor so Gretchen would've already met Alexei, but she may still be deciding if she'll go through with the engagement, Whiterabbit.

 

[Broken_Dreamer1]

Is Verona still open? I think I'd be prefect for her.

 

[thewhiterabbit8]

oh ok...cool

 

[yeishia]

I should like to be Mina,

We are twin souls, she and I are one

I will model her after the origional character

Bio to follow if needed

 

[Veroe]

A bio would be nice Yeisha

And welcome White Rabbit.

and Verona is still open.

 

[yeishia]

Formally Miss Mina Murray, a school Mistress, a role she had hated in life. Possessed of a powerful mind she had been trapped by the conventions of society

Dracula had freed her, he had sought an intellectual equal and in Mina he had found one

She had forged telepathic bond with Dracula in life which had only strengthened in her death. She loved Dracula and he her, bonded for all eternity.

Dracula had given her Knowledge beyond her book learning, he had given her sensuality, ageless knowledge, lust; all powerful aphrodisiacs that would bind her to him for all time

Nothing and no one would come between them….

Quiet and dutiful yes………When it suited her purpose.

Still looking as she had in life her innocent beauty beguiling.

Beware who she has become….

Blood of my blood carries much meaning here!

 

[Veroe]

I have just one problem with that Yeisha it doesn't talk about her son (John Quincy Harker) or her husband (Jonnathan Harker) before becoming Dracula's bride.

 

[yeishia]

Her former husband ? a vague memory, bland forgettable


Her lost son, he may be her only regret in death….

Would that he were the son of Dracula!