Post by Bill Compton on Dec 1, 2009 15:32:41 GMT -5
Full Name: William 'Bill' Thomas Compton
Known Age: 174 (appears in his early 30's)
Character History: William Compton was born on April 9th, 1840, Bon Temps, Louisiana. He fought for the Confederate Army in the Civil War, leaving a wife and three children without their husband and father. Despite surviving, he never returned to those he left behind, his mortal life ending with the end of the war.
Attempting to return to Bon Temps from the fields of battle, he strayed from his company, believing that his knowledge of the land was sufficient enough to find a short cut to his former home.
Alas, he overestimated his skill as a tracker, and a few miles from Bon Temps, Bill was forced to stop to find food, drink and shelter.
Stumbling across the house of a widow named Lorena, she offered all he asked for in return for one thing, a night alone with him. Refusing, for the love of wife, he attempted to leave, but Lorena was able to stop him, revealing her true nature...
As a vampire, she drained Bill close to death in an attempt to turn him, having long wanted the company of an honorable, strong man. Despite at first resisting, Bill was eventually won over, Lorena suggesting that if he ever wished to see his family again, he would accept his fate, drink her blood, and become a creature of the night.
He awoke the next night as a vampire, faster, stronger, with better senses than a human, and he posessed a strong craving for blood.
As it transpired, William Compton would never see his family again, and it would seem his one true regret of becoming a vampire. However, he did enter a long relationship with his maker, and despite its somewhat rocky and stormy quality, they remained together for near a decade.
Once Bill believed his debt to Lorena was fullfilled, and became bored of the listless and meaningless life he lived under her orders, he left her care. Not wishing to join any covens, for fear of losing his humanity, Bill spent much of the 1900's alone, and his exploits through out the hundred or so years before he returned to his family home remain largely unrecorded.
He returned to Bon Temps, to the old Compton house, at somepoint in the 21st century. It was upon his return that he met the enigmatic Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic southern belle with a large heart and cocky nature. While she held great interest to him, due to her abilities as a psychic, she also captivated whatever humane feelings were left within him, and he unconditionally fell for the blonde waitress.
Personality in Two Steps:
Bill is a remarkably complex being, and is constantly torn between giving into his animalistic, vampiric nature and holding onto whatever humanity is left within him. He is, for the most part, fond of human life (although he even admits himself that there are times he cannot resist feeding off real blood), and unlike many vampires, will not kill wantonly. He remains a gentleman, and many of his actions are tinted with a Southern charm from an older era. He can at times appear brooding, and is not a being to act on impluse, prefering to overanalyse something than to leave it to chance. He is remarkably protective over those close to him {namely Miss Stackhouse}, and will go to great lengths to see her safe. Bill does not trust other supernatural beings, especially werewolves and shapeshifters.
Eight Key Word Personality Traits:
- Brooding
- Protective
- Quiet
- Charming
- Humane (for the most part)
- Well mannered
- Loyal
- Over analytical
A List of What This Character Likes and Dislikes:
Likes
- Sookie Stackhouse
- Blood (o- is his prefered type)
- A range of music, from a variety of cultures
- Mainstreaming (lest where it is possible)
Dislikes
- Werewolves
- Needless death, especially at the hands of other vampires
- Seeing others turned, knowing what they have to loose
- Sam Merlotte
What do you plan to do with this character plot wise?
Hopefully get some interesting threads going with Jessica and Sookie. Aferall, he's just a lone vampire otherwise.
Have you read the books? Watched the show? I've watched the show, and have started reading the books.
Sample RP
Just show us your writing style and give us a feel for how you will play this character in any given situation.
The night air teased Bill's nostrils, scents from all over Bon Temps toying with his senses. One sniff brought the stench of grease and beer from Merlottes bar, while another the soft smell of cornbread, probably from a closeby housewives kitchen. A playful grin played across his pale lips.
'Tonight's gonna be a good, good night' he murmured to himself, before taking two slow, deliberate steps off his porch, onto the soft, wet grass below.
There was little to slow a vampire once one had started to run, and Bill found the high speeds he could reach in his afterlife were exhilerating. He had little need for a car, or any other mode of transport for that matter, his softly toned body capable of outrunning even the fastest of sports cars. Before he had returned to his ancestral home, he had enjoyed running alone for hours on end, allowing his fleet feet to take him anywhere and nowhere, moving to clear his mind, not caring where he ended up, or when, so long as it were before dawn. But times had changed, and now he had a sure direction. Bill Compton ran for a purpose, toward a single goal.
Sookie Stackhouse.
*Sorry, I wasn't all too sure where to put this but - BUBBA!
