Age: (appear)25*ish*(actual)532
Species: Vampire/shifter (Irish Wolfhound, former Alpha before Vampirism)
Sex: male
Height: 6 feet even
Build: broad shouldered, but lean. A body meant for speed rather than brute strength
Hair: Russet, usually shaggy enough to brush the nape of his neck
Eyes: deep blue, swirls of green and violet
Other Facial Notes: various scars, each from different "human" battles; a deep claw-gash scar across his chest from his final duel
About Thorne/Timeline: His family name is "House of the Cannon", and he has lived up to it as a soldier, warrior, lover, and--briefly--husband. He is strong, both physically and mentally. A Shapeshifter originally, and natural strategist, he was swiftly promoted through the ranks, but was told to stay off the front lines. In response, he dueled the offender and led his troops to victory almost every battle thereafter. As wartime ended, he felt time to settle down. He took a wife, a woman already with child, and raised the infant as his own. Five years after his marriage, though, he was dragged into a land-feud against a pureblooded Vampire. He dueled the vampiric lord, and fell. However, instead of murdering Buchanan outright, the Vampire fed from Thorne, and forced Immortal blood down his throat. A week later, Buchanan awoke ravenous, a true beast. In his blood lust-rage, he slaughtered most of his town as he tore through it back to his family. He regained his senses before he killed his wife and adopted son, but was chased from his home, hunted by those he once called friend. After, he fought numerous wars in Europe, moved to the New World(later U.S.A), and fought some more*Revolution, Civil War, the World Wars*. He spent some time as a singer, an escort, a body guard, even a lawyer. In his centuries of travel, he has been educated in almost all forms of combat, basic medicine(and alternate), and through experience knows both the history and culture of countless countries. He currently works as a professor for night classes in the local college.
Abilities/strengths: Enhanced physical strength and speed, agility. Shape-shifting. Strategic intelligence, primarily for calculations in fights(from fist-fights to arguments to war*both*). Unlike Full Vampires, can go out in the sun.
Weaknesses: Can only shapeshift to cats and dogs, his overcalculating nature leads to trust issues. occasional near rages like the one wherein he had slaughtered hundreds
Fears: His greatest fear is that he will go to blood lust again, harming more even than he had the first time; he doesn't want to lose himself. He is also afraid of being found out for his mixed blood, which would get him killed in most Immortal societies.
