Grade: 12th
Age: 18
Ryder was born in the 30’s, but she is immortal. This makes her 84 years old, but her body stopped aging at 18.
Height: 5’8
Weight: 120 pounds
Appearance: Ryder has bright red eyes that she usually layers in eyeliner. She wears large amounts of makeup, to achieve a perfect appearance. She has a hourglass figure, with pale skin. Unlike many vampires, her skin is not white; it is a very pale shade of beige. She has many scars from bullet wounds and knife fights, but she keeps these tucked away or concealed by makeup. She has fangs where the canine teeth are, and her eyes can change color depending on mood. Her neutral eye color is generally red or a very red-tinted brown. She is very strong, but her appearance displays a more feminine rather than strong aspect. Her hair is a very dark brown, and in most light it appears as black. She sometimes experiments with body modification and gets tattoos, piercings, and colors her hair regularly. She tends to dress in a retro-punk fashion, and shops in pin-up stores. She adores heels and low-cut shirts to show her confidence in her appearance.
Sexual preference: Ryder doesn’t really care about gender or romanticism, so she’s really flexible.
Wing: Avalon
Power: Mind control and acute persuasion (They fall under the same power, but it takes much more strength to fully cast mind control)
Species: Vampire and human mix
Roommate: TBD
Romantic interest: TBD
Personality: (I’ve decided to divide it into parts so it’s easier for us both)
Positives: Ryder is outgoing, and always speaks her mind. She is hilarious and sarcastic, and she is guaranteed to make your day happier if you are her friend. She is also a hard worker and is very persistent. She is very defensive of what she thinks is right, and she is a strong fighter.
Negatives: Ryder tends to be manipulative and plays with other’s emotions for pure pleasure of seeing them fall. She is not honest and will backstab you if she thinks you deserve it- or she simply thinks you deserve it. She will enter relationships and soon she will end them. Some call her an “emotional vampire” because she feeds of drama. Much like the sirens in folklore, she seduces men and woman to leave them drowning in the ocean. She believes this is just a “Femme Fatale” attitude but in reality, it strains from serious neglect and abuse. She always pushes real relationships away. When she faces stress, she turns to drinking, sex, or drugs to cope. Many fear she is on a down-ward spiral, but she will do anything to mask that what they say is fact.
Likes: Relaxed atmospheres, trouble-makers, rebellion, Lana Del Rey, Nirvana, black cats, fashion, danger, partying.
Dislikes: Snobs, pink, preppy people, order, rules.
History:
Ryder was born in San Diego in 1930. She lived with a single mother who would rather take drugs and sell her body than play with her daughter. When Ryder was four, she noticed differences in herself than other kids- her eyes were red, and her teeth sharp. Once after Ryder refused to help her mother beg for money on the streets, her mother beat her. The landlord of the shelter they lived at saw her bruises and soon contacted foster care. The day before Ryder’s mother was sent to jail, she gave Ryder a letter. Ryder, being very smart for her age read it. It entailed a drastic story of how her mother had met a rich man at a wild party in her early 20’s. They soon began to date, him showing her a fanciful- yet illegal life. He was a mobster- but of a different kind. He was part of the vampiric mafia. Soon after she was carrying his baby, she was shot. Usually a vampire could survive this, and his wound healed, but the lead bullet poisoned him. His dying words were to unlock his dresser, and it would reveal a false bottom. After months of grieving, she went to it. There she found scriptures of vampirism. She learned the lifestyle, and how to care for her blood-thirsty child. This ranged from drinking blood while pregnant and learning how to conceal her daughter’s secret. The day before her mother was sent to jail, she also gave her the scriptures.
Ryder was sent to an orphanage and she studied vampirisim and discovered her powers. She kept her powers and studies in secret until one day her eyes glowed red during a fight with another orphan. She was shipped off to a Sanitarium, and was forced into electric shock treatment. She was abused, leaving her scarred. And the rest of her story? I guess you’ll have to figure that out for yourself
