Full name: - Ardal Bainbridge
Alias/Nicknames: - "The Sadist"
Gender: - Male
Species/Race: – Vampire
Age: - 53
APPEARANCE
Height: - 6'3h
Weight: - 200 lbs
Build: - Ardal is tall, willowy, and toned. He is stocky for a vampire, but not overly muscled.
Eye Color: - Wine red
Hair Color: - Midnight black
Skin Shade/Color: - Pale alabaster color
Scars/Tattoos/Piercings: - Three piercings in his left ear.
Description: Ardal is youthful vampire that exudes power from his pores. He has an intimidating presence, and he takes pride in his looks. He has silky long hair because he believes it gives him a "dignified appearance," and he is very tall and stocky for a vampire of his age. His hands lack callouses, and betray him as someone who hasn't seen a lot of bloodshed. However, his eyes are the color of blood, and they tend to glow when he is serious or upset. (He is almost never serious, and he rarely gets upset) He insists on wearing armor that covers most of his stocky frame so if anyone gets any "funny ideas" he is prepared. He only had one person that he considered to be his kin, and he resembles that one person greatly. (the same man that convinced Armelle to live. Let's call him Jedediah)
Personality: Ardal is man with high ambitions, and a low status in the vampire world. He has an overinflated ego that makes him believe he is capable of anything, and he treats his interactions with people like a game of chess. He considers himself a king, and everyone else a pawn that can be controlled or sacrificed on a whim. Because of his arrogance he has issues with authority and he hates anyone with a higher status than him. Although when he is among his peers he is perfectly humble, and genteel. As a general rule, he is gracious and charming, but behind his smile something dark lingers. He knows if he plays at being subservient, and loyal to the Sons of the Night, no one will suspect how conniving he is. He doesn't hide his cruelty. He does unspeakable things when he plays judge, and executioner to the humans he hunts. He doesn't go after the scum who have committed atrocities against the law, oh no. He goes after good people. He charms his way into their lives, and then he leads them down a dark path.
His goal is to utterly destroy them.
Because he considers humans nothing but cattle for him to feed off of, their suffering means nothing to him. He calls it "playing with his food." His nasty disposition to hunt the people who are too weak to defend themselves against his charm, earned him the name "Sadist." In the act of hunting his prey, his true colors show. The rest of the time, he pretends to be loyal. And calm. And he takes initiative, so the Lords, and maybe even the Prince will notice he exists.
Acting trustworthy, and illustrating his potential are his most powerful weapons.
In the end all he wants is to Lord his superiority over everyone else.
History: Ardal came to be in the same way all new vampires come to be. Someone changed him, and he left behind a dreary normal existence without ever looking back. He embraced the night like it had always been in inherent part of him. He didn't care that he couldn't go out in the sun anymore. And the curse that kept him aligned with his new duty hardly phased him. Not because he was immune to all the sins of humanity, but because he already knew humans were flawed, and that they did horrible things to each other. He considered his new job as Guardian sacred, because it gave him the ability to rid the world of "Trash."
Ardal learned most of his ideals from his mentor, Jedediah. Jedediah was also the same man who convinced Armelle to stay alive. He taught Ardal everything about vampires, what they were, and what they could be. As far as vampires go, Ardal's mentor was not anything remarkable. He had no fancy titles. He hadn't accomplished anything miraculous. He was just old. Ancient really. Jedediah had lived through most of the history that most only read about in books. He was a scholar, and a tactician. And for some reason, Ardal heavily resembled him in appearance and demeanor. There were some differences. Jedediah, was content with his place in life, and he had no aspirations for the future beyond surviving. Ardal wanted to rule, and live above his station in life. They had different goals, but their attitudes were the same.
They were both cold, calculating, and manipulative.
And all they cared about was enriching vampire culture. And Recording vampire history.
But Ardal didn't just want to write the history books, he wanted to be a part of them as well.
He won't forgive anyone that gets in the way of that. Not his mentor-Jedediah.
And not Armelle.