Chris Anderson

ABILITIES

Fangs - Vampires can grow two fangs that they use to feed themselves, they might come out when a vampire is close to blood or angry.

Enhanced Vitality - Vampires possess stamina, strength, vitality and physical capabilities well beyond any human in their physical prime. This allows them to physically exert themselves, even in a superhuman capacity for hours without showing signs of fatigue. However their vitality, like their other abilities will vary depending on their consumption of blood. Despite being able to exert themselves for longer and in greater physical capacities, vampires can eventually become exhausted and require rest.

Enhanced Strength - Vampires possess tremendously enhanced strength, being noticeably physically stronger than average adult humans, and if they are an older Vampire they can overpower werewolves in human form. They can exert much greater force than the average person with almost inhuman ease. An average Vampire, regardless of their size or shape, are shown to be stronger than heavily built, greatly massed humans. Vampires can easily physically overpower humans, untransformed werewolves and even younger Vampires than themselves as the older they become the stronger they are.

Accelerated Speed - Vampires are much faster than humans and werewolves when in their human form. While they are fast, they are still visible to the naked eye. It appears that a Vampire's super-speed is triggered by extreme emotional fear and motivation, analogously to how hysterical strength in humans is. It would also seem that this speed usually works when a vampire is at full strength from feeding on live blood and recently.

Enhanced Senses - Vampires possess extremely heightened senses of sight, smell and hearing much greater than humans. Vampires can smell evidence of death, and can sense when a spirit may be around. They are able to hear the heartbeats of anyone nearby, especially when thirsting for blood. Vampires can easily smell humans from as far off as a mile away and are able to assess their physical condition from their scent. Vampires can also smell blood from several meters away, and see in total darkness. These senses improve and grow stronger with age and experience. Their senses of taste are also enhanced as well, allowing them to detect the presence of drugs, alcohol, or other things in someone's blood.

Clairvoyance - As supernatural creatures, Vampires can see and hear ghosts the same way Werewolves and other ghosts can. This ability to perceive ghosts takes effect immediately after becoming a Vampire.

Super Durability - Vampires can take a great amount of physical damage without being slowed down. Even vampires who have been shot with wooden bullets, which have a weakening effect on vampires, can continue fighting so long as they were not shot in the heart or the head. Vampires still react to physical force in a human manner, particularly young vampires, who will occasionally be affected even by human-strength-level force. Vampires can also still be stunned and dazed by strikes and trauma, though their tolerance for it will increase as they get older.

Enhanced Recovery - Vampires recover tissue from any form of physical damage to their bodies within seconds, though they still feel the pain of a wound before it heals. Vampires can snap their bones back into place after they have been broken and have can fully recover from gunshots, stab wounds, and torso impalement very quickly, so long as they had consumed a regular diet of human blood prior to the injury. Those vampires who feed on animals will still heal much faster than a human, but their injuries, especially severe ones, will take much longer to heal than a Vampire who feeds on human blood. The only injury a vampire can sustain that cannot be healed on its own or by consuming more blood is a Werewolf bite. Vampires cannot grow back body parts, though they can reattach the severed limb with some effort.

Enhanced Emotions - Vampires experience emotions more powerfully than humans. Emotions like love, joy, and happiness are magnified for vampires, allowing them to live life more intensely. This ability allows vampires to feel emotions at their peak regardless of their age. Conversely, sadness, depression, guilt, fear and anger are also amplified, causing many Vampires to become so overwhelmed. After time and practice, the overwhelming sensations of heightened emotions fade as the Vampire learns to overcome their emotions.

Immortality - Vampires are an undead supernatural species with an endless lifespan. Vampires do not physically age from the moment they are turned, and will maintain this physical age regardless of how much time has passed. Due to their advanced rate of recovery, they also do not develop any long lasting or permanent injuries, the only notable physical change that may occur is things like hair or nail growth. Vampires are capable of living forever, providing they are not killed through unconventional methods.

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WEAKNESSES

Animal Blood - Animal blood, while somewhat satisfying a vampire's hunger and sustaining their undead life, will make the Vampire considerably weaker than they would be if they had drank human blood, causing their physical abilities to be inferior to a human-blood-consuming Vampire, making them heal much more slowly, and making their abilities less effective.

Wooden Stakes - A vampire can be killed by a wooden object, usually a stake, piercing its heart; although if it misses the Vampire's heart, it won't be fatal, but still crippling.

Decapitation - Dismembering or manually removing the head of a Vampire will result in instant and permanent death.

Desiccation - Vampires who abstain from blood for extended amounts of time will eventually desiccate and mummify.

Fire - Vampires are highly flammable and sensitive to fire, and will quickly burn and die from it if the flames are not extinguished in time. This quality has been proven to be useful to the SIA in disposing of the remains of a dead vampire without any physical evidence.

Invitation - Vampires cannot enter private human homes unless they are invited in by the owner of the house. Vampires do not need to be invited into public places (such as bars or restaurants). Humans can rescind their invitations from vampires, which causes the vampire to immediately leave the house by force. Ancient Vampires that are at least 1,000 years old might not be subjected to this weakness. The death of the human owner of a residence allows any vampire to enter even without an invitation. Interestingly, if the ownership of the house officially changes while a vampire is still inside it, the invitation is nullified, and the vampire will die painfully if he or she escapes immediately.

Werewolf Bite - The bite of a Werewolf, which involves injecting a toxic venom into the wound, is extremely lethal to Vampires. It will cause them to hallucinate, grow severely weak and go rabid until it kills them. Vampires suffering from the bite seem to always hallucinate either significant moments from their past, significant people in their lives, or specific actions of the vampire that they feel guilty or ashamed about. The Vampire will die 3 days after being infected.

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DAY WALKER ABILITIES

Day Walking - Like their name suggests, they are able to walk in the day without burning in the sun.

Telepathy - Day Walkers have a limited form of telepathy that allows them to easily enter the minds of humans, and with more effort, the minds of Witches, Werewolves, and Psychics. They can also enter the minds of other Vampires, though this ability is dependent on the Vampire being younger or weaker than the one using telepathy. Other ways to weaken a Vampire to use telepathy on them are to starve them/drain them of blood. Normally, this ability works through tactile contact, usually by the Vampire placing the palms of his or her hands on the temples of the person whose mind they want to enter. The Vampire then closes their eyes and focuses on the information they wish to seek, allowing them to sort through their victims' memories until they see what they're looking for. Like their physical attributes, a Vampire's mental strength increases with age, making it difficult for a vampire to invade the mind of an ancient vampire.

Dream Manipulation - Day Walkers can also use their power of telepathy to control dreams and the subconscious. This is an aspect of telepathy that is much easier to learn, and with it, a Vampire has the ability to produce and modify dreams, bestow nightmares and lucid dreaming, distort people's perception of reality and trap someone in their dreams.

Illusions - Day Walkers have the power to trick the minds of other younger vampires and people into seeing/feeling things that aren't actually happening.

Dead Man's Blood - The use of blood from the recently deceased can be used as a method to incapacitate Day Walkers briefly.

Christopher was born and left on the doorstep of an orphanage in Southampton, UK. So there was no way to know who his mother or father actually was. He was given the name William Smith and soon he found himself being sent from home to home, never staying in one place for too long. He was a quiet child and liked to draw a lot, though he was never really good at it. He kept to himself and got through his schooling pretty easily. He grew up into a well mannered and respectable young man. That is probably mostly due to the man he looked up to the most, Isaiah McIntyre. He met the man when he was a teenager and he was like a father to him. Isaiah taught William a lot of valuable lessons that he took to heart, and taught him everything he knew about building and fixing things. Isaiah saw that William had a talent with his hands. Though he drew a lot, he brought it to William's attention that maybe his art was meant to be done through sculptures and handmade items - he was right.

When he was 18, Isaiah was the one who got William a job working on boats, building and repairing them. William worked on the docks for about 7 or so years but Isaiah always wanted more for him. When the RMS Titanic began construction, the two worked together on building it. It was a spectacular ship, the biggest in the world! Mr. McIntyre had managed to buy a ticket to board the RMS Titanic, but instead of going himself he gave it to William. He wanted him to go and make a new life for himself over there, one where he wouldn't struggle. Titanic was the ship of dreams, heading to the free land of endless opportunities. William reluctantly took the ticket, but he promised he'd find a life for himself over there. He'd find a nice plot of land, build a sturdy home, and marry a beautiful wife. And just like that, at the age of 25 William's life was going to change forever.

You've seen the movie, about the boat that sunk in 1912. You know the story... Or at least you think you do. Well, William was aboard that ship as it sunk that night. Before all of that however, William met a young girl aboard named Evelyn, he never got her last name. The two hit it off quickly and they became good friends...Or well, it was a bit more than that. The woman took a liking to William and she compelled him to sleep with her. His touch, his eyes, his body, everything was like a drug for Evelyn. She had to have him. While the two laid in bed together she decided that she wanted to gift him her curse; ever lasting life. After biting her wrist, she shoved it into his mouth afterwards and forced him to drink. William fought against it, trying to push her away but she was too powerful. Soon she was on top of him and then with a flick of her wrists, she snapped his neck.

When he awoken he found himself covered in blood, half naked and scared. Evelyn tried to soothe William, but there was no calming him. He felt an intense hunger rising inside of his gut, but he didn't understand it. He ran away from her, storming off onto the deck. He could smell warm flesh... He could hear hearts beating... People's blood pumping. One of the men behind the wheel saw William there, covered in blood and half naked; out in the cold dark night. He asked if he was alright, approaching William and placing his hand on his shoulder. In an instant William's fangs came out and he latched himself onto the man's neck. He drained him of his blood and the other men's eyes widened as they tried to stop him. "ICEBERG, DEAD AHEAD!" Voices from above called out. They were unable to miss the iceberg and because of that the ship would sink and 1,503 people would lose their lives that night.

Evelyn found William, sitting and sobbing into his hands near the bodies of them men. Her eyes were wide, shocked by what happened. William raised his head, looking up at the woman who did this to him. "What did you make me?" Evelyn thought quickly, and compelled any who may have witnessed what happened, cleaning up after William's mess. He left, disappearing into the ship. William washed himself up, put on clothes. He stared at himself for a long time in the mirror. He was a monster. As the ship began to tilt in the water, he just sat in his room. Evelyn eventually would find him, but no matter how hard she tried to convince him and force him out - William stayed. As water began filling the room, she left him there and William went down with the ship.

It was dark... Cold... So cold that it was like a million needles stabbing into his skin. He felt so much pressure against his body that he thought he would be crushed... But somehow he wasn't... He was okay. He was underwater and he wasn't struggling to breathe... It took him what felt like forever but he felt his way out of the ship. Once he made it out, the darkness and abundance of water around him made the young man freak out and struggle to swim to the surface. As he finally did, he popped up where tons of bodies were. It was a graveyard of the dead, all frozen solid. There were sixteen life boats floating nearby that night, and only two came back... The first saved five from the waters, but only three of them survived and the second saved four, with only three of those surviving. William was among the first lifeboat, so in the end only six were saved from the water. Six out of 1,509 people.

The life boats all boarded on another ship that answered the mayday call, which took them to New York. A man with an accent came around asking for names and William just looked at him for a long minute. He swallowed as he realized that the person he was, died. He was someone -something- else.

"I'm.... Chris.... Christopher Anderson."

With his new identity and now something more than human, Chris stayed in the US. He found himself traveling along the coast of America, until eventually coming across a small town in Massachusetts called Willow Creek. He stayed there for a while as he tried to find the person he was. He learned that he could survive off of eating animals, so he did. He had no problem keeping his secret, as he could walk in the day. He built himself a house in that town and became a respectable resident. Chris made many friends, and he even met a woman who caught his interests - Elizabeth Monroe. She was beautiful, with auburn hair and brown eyes. He was infatuated with the woman and wanted to know more about her. Chris eventually, sometime in the 1920's, became good friends with Sawyer Grant who was a very respected man in the town himself. He learned of their secret organization that both Sawyer and Elizabeth was a part of. The Grant was a witch, while the Monroe was a psychic who had dreams of the future. Chris, trusting both of them, revealed what he was and the two vowed to keep the secret between them as long as he never hurt anyone. However, they realized that Chris wasn't aging and in order to keep his secret he had to leave Willow Creek. He entrusted his estate to Elizabeth and she'd go on to write him all the time, telling him of her life. She'd tell him when she wed, when she had children of her own, and how well Willow Creek was doing. She'd even inform him of the disappearance of Sawyer after he used magic to go into the future, since Elizabeth had a dream of something horrible to come.


In the early 1930's Chris met ALbert Einstein in New York at a performance of Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera. He was amazed at how the audience cheered with his arrival and felt very honored to meet the brilliant man. Then came the 1940's and Chris joined World War Two. It was a rough time for Chris, due to all of the blood and he had multiple slip ups. However, his abilities as a vampire helped in battle. When the war ended he came back home to the states, back to New York. However, the war had negative side effects on the poor man he he ended up developing horrible night terrors.

After all of the fighting Chris decided maybe it wasn't his place to right crimes, and he needed to be more careful so he wouldn't slip up again like he did during the war. He wasn't human and he understood that. In the 1950's Chris went into the celebrity scene for a bit, meeting people like the rock legend Elvis and actress Marilyn Monroe. After some bad experiences with close calls, he had to disappear. He'd also be there to witness the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. In the 70's, after finding out more about what he was Christopher began to hunt vampires that were attacking and hurting people. He'd often lurk in disco clubs and watch for suspicious activity, trying to catch vampires who were luring innocent people.

The 80's were full of hunting for Chris, he didn't really enjoy anything in particular beside the movies. In the 1990's however, Chris met a little girl named Alice. The little girl was alone, no friends, and no family besides her mother who was dying from cancer. Chris watched over the little girl, protecting her from the shadows. One night, when he was out killing a vampire that was close to where the family lived a man broke into their house and murdered them. The loss of Alice hit Christopher hard and he became very depressed. Deciding to stop hunting, he gave up helping people. He hasn't hunted since then, and has just lived different lives around the east coast. Now the vampire has realized that enough time has hard to of passed since he was last in Willow Creek... He wanted to return home, not realizing just how much has changed since his time there.