I think Alaric might try to downplay the existence of the supernatural unless other people began openly discussing it. He's used to keeping quiet regarding vampires, werewolves and the like. His ring has magical resurrection properties and that isn't something he's going around telling everyone either. He lost the two women he's fallen in love with, and again, not exactly dropping the tragic life bomb on the first meeting. Things that he would be able to pick up on are the fact that Alaric likes his bourbon (and whiskey-hell, he's not exactly picky). He's protective of one Elena Gilbert (who is also present in-game), almost paternally so but not quite paternal enough to come off as her father. He's got his issues with certain people (Klaus, who is potentially apping into the game is the big one here). He knows too much about history to not have a degree in it, and enough knowledge of folklore and the supernatural to have more than a passing interest on the subject. He always wears his big gaudy ring. He's also got a small arsenal of vampire-specific weapons with him, but that probably wouldn't come out without some serious snooping.
Elijah is a vampire and he would probably not be letting people know this without compelling them to forget about it immediately afterward. He has an excellent memory and chooses his words extremely carefully. He's very ... refined, I guess you could say-polite, cordial, etc. He is also never without his ring, which is much less obtrusive than the one Alaric wears and contains a lapis lazuli stone (this is a ring that many characters will be wearing which he might notice, since almost all vampires from The Vampire Diaries' cast wear a lapis lazuli stone on their person to walk in the sunlight). He's also very knowledgeable when it comes to history, mostly because he's ... been around for about a thousand years now. He's very uh ... I don't know if graceful is the right word but he moves with confidence and has excellent balance and reflexes and all of that because he is a vampire and so he's not going to trip or knock something over. My brain is on shut-down mode right now or something but I guess that works for now. If I think of more I'll add.
Thanks so much. Could I ask, are there any other defining characteristics of vampirism in the series that I should know about? Some physical property on which Sherlock might pick up?
Or maybe more importantly, anything that's missing which would normally be found in vampire mythology? The sunlight bit, but can they also be reflected in mirrors and so on?
Feel free to just direct me to an application post or somesuch if you don't feel like typing it all out.
The Vampire Diaries characters have reflections. Religious symbols/imagery and holy water do not harm or deter them. Garlic has no effect on them other than smelling kind of bad. The only defining characteristics that I can think of outside of the super reflexes and speed would be the way that their eyes darken with blood and the veins around their eyes begin to bulge when they are about to attack/show their fangs. Sometimes if they are around blood this will happen unless they have good self-control. Apart from that there isn't much else.
I think Alaric might try to downplay the existence of the supernatural unless other people began openly discussing it. He's used to keeping quiet regarding vampires, werewolves and the like. His ring has magical resurrection properties and that isn't something he's going around telling everyone either. He lost the two women he's fallen in love with, and again, not exactly dropping the tragic life bomb on the first meeting. Things that he would be able to pick up on are the fact that Alaric likes his bourbon (and whiskey-hell, he's not exactly picky). He's protective of one Elena Gilbert (who is also present in-game), almost paternally so but not quite paternal enough to come off as her father. He's got his issues with certain people (Klaus, who is potentially apping into the game is the big one here). He knows too much about history to not have a degree in it, and enough knowledge of folklore and the supernatural to have more than a passing interest on the subject. He always wears his big gaudy ring. He's also got a small arsenal of vampire-specific weapons with him, but that probably wouldn't come out without some serious snooping.
Elijah - respected.
Elijah is a vampire and he would probably not be letting people know this without compelling them to forget about it immediately afterward. He has an excellent memory and chooses his words extremely carefully. He's very ... refined, I guess you could say-polite, cordial, etc. He is also never without his ring, which is much less obtrusive than the one Alaric wears and contains a lapis lazuli stone (this is a ring that many characters will be wearing which he might notice, since almost all vampires from The Vampire Diaries' cast wear a lapis lazuli stone on their person to walk in the sunlight). He's also very knowledgeable when it comes to history, mostly because he's ... been around for about a thousand years now. He's very uh ... I don't know if graceful is the right word but he moves with confidence and has excellent balance and reflexes and all of that because he is a vampire and so he's not going to trip or knock something over. My brain is on shut-down mode right now or something but I guess that works for now. If I think of more I'll add.
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Or maybe more importantly, anything that's missing which would normally be found in vampire mythology? The sunlight bit, but can they also be reflected in mirrors and so on?
Feel free to just direct me to an application post or somesuch if you don't feel like typing it all out.
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