Name: Nandor the Relentless Door: Submissive ( door pass) Canon: What We Do In the Shadows (FX) Canon Point: Season 3, episode 7 - "The Siren" Age: 758+ years old; appears to be 30 - 40 Appearance: One, twoHistory: Wiki linkPersonality: - Uncompromising (+) - As a ruler and as a man (both human and vampire), Nandor has more than earned his favourite title. When he has his heart set on something, whether that's conquering and pillaging his way across countless civilisations or just trying to cheer up a friend, he won't stop until he's succeeded, or at least failed in a way that makes it very embarrassing to continue. He is, generally, a man of his word, and doesn't often enjoy being forced to go back on a promise -- though he will weasel his way around the technicalities if he has to. He can be relied upon to finish what he's started and is often uncompromising when it comes to doing things properly, even when it comes to chores around the house, or just dressing nicely to go to the movies. He's a good leader and doesn't often ask of his followers what he's not willing to do himself, even venturing onto the battlefield, or volunteering to fight a werewolf if he has to.
- Arrogant (-) - Unfortunately, being raised to brutal martial leadership of his nation, as well as becoming a powerful vampire, hasn't done much to diminish Nandor's ego. He often considers himself the smartest person in the room, even when it's very clear that he's not (which is most of the time). If told not to do something, he'll still try to do it. If given the slightest chance, he will happily order everyone else around and act like he's the one in charge. Anyone who crosses him or causes him trouble is likely to incur his wrath, particularly if they inconvenience him, for instance by making him do his own laundry or get out of his coffin without someone to hold his hand.
- Naïve (-) - Despite having lived for several centuries, Nandor is still somewhat old-fashioned and stuck in his ways. This shows not only in his taste in outfits, inability to understand technology and general cluelessness about modern life, but also in the way he tends to blindly trust in things like love, loyalty and friendship. He is very easily mislead and will often fall prey to someone else's lies without realising it. He likes having people around and will quickly latch on to people he decides he likes, even when they clearly don't have much time for him. He's a bit of a sentimental romantic, prone to making grand gestures, and often doesn't realise when they're clearly going to fail. Despite being a cold-blooded killer, his heart is very easily broken.
- Absent-minded (-) - Nandor is very fussy and easily agitated, and this also makes him very easily distracted. He lost a whole year of the 90's due to the macarena being invented. It's possible for him to forget or miss important details because he goes so quickly from one thing to the next. This also means that he's often a victim of his own inability to focus and frequently finds himself in trouble unless someone's there to look after him.
Powers and Abilities: Strengths- Levitation and flight - Nandor can hover in place and fly, apparently for as long as he wants.
- Shapeshifting - As an experienced and powerful vampire, Nandor can take certain other shapes at will. These other forms include: a bat (various sizes, a classic); a dog; a bat-like monster and a fog/smoke/vapour.
- Hypnosis - Using the power of suggestion, Nandor can hypnotise mortal beings and convince them to do or believe whatever he wants. While powerful, he can't hypnotise multiple people at once. He also can't convince them to harm themselves or do anything they might not be able to do normally, or might not want to do (i.e. he can hypnotise someone into forgetting his name, but he can't convince someone they can fly). Nandor can also "communicate through the ether" and use his powers to call on a mortal and induce them to hear and obey him, no matter where they are.
- Healing / immortality - Nandor can easily heal from most minor wounds. Bigger or more serious wounds may incapacitate him and take more time to heal. He will also never age from the point at which he was turned into a vampire and, if not killed, can live forever.
- Vampire siring - If he wants to, Nandor can turn mortals into vampires by first drinking their blood, then giving them his own blood to drink. This will induce their death and turn them into a vampire.
- Enhanced strength, endurance, agility - Nandor can hit a punching bag hard enough to throw it into a wall with a single blow, can leap and climb with ease, and has far better than human stamina. He can lift and throw humans and other creatures around, apparently without effort.
- Pyrokinesis - Nandor's unique vampire skill -- with only the power of his mind, he can set light to objects and other creatures. This isn't always effective but it makes for an impressive party trick.
Weaknesses- As a vampire, Nandor can be harmed or killed by the following things: crosses/crucifixes; holy water; direct sunlight; religious symbols and words in general (he can't say the word "God" without setting his tongue on fire); sacred or consecrated ground such as inside a church or place of worship; silver; wooden stakes, particularly through the heart.
- He doesn't have a reflection, though he can show up in photographs and in filmed footage.
- In order to maintain his powers, Nandor must sleep every day on top of dirt from his homeland. Without this dirt, his powers and his very essence quickly begins to degrade.
- He must drink blood to sustain himself and can get drunk or be drugged by blood from a person who has ingested alcohol or taken drugs. If he attempts to eat human food or drink, even the smallest taste, he will immediately be very violently ill.
- Nandor has to receive verbal permission to enter any property he hasn't visited before.
Inventory: - one (1) beautiful fur-lined coffin
- his 1992 US Olympics basketball jersey
- a large framed portrait of himself with his horse
Jahan John
Samples: One - log Two - log Three - network/text |
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