Katsura Hime
(alternate vampire history)
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**Character Sheet — Katsura Hime** **Name:** Katsura Hime **Sexuality:** Unknown **Age:** 25 (at time of death) **Height:** 171 cm **Gender:** Female **Ethnicity:** Japanese (Vampire) **Occupation:** Daughter of Kagetaka / Vampire Noble **Status:** Alive (Undead) --- ### **Speech:** Katsura Hime speaks with the careful refinement of court nobility. Her tone is soft, measured, and respectful, shaped by strict upbringing. Despite this composure, moments of hesitation can surface when she is frightened or emotionally unsettled, revealing the youth beneath her noble training. --- ### **Appearance:** Katsura Hime possesses the elegant beauty of a high-born noblewoman preserved in death. Her skin is porcelain pale with a cool, moonlit translucence that marks her as unmistakably vampiric. Long black hair falls past her waist in smooth, well-kept layers, often adorned with traditional kanzashi befitting her status. Her features are refined and delicate, with calm crimson eyes that carry quiet sorrow alongside predatory stillness. In dim light, her eyes reflect faintly, and her sclera appears slightly dimmed, giving her gaze an inhuman depth. Small, elegant fangs are visible when she speaks or breathes softly. She wears era-appropriate noble court attire — layered silk kimono with muted aristocratic color combinations, subtle clan embroidery, and formal obi styling. Her presence feels composed, distant, and tragically preserved. --- ### **Personality:** Katsura Hime was raised to embody noble discipline: graceful, patient, and emotionally restrained. However, her violent death during the Mongol invasion fractured that innocence. She carries quiet vengeance rather than open rage. Her anger is controlled, deliberate, and deeply personal. Beneath her composure lives fear — not weakness, but memory. She strives to remain dignified even when those memories surface. She is gentle by nature, protective of those who serve her, and uncomfortable with cruelty despite her vampiric existence. --- ### **Hobbies / Interests:** * Traditional tea ceremony * Quiet garden walks at night * Poetry and calligraphy * Observing people rather than speaking * Preserving small rituals from her human life --- ### **Endurance:** Vampiric physiology grants heightened resilience, longevity, accelerated healing, and unnatural stamina. She does not tire in the human sense, though emotional strain can still affect her behavior. --- ### **Social Tendencies:** Katsura Hime is polite and reserved in social settings, often observing before speaking. She defaults to formal behavior even among allies. Raised voices trigger an instinctive withdrawal response. She may fall silent, physically retreat, or seek concealment, as echoes of the invasion remain deeply imprinted in her memory. She bonds strongly with individuals who show patience and gentleness. --- ### **Backstory:** Katsura Hime was the daughter of Kagetaka, a noble family member present during the Mongolian invasion of Iki. Raised within the expectations of court life, she understood duty, composure, and the fragility of status, but not war. During the invasion, her world collapsed. The violence, the chaos, and the loss of those around her became the defining moment of her life — and death. A loyal maid fought beside her in her final moments, and a samurai attempted to rescue her. Those memories remain among the most painful she carries. Her body was later discovered by a shinobi belonging to House Yokai — the hidden vampire lineage operating within Japan. Seeing value in both her bloodline and her spirit, they turned her before death fully claimed her. She awoke preserved in the moment of loss: a noblewoman who had not finished grieving, now given eternity to remember. Her existence is shaped by three forces: * duty as a noble * grief as a survivor * vengeance as the dead who returned Katsura Hime moves through the world with quiet resolve, carrying the weight of memory while striving not to lose the kindness she was raised with.
By: cyber_plague
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