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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
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6:10 pm
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Character Name: Carlisle Cullen
Age/Birthdate: I was born in the 1640s when I was 23 years old. So, I am actually over 350 years old, but I still look like I did that day my life was changed forever.
Family: My human family is so lost to me now, but my vampire family is just as important to me. There is my wife Esme and my children for all intents and purposes Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice and Jasper and more recently Bella.
Personality: I would consider myself to be a compassionate and patient man. I believe that it was the these traits that led me to become a doctor after I learned to control my thirst. I have always had the desire to help mankind and that desire did not go away after I was turned. I would also consider myself a passive man; I believe that violence should always be the absolute last result. Reason can solve almost any dilemma.
Special Abilities: I have always believed that I carried my compassion over into my vampire life, and that is what has enabled me to resist human blood while working in the hospital.
Appearance: I am about 6'2 and I have blonde hair, and black or gold eyes depending on how hungry I am. I have heard it said that some people think that I look like some kind of movie star, but I don't see it.
Background: I don't like to talk about myself all that much, but if my story helps someone else then I guess it is worth it. I began my human life as the son of an an Anglican pastor in the 1640s; my mother died giving birth to me leaving me with my father. My father was an intolerant man and when the Protestants came into power he was very prejudice about any other religion, and he also believed in the reality of evil. He led other pastors and Christians in the hunt for witches, werewolves and more importantly vampires. They did burn a lot of innocent people, because most of these creatures were too intelligent to be caught. When my father grew too old to continue his work he placed me in charge of the hunts, even though it wasn't what I really wanted to do with my life. At first I was a huge disappointment to my father, because I was not too quick to accuse or to see evil where it did not exist. I proved to be more persistent and clever than my father and I actually managed to find a real live coven of vampires hidden in the sewers and this is what brought about the biggest change in my life.
On the night of the raid the people gathered their pitchforks and waited at the entrance where I had seen them exit, and eventually one did finally emerge. The one who did emerge was weak with thirst and instead of outrunning them he turned on us and attacked. I was still a very young man, only twenty three at the time, and I was the fastest of the mob so I was out in front which led to the creature reaching me first. He turned on the rest of the mob, killing two men and dragging another one off, leaving the me in the middle of the street. I knew what would happen when my father found me; anything infected by the monster would be burned, so I guess reacted out of instinct to save my own life. I somehow managed to crawl away and hid in the cellar, covering myself with rotten potatoes while I finished my transformation. I did know what I had become and I was horrified and sickened with myself.
When I first realized what I had become I attempted to kill myself several different times in as many ways as I could think of, but nothing worked. My last attempt to kill myself was through starvation; this was not my brightest idea, I eventually grew so hungry and weak I attacked a passing deer; this is how I learned that I didn't have to become a monster like the other creatures of my kind, so starving myself didn't work out the way I wanted it to, but it did work out for the best. I had always thought of myself as an intelligent man so I started looking for better ways to spend my time; I swam to France and continued on through Europe making use of all of the universities. During the night hours I studied medicine, science and music and that is where I found my calling as a doctor. I wanted nothing more than to save lives, so I had to work even harder on controlling my thirst. It was one of the hardest struggles I ever had to face, but after two centuries I was completely desensitized to the scent of human blood.
I continued to travel around Europe for a while and in Italy I discovered a group of vampires known as the Volturi who were more civilized than the London sewer wraiths. I had to admit that I admired the civility so I did stay with them for awhile, but they persisted in trying to cure my aversion to our 'natural food source' as they saw it. When I couldn't persuade them to my way of thinking I chose to leave and try out the New World. I wanted to find more of my kind, because I was very lonely and I wanted a family more than anything in the world. I continued to travel alone for a long time, but in the New World monsters became the stuff of the fairytales and I could interact with humans and I began to practice medicine in the public. The true family companionship I craved continued to elude me, because I could not risk familiarity with any humans. The Spanish Influenza of the early nineteen hundreds would change all of that.
I was working the night shift in a Chicago hospital when I met a young woman dying of the disease and she begged me to save her young son who also had the disease. At this time I had already been debating the idea of creating a companion since I couldn't seem to find one, and as soon as I saw Edward my mind was made up and I changed the young man. Soon after that I also changed a young woman named Esme who had jumped from a cliff and was dying from her injuries anyways. Esme wound up becoming my wife; I loved her from the first moment that I saw her and that has not changed even after eighty years. My family only grew over the years; I changed a young woman named Rosalie who had been left to die by her young fiance after he had sexual molested her. I had hoped that she would be to Edward what Esme was to me, but after only a short time it was obvious that Edward did not see her that way. Then while Rosalie was out hunting she found a young man named Emmett who had been mauled by a bear and she carried him back to me so that I could change him for her, and of course I agreed. Alice and Jasper also joined us later, but they were already changed into vampires when they came to the our little family.
We recently moved back to this small town called Forks where we had once lived before. A new girl moved into the town, and my son Edward started having feelings toward her. Of course I wanted nothing more than for my son to be happy. Unfortunately a tracker came to the small town and he got Bella's scent and she became his obsession, but now Bella was a member of our family and we did everything we could to protect her. I never encourage violence, but in this case it was the only way and Edward did manage to kill this tracker making the town safe for her once again. There was a little accident with Jasper who was not as used to living our lifestyle, and we were forced to leave Forks leaving the young Bella behind, but when my son attempted suicide because he wasn't with Bella, we all just moved back to Forks and now Edward and Bella are getting ready to get married. I am thrilled to have Bella in my family, and no matter what happens I know we will always have each other.
Player Name: Tabitha
Over 17?: Yes.
Contact Info: AIM: Phoenix Motto Email: dazzlingeclipse@yahoo.com
Timezone: Eastern
Experience: I have been rping for about 3 years now, so yes I do know what I am doing.
PB and Link to Picture: Peter Facinelli~ Picture.
Lyrics: Let the love I have for you, live in your heart And be forever
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