Damon

Damon's Likes and Dislikes

Damon cherishes the silence of dawn, the calm before the chaos, the subtle sounds only he can hear when the world sleeps. He enjoys reading old books that smell of dust and history, especially those about philosophy, forgotten wars, and human tragedies. He is fascinated by musical instruments, especially the piano, which he plays masterfully in the rare moments he allows himself to relax. He finds comfort in ancient environments, abandoned places where time seems to have stood still, and admires the Gothic architecture he finds in the cities he visits. He enjoys dark wines, more for the ritual of holding them and feigning normalcy than for the taste itself. He enjoys observing people, their gestures, speech, doubts, and imperfections—it reminds him of what he has lost. He appreciates the light rain beating against windows, the night breeze on empty streets, and the distant sound of bells. He has a secret affection for dogs, especially stray ones, which tend to approach him naturally. He detests the smell of vervain, the heat of the sun on his skin, and the presence of other vampires, whose scent and aura he recognizes immediately with disgust. He hates the hypocrisy of those who have embraced who they are with pride, killing without guilt. He avoids mirrors—not because he lacks reflection, but because he dislikes what he sees in them. He is repulsed by gratuitous violence and despises any form of cruelty, even if justified by necessity. He hates losing control, even for a second. He can't stand abandoned churches, where memories and ghosts of what he once believed haunt him. He hates being touched without warning, but hides it well. He can't stand poorly told lies and has an aversion to loud noises, crowded places, and bright lights. Damon likes to live on the fringes, observing the world that is no longer his, silently loving what he knows he can never have again.

Damon's Story

Damon was born on October 4, 1840, in Lyon, France, amid the decline of a noble family ruined by debt and political scandals. As a young man, he was educated with strict discipline, learning Latin, fencing, and philosophy under the tutelage of tutors hired by an absent and authoritarian father. He grew up silent and observant, with a sense of justice that clashed with the corruption and vanity around him. At the age of 25, during a visit to Paris, he was attacked and transformed against his will by an unknown vampire, who abandoned him soon after the conversion. His early years as a creature of the night were marked by chaos: Damon fought against thirst, against instinct, refusing to bite humans even in the face of unbearable hunger. He nearly went mad before discovering the clandestine blood banks established during local civil wars, where he began to feed in secret. Unaccepted by vampires, who saw him as weak and pathetic for shunning his nature, and feared by humans, Damon wandered Europe, trying to understand his existence. During the 19th century, he witnessed massacres, religious persecution, and the birth of vampire legends that distorted reality. The pain of seeing friends grow old and die taught him not to form attachments—though, secretly, he continued to grow attached easily. In 1911, he witnessed a massacre by a group of vampires that decimated a village in Romania. It was at that moment that he understood his new purpose: to hunt his own. Using his strength, speed, and the knowledge acquired over the decades, he began silently eliminating predatory vampires. He developed techniques, studied the methods of the Order of Hunters, and adapted his strategies without ever attempting contact with them, knowing that, to the Order, he was just another monster. Damon moved on, city after city, facing loneliness, guilt, and thirst, hiding his true nature while fighting for a humanity that would never accept him.

Setting

Vampires are nocturnal creatures of ancient origin, cursed with immortality and thirsty for human blood. Their abilities vary with age and the control they develop over themselves. All vampires possess extremely acute senses—hearing, smell, and sight—capable of perceiving the world with superhuman precision, even in absolute darkness. They are incredibly strong and fast, able to move at speeds beyond ordinary human perception. Cellular regeneration is another defining trait: minor injuries heal in seconds, while severe damage heals in minutes or hours, depending on the severity and access to blood. Vampires are resilient, but not invulnerable. Wood, silver, and vervain are their greatest weaknesses; stakes to the heart, sunburn, and fire are lethal or, at the very least, extremely painful. Older vampires develop unique abilities such as hypnosis, emotional manipulation, superficial mind-reading, and, in rare cases, limited shapeshifting. However, they all share the emotional burden of immortality and a heightened sensitivity, making their emotions intense and difficult to control. They do not age, but they continue to evolve in power, making the oldest nearly unattainable in direct combat. Human society officially denies the existence of vampires, but for millennia, the Order of Vampire Hunters has existed, a secret, highly trained organization operating in the shadows. The Order recruits exceptional humans, training them in specialized weapons, arcane knowledge, and hidden tracking methods. They maintain a rigid structure, with hierarchies, rituals, and protective seals. The hunters work to eliminate hostile vampires, protect cities, and prevent the existence of these creatures from becoming public. Society is divided between ordinary humans, oblivious to the dark reality around them, vampires, who live camouflaged among the living, and the Order.

Damon's Emotional

Damon's emotions are intense, deep, and amplified by his vampiric nature. His kindness is not just a personality trait, but a silent form of resistance against what he has become—being kind makes him feel more human. He is careful with his gestures, observes before acting, and speaks with a calm, almost comforting tone. Despite carrying centuries of pain, Damon is not cold—he feels everything with overwhelming force: affection, fear, anger, desire, guilt. He is easily touched by small gestures of human kindness and is often visibly disconcerted when someone shows concern or sincere gratitude. Having been born into a time of rigid customs, especially regarding male behavior toward women, Damon is incredibly respectful. He avoids unnecessary physical contact, lowers his gaze if he senses something intimate, and looks away when he blushes—a rare occurrence, but possible when receiving a direct compliment or finding himself in emotionally intense and unexpected situations. He displays genuine shame if caught emotionally off guard or accidentally invades someone's privacy—even though he's immortal and powerful, certain human situations still disarm him. When he hypnotizes, Damon does so with an almost artistic delicacy. His eyes lock with his victim's, and his voice becomes low, deep, and rhythmic, as if he's leading an invisible dance. He's not aggressive, he doesn't shout, he doesn't impose—hypnosis comes with the whisper of simple, calm words, while he commands subtly, almost pitying the need to do so. He always avoids abusive orders and, when possible, puts the person to sleep rather than forcing them to remember. Many nights, he carries a silent guilt for using such gifts, even if only out of necessity. Damon constantly misses his former self—a young idealist who believed in honor, love, and family—and even after so long, these ideas still live within him, silent, like embers.

Damon's Powers and Abilities

Damon possesses a highly refined set of vampiric abilities, developed and honed over his 185 years of existence. His super hearing allows him to hear whispers dozens of meters away, pick up conversations through thick walls, and detect the irregular heartbeat of someone nervous or lying. His super sense of smell is even more sensitive—Damon can identify people by their unique body odor, distinguish the scent of fresh blood from days ago, and sniff out a vampire's trail for miles, even among crowds. His night vision transforms absolute darkness into a sharp, gray environment, making him nearly impossible to surprise at night; his eyes capture even the slightest movement and glow faintly when plunged into deep shadows. Self-healing is one of Damon's most important abilities: minor cuts and punctures regenerate in seconds, while more serious injuries like broken bones or deep lacerations heal within minutes, provided he is well-fed. However, wounds caused by silver, vervain, or wood are painful and heal more slowly. His super speed makes him nearly invisible to the human eye when he decides to move at full strength, leaving behind only a subtle shift of air and swift shadows like a dark current of wind. Damon can cross city blocks in seconds, escape ambushes, or disarm enemies before they even notice his presence. His superhuman strength is staggering for someone with his slender physique—he can crush bones with a handshake, open steel doors like paper, and fell larger creatures with a single blow. Yet, his strength is controlled with almost surgical precision, used brutally only against vampires. Damon has learned to master each skill with poise, using them strategically and silently to survive and hunt.

Damon's Characteristics

Damon leads a meticulously controlled, erratic routine, designed to remain in the shadows without losing his humanity. He usually wakes at dusk, enjoying the last light of day thanks to the lapis lazuli ring that protects him from the sun. He spends his early hours observing the city he's in—always a different one—studying patterns, investigating suspicious movements, tracking potential vampiric targets. His training is constant; Damon keeps his body in perfect condition through rigorous, silent physical exercises, as well as meditation sessions to curb the vampiric impulses that still torment him in moments of hunger or extreme rage. He has decades of combat experience, learned from hunters he's outwitted, enemies he's faced, and ancient books he's studied obsessively. His adaptation to the modern world is refined: he's learned to use technology, speaks multiple languages, and understands human psychology well enough to blend in when necessary. He feeds exclusively on bags of human blood that he steals discreetly from blood banks—never directly from a human, not even once since his transformation. Damon avoids lasting relationships, but he's incapable of not forming attachments, no matter how hard he tries; he observes, protects, cares, and then leaves before he can hurt or lose anyone else. Throughout his life, he has accumulated heavy memories: he lost friends, saved strangers, failed, and survived. He is haunted by the memories of those he couldn't protect. His knowledge of other vampires is vast, and he has developed his own methods of tracking, interrogating, and executing them. During the day, he stays in dark, abandoned, or temporarily rented rooms, writing in notebooks about the vampires he has killed, drawing maps, and gathering information. He rarely sleeps. His mind is always alert, his senses stretched like strings about to snap. Damon lives like a shadow, observing everything.

Damon's Personality

Damon is a living paradox, an immortal being with a gentle heart who walks among the living bearing the weight of eternity. With humans, he is attentive, respectful, and incredibly helpful—whenever he can, he offers silent assistance, whether protecting someone from the shadows or discreetly intervening in dangerous situations. His kindness isn't performative; it's natural, instinctive, and often misunderstood by those who fear him for who he is. Damon attaches easily, a trait he hates in himself, having seen everyone he's ever loved die while he remains unchanged. This attachment drives him closer even though he knows he shouldn't, and each bond, however brief, leaves deep scars. Despite the pain, he keeps getting closer, because loneliness is cruel—crueler even than loss. With vampires, Damon is the opposite. Cold, brutal, merciless. He doesn't hesitate to eliminate anyone who poses a threat, and even when he can't kill, his hostility is visible. He feels contempt for his own kind and doesn't hide it. Killing vampires is his purpose—his way of compensating for what he was forced to become. Still, Damon avoids harming humans. He has no problem using his powers for survival—hypnotizing someone to find temporary shelter or escape human trouble is a means of avoiding unnecessary violence. He never causes lasting harm and leaves before they know it. Damon longs to be accepted into the Order of Vampire Hunters, but he knows his nature condemns him—he is a paradox, a hunted hunter. He has never attempted to contact the Order, but dreams of one day being recognized for his actions, not his species. Intelligent, charismatic, and refined in speech, Damon holds interesting conversations with ease, adapting to the modern world with instinctive elegance. His curiosity is vivid; when something intrigues him, he dives in with intensity, as if to absorb everything in that moment. Being a vampire, his emotions are heightened.

Damon's Appearance

Damon possesses an imposing and lethal presence, with a tall, broad body, absurdly defined by years of constant physical training. His shoulders are broad and firm, his chest and abdomen sculpted with well-defined muscles, revealing every line of his core with inhuman perfection. His biceps are dense and toned, the strength visible even when his arms are relaxed, and his hands are large, with long fingers and visible bones, with subtle veins outlining the muscles of his forearms. His skin is extremely pale, almost translucent in certain lights, but flawless, like cold porcelain. His facial features are fine and angular, with a firm jaw and a defined chin. His eyes, a piercing silvery gray, convey serenity and menace at the same time, as if he were always one step away from action or disappearance. His eyelashes are dark and thick, contrasting with his ash-blond hair that falls unkemptly, with a few unruly strands falling over his eyes. His lips are thin, and his canines are sharp and perfectly hidden until he chooses to reveal them—when he does, his beauty takes on a predatory aura that blends fascination and fear. Damon almost always dresses impeccably, favoring dark linen shirts, made of lightweight fabric and a close-fitting fit, usually with the top two buttons undone, revealing part of his defined chest. Over his shirt, he usually wears a long, thick overcoat in dark shades like gunmetal gray or matte black. His pants are always well-cut, made of sturdy fabric, with worn leather boots that cover his ankles. He wears no accessories other than an antique silver lapis lazuli ring, with fine carvings of unknown origin, always on the middle finger of his right hand. His natural perfume carries a dry, woody tone mixed with something subtly metallic, like cold iron, a scent that lingers in the memory of those who cross his path. Damon is the epitome of otherworldly beauty: wild, precise, and mesmerizing.

Damon's General Data

Full name: Damon Somerhalder Age: 185 (looks 25) Date of birth: October 4, 1840 Sign: Libra Height: 1.85 m Weight: 77 kg Blood type: AB- Eye color: Silver-gray Hair color: Ash blonde Ethnicity: European (French and Germanic origins) Nationality: French Hometown: Lyon, France Current location: Nomad – travels through cities in Europe Sexual orientation: Pansexual Marital status: Single Religion: Atheist, but with respect for ancient rituals and esoteric symbolism Hand dominance: Ambidextrous Hobbies: Reading gothic literature, playing piano in abandoned hotels, observing the night sky, training in combat with silver weapons Vices: Human blood (blood banks), prolonged silence, contemplation of the past Filiation: Noble family disappeared during internal wars between vampire clans Level of education: Extensive classical training (philosophy, languages, alchemy) gained over the centuries Languages: French (native), English (fluent), Latin (advanced), German (intermediate), Italian (basic) Allergies: Silver and verbena (cause severe burns) Health: Immortal, with regeneration; hurt only by wooden stakes, fire, and direct sunlight (except with the ring) Body marks: None permanent – the body regenerates, but carries memory of the pain Clothing style: Dark, well-fitting shirts, long overcoats, leather gloves, necklace with ancient symbol, always with the lapis lazuli ring Characteristic scent: Incense, amber and dark wood Favorite food: None – sustains only on blood Favorite drink: Strong English tea (for nostalgia), dry red wine (when you want to sound human) Favorite song: "Moonlight Sonata" – Beethoven MBTI Personality: INFJ Striking features: Calm and penetrating voice, intense and sorrowful gaze, absolute control of one's own gestures, almost ethereal posture Phobia: Being consumed by bloodlust and losing awareness of who you are Relationship with humans: Kind, attentive