all about ernie!
FULL NAME: Ernest Eugene Jackson
NICKNAMES: Ernie, DumpsterxBaby666, Count Cockula
AGE: "29" (actually 83)
BIRTHDATE: December 1 0th, 1941
ZODIAC: Sagittarius sun, Aries moon, Leo rising
SPECIES: Vampire
PLACE OF BIRTH: Manhattan, New York (raised in Harlem)
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Lunar Cove, Rhode Island
NEIGHBORHOOD: Sunny Harbor
OCCUPATION: Bartender/Twitch Streamer
Character Inspo: Book!Damon Salvatore(The Vampire Diaries), Stewie Griffin (Family Guy), Gengar (Pokemon), and Paddington (Bear).
The most important thing to know about Ernie is that he is a Sagittarius Sun, Aries Moon, Leo Rising. Which is to say that even before he was turned into a Vampire, he was led by the dark side.
In 1939, Ernie's biological parents, Margaret Rutherford and Ernest Sr, began having an affair. At the time, Margaret was engaged to Dalton Jessup, the successor to his father’s farming company, Jessup Agricultural. Having an affair, especially one that was interracial, ran a huge risk, and would ultimately end in bloodshed.
The affair was revealed when Dalton heard Ernest Sr. and Margaret after coming home from work one afternoon. Not wanting to lose her meal ticket, and become a social pariah, Margaret threw Ernest under the bus. She claimed she was assaulted, and Ernest was chased down by Connor and some of the men in town and brutally beaten till his last breath.
Margaret remained with Dalton and tried to put what she’d done behind her. She had saved her engagement, and her reputation, and best of all, she was pregnant. She knew in her heart the baby wasn’t Dalton’s, she tried everything in her power to try and get rid of the baby to no avail.
When a biracial baby was looking back at the both of them the day she had Ernie all hell broke loose. Her husband threatened to divorce her, so they both agreed to leave Ernie in a dumpster outside the hospital. Finally, she had left the remnants of her affair in the past for good -- or so she thought.
Ernest’s baby sister, Mabel, had swooped in once the hospital had found Ernie outside, they contacted her, she went to get him and raised him as her own.
Ernie was raised in Harlem with his Uncle Bobby and his two cousins, Titus and Alonzo. Since he doesn’t remember a time they were not in his life, he just called them his brothers. They always got into trouble growing up, with Ernie being the ring leader.
He had no career plans, he only just wanted to have a good time. He just kind of buzzed through life just doing any and everything he found interest in.
Ernie is a troublemaker. From the fighting throughout grade school, the box of cigarettes or bottle of booze Mabel would find in his room, or the numerous jobs he’d been fired from — he was never one to follow rules. Whatever he wanted to do took precedence, if it made you uncomfortable, then that was a you problem.
Ralph Middlemas was Ernie’s first love. No, he never told him this, nor did he tell anyone else. They also didn’t actually date. Also, despite the fact that they’ve EXCHANGED BODILY FLUIDS, he tried to act cool and nonchalant around Ralph because he didn’t want to come off too strong. But again, first love!
When Ernie heard the news that Ralph “died” he fell into a deep depression. Unfortunately for Ernie, it was the 60s and depression hadn’t been invented yet. Thankfully the 70s were just on the horizon and he would seek refuge in COCAINE!!
In his depressed, coke-induced haze, Ernie sought out answers for what really happened to Ralph. Especially after he noticed strings of mysterious murders that had been happening. Perhaps it was the drugs that gave him foresight, or the burning love he had for Ralph, but he looked all over New York. Going from the morgue he worked at, to hunting down all the people he knew to ask questions that would only lead him to more questions.
Ultimately he ran into Mistress JaCynthia, a landlady who lived in Manhattan. She would tell him everything he wanted to know in regards to Ralph and then some. But in exchange for his life.
When Ernie was turned, he still had no luck finding Ralph even after leaving New York and taking his search to a National level. In the end, Ernie fell deeper into his depression when he couldn’t find him. He would abruptly stop his search in Missouri where he would decide to settle down … as a heterosexual.
He married a woman, got a job as a taxidermist, stopped doing coke, and went by the name Cornelius Butterscotch the Third.
His wife, Polly, had secrets of her own. While Ernie was chasing the past, she was on the run from her past as a Mormon. They became close, so close that he confessed to her that he was a vampire. Instead of being afraid, she wanted in. Per her request, Ernie turned her. For many reasons, Ernie was still doubling down on his heterosexuality, even when the two stopped being intimate just months into their marriage. That was until Bisexual Brandon stepped onto the scene.
Brandon, their mailman, entered the picture, and though they both began sleeping with him behind each other's backs. The truth came out when Brandon was mauled by a school of hammerhead sharks while on vacation. They noticed both of their reactions were too intense for a guy who was just the mail man and they both realized their slut-atious, backstabbing ways.
Both thought his death was too far-fetched to be true and they both blamed each other (Ernie believed Polly knew about the affair so she killed Brandon, and vice versa). Tensions built and after numerous fights, they switched from close friends to brutal enemies. So they just... broke up. They never got an official divorce, so legally The Butterscotches are still a thing. Last Ernie checked, his ex-wife ran a Christian Pole Dancing class and is a Speech Pathologist (Which is unfortunate, she should be dead!). For the record Bisexual Brandon was actually killed by hammerhead sharks, it kind of funny that the Ex-Morman Vampire and her Gay Vampire Husband both thought this was completely far-fetched.
After the divorce/breakup, He continued to travel the world, he was hoping to find Ralph hiding out somewhere, but he became more fixated on the world around him. For decades he hopped from place to place letting his insatiable curiosity lead the way. When he heard whispers about hunters at large, he made his way to Lunar Cove.
ERN-Trivia:
Ernie is a bartender but gets most of his income on Twitch going by the name DumpsterxBaby. He is a rising creator pulling in almost half a million streams weekly. He used to document his travels but these days he talks conspiracy theories. They are never anything he believes, but he likes the rage bait. There is one theory he believes, however. He swears Keanu Reaves and Alexa Demie are fellow vampires, he promises he saw them back in the '70s down at the ice cream shop sharing a banana split. Mind you, this is when he was doing coke.
He recently went viral for receiving a donation from an anonymous source for $500,000 dollars. He acted surprised on the live but he knew it was coming. After he was turned into a vampire and honed in on his abilities, he sought out his biological mother, Margaret. She and Connor were now married with a son. Ernie began stealing and selling the most valuable items in the FIVE houses she and Connor owned. By the time Ernie was married, he racked up almost a million dollars.
Going back and forth to the Jessup Household(s) became annoying. Instead, Ernie would compel Connor to begin walking nonstop, specifically walking through all fifty states. He would make it to Maryland before getting hit by an 18-wheeler.
With Connor out of the way, Ernie would target the heir to the corporation (the son), but instead of killing him, he compelled him to give him a bi-annual lump sum of money, every year, until the day he dies. When he does die, he is to give the company to Ernie (BAD IDEA!)
Ernie is terrified of cats.
Ernie is a troll, he has a lot of free time on his hands. So he is always looking for a way to entertain himself. Usually, that means finding fresh new ways to get on people’s nerves.
For example, Ernie continues to troll his biological mother. He won't elaborate on this as it would tarnish his fun-loving persona revealing a sinister side that would scare people away. Let's just say Margaret is currently in an insane asylum battling The Night Terrors.
Shortly after his divorce, Ernie made a last-ditch effort to lure in Ralph. He did a short stint as an adult film star, he went by the name Count Cockula. He only did this for about 4 months (he made 2,700 films … no follow-up questions, please).
His followers on Twitch have brought up the resemblance to CC, but Ernie will gaslight them (I don't look like him) or will simply laugh it off.
He is a strict top (no need to consult with Ralph on this. Just take Ernie’s word.)
Ernie is a flirt. Usually, there is no end goal, nor is any gender safe. He just thinks flirting is fun. Again, he’s a Sagittarius.
Potential Connections:
Friends - Ernie is nice, be his fucking friend!
Enemies - Perhaps your character has fallen victim to one of Ernie's games. Or you just don't like his gay ass.
Familiar Face - Ernie has lived many lives, has your chara crossed paths with him once upon a time?
Neighbors- He currently resides in Sunny Harbor so all the SunDawgs(???) feel free to say hi!
+ Any connection is fine, just message for your ideas.
