(age.) one hundred twenty four (species.) vampire (occupation.) owner of ninaâs (residency.) arrived may 2017 (mirror.) theo james
â Â a pavement of the past
Born in the dying moments of 1894, Nicholas Adler was one of the last babies born in the year, the oldest child of an upper-class British family with a silver spoon firmly in mouth and his parents nowhere in sight. Mr. and Mrs. Adler had little interest in raising his son, and he spent his childhood in the company of a constant stream of nannies and servants who were given one instruction: whatever he wants, he gets, as long as he remained out of his parentâs way. As such, Nicholas was raised with a sense of entitlement, something that earned him equal amounts of fans and enemies over the years. The arrival of his sister when he was ten added to that, whilst Nina was a welcome addition to the family, or to Nicholasâ at least, she was given the same treatment.
From the moment he held Nina though, Nicholas knew there and then that no matter what happened, there would be no doubt he would at least protect her. For the first time in his life, a family member wanted to be around him and wanted to know him. He got the love that he didnât get from his parents from her, wherever he went she was soon followed and this tone set their entire childhood with Nina following in her big brotherâs shadow. They were best friends, and the moment that Nicholas turned eighteen he left the home of his parents with Nina in tow. Nina balanced Nicholas out, she was everything he wasnât: she was kind, she had morals that were beyond her years, they were chalk and cheese. He needed her, and she needed him.
Moving to America, the siblings found themselves in 1920âČs Chicago, taking full advantage of the roaring twenties and everything they had to offer. He enjoyed a fully hedonistic lifestyle, a stream of women and parties, and much like his childhood, whatever Nick wanted he was given. He became a selfish man, flirtatious, charming, popular but ultimately cruel in the way he would toy with hearts than break them. To him women were very much like his childhood toys, his to play with and then to discard when he was bored with them, and Nicholas got bored very easily. Nina was the only exception to that rule, she was the only one allowed to stand up to him, and the only one that told him when she thought he was being an ass, which was often.
However, their journey would take a different turn when Nicholas met someone different from the other women that he had tried to discard. She was enigmatic, beautiful, and equal to him in charm, if not more charming. She had a way of wrapping you around her finger without really realizing it, and before he could realize she was offering him a different life to the one he had, even if by accident. An offer of immortality was a dream to a man like Nicholas, he didnât even really need to think it through as he completed the transition moments after learning what he had become. He wasnât expecting to crave so much or for everything to be so heightened. In his excitement, exacerbated by his makersâ carefully crafted stories, he sought out his sister and tried to convince her to take the same choice.
Nina took some convincing, but she finally agreed, and within a few days of his transformation he turned his sister as well. The two set off together to continuing traveling, realizing that in their new state they couldnât stay in one place for long, and together they traveled over the world experiencing everything they could. Nicholas turned people indiscriminately, taking to the immortal lifestyle all too well as he used his powers mostly to enjoy the lifestyle he had back in New York. As the years played on, Ninaâs ability to tone her brother down became weaker and weaker, and yet she still tried to remain by his side.
He never thought they would be parted, his sister was the one constant in their lives even over a century, yet it didnât last long. In the winter of 1997, they had returned to Chicago and found themselves on the wrong side of a pack of werewolves. Theyâd fought as hard as they could, but soon enough Nina fell, piercing scream bringing him to his knees beside her as the pack scattered. Sheâd been bitten, and despite his best efforts to get help for her, she succumbed to the bite soon after. Without his sister, his anchor, Nick spiraled and without hesitation hunted down the pack that killed her. He killed indiscriminately, wiping out the pack without hesitation and from then on he traveled still, trying to escape the memories of his little sister and how heâd failed in his one job: to protect her.
He had originally heard of Hollow Groveâs establishment when the safe haven first opened after the supernatural war, and Nina had wanted to move there for a break, but he had no interest in settling down in a small town and Nina didnât want to settle without him. However, almost twenty years after her death he was wandering to another place when Hollow Grove came to mind, and he found himself crossing into the town borders. The town has changed him, from run-ins with Jett, a lover of one of the wolves he killed, to meeting people that he didnât think heâd be able to care about and opening his own jazz club reminiscent of the Chicago and life heâd loved , the vampire slowly began to realize that his humanity was switching back on, and his humanity became apparent during the New Year of 2018. Nickâs a different man to the one he was nine months ago, heâs changed for the better and isnât sure how to handle that, still reluctant to let people see that side of him as he tries to navigate a new side to him that he hasnât seen for over twenty years.
Yet, the man Nicholas was trying to become was threatened once more with the revelation that Nina had been resurrected shortly after her death, and had been searching for him for two decades. It was one thing to justify his mass killings when it had been avenging her death, but now she was alive he doesnât know if he can live with all that blood on his hand, and the knowledge that there are people out there with their own revenge on the mind. Her safety is paramount, and it seems the safest thing for her to do is to be far away from him. With many bad decisions under his belt, after the Blood Moon in which his friendâs sister was killed, the town in chaos, it felt as though all he could do was walk away.
Finding himself in Europe, heâs spent the past few months drinking away his emotions. His emotions switched off, heâs reverted to the soulless monster that came to town just over two years ago. Yet, there are people in the town that refuse to let him just hideaway, and heâs found himself dragged back to Hollow Grove unable to ignore the fact that the town is and always will be, home.
â Â the nature of the beast
With his emotions on, heâs best described as a charming playboy with a good heart deep down. He doesnât mean to treat people the way he does, to discard them so easily but with no other examples of how to behave growing up, itâs the only life he knows how. But without his emotions, he forgets about the things that matter, and the messages that Nina tried to remind him off, he forgets how to be good, and how to be the big brother that she thought he was. With humanity, he is a man of great strength and nobility, he just hasnât found a reason to show that side of himself yet. Instead, heâs just enjoying everything that there is to enjoy about being a vampire, either way, he takes pleasures in a more adrenaline-filled lifestyle, parties, drugs, alcohol, and sex.
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