name: céline morell ( céline de polastron, duchesse de polignac )
birthplace: paris, france
abilities: memory manipulation, illusion manipulation
SIRED FROM THE INDULGENCE OF FRANCE, céline grew spoiled and gluttonous, everything was a craving to her. from the delicate french cream pastries to the finest champagne that marie antoinette demanded for all their parties, and then flirtatious looks of visiting nobility. the french court was known for it perversions, and she was at the heart of it, as marie’s best friend. it was party sentimentality and then something else, that made céline bid on her friend’s blue diamond engagement ring centuries after her death - her very own daylight ring, that glittered with the glamour of its wearer.
IT WAS A RUSSIAN VISITOR THAT TURNED HER HEAD, andrei rostov was sinful and gave céline something she’d never experience before - blood. he drank from her neck and in return gave her his wrist, it was a whirlwind romance of sex and blood that would ultimately result in her immortality. when she fled court on the queen’s orders after bastille day, and returned to her chateau to collect her things, her body was still full of vaympire blood when the bandits beat her to death. when she woke to find them all dining at her hand-crafted dining table, she slaughtered them all and burned down the house.
IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED HER RESURRECTION, céline only grew more self-indulged and spoiled. when the titanic was sinking, she ran into the rooms of the upperclass and stole their diamonds, and when it sunk and bodies froze, she floated and waited for the lifeboats. when she got aboard, céline played the shivering victim even if her coat pockets were full of the riches of others. during the modern era, she resided on the upper east side and married a billionaire, who would mysteriously die 3 years later - time was nothing to her, and she needed to be perceived as a loving wife. when she heard of others fleeing to south dakota, céline purchased several acres of land so that she could build a home worthy of a queen.
PLOTS ── darkness, blood, sex. period au ( via la france ), any and all tbh.
CONNECTIONS ── ( lovers/friends/enemies/frenemies)
I. ( open to male vaympire )
They’re both monsters, thriving on bloodshed and passion. Beyond the most sinful cravings, there is nothing to them. Céline does not care for them, but it’s something which provides a measure of excitement. It’s a dark craving, one that she enjoys immensely. It’s toxic, likely to erupt and I feel that there is an inevitability of destruction, where they turn on one another.
She was not the first or the last to be sired by the Russian vampire Andrei Rostov, who was centuries older than her. Eventually, she betrayed him and left him to the pitch forks and flames. It would be interesting for another vaympire to be from the same sire, but they would need to be older than her. Since her transition Céline has not attempted to make friends, and she would not be warm or welcoming to someone claiming to have the same sire - maybe they feel angered that she killed Andrei?
There is that one person, a mortal, whose spirit reminds her Marie. It’s the first human that she hasn’t detested in a very long time, and it almost makes her feel human. There’s a comfort to their presence, that makes her think of the beautiful friendship she had with the French queen. She would not lay down her life for them, or even call them a friend, but she cannot deny the spark of happiness that their presence provides.
She killed someone close to this muse, a partner/family member/ friend, perhaps they’re thankful or maybe they loathe her. I think it would be interesting to explore that avenue.
A young vaympire that she accidentally sired. She considers them more a nuisance than a protegee. She’s half tempted to decapitate them in all honesty.
This person would be her assistant at ‘Every Last Detail’. The job provides good pay and the insurance that you’re bound to have a good time at the parties, plus there are benefits. However, she can be prickly from time to time. But she is rather charming and has decided that she cant kill the help, so it would probably be one of her more sane connections.
