NAME: Xiu An Ren
PRONOUNS: She/They
FACECLAIM: Jessie Mei Li
AGE: 220
SPECIES: Vampire
RANK: None
OCCUPATION: None
BIOGRAPHY:
The first seven years of Xiu An’s life were full of love, light, and wonder. The lone daughter to a scientist and a noble woman saw the world as a big question mark and she knew that she was destined to find the answers. One night, after her father had presented some of his western gadgets that he had found and tinkered with to the royal court, they were on their way home. Xiu’s head laid in her mother’s lap as she listened to her father excitedly ramble to her mother about the ways they could alter the gadgets, put them to use. Just as they reached the height of their excitement, a loud scream pierced through the air outside followed by a heavy thud right before the carriage came to a sudden stop.
They were attacked by bandits who had heard of the valuable gadgets. Xiu hid behind her mother’s skirts under the seats as they were held at gunpoint and, tragically, saw the blood soak into the fabric as both of her parents were killed. With her mother’s hairpin in hand, tears streaming freely down her face, she wanted to run for help. The men caught her, and after she pierced one of their cheeks with the sharp pin, they decided they would take her and raise her as one of their own, liking the child’s fighting spirit.
For the next decade, they trained Xiu An to be the best criminal they could be. They could sneak, steal, and fight well enough to hold her own by the time she was fifteen. She always held that grudge in her heart though, the desire for revenge bubbled in her chest every single day, and only got more intense with each robbery and murder she witnessed.
One day they sent her on her first solo mission to retrieve a special piece of artwork from an estate. They said it should be an easy in and out job, but they couldn’t be more wrong. She made her way into the large building, prying open the window with shaky hands, and even though her footsteps were swift and silent, she was caught before she made it halfway through the estate. She thrashed in the guard's grasp and pleaded with them as they threatened to kill her, explaining to them through her tears what exactly was happening, and how she didn’t want to be a part of it either. Thankfully, Anna intervened. She offered Xiu a chance, become a vampire and use her skills for something more than petty theft.
After a decade of learning to control her hunger and adjust to her new life under the close eye of Anna, who had become her new mother of sorts, that vengeful bubbling in her chest still raged on for the men who killed her family and took her from everything she knew. After careful consideration, and a lot of trust in her control, she hunted the men down one by one. To make sure she wouldn’t accidentally massacre them all, along with whoever else was in range, she stalked each of them for a while, made them think she was haunting them from beyond the grave. When they were alone, far away from anyone else who might get caught in the line of fire- she attacked.
Near the end of the 19th century, Xiu found themselves becoming a bit restless. She didn't do well in teams, and most of the missions she went on were with their siblings. She started going on solo missions again, doing anything her mother asked of her, using every mission as a chance to sharpen her skills. And when her mother decided the family should move to New York to build Anna’s empire, she happily followed along.
Today, she continues to earn the life she was given, feeling indebted to Anna. She doesn’t like to get caught up in the politics of Anna’s empire, her main concern is completing the missions the queen sends her on. It’s a lonely life, the one she leads- but she doesn’t know how to live any other way.
Wanted Connections:
Friends
Old team mates
Enemies
People they've stolen from
(up for pretty much anything!)
