Vlad

Vladimir Black Blade: Born Edward Stillwater, his last name coming from his heritage, farmers that lived at a nearby lake until it was drained for the mines, now the name sits on the family smithy.

Age: 25 in appearance 34 in actuality. (Been vamp for 9 years.)

	Vladimir has always been a strong fellow, not too bright but he's not dumb either. He had a strong heart just as strong as his brawn, and that was steep. He was renown as one of the strongest in town, made his father proud as it helped in his steelwork especially after his mother dying during childbirth, so vladimir was his only son.

	Vladimir lived in a small mining town up in the Northern and from there he lived and later worked with his father's smithy until he turned 24. On his 24th birthday his father and grandfather before him smelted together, as a way of showing off toward the smithies elsewhere, a large sword to celebrate his son's day as well. The sword was a massive, though only being six feet in length it had a width of a foot itself and a fourth of an inch in thickness. Though, try as he might, and to the disappointment of his father, Vladimir could never lift the blade so it was lifted and was then named the Black Blade to represent the anger he held for it to that day as well as being the name of the Smithy itself. The Sword then became part of the sign of the Smithy.

	Through the next year, Vladimir's life went for the worst, the mine's ore of iron had began to shrivel forcing the miners to find elsewhere and shrank the town to the bones. The once great mining town of nearly 134 men and women was now only 40 in length and the rise of vampires in the area put fear in the town. Though, Vladimir's previous failure at lifting his father's sword disappointed him, from this he set to prove himself by tracking where the vampires originated, but was ambushed in the woods. Though instead of dying with honor as he thought he would they knocked him out, tying him to to a tree, and turning him to one of them.

	Passed out for three days, Vlad awoke with the sight of smoke covering the moon on this night, he ripped the rope from around him and rushed back home, ripping through the forest with all the speed he could muster and when he come upon it he saw the entire town ablaze and his Father's workplace and home completely broken down. From his fury he ripped through to his burnt home ripping across vampires with his bare hands before he came upon the remains of his father burning under the boards that were the entrance of the smithy. The Black Blade Sword laying in the fires, he grabbed the handle and with his fury and new found strength killed the remaining vampires in town without mercy. Though they were only fledglings like him they did not harbor the hatred he had grown.

	From that day Vladimir left without a home to return to with the dream of conquering the vampires and be crowned their king. He wished to bring order to the animals he saw as them. Bring civility, bring kindness, something he no longer could give. He wished for none more of his own kind, orphans to the world. Orphans to the Moon. He wished to create his own family of vampires to do so as well, the Black Blade family.

Fighting Ability: Vladimir's abilities with the blade have always been self taught, especially with the black blade that was smithed by his father. He however has always had his strength to keep his blows high and has used his natural combat ability guide him.

Armor: Vladimir doesn't wear much in armor, at most chainmail or leath, preferring to let his strength and speed keep him from harm and relying on his natural endurance. But, he normally wears an open black duster over armor of sorts cut with short sleeves and opened up to allow for better movement. He'll wear armored up boots as well as arm guards, the arm guards marked with how many vampires he's killed so far.

Weaponry: Along with the Black Blade Vladimir prefers to keep two smaller shortswords to be at his side if the Black Blade's unrefined approach or heft be too much to handle a threat that needs a lighter approach.

The Black Blade: The Black Blade is a large Black Blade measuring 6 feet in length, 1 foot in width, and a fourth of an inch in thickness. Instead of coming to a point it comes to a pendulum of sorts branching out both ways in a sort of pendulum. o---I==========) (Like that)

Appareance: Vlad is 6'8" in height with short, very roughly cut, black hair, blood red eyes, pale skin. His face is always in a grin but is also somewhat long (Or tall) and thin with a bigger than average nose pointed outward, though it was much softer before becoming a vampire. He's very muscular, but has been toned down from a brawny giant to be a little slankier but retaining his strength and getting more speed, mostly due to his vampirism still.