CHARACTER FILE; Eli Van Helsing (WIP)
DISCLAIMER; I don't own the Hellboy mythos or any of it's characters. They are property of Dark Horse Comics, Mike Mignola... and Guillermo Del Toro. The man's a legend.
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NAME; Eli Van Helsing
SPECIES; Dhampir (half-human and half-vampire)
FANGS;
RACE; Caucasian
HEIGHT; 6' 1"
HAIR COLOR AND/OR LENGTH; Black jaw-length wolf cut (with a short full beard)
EYE COLOR; Blue left eye and blood-red right eye (heterochromia)
OCCUPATION; Mercenary and monster hunter
DATE OF BIRTH; December 17, 1973
STRENGTHS AND POWERS;
- Combined strength and stamina of a human and a vampire; can punch through a solid brick wall with the right amount of control
- Immunity to sunlight; can walk in broad daylight without so much as a blister (though sunscreen would still be required)
- Immunity to silver, garlic and holy relics; due to his human side, these typical weaknesses to vampires have no affect on Eli
- Heightened Senses
• Smell; can smell up to a mile away
• Sight; has vision that can surpass that of an eagle
• Hearing; can hear a heartbeat from three walls of solid concrete
- Speed; can be frome one end of a hallway to the other within a blink if he wanted to
- Rapid Healing; can recover from grievous injuries within hours (seconds if he feeds)
WEAKNESSES;
- The Thirst; unfortunately, like other vampires, his thirst for blood can't be ignored
- Partial Immortality; Though he is immune to typical vampire weaknesses, he's still liable to (example) be killed with a stake through the heart
CLOTHES:
- Ankle length black leather trench coat with a built-in paudron and hook on the back of said paudron.
- Gray cotton short-sleeved shirt
- Tactical bulletproof vest
- Black tactical pants
- Black shin-length boots
- A pair of black fingerless gloves
- A black wide rimmed hat
- A black tactical half-face mask
( A.N; Thank you, LORDofvillains2023, for inspiring this )
WEAPONS
- Silver etched and incantation engraved steel falchion (which is mounted onto the hook behind his paudron) named "Father's Failure"
- Silver stakes engraved with incantations
- 2 kukri field knives
- 2 desert eagle pistols (with silver-cased mercury-centered bullets)
- a left arm guard with a hidden blade etched with silver
- A razor-bladed 16-foot-long bullwhip (coated in crushed garlic and holy salts)
PERSONAL MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
- V-rod motorcycle
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
- Abraham Van Helsing IV (grandfather - DECEASED)
- Gabriel Van Helsing (father - DECEASED)
- M/N tbd (vampire mother - ?)
- Jenna Horner-Van Helsing (wife - DECEASED)
- Rosie (unborn daughter - DECEASED (at three months) )
- Professor Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm (friend of the family / surrogate father)
- Hellboy (friend / surrogate brother)
- Abraham Sapien (friend / book buddy (screw it) )
- Liz Sherman (friend)
- John Myers (partner in keeping Red out of trouble... to a degree)
- Tom Manning (barely tolerable ally)
- Kate Corrigan (friend / folklore study buddy / possible love interest?)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES; Well, here you have it! This is a character I've had come and go in my brain since I was either 14 or 15 years old. My top muses were, of course, "Hellboy" and "Van Helsing" (a guilty pleasure).
It's amazing what near two decades can do for your OCs, isn't it?
