SALVATORE, Damon

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nickname

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None that are repeatable.

age[/i]

170 years old (roughly 24 in his human life)

date of birth[/i]

28th June 1840

sign[/i]

Cancer

gender[/i]

Male

character type[/i]

Vampire

sexuality[/i]

Straight

occupation[/i]

Being the eternal stud.

hometown[/i]

Mystic Falls, Virginia

current residence[/i]

Mystic Falls, Virginia

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physical appearance[/i]

Damon is of average height, and is slender yet toned and fit. He is what you would call devastatingly handsome, with beautiful features and a plethora of seductive facial expressions at hand. His hair is usually kept on the longer side, a slight wave to it, and is almost black depending on the lighting. He has the most mesmerizing eyes, ice blue in hue, they are most captivating, framed in thick dark lashes and able to pierce through to your soul. Damon has a great smirk, though it is rare to get a real smile from him. He is very agile and graceful, and a pretty good dancer, and he carries himself with purpose and a subtle confidence.

Around 5'9 in height, he isn't the tallest vampire in town, but he's fine with that. His body is toned and slender, skin pale, without taking away from his beauty. Damon likes to wear black a lot, in fact, pretty much all of the time, except for the rare few occasions when he runs out of clean clothes and has to delve into a bit of colour. He always has his daylight ring on, never taking it off, which probably makes it one of his most distinguishing features.

play-by[/i]

Ian Somerhalder

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likes[/i]

Playing with his food, drinking (blood, alcohol, it's all good), mind games, having the upper hand, being right, getting one up over his brother whenever possible, dancing, women, Elena Gilbert.

dislikes[/i]

Being outdone by anyone, his plans going wrong, admitting his true feelings, the fact that his brother made him a vampire in the first place, Anyone attacking him )revenge will be dished out ruthlessly), the burden of having to protect Elena's friends and family, showing any weakness, being controlled, having to be the good guy.

goals and desires[/i]

To win the girl once and for all. To make Elena human again so she can be happy. To figure himself out one day.

fears[/i]

Damon is scared that is is actually the monster people have told him he is. He doesn't want to be, but he fears that it's just who he is. He also fears being alone forever, and losing Elena.

strengths[/i]

• Loyal (despite himself, he never lets people down).
  
• Charismatic (great people skills).
  
• Fun-loving (no one can deny he's always up for a good time).
  
• All of the usual vampire strengths (physical strength, speed, agility, etc.)

weaknesses[/i]

• Arrogance (can get him in a lot of trouble).
  
• His love of human blood (can also get him in a lot of trouble).
  
• Falling for all the wrong women (causes him a looooot of trouble).
  
• Elena Gilbert (Trouble with a capital 'T'.)
  
• All of the usual vampire weaknesses (stakes, vervain, etc.)
  
• Ruled by his emotions (acts on impulse whether it's a good idea or not).

overall personality[/i]

Damon is a self-confessed "dick". He's arrogant, selfish, egotistical, ruthless, detached, nasty, and doesn't seem to give a damn about anyone other than himself. He has no regard for human life, and has no qualms about going on killing sprees, feeling no remorse whatsoever about any of it. It doesn't matter to him. He's not human, so why should he care? Life goes on, to him, it doesn't really matter if someone's dead, just get over it. He's been around long enough to realize how short human existence is anyway. He always gets what he wants. If not through violence, threats and being terrifyingly sinister in a psychotic way, then through charm and good looks. He oozes charisma permanently and has such self-confidence that it probably doesn't ever occur to anyone to doubt whether he knows what he's doing or not.

A good portion of this heartless jerk stuff is an act, however. Deep down inside, he's a mess. Once a sweet, caring boy, he had his heart broken upon losing the girl he was hopelessly in love with, and then again by his brother when he practically forced him to become a vampire. He can never seem to let this go, and has spent most of his un-life torturing himself in agony over these incidents. Though he claims he can switch his emotions off and appears to be ruled by his conniving head, his heart is very much in control. Damon's feelings - which he never shares with anyone - are what really rule his actions. He lashes out a lot because he's hurting so much inside and is highly confused about who he is and how he should be. Add to that the fact that every time he falls in love, his dull-as-dish-water little brother gets the girl, and you have a pretty good recipe for a volatile vampire on the loose. His only saving grace seems to be his love for Elena, and how much of a better person it seems to make him be for her sake.

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mother[/i]

Unknown, died young.

father[/i]

Giuseppe Salvatore, deceased.

siblings[/i]

Stefan Salvatore, 18/165 years old, vampire

other[/i]

Elena Gilbert is the only person outside of his brother that Damon truly counts as important in his life, everyone else is fair game.

history[/i]

Born in Mystic Falls in the 1800's, Damon was the older of two brothers. He was a sweet, loving young man, always over-eager to please, and more than a little bit gullible. In his early twenties, upon returning home from a stint in the army, a girl named Katherine entered his life. He quickly became infatuated with her as she led him and his brother on in a twisted love triangle that was doomed from the start. He genuinely believed that Katherine loved him as much as he did her, foolish enough to think that what she had with his brother, Stefan, was nothing compared. Far from terrified upon finding out she was a vampire, Damon stuck by her, faultlessly loyal to her, even without being compelled, like Stefan was.

After it came to light to their father, a vampire hunter, that Katherine was a blood-sucker (Stefan confided in him like an idiot), he felt his first surge of hatred towards his brother, desperately forming a plan to save his beloved. They raced to the tomb, somehow managing to get Katherine away before she could be locked inside with the rest of her kind, only to be shot on sight by their own father. Now, what their father didn't know, was that Katherine had been compelling Damon and Stefan to drink her blood, and so, hours later, they awoke, bullet wounds miraculously healed.

After seeking vengeance on their father, Damon was intent with the fact that they were going to die. After all, Katherine was locked away in the tomb now. She was gone forever, so he had no reason to carry on. That was, until his brother foolishly killed a girl and drank from her, sealing his fate. Damon had begged him not to do so, not wanting to become what Katherine was, but Stefan's words had been so convincing.... inviting.... pleading. How could he leave his younger brother alone in the world? And so he drank.

Ever resentful towards Stefan, Damon hated being a vampire for a long time. He split from his brother, choosing to travel the world alone, bitter and broken over the loss of Katherine. He vowed to find a way to release her from the tomb, to save her so they could be together again, his soft attitude hardening over the years through boredom and loneliness. The tedious nature of never changing, never being able to die, always different from everyone else, caused him to lose all respect for human life. He stopped seeing the point in compassion, and began to rally for his own, selfish cause, treating humans like play things to pass the time while he plotted for the future.

After over a hundred years, he returned to the small town of Mystic Falls, having got word that his brother was back there. Determined to make Stefan's life hell, and maybe even kill him, Damon set out to destroy the place, bit by bit. That was, until he met Elena Gilbert. Loathing her at first, he vowed to kill her, just to make his pathetic excuse for a brother - who was in love with her - suffer that bit more. It took only a few months for her to work her unintentional charm on him, and Damon started holding back bit by bit, his agenda suddenly changing as he found himself feeling.... things.... for Elena. After a year of hanging around and playing along with Stefan and his human lackeys, Damon realised that, to his dismay, he, too, had fallen in love with Elena, and had changed dramatically in his quest to destroy Mystic Falls and everyone in it. He now wanted to protect the town. To protect Elena, and to some degree, the people she cared about. Now a little less psychotic - though only a little - he does what he can to keep her and the town safe, especially from the new threat of the original vampires. His brother went off the rails once more, and it was down to Damon to play the good guy all on his own for the first time. He managed it in a round about fashion, and fell further in love with Elena during the process, finding out that she may just return his feelings after all.

His world was turned upside down again (for the better, in his opinion) when Elena became a vampire after a tragic accident nobody saw coming. To Damon, this meant a new opportunity to spend time with her, teaching her how to cope and survive and be strong, and there was no denying his great pleasure when she grew closer to him, and things with Stefan became strained. Sure enough, he got the girl, only to discover that she was sired to him, which meant it wasn't real anyway, but Elena insists that it is, and Damon is sick of trying to deny it and be a better person. Still, he knows his brother is right, Elena would be better off as a human, and so a search for an elusive cure for vampirism is his current agenda.

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name

Izzy

age

26

location

UK

source

My head

other characters

None yet!

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Now, Katherine Pierce was an evil little bitch. But there was no denying that for a good chunk of his life, Damon was madly in love with her - literally. So, it seemed natural that he would be attracted to her doppelganger, surely. Elena Gilbert was the double of Katherine, if only physically. But, physically? Physically, Damon still found himself drawn to the vampire. And so found himself drawn to Elena in the same way. She was beautiful, no doubt, and he got a great deal of pleasure out of winding her up, but somehow, he didn't imagine that was doing him any favours. As a friend, she probably viewed him as a nuisance, and merely put up with him and his explosive ways.

Today would be different.

Today, Damon had woken up in a good mood. Had even found himself singing around the house - after checking Stefan wasn't home, of course - and making himself a full English breakfast, despite the fact he didn't have to eat human food. It was.... unusual, to say the least. Not that it didn't happen at all, but days like this were a rarity. He felt.... free. It had been a while since he'd had such a feeling, with all the responsibility he had been landed with recently with regards to saving the world, or whatever nonsense it was all about. But now.... now he didn't care. He had nothing to do, nobody to answer to, and best of all, no responsibilities. He was responsible for nothing more than satisfying his own whims.

What he would do with such a feeling and such a day was a very good question, and he found himself with an answer after barely a second of thought. Pulling on a loose fitting black shirt and a pair of jeans, he ran a hand through his messy hair and sauntered out the front door, car keys in hand. He was going to share his good mood with someone who definitely deserved it. Granted, it was someone who would probably be very surprised to find him in such amiable spirits, but he drove the route to the local high school with a smile on his face.

Pulling into the parking lot, he hopped out of the car, pulling his leather jacket from the backseat and slinging it over his shoulder as he made his way into the building. He had no idea where she would be, but a quick visit to the main desk and a splash of compulsion on the receptionist had him heading towards the science corridor. 'I really shouldn't know my way around this place so well,' he thought, as he meandered the familiar halls, scanning the doors for the right room number. Finally finding the right one, he cleared his throat, gave a confident knock on the door, and pushed it open a little, sticking his head through and peering around at the students.

"Excuse me, Mr, uhh," his eyes searched the teacher's desk swiftly, looking for a name, "Freeman." Damon smiled politely at the frazzled looking man. "I need to borrow Elena Gilbert. There's an emergency, she needs to call home straight away." There was no waver to his voice as he looked around the room for Elena, spotting her near the middle. He gave her a sombre look, hoping she wouldn't be too worried, or hate him for making her think something was wrong.

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