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Created on 2017-12-07 10:36:56 (#3320602), last updated 2018-06-04 (371 weeks ago)

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Name:	Carmilla Karnstein
Birthdate:	Sep 5
Location:	United States

Mini Bio

Name: Countess Mircalla Karnstein
Age: 335 (25)
Status: Vampire

Personality:
Possessing a sarcastic disposition, Carmilla is strong willed and melancholic. Often preferring to keep distant from others, it is rare for her to make friends with people. A philosophy student, she enjoys reading, and owns a phone and at least two social media accounts. She maintains a laid back, "punk rock" lifestyle, and mainly dresses in black outfits, specifically corsets and leather pants. Carmilla places little importance on cleanliness, often failing to clean up after herself. She has a very loose conception of private property and personal ownership, taking whatever she wishes from others without regard to their feelings on the matter.

Underneath her sarcastic and cold behaviour, Carmilla is insecure and possesses a soft side, which is displayed most prominently in her relationship with Laura Hollis, her girlfriend.

She also has a considerable temper, which flares up when someone she cares about is hurt, after repeated failures, or when anger is necessary for success.

Abilities:
Carmilla has demonstrated supernatural speed and strength, as well as pyrokinesis. Her shapeshifting powers were confirmed when she transformed into a "giant black cat." She is hinted to have the potential for a power similar to her sister Mattie's supersonic scream.

Early Life:
Born Mircalla, Countess Karnstein, in Styria, Austria in 1680, Carmilla lived a wealthy, privileged life with her upper-class parents. At the age of 18, she was murdered at a ball and subsequently resurrected as a vampire by her "mother," a vampire. During this time period, she was engaged to Baron Vordenberg's great-great-grandfather. When she transformed into a vampire, he hid her and "protected" her. It was later revealed that he had taken Carmilla's mostly dead body before she had awoken and kept her locked up. She eventually escaped her cell, killing his loved ones and family in revenge, and left him to die alone. Centuries later, this mistake would come back to haunt her.

Carmilla and her vampire mother travelled together. They frequently attended high society events at palaces and courts, returning to Styria once every 20 years to perform a ritual at her mother's behest. Pretending to be the victim of abandonment or a carriage accident, Carmilla would take shelter with the family of a young girl. She would befriend, and often seduce, the girl. Her mother would then abduct the girl for her own unknown purposes, and they would leave for their next destination.

This cycle was broken in 1872, when Carmilla fell in love with Ell, one of her mother's intended victims. Unwilling to kill her, Carmilla tried to orchestrate their escape, but her mother discovered the plan and revealed her vampiric nature to Ell. Thinking Carmilla to be a monster, Ell rejected their love and abandoned the plan. She was then abducted by Carmilla's mother. Utterly broken by Ell's rejection, Carmilla gave up hope and was imprisoned in a coffin filled with blood for both her failure and display of weakness. For decades, she remained in the coffin until the Second World War, when explosives used during the conflict, likely during the period of 1944 and 1945, disinterred her coffin. Her prison weakened, she broke free and escaped in the confusion.

Rediscovered in Paris sometime during the post-war era of the 1950's, Carmilla was returned to work under her mother's guidance, now at Silas University. There, the cycle of victimizing young women resumed, and Carmilla reprised her role - this time, posing as a student. The memory of Ell's death haunted Carmilla and she changed her strategy, focusing instead on driving away would-be victims while attempting to discover the truth behind the disappearances of the previous victims.

Verses:
Present with

lauronica_mars seven years have passed since Silas University. Carm and Laura are engaged and the two of them use Laura's Vlog and fame to help solve supernatural matters around the world.
Future AU with

lauronica_mars Twenty years into an alternate future where Laura is called El and is the Dean of Silas. Carmilla is Mircalla and the two of them are married and living in a mansion just off the campus. Both darker versions of their normal universe the two of them defend against attacks from the board.