Dorothea, or Dorothy, is an over two century-year-old vampire. Born to serfs in a village of no renown, Dorothea was turned by an ancient and brutal vampire who wished for an immortal servant that could not supplant him with the strength of an adult. After an age of unsparing tutelage, the master vanished without a sign of his whereabouts, leaving his "child of darkness" behind.

Dorothea is violently decisive, forward in speech and shrewd in method. Her interpersonal directness is reversed in her tendency towards schemes, which she considers an existential necessity. Dorothea feeds exclusively on blood and burns in the sun. Her figure surfaces in soldiers' tales of an angel of death that haunts the battlefields in the shape of a child, executing the wounded and dying in the night.

Remarks on the Faculties of Night Creatures, ch. XII, p. 11: Accounts detailing the powers of night creatures differ according to time and place. One is certainly inhumanly strong. Indeed, a lone man might fair better cornered by a bear. It can charm a human being through a kind of hypnosis but cannot sway a strongly opposed mind. It is said that in extremis the creature will transform into a monstrosity resemblant of a bat, however, comprehensive records of werebat encounters are wanting. It is this scholar's view that they do not exist.

open to settings — historical, fantasy, modern (20th/21st century), science fiction
genres — psychological, adventure, horror, angst
f — m/f/x
format — prose preferred, comfortable with action
cw — child abuse, graphic violence