Victor Ferdinand von Hinter
Song: "Til We Die" by Slipknot
Origin: Renaissance (16th century) Eisenach, Germany
Sire: Hamasaki Hachi

Height: 55 in / 140 cm
Weight: 80 lbs / 36 kg
Mortal age: 10 years
Immortal age (at end of story): ~500 years
Hair color: white-blond
Eye color: dark gray
Ethnicity: German
Blood type: AB-

Victor was born in 1540 into upper-class Germany, and he dresses and acts the part. The von Hinter family, for generations, was a highly reputable clan of "Holy hunters." Basically, this means they hunted down anyone who, by means voluntary or not, practiced maleficium, or evil deeds (read "witch hunters"). Victor is the youngest of 8 children, and it took the von Hinter family the 10 years of Victor's mortal life to realize that Hachi Hamasaki, their next-door neighbor, was a vampire. (So much for being highly reputable).

The spider on Vic's shoulder here is named Anansi, and she is an Avicularia purpurea, Ecuadorean purple pink-toe. Victor is fascinated by tarantulas, and has several pet spiders of his own. Two of them (Anansi included) are rather docile; the other four are NASTY sons-of-bitches, and they make no secret of their hatred for everyone in the house (particularly Lamia), except for Victor. He thinks it's hilarious. Lamia on the other hand, who is uncomfortable with normal-sized spiders, is seriously freaked out. XD

Anyway...

For reasons known only to sire and fledgling, Hachi changed Victor into a vampire at 10 years old. Victor never talks about it. Hachi insists that he would not have done such a thing to a child if it was not absolutely necessary, but that vague answer is as good as his explanations get. Hachi was drawn to Victor because of his pure, unbiased logic and vast intelligence. He is far wiser than the rest of the cast, but unfortunately, he is often not taken seriously. Most people (Lamia in particular) tend to forget to look beyond the child's exterior. He hates being condescended to or treated like a kid, which happens much more often than he believes is reasonable. Because people often underestimate and/or undervalue him, he has developed other ways of making people listen to him - namely, a forceful personality. He tends to be stiff and stubborn when interacting with others, and is sometimes unnecessarily cold or haughty, and even downright rude. He does have a sense of humor and is known to lighten up in friendly circumstances (or when he makes a new discovery). However, when it comes down to it, you'll find that nobody has greater faith and trust in the gang of misfit vampires than Victor does. Once you know the whole story, Victor's personality suddenly makes worlds more sense, but me no spoiler. His lyric is:

Our friends are all hurting from moments and regrets
And charity laced with a lie.
Still we keep hoping to fix all the defects
And strengthen these seminal times.
We go on together, for better or worse,
Our history is too real to hate.
Now and forever we stay until morning,
And promise to fight for our fate
Til we die.

The start of a journey is every bit worth it,
I can't let you down anymore.
The sky is still clearing, we're never afraid
And the consequence opens the door.
I never stopped trying, I never stopped feeling like
Family is much more than blood.
Don't go on without me, the piece that I represent
Complements each and everyone,
Til we die.

Til we die,
We wont be forgotten, we'll never give in.
This war we've achieved has allowed us to win.

My last true confession will open your eyes.
I've never known trust like the nine.
Let it be spoken, let it be screamed --
They'll never ever take us alive!

Til we die...

Victor is very firm in his beliefs, and he intensely dislikes it when people try to argue with him. Like Veni, he's pretty straightforward. But unlike Veni (who will try to find kinder, less-rude ways of saying things), Victor isn't at all afraid to be blunt with you. However, despite his conceived candidness, one can't help but get the feeling that he's hiding something...




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