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Name: Maria Roseanna de Córdoba (called Ria by a daring few and those few include her consort Istar and her adopted Daughter Karyn)

Age:For 468 years she has been a Vampire and she was mortal for 20 years making her 488 years old. But she still appears as she did the on day she died, a young woman who had just come in to her true beauty.

Birth Place:Cordoba, Spain
Species: Vampire of course. Proud of it as well.
Coven:She hasn't had the best luck with close companions and is currently free of all obligations other than to herself. She believes no one Coven can provide her with what she needs and until proven otherwise she will remain apart.

However she is like the Nephim in her capabilities. Her voice and expressive eyes are used for control in a fair amount of cases, and she prefers to seduce her prey rather than hunt. Why work for it right? Come sunrise she is very vulnerable, slipping in to a deep, almost comatose state until the light begins to disappears.

She loves to walk among mortals, displaying her speed and power and rejoicing in her freedom and immortality. She is quasi sensitive to light, but manages well enough to function normally. However she cannot stand sunlight. Personality wise she finds herself comfortable amongst the Enashe, who cherish both races.

Appearance: With long raven hair that when loose falls to her waist in slight ringlets and storm grey eyes that have the ability of reflecting the blue and green around them she has a natural beauty of her own, enhanced by the Vampiric qualities. Standing about 5'6" which was tall for her time, but about average now she has a grace almost beyond a vampires and a look in her eyes that seems to know more than what she says.
Her style has matured recently as she has been taking on her role as a mother and as a woman of investments more seriously. She’s usually found in business type outfits, or business casual. But this isn’t saying she doesn’t look young and full of life. Her appearance seems to call to mind the thought of a sexy high-class secretary.

History: Born in 1519 in Cordoba as the eldest child in a Noble Spanish family her beauty was apparent at a very early age. She was courted by many of the wealthy men around her. However, she was already promised to the son of a neighboring influential family. She despised her father for this prearranged union, but when she saw her husband to be she was stunned. More handsome than any of the other suitors around her and with a personality very like her own, she forgot all about the anger towards her father. When she was 16 they were wed and when she was 17 they were expecting their first child. A beautiful baby girl was born into the family, but a fever took the child when she was but 4 months old. The young couple was distraught at this tragic loss and both sank into a deep sorrow. Her husband died a year later of grief, leaving the now 19-year-old Maria a widow.

She returned to her father estates and practically locked herself away, never saying a word to anyone. Her parents, the servants and her younger siblings rarely saw her. She would make late night visits to the graves of her dead child and husband, leaving them to worry.

It was on one of these late night visits that a shadow came to her. He had been watching from the near by trees for many weeks now and had found himself captivated by the young woman’s beauty. Hearing her silent cries at the graves, he approached her as silent as the shadow he was. Taking her in his arms he offered her a way to forget, a way to rid herself of the pain, and she accepted. Michael made her a vampire that night, holding her in his arms and stroking her hair as the transformation took its course. They spent the rest of the night together where he taught of her new powers and during her first day she slept with Michael in his coffin to hide from the sun. The next night she returned to her family where she closed her self up in her room during the day to escape the sun and their questions at night. Michael frequently visited her during the night. And they spent countless hours in each others arms coming to know and love each other more and more with every moonrise.

One night she informed her parents that she was leaving, she said on a long holiday to ease her heart. They agreed that it would be good for her and she left, never to return. She had word sent home to her family that they had met a storm while out at sea. According to the letter Maria had drowned, no body was ever found. She went with Michael around Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa, seeing all that it had to offer. She was his creation, his companion, his lover, and she was devoted to him.

It was not long after that she had forgotten her own life, wrapped up in the lavish life that her and Michael had together. They decided to come to America, more specifically New Orleans, in 1720 after spending nearly 200 years touring Europe. However, upon coming to America tragedy once again struck Maria's life. Michael had been killed, an old enemy of his, an Elder of sorts that Maria had never met, met up with them one night, threatening to burn the pair together. He had gotten in between Maria and the older Vampire, risking and losing his own supposedly immortal life for her. She fled the scene, terrified and emotionally devastated from the attack.

She decided afterwards that she would not have another companion that was either chosen for her, or chose her. She would have to chose them, to see how worthy of her they were. For the next two centuries, she gave herself completely to the blood lust, enjoying every kill, every tease. She knew men of all sorts, both Mortal and Immortal were attracted to her now everlasting beauty and youth, and she used that to her every advantage. But now, she is starting to remember things… Things she just can’t quite ignore…

The memory of holding a child… The memory of a lovers touch. These were the things she began to long for. She knew she could not carry a child… But she could adopt.

On the hunt one night she found herself lost in a club, wary of all the human’s around her. It wasn’t like she didn’t like them, she just didn’t care for them in masses. And this club was crowded. But still fate could not be denied. She met Istar. She was fascinated with him at once, his attitude, his charm. Not so much that damn car he drove, but that was about his only flaw. But they’ve been together since that night, and rather happily she’s proud to stay

One night as she was walking around the park she heard a scream. She arrived in time to see a vampire swipe at a little girl, rendering her unconscious as he bled her mother dry. The scent of the woman’s blood said she was pregnant again, but of course the unborn child would not survive this trauma. However she took in the little girl, a darling little angel named Karyn, and claimed to be her aunt so she would be able to adopt her without too much of a fight. They look similar to, with dark hair and soft brown eyes, even their faces look similar. Some even take Karyn for her daughter.

The three have been quite the happy family for some time now and Maria wouldn’t change a darn thing. Well, maybe put a nice concrete porch in the back of their down house with a nice in ground Jacuzzi…