Thelma Goth
Seamstress
APPEARANCE
Standing at a tiny four feet, eleven inches, Thelma is a small and unassuming presence. She bears the visage of a young woman, but has an ageless quality to her. Her skin is white as porcelain and utterly devoid of blemishes. Her long auburn hair is typically left loose and unstyled, parted down the middle or held back in a simple bun. She has violet eyes and a gaunt face with prominent cheekbones. Her features are striking, somewhere between starved vampiric creepiness and delicate elfin innocence, straddling the line between conventionally pretty and obviously undead.
She uses her skills as a seamstress to make her own clothes, and rarely wears the same outfit twice. She favors the fashions and styles of her homeworld and wears exclusively dresses and skirts, never pants.
TRAITS
Little Vampiress: Born a hybrid of two vampiric species, Thelma feeds on memories and has a handful of special abilities (and weaknesses) related to her ancestry.
"[Silas] was as predictable as a Jedi could be, but [Thelma].... the girl had more power than the Jedi would ever teach her. It would either pose a problem in the future or be a boon. Only time would tell. Danika would definitely pay attention to the little Energy Vampire hybrid going forward." - Danika Leventis
The Workaholic: Some people hate to work. Not Thelma. For her sewing is an impulse she gladly obeys and a welcome distraction from her worries and woes. She never complains about her workload or slacks off, not unless her condition is truly dire (and even then, she will still try to finish her projects on time).
"Based on my observations and reports Thelma Goth has been the closest [to replicate the skills of the Mist-Weavers] with wonderfully crafted materials." - Matsu Ike
Beauty Will Save the World: Gentle, kind and non-judgmental of others, Thelma may be dismissed as odd or foolish, especially by other vampires and those with a cynical worldview. There is a purity to her nature, but make no mistake; she is not naïve or innocent.
"Thelma had always been quiet, but a kind spirit. She'd visited Cora while the latter had been imprisoned on Ukatis after the murder of her husband, and didn't offer any judgement. Only a pair of wool gloves to keep her warm which she still cherished." - Corazona von Ascania
"[Thelma] was craftier than Alicio had initially given her credit for. He made note of that." - Alicio Organa
The Hunger: Terrified of becoming like her mother, who was driven mad by the memories she consumed, Thelma has fallen into a dangerous pattern of starving herself to the point of malnourishment.
Random Trivia:
Thelma is a sleepwalker. Her somnambulism can be triggered by increased stress or eating certain foods before bed.
She went through a phase in her teens where she dyed her hair black and wore green contact lenses because she wanted to look more "romantic".
In addition to sewing and weaving, she also likes to draw and play the harp.
She collects ghost stories and can recite them by heart.
PRE-RP HISTORY:
Thelma's earliest memories are of mountains shrouded in mist. Born in the rural south of Dahrtag, aka Necropolis, she was raised in the Citadel, an ancient fortress home to roughly fifty vampires—all that remained of the once-great vampire court of the House of Goth, who rose to power and prominence during the dark ages of the Gulag Plague. The child of an Energy Vampire father and a Psy-Pire mother, she was the scion of two species as well as two ancient noble families. Both of her parents were voivodes, members of the vampire aristocracy who once ruled Necropolis. But the vampire princes of old had long since fallen from grace, their influence diminishing as the galaxy became more enlightened.
For the first few years of her life, Thelma's world consisted only of the Citadel and the people in it. There were virtually no other children her age; instead she spent her days surrounded by proud and well-bred adults still clinging to the greatness of the last century. Behind these faded glories, in the shadows of the castle, a ring of impossibly old crones sat eternally bent over their weaving. Thelma developed a knack for sewing under the guidance of the circle.
Her father, Frederic Goth, was a kind and loving man, but frequently away from home on undisclosed "business". Her mother Genevieve suffered from a mysterious mental illness that required her to be locked away in a special area of the Citadel, lest she bring harm to others. Young Thelma found a mentor in Maxim Koschei, a self-exiled Jedi Master turned Psy-Pire who recognized her Force Sensitivity. From him she received the basic training of a Jedi Youngling.
Though they strived to live in peace with their mortal neighbors, life at the Citadel was always precarious. The locals feared them and kept their distance. Tragedy struck when a deranged Genevieve managed to escape her prison and killed a child from a nearby village. The villagers rose up against the vampires, slaughtering them and burning the Citadel to the ground. Thelma was spirited away by Maxim, who sent her on a ship bound for Coruscant and a note addressed to the New Jedi Order...
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