Name: Asher
Age: over 400
Species: Master Vampire
Occupation: Jean-Claude's second-in-command
Affiliations: pledged loyalty to Jean-Claude, former servant to Belle Morte
Romantic Interests: formerly Jean-Claude with his human servant Julianna, cares deeply for Anita
In Anita's words: "When Asher had first come to us he had been cruel occasionally. I thought that we had cured him of it. But watching the look in his eyes now, I knew we hadn't."
Asher, his human servant, Julianna, and Jean-Claude used to be a menage-a-trois. However, one time when Jean-Claude was away, Asher and Julianna were taken by the Inquisition. Julianna was killed as a witch and Holy Water was poured on Asher drop by drop. Although Asher managed to escape, he still bares the scars of that experience. His beloved Julianna was dead and his mistress and lover, Belle Morte, rejected him. He blamed the whole thing on Jean-Claude, claiming that he waited to save him and Julianna, and for several centuries has been out for revenge. However, when the chance finally comes, Jean-Claude's love, expressed through Anita, warms his heart. As the quotes above show, Asher is still conflicted. Usually courtly and flirtatious, all that he has suffered has given him a cruel streak that's not likely to go away anytime soon.
Quotes: "I want you to be terrified. I want to see on your face what I've seen on every face for the last two hundred years--disgust, derision, horror."
"I would move all of hell to reach your side, you know that."
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