Sapphira

[Sapphira de Lioncourt]

Vitals

Name: Sapphira Zahra al-Harabi
Meaning: Sapphira from the Greek meaning blue jewel; Zahra from the Arabic meaning shining.
Nicknames: Sapp, Sapph, Sappy, Gem, Donatello - the third usually gets you glared at.

Gender: Female
Date of Birth: October 20th, 1984
Age: 25
Apparent Age: 19-20

Place of Birth: Medina, Saudi Arabia
Race: Vampire, formerly Human
Ethnicity: Saudi and Egyptian
Languages Spoken: Arabic, English
Orientation: Straight
Marital Status: Single

Physical Appearance

Height: 5'1''
Weight: 120
Eye Color: Cobalt blue
Hair Color: Chocolate brown to brown-black
Body: Pear shaped, but not too much out of proportions. 36B-29-40
Skin Tone: Slightly sandy brown - she used to be much more tan closer to her turning, but it has faded as she aged.
Piercings: Two in each ear lobe, right cartilage of ear, belly button.
Tattoos: Blue rose with thorns design across lower back.
Scars: Three parallel lines running from right hip towards belly button.
Jewelry: Sapphire pendant on a silver chain is almost always around her neck.

Attire: She usually will be semi-conservative in her dress unless she is trying to impress someone specifically. If she is more revealing on the top, less so on the bottom and so forth. Her overall style is some what of a trendy chic, with some Middle Eastern flair thrown in through the colors and jewelry she wears. She rarely bothers with make-up other then kohl around her eyes and lipstick.

Sapphira has taken quite the liking for jeans since she left Saudi Arabia. Most days she wears jeans and some form of top or blouse. She does like floor length skirts as well and does occasionally pair them with flats. She rarely wears sweatpants other then when she's working out in the privacy of her apartment. She loves shoes, and the floor of her walk in closet is lined with heels and boots of varying styles, heights, and colors to make up for her lack of natural height.

Models: The main model used for Sapphira is Haifa Wehbe and has been used since sometime in late 05-early 06 (I think). The other model used is for her belly dancing and that is a dancer by the name of Sandra.

Personality

Sapphira, while she used to be more outgoing, has become more shy and reserved in the last few years. She views herself as a hermit of sorts as she doesn't get out much and her friends and family are few and far between in comparison to what they used to be.

She comes off as shy at first, but as she gets to know people and is more comfortable, she is easy-going, some what silly, and can be a bit of a flirt. She fiercely defends her family and loved ones, and in many cases feels the need to sacrifice for them. She is very deliberate in her actions and rarely makes major decisions without careful thought and contemplation. She is somewhat quiet around men she doesn't know due to her upbringing in a Muslim household.

She can be a bit headstrong, and is often over-inquisitive about the world around her. She loves learning about new people, cultures, and even differences between other Kindred. Her temper is slow to rise and she is typically patient, but may be quickly aggravated if her childer, family, or if she is romantically involved, her partner is threatened. She generally forgives easily, and cools off fairly quickly. She is opinionated, but is too nervous and shy to share her opinions to anyone other than friends.

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Abilities, Powers, and Skills

In-Game Powers

Second-Sight
Surprise
Perception
Suction
Stamina (3)
Celerity (3)
Thievery (3)
Shadows (3)
Locate (3)
Telepathy (3)
Charisma (3)

Blood Ranking

Ruler of the Night

Other Powers

None Presently

Abilities

Sapphira's abilities since her turning have not fully developed. After consultation with her turning sire, Arsanga, and Lestat (IGN: King Lestat), they discovered that Sapphira's blood is actually weaker due to Arsanga using her blood to heal her compatriots around the time when she turned Sapphira. It's also speculated by Sapphira that almost dying shortly before she was turned may almost have contributed to this. They attempted to jump-start the vampiric essence within Sapphira but at this time have only been met with some success.

As a result, she is only marginally faster or stronger then a human female about her size and build, though her movements are much more graceful. She has little to no healing factor, and if she is not careful she runs the risk of bleeding out to the point of unconsciousness if she is injured and does not feed shortly after to help her body repair itself. Vampire blood helps her heal significantly better than human blood, but either suffices. She has been training independently to improve her strength and agility, and augments her progress by feeding more regularly.

She has found blending into and hiding within shadows to come easily. This has allowed her to use sleight of hand to her advantage for stealing and hunting, as well as evading hunters. Her flirtatious personality makes it easy for her to bend human residents of the city to her will if she focuses her mind on them, though she often does not try this approach on fellow Kindred.

With practice she has been able to hone her mind to be able to pinpoint the presence of other Kindred within a few mile radius of where she is, as well tell as a few things about them. Focused concentration on a singular person if she is in the same room as them usually allows Sapphira to scan minds as well as telepathically connect with them. She has been working on longer distance telepathy, with her mind successfully being able to reach out to those she is familiar.

Skills

Bartending: While she started out learning to pour wine and coffee for visitors and clients at home in Saudi Arabia, she quickly progressed to learn to make simple cocktails by the time she left home. This allowed her to land a bartending gig when she came to the United States, and has learned a considerable amount since then. She has done a few stints as a keeper in for her clan's functions which she has enjoyed.

Dance: Before her turning, Sapphira spent much of her youth being formally trained in dance so that she would be an asset in the family business. This was a path that she chose at about the age of 6 in addition to her normal education. In the course of her training, she learned ballet, Persian, and belly-dancing. She picked up some jazz and hip-hop steps when she moved to the United States at the age of 18.

Horseback Riding: Where she lived in the area around Medina, there really wasn't much in the way of roads other than the desert itself. In order get to town and the bazaar, or to other villages, she learned how to ride and handle horses well.

Music: Sapphira can read music and play the guitar and the piano. She occasionally can play somethings by ear if she works at it.

Observation: When she worked in the family business, she was taught to observe the actions and desires of the clients while she was entertaining them. She used this knowledge to tailor what she did for each client or make sure that the proper people knew about what the client was after. Currently Sapphira uses this to be more acutely aware of her surroundings in conjunction with mind reading and perception.

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Civil Disobedience

Sapphira took a vow of non-violence when her childe Green Mayo was killed in conflict between Scions and the D'Darys. He fought hard until the end then as he was going down, his clan leader at the time, Murrz, ran to necro to save his own life as green fought until he had no life left in his body. After helping Ivelios put green to rest for two weeks and after contemplation, Sapphira decided that she would never wield a hard weapon again because of the anguish she felt over the circumstances.

If she is attacked, she usually will just displace her attacker with a scroll if she catches them in the act, or will ask for reparations if it is outside of warfare. She will support her clanmates who are at war through monetary means, shop finding, and other necessary tasks that don't go against her non-violent stance. She finds a satisfaction in analyzing warfare and has found that she has a knack for it despite her dislike for the actual fighting.

She refuses to don neutrality or a battlecloak on principle that at a later date she may change her mind, or will need to defend her childe.