Amatus

[Amatus Esposito]

Amatus Esposito Adaire

Name Meaning: Lovely Outside Flower
Nickname(s): Amat, Ama
Birth Date: 20 August 1918
Place of Birth: Naples, Italy
Death Date: 4 January 1937
Place of Death: New York
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Religion: Former Protestant
Marital Status: Widowed
Length of Marriage: About a year
Name of Spouse: Alma Marie (deceased)
Children: Lile (deceased)

Age at Turning: 18
Vampire Age: 72
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 158 pounds
Build: Medium

Fears: Loneliness, bees (allergy in life)
Likes: Painting; swimming; gardening; sports (though he knows very little)
Dislikes: Children and poor manners
Color: Teal
Music: The Beach Boys, Jazz, Classical, and J-Pop
Literature: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Food: Doritos
Beverage: Mountain Dew
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Smoking: Rarely
Drinking: Yes
Drugs: Once or twice in the past
Gambling: No
Addictions: None

[Amatus Esposito]

Mother: Elena Winchester
Relationship with Mother: His mother left him with Tony and ran off with another man. Amatus never knew his mother or anything about her, so the two weren't close.
Father: Antony "Tony" Santiago
Relationship with Father: Tony wasn't Ama's real father, but he gave Ama the birth name of Aiden Santiago. The two would have had a close relationship, but Tony didn't have the means to care for Ama. He dropped the baby off at an orphanage.
Siblings: None that he knows of
Foster Family: The Vancouvers
Relationship with the Foster Family: Amatus spent his childhood and part of his teen years with the Vancouvers. He had two step siblings and two loving parents, but things weren't the same. At the age of fifteen, he told his foster parents that he was moving to London, and they agreed to let him go. He wrote to them every week for the rest of his human life.

-Relationships with-
Strangers: Polite and honest; distant
Friends: Reserved but more relaxed
Family: Warm and loving, even if he is rather quiet and proper
Women: Charming in a very sweet and innocent way
Children: Distances himself from them to the point of being rude

[Amatus Esposito]

Alma

Amatus met Alma while in the state of New York. While he worked for the local newspaper, she worked at her family's bakery. She had a smile that could light the whole room, and she made a mean apple pie. Only a few months older than Amatus, she fell in love with him after noticing that he came into the shop every Tuesday and Thursday for all his meals.
While she was pregnant with his child, the two married, both seventeen years old. Although his foster family didn't make it, her family made him welcome and helped him provide a fitting home for their small family. Almost two years later, Alma was attacked by a rogue vampire looking for an easy meal. Amatus smelled the burnt apple pie, and he found her slumped over the kitchen counter, her throat slit.

Lile

Lile, Ama's only child, was an energetic little girl. She rarely made any noise, but she loved to wiggle about and explore her surroundings. Amatus tried his best, but he knew little about children; regardless, she was his pride and joy. During his human life, he loved children. He wanted nothing more than to have a big family.
It was after he found Alma dead that he heard his daughter screaming. He grabbed his butterfly knives and went towards the sound of the girl's screaming, but he was too late. He watched the creature lower the still child into her crib, staining her blankets red. He had nothing left to lose.

The Turning

I'd never felt such intense pain. Even though I begged him to kill me, he refused. I curled up into a ball, my fists clenched tightly at my chest. And all the while, he stood over me; he watched me. He waited for me. He'd been looking for a meal, but he'd found some sick fascination in turning me.
Every part of my body burned. My skin felt as if acid were slowly covering every inch of my body. I emptied my stomach upon the floor, and I noticed that my bowels had been emptied as well. Even so, he watched. He whispered to me about how my wife's and daughter's blood had tasted, and how mine had differed. Seconds felt like hours; minutes felt like years.
I swore that I'd kill Gabriel for taking my family, my happiness, away. It took me longer than I would have liked, but I found the strength I needed to finally attack my maker. I doused him in holy water and marked him by cutting a chunk of flesh from his cheek, but I also felt the pain. I shared a connection with him that no other replaced. Perhaps I had loved him; perhaps not. It was the last time I felt such negative emotions. Alma and Lile were at peace.

[Amatus Esposito]

The vampire Amatus has drunk 932 pints of blood.
Powers: Second-sight Suction Perception Celerity(1) Shadows(2) Thievery(2)
Amatus is sire to no other vampires.
Amatus's lineage runs as follows: Inu (5231) and the master vampire Annabelle (9325).

Amatus's close siblings include: Tohru-Chan (1026), Saressa (3509), Trig (4729), Frozen Nova (6371) and MasterVamp (31710).