JEREMY BANKS // VAMPIRE

[JEREMY BANKS]

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Playby: Alex Pettyfer
Name: Jeremy Banks (Jem)
Age: Apparent Age 19, Actual Age 41
Gender: Male
Species: Vampire
Orientation: Heterosexual
Birthday: December 8th
Hometown: New York, USA
Allegiance: The Night Walkers
Height: 6'7''
Weight: 198 lb
Hair Colour: Dirty Blonde
Eye Colour: Light Green
Fashion Style:

Jeremy is not the sort of man to walk around in scroungy clothes. He likes wearing dress shirts with the top two or three buttons undone. Around the warmer times of year or when he is doing something messy, he will roll up his sleeves. His favorite colors to wear are white and black. Generally he will wear black dress pants or dark blue jeans with black boots for his feet.

Appearance:

Jeremy is strong, tall, and handsome. His skin is fair, as all vampires' are, and his smile bright. Overall his demeanor is quite charming. He has sandy blonde hair which is soft but often messy. He is more leanly built but not unbecomingly lanky, having strong muscles without being unattractively bulky. Due to his height, he often towers over others, however he somewhat likes it as it makes him feel a touch dominating.

History:

Jeremy was born into a fairly rich and powerful family near Chicago. His father was a businessman who had some deals with the mafia to keep things running smoothly but things turned nasty when the mob boss had his eyes on Jem's mother. She refused him at first but using her family as blackmail, she agreed to be his woman. Jeremy's father broke off all ties with the mafia but such things are easier said than done. He was killed for his actions and his wife committed suicide after being told that both her husband and son were dead. Eleven-year-old Jeremy was, in fact, not dead, but he went into hiding. He was scared to go to the police, and by the fact that his father's murder was pegged off to be another suicide, he was bright enough to know the mafia had their fingers wrapped around the law enforcement. He did the only smart thing he could do and got as far away from Chicago as he could with what money he had from the safe in his house's basement.

Jeremy made it to Colorado and took refuge in a small town in the high mountains, too scared to go near any cities. He was surprised to find the small town so welcoming to him and was taken in my a kind young woman named Patricia. The friendliness of the people was strange, but not unusual. What made Jeremy begin to be suspicious was that everyone in the town was young, healthy, and had a strange aversion to sunlight. After three weeks of living in the town, he confronted Patricia on the matter and she revealed to him that the town was a concave of vampires but the town had a law against feeding off of children which was why he was safe. She explained that once he was grown he would have to make the choice to become a vampire or leave with the risk of being eaten by one of the less friendly vampires who did not bother to go to the human town for a meal.

Jeremy lived his childhood in the small village, learning to fight along side his academic studies. When the time came for him to make the choice on his nineteenth birthday, he chose to become a vampire, longing for the power it would grant him. For two more years he stayed with the village before finally deciding it was time he faced his fears and sought revenge. Returning to Chicago he hunted down the mod boss in the dead of night and drank him dry, the first time he had even killed a man by feeding. After that he moved from state to state, city to city, until eventually he chose to go to a college and finish his studies, hoping to make something of his life. Working odd-jobs here and there he raised enough money and earned his degree in theoretical physics.

When the war began, as a vampire Jeremy's life was turned around. He could no longer live as peacefully as he had before as more people had an awareness of his kind and a hostility towards them. He acted in self defense on numerous occasions but every time the blame came back to him as the humans trusted the testimony of a human above that of a vampire. He was always on the run from the authorities. When living in New York he met a girl name Ava. She was hurt, scared, and in desperate need of help. He quickly took her in and they were in a relationship for about four years, her allowing him to feed off of her in exchange for him giving her food, clothes, and shelter. He taught her to defend herself and tried to teach her to be strong, none the less he was always in control of every situation between the two.

When the police finally found him he was forced to turn Ava into a vampire in order to save her from being arrested. She was hospitalized for a while and Jeremy was in need of food. Taking in another homeless girl named Katey, he treated her well in exchange for her blood, but she was nothing in comparison to Ava. When Ava found him again, she got the wrong impression of his relations with Katey and stormed off despite it attempts to call her back to him. He lost track of her after that. About four years later he finally found out she was at Sangvene and began making plans to get her out, eventually deciding to let himself be caught and taken there, hoping to escape from inside.

Why they were convicted:

When he learned that Ava was in Sangvene he began thinking of ways to try and help her escape but when his plans all failed before they could begin, he finally decided that the best course of action was to let himself be caught. The authorities had been after him for years and he put up a good show for them so they could think they caught him through their hard efforts and to ensure that they would not question his motives when they threw him in Sangvene. He was charged with the drinking of human blood, murder, and assult.

Years in the Camp: New Inmate
Life in the Camp:

Jeremy came to the camp to find Ava and spends most his time following her around or hunting.

Personality:

Jeremy is a man who is very hard to read. He tends to hide is true emotions and rarely opens up to anyone, even those he is close to. There are three sides to his personality. The first is gentle, light-hearted, and flirtatious. This side loves a good joke, enjoys charming girls, and will help a friend in need. His second side is the darker part of who is his. This side is ruthless and cruel and those who see this side of him end up either hurt or dead. The third side is that of ice and stone. There are times when Jem will shut out everyone and completely block off all emotion. He goes into this state when he is stressed or depressed. Jeremy is a bit possessive. When he has claimed something or someone as his own he will not let it go until he is done with it.

Likes:

- Ava
- Human Blood
- His Own Strength
- Being in Control of Situations
- Power
- Wind and Breezes
- Black Tea
- Seeing People He Doesn't Like Suffer
- Proving His Dominance

Dislikes:

- Being Weaker Than Someone
- Ava Being at all Close with Any Other Man
- Bitter Coffee
- Being Less Intelligent Than Someone
- Still Air
- Boring Women
- Little Boys

Skills:

Jeremy, besides having the powers of a vampires, is a martial arts expert. He is strong and can out fight most people. He is also trained in massage therapy and has a University degree in theoretical physics.

Weaknesses:

- Refuses to acknowledge his own weaknesses and personal issues
- Refuses to admit to himself he is in love with Ava
- Willing to lie to his friends
- Arrogant

Interesting Factoids:

- He is Ava's ex-boyfriend and came to Sangvene to find her.
- He thinks little girls are adorable in a non-pedophile way.
- When he was a kid he wanted to be a ninja-austronaut-prince.

Possessions:

Jeremy is new to the camp and brought nothing but his clothes along with him.

Other:

Nothing of note

Your Alias: Starflower