Marco Stannard

[Stannard]

MARCO STANNARD

All the whispers, the warnings so clear....

Full Name: Marco Anthony Stannard
Nickname: Goes by Stannard, there are a rare few allowed to call him by his first name.
Age: 23
Birthdate: 08 May 1808
Date Changed: 08 May 1831
Vampire Age: 179
Gender: Male
Family: Has descendants he keeps track of
Location: Mystic Falls, Virgina
Car: Yes
School: Not a chance!
Job: Works at The Grill.

Your dark intentions, your feelings for me...

Personality: Easygoing, friendly and has always had a rare appreciation for life.
Likes/Dislikes:
Likes -- People with honesty and integrity, old movies, ferris wheels and anything that goes faster than 200mph
Dislikes -- Prejudice, snobby people and cotton candy
Strengths/Weaknesses: Incredibly intelligent; sexy body and wicked vampire skillz / Blood; Women with dark hair and reruns of Star Trek
Physical Description: Dark hair, dark eyes, nicely put together with a physical strength that isn't immediately evident
Dating History: Wife Elisabeth (d), more recently Nina Giles
Medical History: He's undead.

You could have chosen a different path in life...

History: Marco Anthony Stannard was born in 1808 to a high-society couple late in their lives, and he was their only child. A privileged and charming child, Marco was loved by all who knew him. In 1823 he married Elisabeth Corbett, a marriage arranged by their respective parents. Marco was in live with Mary Branwyn, the daughter of the town’s baker, and unknown to his parents or his wife, Mary was carrying Marco’s child when he was forced to wed Elisabeth.

Eventually Marco confessed his affair and illegitimate child to Elisabeth, who insisted on meeting Mary. Elisabeth held secrets of her own that she had withheld from her new husband, most notably that she was barren. Mary had been disowned by her parents upon their learning of her pregnancy and had been surviving on the streets. Elisabeth agreed to let the girl live with them until the baby was born.

Mary was undernourished and sickly when she came to live with Marco and Elisabeth, and she died giving birth to the child, a boy she named William with her dying breath. Since she could have no children of her own, Elisabeth reluctantly agreed to raise the child as if he were her own, but she resented the child for existing, she resented Mary for being able to bear a child at all, and most of all she resented Marco. A marriage that never should have taken place at all was already on shaky ground, and when he met a mysterious dark-haired beauty named Dawn Harlow he was immediately drawn to her.

Dawn is, of course, a vampire. She coerced Marco into drinking her blood over a period of several days before she drained him to the point of death, then instructed him that if he wanted to survive, he would have to feed. Horrified and scared Marco ran, but the burning thirst became overwhelming before even a few hours had passed, and he took his first victim, sealing his fate and beginning his immortal life.

Marco withdrew from the world for a number of years, venturing out only to feed, and in 1886 he met Nina Giles. He nearly fed on her, her scent was completely irresistible to him, but she incapacitated him and chained him to a wall in the basement of an abandoned factory where she explained who she was and why he could never, ever feed on her. She also explained her own less than happy history and he offered to help her find the answers she was looking for. Over time he became not immune to her scent exactly, but able to ignore it, and she crafted a bracelet out of metal and magic that allowed him to walk unharmed in the sunlight. Resolving to leave his past behind he elected be known simply as Stannard, and Nina is one of the few people he allows to call him by his given name

Could have been forever now we have reached the end...

Face Claim: Ben Barnes
Have You Read The Rules? Yes
Secret Word: ChartJackers