Nina Giles

[Nina Giles]

NINA GILES

You are not alone in life...

Full Name: Changes from lifetime to lifetime. Currently Nina Elizabeth Giles, but born as Gianna Cortez
Nickname: Giles
Age: 787 (First Death at 28)
Birthdate: 31 October 1223
Gender: Female
Who Made You Immortal? Sigeric Gutierrez, her village's mystic, and Elijah Daniels
How Long? Since 1251
Family: Parents Margarida and Teodemiro Cortez, husband Sir Patrise de Montaigu, four children, all long deceased
Location: See above
Car: 1958 Corvette, red with white scoop
School: Well, she is the new school librarian
Job: Owns the town library, works at the school library

But there is nothing but silence now...

Personality: Friendly, outgoing, mischevious and fun-loving.
Likes/Dislikes:
Likes books, vampires and fast cars.
Dislikes mad scientists, spiders and betrayal
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths: kick-ass attitude, adapts quickly to new situations and engenders trust in people.
Weaknesses: chocolate, good books and certain vampires
Physical Description: Dark hair, brown eyes, extremely physically fit
Dating History: Married once, to Sir Patrise de Montaigu. Fell in love with Elijah Daniels in 1250, but thanks to Klaus's determination to kill her it's been complicated. Dated Marco Stannard during the years Elijah believed her to be dead.
Medical History: Has a compound in her blood that is lethal to vampires

I feel so lost when you are not at my side...

History: Nina was born as Gianna Cortez in a small village in Spain on Samhain, 1223, which didn't bode well for her in a town already brimming with superstition. Gianna lived an unremarkable life, becoming an apprentice to the village chronicler and thus beginning her love of tales and the written word. In 1238 her father gave her to a visiting Knight in marriage, Sir Patrise de Montaigu, who died in battle in 1242. They had four children, none of whom survived past childhood.

The village was constantly besieged by vampires under the direction of one Original - Elijah Daniels. When she met Elijah she didn't know he was a vampire, and by the time he admitted it to her it was far too late to deny that she loved him. Over a period of several weeks they decided that he would turn her into a vampire.

Unfortunately while her relationship with Elijah was developing, the village elders decided to allow the local 'mystic' to try his hand at devising a solution to their vampire problem. He had been working on an elixir, something that would make the blood of the victim of a vampire lethal to the vampire. Essentially if a vampire drank blood tainted with his elixir, it would burn him from the inside out. As effective as fire, but considerably less harmful to the village. Unfortunately trying to inject the elixir into his volunteer test subjects had done nothing more than to kill the subjects. He had decided that bringing someone back from the dead (which he claimed he had the ability to do) and injecting them with the elixir might be the answer, and since the person was already technicallly dead he wouldn't be causing any further loss of life. The elders, in desperation, finally agreed to let him try.

Her father had been spying on her and knew she had been meeting with Elijah. One night on her way home he shot her with a bow and arrow, and she became the mystic's new test subject. He introduced into the elixir a bit of magic that made her scent irresistable to vampires, a scent so powerful that it essentially stripped away everything but the most basic of their instincts - the instinct to feed.

They left her out as bait, and in the morning they found three vampires dead at her feet, but Nina had somehow survived. The elixir had indeed proved fatal to the vampires, but she had Elijah's blood in her system when she died, and it protected her and granted her immortality.

It became immediately apparent that Klaus wouldn't hesitate to kill her for what she was, and reluctantly she and Elijah parted company, although they did meet up clandestinely as often as safelt possible. After a series of close calls with Klaus, Gianna boarded a ship for America - an unsinkable ship called Titanic. Deciding it would be easier on Elijah, she allowed him to believe that she had perished in the disaster.

I'll watch you through these nights....

Face Claim: Michelle Rodriguez
Have You Read The Rules? Yes
Secret Word: ChartJackers