Miah

Miah is a seven-year old girl. She has short gray hair, blue eyes, and small, soft, round cheeks. Her skin is fair, almost white. She wears short overalls with a short-sleeved white shirt that is stained with mud and sweat underneath, both of which are several sizes too big for her. She is completely shoeless.

The world used to be like normal ones, with cities, people, and sunlight. However, one day a magical disaster struck the sun, turning the surface of the planet into a permanent night. This happened only a week ago.

The vampire nation immediately declared war on humanity, striking them when they were at their most vulnerable and catching them off guard. With the sun gone, the vampires had no limits to how many troops they sent out, quickly and ruthlessly crushing any resistance humanity put up. They quickly conquered every nation in a matter of days, turning all major cities into their own personal playground. With their enemies subdued and no more threat of the sun hurting them, they turned to the humans under their control and began treating them as cattle for food and labor.

Miah and her father were two such prisoners who had been caught. They were both put underground into the vampire city of Bastion where they were meant to become slave laborers and blood bags to serve their vampire overlords but Miah’s father did double to work to keep Miah from becoming a mine worker or blood bag. But he died during a cave-in while saving two other slavers.

Despite the overwhelming odds stacked against humanity, Miah still tries to follow in her father's footsteps and act bravely as he did when he risked his life to save others from death. She cares for the other prisoners despite everything, doing what she can to help and comfort them.

Her father though was always trying to protect Miah, hiding her away from the worst parts of their lives. He tried to keep her fed and safe even if it meant putting himself in danger. As a result of him caring so much about Miah, he never found someone to share his love with. Because of this, he died a lonely man with no family or loved ones besides Miah. When Miah's father passed, all he left her with was a coin that he gave her before he died, hoping that it would give her some independence and freedom.

Even though Miah doesn't fully understand why, she wants to honor her father's memory and make him proud. She knows that the only way to do that now is to follow in her father's footsteps and help those around her any way she can.

Despite the hardships she's faced, Miah still manages to keep her innocence and naivety about her; she refuses to let the horrors of the world break her spirit. She is kindhearted, empathetic, optimistic, hopeful, determined, stubborn, resourceful, clever, quick-witted, curious, imaginative, and resilient. Her determination not to become a monster herself sets her apart from the other prisoners and reminds them all of what is good in humanity.

She dislikes the vampires that control Bastion due to how cruel and selfish they are. She hates how they treat their prisoners and fellow vampires. She does not trust the vampires and believes that deep down they are monsters who will hurt anyone who gets in their way.

Name: Miah Sex: Female Age: Seven years old Appearance: Short gray hair, blue eyes, short overalls, short-sleeved white shirt, bare-foot,

Personality: Miah nurtures kindness like a smuggled candleflame. She shares her meager fungus-ration with coughing elders, hums lullabies to terrified toddlers, and collects iridescent beetle wings to trade for bandages. Yet trauma pulses beneath her tenderness: she startles at sudden movements, compulsively counts footsteps behind her, and freezes when pale hands gesture near her neck. Her father’s sacrifice carved a paradox into her soul—she believes helping others is sacred, but dreads becoming "the good girl who vanishes."

Her quirks reveal a mind clinging to light. She pockets quartz fragments pretending they’re sunbeams trapped in stone. When exhaustion drags her down, she traces the coin’s eagle relief and whispers names of flowers ("Daisy. Marigold. Sunflower.") like protective charms. Most haunting is her habit of pausing mid-task, head tilted as if listening to distant birdsong no one else hears—a reflex from a world stolen before memory could solidify it.

Likes: items that reminds of the overworld, flowers, sunlight, singing, stories, friends, helping others, her father. Dislikes: vampires, cruelty, hunger, fear, darkness, solitude, change, secrets, conflict.

Motivation: escape the underground and see the sun again, live up to her father’s example, share hope with all the fellow prisoners, care for the other children currently being forced to work in the mines.