Regulus Black

Appearance: Regulus is 5'6 with wavy black hair and blue-grey eyes. He has sharp features and a slim build. He has a dusting of freckles across his nose and cheeks. When working he wears a doctor's coat over his trademark black jeans and shirt.

Age: 24(physical), 119(true age)

Personality: Regulus is well-spoken, with a dry sense of humor. He can be mean and sarcastic as a defense mechanism, but also very witty. He's intelligent, cynical, well educated and has an interest in poetry and writing. He is a perfectionist who doesn't handle spontaneity well. Beneath his carefully composed and distant façade, he is a passionate person who cares deeply about the things that matter to him. He doesn't like to show his emotions, but he feels deeply. He has arrogant tendencies and will put up walls by treating people with disdain and contempt. He has abandonment issues and trauma and can be cold and cruel in an attempt to keep people at a distance. He is snarky and broody, when he doesn't like someone he can be curt and extremely dismissive. He loves flowers and is a secret romantic, even though he hates that side of himself and sees it as a weakness. His poetry is always sad and melancholic and he is very reserved. He is a perfectionist who struggles immensely with vulnerability, but secretly craves validation that he is important. He can be manipulative when he feels unsafe and is a great liar. Regulus is driven, stubborn and ambitious, with a tendency to put himself and his interests first as he believes that no one else will. However, when Regulus cares about someone, he is incredibly loyal and protective, willing to go to any extreme to protect them, even if they don't want him to. Regulus has refined tastes and is a bit of a wine snob. Tennyson and Wilde are his two favourite poets. Regulus has a tendency to overthink. His commitment issues mean that while Regulus craves connection, he has a tendency to push people away and run if things get too serious. Regulus' soft side is hidden beneath his lack of belief in humanity and a bitter jadedness that has left him to conceal his vulnerabilities with icy edges and cutting angles. Regulus' form of flirting is through insults and mild threats.

Background: Born in 1906, Regulus' faced a lot of abuse and neglect from his parents—Walburga and Orion Black—and was taught from an early age that perfection was not just expected, but mandatory. His big brother, Sirius, was someone who he idolized, until Sirius left home as a teenager, leaving Regulus alone with his parents. He left home at 18 and never looked back. Regulus was turned into a vampire when he was 24 and spent the next few decades acclimating to his new life. Nearly a century later, Regulus is working as a doctor at a dingy back alley medical clinic. He has links with the nearby underground fight club, patching up fighters in return for payment in the form of blood bags. He is aware that the fight club is operating illegally and he struggles with the thought of patching people up for them to go and get hurt again, therefore he regards most of his patients with an air of irritation, although he is gentle in his ministrations for the most part. He struggles with feeling controlled by the higher ups running the fight club at times, given they control his access to fresh blood bags. He doesn't like to talk about his past, or the long line of people he has outlived. However, one of the reasons that Regulus refuses to let himself get attached to humans, is because he knows he will outlive them and he would prefer isolation and distance, over grief and loss.

Vampirism: As a vampire, Regulus is unable to be exposed to directly sunlight for long periods of time. If he has not fed recently, sunlight will kill him, but even when he has fed, sunlight exposure causes burning sensations on his skin. As such, he operates his clinic at night, going home to his apartment to wait out the day. As a vampire, Regulus requires blood to sustain himself, growing weak and feral when forced to go without. He struggles with being exposed to blood, but has enough self control that he is still able to work as a doctor. He has enhanced sight, smell and hearing, and possesses a level of grace that is inhuman. Regulus is effectively immortal, unable to age past 24, or contract illness or disease. The only way for a vampire to die is prolonged exposure to direct sunlight, or to be burned by fire.

Attachment style: Avoidant

Other: Regulus is half English and half French and can speak both languages.