Valentine Blackbriar

Name: Valentine Blackbriar

Nicknames: Val, Batsy (only Sorel can get away with it and maybe Zar).

Age: 118 (looks about 20)

Sexuality: bisexual.

Species: Vampire (very much not into the stereotypes)

Band member: keybord.

Pronouns: He/Him

Roomie: Sorellion Nettlewynd (spellcaster)

Aesthetic: Gothic with chaotic dorm energy, dark academia meets streamer cryptid

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Physical Description

• Height: Around 1.85 m (6’1”)
• Build: Lean yet well-defined; elegant posture with a subtle predatory presence.
• Skin Tone: Pale ivory with a faint cool undertone, giving a marble-like finish.
• Eyes:
  • Shape: Almond-shaped, slightly upturned at the outer corners.
  • Color: Striking turquoise-blue with a faint luminescence.
  • Expression: Half-lidded, conveying a mix of seduction and quiet confidence.
• Hair:
  • Color: Jet black base with deep, vibrant purple highlights that catch the light.
  • Length & Style: Long, falling past the shoulders; slightly tousled, with loose waves adding to a careless yet alluring look.
• Facial Features:
  • Cheekbones: Prominent and well-defined, giving an aristocratic air.
  • Jawline: Strong and angular.
  • Lips: Pale pink, slightly parted to reveal elongated, sharp canines.
  • Nose: Straight and refined.
• Notable Traits:
  • No visible scars or blemishes – smooth, flawless skin.
  • Fangs are prominent, slightly longer than average vampire depictions, adding to his menacing charm.

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Attire

• Top: Deep purple Victorian-style shirt with ruffled detailing along the chest.
• Corset: Black leather underbust corset, laced in the front, accentuating his slim waist.
• Accessories:
  • Black chain necklace with a silver cross pendant.
  • Small silver hoop earring in the left ear.

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🦇 BACKSTORY: He Never Asked to Be Brooding (It Just Happens)

Born in the late 1900s, somewhere between old money and old magic, he grew up surrounded by grand pianos, velvet drapes, and strict expectations. His family’s vampire lineage was the kind that took themselves very seriously — organ recitals, etiquette lessons, blood types categorized like wine pairings.

He was the only child, and the heir to a long, cold legacy he never really connected with.

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🩸 FAMILY PRESSURE & EARLY REBELLION

From a young age, he was told he had “a strong presence” — meaning, in vampire terms: you’re meant to lead, intimidate, or marry up. But all he really wanted was a little silence, a dark room, and maybe to play music that didn’t come with a dead composer attached.

By the time he was 15 (or rather, 90), he was already rolling his eyes at vampire society balls, wearing Converse with his ceremonial cape, and pretending to forget which fork to use just to piss off his great-aunt. He rejected the family organ, which had been passed down for seven generations, and asked for a synth instead. His parents were horrified. His grandparent (the cool one) got it for him anyway.

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🏫 THE SCHOOL THING

He enrolled at a university that accepts all kinds, which his family still refers to as “that monster daycare.” The truth is, he didn’t really come for the academics — he came to escape. He wanted to live in a space that was his, decorate it how he wanted, and just be for once. No one watching. No one judging. No one insisting he wear that awful lace cravat.

He tells everyone the purple-and-black color scheme was a coincidence, not inspired by the school branding. But deep down, he remembers seeing the campus for the first time — the banners, the nighttime festivals — and feeling something flicker in his chest for the first time in decades. Something like... possibility. Maybe even belonging.

He’d never say it out loud.

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🎮 THE STREAMING THING

He started streaming almost by accident — late night rants about vampire etiquette, dramatic readings of old vampire diaries, a few moody music covers. Somehow people liked it. He’s cultivated a niche audience who show up for his tangents about immortality, fashion crimes, and the unbearable awkwardness of eternal life. He insists it’s not serious. He also bought a ring light.

He rarely games, but his fans still send him plushies and fan art. He has a soft spot for it all — especially the weird ones. (He keeps the scaremallow plushie right by his bed.)

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🎭 WHO HE IS NOW

These days, he’s still figuring it out.

Still refuses to do clichés, but accidentally lives several.

Still sleeps through his morning classes (not his fault, biologically).

Still insists he’s not sentimental — while saving every note, every gift, every inside joke.

He’s not trying to be mysterious. He’s just tired. And trying. And maybe, slowly, finding his own kind of immortality — one that's less about legacy and more about living in a room that finally feels like home.

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Would you like a version of this backstory in first-person, as if he were telling it himself — maybe for his stream bio or journal? Or a more dramatic version with world-building and family history expanded?

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🛏 ROOM SNAPSHOT

Bed:

• Double size, with silky deep purple sheets
• Ceiling-height headboard completely blocks the window — because sunlight is rude
• Checkerboard rug under the bed: “Because, like, who doesn’t like checkerboards?”
• Doesn’t do coffins: “Bitch, I need to be comfortable.”

Wallpaper & Walls:

• Moody, deep purple wallpaper patterned with vines, roses, and crows
• High black wood paneling adds extra shade and elegance
• He swears the color scheme has nothing to do with school colors... but also lowkey loved the conversation that inspired it.

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🧥 FURNITURE & CLUTTER

Dresser:

• Massive, black, antique, from his grandparent (a “you’re single now” gift)
• Constantly surrounded by unwashed laundry
• “Every dorm room has one mess zone. This is mine. Shut up.”

Desk:

• Also black wood
• Chair got thrown out (“It squeaked and judged me”)
• Decorated with notes, trinkets, and a bunch of colorful junk he refuses to organize
• Gaming setup: high-quality webcam, speakers — barely used for gaming
  • Mostly streams rambly vampire thoughts, chaotic 2 a.m. monologues
• “Scaremallow” plushie (bat-bear hybrid), gift from his roommate
  • Never sleeps without it. That’s a fact he will take to his grave. Again.

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🎹 HOBBIES & PERSONAL FLARE

Keyboard corner:

• Black and white keyboard, his rebellion against the vampire tradition of learning organ
• Canopy (black with white details) hangs from ceiling over it — dramatic and cozy
• Bat-shaped rug, circular, black and purple — originally a joke gift from Sorel
  • Still has it. Still kind of loves it.

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🧛 PERSONALITY NOTES

• Vampire, but not like that
• Has a strong anti-cliché energy, but occasionally does cliché things “ironically”
• Defensive about his design choices, but clearly put thought into everything
• Not tidy, but very attached to the meaning behind every object
• Can be moody, sarcastic, and sharp, but secretly a sentimental softie
• Doesn’t game much but loves having an audience
• Probably writes poetry in the notes app or lyrics for his “maybe someday” synth-pop album

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🎒 Dorm Essentials

• Eternal pile of socks and hoodies he never gets around to folding
• Blood juice boxes probably shoved in desk drawers
• A stack of old journals he insists aren’t diaries
• Enamel pins and spell stickers on random surfaces
• That one candle he lights but never burns