1. Journal: Vincent Byrne

GUIDE

If you've never threaded with Vincent Byrne, it's suggested that you read everything under "Appearance" and "Demeanor & Mannerisms". If you play a supernatural character, hunter, or supernaturally aware character and you've either never threaded with Vincent Byrne, and/or, you're engaging in a combat thread with Vincent Byrne, it's suggested that you read everything under "Supernatural Information" as well. If you've never visited Vincent Byrne's home, or need references for his vehicle and/or occupation, it's suggested that you read everything under "Residence & Occupation".

BASIC INFORMATION

NAME: Vincent Sawyer Byrne | "Onyx"
NAME PREFERENCE: Vincent prefers to be called "Vin". He's okay with "Vince", however, he doesn't feel like that's his name, like "Vince" is a stranger. He loathes being called "Vinnie". And thinks "Vincent" sounds too formal. He'll have a hard time feeling connected to people that call him Vincent, it makes him feel like he's talking to an officer or stranger. - When it comes to his wolf name, he finds it disrespectful for humans to call him Onyx, and disrespectful for wolves to call him anything but Onyx. This is directly related to the connection he's made between human names and respect and trust.
BIRTH DATE: December 21st, 1986
ETHNICITY: Half Hispanic, 1/4 German, & 1/4 Irish
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
OCCUPATION: Construction
EDUCATION: High School

FLUENTLY SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Spanish (Mexico & Spain). English.
VOICE: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Vincent's accent, however, sounds of thick Spanish when he's pissed off (usually when he's ranting). Other than that, his accent is obviously American. The cadence of his speech is accurately represented in the video. (including the emphasis on words and enunciation)

TRAITS: Lonely, Bitter, Violent, Brutal, Tortured, Cursed, Honorable, Selfless, Temperamental, Wrathful, Hypocritical, Resentful, Loving, Nerdy

HOMETOWN: Seattle, WA
PLACES LIVED: Seattle, WA - Los Angeles, CA - Las Vegas, NV - Portland, OR -  Index, WA.

VEHICLE: Black Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport, 4 wheel drive, extended cab. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

ADDICTIONS: Smoking, Drinking, Video Games
QUIRKS: Growls in sleep. Only uses a wolfs human name when he respects them. Plays riffs to songs that are playing on random objects in his hands.
HABITS: Swearing. Grinding Teeth in sleep.
FEARS: Vincent is: Arachnophobic, Claustrophobic, Monophobic, & Autophobic.
PEEVES: Passive Aggressiveness, Superiority Complexes, Liars, & Condescending and / or Dismissive Behavior / Comments.

MOVIES: Anything marvel. Alien series. Lord of the Rings series. Star Trek Series. Star Wars Series.
TELEVISION: Family Guy. American Dad. Game of Thrones. The Walking Dead. Vikings. How the Universe Works. Outrageous acts of Science. Dethklok.
READING MATERIAL: Comics, mostly when he was younger, but he still reads occasionally.

DRINK: Whiskey, neat (alcoholic). Dr. Pepper (non-alcoholic).
FOOD: Steak, rare. Bacon. Jerky. Peanut butter.

CHILDHOOD

Coming Soon...

TRAVELS

Coming Soon...

WOLF & PLOT

(1) In order for Lilith to manipulate Vincent, he needed to be at his mental weakest. Possessing and controlling a supernatural, let alone an Alpha isn't an easy task when you're limited on power. So Lilith began long before Vincent was even turned. Manipulating the packs previous Alpha first, and paving the way for every incident in Vincent's life. Every love, every loss, every ounce of suffering was carefully planned before Vincent even knew it was coming. And the previous Alpha, aided Lilith in her attempts willingly. Lilith's manipulation of Odin started when he was just a boy. A teenager striving to climb the ranks and desperate to find purpose in his life. His weakness for her and her false promises of glory was the starting point for Lilith. It was the beginning. And when Odin murdered his older brother so he could replace his father as Alpha in Lilith's name, Lilith's power grew... This murderous act eventually proved to be vital to Lilith's increased power later on, when Vincent killed a young wolf from his own pack. Odin fell for his queen, and while she lead him to believe everything he was doing was going to reunite them in the land of the living, in truth, their reunion was always meant to be in death. But only Lilith knew this.

(2) The packs general dislike of their new Alpha [Vincent] was the second step. By making him a Warlord immediately after being turned, and the premature death of their previous Pack Master, Odin, which thrust Vincent into the leading rank, Vincent became the most hated Alpha in decades. It didn't help that the promises Lilith made to Odin of glory and loyalty weren't empty. Odin achieved greatness, and as Lilith promised, was revered as a God by his wolves. This left no room for a new Alpha in their hearts. Which was the point, which was why Vincent's rise to Pack Master was so carefully planned by Lilith and those she'd manipulated. He was never meant to be accepted, and was always destined for isolation.

(3) But Vincent proved to be difficult. Despite his short comings, he adapted. Fighting fire with fire. Every insult provoked insult. Every betrayal built up his defenses. He was learning, not retreating. In fact, if it weren't for one fateful night involving Gayle Shaffer, Lilith might have never come as close as she has to achieving her goals. A night in which Vincent murdered one of his own wolves to prevent his pack from knowing one of his dirty secrets. This act seemed to give Lilith more power, the power to affect Vincent at will. Her powers were small, but all she needed was to invade his dreams, from there his horror grew and sprouted like a flower. For months and to this day the nightmares were all Vincent endured. Night after night, bloodshed, grief, pain, and worst of all, joy for the grief and pain. Vincent enjoyed his dreams, where his wolf brothers and sisters were slaughtered time and time again within his nightmares. From this arose shame.

(4) As his shame grew, as did Lilith's power. And Vincent's waking world began decaying. Daymares flashed before his very eyes for months and to this day. He'd be talking to a wolf one second, and stabbing them in the neck the next... He'd be looking at his reflection, his face, but flashes of decaying flesh and blackened eyes developed a fear of his own reflection. A fear of himself. But the horror wasn't real. A hallucination. As this happened more and more, it became hard for Vincent to determine what was real, and what wasn't. Medications weren't helping. Nothing was. And it only seemed to get worse, more persistent, more brutal. The visions began lasting longer, the emotions he felt within his hallucinations stronger, and his senses were able to detect everything within these hallucinations. The smell of blood, the taste of it, the ache in his chest. From this arose fear.

(5) As his fear grew, as did Lilith's power. She could now possess him. When the blackouts started they were minor, and usually after a night of binge drinking. It was easy for Vincent to blame it on the liquor. Remembering standing in his living room one minute, but waking up in the forest the next became the norm. Until it didn't... Until he began waking up with symbols carved into his flesh. The symbol of Lilith carved into his chest. Until he began waking up to bloody writing on his walls and stigmata wounds on his palms. Until he fell in love, or so he thought. Until he began hurting those he cared for in these blackouts. Until the lives of those closest to him became threatened by something that was beyond his control, by himself. Before he became the threat to everything and anything that mattered most to him. This lasted for months, and still does to this day. From this arose grief.

(6) As his grief, as his sadness morphed into depression, and that grew and grew, as did Lilith's power. He had retreated. He was truly alone, at first by choice, but once he isolated himself, it was easy to get rid of those he loved, to destroy his relationships and make him truly alone. He was no good, he brought nothing but terror to anyone and anything, including himself. And because of this, Vincent attempted to take his own life. It wasn't until he awoke the next day with the bullet in his hand, and head wound magically healed when he realized... Not even death could save him from his hell. It was time for Lilith to use him, to use him to acquire the tools needed to make her rebirth possible. And she did. Vincent had acquired the ring that allowed Lilith to take her form using his body. The ring that would allow her to claim her power as a true hybrid upon rebirth. Vincent had acquired the journal, Odin's journal, the only existing book with the written spell. It was in an ancient language, but it didn't matter, the Supremacy was following closely, and had the tool necessary to decipher it, Ursula. And while the game of cat and mouse continued, while the Supremacy pretended they were doing everything in their power to steal these objects from him, in truth, both Lilith and the Supremacy had these tools exactly where they wanted them to be... With him, with Vincent, which meant they were with Lilith.

(7) Vincent wasn't completely lost. And while incredibly rare, he did have moments of determination. When all you crave is death, and not even death can free you, you're likely to go mad. And this wasn't untrue for Vincent. But there were brief moments when he felt that maybe there was a small chance he could overcome what was happening. There was a chance he could get answers. With death no longer an option, he began hunting for these answers. Leaving his newly appointed Warlord Peyton Marx, an act that was ultimately proven to be a manipulation by Lilith, in charge. Lilith was comfortable at this point. She had her female warlord to carry her host baby, and Vincent was hopeless. He was beaten and broken. No answers were going to change that. And without her outside influence, Vincent finally felt a dash of positivity. He had a small fraction of hope again.

(8) Until he was captured. The Supremacy brought him in, strung him up, and gave him more answers than he had bargained for. Including a video tape that proved his previous pack master, Odin, was a betrayer of the worst kind, and had been working with the Supremacy, a middle man, used to communicate with Lilith, and with the Supremacy about Lilith. All in exchange for protection of his pack, all for false glory, all to be an eternal God in their eyes... Under the impression that vampire blood would create a strong enough bond to summon forth their vampire Goddess, The Supremacy strapped him down and force-fed him gallons of vampire blood, blood that was extracted and stored from their very own Ursula Darwin. The event is still one of his worst experiences to date, and arouses the  most fear within him when thought of. He remembers choking, the blood shooting out his nose and oozing from his eyes. He remembers the desperation for air, putting his suicide attempt in a whole new perspective for him.

(9) When this didn't work, The Supremacy grew restless. Finally earning the answer that they were seeking sent Vincent into a whole new world of pain. The Supremacy discovered that Lilith could not be summoned, but she could be coaxed. And the only way to bring Lilith forth, was to arouse the very emotion that dominated her in both the land of the living, and the afterlife. Rage. For days Vincent was strung up within a holding cell and brutally tortured. Brutally beaten. Scarred with silver blades, whipped with silver laced whips, eyes burnt and throat shredded by liquid silver. Bones were broken, flesh was cut open, and those weren't even the extremes of the horror he endured for days on end. Never ending, there were no breaks in between. The worst of it even Vincent doesn't remember, as he blacked out from the pain. That was of course... Until he blacked out for another reason. Despite desperate determination to not give his enemies what they desired, when rage finally consumed him, Lilith surfaced. And The Supremacy finally talked with their Goddess. Vincent was then branded on the shoulder with the Supremacy's symbol, with the symbol of Lilith. The same one that had come through his only successful prophecy. And finally, he was sent free.

(10) On his way home, he burnt the symbol off of his shoulder, and finally admitted to himself that the horror wasn't going to end there. And it didn't. Eventually his pack was torn from him. His spiritual leader, and all potentials murdered by the very wolves that had been going missing, by his pack. Ravenous things in mysterious collars. The massacre didn't just end with spiritual leaders either. Children, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, all murdered by their own children, mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers. Those that remained fled, as it became more and more apparent something bigger was happening than just wolves disappearing to hungry nests. As they realized... It wasn't vampires they needed to fear, but something greater... Something they didn't know, and couldn't possibly prepare for. And their alpha... The one that had replaced Odin... Vincent, the one wolf that seemed to be the source of all of this misery, because it began when he was turned, he couldn't protect them. So they abandoned him too.

BASIC INFORMATION

WOLF NAME:   Onyx [Not self chosen.]
WOLF RANK:   Alpha - White eyes [Not earned, role obtained by default]
COAT COLOR:   Black [Color connected to his human hair color.]
ABILITY / GIFT:   Compulsion [Extremely common in the wolf and supernatural community.]

ABILITY / GIFT

ABILITY/GIFT STRENGTH:   Moderate. Lately, Vincent has been working hard towards not only improving his ability, but unlocking new levels of his ability. He's devoted to this, and has been working with NPC Saturn to learn how to use his ability at it's fullest potential.

ABILITY/GIFT CONSEQUENCES:   Depends on what he's trying to do, the amount he's used his gift on any given day, etc... But without going into it too much, the consequences are in the mind. Headaches lead to migraines, migraines lead to forgetfulness, forgetfulness leads to complete inability to even speak properly. Depending on how frequently he's used his gift, what he's been trying to do, etc... determines which consequence he encounters.

ABILITY/GIFT USE:   Eye contact and dilation of the eyes indicate the use of his gift. The words "gaze" and "influence" used within the same sentence are trigger words [meaning he's using his gift]. The person he's used his ability on will not remember the act of it happening and will obey whatever commands he has vocalized without question. - However, higher ranked supernatural characters (warlords, spiritual leaders, alphas, ancients, aged, seniors, and coven leaders will KNOW that they've just been compelled, however will not be able to fight the compulsion. I.E. They will obey it, even while knowing that it's not of their own free will.)

ABILITY/GIFT POTENTIAL CAPABILITIES:
[Has achieved.] - This means Vincent has unlocked this ability 100%.
[Has achieved but not mastered.] - This means Vincent has achieved the desired result from said ability, but it doesn't always work.

× LEVEL 1: Compulsion - Single target. [Has achieved.]

× LEVEL 2: Compulsion - Multiple targets at once. [Has achieved.]

× LEVEL 3: Compulsion of Supernaturals. - Single target. [Has achieved.]

× LEVEL 4: Complusion of Supernaturals. - Multiple targets at once.

× LEVEL 5: Neurocognitive Deficit - The ability to shut down a person's brain functions, rendering them unconscious. - Single target. [This is done by Vincent voicing the word "Sleep" while compelling, or snapping his fingers.]

× LEVEL 6: Neurocognitive Deficit - The ability to shut down a person's brain functions, rendering them unconscious. - Multiple targets at once. [This is done by Vincent voicing the word "Sleep" while compelling, or snapping his fingers.]

× LEVEL 7:   Hive Mind - The ability to share consciousness between multiple bodies [Vincent + Another individual]. - Single target.

× LEVEL 8:   Hive Mind - The ability to share consciousness between multiple bodies [Vincent + Multiple individuals]. - Multiple targets at once.

× LEVEL 9:   Psychic Coma - The ability to literally tear apart his targets mind, rendering his target comatose. - Single target or multiple targets at once.

× LEVEL 10:   Psychic Death - The ability to literally tear apart his targets mind, killing his target. Single target or multiple targets at once.

COMBAT

HUMAN FORM COMBAT SKILLS:   In training by NPC Fighters/Warriors Axe and Axle. He's picking this up a lot faster and easier than he is his wolf form training. And his human form training has featured a lot of military hand to hand combat skills. He can definitely hold his own in a fight if he's sober.

WOLF FORM COMBAT SKILLS:   In training by NPC Warlord Louisiana. This has greatly improved in recent months. While he's not perfect, he is more than capable of understanding whatever battle he's faced with, sensing the position of his enemies and distance between him, them, and his allies, and predicting all of his opponents possible moves (obviously not 100% of the time as everyone is different and has different training.) He's definitely a lot better than he has been before and can hold his own in a fight... Again... If he's sober...

BATTLE STRENGTHS:   Vincent is a tank, capable of taking a fuck load of damage before becoming immobile. Most of his strength is in his jaws primarily, and front legs secondarily. He's fast, but naturally, not nearly as fast as wolves with agility and speed as their primary upperhand in battle. His claws are extra long, making the impact of his front legs even more devastating.

FAMILY

× JOHN BYRNE: Vincent's Father & Logan's Uncle [Deceased]
× PHILIP BYRNE: Logan's Father & Vincent's Uncle [Resides in Oregon]
× MILO BYRNE: Uncle - Whereabouts unknown.
× PANYA BYRNE: Logan's Mother & Vincent's Aunt [Deceased]
× LOGAN BYRNE: Cousin - Logan and Vincent are close like brothers.
× HELIOS TALLON: Brother - Both Helios & Vincent are unaware of their relationship to one another.
× MARTA TALLON: Vincent & Helios' Mother & Logan's Aunt [Supremacy Vampire]
× ALEJANDRO TALLON: Helios' Father [Resides in Spain]

Marta's mother and father were born and raised in mexico by mexican parents. But Marta was born in spain, which is where she met and fell and love with a true spaniard, Alejandro. Her mexican roots are the cause of her dark complexion and dark hair, and of course are the main cause of Helios and Vincent's dark complexion and dark hair. Vincent's situation however, is a bit more complicated, as his spanish can be a combination of spain/mexico spanish, or he can split the two and only speak one or the other depending on the situation. This is mostly due to learning Spain spanish from his mother, but growing up in a mexican dominated neighborhood in the USA.

Marta met Alejandro first, and married him before giving birth to Helios. After getting caught up with vampire business, Marta fled to the USA, abandoning Alejandro and Helios in hopes of keeping them safe. America is where she met John, started a new life with him, and gave birth to Vincent. When Marta went missing, it was discovered the vampire she had been caught up with had killed Vincent's father and turned his mother. Vincent and Helios are still unaware that they are brothers, but Vincent is aware that his mother is now a vampire and caught up in the Supremacy one way or another, though he has refused contact with her so he's unaware of the details. Helios however believe his mother is dead.

EXES

× NOELLE BENSON: Played by yours truly. Vampire.
× PEYTON MARX: Played by Dannii. Currently a collared minion of the Supremacy.

NPC'S

THE "DETECTIVE": An associate of Rohana Khan and Somansh Shah. The detective works for the AOG, but not the Index AOG. The Detective works for a higher tier of AOG, while still under The Church, The Detective's AOG is also under the human government. Rather than working against supernatural creatures in general, the detectives AOG works with specific cases involving specific individuals. Vincent Byrne is his primary objective, but any of those close to Vincent Byrne are also important objectives, as either potential victims, accessories, or worse. While The Detective has only appeared recently, he has been following Vincent Byrne since the beginning, as many individuals have either gone missing or died mysteriously after getting close to Vincent or being in contact with him. Vincent is now aware of why The Detective is following him, and that The Detective knows what he is. Vincent is still unaware of The AOG's involvement.

CAMILLE "MIMIC" TAYLOR: Information coming soon...
JONAH "PATH" TAYLOR: Information coming soon...
JACK "RUNNER" WHITLEY: Information coming soon...
MARKUS "NEXXUS" TWIP: Information coming soon...
RONALD "LOUISIANA" BREYER: Information coming soon...
ROSA "SATURN" GARCIA: Information coming soon...
CASEY "AXLE" HOPPER: Information coming soon...
WILEY "AXE" HOPPER: Information coming soon...

PLAYED

MICHELLE HAWKE: (Played by JKAmaryllis) Crush, friend, neighbor, gaming buddy, and musical retailer. - Michelle is a walking, talking breath of fresh air for Vincent. She makes him feel certain things about himself that no one else has been able to accomplish, in particular, she makes him love what he is, a wolf, and makes him feel powerful. Hating the wolf has been a starting point for a lot of Vincent's misery, so naturally, being around Michelle makes that misery disappear because his perspective changes. However, Michelle also treats him with respect, like a person with value beyond the title of Alpha, which is something that is also incredibly rare for Vincent. When you consider that she also shares a lot of the same general viewpoints on life as he does, drinks like a fish without apologies, can talk about her fucked life and his own casually and without pity, and she possesses a similar level of ''wierdness'' and ''nerdiness'', it's easy to see why Vincent crushes so hard on this girl. Not to mention the physical attraction he feels towards her.

Vincent / Michelle Lyrics:
× "I see myself inside you, you dream the dreams that I do. You're still searching for these answers, they're not inside your wrist"

LILITH ALYSBURY: (Played by Pistolkitten aka PK) Roommate, enemy/ally. - The relationship Vincent shares with Lilith is complicated. In some highly complicated and twisted ways, Vincent envies Lilith. However any feelings of envy are usually squashed by how little he respects her. He does feel that she is a strong warlord, worthy of her title of Warlord, but he also feels that she is not worthy of much else, and/or that she hasn't earned much else, from him anyway. Trust for Vincent takes a long time to rebuild when it's been broken so severely, and to Vincent, Lilith has done nothing but dig her hole deeper, rather than build a way out. Any time she begins building her way out, she does something, or reveals something that sends her even deeper into that hole, only further cementing this idea in his head that ''she cannot be trusted''. This however, is a highly hypocritical viewpoint Vincent possesses, and more likely than not, any severe displays of hatred Vincent has towards Lilith, are enhanced by the extreme stress he's feeling at this point in his life. It's easy for him to direct all of that rage he feels for everyone and everything, including Lilith, towards Lilith because she has broken his trust so much. She is an easy target, and in some twisted way, Vincent believes more than anyone else, she is the only one capable of taking it.

Vincent / Lilith Lyrics:
× "That's when she said I don't hate you boy, I just want to save you while there's still something left to save."
× [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Rise Against
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ARDEN ROWE: (Played by Ash) Packmate, Antagonist. - Arden is the only one capable of making Vincent actually feel like a jackass. Something about her, the way she speaks to him, and the things she says, hit him in his core. But the fact that she can make him feel like a jackass, only means she's the only one that I personally feel is capable of getting through to him. There's something about her... Mostly Vincent can be content knowing people hate him, mostly he doesn't care, but with Arden, he wants so desperately to earn her approval and to prove her wrong; Because she truly is the only one that can make him feel like he's in the wrong. It's easy to see why he avoids her, while also seeking her out. Anytime he actually approaches her, something in his head is telling him that maybe this time he can earn her respect. He feels connected to her as well, ever since the massacre. He feels that because she and he were the only two left that didn't die, didn't end up in collars, and didn't run, means something. There's something else about her that makes him desperately want to trust her, something about her that makes him want to tell her everything, but he's afraid he may be wrong and can't trust her.

Vincent / Arden Lyrics:
× "Have we been here before? Will we be here again? I don't know how much more of me you expect."
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GAYLE SHAFFER: (Played by JKAmaryllis) - Information about the relationship between Gayle Shaffer and Vincent Byrne will be added as their relationship receives more attention and evolves. Their relationship is new, and has not had enough time to grow enough for me to actually outline how Vincent feels about her. Yanno... Other than him hating her because she's a vampire lol.

URSULA DARWIN: (Played by Evie) - Enemies. Ursula has been a permanent fixture in Vincent's life since he discovered the truth about Odin. She is a plague he cannot cure. Ursula is known to Vincent as the Supremacy's representative and primary leading figure in the Resurrection of Lilith. They have not interacted much, not enough to form a large description of their relationship.

GIOVANNI REYES: (Played by Tiara) - Packmates. Vincent has yet to form an opinion on Giovanni Reyes as they have had no interaction aside from Vincent aiding Gio in his first shift.

PAUL THACKER: (Played by JKAmaryllis) - Soon-to-be Packmates. This relationship has not started.

KEON RAVELICH: (Played by Pistolkitten aka PK) - Soon-to-be Packmates. This relationship has not started.

BENJAMIN REESE: (Played by JKAmaryllis) - Enemies.