Andromeda

Andromeda is a 377 year old ortova vampire. She is a current head table member of the Calypso and works as combat instructor at the Meridiya Academy in Latvia.

She is one of the eight protagonists for Nexus.

Early Life
Andromeda was born in Sheffield, Yokrshire to a Greek immigrant Alexander Konstaninou and English maiden Elizabeth Bennett.

From a young age, Andromeda was quite clear in her distaste for anything to do with femininity--something so very frowned upon in a 1640's England. This trait and stubborn will to defy her mother and the Bennett families wants drove a deep wedge between her own parents; where her mother wanted her to conform and her father wanted to embrace her personality and wants.

When Andromeda turned eleven her parents finally filed for a divorce and Alexander took Andromeda with him back to Greece where she fully became the whole person she is today. In Greece, Andromeda learnt the ways of her other half, met her extended her family and experienced her first taste of the supernatural world her father decided she was ready to know about. Something that her mother was also strongly against.

Andromeda learnt that her father's family has a special genetic gift that occurs randomly to a Konstaninou in no particular order--the blood of the Gods. Alexander was a living testament that her fathers bloodline was descended from Gods, that their ancestor many, many years ago seduced the Goddess Artemis whom gave birth to a demigod; the one they descend from.

Being a bloodline of Artemis blessed them with exceptional intelligence, endurance, speed and strength. Andromeda didn't have these qualities since she was just a human but still felt comfort in the knowing that she'd have Artemis looking over her shoulder as a child of hers.

Many years passed and Andromeda finally turned 18, she used her newfound freedom to explore outside the Greek world she had been kept in so tightly. On her travels she learnt of many other realms and their Gods; which lead to her learning of other bloodlines which share the same traits except they didn't have the mind reading or touch manipulation that her bloodline did. Some could turn to gold, or control others emotional state and some could even walk through dreams. This was when she finally learnt what her family is, and they were a family of Herons, albeit a weak line, still very celestial nonetheless.

Despite being enlightened to her paternal heritage she still felt incomplete, in that she never really learnt about her mother's side since all she seemed to remember was the fighting her parents would always do over her. So in a rash decsion--and against her fathers wishes Andromeda moved to Egland to hopefully rekindle some kind of relationship with her mother and fill the empty half of her.

Death
and beaten by passing drunk thugs who then brutally raped her and left her for dead in the cold night alone. Andromeda was found by Landyn laying in the streets of South Kensington in London beaten, stripped of her clothes and close to death. It was the blood that initially drew Landyn to the scene of Andromeda however it was Landyn's compassion and empathy that drove her to change her.

Once Andromeda had re-awoken void of her injuries she felt indebted to Landyn and offered her companionship and servitude for the rest of her days. Landyn let Andromeda serve her for the little time of a decade before forcing her to her own free will--even though Landyn was uncomfortable with the prospect in the first place.

Appearance
Andromeda's looks are what one might consider quintessential Greek with her olive skin, dark brown eyes and strong jaw. She inherited nothing of her mother's features except her English accent. She was tagged as her father's twin bearing an uncanny resemblance to him, something that runs very dominantly in his family.

Characteristics
Often times Andromeda's reputation precedes her and leads others to view her as intimidating--which is entirely true but the exterior is quite opposite to the inside. Andromeda is warm and friendly which shocks many people, her Valkyrie past has given her a keen perception to read people accurately leaving her a naturally cautious and suspicious person. She's naturally loyal and fiercely courageous, a trait that runs in her bloodline. Oddly though, she's uncharacteristically silly and lighthearted.

Valkyrie Mutations
Andromeda was one of the first ever Valkyries to be commissioned. This original squad of thirteen underwent grueling and experimental tests, trials and training to which at the end only seven survived past the final step; the biological mutations.

Andromeda and the surviving seven endured a vast amount of mutations that affected both mind and body allowing them to be an actual match for the once invincible sarka vampire breed.

The Calypso doesn't authorize such mutations of that extent anymore so the Valkyries of today are not as near as powerful and strong as Andromeda or the original Valkyrie squad.

Mutations Include:

 * Compulsion Resistance
 * Superior Speed
 * Superior Strength
 * Superior Endurance