Post by Helena on Jun 24, 2007 19:59:16 GMT -5
Name: Helena Elisabeth Novak
Age: 170, appears to be about 20 years old
Gender: Female
Race: Vampire- Drinker of Human Blood
Ability: Possesses a siren-esque voice, any who hear her sing must continue to listen
Appearance: Beautiful and pale, as most vampires, with long wavy blond hair reaching her mid-back. She has crimson eyes which she will occasionally mask with blue contacts.
History:
Helena Elisabeth Novak was born on December 24, 1837 in the city of Prague, which at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her mother was Adelheid Stern, a Sudeten German from an upper middle class family; her elder brother managed the family glove factory. Her father, Franz Novak served for a time in the Austrian Militia. Helena was the middle of three children, Hildegard was born in 1832 and Georg born in 1839. Helena was a very imaginative child, quite energetic, and fond of animals, particularly birds and horses. Helena would fashion intricate histories of make-believe worlds and act them out, often with her siblings.
In 1850, Helena’s mother died suddenly of a brain aneurysm; Helena’s happy childhood went spiraling downhill, Her father went into a deep depression and took to drinking. Hildegard became the head of the family, unable to take care of her two younger siblings and her father, she sent Georg to go live with their uncle, and took up a job assisting a dressmaker.
A little less than a year later, not wanting to be a burden on her sister, Helena ran away to pursue a career as an opera singer.
She began training at the Prague as a mezzo-soprano where she stared in chorus roles. In 1853, she moved to Dresden where she played her first non-chorus role, as Adriano in Wagner’s Rienzi. After staying with the Dresden Opera Company for a little more than two years, she decided to try her luck in Paris, at the Théâtre de l'Opéra.
The Paris Opera House was grander than any she had ever before performed in before and the training was much stricter than in Prague or Dresden. Helena worked harder than she ever had before on her upper register, in hopes of securing a lead role. Her first leading role was as Hélène in Les Vêpres Siciliennes, by Verdi. Her next role was as Leonora in Le Trouvère. After the performance she met Albrecht. Albrecht was like no one she had ever known, He was incredibly handsome almost inhumanly, he commended her on her performance and then left. Helena ran into Albrecht every so often and made amicable conversation, until he disappeared. Helena wondered about what had happened to her acquaintance every so often, and wished that he had left her his address so she could call on him.
Her last leading role was in 1859, as Marguerite in the premier of Gounod’s Faust. In January of 1860, while taking a walk down Rue de Rivoli, Helena saw Albrecht she ran over and greeted him, but for the first time noticing his eyes, they were a dark crimson, he suggested the take a walk down one of the side streets, to which Helena agreed. Albrecht then bit her throat, and after three days of pain she became a vampire. She discovered that her gift of singing had been intensified, so now any creature, human or vampire, would be entranced and have to listen to her mellifluous voice.
Extras:
Has gone by the pseudonyms, Elisabeth Etranger, Giselle Fremder, and Myrtha Neumann
In her childhood she had two pet canaries named Sigmund and Signé
Age: 170, appears to be about 20 years old
Gender: Female
Race: Vampire- Drinker of Human Blood
Ability: Possesses a siren-esque voice, any who hear her sing must continue to listen
Appearance: Beautiful and pale, as most vampires, with long wavy blond hair reaching her mid-back. She has crimson eyes which she will occasionally mask with blue contacts.
History:
Helena Elisabeth Novak was born on December 24, 1837 in the city of Prague, which at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her mother was Adelheid Stern, a Sudeten German from an upper middle class family; her elder brother managed the family glove factory. Her father, Franz Novak served for a time in the Austrian Militia. Helena was the middle of three children, Hildegard was born in 1832 and Georg born in 1839. Helena was a very imaginative child, quite energetic, and fond of animals, particularly birds and horses. Helena would fashion intricate histories of make-believe worlds and act them out, often with her siblings.
In 1850, Helena’s mother died suddenly of a brain aneurysm; Helena’s happy childhood went spiraling downhill, Her father went into a deep depression and took to drinking. Hildegard became the head of the family, unable to take care of her two younger siblings and her father, she sent Georg to go live with their uncle, and took up a job assisting a dressmaker.
A little less than a year later, not wanting to be a burden on her sister, Helena ran away to pursue a career as an opera singer.
She began training at the Prague as a mezzo-soprano where she stared in chorus roles. In 1853, she moved to Dresden where she played her first non-chorus role, as Adriano in Wagner’s Rienzi. After staying with the Dresden Opera Company for a little more than two years, she decided to try her luck in Paris, at the Théâtre de l'Opéra.
The Paris Opera House was grander than any she had ever before performed in before and the training was much stricter than in Prague or Dresden. Helena worked harder than she ever had before on her upper register, in hopes of securing a lead role. Her first leading role was as Hélène in Les Vêpres Siciliennes, by Verdi. Her next role was as Leonora in Le Trouvère. After the performance she met Albrecht. Albrecht was like no one she had ever known, He was incredibly handsome almost inhumanly, he commended her on her performance and then left. Helena ran into Albrecht every so often and made amicable conversation, until he disappeared. Helena wondered about what had happened to her acquaintance every so often, and wished that he had left her his address so she could call on him.
Her last leading role was in 1859, as Marguerite in the premier of Gounod’s Faust. In January of 1860, while taking a walk down Rue de Rivoli, Helena saw Albrecht she ran over and greeted him, but for the first time noticing his eyes, they were a dark crimson, he suggested the take a walk down one of the side streets, to which Helena agreed. Albrecht then bit her throat, and after three days of pain she became a vampire. She discovered that her gift of singing had been intensified, so now any creature, human or vampire, would be entranced and have to listen to her mellifluous voice.
Extras:
Has gone by the pseudonyms, Elisabeth Etranger, Giselle Fremder, and Myrtha Neumann
In her childhood she had two pet canaries named Sigmund and Signé