Name: Emilio Albrici
Age: 77 ("Turned" at 19)
Species: Vampire
Personality: Emilio has always been a gentleman at heart who finds real joy in lifting other people’s spirits. He’s mild-mannered and rarely curses out of the curtesy of having grown up in a respectful, Christian household. He’s dexterous and very intelligent, taking a specialized interest in mechanics. He’s quiet and reserved except when engaged in conversation and his constant attempts to isolate himself make him difficult to become close friends with. He rarely opens up to anyone about his emotions out of habit; he’s suppressed them for so long that he no longer knows how to speak to people about them. He can often become lost in thought so that someone will have to either physically rouse him, snap their fingers in front of his eyes, or make a noise loud enough to startle him from his trance.
History: Emilio was born as the oldest of six children to a Florentine family and had been training under his father, a watchmaker, as his apprentice when the second World War struck Europe. As an able-bodied 18-year-old young man, Emilio was escorted into a medical evaluation and then sorted into a militant unit that he would have to report to, as was decreed by Italian law. It was in this Military Unit that he became close friends with a Venetian boy from his barrack, whose complexion was pale in contrast to his dark eyes and hair. Emilio was killed in action during the Allied invasion of Sicily in which his squadron had been ordered to attend to despite their inexperience, distinctively remembering his final moments as he died in his friend's arms. He just as clearly remembers waking with a start in the midst of the war-torn city, littered with the bodies of his allies and his enemies alike, with his fatal gunshot wound absent from his abdomen and his heart dead in his chest. He has not seen his friend since his Turning and only occasionally visits his youngest brother, now aged 83, whose mental health has deteriorated past the point of being able to recognize him.