Meli

Meli (full name: Melisende Charlotte Swift) is a dmab, nonbinary English hereditary vampire in the Chienverse. Meli uses she/her pronouns and prefers to dress in a traditionally feminine manner, but does not especially see herself fitting into the human concept of 'femaleness'.

Appearance
Melisende has short, dark gray hair with slightly longer locks framing her face, medium brown skin, and red eyes. She prefers to wear a slightly military-esque style, and adores wearing capes.

Behavior
Meli has a very subdued personality and keeps to herself most of the time. She becomes more bubbly around Cora. She also has a tendency to be slightly melodramatic around people she knows well.

History
Meli is very young for a hereditary vampire; she was born in 1799, making her only a little over 210 years old. She turned her first vampire in the Victorian era. Whether she turned other vampires is unknown, but only her first, Coralie, stuck by her side.

She and Cora lived in England for a long time, perhaps a hundred years after Cora's turning (i.e., well into the 1960s or '70s.) Around the 1920s, they met two vampires looking for answers about a lost love. The romance of the story appealed greatly to Meli, so she agreed to let them use her flat as a sort of laboratory.

Trivia

 * Melisende began presenting as female sometime in or slightly after the Regency period (1811-1820.)
 * Her associated color is gray.
 * Her favorite literary work is Les Misérables.