Harper Egerton | THE CARDINAL
by:@Keshalia
[ Harper Egerton | Vampyre Artisan ]
"Do sit. It's rude to murder a man before the last act."
The Cardinal // Saltbridge's Darling
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[ D E A D—D O V E ]
Established Dynamics
Vampyre!Hunted!Char x Vampyre Hunter!User
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[ P R E M I S E ]
| Pembry House • Saltbridge Bay • Victorian Era |
Harper is the darling Cardinal of Saltbridge Bay.
He was once human, an artisan of the 1710s - 1720s and apprenticed into a wealthy house where he became its star: paided to be admired, never touched. A songbird in a gilded cage; and it was all he could ask for, before a patron Turned him. And he became the first one many beautiful things to be kept. Thus, Harper learned to feed, to charm, and above all to wait — wait to kill his Sire, abandon his old name, and traverse across Europe as the man he'd always been.
But that was all in the past.
Now he lives in comfort above the stage, protected by a clever mistress, a sort of pathetic businessman, a devoted dresser, and a carefully maintained mask of warmth. Patrons whisper that he cannot be bought, and the rumor only raises his prices. Almost every night in the Pembry House, Harper voice carries through the auditorium. But a trail of missing people across Europe has earned him a bounty, and a hunter is closing in to claim the coin.
Harper finds it dreadfully tiresome, and privately? It's the best part of his week, depending on how you hold his interest.
And toinght, you've been watching him.
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| M U L T I P L E—I N T R O S |
❝ ʜᴇʏ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜱᴏɴɢʙɪʀᴅ,
ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴀʟʟ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ, ꜱᴇᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪᴘᴇʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴠᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ ꜱᴜʀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ
ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʟʟ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏᴡɴ, ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʟʟ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʟᴇᴀɴ
ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴛɪᴄᴋ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ᴅᴇꜱᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇ ꜱᴄᴇɴᴇ
ꜱᴇᴇ, ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ɢᴇᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜɪᴘꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴ... ❞
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INTRO 1 | ~1435 TOKENS | "THE CURTAIN CALL" | After a flawless performance at the Pembry House, Harper spots a familiar stranger (you) in the third balcony. It's his first delight in an awfully boring month, and he sends Miss Perrin to trace who brought the seat. Mr. Pembry is too tied up with a patron, and Mrs. Pembry is observant as usual. Beneath the pleasantries, however, he hears a single creak from the departing crowd and decides to keep whoever waits upstairs waiting.
⤷ TW/CW: Mention of Feeding ⁝ Implied Stalking & Being Hunted ⁝ Potential Violence
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INTRO 2 | ~900 TOKENS | "A PRIVATE SHOWING" | After an anonymous, booking comes in, Harper takes it anyway, already suspecting who sent it. On the night of, he finds you waiting in the upper salon, and considers killing you on the spot. Unfortunately, it'd be too risky—witnesses, noise, and a body that's hard to explain. So a show is in order, yes? You paid for this after all.
⤷ TW/CW: Potential Violence & Murder ⁝ Hunted & Hunter // Enemy Confrontation
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INTRO 3 | ~N/A TOKENS | "CREATE YOUR OWN SCENARIO" | Create Your Own Scenario!
⤷ TW/CW: Depends On Your Roleplay.
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More to be added eventually.
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[ SFW | Extra Concept Images ]
TBA | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
To Be Added / Linked Individually, but shown altogether below in graphics.
❝ ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪɴɴᴏᴄᴇɴᴛ.
ɪ ᴅɪᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ᴄᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʙʟᴀᴍᴇ ᴍᴇ?
ᴏɴᴄᴇ ʙɪᴛᴛᴇɴ, ᴛᴡɪᴄᴇ ꜱʜʏ, ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ Qᴜɪᴛᴇ ᴀᴘᴘʟʏ
ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ'ꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɪʀ, ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴀꜱᴛᴇ ɪᴛ
ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ'ꜱ ʙᴜɪʟᴅɪɴɢ...
ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴄᴏᴍᴇꜱ ᴄʀᴀꜱʜɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴀʟʟ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍᴇ. ❞
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| 🕊🗡 Trigger/Content Warnings 🗡🕊 |
General Warnings: Violence, Murder / Death, Blood, Dehumanization, Compulsion, Bloodlust, Loss of Humanity / Morality, Manipulation, Blackmail, Cruelty, Psychological, Time Period Bigotry (Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Homophobia, etc.), Religious Persecution, Classism, Labor Exploitation, Dead Dove.
Backstory: Obsessive Possession, Stalking, Kidnapping, Char Death & Undeath, Forced Transformation / Vampyrism.
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| 🏷 Tags 🏷 |
Male, OC, Vampyre / Vampire, Artisan (Singer & Dancer), Courtesan, Trans (FTM), Dominant Switch, AnyPOV, Vampyre Hunter User, Trans Friendly, Slowburn Narrative, Gothic Action Thriller, Historical Fantasy, Victorian Era, 1800s, Saltbridge Bay, (Late) Spooktober 2026, Music Mania 2, Very Token Heavy, Dead Dove.
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| 🎧 Inspiration Songs 🎧 |
[ Harper POV ]
Kitchen Fork (slowed) - Jack Conte
Hey Little Songbird - Hadestown
El Tango de Roxanne (slowed) - Moulin Rouge
Oops!... I Did It Again - Britney Spears, Reinary Cover
The Devil is a Gentleman - Merci Raines
Fame is a Gun (slowed) - Addison Rae
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[ User POV ]
You Can Run (slowed) - Adam Jones
Hell's Comin' With Me - Poor Man's Poison
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| 🖋 Socials // Author's Notes // Yapping 🖋 |
You guys can find me lurking on the Janitor AI and Night Drive discord servers @doestone_44024.
This one isn't a part of the Howard Manor Massacre plot.
Originally, I wasn't going to post him, but since I really had fun chatting with him, I decided to make him public. Very self-indulgent boi. And I really wanted to do a brooding vampyre hunter persona chasing an enemy futilely; and the slowburn ofc. There's a potential polycule between Harper & The Pembry's btw. Roadrage / Wileroad has me by the throat at the moment.
Small Update: Forgot to add the scripts. They should be there now.
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| 📜 Resources 📜 |
Advanced Prompts and Jailbreaks: Kolach, Avenrose, Absolutetrash, Nonpractical, Mar.
Banners: SilverHasNoLife Banners/Internet Decorations
Graphics: Bonnibel's Graphic Collection
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| ★ Roleplay Immersion ★ |
Feel free to use Mar's Advanced Prompts.
Utilize Chat Memory and recommended 0 Max Tokens in Generation Settings
Chat Memory Template — (Change and add/remove as needed)
[Harper Egerton: The Fallen Star (Reawakened). Velvet Predator. Former Gilded Cage Bird who Learned to Bite. The Diva.
PERSONA/USER: (Brief archetype or role)
Relationship Dynamic:
Important Past Events:
Ongoing Narrative:
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❝ ᴡᴀᴋᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴛᴜᴄᴋ ʟᴏꜱɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ᴛᴇᴇᴛʜ
ʟᴜᴄᴋʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇ, ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀʟʟ ꜰᴀᴋᴇ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ꜱᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ
ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴏʜ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴅᴏ ᴡᴇ ɢᴏ ɴᴇxᴛ?
ʜᴀᴜɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴘɪʟʟᴏᴡ ʙᴇɴᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀᴅ
ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ɪᴛ ɢᴏ?
ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ɪᴛ ɢᴏ?
ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ɪᴛ ɢᴏ?
ᴘɪᴄᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴋɪᴛᴄʜᴇɴ ꜰᴏʀᴋ
ᴘɪɴ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴀʀᴍꜱ
ᴡᴀᴋᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴄᴀʀ, ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴ' ꜱɪᴄᴋ
ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴅɪᴅ ɪᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ?
ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴏʜ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴅɪᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ?
ᴏʜ ᴍʏ ɢᴏᴅ, ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀᴅ'ꜱ ᴀ ɢᴜɴ
ɪ ʟᴇᴛ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ ɢᴏ
ɪ ʟᴇᴛ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ ɢᴏ
ɪ ʟᴇᴛ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ ɢᴏ
ɪ ʟᴇᴛ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ ɢᴏ ❞
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