SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Ireland
HAIR COLOR: Dark brown
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 6‘5?
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Liam is tall and lean, with an imposing countenance.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: He does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Liam‘s mate is Siobhan. Maggie is the other member of their coven.
Once a vampire was totally sated, she might continue to drink blood for enjoyment rather than need.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Liam was an Irish warrior who fought in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and later against Cromwell‘s reconquest of Ireland. Liam became a vampire through one of the most common types of accidental transformation: battlefield excess. After the Volturi came to power, vampires were unable to kill as recklessly as before, and most were forced to curb their appetites to avoid notice. The circumstances of war, however, gave them an opportunity to kill large numbers of humans at once without attracting attention from either humans or vampires. It became common among nomads to seek out human wars as an opportunity to feast. One of the consequences of this practice was the occasional unplanned transformation. Once a vampire was totally sated, she might continue to drink blood for enjoyment rather than need. In such situations, she might not drain enough blood from her victim to kill him. If she left him in that state without any further violence, he would begin the transformation process.
After Liam‘s conversion was complete, he went through the normal period of newborn behavior. He met Siobhan during his first six months of vampire life. She instructed him on the vampire laws, which kept him from drawing negative attention from the Volturi. Liam was very taken with Siobhan‘s strength and beauty. They joined forces quickly. Though it was never discussed, from the beginning Siobhan was the coven‘s leader.
When Liam was no longer a newborn, he became selective about his prey. For centuries he would kill only Englishmen. English soldiers are still his preferred victims.
Liam and Siobhan were well aware of the Volturi and their rules, and always behaved circumspectly. For Liam, as long as the Volturi did not become corrupted by their power and attempt to control more aspects of vampire life, he had no problem with them. He was born into a world where their laws of mutual convenience were accepted fact, and he did not question them.
Liam was not as fascinated as Siobhan by the stories of the Volturi guard‘s special talents. When Siobhan discovered Maggie and wanted to try to create her own talented vampire, Liam was opposed. He was concerned that the Volturi would resent the imitation, if they found out. More than that, he didn‘t want to share Siobhan‘s attention with anyone else. Siobhan transformed Maggie regardless, leaving Liam quite unhappy with her decision. Siobhan pled with him to give Maggie a chance, and he grudgingly agreed. It didn‘t take long for Liam to see the benefits of having a talented coven member, and over time he became quite fond of Maggie.
He learned to consider her a younger sister.
MAGGIE
NAME: Maggie
DATE OF BIRTH: 1832
DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: 1847, at age 15
SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Siobhan
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Ireland
HAIR COLOR: Red
EYE COLOR: Blue (human); red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 5‘2?
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Maggie is short and very thin, and has bright red ringlets.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: She is able to tell if a person is lying.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: She is in a coven with Siobhan and Liam.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Maggie always had difficulty dealing with authority, on a parental level and on a community level. The normal everyday hypocrisy that most people expected was always foreign to her. If someone said something that did not correspond with their true feelings, Maggie was instinctively aware of that discrepancy. In those situations, she felt compelled to point out the lie.
Though this often led to punishment, sometimes quite severe, she was unable to let the lie pass.
Her accuracy made people uncomfortable, and the closer someone was to her, the more uncomfortable she made them.
In reality — as Maggie was well aware — she was sacrificed because her parents did not love her as much as they loved her siblings.
In the mid-1840s the Great Famine decimated her village. Everyone who could afford to immigrate to America left. This included her family, who had not quite enough to buy passage for every member. Maggie‘s maternal grandparents, who were already in poor condition, were left behind. Maggie was left, ostensibly to care for them as best she could. In reality — as Maggie was well aware — she was sacrificed because her parents did not love her as much as they loved her siblings. She was a trial to them, and they sometimes wondered if her abilities were demonic.
Siobhan and Liam found Maggie alone on the road to Cork, nearly dead from starvation.
Naturally, when Siobhan questioned Maggie, her answers were the whole truth.
