Hildegard von Lichtenthal, Vampire Hunter

Female, early to mid 20s

Video Game: Sangrelac Series

Hildegard is a Swiss alchemist and vampire hunter of the Roquetaillade (pronounced “roh-QUE-tie-AHD”) Circle, and the protagonist of the fictional Sangrelac (pronounced“SAWNG-lahck”) game series. She wields a blessed warhammer, called Minervius, imbued with holy power and made from a secret alloy of Damascus steel and pure silver. With this weapon she fights all the armies of Sangrelac, making her way to confront the evil vampire, the Marquis de Sangrelac, and put an end to his vampiric evil once and for all! (Or at least until the next game in the series...) 

While Hildegard is both brilliant and perceptive, she lacks the natural curiosity of a scientist because she’s so mono-focused on revenge and on destroying the undead menace in-game that she doesn’t let herself indulge her curiosity otherwise. Her personality can best be described as cold and grim. A life spentmourning her murdered family and preparing to exact revenge has left her with little time for softerfeelings (at least on the surface). Deep down, though, she’s still got that bereft, wounded little girl who watched a vampire butcher her beloved parents and elder brother inside of her, although she locks that part of her psyche down so tight it’s pretty much hermetically sealed. She doesn’t form attachments easily and isn’t really “friends” with the others in the Waiting Room, but Hildegard secretly enjoys their antics because they make her feel less alone and give her something to focus on that isn’t her tragic past or the existential dread that gnaws away at her about the pointlessness of defeating the Marquis when he’ll always return for another game. She plays a sort of self-appointed “peacekeeper” role in the Waiting Room, breaking up fights (since she’s frankly more of a badass than anyone else in there), helping to clean up the messes they make in their scuffles, and generally taking care of the place when she’s not busy smashing zombies, ghouls, and other baddies in her game.

Voice: low, mildly-to-moderately textured and slightly husky. Since she’s Swiss, a consistently believable German or French accent would be a bonus, but it’s not absolutely necessary for the character.