Desmodus Cross

Desmodus Cross, commonly referred to as Dez by others, is a vampiric demon.

Life
Dez is the son of one of the richest families in Romania. Living his entire life in the upper-class, Dez never struggled for anything and always had his problems solved for him. Dez had a history of killing animals around the family's castle as a child. This fascination with death would drive Dez to eventually kill his own family, unsure of what to do with the bodies of humans, he began to consume the bodies of his very family. This taste for blood would not end there. Do to the family's power, Dez was not found guilty of these crimes. People would begin calling Dez the nightwalker, the vampire, and the blood prince. Soon Dez would find that people worshiped him, wishing to follow in his grace. The Cult of Cross would soon form, performing various rituals from within the Cross Castle. Such as the feeding of each others blood and the capturing and consumption of others. Dez would eventually have his own life ended at the hands of one of his followers, a woman who wished to consume the blood of him in hopes of inheriting his energy.

Afterlife
Dez would wake in Hell more angered than anything else. Dez now knew what it was like to live in poverty and be the victim. Dez would soon become an operative of the Ninth Circle, though this membership would not last forever. On a mission to the overworld, Dez abandoned his mission in order to reclaim his castle. Resuming his reign as the blood prince by sleeping with the woman who had killed him and executing her. Resurrecting her corpse as one of his personal ghouls. The Cult of Cross now truly had its blood prince.

Personality
Dez is a very flamboyant man with an inflated sense of self-importance. A heavy womanizer, Dez will flirt with practically every women, whether it be out of genuine lust or just simply to mess with them. Dez takes no issue taking a lazy approach in most situations, allowing others to sort things out for him. He lives very extravagantly, spending his inheritance freely. Dez has a deep fascination in dead bodies, enjoying their cold feeling and tranquil state among other things.

Abilities

 * Vampirism: Dez possesses the ability to leech blood from a target through bite. Blood leeching temporarily activates regenerative features in the body and grants a higher level of stamina.
 * Bat Form: Allows Dez to access a bat form, allowing them to fly, use sonar capabilities, and perform any other feat a bat is capable of.
 * Blood Manipulation: Blood from open wounds can be manipulated. Allowing for its form to be shaped or solidified. Blood can be siphoned from one target to another.
 * Ghoulification: Dez can reanimate corpses, turning them into ghoulish demons. Reanimation has no effect on the soul of those in the afterlife, allowing for a corpse being and their original soul to coexist as separate entities.
 * Heliophobia: Dez and his ghouls may not enter direct sunlight. Ghouls will instantly turn to dust on contact, while Dez will begin to rapidly weaken physically, eventually dying and turning to dust if exposed for too long.

Trivia

 * Desmodus is a genus of carnivorous bats.