The Keeper of Infinite Earths - Gremlin the Monster Society
Created by Bob Justice
Carmilla
Alter Ego: Countess Mircalla Karnstein
Occupation: N/A
Known Relatives: Count Nikola Karnstein, husband
Group Affiliation: Monster Society
Base of Operations: Transylvania
Background/History:
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful peasant girl named Carmilla who was very
vain. She used her looks to become a lady, but she began to realize that her
beauty would not last forever. As her 25th birthday approached, she decided that
she would have to marry for security. A rich old baron had doted on her for a
while and she had rebuffed him, but now, it seemed the best idea. Dracula
happened to be in the village as the pre-wedding festivities started.
Overhearing men in the tavern complaining that she was a tease and that her
being married might be a good thing inspired the vampire. Perhaps a mid-death
crisis had enveloped him, but he wanted to seduce a beautiful woman without his
powers and she was apparently a virgin as well. Finding her sobbing in a
courtyard, he consoled her. She was distraught that she had to give up her life
to live with an old man. She made it simple for him. He offered her everlasting
beauty and took her of her own free will. Three nights later, she reappeared.
She was pale and cold, she claimed to have wandered into the woods and gotten
lost. She married her baron, but shortly thereafter, he became anemic and died.
As the years passed, she seemed not to age while engaging in various forms of
debauchery and rumors of her bathing in the blood of virgins and such spread. In
her vanity, she had revealed herself for the monster that she had become. The
villagers took up arms and eventually slew her. Her corpse with a stake through
her heart was laid to rest in the baron’s crypt and sealed forever,
theoretically. A hapless pair of graverobbers in the 1960s made the mistake of
thinking that the crypt had been secured to protect treasure and dumped the
coffin which removed the stake. She remained in the shadows and learned about
this strange new world, as well as the extent of her powers. She traveled
extensively and avoided leaving hardly any evidence of her existence. By the
1980s, she returned to her old homeland and decided to set down some roots. Her
old home was now the Karnstein Estate and the Count was a widower. She seduced
him and systematically rebuilt her old life style which was much easier to
accomplish in this day and age. Her husband remains oblivious to the goings on
as his estate hosts all manner of sexual activity. Carmilla feeds on many ‘volunteers’
and never slays anyone. Gremlin discovered her and was fascinated by her. Their
mental prowess was nearly equal and neither would have much effect on the other.
Gremlin proposed a partnership, she supplies the base for the Monster Society
and they protect her home and lifestyle. When necessary, she assists them in
Gremlin’s plots with her vampiric abilities.
Personality/Motivations:
Vain and only concerned with her own lusts, her only true motivation is to
continue her debauchery. Still remembering her fate all those years ago, she
allied with the Monster Society to ensure that no one will ever spoil her fun
again