Post by Spike on Mar 3, 2006 1:20:16 GMT -5
Name: William the Bloody, Mostly Spike
Eyes: Blue eyes
Hair: Bleeched Blonde Hair
Weight: 150lbs
Height: 5"9
Powers: if any Super Strength, Enhanced Smelling, Hearing and Sensing, Also Spike is skilled at Thrall which means he can control peoples minds
History: William Pratt was born circa 1853 in London to Anne Pratt and an unknown father. In 1880, at approximately 25 to 30 years of age, William was a brown-haired, ineffectual gentleman who lived with his mother and wrote poetry. He was called "William the Bloody" behind his back by his peers, because his poetry was so "bloody awful." This nickname (with more deadly connotions) followed him as a vampire. After his romantic overtures were rejected by the aristocratic Cecily, a despondent William accepted comfort in the arms of Drusilla only to be bitten and transformed into a vampire. Euphoric with his new-found vampiric abilities, and hungry for revenge on his peers, he abandoned the genteel hypocrisy of Victorian life (though not before turning his own mother into a vampire) and became a rebel, adopting a working class accent and becoming prone to impulsiveness and violence. He adopted the name "Spike" because of a habit of torturing people with railroad spikes. (It should be noted that one of his detractors in his human days exclaimed he'd rather "have a railroad spike driven through my head" than listen to William's poetry, a possible inspiration for the torture.) Along with other vampires, including the infamous Angelus and Darla, he terrorized Britain, Europe and Asia for decades. In one of his proudest moments, he killed a Slayer during the Chinese Boxer Rebellion; it was her sword that gave him the scar on his left eyebrow, which remains a century later.
Spike and Drusilla lost touch with Darla and Angelus (who, unknown to Spike or Drusilla, had recently been cursed with a soul), and the couple wandered the world seeking amusement and mayhem. During World War II, Spike was captured by Nazis and transported aboard a submarine which was in turn seized by Americans; after he and two other vampires killed most of the crew, Angel made a truce with Spike, allowing him to swim to shore before the submarine reached the United States.
At some point in a century or so of being his own boss, Spike employed a pair of Fyarl Demons as muscle, which is noteworthy since in the Buffyverse vampires and demons rarely get along. He attended Woodstock, where he drank blood from a hippie and spent the next several hours watching his own hand move. Spike has been known to drive in broad daylight despite the fact that his vulnerability to the sun requires him to cover most of the windows, leaving him with little means to see where he's going.
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Style
William's natural hair color was medium brown; in 1943 he was seen with it dyed black and slicked down; and by 1977 he had begun to bleach it, keeping that look at least until he was last seen in 2003. Spike has a taste for long black leather jackets, including one that he took from a Nazi officer and another that he wore as a trophy of Nikki Wood, a Slayer whom he killed in 1977. Spike has claimed that Billy Idol stole his look from him.
Spike smokes Morley cigarettes.
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Sunnydale
Spike first appears in Sunnydale in Buffy's second season, in the episode School Hard, accompanied by his longtime love Drusilla, who was suffering from poisoning (having narrowly escaped an angry mob in Prague) that could only be cured by the blood of the vampire who had created her, Angel. (Early on, before his past is clearly revealed to viewers, Spike refers to Angel as his "sire," but in later episodes, it is made it clear that Drusilla is the one that sired Spike. However, because Angelus is the one who sired Drusilla, it can be argued that he is also the sire, or at least the "grandsire," of Spike. It can also be said that Angelus was the one who had to act as Spike's sire by teaching him about the vampire world, since the insane Drusilla was hardly qualified for the job.)
For much of the second season, Spike and Drusilla are major enemies of Buffy, until Spike is so severely injured in a fight with Buffy and Kendra that he spends several months confined to a wheelchair. When Angel loses his soul after making love with Buffy, he joins the pair, and eventually plots to destroy all of humanity. Spike at first celebrates their reunion with Angelus, but when Angelus steals Dru as a lover and persistently taunts the (temporarily) helpless Spike, a rivalry develops between the two. This rivalry eventually motivates Spike to ally himself with Buffy in their attempts to defeat Angelus; there is some ambiguity regarding his motivation in doing so, since despite his initial claim that he just wants Drusilla back, he also makes a memorable speech:
“We like to talk big, vampires do. I’m going to destroy the world. That’s just tough guy talk. Strutting around with your friends over a pint of blood. The truth is, I like this world. You’ve got – dog racing. Manchester United. And you’ve got people: billions of people walking around like Happy Meals with legs. It’s all right here. But then someone comes along with a vision, with a real passion for destruction. Angel could pull it off. Goodbye Piccadilly, farewell Leicester bloody Square."
They form an alliance; Spike stops Angelus from maiming Giles, and Buffy leaves Drusilla alone. Eventually, Spike breaks the deal, though; when Angelus corners Buffy with a sword in his hand, Spike and an unconscious Drusilla leave Sunnydale and travel to Brazil.
Spike appears in only one episode of season three (Lover's Walk), attempting to force Willow Rosenberg to cast a love spell on Drusilla, who had turned away from him because of his "weakness" in preventing Angel's apocalypse and (as we learn later) because she suspects that he has a growing obsession with Buffy. One interesting point in this episode is Buffy's remark to Angel that "I can fool Giles, and I can fool my friends, but I can't fool myself – or Spike, for some reason," foreshadowing Spike's role as the "truth-seer" of the group. Spike abandons the love spell idea, and resolves to win Drusilla back the old-fashioned way: by torturing her, as Angel did in 1860.
Spike returns to Sunnydale alone in season four to search for the Gem of Amarra, a talisman that allows a vampire to endure sunlight and even a stake to the heart without ill effect. He becomes romantically involved with Harmony Kendall, a shallow young vampire. Despite her beauty and affection, Spike considers her little more than a nuisance and sexual plaything. His unlife takes a pivotal turn when The Initiative, a secret government demon-fighting army, captures him and implants a microchip in his head, which causes crippling pain whenever he harms or attempts to harm a human being, though it allows him to fight demons. Unable to hunt for blood, he turns to the Scooby Gang for protection, bartering his knowledge of the Initiative. He helps Rupert Giles out of a tight spot for a price
Eyes: Blue eyes
Hair: Bleeched Blonde Hair
Weight: 150lbs
Height: 5"9
Powers: if any Super Strength, Enhanced Smelling, Hearing and Sensing, Also Spike is skilled at Thrall which means he can control peoples minds
History: William Pratt was born circa 1853 in London to Anne Pratt and an unknown father. In 1880, at approximately 25 to 30 years of age, William was a brown-haired, ineffectual gentleman who lived with his mother and wrote poetry. He was called "William the Bloody" behind his back by his peers, because his poetry was so "bloody awful." This nickname (with more deadly connotions) followed him as a vampire. After his romantic overtures were rejected by the aristocratic Cecily, a despondent William accepted comfort in the arms of Drusilla only to be bitten and transformed into a vampire. Euphoric with his new-found vampiric abilities, and hungry for revenge on his peers, he abandoned the genteel hypocrisy of Victorian life (though not before turning his own mother into a vampire) and became a rebel, adopting a working class accent and becoming prone to impulsiveness and violence. He adopted the name "Spike" because of a habit of torturing people with railroad spikes. (It should be noted that one of his detractors in his human days exclaimed he'd rather "have a railroad spike driven through my head" than listen to William's poetry, a possible inspiration for the torture.) Along with other vampires, including the infamous Angelus and Darla, he terrorized Britain, Europe and Asia for decades. In one of his proudest moments, he killed a Slayer during the Chinese Boxer Rebellion; it was her sword that gave him the scar on his left eyebrow, which remains a century later.
Spike and Drusilla lost touch with Darla and Angelus (who, unknown to Spike or Drusilla, had recently been cursed with a soul), and the couple wandered the world seeking amusement and mayhem. During World War II, Spike was captured by Nazis and transported aboard a submarine which was in turn seized by Americans; after he and two other vampires killed most of the crew, Angel made a truce with Spike, allowing him to swim to shore before the submarine reached the United States.
At some point in a century or so of being his own boss, Spike employed a pair of Fyarl Demons as muscle, which is noteworthy since in the Buffyverse vampires and demons rarely get along. He attended Woodstock, where he drank blood from a hippie and spent the next several hours watching his own hand move. Spike has been known to drive in broad daylight despite the fact that his vulnerability to the sun requires him to cover most of the windows, leaving him with little means to see where he's going.
[edit]
Style
William's natural hair color was medium brown; in 1943 he was seen with it dyed black and slicked down; and by 1977 he had begun to bleach it, keeping that look at least until he was last seen in 2003. Spike has a taste for long black leather jackets, including one that he took from a Nazi officer and another that he wore as a trophy of Nikki Wood, a Slayer whom he killed in 1977. Spike has claimed that Billy Idol stole his look from him.
Spike smokes Morley cigarettes.
[edit]
Sunnydale
Spike first appears in Sunnydale in Buffy's second season, in the episode School Hard, accompanied by his longtime love Drusilla, who was suffering from poisoning (having narrowly escaped an angry mob in Prague) that could only be cured by the blood of the vampire who had created her, Angel. (Early on, before his past is clearly revealed to viewers, Spike refers to Angel as his "sire," but in later episodes, it is made it clear that Drusilla is the one that sired Spike. However, because Angelus is the one who sired Drusilla, it can be argued that he is also the sire, or at least the "grandsire," of Spike. It can also be said that Angelus was the one who had to act as Spike's sire by teaching him about the vampire world, since the insane Drusilla was hardly qualified for the job.)
For much of the second season, Spike and Drusilla are major enemies of Buffy, until Spike is so severely injured in a fight with Buffy and Kendra that he spends several months confined to a wheelchair. When Angel loses his soul after making love with Buffy, he joins the pair, and eventually plots to destroy all of humanity. Spike at first celebrates their reunion with Angelus, but when Angelus steals Dru as a lover and persistently taunts the (temporarily) helpless Spike, a rivalry develops between the two. This rivalry eventually motivates Spike to ally himself with Buffy in their attempts to defeat Angelus; there is some ambiguity regarding his motivation in doing so, since despite his initial claim that he just wants Drusilla back, he also makes a memorable speech:
“We like to talk big, vampires do. I’m going to destroy the world. That’s just tough guy talk. Strutting around with your friends over a pint of blood. The truth is, I like this world. You’ve got – dog racing. Manchester United. And you’ve got people: billions of people walking around like Happy Meals with legs. It’s all right here. But then someone comes along with a vision, with a real passion for destruction. Angel could pull it off. Goodbye Piccadilly, farewell Leicester bloody Square."
They form an alliance; Spike stops Angelus from maiming Giles, and Buffy leaves Drusilla alone. Eventually, Spike breaks the deal, though; when Angelus corners Buffy with a sword in his hand, Spike and an unconscious Drusilla leave Sunnydale and travel to Brazil.
Spike appears in only one episode of season three (Lover's Walk), attempting to force Willow Rosenberg to cast a love spell on Drusilla, who had turned away from him because of his "weakness" in preventing Angel's apocalypse and (as we learn later) because she suspects that he has a growing obsession with Buffy. One interesting point in this episode is Buffy's remark to Angel that "I can fool Giles, and I can fool my friends, but I can't fool myself – or Spike, for some reason," foreshadowing Spike's role as the "truth-seer" of the group. Spike abandons the love spell idea, and resolves to win Drusilla back the old-fashioned way: by torturing her, as Angel did in 1860.
Spike returns to Sunnydale alone in season four to search for the Gem of Amarra, a talisman that allows a vampire to endure sunlight and even a stake to the heart without ill effect. He becomes romantically involved with Harmony Kendall, a shallow young vampire. Despite her beauty and affection, Spike considers her little more than a nuisance and sexual plaything. His unlife takes a pivotal turn when The Initiative, a secret government demon-fighting army, captures him and implants a microchip in his head, which causes crippling pain whenever he harms or attempts to harm a human being, though it allows him to fight demons. Unable to hunt for blood, he turns to the Scooby Gang for protection, bartering his knowledge of the Initiative. He helps Rupert Giles out of a tight spot for a price
