"Out of my way. I'm hungry and you're annoying me."

One look at her and it seems you've already fumbled a first impression, Vex's permanent frown and moody exterior leaves her a difficult one to talk to without it feeling like you've already upset her just by existing.

It also wouldn't help matters much if you were to learn she's a vampire... The stigma that comes with being a bloodsucker is something she doesn't want to deal with, so it's a secret she keeps from anyone she doesn't know well (although vampire hunters and other wannabe heroes are still an issue from time to time).

How Vex gained her vampirism is a mystery, it's possible she was born with it. If you ask her she'll tell you she grew up alone in a dark cave, with the only things to keep her company being the vampire bats littering the ceiling.

Being trapped inside a cavern all your life naturally keeps you from learning things like English and manners, indeed until she got out, Vex was a modern-day Stone Age cavewoman.

She would've remained in there forever if the entrance wasn't blown open by a crazed, pointy-eared woman on the hunt for sources of magical power, whom the savage Vex became fascinated by.

Now on the surface with a new friend, she put her innate vampiric abilities to the test by speed-learning how to act "normal", coached by her buddy Astrid. She also learned how to cast magical spells.

Magic came incredibly naturally to Vex, especially spells that manipulate the life force of others, and defensive spells such as summoning a protective bubble around herself and others.

Since falling in with the elven sorceress Astrid, Vex typically tags along with whatever Astrid wants to do, however when not doing that, Vex has a more personal goal in her unlife that she wants to fulfil: Finding out who her people were, and getting an answer to why she was trapped in a cave all her life...

But until then, the two mages live together in relative peace.

Vex's weapon of choice is known as the Scythe of Purity. Once a holy weapon decorated with a blue, heart-shaped diamond, Vex, upon touching the handle, unknowingly corrupted the weapon, breaking the heart and dyeing it red. Astrid only allowed her to keep it because the blade would only activate if held by an undead being from then on.

Vex's hobby, outside of assisting her friend with treasure hunting, is brewing potions. A lover of all things nature, she takes anything she can find off the ground and attempts to make a potion out of it. Anything she makes that can cure ailments, she sells. The taste is an afterthought...

The only thing she won't add in a potion is strawberries, as they're her favourite food (aside from people, that is).

Vex, more than anything, is someone trying to fit in. She doesn't like that the world will hate her for what she is, and one day hopes to create a world where vampires aren't hated and feared.

She may put on a scary face, but underneath is someone who is driven by the love she has for not only those close to her, but for the world as a whole, a true hero.