Dahlia Cortez
Pronouns: She/Her
Height: 5’11”
Build: Lean, wiry strength
Eye Color: Amber
Hair Color: Deep burgundy, shaved on one side
Skin Color: Honey-brown, marred by black, patterned burn scars
Occupation: Community Organizer / Guerilla Archivist
Apparent Age: Late 20s
Date of Birth: October 30th, 1969
Date of Embrace: April 18th, 2005
Sire: Unknown (believed destroyed during a Luxidine raid)
Childer: None (All believed destroyed during Luxidine raids)
City Status: 4
City Title: Coordinator for the Free Coalition
Clan: Mekhet
Bloodline: Bak-Ra
Clan Status: 4
Clan Title: Archivist
Covenant: Carthian Movement
Covenant Title: Speaker
Visible Effects:
Her skin bears a latticework of burn scars—evidence of a deliberate ordeal in the sun, the sacred mark of her bloodline. The scarring glows faintly under certain lighting, resembling ancient runes or solar flares across her body. Mortals instinctively respect her distance, while Kindred often avoid her gaze—uncertain whether to fear or revere her.
Description:
Dahlia wears her pain like armor—scars left exposed by loose-fitting, sleeveless jackets and layered tactical gear. Her wardrobe blends revolution and ritual: utility belts over linen wraps, faded combat fatigues paired with solar iconography stitched into cloth bands. Her gait is slow and grounded, as though every step is meant to remind the world she still walks despite the fire. Her eyes glow with a strange intensity, and when she speaks, even the reckless fall silent.
Personality:
Dahlia is unwavering. Quiet and deliberate, she measures every decision against both survival and justice. As a Bak-Ra, she believes pain has power—her ordeal under the sun wasn’t just proof of faith, it was a test of who she was meant to become. She is fiercely loyal to the Kindred of Miami, especially those hunted by Luxidine, and refuses to abandon them no matter how dire the odds. Dahlia despises cowardice cloaked in tradition and believes in forging new ways through the fire. When she speaks, she does so not just with conviction—but with the searing certainty of someone who has already burned and lived to remember.