Alexander Nero
Name: Alexander Nero
Born: July 13, 1615 -- Madrid, Spain
Died: September 23, 1640 -- London, England
Status: Immortal
Primary Weapon: Samurai Katana
Secondary Weapon: None
Alexander stands at six feet tall and weighs 185 lbs.
With long brown hair and lavender eyes he is an enchanting figure. His good looks and
sometimes somber demeanor often mask his boyish charms and his brilliant smile. He is a
prankster and a joker, who loves to laugh but is all business when he has
to be.
He has a tendency to be kind, caring, and giving. Also, he is considered by many to be an enormous flirt, which often tends to get him in trouble. People first notice his looks before they notice anything else about him but soon enough they get to see all of his strength and intelligence.
Alexander was born in Madrid, Spain to an unwed mother. Soon after his birth, Alexander was taken by his mother to England where she left her newborn child on the door steps of a church. Raised by the kind hearted sisters of the church, Nero was taught to love and care for all things. But, one day a fight broke out in front of the church between to men. One of them pulled a knife. Alex, who had always tried to make the best of things tried to step in. He was stabbed in the throat he died almost instantly.
When Alex awoke several hours later he was confused, scared, but mostly convinced that he was evil. He learned differently however from another immortal at the church: Father Niccodemus Sebastian. Sebastian was an Immortal, who after 932 years of life had grown weary of the Immortals and became a priest, relishing in the sanctuary that holy ground provided him. But, in order to keep there existence hidden, Sebastian took Alex and left for the south of France. And there Sebastian took Alex under his wing and taught him the ways of the Immortals. He taught Alex about the finer things in life. Alex learned to speak many languages and learned of history, art, math , and science. Most importantly, Sebastian gave Alex the same weapon that he uses to this day: an emerald green handled samurai katana.
But soon tragedy would strike as in 1656, Sebastian would fall to an Immortal. He fought bravely but was no match for the 1,500 year old Lucien St. Croix. Alex returned home to find his master dead and Lucien fleeing. Alex remembered his face and would never forget his name. Finding himself alone in the world, Alex buried his teacher and his friend and set off into the world to seek his revenge.
He searched throughout Europe extensively over the next half century, however he received his first Quickening in 1662 when he took the head of an Immortal named Joseph Herod. Throughout his search he encountered many Immortals and took many heads but in the summer of 1707, he met and befriended and Immortal named Quinn. The two traveled the world together and soon after learning about Alex's hate for Lucien, Quinn taught Alex that anger never gives you an edge it only dulls it. They trained hard together knowing that one day St. Croix would come.
In 1749, they arrived in Egypt.There, Alex would Lucien St. Croix but Quinn beat him to the punch and challenged St. Croix first. St. Croix and Quinn fought an amazing fight but in the end, Quinn would fall that day. After this fight, St. Croix didn't run, feeling invincible he challenged Alex.
"It seems like every time we meet, you lose a friend." St. Croix said.
"I swear upon all that is holy, today I will have your head!" Alex screamed.
The two Immortals fought a savage battle. For every move Alex tried St. Croix was there, to match the blow and make one twice as strong. The frustration was mounting inside of Alex and it seemed as though he would lose the fight. But just as his anger was at it's peak Sebastian and Quinn spoke to him and he remembered what they had taught him. Calming himself and concentrating, Alex struck St. Croix down and took his head. Alex felt complete, he felt whole for the first time in almost a century. But since he achieved his revenge, he found that he needed a new quest. So, once again he set off into the world.
The year 1762 would find Alex in China. There he met Lian Tse, an Immortal who would become Alex's best friend. He learned that she was over 600 years old and had taken many heads in her times.Also, she was a rich aristocrat who was charmed by Alex's vagabond ways. She even claimed to have met Methos at one time. Together they traveled the world and would arrive in America in 1774, just in time for the Revolution.
Since that time Alex and Lian didn't leave. She took many lovers and left them all with in pain. While Alex, knowing what harm love could do as an Immortal did his best to stay away from matters of the heart. That all changed however in 1844, when Alex met Annabelle Miller. The two fell in love immediately and were to be wed in the summer of 1845. But just days before the wedding, Annabelle was attacked by an unknown assailant dragged to the nearby forest where she was raped and gutted.
Alex buried his bride and left to find peace. He
traveled the Americas and encountered many more Immortals. He kept in contact with Lian
and eventually returned to his home in 1913. Since then he has set up shop as an antique
dealer. He moves on every ten years or so as to not arouse suspicion. He
has plans of returning London sometime soon, hopefully in the summer of 2026.
This is a very brief account of Alex's life.