Personality: Nikola Tesla is described as “an acquired taste” by Helen Magnus and that isn’t far from the truth. There aren’t many who can get along with Tesla at first. He really has to grow on you first.
First of all, this little genius is incredibly arrogant and conceited. He looks out for number one (for the most part) and number one only (or so he’ll say). He is brilliant, and that much is obvious, but he also knows he’s brilliant. And that’s where most of his insufferable traits come from. This arrogance makes him almost impossible to work with unless you are incredibly patient with him or on a level of intellect that is comparable to his own (because a level equal to his own is just impossible in his book). He tends to work well with Helen Magnus and sometimes, Henry Foss. Tesla will openly announce he is the most brilliant one in the room and have no shame in pointing it out any chance he gets. He aims mostly to look out for himself only, but despite this selfish behavior, he has been known to risk life and limb for Helen, as well as protect others. He even developed the antidote for the Lazarus Virus (though, he did take personal offence when Biggie refused it at first). He is known to worry about Helen’s safety and even preformed some very dangerous maneuvers to rescue Henry Foss.
Nikola has difficulty controlling himself. He’s rather changeable and almost on the verge of bipolar if you were to classify him psychologically. When he was first introduced, he came in offering to save Magnus’ life for just a kiss. He revealed his love for her, and that he always had loved her, but when she refused to join him, he shrugged it off and tried to kill her. His moods are near unpredictable at times and that makes him a tentative ally at first. Later on, he seems to tilt more on the side of good rather than evil, and has even defended the Sanctuary with Magnus and Henry.
Being part human and part vampire, he has an incredible pride in his race—the Sanguine Vampiris part of his race. The Source Blood injected into him back in the 19th century recognized a bit of Vampire DNA in his blood and allowed it to overtake his human nature. He was effectively transformed into one of the extinct Vampires and has had to live his life on a serum developed by Magnus that sates his blood lust so he doesn’t need to feed on humans or animals. Even after being apart from her for sixty plus years, he still used the serum in place of human blood. For a long time, he was dead-set on reviving the Vampire race until the day he met another pure blood vampire and she was a total “inbred bitch”. Upon trying to kill him and use Magnus as a human canteen, he decided he liked being the only one left.
Tesla can be very dangerous when agitated or in one of his moods, but he can also be a very powerful ally. As your ally, it is a good idea to keep in mind that he might have an ulterior motive to aiding you. As of late, the biggest danger he poses is to Helen’s winery. His “immortal metabolism” prevents him from intoxication, and he does have quite a love for wine, so he will drink bottle after bottle with no end in sight.
Nikola can be quite sassy most of the time. He’s keen on witty comebacks and general snark, often using these skills to hit on Helen Magnus every chance he gets. Even in a perilous situation he can find time for flirty sass. When the Adam AI for the Praxian nanite has them cornered in a virtual world, Helen asks him how his magnetism works in the virtual world, his reply is simple and flirty, “You tell me.” She expresses her exasperation and he shrugs it off nonchalantly.
When he isn’t hitting on Magnus or generally causing trouble, he’s working on new ideas and technology. Brainstorming designs and building incredible gadgets (that can also cause mayhem, but sometimes that’s unintentional). There are times when he’s so incredibly naïve about his work. For example, he half-way developed an energy grid to keep just about anything contained, but when Henry Foss mentions that SCIU will overcharge it and use it to kill everyone inside, he is upset, going as far as to insist that was not what it was designed for. The realization of the malevolent capabilities of his device in the wrong hands leaves him incredibly upset.
For someone hell-bent on world domination, Tesla has yet to actually dominate the world, and in fact has helped save it.
Abilities: Nikola Tesla is the Nikola Tesla of the history books. Mostly. His intellect is probably not considered a real ‘ability’ but it partly stems from his heritage as part of the abnormal race, Sanguine Vampiris. He possesses a shifted form of pointed teeth and elongated (very elongated) claws, and black eyes when using his Vampiric powers which include strength, speed, healing, and longevity. He also has a special little ability to manipulate electro-magnetism. His uses for this almost seem to be endless when combined with his brilliant and creative mind. Originally, he possessed the ability to manipulate/generate electricity, but after becoming human, the ability was lost, replaced with electro-magnetism. When he was ‘re-vamped’, the electro-magnetism remained.
Re: [CANON] NIkola Tesla || Sanctuary || Reserve || 2 of 3
Personality:
Nikola Tesla is described as “an acquired taste” by Helen Magnus and that isn’t far from the truth. There aren’t many who can get along with Tesla at first. He really has to grow on you first.
First of all, this little genius is incredibly arrogant and conceited. He looks out for number one (for the most part) and number one only (or so he’ll say). He is brilliant, and that much is obvious, but he also knows he’s brilliant. And that’s where most of his insufferable traits come from. This arrogance makes him almost impossible to work with unless you are incredibly patient with him or on a level of intellect that is comparable to his own (because a level equal to his own is just impossible in his book). He tends to work well with Helen Magnus and sometimes, Henry Foss. Tesla will openly announce he is the most brilliant one in the room and have no shame in pointing it out any chance he gets. He aims mostly to look out for himself only, but despite this selfish behavior, he has been known to risk life and limb for Helen, as well as protect others. He even developed the antidote for the Lazarus Virus (though, he did take personal offence when Biggie refused it at first). He is known to worry about Helen’s safety and even preformed some very dangerous maneuvers to rescue Henry Foss.
Nikola has difficulty controlling himself. He’s rather changeable and almost on the verge of bipolar if you were to classify him psychologically. When he was first introduced, he came in offering to save Magnus’ life for just a kiss. He revealed his love for her, and that he always had loved her, but when she refused to join him, he shrugged it off and tried to kill her. His moods are near unpredictable at times and that makes him a tentative ally at first. Later on, he seems to tilt more on the side of good rather than evil, and has even defended the Sanctuary with Magnus and Henry.
Being part human and part vampire, he has an incredible pride in his race—the Sanguine Vampiris part of his race. The Source Blood injected into him back in the 19th century recognized a bit of Vampire DNA in his blood and allowed it to overtake his human nature. He was effectively transformed into one of the extinct Vampires and has had to live his life on a serum developed by Magnus that sates his blood lust so he doesn’t need to feed on humans or animals. Even after being apart from her for sixty plus years, he still used the serum in place of human blood. For a long time, he was dead-set on reviving the Vampire race until the day he met another pure blood vampire and she was a total “inbred bitch”. Upon trying to kill him and use Magnus as a human canteen, he decided he liked being the only one left.
Tesla can be very dangerous when agitated or in one of his moods, but he can also be a very powerful ally. As your ally, it is a good idea to keep in mind that he might have an ulterior motive to aiding you. As of late, the biggest danger he poses is to Helen’s winery. His “immortal metabolism” prevents him from intoxication, and he does have quite a love for wine, so he will drink bottle after bottle with no end in sight.
Nikola can be quite sassy most of the time. He’s keen on witty comebacks and general snark, often using these skills to hit on Helen Magnus every chance he gets. Even in a perilous situation he can find time for flirty sass. When the Adam AI for the Praxian nanite has them cornered in a virtual world, Helen asks him how his magnetism works in the virtual world, his reply is simple and flirty, “You tell me.” She expresses her exasperation and he shrugs it off nonchalantly.
When he isn’t hitting on Magnus or generally causing trouble, he’s working on new ideas and technology. Brainstorming designs and building incredible gadgets (that can also cause mayhem, but sometimes that’s unintentional). There are times when he’s so incredibly naïve about his work. For example, he half-way developed an energy grid to keep just about anything contained, but when Henry Foss mentions that SCIU will overcharge it and use it to kill everyone inside, he is upset, going as far as to insist that was not what it was designed for. The realization of the malevolent capabilities of his device in the wrong hands leaves him incredibly upset.
For someone hell-bent on world domination, Tesla has yet to actually dominate the world, and in fact has helped save it.
Background:
Wikia Biography
Abilities:
Nikola Tesla is the Nikola Tesla of the history books. Mostly. His intellect is probably not considered a real ‘ability’ but it partly stems from his heritage as part of the abnormal race, Sanguine Vampiris. He possesses a shifted form of pointed teeth and elongated (very elongated) claws, and black eyes when using his Vampiric powers which include strength, speed, healing, and longevity. He also has a special little ability to manipulate electro-magnetism. His uses for this almost seem to be endless when combined with his brilliant and creative mind. Originally, he possessed the ability to manipulate/generate electricity, but after becoming human, the ability was lost, replaced with electro-magnetism. When he was ‘re-vamped’, the electro-magnetism remained.