Gotham Talfa

• When he was twenty Gotham was attacked by a female werewolf who left him for dead. He stumbled across a vampire named Ruggeiro not long after. Ruggeiro gave him some of his blood, which healed and strengthened him, allowing him to not only survive his first turn but made him capable of shifting at will. It also halted his aging, unlike a regular lycanthrope. He's traveled with Ruggeiro as a bodyguard/pet (but don't you dare call him a pet...) off and on ever since.

• Seventy years after being turned, he met another werewolf named Ayla. They fell in love and became mates. When Gotham discovered she was pregnant they settled down in a city, planning to live out the rest of their lives together. Unfortunately, shortly after she gave birth their home was ransacked; Ayla was murdered, along with two of their four pups. The two pups left alive were kidnapped. After burying the bodies, Gotham spent almost five years alone before he joined back up with Ruggeiro. He rarely talks about any of this.