For future reworks, if you could take Vladimir's concept in one direction, which one would it be?
It's no secret that our guy's current concept is dated and a mess, even though his lore IMO is among the coolest in the game. There was a hot male character thread last night and the replies got me thinking 
's current concept is somewhat split between two of the types of desirable male fans described. These were:
- An incubus-like promiscuous vampiric creature which uses magic to achieve its goals; confident, darkly handsome and extremely dangerous
- A sadistic scholar of the dark arts who uses his magic to obtain beauty, power and the adoration of the opposite sex (and user Tides of Blood)
I myself am a firm supporter of the second option, because it is fresh, far less generic and utterly terrifying. But as it is his concept is equally split between both and the sooner it is clarified, the sooner we can have a unique champion who is the other one of those things. You could say Vladimir is a vampire name, but to us Slavs that is not quite true - it means "he who rules the world" and is ironically the name of the infamous most powerful man in the world, so it could equally well belong to a power-hungry, hyper ambitious mage. There is also his awesome lore and involvement with a mage order and Sion. (Also, Dracula's first name was Vladislav.) On the other hand every. single. skin. Vlad has is a vampire reference (Soulstealer being Legacy of Kain, for which I thank you wholeheartedly, Riot, and Academy being Twilling which makes me less happy).
So, which one would you prefer and why?
(Alucard, I believe Vlad's original inspiration)
(Some outrageously hot blood mage concept that was likely inspired by Vlad)
is already doing that)
