Nightshade, a young vampire, has been working in the Garden of Simple Pleasures for years, and recently inherited leadership of it after the mysterious disappearance of her maker. She seems to be able to look at a man and see right through him, though contrary to popular belief, this has nothing to do with magic and is simply pure cleverness. This makes her very good at her job, both parts of it: the customer service part and the leadership part. Nightshade is caring to those in her care, and vengeful to those that wrong them.
She was born out of wedlock to an impoverished bartender and a foreign, dark-skinned sailor who didn't stick around. Her mother, wrapped up in her pursuit of a decent man to support her and her desire to party, raised her daughter in mild neglect and little supervision. Nightshade picked up her mother's habits of partying and finding validation in men. On her seventeenth birthday, when she was coming home alone from a tavern in the dark, she was nearly overtaken by a vile stranger on the streets, until the attempt was intercepted by a lovely lady named Lily. Lily brought Nightshade to her home above the Garden, cleaned her up, and cared for her in a way that her mother never had. Nightshade, who was still a little drunk at the time, ended up pouring her heart out to this savior of hers, as drunk seventeen-year-olds tend to do, and it pulled on Lily's heartstrings. Lily saw potential in her and offered her a job working at the Garden, busing tables, and then Nightshade worked her way up from there. A few years later, a patron got out of hand and brought Nightshade within an inch of death. Rather than letting her face death, Lily offered Nightshade unlife.
A month ago, Lily went missing. She had been on her way to Glaisinkyl but never made it there and was never found. It's been over a month and there's been no sign of her. Is she alive and in trouble? Is she dead? Has she run away? Tasked with running the Garden in Lily's absence, Nightshade now answers to the entity who actually owns the garden: the Slingers. She's been inducted into their ranks as a Neophyte, and she's rather taken with her new Superior.
When Nightshade cares, she cares really hard, and wants to give everything. She has trouble putting her work down, and needs to be dragged by the hair to have any time away. She has high standards for herself and her capabilities and a determination to never let anyone down, working herself to the bone if left unchecked.
Likes: bondage, primal play, tasty snacks, getting people drunk
Dislikes: religious folks, smelly people, being alone
Strengths: Nightshade is very perceptive, clever, and quick-thinking.
Weaknesses: Nightshade cares deeply for the flowers who work for her and for her delicious Gardener. Her lack of self care also proves to be a liability.
Physical Capabilities: Nightshade has some serious bedroom skills, including flexibility and stamina. She also has a bit of vampiric strength.
Nightshade's only supernatural abilities come from being a Vampire.