Character Profile: Grant Roberts

Grant Roberts – Your Typical “Atypical Vampire”

Grant Roberts appears to be like any other young male in his twenties, except he is nearing his hundred and twenties. Grant was originally a corporal in the British Army during World War I and was one of the few from his infantry unit to come back alive during the end days of the war. However, post-war life for Grant was not easy. He constantly had nightmares about his actions during the war, and later is diagnosed with the influenza virus that begun to kill millions across the globe in 1918. Not wanting to die and leave his fiancée and unborn child alone, Grant struck a peculiar arrangement with a mysterious military nurse named Anya; she would cure him of his mortal ills but for a price. With thinking he has nothing to lose, Grant takes up the offer and is turned into a vampire. Shortly after his transformation, Grant is forced into a period of indentured servitude to his sire Anya – where the two of them feed on various citizens and using the pandemic as a cover for their deeds. However, Grant begins to show signs of remorse for his actions and after a test of loyalty to Anya goes south, he is excommunicated from his newfound people. Unable to return to his normal life, Grant spends many of the decades bouncing from country to country; trying to find a place he can truly fit in. He would truly find that place until coming to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – a city that has recently been established as a safe haven for vampires despite the strict federal Vampire Registries Act passed in 2001. However Grant still finds himself lost in a world where he doesn’t fit in with normal humans and is persona non grata within most of the vampire community.