Tobias Nguyen

Name	Tobias "Toby" Nguyen
Race	Human
Type	Rock Artist
Faction	Nightbred
Premiere	Desideratum: Blood Bonds
Relative(s)	N/A

Tobias "Toby" Nguyen

"I'm saving myself for you; I want it to be special."

Biography

Pre-Desideratum: Blood Bonds

Tobias Nguyen was born in Portland to parents that were very loving and religious. His mother had been a Latter Day Saint missionary to Vietnam and while there, she fell in love with a member of the local temple. They were eventually wed, and wound up living in Portland, Oregon. They adored Toby as a child and raised him with both American and Vietnamese cultures. He was always smaller than the other kids and bullied often due to this and a pacifist nature that his parents instilled in him. While in elementary school, he met Abigail, whom he would later know as Absinthe. Abby protected Toby by fist fighting anyone who picked on him. However, she herself was quite a bully and he often found himself ridiculed by her. Still, he was smitten with the vulgar girl, much to the chagrin of his family. This crush on Absinthe only grew over the years. By the time they reached high school, the pair had also befriended Scarlett Moffat and Sylvain Eriksson. He and his friends played music in Scarlett’s garage. After graduation, they met a girl named Fawn Everett, and together they formed the band- Absinthe and Arsenic. Though famous in the Portland area, the band was rather obscure. Toby played the moral compass of the group and often tried to encourage maturity, but was just as often ignored. Over time, Absinthe had grown ever more egotistical, and her cruelty towards Tobias only seemed to grow more blatant and hurtful. The band- Toby included- mysteriously disappeared. Ironically, once they vanished, their music suddenly became popular around the world as people wondered what had happened to them.

Desideratum: Blood Bonds

In Desideratum: Blood Bonds, Toby is one of the members of Absinthe and Arsenic. Absinthe Van Gothen had encountered Brone Lorcan, a nosferatu in service of Lord Ivor. Abby had become fused with the blood of Vlad Țepeș, creating the Blood Suit. After that night, the band had a target on their heads. Ivor sent the Jiang Shi twins to bring the band back to the Shanghai Tunnels, and they did. With her bandmates captured, Ivor suspected that the fiery monster hunter would come for them. However, the Night Stalkers, Roy McCoy and Jacques Lombar, convinced Absinthe not to go into the trap. Ivor, however, did not count on the Countess Elizabeth Báthory’s treachery. She bit the mortal band members and raised them as her loyal minions, ordering them to either convince Absinthe to become a Nightbred like they had or else to capture her. Absinthe turned the band down and tried to convince them to fight the evil, but her former friends obeyed their new mistress.

However, in the struggle, Tobias Nguyen broke free of the Countess’ power because of his deep love for Abby. This gave the monster hunter the edge that she needed and she slew Fawn Everett, Scarlett Moffat, and Sylvain Eriksson. Afterwards, she thanked Toby and he asked that she slay him too. Absinthe grudgingly obliged and this caused her to grow so angry at the Nightbred that, momentarily, Vlad almost gained control of her, but Brone arrived and managed to stop the corruption. Because of that night, Absinthe wanted revenge against the Nightbred and she forever regretted the way that she had treated her friends. This caused her to become closer to the Night Stalkers and grow into a more mature, kinder person.

Appearance

Toby is a reserved young man. He has short hair, and seems to keep his head down most of the time.

Abilities

• None

Transformation

In Desideratum: Blood Bonds, Toby is converted into a Nightbred by Elizabeth Báthory. He disapproves of the change, and maintains just enough free-will to help Abby when the band tries to claim her. He looks relatively similar, though with vampiric fangs.

Notes and Trivia

Toby has a life-long crush on Absinthe Van Gothen.