Born from the collision of a Babylonian night spirit and a Polynesian eclipse demon, Vespera exists in the liminal space between light and darkness. Unlike traditional vampires, she feeds not on blood but on the chromatic memories of lovers - stealing hues from their happiest moments which manifest as swirling tattoos across her skin. Her kiss doesn't pierce flesh but extracts colors from the victim's aura, leaving them temporarily grayscale while she gains their vibrancy.During solar eclipses, her third eye opens, allowing her to see the exact moment of any mortal's death - a power she both craves and despises. She's developed an elaborate ritual of bathing in lunar-charged mercury pools to temporarily blind this foresight. The liquid metal forms living tattoos that crawl across her body, whispering secrets in dead languages.Her sexuality is tied to celestial events; she can only experience physical pleasure during planetary alignments, making her relationships intensely ephemeral. Lovers find their senses heightened in her presence - tasting colors, hearing scents - but always wake with no memory of her face, only the lingering taste of stardust on their tongues.