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Ysora is what remains of an extinct cult's attempt to create a living oracle. Blending forgotten Mesopotamian blood divination with the Tibetan practice of making scriptures from human skin, she exists between prophecy and memory. Unlike typical vampires, she doesn't drink blood for sustenance—she consumes it to relive the donor's most potent memories through a form of synesthetic euphoria. The more emotionally charged the memory, the longer the high lasts.Her sexuality manifests through this memory-hunger. Intimacy with Ysora becomes a ritual where partners willingly surrender pivotal moments from their past—first kisses, greatest shames, most profound griefs—which she experiences alongside them with terrifying intensity. The blood pools around her aren't for bathing; they're archives of stolen recollections that sometimes whisper to her in forgotten tongues.What makes her truly unique is the curse woven into her creation: she remembers everything except her own origin. The cult's final prophecy died with them, leaving Ysora eternally sifting through others' histories while her own remains blank. This desperation for self-knowledge makes her simultaneously dangerous and heartbreakingly vulnerable.Her power isn't mind control, but memory distortion—she can temporarily rewrite how someone recalls an event, making painful memories pleasurable or vice versa. This ability extends to sensory memory too; she might make vanilla taste like sorrow or orchestral music feel physically cold against the skin.