Name: Door: Door PassCanon: Hellsing Canon Point: after death Age: 70s Appearance: Here! History: Rip's historyPersonality: There are several facets to Rip's personality that are displayed in the short time we get to know the huntress before her death: she is childish, brutal, unhinged, manipulative, and determined to defy her fate, all the while accomplishing the task she has set out to do.
When we first meet Rip van Winkle, she is singing to herself and loading a gun. She seems to be the very image of a soldier going off to war and anticipating the fight that is to come, while displaying confidence mixed with talent, exhibiting remarkable skills. She even seems to be relaxed, despite knowing she has a very real responsibility to the mission. After all, who is going to trap the devil? Rip has been wanting another chance at Alucard since their very first encounter during the previous war. This is why she became a vampire! It was to hone her skills, and became such a formidable sniper amongst the ranks of the Letztes Battalion. Rip is yearning to prove herself against the biggest monster in existence. She wants to do this for a chance to defy the fate she fears awaits her.
The Huntress is aware that on some level she will fail and fears that failure and what it may mean for her own personal goals. You see, The Major compared her to a character within a German Opera that had made a deal with the devil and then tried to slither his way out of it. The Hunter in the Opera died at the Devil's hands. Rip took this comparison to heart and like her 'fictional' counterpart, made a deal to gain power so she could triumph where she failed before. Only this drove her determination to defy suffering the same fate. This determination shines through for a brief flickering moment at the end of her fight with Alucard when she fights back her panic and her fear, the very things that are preventing her from doing what she's dreamed of! In that brief moment she attacks, displaying all her pent up anger and aggression for not being taken seriously and tries to maim the Dark Hunter! Ultimately, she fails and in doing so suffers the very ending she was running from. Though, even if she did fail her personal goals, her mission goals were full filled, something that earned her a warrior's death instead of being set on fire like the others. Rip's one of the very few that get this honor with in Millennium. After all, her entire goal was to trap Alucard on the ship, and that... was very successful.
Because of her time in the military, and potentially some of the things she's seen during wartime, or perhaps it was always there to begin with... Rip is well versed in tactics to take down her prey such as simple manipulation with her words and even her looks. She is more than happy to use this to throw people off kilter just so she can get them just the way she wants them, unaware and easy to take down. To her it is a wonderfully bloody game that she plays to toy with them. Case in point, how she handled the remaining British Soldiers on the HMS Eagle when she landed. She asked them a simple question after congratulating them on their victory. 'What was it like to damn your fellow soldiers to eternal damnation and to walk the Earth as rotting corpses?" To hear someone asking that while smiling moments after praising you would throw anyone off and she knew it. To her, it was a perfect set up for what she wanted to do next... to kill the traitorous limey bastards. Such a game gives her great pleasure! After all, it's not often she can hunt such despicable prey and enjoy a little bloodshed. Why, it's her very duty as a loyal member of Millennium!
There is no denying that she is brutal with her killings, almost predatory with the way she loves to toy and dispatch anyone that comes in sight of her musket, even helicopters that many would argue are too far away for such a shot. But, Rip derives pleasure from the destruction of her enemies, even becoming artistic in her approach at times and simply revels in it. What she's doing doesn't bother her in the slightest. It feeds the bloodlust that all vampires have which is something she and all of Millennium embrace.
Then there is the side of her that comes out while she waits. When there is no fighting or a need to punish others, Rip can appear to be calm. She may even appear to be pleasant and sometimes childish with the people she interacts with. She can be seen waiting patiently for the right time to begin her attack, and even calm on the helicopter ride over to the Adler. You could say it's her in-between state when there aren't intense emotions to motivate her actions. In this particular state, she can be almost rational just as long as something doesn't set her spiraling into something else, whether it be a need to kill or perhaps just pure joy from listening to a favorite song.
When she is excited and happy, she can be found humming and singing-- especially when the excitement finally starts! She begins to dance and toss her musket around like a baton once she fires her shot, dazzled by the mayhem. This display would almost seem innocent and childlike if it were it not for the explosions, or the weapon being tossed around. In this state, she is her most unpredictable. One moment she may be singing the next she may be tearing someone apart or aiming her musket at her next target. It's at this point that she is most alive and lost in the moment until it passes. This moment she appears youthful, almost innocent in a childish way and unlike most of the other members of Millennium, with the exception of Schrodinger.
As for her likes, you could say they are simplistic. Rip enjoys music, especially operas. There is something in the music that calls to her, helping her express the purity of emotions one could otherwise not attain. At the same time, she enjoys her crafts in hunting. As an accomplished sniper, it's not hard to imagine that she is rather good at hunting down wildlife and enjoys slaughtering them just as much as she does humans. Perhaps in more creative ways, to spare the parts of the creature she wishes to keep for herself.
Now her fears. When Rip experiences any emotion, it's intense. Fear is no different. In fact, the sheer volume in which she expresses her fears can freeze her in her tracks, rob her of her confidence, and leave her a crying, trembling little girl, unsure of what to do. This initially happens when she meets Alucard on the Adler. She felt his massive presence and panics as he slaughters her entire crew. It takes her a bit to regain her determination and fight back, but when that fails, she falls back into an intense fearful state that leaves her helpless to the devil's actions, resulting in her painful death. Rip fears being powerless to a monster more powerful than herself. She fears her death by his hand, but because of the intensity of this fear, she ends up causing the very thing she fought to avoid. It's this reason that her death seems to be the most tragic out of the main Millennium's officers.
Negative Attributes:
✖ Brutal
✖ Manipulative
✖ Childish
✖ Fearful
Positive Attributes:
✚ Calm
✚ Determined
✚ Loyal Powers and Abilities: Enhanced endurance, speed, strength and enhanced senses from being an artificial Vampire. She's also an experienced sharpshooter/sniper that can potentially control her shot to hit a target multiple times. And she has a lovely singing voice Inventory: Only the clothes she was wearing at her time of death along with glasses and white gloves. Samples: Introspective || Communicative |
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