Elena Sinn
The Doula
The Doula Elena Sinn
A doula is a woman who attends a birthing mother, helping her through the process of labor without unnecessary medical interventions. The practice of having a doula attend births is centuries old, and while the word is Greek, most cultures have a similar office. Recently, doulas have become more common in the delivery rooms of America and Europe, and Elena Sinn was one of the first. She attended hundreds of birthing mothers, and saw the focus and strength of the women on a daily basis. One day, though, the woman Elena was attending slipped into cardiac arrest, and both she and her infant son died. There was nothing Elena could have done — but the Nosferatu who found her the following night disagreed.
The vampire was the dead woman’s great-uncle, and blamed Elena for what had happened. He felt that she had talked his niece out of using necessary medical practices with her “New Age feminist talk.” Rather than killing her outright, he tried to break her via the Nightmare Discipline, but Elena, used to functioning under stress, kept her wits about her long enough to explain what had actually happened to the unfortunate mother. Faced with the knowledge that Elena had no part in his niece’s death but unable to admit it, the Nosferatu Embraced her and fled.
Elena still haunts the maternity ward at the city’s hospital, hiding in delivery rooms and hoping that her silent words of encouragement help mothers in their time of need. When doctors force their needles and scalpels on women who don’t need them, however, Elena isn’t afraid to let her Nosferatu nature come to the fore. She is a Carthian through and through, and makes it her mission to keep Kindred, especially older Kindred, out of matters of which they have no current knowledge.
The vampire was the dead woman’s great-uncle, and blamed Elena for what had happened. He felt that she had talked his niece out of using necessary medical practices with her “New Age feminist talk.” Rather than killing her outright, he tried to break her via the Nightmare Discipline, but Elena, used to functioning under stress, kept her wits about her long enough to explain what had actually happened to the unfortunate mother. Faced with the knowledge that Elena had no part in his niece’s death but unable to admit it, the Nosferatu Embraced her and fled.
Elena still haunts the maternity ward at the city’s hospital, hiding in delivery rooms and hoping that her silent words of encouragement help mothers in their time of need. When doctors force their needles and scalpels on women who don’t need them, however, Elena isn’t afraid to let her Nosferatu nature come to the fore. She is a Carthian through and through, and makes it her mission to keep Kindred, especially older Kindred, out of matters of which they have no current knowledge.