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[n a m e] : Spike
[a l i g n m e n t] : Goodie
[f a c t i o n] : The Scooby Gang
[o c c u p a t i o n] : Champion
[a b i l i t y] : Vampire grr! (but not nasty... mostly)

Sometimes, the most famous (and infamous) people have the most humble of origins—and that’s certainly the polite way to describe Spike’s beginnings. Born, instead, to the name of William, he was a quiet, mild-mannered, romantic of a man who still lived with his darling mother and seemed to have no plan nor ambition to leave there. The extent of his hopes and dreams was a woman named Cecily who he not only poured affection on but also a great amount of badly written poetry. He had all the right intentions, but not quite any of the poise to pull such attentions off and he was not only rebuffed by his love but also mocked by the rest of respectable society. The embarrassing unrequited affair came to a dramatic pinnacle when Cecily finally pulled William aside and informed him, quite plainly, that she would never like him; he was simply beneath her.

William’s poor tender heart was torn. He stumbled about outside, clearly intending to sulk in his room and read Shakespeare loudly to himself, when he was intercepted by the lovely Drusilla in an alleyway. Seeing his shunned creativity, and perhaps a strength no one else could, Drusilla embraced William in the way a vampire knows best: and she turned him.

Becoming a vampire, a soulless creature of the night, was more than liberating for William. He no longer had to cringe and scrape to the tune of the rich and snooty; he could now bring them to their knees instead. The world was a dark and beautiful place. And he shared it eagerly with Drusilla, his lover. They were soul mates even as creatures that had none. But William remained a romantic even as a vampire and he cheerfully concluded that turning his mother would give her the joy and unending youth that it gave him. The process much changed the woman however and she, soulless, taunted, tortured, and eventually attacked her son until he had no choice but to end her.

William and Drusilla would later meet up with the vampiress’ sire, Angelus and his lady, Darla. The four rampaged happily together, though there was often enough tension between William and Angelus. William was reckless and wild, which could easily endanger them. He also contended with Angelus’ leadership whenever the latter pulled the bastard card and slept with Drusilla. Despite differences, William came to see Angelus as a mentor and, in many parts, his sire in word if not in truth.

The first real high point of William, or Spike’s, vampire career was during the Boxer Rebellion when he killed his first slayer. Spike’s bloodlust, and ego, grew to immense proportions (as if they weren’t bad enough already). After the terrible foursome had gone their separate ways, Spike would kill another slayer whose coat he stole and wore for quite some time following. Spike also rejoined with his love Drusilla and was eventually lured to Sunnydale with the promises of finding another slayer, Buffy, to fight. It was quite an intoxicating thing, to fight a slayer.

Unfortunately for him, not only was this Buffy more than the others, but she also had the assistance of his ensouled mentor Angel. Spike had to be beat back a couple of times until he was severely injured—seemingly stuck in a wheel-chair just in time for Angel to become Angelus again and attempt to destroy the world. Deciding that he liked the world where it was, thanks, Spike secretly teamed up with the Scoobies and helped bring Angelus down. He left with an unconscious Drusilla during the big epic battle.

Sunnydale had not seen the last of him, however. He returned, moping about Drusilla dumping him, tried to start some fights, made a proper nuisance of himself and then ended up caught by the Initiative. With a chip in his head that wouldn’t let him hurt humans, Spike became sullen and, well, even more of a nuisance because now he just made inane attempts to get the chip back out of his head. Suffering during this time with growing feelings for Sunnydale’s slayer, Spike eventually made a nuisance all over her relationship with Riley in order for her to see what a creep the guy was. However, when push came to shove, Spike still put his chips in with Adam by attempting to get the Scoobies to hate each other and therefore be unable to fight together.

Unable to really quell aforementioned feelings for Buffy, Spike attempted to pursue her all during the drama that was Dawn becoming a part of everyone’s lives. Spike was rejected and turned to the affections of a Buffybot he had created instead until he was captured and tortured by Glory. Refusing to give any information on Dawn, Spike earned a moment of appreciation from big sis, Buffy. Having fought rather obnoxiously at the slayer’s side this entire time, Spike continued to do so for the final showdown but is unable to save Buffy.

Grieving, Spike spent most of his time babysitting Dawn and fighting the good fight. When Buffy was resurrected, he finally started to talk to her on a deeper level. They began a kind of understanding that finally came to a breaking point when, through song, they share feelings and then a kiss. This kiss became a sexual relationship at Buffy’s more violent urgings but the situation was ideal for neither of them. Spike craved love, a gentility that the guiltily darker-minded Buffy was unable to give. She eventually ended the secret affair, driving Spike to find brief comfort with Anya—an affair that /was/ found out. Seeing Buffy’s jealousy at this, Spike pursued her only to be rejected and then turn to attempted rape—a means he never truly wanted to go to.

Spike became more than ashamed by his actions and fled to seek out a legendary shaman who could put him through the dangerous trials required to gain his soul. He succeeded in the trials, but the weight of his years upon years of killing drove him insane. He was found in this state by Buffy but The First was also using him as an agent. While Spike believed he should be killed, Buffy stood by him, and, finally, a chance murder attempt by Robin Wood freed Spike from The First’s control. Spike once again became a functioning member of the Scoobies, just in time for the fight to end all fights. Spike wore a special amulet that ended up incinerating all of the enemies but also himself.

But you can’t keep a good thing down forever. Spike was effectively mailed to Angel at the latter’s new Wolfram & Hart building and went back to his favorite past-time of making a nuisance of himself—and a ghostly one this time, too. After some drama, Spike became corporeal again and started challenging Angel’s place as Champion, even going so far as to parallel Angel’s old ways on the street of saving people. The death of one of their own put Spike quickly back in the main party, however, and he voted quite quickly for Angel’s plan to try and take out key members of the Wolfram & Hart elite. Spike completed his portion of the plan and then rejoined the others in a dark apocalyptic alleyway to see what would become of them.

As it turned out, a reunion with the slayer gang was in order. Helped out with their big fight, Spike and Angel both made it out in fine condition so that they were able to later chase about a demon that would eventually put them back in Buffy’s company anyway. Then there was a bother of a Hellmouth to follow around as it switched from Cleveland to Hope Falls. Recently, it looks like Spike lost a bit of time and all the memory to go with it, which is none too pleasing.

to bonnie for lending me this table html. also, to james marsters for definitely not sueing me for using his image. not him, not for profit.