onethirdhuman | Science Of A Damphir

_{Haru was formed rather than naturally born-- her creation was the direct result of one human scientist, Jack Fairchild, discovering the existence of the Damned and of their unique DNA. The Damned's DNA contains three strands instead of the regular two; this third strand proved to potentially be the key to all sorts of medical advancements and spurred Jack to begin the Damphir project.

The basic idea was to create a being that, while partially Damned, would have enough mortality to render this third strand usable in human subjects. It took several years, yet the correct mixture of genetic codes was eventually formulated and the baby grown in Jack's young wife. Haru was born on the first day of spring, hence her name, and promptly proved a disappointment. While she contained the strange triple helix of DNA, the third strand proved to be unusable for human testing. Deemed a horrible waste of money and time, the project was dropped and Haru would have been scrapped had several of her Damned donors not stepped in.

Part of the Damned condition was that they could not kill themselves or each other. This had always been a problem as, if a Damned turned out to be too much of a problem or was drawing too much unwanted attention to the Damned community, they were forced to lead humans on a hunt. In the modern day and age, when their existence especially needed to be kept under wraps, this served to be harder and more time consuming than they liked. Haru, who was mortal enough to kill the Damned and bore their strengths, was the perfect solution.}