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Post by Vendetta on Jul 15, 2013 6:49:24 GMT
Character InfoName: Griffyn Saleen Race: Magical human Sex: male Age: twenty Faction: Old Magic Power: Lightning - he's extremely good at creating dangerously powerful currents, but he's working on controlling it. Absorbing it leaves him shaken and weak. Rune or code: Appearance: Griff looks like he'd make a better dark elemental - he dresses exclusively in black, usually leather and skinny jeans. Paired with his height (a somewhat impressive 6'4") he can be a bit intimidating to some, though he can also be mistaken for a girl, what with his long hair and generally unmasculine features. The boy's got frosty greyish-blue eyes, and skin practically as pale as snow. That's a stark contrast from his black (naturally brown!) rocker-style locks, like maybe he spent too much time watching movies about/from the 80's. He does have a few scars, namely one down his back from shoulder to hips, but otherwise he's fine. If one were to get down to details, they'd notice the sort of erratic manner he has when in motion, graceful in its own way but more reminiscent of wind than lightning, though it fits - light on his toes and quick. Right down to his fingers, which are slender and delicate (like the rest of him!) At a glance he looks like he could be tough, but he's really just a dainty feather-weight. Personality: The unplanned and flighty manner of movement carries over to his emotions, for sure. He probably fits several criteria for ADHD - he's easily distracted, impulsive, and can't follow instructions to save his life. He prefers to do things his own way, and is prone to rebellion when forced to do things... Even things he enjoys doing, just for the sake of being stubborn. Though he's also a very quick-witted guy, who legitimately enjoys learning as long as he can learn it on his own. Griffyn prefers to spend time alone, and dislikes large crowds and constant talkers. He prefers the company of animals and plants, and it allows him time to think. That's an act he's always doing - thinking, all day, every day, and all night too. Those who know him well are familiar with a tired Griffyn bearing the dark circles of insomnia. Along with being stubborn, he's not very adaptable and hates change, even in the smallest degree. Though he doesn't fit all criteria for ADHD, bipolar disorder looks far more close. At times, he's depressed, and at other times he's excitable and frustrated. If pushed, he can go right into a state of complete irrationality and panic, letting his very strong emotions overcome his intelligence. Griffyn also has a habit of falling in and out of love easily, though lately he's been more devoted to the objects of his affection... But more on that later. All that need be said is that he's a hopeless romantic with a very breakable heart. Strengths: He's intelligent, articulate, loyal, and driven. He's also generally good at things involving weapons, and is particularly fond of bows (he has exceptional eyesight.) Weaknesses: Griffyn cannot adapt to change, and is easily upset by simple (often everyday) things. He has many irrational fears (bridges, birds, swimming, elevators, babies, sick people), too. In general, he's kind of a mess. With depression. Biography: Surely there has to be some cause for Griff's near-insanity. He was born to a fairly normal couple, though he eventually did wonder why most kids had a mother and a father, whereas he had a father and a father. From the start, he was a very kind child, and accepted others as they were without question. His parents loved him, and he loved them in turn. They did their best to provide for him, and all was well for most of Griffyn's childhood. At the age of eight, however, his parents began fighting. First over trivial things, and later over who cheated on who. Their screaming would keep young Griffyn awake at night, and honesty, he was guiltily relieved when they finally separated. For the next ten years, he spent his days trying to get better at his power, and also packing clothes to go visit his other father. Griff hated the constant change involved, as both parties moved farther away, then closer, and farther again. He also hated the other boyfriends that came along, and even a few girlfriends. They were just more changes, and he felt they had no place in his already changing life. Eventually, he simply stopped seeing one parent, and the one he stayed with (Cillian) decided to put his son first, and stay single. Things settled down for Griffyn, who remained living with Cillian as long as possible. And one day, Griff's other father, Josiah, died - a victim of one too many bottles of vodka. The guilt of more or less cutting off contact with him left Griff in the worst of his depressions to date, and it carried over until Cillian was killed by an ESP. For awhile, nobody could find Gryffin, and assumed he'd died. In reality, he'd been roaming the cities and drowning his sorrows, using clever ways of obtaining substances a nineteen year old normally wouldn't have access to. And somewhere in there, he found a girl. Of course, he had no idea how to talk to girls, but Charlotte made the first move and the two fell in love quickly. Young love, blind to such things as sides and rivalries - Griffyn's new girlfriend was a follower of New Magic - an ESP, like the one that had killed his father Cillian. But she wasn't like them, surely. She was so kind and gentle, at least to Griffyn. He didn't have much of a past with successful relationships, but he was devoted, body and mind, to Charlotte. They were together for nearly a year before everything went to hell. Griff caught his lover in bed with another, and when he threatened the intruder, said intruder dealt a particularly powerful blow with a psychic weapon. He doesn't really remember much after that, though he knows Charlotte kicked him out of their apartment and he wandered until he was picked up by his birth side and taken to their castle in the forest. He's content to stay there, slowly adjusting to a new life, and getting over Charlotte. And, needless to say, he's been left with a deep dislike and distrust of the other side. He hasn't been quite the same since his ex's new boyfriend jacked him up. Other: Picture:
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Post by Devi on Jul 15, 2013 14:36:46 GMT
Accepted! Welcome to the team, Vendetta! Feel free to start posting like crazy
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