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lovehopeanddreams) wrote2014-08-07 05:26 am
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OOC INFORMATION
Name: Kim
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Other Characters: None
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Count D
Age: 22. (This is an estimation since his age is never fully revealed.)
Canon: Pet Shop of Horror
Canon Point: Volume 9, between chapters 3 and 4.
Character Information:
A long time ago, in ancient China, D's kind lived in peace side by side with humans at what today is called the Kunlun mountains. Since they were friendly with animals and could speak their language they could refer messages and prophecies from the ancient beasts. Because of this they were soon invited to the emperors palace, regarded as priest and priestesses.
Then one day the emperor's son, a mighty warrior, asked a young priestess to be his bride. When she refused he became first heartbroken and then enraged. In his rage he decided that she, and the rest of her kind, must be devils and monsters and ordered his men to kill them all and leave no survivor behind.
Only one man survived. Beaten and exhausted, having been forced to bury his parents, his children, his friends he vowed to bring revenge upon the humans.
This was several generations ago. Because of their method of reproduction each new generation looks uncannily like the former, the only differences being their choice of hairstyle and the colour of their eyes. Their personalities - of course - are also different, as they're shaped by their own experiences and the time periods they've grown up in. One thing that has remained constant though is their dislike for the entire human race and their continuation of their forefather's sworn revenge, now not only for the sake of their own kind but for all the innocent animal lives taken.
Somewhere along the line one of them decided that the best way to do this was to create a pet shop - that is really a magical, flying ship. In this shop they sell special pets as well as more ordinary ones. If you get "chosen" to be one of the special pets' owners you enter into a three clause contract. Break one of the clauses, you die. Sounds efficient, yes?
D was - for reasons never fully explained - taken from his father at a very early age and has been raised by his grandfather. He does not seem to have very much contact with his father and their relationship's a bit strained, at least from D's point of view. Little is known about his childhood, but around the age of twenty he turns up, alone, with the pet shop in L.A, USA. His grandfather, at least to his knowledge, is away to find rare species of animals and has left him in control of the family business.
In L.A he encounters homicide detective Leon Orcot, who has connected a number of unexplained deaths to the pet shop. He is convinced that the count is behind it, along with dealings with drugs, prostitution and human trafficking (and, along the line things like the bad weather and the economy).
Despite being rather annoyed with the American detective and his "silly" accusations, D develops a peculiar friendship with Leon over time. It rather soon comes to the point where, when Leon isn't working or sleeping, he's at the pet shop. And D continues to let him in. The fact that Leon keeps bringing him very good and very expensive sweets doesn't hurt, and in return he "helps" the detective with cases either relevant to the pet shop or otherwise having anything else to do with animals. Even though his explanations are often fantastical and could reveal far more about his own kind than he'd want found out, he rarely truly lies to Leon, choosing instead to omit if there is something he especially does not wish the detective to know. Of course, he also knows that Leon will not believe his stories about mermaids and other mythological creatures no matter how true they may be. While this relationship does not necessarily make him much more benign towards humans in general, he does become very attached and fond of this particular one.
Later, when Leon's six-year-old brother Chris shows up - unable to speak because of a traumatic experience - D becomes the boy's primary caretaker since Leon has no one else to turn to. While D is wary and unwilling at first, Chris quickly worms his way into his affections, and he becomes a very caring and protective guardian, showing genuine sadness at the knowledge that the relationship will not last forever.
This added close human relationship combined with the one he already has formed with Leon, which only seems to grow deeper with time, further softens D's views of humans, possibly also as a species, to an extent that seriously worries the rest of his family.
Personality:
D definitely shares his ancestors hatred for the human race. But while the story of their beginning has been instilled in him from an early age, his primary focus seems to lie with the suffering and needless death of animals. And he himself has made a vow to avenge their suffering by punishing the people responsible. He can feel the pain and suffering animals go through and is deeply affected by their passing.
But for all of his ingrained and expressed dislike for humans, he does like them more than he himself is aware. And, usually, unless they do something to upset him - aka in any way cause harm or suffering to an animal - he will not go out of his way to make them one of his special customers. And while most of his contracts lead to the customers' gruesome demise, many others will help them and, in the end, bring them happiness. And just like in the old, more bloody fairy tales, everyone will get exactly what they "deserve".
He has a very extreme sense of justice. The only punishment he seems to consider appropriate is death. Of course, the things he considers to be punishable crimes are slightly different from what a human would think, and not always fully compatible with human law (which he doesn't care two bits about).
Because he's more in tune with nature rather than humans, he is not very versed with modern technologies, though he of course knows about them, nor is he overly familiar with modern cultural references. He does, however, have a certain amount of knowledge related to what can be referred to as "higher" culture.
Appearance is very important to him. He dresses in very beautiful and embellished, traditional Chinese clothing and it's rare to see even a wrinkle on them. Partly because of this it's not uncommon for him to be mistaken for a woman, something which greatly upsets and annoys him. He mostly keeps his expression neutral but friendly, wearing a slight smile or a slightly superior smirk depending on circumstances and interpretation. He can be very charming when he wants to and he often does since it makes people do what he wants.
He tends to hide his feelings behind this charming mask even when among people he could consider friends. When his ward Chris finally regains his voice and returns to his family he hides his true feelings and the sorrow he's feeling to the extent to convince Leon that he never even cared about the boy in the first place. And likewise when the time comes to leave the detective behind D maintains his facade and keeps on smiling, even through his tears.
The only feelings he seem comfortable in showing besides mild amusement are annoyance and anger, and even the latter is somewhat unusual. At least until you have managed to get behind his defenses and under his skin, which is not an easy feat.
While his charming mask works very well for him in his business he also uses it as a shield to keep any human from getting too close. There are very few who have managed to get past parts of it and even then he will keep it up to prevent them from getting even closer. Even if doing so will end up hurting their relationship. Which by the end of the first series it actually does.
He acts very different with his family, however; with them his behaviour is almost disturbingly unassertive and passive.
Animals and nature will almost always be more important to him than anything else, and he will give up his life for them without a second thought. Having an animal that cares for you will not necessarily make him like you, but it will prevent him from doing anything nasty to you as long as they are on your side. And taking good care of an animal or showing obvious affection for them will raise his opinion of you, if only slightly.
While nature is very important to him the life and safety of humans is of less importance to him. He shows no remorse for the people falling victim to his pet shop, and will only spare them if one of his pets specifically asks for it. He sees the desires and weaknesses in people's souls and uses it to test them and if they fail... well, his shop will accept no responsibility if the contract is breached. He also holds even human personally responsible for the suffering of nature, and not even Chris is considered to be fully innocent.
As time goes by his opinion of humans, both as individuals and as a race, seem to soften even if it's only by a little bit. When a young girl, destined to be the owner of a very special tiger, is killed by her master D takes her death pretty badly. While this partly has to do with the pet dying with her he still shows clear regret for her death as well and feels responsible for not having waited until the tiger was old enough to properly protect her and her dreams. This is also one of the very few cases when D personally seeks out a human to exact their punishment. Of course this goes even further when it comes to the Orcot brothers; he's clearly worried when Leon gets into trouble, and at one point gives him a gift that ends up saving the detective's life, and he shows open panic when he thinks that Chris is in danger. And while he claims that he will never forgive humanity and that his vengeance will not be complete until every last human is dead, he still doesn't seem to have completely given up on the hope of them one day being able to redeem themselves. The fact that he makes the former statements while physically dragging Leon out of a burning building to make sure he survives also says a great deal.
5-10 Key Character Traits:
✦ Devoted to nature
✦ Ruthless
✦ Caring
✦ Manipulative
✦ Secretive
✦ Protective
✦ Vengeful
✦ Compassionate
✦ Collected
✦ Smug
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, or EITHER?
Fits.
Opt-Outs:
✦ Troll
✦ Werewolf
✦ Werebear
✦ Minotaur
✦ Vampire
Roleplay Sample:
[With all the other shipwrecks, if that was what there were, D's heavily embodied clothing didn't stand out too much, though he did notice that a number of people shied away from him after meeting his eyes. Even with his hair partly obscuring it there was no mistaking the golden colour of his right eye, completely at odds with the violet colour of his left, and while he wasn't unused to people reacting to it this was the first time he had seen people react with such fear.
But humans will always fear what they cannot understand and D did his best to ignore them as he walked down the street, stopping now and then to ask the same question.]
Pardon me. As you can probably see, I'm new to this town and I was hoping you could help me. Have you seen a young boy, about this high- [He moved his hand a bit above his waist to indicate the correct hight.] -with blond hair and blue eyes? He would be a stranger here, like me.
[From the sound and look of him one would probably guess that he and the boy had gotten separated only a short while ago, without giving him any need to worry yet, but for each native he asked, all giving him the a similar apologetic and negative reply, the unease within him grew. He hadn't seen any sign of any of the pets from his shop either, not even Q-chan who rarely left his side.
There was something wrong with this place and whatever it was that had brought him here had made him feel wrong too. He looked down at his hands, frowning at the healing scratches. They weren't very deep, and from the look of it they were healing just fine, but they shouldn't even be there at all. He could heal the wound from a bullet in just a few minutes and yet these remained. What could possibly have caused him such long lasting damage?
But this was not the time to dwell on such matters, it was getting late and so far his search had yielded nothing. D could only hope that this meant that, apart from him, everyone were still back at the shop, safe and sound. Because for how he would have to end his search and instead turn to look for a place to spend the night, preferably along with something to eat. Relying on humans was nothing he enjoyed but he usually found a way to work things in his favour.
He turned to look for someone who might be able to help him, his smile deceptively open and apologetic.]
Excuse me. I'm sorry for bothering you but I am in dire need of your assistance. Will you help me?
Name: Kim
Contact:
Other Characters: None
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Count D
Age: 22. (This is an estimation since his age is never fully revealed.)
Canon: Pet Shop of Horror
Canon Point: Volume 9, between chapters 3 and 4.
Character Information:
A long time ago, in ancient China, D's kind lived in peace side by side with humans at what today is called the Kunlun mountains. Since they were friendly with animals and could speak their language they could refer messages and prophecies from the ancient beasts. Because of this they were soon invited to the emperors palace, regarded as priest and priestesses.
Then one day the emperor's son, a mighty warrior, asked a young priestess to be his bride. When she refused he became first heartbroken and then enraged. In his rage he decided that she, and the rest of her kind, must be devils and monsters and ordered his men to kill them all and leave no survivor behind.
Only one man survived. Beaten and exhausted, having been forced to bury his parents, his children, his friends he vowed to bring revenge upon the humans.
This was several generations ago. Because of their method of reproduction each new generation looks uncannily like the former, the only differences being their choice of hairstyle and the colour of their eyes. Their personalities - of course - are also different, as they're shaped by their own experiences and the time periods they've grown up in. One thing that has remained constant though is their dislike for the entire human race and their continuation of their forefather's sworn revenge, now not only for the sake of their own kind but for all the innocent animal lives taken.
Somewhere along the line one of them decided that the best way to do this was to create a pet shop - that is really a magical, flying ship. In this shop they sell special pets as well as more ordinary ones. If you get "chosen" to be one of the special pets' owners you enter into a three clause contract. Break one of the clauses, you die. Sounds efficient, yes?
D was - for reasons never fully explained - taken from his father at a very early age and has been raised by his grandfather. He does not seem to have very much contact with his father and their relationship's a bit strained, at least from D's point of view. Little is known about his childhood, but around the age of twenty he turns up, alone, with the pet shop in L.A, USA. His grandfather, at least to his knowledge, is away to find rare species of animals and has left him in control of the family business.
In L.A he encounters homicide detective Leon Orcot, who has connected a number of unexplained deaths to the pet shop. He is convinced that the count is behind it, along with dealings with drugs, prostitution and human trafficking (and, along the line things like the bad weather and the economy).
Despite being rather annoyed with the American detective and his "silly" accusations, D develops a peculiar friendship with Leon over time. It rather soon comes to the point where, when Leon isn't working or sleeping, he's at the pet shop. And D continues to let him in. The fact that Leon keeps bringing him very good and very expensive sweets doesn't hurt, and in return he "helps" the detective with cases either relevant to the pet shop or otherwise having anything else to do with animals. Even though his explanations are often fantastical and could reveal far more about his own kind than he'd want found out, he rarely truly lies to Leon, choosing instead to omit if there is something he especially does not wish the detective to know. Of course, he also knows that Leon will not believe his stories about mermaids and other mythological creatures no matter how true they may be. While this relationship does not necessarily make him much more benign towards humans in general, he does become very attached and fond of this particular one.
Later, when Leon's six-year-old brother Chris shows up - unable to speak because of a traumatic experience - D becomes the boy's primary caretaker since Leon has no one else to turn to. While D is wary and unwilling at first, Chris quickly worms his way into his affections, and he becomes a very caring and protective guardian, showing genuine sadness at the knowledge that the relationship will not last forever.
This added close human relationship combined with the one he already has formed with Leon, which only seems to grow deeper with time, further softens D's views of humans, possibly also as a species, to an extent that seriously worries the rest of his family.
Personality:
D definitely shares his ancestors hatred for the human race. But while the story of their beginning has been instilled in him from an early age, his primary focus seems to lie with the suffering and needless death of animals. And he himself has made a vow to avenge their suffering by punishing the people responsible. He can feel the pain and suffering animals go through and is deeply affected by their passing.
But for all of his ingrained and expressed dislike for humans, he does like them more than he himself is aware. And, usually, unless they do something to upset him - aka in any way cause harm or suffering to an animal - he will not go out of his way to make them one of his special customers. And while most of his contracts lead to the customers' gruesome demise, many others will help them and, in the end, bring them happiness. And just like in the old, more bloody fairy tales, everyone will get exactly what they "deserve".
He has a very extreme sense of justice. The only punishment he seems to consider appropriate is death. Of course, the things he considers to be punishable crimes are slightly different from what a human would think, and not always fully compatible with human law (which he doesn't care two bits about).
Because he's more in tune with nature rather than humans, he is not very versed with modern technologies, though he of course knows about them, nor is he overly familiar with modern cultural references. He does, however, have a certain amount of knowledge related to what can be referred to as "higher" culture.
Appearance is very important to him. He dresses in very beautiful and embellished, traditional Chinese clothing and it's rare to see even a wrinkle on them. Partly because of this it's not uncommon for him to be mistaken for a woman, something which greatly upsets and annoys him. He mostly keeps his expression neutral but friendly, wearing a slight smile or a slightly superior smirk depending on circumstances and interpretation. He can be very charming when he wants to and he often does since it makes people do what he wants.
He tends to hide his feelings behind this charming mask even when among people he could consider friends. When his ward Chris finally regains his voice and returns to his family he hides his true feelings and the sorrow he's feeling to the extent to convince Leon that he never even cared about the boy in the first place. And likewise when the time comes to leave the detective behind D maintains his facade and keeps on smiling, even through his tears.
The only feelings he seem comfortable in showing besides mild amusement are annoyance and anger, and even the latter is somewhat unusual. At least until you have managed to get behind his defenses and under his skin, which is not an easy feat.
While his charming mask works very well for him in his business he also uses it as a shield to keep any human from getting too close. There are very few who have managed to get past parts of it and even then he will keep it up to prevent them from getting even closer. Even if doing so will end up hurting their relationship. Which by the end of the first series it actually does.
He acts very different with his family, however; with them his behaviour is almost disturbingly unassertive and passive.
Animals and nature will almost always be more important to him than anything else, and he will give up his life for them without a second thought. Having an animal that cares for you will not necessarily make him like you, but it will prevent him from doing anything nasty to you as long as they are on your side. And taking good care of an animal or showing obvious affection for them will raise his opinion of you, if only slightly.
While nature is very important to him the life and safety of humans is of less importance to him. He shows no remorse for the people falling victim to his pet shop, and will only spare them if one of his pets specifically asks for it. He sees the desires and weaknesses in people's souls and uses it to test them and if they fail... well, his shop will accept no responsibility if the contract is breached. He also holds even human personally responsible for the suffering of nature, and not even Chris is considered to be fully innocent.
As time goes by his opinion of humans, both as individuals and as a race, seem to soften even if it's only by a little bit. When a young girl, destined to be the owner of a very special tiger, is killed by her master D takes her death pretty badly. While this partly has to do with the pet dying with her he still shows clear regret for her death as well and feels responsible for not having waited until the tiger was old enough to properly protect her and her dreams. This is also one of the very few cases when D personally seeks out a human to exact their punishment. Of course this goes even further when it comes to the Orcot brothers; he's clearly worried when Leon gets into trouble, and at one point gives him a gift that ends up saving the detective's life, and he shows open panic when he thinks that Chris is in danger. And while he claims that he will never forgive humanity and that his vengeance will not be complete until every last human is dead, he still doesn't seem to have completely given up on the hope of them one day being able to redeem themselves. The fact that he makes the former statements while physically dragging Leon out of a burning building to make sure he survives also says a great deal.
5-10 Key Character Traits:
✦ Devoted to nature
✦ Ruthless
✦ Caring
✦ Manipulative
✦ Secretive
✦ Protective
✦ Vengeful
✦ Compassionate
✦ Collected
✦ Smug
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, or EITHER?
Fits.
Opt-Outs:
✦ Troll
✦ Werewolf
✦ Werebear
✦ Minotaur
✦ Vampire
Roleplay Sample:
[With all the other shipwrecks, if that was what there were, D's heavily embodied clothing didn't stand out too much, though he did notice that a number of people shied away from him after meeting his eyes. Even with his hair partly obscuring it there was no mistaking the golden colour of his right eye, completely at odds with the violet colour of his left, and while he wasn't unused to people reacting to it this was the first time he had seen people react with such fear.
But humans will always fear what they cannot understand and D did his best to ignore them as he walked down the street, stopping now and then to ask the same question.]
Pardon me. As you can probably see, I'm new to this town and I was hoping you could help me. Have you seen a young boy, about this high- [He moved his hand a bit above his waist to indicate the correct hight.] -with blond hair and blue eyes? He would be a stranger here, like me.
[From the sound and look of him one would probably guess that he and the boy had gotten separated only a short while ago, without giving him any need to worry yet, but for each native he asked, all giving him the a similar apologetic and negative reply, the unease within him grew. He hadn't seen any sign of any of the pets from his shop either, not even Q-chan who rarely left his side.
There was something wrong with this place and whatever it was that had brought him here had made him feel wrong too. He looked down at his hands, frowning at the healing scratches. They weren't very deep, and from the look of it they were healing just fine, but they shouldn't even be there at all. He could heal the wound from a bullet in just a few minutes and yet these remained. What could possibly have caused him such long lasting damage?
But this was not the time to dwell on such matters, it was getting late and so far his search had yielded nothing. D could only hope that this meant that, apart from him, everyone were still back at the shop, safe and sound. Because for how he would have to end his search and instead turn to look for a place to spend the night, preferably along with something to eat. Relying on humans was nothing he enjoyed but he usually found a way to work things in his favour.
He turned to look for someone who might be able to help him, his smile deceptively open and apologetic.]
Excuse me. I'm sorry for bothering you but I am in dire need of your assistance. Will you help me?