Post by Serj Castlereagh on Jun 25, 2008 20:13:59 GMT -8
Basic Information[/u]
Name: Serj Castlereagh
Age: 32
Height: 6’
Weight: 180 lbs
Blood Type: B-
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Eye Color: Rich dark brown, gold flecks.
Hair: Cobalt, shoulder-length, slicked back at the top.
Ethnicity: 4th generation American
Pass Time Information
Hobbies: People-watching, stargazing, philosophy, poetry, anthropology, psychology, chess, theology, hypnosis, intense training, biology.
Talents: Multiple languages known, mind games, illusionary techniques/sleight-of-hand, very good guesser (when it comes to anything about a person), hypnosis manipulation, golf.
Favourite things: All of the above.
Mental Information
Personality: Mild-mannered, VERY polite, chivalrous, good listener. Generally quiet and manipulative and very righteous, whole-heartedly believes in common courtesy, even in battle.
Mentality: He believes that he helps everyone through helping himself.
Ideal: The ends justify the means.
Belief: Calvinism
Physical Information
Build: Slight, lean, not at all muscular. Pale tone, almost pasty, very lanky.
Head: High fore-head with a widow’s peak, a little long in the face, slightly sunken-in eyes, defined cheek-bones and nose.
Torso: Narrow, you can see ribs.
Arms: Thin, not toned at all, bony, spindly fingers.
Legs: Long and slightly toned.
Feet: 12 ½ mens
Apparel Information
Head Gear: None
Shirts: Black dress shirt, cuffs rolled up, gold buttons. Dark gray swallow-tailed trench coat, reaches just above his knees.
Pants: Black pinstripe trousers.
Shoes: Leather shoes
Misc: Emerald-adorned gold cross necklace.
Fighting Information
Fighting Style: “Malandragem” Capoeira
Years Practiced: 20
Description of style: “Dance of War”, this particular style was deprived from Brazil by enslaved Africans that learned to fight with shackles on their hands. The game is marked by fluid acrobatic play, feints, and extensive use of groundwork, as well as sweeps, kicks, hand-spins, cart wheels and headbutts. Less frequently-used techniques include elbow-strikes, slaps, punches, and body-throws. Capoeria is known for being a more ‘playful’ tehnique compared to most fighting styles, it focuses more on confusing the opponent, speed, movement and evasiveness versus damaging. Fakes and feints are also an extremely important element in capoeira games and the setting of "traps" or illusory movements are very common. Since the movement in Capoeira is more fluid and acrobatic-like, it makes the style very unpredictable, and hard to tell what the user will do next. The style can be heavily described like dancing, their moves often involving keeping a beat or flowing to the music.
Serj is more disciplined under the style of “Malandragem”, a more confusing and difficult style for Capoeiristas. The term meaning “The Art of Trickery”. This involves a lot of improvisation and modifications of basic moves into a flurry of feints and fakes to trick the opponent into responding wrongly. These attempts can be blatant or subtle at discretion of the players. Effective malandragem lies in the development of sharp observation skills and a keen innate ability to anticipate the moves of the opponent and prepare an appropriate response. Due to Serj feeble build, and very diminished physical strength, his style centers around tricking the opponent and missing thrown punches and attacks.
History Information
History:
Serj grew up in California under the parental supervision of his father, a psychologist, and his mother, a well-known high traffic drug dealer. He grew up mostly by himself, not exactly neglected, but not entirely loved at the same time, with his puppets in his room (Serj is an excellent ventriloquist). His father was a practicing Christian, while his mother was Atheist. At a young age, Serj recognized that this was one big screw up; how could his father, a man of God, allow his wife to continue down this path of sin? At the age of eight, Serj began practicing as a Calvinist, the most disciplinary form of Christianity possible. He took up Capoeira as a way to discipline his body. He even began practicing hypnosis as a way to rid his mother’s clients of “temptation”.
Because their son was very sickly, Serj’s mother and father decided to adopt a child from Rwanda, a genocide-stricken country. Doctors believed Serj would die at the age of 14, and in order to keep their “prestige”, they needed a child to complete the illusion. This child was Dieudonnee.
In an effort to make the girl seem welcome, Serj learned French in order to be able to communicate with her. He taught her English, tutored her in her school studies, and prevented her from getting into the habits of his mother’s business. His mother wanted someone to carry on the business in case she was put in jail. Serj was too smart to be tricked into the business, but Dieudonne was naïve and easily manipulated. Serj kept her out of the business and away from the drugs for 7 years with the use of Hypnosis. After graduating from high school at the age of 16, he began studying psychology, autopsy, behavioural patterns in children, and to be a teacher. He was appointed superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District at the age of 23.
His Qi has been activated since birth, little to Serj’s knowledge. However, once he and Dieudonnee became inseparable all of Serj’s ailments disappeared. After some research, Serj confirmed that in order to survive, he needed to constant presence of someone who cared for him deeply. As well, in his high school years, he got into a fair amount of fights. All of which, he walked away from unscathed (Unless he was hit with an object). He determined that he also can absorb attack and made himself stronger, he also found out that he could use what Qi was when he was hit with it by another student and was able to use it as well.
However, things were getting bad with his parents. After his father had divorced his mother, she had become that much more persistent in Dieudonnee taking over her business. She had even gone so far as to take the Rwandan girl to a drug-deal in Vegas. Infuriated, Serj hypnotized his mother and told her to burn the house down, with her inside. The event was ruled arson by an external person. Serj and Dieudonnee gained around 3 billion dollars worth of inheritance, and a chance to inherit her drug business, which he sold for pennies on the dime to a random hobo. When Serj heard from his old college buddy, Mr.Malice, that things at the school he was in charge of were getting out of hand, Serj gladly retired from his superintendent rank in order to act as the “cure” for PHS#259. They are there in order to halt the upheaval and to stop the rise of anarchy.
RECENTLY...
After the earthquake that destroyed two-five-nine, Serj took the displaced Arim Ur'emder into his valuable care, intent on replacing Dieudonne with the small Korean girl. Dieudonne's jealousy slowly festered between them until he spurned her one day in favour of Arim. Enraged, she and Serj fought, destroying their Beverly Hills home. It was only by a miracle that Serj killed Dieudonne...or so he hoped. When he left, she had been bleeding from a mortal wound, and Arim was nowhere to be found.
The next year before the bombs fell would involve the man moving from person to person, leeching off their life for as long as he could stand them. Only a few days prior did he secure someone a bit more permanent to leech off of, someone who would be loyal to him and rely on them...and who better than an cancer victim slowly dying of melanoma?
Now he seeks a new host to join with as this one has nearly ran it's course. He makes his way back to the school on some impulse of God's will.
He doesn't know why...but he knows his fate is there.
Living Status Information[/u]
Type of resident:
Roommates:
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Name: Serj Castlereagh
Age: 32
Height: 6’
Weight: 180 lbs
Blood Type: B-
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Eye Color: Rich dark brown, gold flecks.
Hair: Cobalt, shoulder-length, slicked back at the top.
Ethnicity: 4th generation American
Pass Time Information
Hobbies: People-watching, stargazing, philosophy, poetry, anthropology, psychology, chess, theology, hypnosis, intense training, biology.
Talents: Multiple languages known, mind games, illusionary techniques/sleight-of-hand, very good guesser (when it comes to anything about a person), hypnosis manipulation, golf.
Favourite things: All of the above.
Mental Information
Personality: Mild-mannered, VERY polite, chivalrous, good listener. Generally quiet and manipulative and very righteous, whole-heartedly believes in common courtesy, even in battle.
Mentality: He believes that he helps everyone through helping himself.
Ideal: The ends justify the means.
Belief: Calvinism
Physical Information
Build: Slight, lean, not at all muscular. Pale tone, almost pasty, very lanky.
Head: High fore-head with a widow’s peak, a little long in the face, slightly sunken-in eyes, defined cheek-bones and nose.
Torso: Narrow, you can see ribs.
Arms: Thin, not toned at all, bony, spindly fingers.
Legs: Long and slightly toned.
Feet: 12 ½ mens
Apparel Information
Head Gear: None
Shirts: Black dress shirt, cuffs rolled up, gold buttons. Dark gray swallow-tailed trench coat, reaches just above his knees.
Pants: Black pinstripe trousers.
Shoes: Leather shoes
Misc: Emerald-adorned gold cross necklace.
Fighting Information
Fighting Style: “Malandragem” Capoeira
Years Practiced: 20
Description of style: “Dance of War”, this particular style was deprived from Brazil by enslaved Africans that learned to fight with shackles on their hands. The game is marked by fluid acrobatic play, feints, and extensive use of groundwork, as well as sweeps, kicks, hand-spins, cart wheels and headbutts. Less frequently-used techniques include elbow-strikes, slaps, punches, and body-throws. Capoeria is known for being a more ‘playful’ tehnique compared to most fighting styles, it focuses more on confusing the opponent, speed, movement and evasiveness versus damaging. Fakes and feints are also an extremely important element in capoeira games and the setting of "traps" or illusory movements are very common. Since the movement in Capoeira is more fluid and acrobatic-like, it makes the style very unpredictable, and hard to tell what the user will do next. The style can be heavily described like dancing, their moves often involving keeping a beat or flowing to the music.
Serj is more disciplined under the style of “Malandragem”, a more confusing and difficult style for Capoeiristas. The term meaning “The Art of Trickery”. This involves a lot of improvisation and modifications of basic moves into a flurry of feints and fakes to trick the opponent into responding wrongly. These attempts can be blatant or subtle at discretion of the players. Effective malandragem lies in the development of sharp observation skills and a keen innate ability to anticipate the moves of the opponent and prepare an appropriate response. Due to Serj feeble build, and very diminished physical strength, his style centers around tricking the opponent and missing thrown punches and attacks.
History Information
History:
Serj grew up in California under the parental supervision of his father, a psychologist, and his mother, a well-known high traffic drug dealer. He grew up mostly by himself, not exactly neglected, but not entirely loved at the same time, with his puppets in his room (Serj is an excellent ventriloquist). His father was a practicing Christian, while his mother was Atheist. At a young age, Serj recognized that this was one big screw up; how could his father, a man of God, allow his wife to continue down this path of sin? At the age of eight, Serj began practicing as a Calvinist, the most disciplinary form of Christianity possible. He took up Capoeira as a way to discipline his body. He even began practicing hypnosis as a way to rid his mother’s clients of “temptation”.
Because their son was very sickly, Serj’s mother and father decided to adopt a child from Rwanda, a genocide-stricken country. Doctors believed Serj would die at the age of 14, and in order to keep their “prestige”, they needed a child to complete the illusion. This child was Dieudonnee.
In an effort to make the girl seem welcome, Serj learned French in order to be able to communicate with her. He taught her English, tutored her in her school studies, and prevented her from getting into the habits of his mother’s business. His mother wanted someone to carry on the business in case she was put in jail. Serj was too smart to be tricked into the business, but Dieudonne was naïve and easily manipulated. Serj kept her out of the business and away from the drugs for 7 years with the use of Hypnosis. After graduating from high school at the age of 16, he began studying psychology, autopsy, behavioural patterns in children, and to be a teacher. He was appointed superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District at the age of 23.
His Qi has been activated since birth, little to Serj’s knowledge. However, once he and Dieudonnee became inseparable all of Serj’s ailments disappeared. After some research, Serj confirmed that in order to survive, he needed to constant presence of someone who cared for him deeply. As well, in his high school years, he got into a fair amount of fights. All of which, he walked away from unscathed (Unless he was hit with an object). He determined that he also can absorb attack and made himself stronger, he also found out that he could use what Qi was when he was hit with it by another student and was able to use it as well.
However, things were getting bad with his parents. After his father had divorced his mother, she had become that much more persistent in Dieudonnee taking over her business. She had even gone so far as to take the Rwandan girl to a drug-deal in Vegas. Infuriated, Serj hypnotized his mother and told her to burn the house down, with her inside. The event was ruled arson by an external person. Serj and Dieudonnee gained around 3 billion dollars worth of inheritance, and a chance to inherit her drug business, which he sold for pennies on the dime to a random hobo. When Serj heard from his old college buddy, Mr.Malice, that things at the school he was in charge of were getting out of hand, Serj gladly retired from his superintendent rank in order to act as the “cure” for PHS#259. They are there in order to halt the upheaval and to stop the rise of anarchy.
RECENTLY...
After the earthquake that destroyed two-five-nine, Serj took the displaced Arim Ur'emder into his valuable care, intent on replacing Dieudonne with the small Korean girl. Dieudonne's jealousy slowly festered between them until he spurned her one day in favour of Arim. Enraged, she and Serj fought, destroying their Beverly Hills home. It was only by a miracle that Serj killed Dieudonne...or so he hoped. When he left, she had been bleeding from a mortal wound, and Arim was nowhere to be found.
The next year before the bombs fell would involve the man moving from person to person, leeching off their life for as long as he could stand them. Only a few days prior did he secure someone a bit more permanent to leech off of, someone who would be loyal to him and rely on them...and who better than an cancer victim slowly dying of melanoma?
Now he seeks a new host to join with as this one has nearly ran it's course. He makes his way back to the school on some impulse of God's will.
He doesn't know why...but he knows his fate is there.
Living Status Information[/u]
Type of resident:
Roommates:
Slot | Item(s) |
Head | |
Hat/Bandana | Row 19 Column 2 |
Earrings | Row 20 Column 2 |
Glasses | Row 21 Column 2 |
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Torso | |
Shirt | Row 2 Column 2 |
Jacket/Coat | Row 3 Column 2 |
Necklace | Row 4 Column 2 |
[/td | |
Arms | |
Arm | Row 6 Column 2 |
Wrist | Row 7 Column 2 |
Gloves | Row 8 Column 2 |
Ring | Row 9 Column 2 |
[/td | |
Legs | |
Pants | Row 11 Column 2 |
Shin | Row 12 Column 2 |
Shoes | Row 13 Column 2 |
Belt | Row 14 Column 2 |
[/td | |
Misc | |
1 | Row 16 Column 2 |
2 | Row 17 Column 2 |