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seventhprogenitor) wrote2017-04-17 12:32 am
seventhprogenitor) wrote2017-04-17 12:32 am
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YOUR NAME: Peace
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CHARACTERS IN GAME: N/A
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CHARACTER: CANON SECTION
NAME: Ferid Bathory
AGE: 2000+
CANON: Seraph of the End
NAME: Ferid Bathory
AGE: 2000+
CANON: Seraph of the End
CANON HISTORY: Here!
CANON PERSONALITY: Ferid Bathory is, in the simplest word, a bitch.
On the outside, he's polite and friendly to many he meets; in particular humans, who vampires don't normally have a strong opinion on unless it's about their status as "livestock". He finds them interesting. Behind his charming face and frivolous attitude, though, lies a man of cunning intelligence, who's been carrying a plan for over two thousand years and has pulled the strings behind several others hundreds of years in advance.
To say that Ferid is patient would be an understatement.
As any vampire is, he is arrogant and prideful, but unlike many of his kind it isn't to a fault -- he's wise enough to toe lines and never go over, though when he gets close he backtracks immediately with a dismissal of their anger, saying he'd only been joking. Ferid admires and envies humanity's greed for all things, because vampires themselves have no desire for anything but blood, but acknowledges that it is humanity's greed that will be their downfall one day; it's also what scares vampires most about humans when they bother to think of them as anything but livestock, because humans will always seek something more powerful while vampires are content so long as they have a place to feed.
As a human, he had always been a rather intelligent child, bored easily due to his excellent memory and ability to memorize things, and that followed him into vampiredom -- he often does things just for kicks, basically, going so far as to leading children into a hopeful situation of escape and then slaughtering them all after seeing despair embrace them as they realize it had been a trap: a real sadist. He often starts "little games" such as these over the hundreds of years towards some purpose of his own choosing, ultimately to keep himself entertained in his long life because (in his own words) "living forever gets boring".
Playing triple agent is also something he does to keep himself entertained: as a vampire, as an informant for the humans, and for himself, ultimately. Ferid calls many people his "friends" but nearly none of them would one, agree to that, and two, actually be considered by him as a friend. In fact, the only one that comes to mind in any regard is Crowley, and that's because he technically "sired" the vampire with stolen blood over his own.
(Crowley, for the record, claims it'll take 800 years to be friends with someone like Ferid.)
Manipulative and with time to spare, Ferid is extremely dangerous once he's got his footing. He's quick to get the lay of situations and turn them to his own advantage, going so far as to blackmail others without a second thought, gaining allies and cutting them away as he pleases. Even the more powerful, the more authoritative aren't above his reach -- he'll simply find a stepladder to help himself on to to put the metaphorical rope around their neck. And all of this is below a face of flattery and frivolous words, with habits called "eccentric" by his peers and an attitude that seems a fool with no designs his own.
SKILLS/ABILITIES: Vampires, as a race, uniquely have insanely high regenerative abilities and immortality to their name; that isn't to say they can't be killed (sunlight is a notable weakness, but so are the demon blades the Japanese Imperial Army wields), but it's very hard to do so. He is extremely strong even among the other nobles and thus far above humans themselves. Superb speed and enhanced senses (particularly sight, including night vision, and hearing) are also traits of vampires.
Ferid is able to wield swords, but most of his combat is hand-to-hand based. He's very good at that too.
... Additionally, he's able to turn humans into vampires by giving them his blood. This is due to him being one of the higher ranked progenitors.
CANON PERSONALITY: Ferid Bathory is, in the simplest word, a bitch.
On the outside, he's polite and friendly to many he meets; in particular humans, who vampires don't normally have a strong opinion on unless it's about their status as "livestock". He finds them interesting. Behind his charming face and frivolous attitude, though, lies a man of cunning intelligence, who's been carrying a plan for over two thousand years and has pulled the strings behind several others hundreds of years in advance.
To say that Ferid is patient would be an understatement.
As any vampire is, he is arrogant and prideful, but unlike many of his kind it isn't to a fault -- he's wise enough to toe lines and never go over, though when he gets close he backtracks immediately with a dismissal of their anger, saying he'd only been joking. Ferid admires and envies humanity's greed for all things, because vampires themselves have no desire for anything but blood, but acknowledges that it is humanity's greed that will be their downfall one day; it's also what scares vampires most about humans when they bother to think of them as anything but livestock, because humans will always seek something more powerful while vampires are content so long as they have a place to feed.
As a human, he had always been a rather intelligent child, bored easily due to his excellent memory and ability to memorize things, and that followed him into vampiredom -- he often does things just for kicks, basically, going so far as to leading children into a hopeful situation of escape and then slaughtering them all after seeing despair embrace them as they realize it had been a trap: a real sadist. He often starts "little games" such as these over the hundreds of years towards some purpose of his own choosing, ultimately to keep himself entertained in his long life because (in his own words) "living forever gets boring".
Playing triple agent is also something he does to keep himself entertained: as a vampire, as an informant for the humans, and for himself, ultimately. Ferid calls many people his "friends" but nearly none of them would one, agree to that, and two, actually be considered by him as a friend. In fact, the only one that comes to mind in any regard is Crowley, and that's because he technically "sired" the vampire with stolen blood over his own.
(Crowley, for the record, claims it'll take 800 years to be friends with someone like Ferid.)
Manipulative and with time to spare, Ferid is extremely dangerous once he's got his footing. He's quick to get the lay of situations and turn them to his own advantage, going so far as to blackmail others without a second thought, gaining allies and cutting them away as he pleases. Even the more powerful, the more authoritative aren't above his reach -- he'll simply find a stepladder to help himself on to to put the metaphorical rope around their neck. And all of this is below a face of flattery and frivolous words, with habits called "eccentric" by his peers and an attitude that seems a fool with no designs his own.
SKILLS/ABILITIES: Vampires, as a race, uniquely have insanely high regenerative abilities and immortality to their name; that isn't to say they can't be killed (sunlight is a notable weakness, but so are the demon blades the Japanese Imperial Army wields), but it's very hard to do so. He is extremely strong even among the other nobles and thus far above humans themselves. Superb speed and enhanced senses (particularly sight, including night vision, and hearing) are also traits of vampires.
Ferid is able to wield swords, but most of his combat is hand-to-hand based. He's very good at that too.
... Additionally, he's able to turn humans into vampires by giving them his blood. This is due to him being one of the higher ranked progenitors.
CHARACTER: AU SECTION
AU NAME: Ferid Báthory
AU AGE: 40
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: He needs to be humanized from vampiredom, so..! Eyes are blue, ears aren't pointed, no fangs.
AU NAME: Ferid Báthory
AU AGE: 40
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: He needs to be humanized from vampiredom, so..! Eyes are blue, ears aren't pointed, no fangs.
AU HISTORY: Note: Ferid's new charge is Elizabeth (elevelvetor) and has been cleared with her player, Bella! So has his distant cousin Yeager/Jaeger (scythegun) by his player, Redd!
Born as the only child into the Báthory family, a well-off family in Recollé, Ferid grew up with the title of "genius" and was treated as such by the rest of his kin: he was given the best tutors, anything that would help with his academic pursuits, and puts to the test constantly to ensure that his future was bright and that he’d be well-received among the rest of the community. Despite the pressure, Ferid worked well within his constraints to the point of boredom; it was at the point of his life, around what would be late-middle school if he went to one, that he started to really act out. A few pranks here and there with distant cousins had been nothing of note when he was young, but now he was one-upping his tutors and parent, using his smart mouth to get under their skin in harmless ways and toeing the line of being a perfectly fine adolescent and a rebel.
Despite his continued behavior to amuse himself, his family continued to keep the weight on him throughout what would have been his high school years, hoping that he would settle. He didn't. Ferid, with all his teachings, sought a new experience: university.
It was here that he met who would become the mother of his child, and though they are no longer together he still regards her fondly, keeping his hair up with a variety of ribbons instead of the usual hair tie. She brought a time of interest into his life and he cherishes it very much; she also brought a person of interest into his life in the form of a child! Though admittedly not always around in the first years of their life (they had caretakers when he was still in college who pampered them as much as he had been) Ferid loves them with all his heart, doting on them frequently and encouraging them to give anything (and, later on, anyone) that interests them a shot.
While his kid was growing up, he balanced various hobbies with fatherhood and tasked their with public schooling; due to his own upbringing in relative solitude with tutors and family gatherings every so often, Ferid wasn't particularly in tune with people the way one should be, though social graces and degrees in Psychology and Sociology would have anyone fooled otherwise, and sought to give them the chance to be better in that regard. They very much had the freedom to do as they pleased, but education was something he was firm about. And stickers. Very firm about stickers.
When it came for the inevitable rebellious stage, he was delighted! After all, his own acting out had been fun, and he takes their choices in stride, chiding them when it came to skipping school and turning a blind eye otherwise. Children learn by experience. He rarely found himself having an issue with them going off here and there, mostly because money buys you a lot. Throughout this period of time, he continued his own education in various, unrelated areas, but always made time for them in a way that didn’t seem to occur to his own parents.
A few months hence, a new person came under his care: A young woman by the name of Elizabeth. Knowing of her situation, he seeks to give her a final home that actually feels like home, someplace she may return to in the future once she's off on her own. Her eccentricities bring Ferid absolute delight, considering his own, and though he doesn't entirely understand the MMORPG part of her life he takes great care in feeding into any book interest she has and reciting plays with her if he hears her practicing, asking only that she helps him in his florist's shop in exchange for allowance.
Presently, Ferid is considered the unfortunate black sheep of the Báthory family, though he still has his inheritance and good enough relations to the rest of them. They invite him and his charges cordially when needed and he's always sure to attend, mostly to see the distant cousins (such as Jaeger) that interest him and on a lesser note to shove in their face that tradition isn't important and a free-spirit is all that’s really needed in life to get the most out of it. As previously stated, he owns and works a flower shop with Elizabeth as his aide, using his unnecessary knowledge of floriography and floral design to put together bouquets and help those in need. It's uncharacteristic of a florist to actually pay attention to the meanings behind the blossoms, but Ferid is so charmed by them that he considers it a new level in difficulty to match fitting meanings with balance and beauty of the arrangements. Cost isn't anything he's worried about.
AU PERSONALITY: Since he hasn't had 2000 plus years of life, Ferid actually genuinely enjoys the things he does and the people he talks to! He actually feels human things! It's amazing! Additionally, because of this, he's not particularly sadistic the way he is in canon; he still enjoys picking on others and watching man struggle against an uphill climb (particularly if it's something he can actually help with and just finds it more fun to watch) but he won't be running a despair game... or even manipulating others in a way that'll hurt them. There's no point to seeing that raw emotion for him as a human since he can still feel it himself.
He likes people and is thoughtful of their feelings more than in canon, too, though that doesn't mean he'll always choose to care deeply. Ferid becomes fond more easily (and less troublingly) and while he still has the patience of a saint he's very much more proactive in making his own fun, more involved with others rather than getting them to do his dirty work and the like; he doesn't have secrets that'll get him killed here, designs that threaten to overturn anyone, etc etc, so it's easier to connect. It helps he's not an apathetic asshole, just a regular asshole.
elevelvetor) and has been cleared with her player, Bella! So has his distant cousin Yeager/Jaeger (scythegun) by his player, Redd!Born as the only child into the Báthory family, a well-off family in Recollé, Ferid grew up with the title of "genius" and was treated as such by the rest of his kin: he was given the best tutors, anything that would help with his academic pursuits, and puts to the test constantly to ensure that his future was bright and that he’d be well-received among the rest of the community. Despite the pressure, Ferid worked well within his constraints to the point of boredom; it was at the point of his life, around what would be late-middle school if he went to one, that he started to really act out. A few pranks here and there with distant cousins had been nothing of note when he was young, but now he was one-upping his tutors and parent, using his smart mouth to get under their skin in harmless ways and toeing the line of being a perfectly fine adolescent and a rebel.
Despite his continued behavior to amuse himself, his family continued to keep the weight on him throughout what would have been his high school years, hoping that he would settle. He didn't. Ferid, with all his teachings, sought a new experience: university.
It was here that he met who would become the mother of his child, and though they are no longer together he still regards her fondly, keeping his hair up with a variety of ribbons instead of the usual hair tie. She brought a time of interest into his life and he cherishes it very much; she also brought a person of interest into his life in the form of a child! Though admittedly not always around in the first years of their life (they had caretakers when he was still in college who pampered them as much as he had been) Ferid loves them with all his heart, doting on them frequently and encouraging them to give anything (and, later on, anyone) that interests them a shot.
While his kid was growing up, he balanced various hobbies with fatherhood and tasked their with public schooling; due to his own upbringing in relative solitude with tutors and family gatherings every so often, Ferid wasn't particularly in tune with people the way one should be, though social graces and degrees in Psychology and Sociology would have anyone fooled otherwise, and sought to give them the chance to be better in that regard. They very much had the freedom to do as they pleased, but education was something he was firm about. And stickers. Very firm about stickers.
When it came for the inevitable rebellious stage, he was delighted! After all, his own acting out had been fun, and he takes their choices in stride, chiding them when it came to skipping school and turning a blind eye otherwise. Children learn by experience. He rarely found himself having an issue with them going off here and there, mostly because money buys you a lot. Throughout this period of time, he continued his own education in various, unrelated areas, but always made time for them in a way that didn’t seem to occur to his own parents.
A few months hence, a new person came under his care: A young woman by the name of Elizabeth. Knowing of her situation, he seeks to give her a final home that actually feels like home, someplace she may return to in the future once she's off on her own. Her eccentricities bring Ferid absolute delight, considering his own, and though he doesn't entirely understand the MMORPG part of her life he takes great care in feeding into any book interest she has and reciting plays with her if he hears her practicing, asking only that she helps him in his florist's shop in exchange for allowance.
Presently, Ferid is considered the unfortunate black sheep of the Báthory family, though he still has his inheritance and good enough relations to the rest of them. They invite him and his charges cordially when needed and he's always sure to attend, mostly to see the distant cousins (such as Jaeger) that interest him and on a lesser note to shove in their face that tradition isn't important and a free-spirit is all that’s really needed in life to get the most out of it. As previously stated, he owns and works a flower shop with Elizabeth as his aide, using his unnecessary knowledge of floriography and floral design to put together bouquets and help those in need. It's uncharacteristic of a florist to actually pay attention to the meanings behind the blossoms, but Ferid is so charmed by them that he considers it a new level in difficulty to match fitting meanings with balance and beauty of the arrangements. Cost isn't anything he's worried about.
AU PERSONALITY: Since he hasn't had 2000 plus years of life, Ferid actually genuinely enjoys the things he does and the people he talks to! He actually feels human things! It's amazing! Additionally, because of this, he's not particularly sadistic the way he is in canon; he still enjoys picking on others and watching man struggle against an uphill climb (particularly if it's something he can actually help with and just finds it more fun to watch) but he won't be running a despair game... or even manipulating others in a way that'll hurt them. There's no point to seeing that raw emotion for him as a human since he can still feel it himself.
He likes people and is thoughtful of their feelings more than in canon, too, though that doesn't mean he'll always choose to care deeply. Ferid becomes fond more easily (and less troublingly) and while he still has the patience of a saint he's very much more proactive in making his own fun, more involved with others rather than getting them to do his dirty work and the like; he doesn't have secrets that'll get him killed here, designs that threaten to overturn anyone, etc etc, so it's easier to connect. It helps he's not an apathetic asshole, just a regular asshole.