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App for Atonement RPG
Mar. 12th, 2018 01:59 pmOOC
Name: Catharine
Age: 29
Contact: backwardschic@gmail.com
Current Characters: None
IC
Name: Jezebel Disraeli
Age: 27
Series Godchild/The Cain Saga
Canon Point: Post-canon/after canon death
Personality: Jezebel is an odd person in that he will easily declare himself to be absolutely insane and bloodthirsty and irredeemably heartless. The truth is a little more complicated. Since he was a child, his father raised him to believe that he was nothing more than a cold-blooded killer and reinforced this idea with horrible physical/psychological abuse . On some level, Jezebel believes this is exactly the truth and embraces it, as well as his father's plans for him. On another, he seems to realize this is all manipulations and hates his father for it. What truth he chooses to embrace tends to vary from situation to situation.
Generally, he has a dry, somewhat cold demeanor, and tends to be wary of new people. However, he can interact with others on somewhat more amiable terms if they're friendly to him first. If he dislikes someone, he tends to be callous and irritable. If he finds himself close to someone, though, his loyalty is ironclad and he will do anything to keep them safe.
His interests lean towards the macabre -- while working for his father, he developed interests in the occult, poisons, dark scientific experiments, and hypnosis. On the more benign side, however, he has a genuine love of animals and enjoys working with/caring for them, and refuses to eat meat as a result.
Please describe your character's sins and how they influence them:
Jezebel has killed a lot of people. As part of his work with Delilah (his father's organization), he's killed dozens of people by his own direct actions, and stood by when at least several dozen more died via his associates. On top of that, he's been guilty of: assault/mutilation, kidnapping, scientific experimentation on unwitting/unwilling human subjects, and hypnosis to erase/affect the memories & personalities of the subjects. Also, a lot of stealing people's eyes.
In terms of how it affects him: his father had taught him ever since he was a child that he was damned to hell and would never be worthy of anything else. His father also abused & brainwashed Jezebel into being obedient to everything he asked of him, which mostly revolved around bloodshed for his own purposes. So Jezebel has been essentially taught his entire life that violence was the only thing he was good for, and that hell was the only inevitable fate for him. Before his death, he was beginning to wake up to the idea that this might not be the case, but he died before he ever really got to escape his father's influence.
Abilities:
Jezebel is a normal human without any inherent supernatural abilities; he does, however, have arcane knowledge from his time working with Delilah. The main thing he knows how to do is (temporarily) bring corpses back to life, both human and animal; he can also keep them alive with doses of blood, though these reanimated bodies always fall apart after enough time. He is also capable of extreme hypnosis, ranging from convincing someone that their identity is completely different to making generally non-violent people capable of murder.
In terms of his medical knowledge, his main work is with surgery and with using various poisons/parasites, and he has detailed knowledge of both (at least as far as it can go with the Victorian Era, anyhow). He is also skilled at operating on/taking medical care of domestic/farm animals.
Ideas:
Before his death, Jezebel was slowly starting to wake up to the idea of not being obedient to his father and breaking free of the murder cult he'd been ensnared in since childhood. He seemed to be getting close to getting over his brainwashing, including multiple occasions where he helped his brother fight her father, or actively thwarted his father himself. But then at the very end, someone tried to shoot his father and he leapt on the bullet, still not entirely able to let go of his attachment to him. So his character development was halted before it could really finish -- he died conflicted, and now he has to go forward and either truly come around to being a better person, or revert back to his old ways without the excuses he had before. It would be interesting to see how he reacts to the influences of others and to the punishments being inflicted, and
Sample:
Jezebel remembered feeling warm and cold all at once. The blood loss had left him chilled to the touch, but the blood spattered out of him had felt hot on his drained skin. And then there had been Cassian's hands supporting him, his face watching in horror as he faded out --
-- and then he was awake.
The first thing Jezebel did was trace the line of his throat, surprised to feel it smooth and whole. The pain in his chest had evaporated, as had the crumbling tower around him. And Cassian was no longer holding him steady. He was alone.
Perhaps he should have been frightened or startled by the change, but all he was left with was a sense of detached curiosity. Jezebel observed the dead trees and the sky with an idle, wandering glance, before resting his gaze on the sign: "Welcome to Penance".
Ah. He smiled slightly, ruefully. Penance. He knew that term well. Was this Hell, then?
For a moment, he looked himself over. His body, his hair, his clothes were all the same. Around his neck hung the metal cross his father had gifted him so many years ago, still small and light around his throat. Jezebel pinches it in his fingers, the pointed ends digging into the pads of his fingers, and the rueful smile remains. Of course this would follow him into the pits of damnation.
His father was not there, nor Cassian, nor his brother. Perhaps they were alive. If they were, it meant he was really, truly separate from everything he had ever been tied to. He had no obligations, no ties, no loyalties, no demands placed upon him. It might be Hell, but it was a hell that he was truly alone in.
That was a surreal thought to behold. He did not know if it pleased him or not.
Well. If it was Hell, he supposed it was time to pay the piper. It would be unpleasant, but he supposed that was his due. No sense delaying it now.
Jezebel released the cross and let it hang loosely against his neck once more before he walked through the gate, calm and resigned and expectant.
Name: Catharine
Age: 29
Contact: backwardschic@gmail.com
Current Characters: None
IC
Name: Jezebel Disraeli
Age: 27
Series Godchild/The Cain Saga
Canon Point: Post-canon/after canon death
Personality: Jezebel is an odd person in that he will easily declare himself to be absolutely insane and bloodthirsty and irredeemably heartless. The truth is a little more complicated. Since he was a child, his father raised him to believe that he was nothing more than a cold-blooded killer and reinforced this idea with horrible physical/psychological abuse . On some level, Jezebel believes this is exactly the truth and embraces it, as well as his father's plans for him. On another, he seems to realize this is all manipulations and hates his father for it. What truth he chooses to embrace tends to vary from situation to situation.
Generally, he has a dry, somewhat cold demeanor, and tends to be wary of new people. However, he can interact with others on somewhat more amiable terms if they're friendly to him first. If he dislikes someone, he tends to be callous and irritable. If he finds himself close to someone, though, his loyalty is ironclad and he will do anything to keep them safe.
His interests lean towards the macabre -- while working for his father, he developed interests in the occult, poisons, dark scientific experiments, and hypnosis. On the more benign side, however, he has a genuine love of animals and enjoys working with/caring for them, and refuses to eat meat as a result.
Please describe your character's sins and how they influence them:
Jezebel has killed a lot of people. As part of his work with Delilah (his father's organization), he's killed dozens of people by his own direct actions, and stood by when at least several dozen more died via his associates. On top of that, he's been guilty of: assault/mutilation, kidnapping, scientific experimentation on unwitting/unwilling human subjects, and hypnosis to erase/affect the memories & personalities of the subjects. Also, a lot of stealing people's eyes.
In terms of how it affects him: his father had taught him ever since he was a child that he was damned to hell and would never be worthy of anything else. His father also abused & brainwashed Jezebel into being obedient to everything he asked of him, which mostly revolved around bloodshed for his own purposes. So Jezebel has been essentially taught his entire life that violence was the only thing he was good for, and that hell was the only inevitable fate for him. Before his death, he was beginning to wake up to the idea that this might not be the case, but he died before he ever really got to escape his father's influence.
Abilities:
Jezebel is a normal human without any inherent supernatural abilities; he does, however, have arcane knowledge from his time working with Delilah. The main thing he knows how to do is (temporarily) bring corpses back to life, both human and animal; he can also keep them alive with doses of blood, though these reanimated bodies always fall apart after enough time. He is also capable of extreme hypnosis, ranging from convincing someone that their identity is completely different to making generally non-violent people capable of murder.
In terms of his medical knowledge, his main work is with surgery and with using various poisons/parasites, and he has detailed knowledge of both (at least as far as it can go with the Victorian Era, anyhow). He is also skilled at operating on/taking medical care of domestic/farm animals.
Ideas:
Before his death, Jezebel was slowly starting to wake up to the idea of not being obedient to his father and breaking free of the murder cult he'd been ensnared in since childhood. He seemed to be getting close to getting over his brainwashing, including multiple occasions where he helped his brother fight her father, or actively thwarted his father himself. But then at the very end, someone tried to shoot his father and he leapt on the bullet, still not entirely able to let go of his attachment to him. So his character development was halted before it could really finish -- he died conflicted, and now he has to go forward and either truly come around to being a better person, or revert back to his old ways without the excuses he had before. It would be interesting to see how he reacts to the influences of others and to the punishments being inflicted, and
Sample:
Jezebel remembered feeling warm and cold all at once. The blood loss had left him chilled to the touch, but the blood spattered out of him had felt hot on his drained skin. And then there had been Cassian's hands supporting him, his face watching in horror as he faded out --
-- and then he was awake.
The first thing Jezebel did was trace the line of his throat, surprised to feel it smooth and whole. The pain in his chest had evaporated, as had the crumbling tower around him. And Cassian was no longer holding him steady. He was alone.
Perhaps he should have been frightened or startled by the change, but all he was left with was a sense of detached curiosity. Jezebel observed the dead trees and the sky with an idle, wandering glance, before resting his gaze on the sign: "Welcome to Penance".
Ah. He smiled slightly, ruefully. Penance. He knew that term well. Was this Hell, then?
For a moment, he looked himself over. His body, his hair, his clothes were all the same. Around his neck hung the metal cross his father had gifted him so many years ago, still small and light around his throat. Jezebel pinches it in his fingers, the pointed ends digging into the pads of his fingers, and the rueful smile remains. Of course this would follow him into the pits of damnation.
His father was not there, nor Cassian, nor his brother. Perhaps they were alive. If they were, it meant he was really, truly separate from everything he had ever been tied to. He had no obligations, no ties, no loyalties, no demands placed upon him. It might be Hell, but it was a hell that he was truly alone in.
That was a surreal thought to behold. He did not know if it pleased him or not.
Well. If it was Hell, he supposed it was time to pay the piper. It would be unpleasant, but he supposed that was his due. No sense delaying it now.
Jezebel released the cross and let it hang loosely against his neck once more before he walked through the gate, calm and resigned and expectant.
