Post by elcalion on May 7, 2010 0:43:44 GMT -5
Name: Æsc Thorne (pronounced "Ash")
Age: 1,158 (looks in his late twenties/early thirties, however)
Hair color: Dark-blond
Eye color: Hazel
Height: 6'1"
Appearance: Tall and burly, yet with unnaturally pale skin, Æsc is a strange-looking individual. He keeps his face clean-shaven, emphasising his strong jawline and the scar slashing across the right side of his face, and wears his shoulder-length blond hair pulled back behind his ears.
He dresses somewhat archaically, usually wearing a cloak, tunic and breeches, mostly in shades of dark green.
Biography: Æsc was born in Anglo-Saxon Wessex in 852, and fought as a soldier for King Ælfred (Alfred the Great). During the Danish invasion of Wessex in 878, Æsc took refuge in a remote village, which turned out to contain a coven of vampires. Æsc was bitten by one of the vampires and turned into a vampire himself. He was shunned by his friends and families for what he had become and had to flee the country, only returning years later in disguise.
Over the next millennium, Æsc traveled and devoted his energies to educating himself. He taught himself several languages, and studied mathematics, astronomy and science in the Middle-East, before returning to Europe in the 1300s and working as an alchemist in the court of Emperor Rudolf in Prague. He subsequently made several important advances to the field of chemistry (all made under pseudonyms, naturally), before deciding to take up teaching. St Dymphna's is just the latest of a long list of prestigious schools at which he has taught.
Personality: As a result of his years of travel and seclusion, Æsc is somewhat reserved and taciturn. He is rather arrogant and condescending to students, but occasionally shows genuine regard if a student meets his high expectations.
He hates the fact that he is a vampire and the loss of control that his need for blood entails, and holds himself strictly to a "vegetarian" (for vampires) diet of only feeding from animals rather than humans.
Class taught: Alchemy/Chemistry, Astronomy, Mathematics
Skills: Fantastic healing (he is a vampire!), Persuasive/Glamour (ditto), telekinesis (minor ability)
Sue/Stu Traits:
Trendy name [-2]
Cool scar [-2]
Fangs [-2]
Multilingual [-6] (Arabic, Latin, Anglo-Saxon, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Czech)
Brilliant at Science [-6]
Vampire [-20]
Fantastic healing [-10]
Telekinesis [-10]
Responsible [+4]
Antisocial [+4]
Arithmomania [+4] (compulsive urge to count things)
Gay [+8]
Total: -38
Age: 1,158 (looks in his late twenties/early thirties, however)
Hair color: Dark-blond
Eye color: Hazel
Height: 6'1"
Appearance: Tall and burly, yet with unnaturally pale skin, Æsc is a strange-looking individual. He keeps his face clean-shaven, emphasising his strong jawline and the scar slashing across the right side of his face, and wears his shoulder-length blond hair pulled back behind his ears.
He dresses somewhat archaically, usually wearing a cloak, tunic and breeches, mostly in shades of dark green.
Biography: Æsc was born in Anglo-Saxon Wessex in 852, and fought as a soldier for King Ælfred (Alfred the Great). During the Danish invasion of Wessex in 878, Æsc took refuge in a remote village, which turned out to contain a coven of vampires. Æsc was bitten by one of the vampires and turned into a vampire himself. He was shunned by his friends and families for what he had become and had to flee the country, only returning years later in disguise.
Over the next millennium, Æsc traveled and devoted his energies to educating himself. He taught himself several languages, and studied mathematics, astronomy and science in the Middle-East, before returning to Europe in the 1300s and working as an alchemist in the court of Emperor Rudolf in Prague. He subsequently made several important advances to the field of chemistry (all made under pseudonyms, naturally), before deciding to take up teaching. St Dymphna's is just the latest of a long list of prestigious schools at which he has taught.
Personality: As a result of his years of travel and seclusion, Æsc is somewhat reserved and taciturn. He is rather arrogant and condescending to students, but occasionally shows genuine regard if a student meets his high expectations.
He hates the fact that he is a vampire and the loss of control that his need for blood entails, and holds himself strictly to a "vegetarian" (for vampires) diet of only feeding from animals rather than humans.
Class taught: Alchemy/Chemistry, Astronomy, Mathematics
Skills: Fantastic healing (he is a vampire!), Persuasive/Glamour (ditto), telekinesis (minor ability)
Sue/Stu Traits:
Trendy name [-2]
Cool scar [-2]
Fangs [-2]
Multilingual [-6] (Arabic, Latin, Anglo-Saxon, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Czech)
Brilliant at Science [-6]
Vampire [-20]
Fantastic healing [-10]
Telekinesis [-10]
Responsible [+4]
Antisocial [+4]
Arithmomania [+4] (compulsive urge to count things)
Gay [+8]
Total: -38