Re: Scales For Hire (Character sheets, OOC RP chatter) [Accepting~]
(Work in Progress)
GENERAL CHARACTER STATISTICS
Character Name: Benjamin 'Ben' Witters
Gender: Male
Species/Race: Human
Age: Nine
Occupation/School/Grade: Former Student, Montgomery Elementary School/Shadowcaster and Displacer Beast in training
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
A small, pale boy with a thick nest of blonde hair. Ben has large, brown eyes that are partially hidden under his hair. He's a bit thin, though he has a round face. He is missing his right incisor tooth. His fingers and knuckles are often covered in Band-Aids from where he's scraped himself up. He usually has a slightly sour look on his face. He gets a bit red in the face when he's flustered. His time in the Shadow-Plane has caused his pale skin to become slightly dusky, almost greyish. His blonde hair is beginning to go pure white.
Strengths: As a child, he is naturally curious and inquisitive. This tends to pay off, as people are more likely to open up to a child, and thus, Ben's learned some interesting things about the grown-up world that he wouldn't have otherwise. This makes Ben a lot more mature than people give him credit for. Despite being curious, his maturity makes him cautious about what he hears, and he takes nothing at face value. His time in the Shadow-Plane has lent well to his cautious nature, and he remains largely unchanged in that aspect. However, he now has some magic, such as the ability to manipulate shadows. He's far less ignorant of the magical world than he once was.
Weaknesses: The combination of Ben's maturity and immaturity has manifested in the form of an angry, bitter child. His anger is mostly directed to grown-ups, whom he believes are the agents of his self-professed ruined childhood. His untrusting nature makes him slow to make friends. He has very little confidence in himself due to a bad situation at home, and thus, is quite self depreciating. Being a logical, cynical child, his imagination had suffered. He's a bit of a coward too, though he hides it by simply coming across as disinterested. Since he was found by Dei-Maal he's opened up a little, probably setting Dei-Maal a bit at ease. He's far more interested in the world than he once was, but still finds himself easily isolated in a room.
Powers: (To Come)
MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS
Current Goal/Purpose: Try to make the best of his childhood. Not only that, but please Dei-Maal and hope to prove to be of some worth. There's the desire as well to become something more than human, and find something within him that is actually interesting to himself.
Talents: Logical thinking, rationality, fighting people weaker than him in hand to hand combat, puzzle-solving, reading and writing.
Inabilities: Poor imagination, standing up for himself, being sympathetic.
Fears: The dark, being alone.
General Personality: Bitter, Angry, Cynical, Logical, Quiet, Reserved, and Curious.
Inner Personality: Needy, Depressed, Clingy, Vengeful
Secret: Ben wishes more than anything that he could reclaim an idyllic childhood. He also wishes he could bring himself to love Dei-Maal, but as it stands, he views them both as rather distant beings, unable to relate with one another. His desire to have friends is also very strong, since he always feels a little bit alone.
HISTORIC BACKGROUND
General History:
Ben was born 7 years ago to happy couple named Dave and Camille Witters. They lived in a nice flat in the city and had been married for two years. Ben's father was a banker and investor, and his mother was a high-school French teacher. They both had high expectations for their child. Since they both worked long hours, Ben spent most of his childhood with various nannies and babysitters, but craved the time he spent with his parents, particularly with his father.
When Ben was five years old, his maternal grandfather died of a stroke. The child was unsure of how to react to this, since his maternal grandfather was not somebody he knew particularly well; he had only visited his house a few times, and his memories were not distinct. It broke his mother's heart though, as she had been very close with her father. The worst part however, was that Ben's father wasn't there to comfort her, he was away on a business trip. She begged him to return to comfort her, but he insisted that his work couldn't wait. It was at this point that the formerly happy couple's problems began. Ben's mother began to drink more, and started letting herself go. Ben's father began seeing one of the interns at the bank. They remained married however.
When Ben turned seven, his mother heard about her husband's dalliance with the intern, and officially filed for divorce. Ben's parents were in the middle of a large divorce court case which mutated into a messy custody battle for Ben. Ben took out his frustration about the divorce out on others, occasionally acting as his school's bully. He stopped applying himself to his classes, and indeed, sometimes stopped going to class at all. He spent his time truant walking around the neighborhood around his school, and going into the various shops and restaurants. He returned to school in time to catch the bus home. When he went home, he read primarily. He used to play catch with his father and do his homework after school, but there hasn't been much of that since his father moved out.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Present Life:
