something general
name & pronunciation
→ rafael caldera estévez
→ ra-fah-EL + kal-de-RAH + es-tey-veyz
nicknames
→ rafe | "you ever lighten up, rafe?" | there's not many ways to shorten his name, but his pack used to call him this.
birthday & age
→ 8th march
→ twenty-seven
gender & sexuality
→ cis male
→ bisexual
ethnicity
→ spanish + colombian
accent
→ for the most part he sounds pretty american, with just a tinge of spanish influencing his words, especially when he gets agitated.
occupation
→ craftsman
about appearances
height
→ 1.8m
weight
→ 81kg
hair
→ rafael's dark hair is kept a little longish, often slicked back with gel any which way.
eyes
→ his eyes are a dark nut brown, and do no real favours for his resting bitch face with their piercing gaze.
body
→ he's well built and muscular, which account for his most of his body mass - he's always taken some pride in his own appearance, even if there's no one around to appreciate it but himself.
attire
→ with no real need to appear presentable, rafael tends to stick to comfortable clothes. he owns an array of tee shirts, pants, and the occasional pair of jeans for when he has to do rough work.
scars/markings
→ he's been hurt seriously enough to scar a good number of times over the course of his life, but being a werewolf means his healing ability prevents his skin from scarring.
tattoos & piercings
→ before being turned he had a number of tattoos on both biceps, but afterwards they began to fade, and now they can't be seen at all.
physical ailments
→ --
face claim
→ diego barrueco
getting personal
positive traits
→ alert | he's always been attuned to his surroundings, aware of what's going on. even before he was turned it was hard to spring surprises on him - now it's almost impossible.
→ gentle | as much as he can be, now and then. he never hurts people any more than necessary.
→ empathetic | he used to be the mother hen of his pack, always offering emotional support whenever they needed it with no questions.
negative traits
→ avoidant | most evident in the lifestyle he's chosen for himself, but then again he's always been known to attempt to avoid or wait out his own problems.
→ paranoid | he's still afraid the consequences of his old life might catch up to him, so he's always got a watchful eye out.
→ unfriendly | at least that's how he usually comes off to people when he goes into town once a week to buy supplies. it certainly doesn't stop the girls from thinking he's hot, though.
likes
→ classical music + pasta + coffee + shades of blue + fruit + boots + nature +fishing
dislikes
→ crowds + attention + rain + hunting + sweets + loud music + the colour orange + modern technology
talents
→ cooking + art + thrifting
habits
→ mumbling in spanish when thinking + pacing + leg shaking
fears
→ the sea + being found
mental ailments
→ --
his backstory
mother
→ luisa estévez garcia | alive | to luisa, rafael was her first ray of hope - having moved with her husband to america, they'd struggled as a couple to make a living for themselves, and rafael's arrival was all the encouragement she needed to keep pressing on. even as he grew up and began breaking her heart with the crowd he was hanging around with, she still held on to hope; and now that she believes him dead, she hopes that he's at last happy in heaven.
father
→ robert caldera rozario | alive | robert wasn't a bad father, he was just never... there. he was close to luisa in the beginning, of course, but as work got more demanding and responsibilities started popping up he began spending more time at work. it was always overtime this, extra that, and before he knew it he was the first out the door in the mornings and the last to return at night, only spending time with his family on weekends (and sometimes not even then). he still regrets not being there for rafael more, and is trying to do for jaime what he couldn't do for rafael.
brother
→ jaime caldera estévez | alive | younger by three years, he always saw rafael as his cool older brother; an image that rafael cherished. he absolutely doted on jaime, and always tried to be a good role model for him. as jaime got older, he became more independent, and rafael thinks perhaps this was for the better, because at least he knows jaime won't go down the same path he did.
uncle
→ alonso estévez garcia | alive | he doesn't live near his sister's family, and is a little bit of a nut - but when rafael needed somewhere to hide, alonso pulled through by offering him his old cabin in the woods. it's no holiday inn, but rafael's been pretty comfortable there, and is grateful to his uncle for the help.
extras
→ things