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Name: Elijah King

Nickname: Eli, King, Your Highness

Age: 21

Birthday: March 26th

Sign: Pisces

Gemstone: Aquamarine

Blood Type: AB

Fav. Food: Cherries

Hated Food: Avacado, brussel sprouts or asperagus

School:  Destiny City University

Hobbies: 

Street performer/Acrobat/Tumbler/Contortionist - He's been training to join Cirque du Soleil or a similar troupe, doing shows with the local theatre when they have parts for him. He's extremely flexible and secretly enjoys making people wince with some of the stretches he can do quite comfortably. He's been in love with the circus ever since he was a child and saw his first Cirque du Soleil show. The colors, music and movement all speak to a deep part of him and when he began gymnastics at about six years old, he found a profound sense of pleasure from pushing his body to its limits. As he grew, he shifted his focus from pure gymnastics to acrobatics, studying performance shows and whatever reading material he could get his hands on to practice. He's been mostly self taught up to this point, but has found a coach here in DC to help him get ready for auditions. He's flexible enough at this point to touch the back of his head to his butt, and has enough strength to do it while balancing on his arms. (like this, but on his hands)

Reading Fantasy Novels - He loves a good book, loves getting lost in stories about things that could only happen in fairy tales. Sci-fi is a little too harsh for his tastes, (and why ready about real life when you're loving it?) so he tends to go specifically for fantasy. One of his favorite authors is Anne McCaffrey.

Painting - he's an amateur when it comes to painting, and while his skills are more for the performing arts, he enjoys the expression he can do through painting. He doesn't have a particular style, though you could maybe call it expressionism or abstract. He just puts paint on a canvas until he likes how it looks. He often experiments with different ways of delivering paint, but in the end its all just for the fun of it, nothing serious.


Virtues:

Outgoing/Friendly/Companionable - he loves to join in and be where the party is. He'll talk with just about anyone and loves to be in the spotlight. Public speaking and crowds are no problem for him, if anything he enjoys them. He's a performer at heart, so there is no place he'd rather be than in the spotlight. If anything, he actually dislikes being alone and would prefer to have someone, anyone around than be alone. This could possibly lead to him falling in with the wrong crowd from time to time, but he's not a follower and won't participate in unsavory activities.

Whimsical/Optimistic/Forgiving - he tends to see the brighter side of things and has a generally upbeat attitude. He doesn't tend to take things very seriously and can be good for a laugh just about any time. While it might make him seem frivolous, its really just a choice on how he views things and decides to react to them. While he can get sad from time to time, there is usually a cause for it and once its resolved, he's all smiles again. One that same note, he doesn't tend to hold grudges and forgives easily as he'd rather be friends and have fun than be mad at you.

Dedicated/Dependable/Trustworthy - When he finally decides to do something, he follows through and he can be counted on to keep his word. He keeps to his training schedule and it shows in his performing abilities. He doesn't lie unless there is a pressing reason to do so and can be trusted to keep secret things he's told in confidence. While he'll work very hard to finish something he starts, he won't beat a dead horse. If something becomes useless or impossible, he'll drop it and move on to something else.

Flaws:

Self-centered/Selfish - The world revolves around Elijah, as far as he's concerned. Everything he does or doesn't do centers around whether or not it is of some benefit to him. Even when an act seems altruistic, its really more about the praise he'll get for doing it than it is about helping another person. Relationships are usually led by him and only last as long as the other person is filling one of his needs or is somehow beneficial to have around. When they stop focusing on him or try to impose their needs on him, he's prone to cut ties and take off. He is not, however, any kind of sociopath. He can empathize with people just fine and can do things that benefit other people, but in the end, he does it because it makes him feel better about himself or gets him some sort of attention for doing it. It can be hard to like a person that will never put your needs before their own, or worst case, actively sabotages or manipulates your work so that they're the ones getting some or all of the benefit.

Attention whore - A facet of his selfishness is that he also likes to be the center of attention and often steals the spotlight from other people. He will often act out to draw attention to himself and may get jealous of someone getting more attention than he is, making him act out more. These are usually not mean-spirited things, but can be stupid or annoying, even sometimes physically dangerous to himself. His 'look at me!' need can sometimes get him into trouble when he takes it too far, but very rarely does he do anything to intentionally hurt someone else. A good example would be walking the railing at the edge of a bridge because the focus of the group is on someone else, or singing a bawdy song at theater/stage volume.

Undecided/Wishy-washy - He has a hard time making decisions about things and often changes his mind a few times before he'll settle on something. He can take an hour to pick out an outfit or do his stage makeup and days or months to decide big things, like which college to go to or what kind of car to buy. He can't be hurried up with this decision making process either and stubbornly takes his own time. While he is very good about following through once he's made up his mind, its the making it up that seems to hang him up. Sometimes this will lead him to putting off the decision, sometimes to the point that the situation changes and he doesn't have to decide any more. Its often easiest, as a friend, to be the one making the decisions. He'll usually follow along.


PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Eyes: Large, round, Yellow with an orange half tone. Want something more than a single color to them, so they stand out, like a gradient.

Hair: Sky Blue (kinda like this for thickness and how they hang in the back) Maybe a few braids coming from his temples that hang free to frame his face? Can have crazy shapes in the braids on his scalp for the fun of it. Like this!. Can hang down his back pretty far, mid back or to hips.

Face: heart shaped, african-american face with high cheekbones. Skin is a mocha color, rich brown.

Clothes: Comfortable, classy, fashionable clothes. He's manly, but dresses well.

Background:

Elijah is from a big family, one of six children. He's the second oldest and one of two boys. His family lives in London, but he moved out practically the minute he became old enough to do so. He's been sort of drifting in the wind, hopping from place to place, until he landed in DC. A growing interest in performing arts finally peaked here and he's put down shallow roots as he works on his degree at DCU.

Not fond of most pets, he does have a pudgy little goldfish that he practically spoils set up in a tank in his living room.

When not pursuing one of his hobbies, he likes food and music, and can be found out on the town, either eating at a new restaurant or dancing in a club.

While his manner can come off as 'metrosexual', Elijah is pretty straight and really prefers women. He's not the type to sleep with anything that moves, but he's not a monk either. If it happens it happens is usually his motto, and it usually takes a month or two of steady interaction for him to settle into a romantic relationship. On an upnote, though, he is very much a romantic at heart and it shows in how he treats his ladies.

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I've adjusted for your comments. :3

When I decided to make him a Saturn Knight rather than Venus, I made sure to pick out outfit details that were more victorian/gothic. The vest design is pretty victorian, sans the pattern, and the boots are just sort of whatever... xD picked something more generic-y.

He straddles the line, but a gothic clown was such a fun idea I couldn't resist.

Oooooh, I see. I thought it could behave like a normal animal, which would naturally have the ability to use all that in an attack, but that looks more like sort of an... animal shaped spell. I'll change the description!

Fixed!