Characters Name: Salem Race: Demon Zodiac Sign: The Lyre Academy House: Leviathan Graduate Gender: Undecided Starting Stage: Uni Graduated Senior Body Type Base: G // Horns 4 Brief Description of Appearance: Hair - White Skin - Mint Eyes - Dark Purple and gold Markings - Ref
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 1:22 pm
At a young age, Salem had found his fascination in alchemy and the cycle of life. He was one of those lucky nightmares that was awoken from the cache and thus has no idea whatsoever who his parents are. In all honesty, he could careless about them. In the academy, Salem excelled in academic related classes rather than anything sport-like... In fact, he'd go as far as saying he hates sports. He certainly wasn't popular, rather, he usually isolated himself to avoid being labeled as weird... not that isolation worked. Salem has a particular passion learning about death, life and what the meaning of the two are. He loves going out and exploring the world to learn and discover more "evidence" of the meaning of life.
Salem is clever and fairly quick-witted; he prides himself in being able to get out of a mess with his words. However, the demon does have a downside to him. He isn't one of those happy people with a positive attitude; in fact, he is extremely pessimistic. He may not see the worst in everything but he had distrust for other beings. His distrust bubbled up from a litch that broke his trust when he was a freshling... he's never forgiven her for it and has learned to not trust others.
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gaia_starAdventurous - Salem enjoys jumping into most any situation without a thought of "Hey this may end badly." He loves going out and seeing new things... learning all he possibly can. He loves nature and all of it's beauty, no matter how unappealing some of it can be to any other nightmare or daydream. He's the kind of guy that would climb a dangerous mountain just to test his theory or maybe even to just see if he could.
gaia_starClever - With passion for learning, Salem tends to pick up quickly on anything he sets his mind to. He is able to devise a plan of action on a whim and apply his ideas effectively. He works hard to be knowledgeable and crafty.
gaia_starCreative - Being an odd ball that Salem is, he has many original and creative ideas on how he wants things done. Whether it's art work, song writing or alchemy related activities, Salem has an idea and goes with it. His mind works in mysterious ways, different from your average person.
gaia_starPassionate - Salem has so much passion jam packed within him. He lives by his traditions and customs closely and has no issues straying away. He feels so strongly about his hobbies and work, in a positive way. Social activities are different, he strong dislikes them because he just isn't a social demon.
emotion_bandaidRevengeful - It takes Salem a great deal to really tick him off... and when you do, he isn't forgiving. In fact, if you cross him then he will find a way to even the score! He severely dislikes people treating him less than he feels he deserves. If someone perhaps stole the lady he liked, he wouldn't be the guy that cried about it... He'd be that guy that puts snakes in your bed while you slept.
emotion_bandaidCynical - Salem's distrust of everyone is from his belief that others don't actually care for each other. He believes they are all motivated by their own self interest and righteousness. He truly believes that everyone goes through life with regard for themselves only... willing to step and crush anyone in their way.
emotion_bandaidDisorganized - As intelligent as Salem is, he is all over the place when it comes to making plans and space. His house isn't gross and dirty but it has papers everywhere and things not put in it's rightful place. This tends to get on his nerves as he has a hard time remembering or finding items he needs. When it comes to plans, he is starting to learn to write important stuff down on his calendar since writing it on a paper certainly didn't help.
emotion_bandaidMorbid - It's no secret that Salem has a love for taboo things like death. He reads about ways to die as well as gruesome stories. One of his favorite places to relax are cemeteries as death doesn't frighten him at all... It is intriguing to him. Sure, he doesn't go out and try to find dead things but when he does.... it ends up in a jar. (If it isn't evidence for a crime scene or something x.x )
Likes:
gaia_diamond Solitude gaia_diamond Books about Life or Death gaia_diamond Teeth, especially an animal's gaia_diamond Rainy weather gaia_diamond Cemeteries gaia_diamond Alchemy/science/art gaia_diamond Magic Dislikes:
Salem has a few hobbies but his all time favorite is alchemy. He actually got his degree in Alchemy, science and medicine. He spends most of everyday making potions then selling then when he finally decides to go to the city. Other hobbies that he enjoys are charcoal sketching and hiking. He does enjoy photography but he feels that actually sketching out what he could take a photo of puts more thought and feelings into the moment that he is in. If he is going to take time to hike to the top of the mountain then why wouldn't he take a moment to sit down and sketch out the amazing view?
Awaking from his stone with other's from the academy cache, Salem began his life. He accepted that he'd never know who his parents were.. especially since they most likely died in the war. Growing up, other's looked at Salem's interests as odd but left him alone. He wasn't bullied or teased but he mostly kept to himself as much as possible. He actually didn't mind his classmates or even his roommates growing up. That was until he fell for a beautiful geist; he loved her more than anything. They dated for years and Salem couldn't have been any happier. Just before their fifth anniversary, Salem saw his girlfriend kissing another girl... a litch. With his heart broken, Salem isolated himself more than usual until he graduated from the academy... after getting back at that venomous litch and his ex.
University was some of the best years of Salem's life. He even made some friend's there. He loved and enjoyed all of his teachers. He tried his hardest to stay focused and studied hard to ear his degrees in Alchemy, medicine and science. He was tempted to transfer to Grendel for his art degree but it just didn't pan out. He now lives secluded in the woods by himself and loves it.
Salem's Opinions:
Race:
In being a demon, Salem's life was fairly easy. He didn't have bullies or anything rough like that. His view on race is more or less.... judge by character not by appearance. In other words, Salem doesn't really care about the race of something. He cares more on how they act more than anything.
House/uni:
Growing up in Enoch was what Salem considers a blessing. How else was he to discover his passion in alchemy? Even though he loved his house, part of him wonders what he would have ended up like had he been in Arkham and their art classes. No matter, Salem wouldn't trade his Enoch days, let alone his Leviathan ones. His house and university did so much for him and he is more than proud to have been apart of them.
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:32 pm
Prompt Six
Something has just reminded your Nightmare of a poignant memory. What was it, and what was the memory?
It was another day alone in the woods and Salem had just finished his daily routine of getting to work on his alchemy project. He now sat on his porch, looking into the woods as he pulled his legs up to get comfortable. He reached to the side table and pulled his sketchbook onto his lap then grabbed a charcoal pencil. He smiled to himself as he caught a glimpse of another page in his book. Turning to the page, the demon laughed as he looked at one of his art pieces from college. He thumbed through some more pages, stopping as he came to a particular page. It was something he had put together within himself then put it on paper. He lightly touched the skull on the paper as he looked at the details he had put into the book he had drawn. Tears filled his eyes as he remembered the day he went to class and Kantra wasn't there waiting for him. He remembered being so angry at him as they were supposed to present their project together and he had to do it alone! He remembered every single detail of how he had planned to get him back. Salem wiped his tears, hugging the picture even if it dirtied him. What he had learned later that day was that his friend had been in an accident and passed away. Even with Salem's interest in death, that was the first time his heart ached with grief. Kantra was his best friend since the academy and losing him was tragic. Understanding that everything must come to an end, Salem drew this picture in honor of his dear friend then work on moving on slowly.
Salem took in a deep breath, wiping his eyes again as he pulled the book from his body to look at it again. "I may not say it... but I miss you everyday, friend. May your afterlife be peaceful and full of pizza." He laughed a bit, still feeling down but at least able to find a tinge of humor. His friend's favorite thing in the world was pizza... he remembered a project that Kantra presented once. He had made a potion that smelt like the pizza flavor you love most... but when he went to present it, something went wrong and it exploded. The explosion had sent pizza elements all over the classroom but of course Kantra laughed it off like it was nothing... Salem always admired his friend's ability to just shrug whatever off.
Salem smiled finally, touching the picture again before turning to his new available blank page. He picked up his pencil, sketching out a new concept.. deciding to dedicate another page to his friend.
[ The Picture he drew for his friend years ago... looked something like this ]
