┅┅┅ Amalthea ┅┅┅
☁☁☁☁Name
Amalthea (Amal, or Thea if you're close/want to make him mad)
☁☁☁☁Gender
Male
☁☁☁☁Pronouns
He/Him/His
☁☁☁☁Birthday
8/31/15
☁☁☁☁Zodiac
The Staff
☁☁☁☁Status
Graduated Grendel
☁☁☁☁Occupation
Teachers Creative Writing at Grendel
☁☁☁☁Race
Demon
☁☁☁☁Age
27
☁☁☁☁Height
5'10"
☁☁☁☁Color
#956579
☁☁☁☁Orientation
Bisexual
☁☁☁☁Relationship Style
Polyamorous
☁☁☁☁Partner
N/A
☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁BackstoryAmalthea can be a very rigid person, which seems a little odd when compared with his occupation and favorite pastime. He is very much a rule follower, and enforcer, and cannot stand being near those who willfully disregard rules. Of course, things change when it comes to writing. Amal does tend to believe that one must know the rules in writing before you can break them, but once you know them it's okay to do as you please. In social situations though, he's still a stickler for them.
He's very quiet, preferring to stick to small doses of interaction with others, as he tires very easily. Making friends has never been particularly easy for him for this reason. He doesn't ever truly seem to lighten up, either. When pressured he quickly becomes irritable, and even aggressive if he feels he's being put upon or harassed.
Despite that, he does enjoy teaching, even if he's not the best at showing it. The permanent frown probably makes a lot of students worry that he's mad, but that's just his face. He prefers dealing with older students, but for now he also teaches young Nightmares at the Academy.
☁☁☁☁Likes
Reading, writing, libraries, sweater-weather, coffee, tea, curling up on a loveseat next to a fire......, and cats.
☁☁☁☁Dislikes
Large groups of people, hot weather, dogs, disruptions, rule-breakers, and peas.
☁☁☁☁Strengths
┅┅Dedicated
If he commits, he commits. Amal is not the type to leave something half-done, so those around him never have to worry about him abandoning projects half way through.
┅┅Faithful
Along the same lines, once he's actually gained a friend he makes for a very good one. He does make an attempt to be there for those he cares for, even when he doesn't necessarily like what they're doing. Amal is a very faithful friend, or partner.
┅┅Romantic
He's terrible at it but oh, he loves romance. Candlelit dates and secluded picnics are just two displays of affection he adores. When involved with someone (or someones), Amal tries his best to include as many romantic gestures as he can.
┅┅Confident
That isn't to say that he doesn't have bouts of insecurity, he definitely does, but for the most part Amal is confident in who he is and what he does. It's very hard to shake him in that.
☁☁☁☁Weaknesses
┅┅Grouchy
To put it lightly, Amal is a fairly grouchy person. Outside of romantic interests, he rarely shows anything more than cool indifference to most people. For friends he lightens up a little more, but since friends are far and few between for him, he doesn't get much practice with actually being nice.
┅┅Critical
On top of being grouchy, he also has a tendency to criticize others, sometimes unfairly or with undue harshness.
┅┅Aloof
Even when he's not necessarily being grumpy, he's still fairly cold in his interactions. It's not that he doesn't know how to be nice, or even how to show emotions other than anger, annoyance or indifference... it's that he doesn't care to be open and welcoming.
