BiographyName: Gabriel Westinghouse
Nickname: Gabe / West
Age: 21 22 23 24 25
Birthday: October 30th
Sign: Scorpio
Gemstone: Opal
Blood Type: O
Fav. Food: Mild Mango Curry
Hated Food: Kimchi
School: Destiny City University (Second Year, majoring in Ancient History with a focus on Sociology)
PersonalityGabriel is a kind and well mannered young man. He is always proper when first meeting someone, offering a bow, kiss on the hand, or friendly handshake. His turn of phrase is that of a young gentleman, proper, and calm.
Growing up with his mother and younger sister has made him very protective over women in general, looking at most women as those that need to be respected as well as protected. He is the knight in shining armor, a protector of the weak.
Though he is not the best when it comes to social situations, Gabriel is also a hopeless romantic. If he finds someone attractive he will watch them got a time, get to know them, and then begin to flirt.
As a boyfriend, he is the type to spoil the one he loves. This does not mean with material things, but he has been known to show up to just say hello, offer a kiss and be gone. He loves to see others smile, and nothing makes him happier than to see a smile on another's face.
HobbiesReading - He spends his nights engrossed in a history book, researching various social activities and practices of ancient peoples. Most of the books are acquired from the local library, though he does have an extensive collection of his own. Being more of a "People Watcher" he takes great pleasure in knowing how people of other times, and places interacted in comparison to the social activities of the modern world.
Skills Gained:+ Knowledge on many topics
+ Understanding of past events
+ Ability to apply knowledge to current events
+ Large vocabulary
People-watching - This is more of a passive hobby, one that he does without putting in too much effort. Be it at work, school, or just out in public during the day, he will watch people. He make mental notes (and often physical notes) about people that he finds to be the most interesting. Typical things that will catch his attention are a particular laugh, a unique manner of dress, interesting tattoos, or facial piercings. His notes can be found in a small pocket notebook that he keeps on person at all times.
Skills Gained:+ Second hand understanding of interpersonal relationships
+ Knowledge of the expected outcome of interactions
+ Deeper understanding of people in general.
+ - Can get flashes of past experiences when around people that he has known before.
- Awkward when approached
- Seen as odd
Past Life Regression - This hobby is a combination of the above two, and normally focuses more on himself and those that he allows to get close to him. This is where the past meets the present, and he wants to know exactly how. Once he has enough current information on a person/friend, he will scry with a pendant (ask yes or no questions pertaining to the possible past life) to try and gather more information about possible past lives that that person might have had and the effect of that past life on the current personality. Some of the questions he would try to answer are where this person had lived before? Were they the same gender? What were the circumstances of the life they lived? Because of this hobby, and the general mysteriousness of his nature, he is often regarded as evil, or practicing dark magic by those that do not know him well.
Skills Gained:+ Understanding of the Occult on a minimal basic
+ Applying past mistakes to current life
+ Meditation
+ Personal means to calm himself
- Not and exact science
- Sometimes readings are incorrect
- Putting faith into those that might be false
VirtuesIntelligent - He is book learned, this tends to make him an important person to go to when one is in search of information, especially where history and the occult are concerned. He is able to pick out life lessons from the past and apply them to situations in the present.
Loyal - He is always there for a friend. He is the first to a friend's side when they are in need. He is also loyal to his own beliefs and will fight hard for them. This makes him a formidable ally as well as an unyielding adversary.
Level-headed - It takes a lot to anger him, and even when he is angered or upset he has the control to keep a calm state. This also follows through in other emotional circumstances and at time can make him come off as cold, but it is more his intellectual nature making him weigh things before reacting in an out for the manner.
FlawsLoner - Though not oppose to friends, he is not on to initiate interaction. He is happy to be left alone to his studies and can put out an aura of being unapproachable. This limits those that would normally be friendly toward him and leaves only those that can see behind the mask.
Socially Awkward - Not dealing in the affairs of others, but rather watching them unfold makes for rather odd situations when confronted with strangers. He often fumbles with words and finding acceptable topics for idle chat.
Know-it-all - Due to his extensive knowledge (From reading) and his research involving people, Gabriel has the tendency to come off as a bit of a know-it-all, and sometime has been known to start fights with those that cannot see things his way. This mostly tends to show itself when he is confronted face to face by others. He will make his views of things known, sometime overstating that which he understand to be true. He has lost afew potential friends due to this little quirk.
Looking For- Friends
- Coworkers
- Other History Students
- Classmates
- A Best Friend
- Academic Rival