Nɪᴄᴋɴᴀᴍᴇ: Dom
Gᴇɴᴅᴇʀ/Pʀᴏᴜɴᴏᴜɴ: He/Him
Aɢᴇ: 34
Bɪʀᴛʜᴅᴀʏ: January 15th
Sɪɢɴ: Capricorn
Gᴇᴍsᴛᴏɴᴇ: Garnet
Bʟᴏᴏᴅ Tʏᴘᴇ: Red and warm. Er...O-
Fᴀᴠ. Fᴏᴏᴅ: Most one-pot dishes.
Hᴀᴛᴇᴅ Fᴏᴏᴅ: Sweet potatos
Oᴄᴄᴜᴘᴀᴛɪᴏɴ: Funeral Director/Mortician
Hᴏʙʙɪᴇs
Rᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ -- He enjoys a wide array of genres, but prefers deeper material of a more philosophical nature, or something that can be picked apart and discussed. They guy needs to join a book club.
Hɪᴋɪɴɢ -- The forest is like a second home, and he could spend hours traversing it, enjoying the quiet and sounds of nature. He is surprisingly athletic and agile, able to move smoothly over difficult terrain, seldom choosing the easy path.
Cᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ -- Because he just does, m'kay. He grows his own spices and has a tomato plant or two because he likes to have as fresh a product as he can, but the real joy is in the final product. Well, getting to consume the final product.
Vɪʀᴛᴜᴇs
Cʜᴀʀᴍɪɴɢ -- Despite his less than charismatic appearance, Dom is charming, articulate, has a great sense of humor, and a dis-arming temperament. In his line of work, sensitivity is required, and he knows how to navigate around to more delicate emotions of others, while being empathetic and supportive. He knows that on appearance others tend to be on guard around him, but he also knows how to make light of his own self in a way that sets others at ease after they interact with him. He is actually deceptively easy-going about most things, despite also being quite the enterprising and responsible person..not to mention busy. Very, very busy.
Aʟᴛʀᴜɪsᴛɪᴄ Eɴᴛʀᴇᴘʀᴇɴᴇᴜʀ -- He knows his industry inside out, and has been able to exploit that knowledge to create new opportunities, or take advantage of the ones already presented, within it which has lead to vast monetary gains, while also being able to serve the city's less financially fit citizens. Given Destiny City's....predicament, his business is booming and the opportunities there. He knows a good business opportunity when he sees one, and ways to trim the fat, so to speak, to everyone's benefit. And that is another important thing - benefiting everyone, not just his and his staff's own pocket book.
As one example; Dom has made deals with hospitals mortuary schools, and other businesses to cut costs of his services while still bringing in a monetary gain. One thing he has done is open his business to mortuary students, offering boarding as well, to be paid by their financial aid/tuition and giving them the experience they need to graduate.
Fʟᴀᴡs
Iɴsᴇᴄᴜʀᴇ -- Domcallion was always a tall and gangly kid growing up, which is something he was always teased for. Then, due to a medical condition (Catalepsy due to non-diagnosed epilepsy), compounded by further medical malpractice, when he was in his teens, his body was noticeably scared. The boy who was made to feel awkward his whole life then had a whole other set of body issues to deal with - as if high school wasn't going to be hard enough. While he has turned to self-deprecating humor to deal with his lack of physical charisma and damaged confidence, it is still something his has to combat around others, making it an ever-present thought in his mind. And maybe he has actually worked it up more in his head than it really is, but it has effected how he goes about his every day life. Often he will choose to do grocery shopping and the like in the late hours of the evening, and going out in general requires covering up as much as possible.
Pʀɪᴅᴇ/Tᴇᴍᴘᴇʀ -- His temper is often triggered by insulting or belittling his intelligence and abilities - don't you dare make light of his job. He might be able to make self-deprecating jokes about his physical self, but the things he has worked so hard to attain and create? Oh. Hell. No. He is fierce with his passion and pride in his job. He also tolerates no lackadaisical attitude towards the responsibilities of a good mortician and funeral director. He is probably the Gordan Ramsey of the funeral business. His temper manifests in a lot of verbiage and gestures and an overall menacing scene all together, and has on the rare occasion gotten physically violent. He is far more bark and posturing than bite, but still, words can do enough damage alone - burning bridges before they could be built.
Pʜʏsɪᴄᴀʟ Dᴇsᴄʀɪᴘᴛɪᴏɴ
Eʏᴇs -- Deep blue center around the pupil to pale green-gray hazel.
Hᴀɪʀ -- Long falling to the middle of his back, dark brown and practically black, and on the oily side. Tends to fall in to waves and curls further down, and he often has a few fly-away hairs.
Fᴀᴄᴇ -- Narrow face with sharp features; high prominent cheek bones. A slightly roman-celestial nose shape with a strong bridge a slight upturn at the end. Strong eyebrow ridges, but actually has a lack of noticeable eyebrows. Dark eyelids and slightly dark circles under his eyes as well. Thin dark lips, and has a crooked smile. Heavy eyelids. He has a long scar across his forehead.
Sᴋɪɴ Tᴏɴᴇ -- Very pale and scarred. Seems to have thin skin which bruises easily.
Bᴏᴅʏ Tʏᴘᴇ -- Extremely tall (6'9",) and somewhat muscled. Very low percentage of body fat compared to his muscle percentage, making him look very gaunt. He has very nimble hands with long fingers - the guy has pianist hands.
Cʟᴏᴛʜᴇs -- Button-up shirts and vests with slacks/dress pants, mostly. Also will wear turtleneck sweaters and khaki pants for those more casual days.
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Dᴏᴍᴄᴀʟʟɪᴏɴ's Mᴇᴅɪᴄᴀʟ Cᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴs:
Vɪᴛᴀᴍɪɴ A, C, & D ᴅᴇғɪᴄɪᴇɴᴄʏ -- Skin dryness and inflammation issues. Frequent infections, typically of his throat and lungs. This trifecta was also ripe for poor wound healing and easy bruising due to an impaired production of collagen. Reduced iron absorption and increased the likelihood of bleeding due to vitamin-deficient anemia.
While largely maintained now in adulthood with supplements, he still has some issues, largely with the anemia and bruising.
Iʀᴏɴ Dᴇғɪᴄɪᴇɴᴄʏ Aɴᴇᴍɪᴀ -- Without enough iron, the body can't produce enough of a substance in red blood cells that enables them to carry oxygen. For him it results primarily in fatigue, pale complexion, and cold hands. His anemia was not as bad during childhood, but later in his teens it became a bigger issue as his ability to absorb iron became severely impaired. While his vitamin deficiency issues certainly don't help, it is believed that his issues absorbing iron stem from elsewhere, but aren't sure where. He has this mostly maintained with diet and supplements.
Cᴀᴛᴀʟᴇᴘsʏ -- For him, it is caused by a form of non-convulsive epilepsy, and makes him appear medically dead. He will be unresponsive to any stimuli, his heart rate and breathing decrease substantially, and maintains a rigid, immovable, position. Despite this, he can slip in and out of mental consciousness, but has no way of communicating this. He has woken up from this state in a hospital morgue a couple of times, and is actually what caused him to become a mortician. Seems to be maintained with medication, and he carries his medical card with him. First instance happened when he was a child living outside of Destiny City, and the second happened shortly after moving to Destiny City.
(Catalepsy Article and More about Catalepsy)
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Dᴏᴍᴄᴀʟʟɪᴏɴ's Sᴄᴀʀs:
Kᴇʟᴏɪᴅ Sᴄᴀʀs -- keloid scars spread beyond the original wound site whereas general hypertrophic scars don’t. They are most likely to appear on the chest, shoulders, back, and earlobes in smooth reddish-purple formations. (Dom's Chest, stomach and right lower-shoulder scars.)
Aᴛʀᴏᴘʜɪᴄ Sᴄᴀʀs -- atrophic scars are scars with a lack of growth which leads to indentations, craters, or pits in the skin. This is due to a loss of dermal tissue and not enough collagen to heal the wound. (Dom's hand, neck, forehead, arm, and leg scars.)
While most if his scars came from surgeries, and one medical mishap due to his Catalepsy, there was also an incident in his childhood due to extreme bullying wherein he was kidnapped by his bullies and tormented for about a week. Resulted in his first occurrence of Catalepsy and his bullies were caught burring him alive because they thought they had killed him.
