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 Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 1:37 pm
Name: Eliazer Aberswith (Eli for short)
Race: Geian
Gender: Male
3 Base Traits: Reticent // Resentful // Resilient
Personality:
Due to Eliazer's upbringing he isn't very forthright with his thoughts. Even to those closest to him it can be a struggle to get him to open up. He feels as if the moment he expresses himself that somehow that's being 'selfish' and that he'll be called cumbersome, thus invalidating his feelings and leading to dismissal. Around those he's grown comfortable with Eli is a little more open, at least in the context of expressing a little individuality, but he still tries to keep things 'neutral' and 'calm' out of fear that he'll make someone mad at him.
This reserved nature has justifiably bred a strong vein of resentment within Eliazer. Though he is loath to show it to anyone, those closest to him know that his spite runs deep. In moments when everything becomes too much he's been known to lash out (ex. breaking a dish while washing it, throwing a book out a window, etc) but never in ways that would hurt someone. He's always deeply embarrassed by it afterward, but since he never truly feels able to express anger to anyone or at anything it just bottles itself up inside of him until he explodes.
Still, through it all, Eliazer tries not to stay down for long. He's pushed himself through all of life's trials thus far on the fire that his mother placed into his soul and a determination not to end up like his father. While not entirely hopeful that life will some day get better for him he does know that it could be a lot worse.
Description:
Skin || On the lighter end
Markings ll Inspiration; 1; Just a general idea on inspiration / placement
Eyes ll █
Hair ll █ - x - First pic ( Thanks Scar )
Clothing: Some sort of shirt that's open enough at the collar to see his markings with rolled up sleeves.
Accessories: A little bracelet with a piece of sea glass
History: Eudora was never known for her stellar taste in men. When she fell for Langdon Aberswith her family tried to tell her what a horrible idea it was. He was handsome, of course, and a hard worker, but a horrible drunk. Even in his youth Langdon was known for carousing the dance halls late at night, sneaking into taverns with his friends and getting into trouble with the Justice district. Eudora was just one in a list of women he'd gone through, but to her he was everything. When she became pregnant her family pressured the two into a quick marriage, and by the time their son was born the two were living in a small, barely funded apartment in the capital.
In the early years Eudora tried to keep Langdon reigned in. She did her best to make sure he was home every night, pulled him away from strange women and tried to make sure he went to work on time every morning. With a newborn on her hip, however, and a job of her own Eudora soon grew sick of the routine. She'd already grown accustomed to having to hide what meager earnings she had lest Langdon take it, and eventually she gave up on her husband all together. With baby Eliazer around he came home less and less, claiming that having the infant meant less time for him to 'rest' after a long day.
For a while Eudora built a routine for herself and little Eliazer. She would leave her son with an elderly neighbor while she worked as a scrivener, returning home to spend the rest of the evening with her growing boy. When Eliazer showed no signs of speaking Eudora paid it little mind. After all he had been sick as a baby and it wasn't entirely uncommon for children to speak later in life if they were born small, or so she'd heard. As he started to age, however, she began to worry. Her neighbor's children had already proven plenty vocal, but Eliazer just...wasn't. He would make gestures, stomp his feet when irritated and clearly had his own way of getting the point across. Yet, for whatever reason, he never could speak. They tried coaxing the boy, hoping it was just selective mutism, and when that failed Eudora took him to see more experienced healers.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Aberswith, but there's nothing I can do. Your son is perfectly healthy; he just can't speak."
At a loss, Eudora returned home. For a while the shock got to her, but seeing the way the other children embraced Eli, as they always had, got her to thinking. What if there was another way for him to communicate? Eudora used every connection she had to find a special school that Eliazer could attend that would not only give him a fine education, but also the ability to learn sign language. Unfortunately, this would come at a cost; a high one. Eudora would not only have to keep up her work as a scrivener, but also take up a second job as well. Still, if it would help Eliazer she would gladly do it.
Hope came in the form of Tulasidas Fortescu and his family. Eudora was able to take up a caretaking position with their house in exchange for having Eliazer's tuition paid for. At first she thought it was too good to be true and the adjustment from one long job to two was difficult, but the determined mother did her best. It was especially nice when they allowed Eliazer to come into the house when Eudora had no one to watch him. At first he wasn't so sure about it; after all, up until this point Eli hadn't been the greatest at making friends. Still, he got close to Tula's son, Aleksi, and formed a lasting friendship.
Langdon dropped by on occasion and would leave funds when he did, but that kind of sporadic income could never be counted on. He made some effort to connect with his son, though it was never enough to satisfy the boy. It would always start the same. Eli would write down what he knew on a sheet of paper, hold it up to his dad and Langdon would respond in kind. Then the man would grow tired of it, push the boy away and eventually leave as if it were exhausting just to be around him.
Eudora, on the other hand, tried her best to learn sign language alongside the young Eliazer, but it became obvious that it was much easier for the children at his school than it was for his mother. Soon enough he was writing his more 'complicated' thoughts down for her while the simpler things he could just sign. For the first time in his life he was able to properly 'talk' to others, and as tense as things had become at home Eliazer couldn't find it in him to regret that.
Socially he grew to be awkward at best. In his specialized classes he was open and friendly, if not a little goofy, but around the 'normal' kids he was a little odd. Without his friend, Aleksi, around he spoke by writing on a little pad, and it was always up to chance as to which teens would care enough to read.
At home Eliazer became the primary caretaker. While his mother kept up her near constant work the young boy learned how to handle the domestics; cooking, cleaning, laundry, and anything else that would help ease her burden. It's exhausting, keeping up his lessons as well as life at home, but he'll do what he has to.
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 11:29 am
Hi Moose! Thank you for the quest.
One question - are you planning on eventually having Eli speak, or will he be mute for his entire life?
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 6:24 pm
Elyessi Hi Moose! Thank you for the quest.
One question - are you planning on eventually having Eli speak, or will he be mute for his entire life?
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Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 5:22 am
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