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Name: Ethan Calliari

Gender/Pronoun: He/him

Age: 37

Birthday: July 1st

Gemstone: Ruby

Fav. Food: Shushi, prefers baked roll

Hated Food: Raspberry

School/Occupation:
Fantasy/Romance Author: Depending on the genre, or theme, he writes under different pseudo names so that searches for his young adult novels won’t also bring up any of his other adult-themed steamy novels. Ethan runs a Patreon where he releases an unedited chapter every other week for a voted series he has ongoing. Additionally, he will pick 1-2 followers' prompt suggestions for character-building ideas and release it in a short story or novella format. Moments that may have happened to a character between books but don’t have a place in his current plotline.

Hobbies:
Tolkien: His biggest inspiration from a young age was J. R. R. Tolkien. The worlds, the races, and the languages he created set the foundation for Ethan’s life passions. Admittedly he did take Tolkien Studies while in college and is able to read, speak, and write Sindarin. He is also able to read the Dwarvish characters for the cryptic fantasy messages or on fan-made fantasy maps.

Nature Walks: Technology is great, and having the convenience of stores nearby is nice as well. But sometimes it is necessary to shut all of that off and find both peace in something that isn’t white noise from a YouTube video to help clear his mind. While on these walks, Ethan is often looking for inspiration for scenes in a book he might otherwise be stuck on. Sometimes he ventures out with a camera (not his cellphone) or a small set of colored pencils and a sketch pad.

Fantasy Faire: Kind of a seasonal since these normally pop-up around July - October months. Ethan likes to find groups of people who are dressing up for a themed event; wood elf court, merfolk, fae etc. Sometimes he will cosplay as one of the characters in his own series for some shameless self-promotion, but also has a few outfits from book and game series such as Forgotten Realms, Elder Scrolls etc. He’s not huge on video games but he can appreciate the character design and aesthetics.

Dungeons and Dragons: Every other Friday, Ethan gets together in person, and sometimes online if they’re unable to meet in person, with friends he’s known since college and embark on an adventure. Sometimes he will DM for the group for one-shot campaigns but he prefers to participate as a player; currently, he plays an elf paladin named Cirdan.

Virtues:
Creative: Ethan finds a great deal of entertainment by living in a mental world of possibilities with what-if’s and could-be’s. Sometimes his solutions to problems can work in real life since he enjoys thinking outside the box. However not all his ideas are achievable with his current skillset aka he has a bit of a MacGyver mind. Ultimately though, most people he’s met, or situations he’s been in, has in some way, shape, or form, been inserted into a novel; be it good or bad… it’s there.

Charismatic/ Wordsmith: Ethan is good with words; he kind of has to be as a writer. But this extends to public or group speaking and just day-to-day conversations as well. Rarely will he stumble over what he’s trying to say, but he’s not so much of a p***k as to use words with the intent to confuse someone or make himself seem holier-than-thou; unless he has a reason to dislike you, then he might have a bit fun with his extensive vocabulary.

Focused: It's easy for Ethan to immerse himself in a new story, world, or even cause. He becomes focused on whatever topic that has become his muse.

Flaws:
Blunt: Over the years, Ethan has learned that people are often a few fries short of a Happy Meal. Common sense isn’t all that common and while he would like to believe that this sort of thing would be innately ingrained into every person, he is somehow surprised when someone proves him otherwise. Ignorance isn’t an excuse for stupid logic or behavior and Ethan does not tolerate it or find a reason to engage in conversation with fools and will often tell them as such; creatively of course. Shakespeare's insults are some of his absolute favorites.

Dissociate: If a conversation is no longer interesting or engaging, Ethan will sit back and just let his mind wander. It might take a bit to realize he’s no longer an active participant in the topic at hand but somewhere between the lack of eye contact, infrequent blinking as he stares off into the distance (or watching a mental scene for one of his books play out because something said triggered a thought that must be remembered), or lack of conversation by acknowledging something was said. This is not necessarily intentional (sometimes it is and if that’s the case he’ll get up and leave) but it is perceived as being quite rude.

Headstrong: Due to his borderline obsession in the subjects that draw his attention he tends be believe he knows better then others, going so far as to become annoyed when others don't see what he know in his mind is common sense.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Eyes: Color of blue lace agate

Hair: Sandy blond

Face: Angular face

Skin Tone: Somewhere between fair skinned and lightly tanned

Body Type: Toned, athletic build. Hiking is a good work out

Clothes: Untucked button up shirt with the top 3 buttons unbuttoned paired with blue jeans or dark slacks

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