Post by shayde on Nov 8, 2009 20:16:51 GMT -6
Name // The great and undeniably handsome Amour, god of love.
Age// Immortal - which is a good thing, he'd like to assure you.
Gender // The epitome of the male specimen. No, really. He's insufferably proud and ridiculously headstrong.
Race // Deity.
Alliance // Light.
Appearance // If you've ever listening to any of the myths and stories of the deities of love, they're always described as being strikingly attractive, be it god or goddess. Well, even as a mortal, Amour has always been good looking. And while he still has all his flaws, regardless of being a deity, since he's kept his mortal body, he could be still listed under the category of 'eye candy'. He's a far cry from homely - which is why he's so damn proud to begin with. Because he has a pretty good reason to be. Now, Amour isn't exactly blonde and certainly doesn't wield any bow-and-arrow. His skills at handling any sort of external weapon is slim to nothing - he'd probably hit something other than what he was aiming at. Fortunately enough, his abilities provide weapon enough. However, he still is a damn fine personification of handsomeness - just ask the women, they'll vouch for him with their girlish crushes.
At 6'2", he's the average - not too tall, not too short. In fact, all around, he doesn't appear to be the most intimidating character around and his generally easy-going personality doesn't do much to help that fact either. He's long since grown out of the awkward boyish stage and has settled into a lean, muscular physique. He's not too terribly bulky or broad, but he does have a six-pack abs, a chest and arms that any man would kill for and he had to work himself to death to obtain, figuratively speaking, of course. Which relates to the one benefit of being a deity: his body won't really change. Which means no matter how much he lounges around now or what he eats, he gets to keep his fairly impressive figure. Yeah, so take that gravity!
Dark haired and green-eyed, his hair is kept in a fashion that's only a little above a buzz cut, as it involved low maintenance and little thought to it. And really, as long as it can be pulled off, it's fine by him. And while there's nothing to hold on to, (yes, you know exactly what we mean) it keeps it from getting in his way. And while not exactly clean shaven, he does only have a faint five o' clock shadow - or rather stuck with one for the rest of eternity, despite the time of day.
He has a complexion bordering on bronze but not quite, with, in hindsight, few blemishes as he typically avoided getting into situations that would end up painful in the end. There is an exception to that rule, of course. Amour has a long scar tapering towards the left side of his chest, the remnants of his particularly brutal injury- and it would have to be to leave a scar on a deity. It isn't exactly the easiest thing to cover up, and at first he was rather self-conscious over it, but he has since come to terms with its existence. In fact, he looks at it in perspective of ladies and battle wounds, which apparently goes over rather well with them. Amour doesn't prefer one color over the other - instead, his tastes are rather classic. In short, he dresses to impress at all times.
Personality // The very first impression you'd get from Amour, even if he wasn't accompanied by the ladies, is a Casanova, perhaps for his silver tongue. Yes, he is easily one of the most charismatic people you'll come to meet - one of his natural talents to make up for other 'disabilities' he happens to have. He can talk his way out of anything and if he wants something, he really wants something, his act is nearly impossible to refuse. Most of the time it's when he's walking away that people have realized that they have indeed been manipulated - the moral of the story is that if you ever need someone to help with 'convincing', then he's your man. His way with words also keeps him on generally good terms with everyone - in fact, he could insult someone and they'd never grasp it until they thought it over. He's very careful in the way he phrases things and surprisingly proper in the way he speaks.
You'd never think that of him had we told you of his devious, bed-hopping ways, but Amour usually maintains the appearance of a gentleman, especially around people he's not familiar with. Yes, he is a ladies' man, thank you for asking. He loves his women and his women love him. But appearing as a gentleman does come in fairly useful at times too, as you can very well imagine. He holds doors open for ladies, rarely curses in front of company and offers an arm when an escort - yes, he follows the laws of chivalry religiously and can say that he was raised with moral standards and a code of etiquette. He's extremely outgoing, and how to know when there is something bothering him is when he has his reclusive moments because he will often be the one to shakes hands rather than vice versa. There is an air about him that would make you feel as if you've known him forever rather than just meeting him - he is quick to be the social butterfly in any situation you deal him and more often than not in the limelight, without much effort on his part at all.
When around his brother though, he has his moments of immaturity, especially when he's being bullied or smacked around. And while he can't exactly run and tell his mother when Lei's picking on him, as a little brother, he does know ways to get his vengeance. Another thing that comes with the territory when you've spent your childhood under the tyrannical rule of an older sibling. Although he wasn't and isn't exactly helpless - Amour is still pretty good at getting Lei in trouble if he can't show him the error of his ways through wrestling. Even now, he still hasn't grown out of pouting or sulking when he's gotten himself in a situation he doesn't like.
He will speak his mind, but he isn't blunt by any means. He takes the time to think before he speaks but this outlook of rationality doesn't apply to everything at all times - Amour does have his moments of rashness where he leaps before he looks instead of the other way around. He isn't relentlessly impulsive, usually because things don't work out in his favor when he is impulsive - Amour's fairly certain he has the luck of a black cat - which means that many of his decisions can be rationalized some way or another. Not that he always has a plan when he jumps into something, but he does have a reason of why he should in the first place. Not that any of this reasoning ever works when he's trying to explain it to his brother - usually he's left hanging in midsentence and forced to bound after him with an exasperated sigh.
Amour is a bleeding heart, even when he doesn't want to be. He has a painful conscience that demands that he help anyone he can if he's both able and knows that they need it, even if he's more inclined not to. He simply can't pass up a situation where backup is needed, and yes, he's been scoffed at by his brother for it, mostly because he never expects any sort of payment in return. His reasoning is that it's the right thing to do, based on that aforementioned code of morals that had been ingrained in him since childhood. Yes, yes, regardless of his opinion on the matter at hand, he has to abide by his conscience.
Exasperation and even frustration, Amour does experience, but the one notable trait about him is his patience. Amour has an art of waiting for the perfect opportunity down to a tee, and his headstrong nature is really something to behold. If he has his mind set on something, there is no deterring him from that path. He can outlast whatever is thrown at him - be it physical injury or otherwise, and that is usually the path he had to take to get Lei to listen to him for a change, among other things. He'll often try seemingly impossible things, just to prove that it can be done, and he sets no limitations or boundaries for himself. Amour is able to step back and channel his frustration into resolve rather than let it grate at him. For being the god of love, he acts less on emotion than you might think.
Gentleman he may be, but like all species of the male gender, Amour is a rather proud creature that sometimes comes off as narcissism. His high self-esteem makes it quite difficult to pull off an insult that won't just bounce right off of him and back at you. A source of his stubbornness, he can at times be too proud to let something go at the risk of a dent to his rather large ego. The thing is, he doesn't necessarily brag about himself. Instead, it materializes as a smug confidence that simply can't be tarnished. You'll never hear him say that he can't do something. Even if he has to drag himself to hell and back, you better damn well be sure that if he jumps into something, he isn't going to retreat until he's accomplished what he aimed to do. Keep in mind that these situations are usually rationalized beforehand - so no, he's not being hypocritical at this point.
Another appropriate term for him would quite possibly be a smooth criminal. And why you ask? Well, it's because believe it or not, Amour does have a mean streak, but you'd absolutely never see it coming from someone with such a laid-back nature. It's nothing like his brother or his father as he isn't so temperamental, but if you hit the right sequence, he can be just as volatile as either one. He has a tendency to bottle up his emotions to remain placid as he's convinced that there's something deep down in him that's waiting to come out and is something that he neither has any grasp on or any ability to control. There are few times where he ever appears unapproachable and when he's angry, not only should you not approach him, but you should be turning and fleeing with your tail between your legs. Anger just looks misplaced on him, and that perhaps is what makes him appear that fearsome.
On an unrelated note, a trivial fact about him if you will, Amour is Entomophobic, meaning that he is terrified of insects. There are few things that he's afraid of, but put him within sight of any sort of insect and it will set him into a petrified frenzy.
Abilities/Disabilities // Invisibility: Amour has the ability to render himself invisible to the naked eye, in both human and shapeshift forms. He is capable of doing this for long periods of time when left without external influences, however, he does have trouble maintaining invisibility with physical injuries. The worse his injury is, the less able he is to concentrate and results in flickering between visibility and invisibility. He can't turn and tracks or marks he's made invisible, which can also give away his position in certain situations.
Shapeshifting: Gryphon: Like his siblings, he also has an alternative form - Amour is able to shift from his human to gryphon form at will. Standing at a formidable 6'5" and weighing close to a ton, there are few things that can tackle him when in this body and come out unscathed. Part feline and part avian, this chimera-esque creature is well adapted for both land and air with scythe-like talons and a razor-edged beak providing weapon enough. Both his fur and feathers are entirely white, without any markings, and his front half looks distinctly hawk-like while his back half resembles a large, heavy cat, like a tiger. This is a last resort form for him when he needs the strength
Shapeshifting: Sphinx: This is the form between his human and gryphon form that he is more inclined to use when his human body just doesn't cut it. It's called a sphinx because it still has some human qualities and can walk upright, however it doesn't much resemble the sphinx from Egyptian lore. At this point, he's quite possibly the only creature with a vertebrae with more than four limbs. Primarily, he is bipedal, but can run on all fours if necessary and has wings that start at the upper portion with bat-like digits and dissolve into white feathers. He has a prehensile tail and four digits on each limb, though only one on his wings. His skin is thicker in this form and more resilient to weather and injury, and stark white in color with an opalescent sheen that makes it look metallic.
From both his elbows and knees he has a bony, spike-like growth that protects the joints and his hip, knee and ankle joints are fully flexible. Amour walks on his toes which gives him excelled balance. His hands have three clawed fingers and an opposable thumb and his feet are talon shaped and have three arched toes, ending in claws and one toe turned backwards to help with gripping and balance, much like a bird. The digit on his wings also helps to grip rough surfaces. His ears are pointed and deeply set to allow him to hear better and his eyesight, sense of smell and reaction times are heightened tenfold.
When provoked and in certain situations where he has to use his night vision, his eyes will glow white where otherwise, his eye color stays the same. There is no other hair, body-wise, save a crest of long hair, similar to a mane, with intermittent white feathers that falls just below his shoulders. He is more inclined to take this form over his gryphon form as it provides more accessibility on his part because of its human-like qualities and is more agile than his gryphon form, however its natural abilities are weakened in direct sunlight or bright light of any kind.
OOC Name // Shayde.
OOC Contacts // iheartxkinkyboys: aim; you-are-not-your-msn-name@hotmail.com: msn.
