PLAYER NAME: Michi CHARACTER NAME: Count D CANON: Petshop of Horrors / Petshop of Horrors: Tokyo BLURB: A Chinese man sells pets with contracts to unwitting customers... Contracts that hinge on their ability to overcome the human tendency towars hubris and other self-defeating flaws, or face injury or death as a consequence. Not actually human, though he pretends to be. Very mysterious and amoral. Deals primarily in shades of grey. Has a grudge against humanity for the murder of his people and the destruction of the natural and supernatural world.
AU INFORMATION
CHARACTER AU NAME: Count D STUDENT OR FACULTY?: Neither. Is sought out by the school as a consultant on various Outlands matters. Procures familiars, offers information about supernatural creatures (and sometimes plants), takes dangerous creatures off the school's hands... And sells pets, obviously. All for a price. The price is usually sweets. Or overlooking some of his less scupulous behaviors, like selling murder pets to bad people. CHARACTER BLURB: (This is going to veer Very Close to canon, since it fits so well.) D is an Outlands nature spirit that has been living in the human world and masquerading as a human, just like his father and grandfather have done for... centuries. Several dozen centuries ago, their species used to serve as messengers from the Outlands creatures to the humans and visa versa, but the humans grew distrustful of them. They were branded as monsters and daemons, and their whole species was almost hunted to extinction.
Fortunately, their species is reborn once they die--but not always as the same species. Some remain the same; some become other creatures; some become plants; some even become humans. Fast forward a millenia or two: There are only 3 of them left to carry this grudge against the humans. And they all look identical, even down to their voices and fingerprints. So any interaction with one could just as easily be passed off as someone else. Think you met this guy like 50 years ago? No, you're mistaken. That was his grandfather. Maybe. Who knows?
Currently, D specializes in obtaining and selling animals (and ocassionally plants) from both the human world and the Outlands. His main objective is to exact vengeance against humanity for hunting down his people and for their destruction of the world around them... but he's also taking his sweet time about it. As much as he says that he thinks humanity is rubbish, he's not keen on murdering humans that are actually doing good things. He'd much prefer to let them get themselves killed through contractual consequences. Buy a pet from him and sign the contract. Break one of the rules on the contract? It's not his fault if the pet turns into a monster and eats you. He gave you due warning, after all.
As for this Nightfall thing? He couldn't really care less. Humans are going to wipe themselves out one way or another. At this point, they're just delaying the inevitable. (Or so he says.)
PRE-ESTABLISHED CR: I'd love for some Outlands people that already know D--or his father or grandfather. D's fairly respectful with other Outlands creatures, so long as they're not being a nuissnce to him. He shows deference specifically to any deity-like creatures, and generally is just... at his best behavior around them. He likes his fellow Outlands creatures, and he's usually willing to help them if it's not going to hurt him to do so.
I'd also like some humans who have heard of a mysterious Chinese man selling exotic pets with dubious results. Doesn't matter what time period. Maybe your uncle bought a tiger from some guy that looked like him, then just disappeared? Maybe he sold your great-grandmother a bird, just before she miraculously ascended to nobility. The sky's the limit here. D himself has been in Los Angeles, Berlin, and Tokyo at the very least. Possibly other places, too. He moves around every two or three years--or when enough heat catches up to him that he's forced to move again. Then he sets up shop in a new city.
DESIRED CR: I'd love to build CR with people who aren't sure which side this guy is actually on. Is he working for Nightfall??? Against it??? The school seems to be employing him in some manner, but he's pretty vocal about hating people, so... Who knows.
I'd also like some people to be his customers, obviously. He won't sell any murder pets to the school, since they're keeping him off the radar while he's here so long as he doesn't cause trouble in Soliel. But that doesn't mean that he won't sell them things to teach them some lessons. On the other hand, if they stick to their contracts, they could actually wind up with pets that do good things for them! He IS in the business of selling "Love, Hope, and Dreams", after all. Someone has to get that end goal once in a while.
OTHER: He's probably going to end up being a little more background compared to Imelda (who has her fingers in like 15 different pies at any one time), but I definitely plan on getting him involved in a number of questionable shenanigans.
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PLAYER NAME: Michi
CHARACTER NAME: Count D
CANON: Petshop of Horrors / Petshop of Horrors: Tokyo
BLURB: A Chinese man sells pets with contracts to unwitting customers... Contracts that hinge on their ability to overcome the human tendency towars hubris and other self-defeating flaws, or face injury or death as a consequence. Not actually human, though he pretends to be. Very mysterious and amoral. Deals primarily in shades of grey. Has a grudge against humanity for the murder of his people and the destruction of the natural and supernatural world.
AU INFORMATION
CHARACTER AU NAME: Count D
STUDENT OR FACULTY?: Neither. Is sought out by the school as a consultant on various Outlands matters. Procures familiars, offers information about supernatural creatures (and sometimes plants), takes dangerous creatures off the school's hands... And sells pets, obviously. All for a price. The price is usually sweets. Or overlooking some of his less scupulous behaviors, like selling murder pets to bad people.
CHARACTER BLURB: (This is going to veer Very Close to canon, since it fits so well.) D is an Outlands nature spirit that has been living in the human world and masquerading as a human, just like his father and grandfather have done for... centuries. Several dozen centuries ago, their species used to serve as messengers from the Outlands creatures to the humans and visa versa, but the humans grew distrustful of them. They were branded as monsters and daemons, and their whole species was almost hunted to extinction.
Fortunately, their species is reborn once they die--but not always as the same species. Some remain the same; some become other creatures; some become plants; some even become humans. Fast forward a millenia or two: There are only 3 of them left to carry this grudge against the humans. And they all look identical, even down to their voices and fingerprints. So any interaction with one could just as easily be passed off as someone else. Think you met this guy like 50 years ago? No, you're mistaken. That was his grandfather. Maybe. Who knows?
Currently, D specializes in obtaining and selling animals (and ocassionally plants) from both the human world and the Outlands. His main objective is to exact vengeance against humanity for hunting down his people and for their destruction of the world around them... but he's also taking his sweet time about it. As much as he says that he thinks humanity is rubbish, he's not keen on murdering humans that are actually doing good things. He'd much prefer to let them get themselves killed through contractual consequences. Buy a pet from him and sign the contract. Break one of the rules on the contract? It's not his fault if the pet turns into a monster and eats you. He gave you due warning, after all.
As for this Nightfall thing? He couldn't really care less. Humans are going to wipe themselves out one way or another. At this point, they're just delaying the inevitable. (Or so he says.)
PRE-ESTABLISHED CR: I'd love for some Outlands people that already know D--or his father or grandfather. D's fairly respectful with other Outlands creatures, so long as they're not being a nuissnce to him. He shows deference specifically to any deity-like creatures, and generally is just... at his best behavior around them. He likes his fellow Outlands creatures, and he's usually willing to help them if it's not going to hurt him to do so.
I'd also like some humans who have heard of a mysterious Chinese man selling exotic pets with dubious results. Doesn't matter what time period. Maybe your uncle bought a tiger from some guy that looked like him, then just disappeared? Maybe he sold your great-grandmother a bird, just before she miraculously ascended to nobility. The sky's the limit here. D himself has been in Los Angeles, Berlin, and Tokyo at the very least. Possibly other places, too. He moves around every two or three years--or when enough heat catches up to him that he's forced to move again. Then he sets up shop in a new city.
DESIRED CR: I'd love to build CR with people who aren't sure which side this guy is actually on. Is he working for Nightfall??? Against it??? The school seems to be employing him in some manner, but he's pretty vocal about hating people, so... Who knows.
I'd also like some people to be his customers, obviously. He won't sell any murder pets to the school, since they're keeping him off the radar while he's here so long as he doesn't cause trouble in Soliel. But that doesn't mean that he won't sell them things to teach them some lessons. On the other hand, if they stick to their contracts, they could actually wind up with pets that do good things for them! He IS in the business of selling "Love, Hope, and Dreams", after all. Someone has to get that end goal once in a while.
OTHER: He's probably going to end up being a little more background compared to Imelda (who has her fingers in like 15 different pies at any one time), but I definitely plan on getting him involved in a number of questionable shenanigans.