[hider=Professor Baines][center][img]HEADER[/img] [img]http://bravomodels.net/wp/wp-content/files_mf/1458210109002.jpg[/img] [hr] [url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhu2L9MHoj0]Before we meet, we stand out on the sidewalk as it pours, swappin' one addiction for another.[/url] | [url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2gH0yhUTK60]Time stands still, but I cannot. I should strap myself in bed, I guess I'll sleep when I am dead.[/url][/center] [color=sandybrown]Name[/color] [indent]Aldridge Cedric Baines.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Nickames[/color] [indent]Al, Bones.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Age[/color] [indent]38.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Gender[/color] [indent]Male.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Sexuality[/color] [indent]Heterosexual.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Relationship Status[/color] [indent]Single.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Primary[/color] [indent]Necromancy.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Secondaries[/color] [indent]Illumination, Familiar Conjuration.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Appearance Details[/color] [indent]Aldridge is about average as far as height is concerned and clocks in around 5"11, he's built with a fair amount of muscle and he has very broad shoulders. He's slender in form with long legs and strong arms. Many pale scars mark his skin, layered through years of small scuffles. He's got very unkempt brown hair and very intense brown eyes. His face is considerably handsome with a shapely mouth and fine features. He tends to be fairly scruffy and unshaven. He is often found in casual, comfortable clothing.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Personality Traits[/color] [indent]Aldridge is a friendly but firm kind of person, while he is not downright harsh with his students, he will not allow them to step all over him. He tries to guide his students carefully, focusing on their strengths rather than their weaknesses. At times he can be a bit soft but he makes up for this by never being afraid to correct a student who speaks out of turn. He takes knowledge very seriously and expects his class to do the same, at times he can be a bit much when it comes to his lesson plans and they can drag on to suit his mood that day. He's been known for his bravery and willingness to leap head first into whatever comes at him. He is very tactical, a born strategist, able to formulate plans at a moment's notice. He can hold his own in most bad situations, able to quickly think his way out of it but he becomes very stressed when there are no seeable solutions. Stress often leads to temperamental behavior from him and seething comments that he doesn't know how to take back later. He finds it easy to hold conversation most of the time and will be willing to talk about most anything.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Skills[/color] [indent]- Necromancy, he is an extremely talented necromancer and finds it fun to show this off whenever it suits him. - Very skilled in illumination and familiar summoning, he especially finds the illumimation fun to use shamelessly. - Tactical planning, he's great at working out solutions, no matter how hectic the situation has become. - Fighting, he has a particular skill in combat though he's unlikely to engage in a fight without reason.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Weaknesses[/color] [indent]- Thoughtful, while this not intially a bad thing, Aldridge rarely ever acts without thinking things through and this can make him very slow to the draw. - Stubborn, he only wants to do things a certain way and will often not compromise. - Judgemental, if you are not of his circle, it's likely that he will have extreme opinions of you. - Drugs of any kind will send him into an unexplainable fit.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Upbringing Synopsis[/color] [indent]The Baines name dates back into old England, known for a particular succession in corporeal necromancy. This is a family that does not have much to speak of when it comes to historic figures but they have been known for their open-mindedness and general good grace with the public. Aldridge Arthur Baines was a fairly ordinary child despite being born to a rune-caster mother and a necromancer father. His parents were the overbearing type, invested in ensuring that their son didn't dare to fall behind in his studies. This approach to parenting fostered a son with a bright mind, it also fostered a resentment that only grew as time passed. It became common for the young man to disagree with his parents as he got older, fights became a common theme in the Baines household. He simply couldn't stand being pinned down like he was and he started making that apparent by the time that he became eight. It came to a point where he had been so sheltered that he barely knew of anything outside of his home. His parents were in control of every section of his life. They chose what he wore, what he ate, what he watched, what he read. There was nearly no room for individuality in his home and that began to wear down on him, he had no friends outside of his cousins and he was slowly getting more and more fed up with it. By the time he turned twelve, his sister was born which seemed to inspire a new reign of terror throughout the house. His parents cracked down even harder, hoping to set an example for the newest addition. As Aldridge grew older, he started to test the limits of the distance that he could between him and his parents. He started finding excuses not to be in the house, he started finding excuses to wander and see what the world had to offer beyond this home. Though, this didn't stop him from trying to be a good brother to Jessica. That was the only person that he cared to put any effort into and he spent a lot of his time trying to help her through the overly structured environment that she had been born into. He was a model older brother, he would take her places when his parents weren't dictating his every move and buy her things, he enthused about her runic work and he would become genuinely excited to see her work with her secondaries. He offered a gentle voice where his parents only ever offered punishment or impersonal approval. He did everything he could to help assure that she didn't grow to have the same feeling of loneliness that he had. That was until the start of the war where an opportunity presented itself that he would have been a fool to pass up on. He joined the forces, fighting for a cause that he believed in and giving himself the freedom that he had so desperately craved for years. He became the strategist of his squad, mapping their attacks and making sure that things ran smoothly. In active battle, he became quite known for his use of familiars. He had made a name for himself for his strategic mind and his proficiency in summoning. When the war came to a close, Aldridge bought himself a home away from his parents and contacted his little sister. He lived a fairly quiet life until Marchand came about, he was glad to help teach a new generation everything that he knew about familiar summoning and necromancy. He was glad for an adventure away from the mundane again.[/indent] [color=sandybrown]Misc.[/color] [indent] IDR | [color=sandybrown]sandybrown[/color] - Baines has insomnia and night terrors.[/indent][/hider] Professor of Necromancy and Familiars!