[@Prosaic] This is very much subject to change, but here is the middle of my 3 royal children! [hider=Mikhail Rochdale][center][img]HEADER[/img] [img]https://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjcyLjhjYjRkOS5UV2xyYUdGcGJDQlNiMk5vWkdGc1pRLCwuMAAA/dioszeghiensis-rg.regular.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/H0vRWf5.png?1[/img] [img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/f2eff2b2-e627-475c-9bfc-4566318db7d4.jpg[/img][/center] [i][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qFF2v8VsaA][indent][indent]H e r o e s a l w a y s g e t r e m e m b e r e d[/indent][/indent] [right]B u t y o u k n o w [b]l e g e n d s[/b] n e v e r d i e [color=black].[/color][/right][/url][/i] [color=91B5D5]Name[/color] [indent]Mikhail Rochdale[/indent] [color=91B5D5]Nicknames[/color] [indent]Misha (close friends and family only, seriously)[/indent] [color=91B5D5]Age[/color] [indent]After all this time, does it really matter? (Appears to be in his twenties)[/indent] [color=91B5D5]Gender[/color] [indent]Male[/indent] [color=91B5D5]Sexuality[/color] [indent]Heterosexual[/indent] [color=91B5D5]Relationship Status[/color] [indent]Single[/indent] [color=91B5D5]Species[/color] [indent]Born Vampire[/indent] [color=91B5D5]Appearance Details[/color] [indent]Mikhail is a tall man with a lithe build, not muscular but not skeletal either. Like his siblings, his features bear a striking resemblance to a frozen corpse: frosty pale skin with the slightest tint of deathly blue, unruly snow-white hair, and a set of piercing, ice-blue eyes. He looks great for his advanced age, the very picture of youth, and he can usually be seen with a cunning smirk on his lips and a dangerous glint in his eye. Royalty suits him well and he isn’t afraid to show it, wearing only the best and often adorned with rings and other finery.[/indent] [color=91B5D5]Personality Traits[/color] [indent]Extremely charismatic with a haunting talent for reading people, Mikhail's outward personality can be whatever he needs it to be to get what he wants. He can just as easily play the part of friend or lover as he can tormentor or authority figure, and this two-faced tendency of his has worked more in his favour than against it over the years. While his sister may not believe him, Mikhail is genuinely devoted to the King and the Black Iris Society at large, though his motivations, sincere or otherwise, are unclear. Mikhail is the type of man who is either a joy to talk to, or absolutely infuriating. A trait that some admire and some despise, he has a way of talking that ensures that whoever he's talking to only knows as much as he wants them to know. There are those who love him, those who hate him, and those who fear him, though they all seem to agree that he has the sort of smile that doesn't quite reach his icy eyes.[/indent] [color=91B5D5]Skills[/color] [indent][list][*]Extremely charismatic [*]Formidable negotiator [*]Good at getting things out of people (idk the word for that, sue me) [*]Physical prowess that comes with vampirism [*]Special talent for pissing off his sister[/list][/indent] [color=91B5D5]Weaknesses[/color] [indent][list][*]A poor fighter (as vampires go), but who needs to throw a punch when you have the full force of the Royal Guard at your disposal? [*]His reputation as a talented manipulator precedes him and can (and often does) inspire doubt and suspicion, even when his intentions are sincere [*]Struggles to get close to people; assumes the worst in everyone and sees them as pawns in a game rather than people, and as such is prone to paranoia and isolation [*]Probably has several dozen people plotting his assassination as we speak [/list][/indent] [color=91B5D5]History[/color] [indent][color=91B5D5][i]“History, legend, constructs of memory… after this long, who can tell which is which?”[/i][/color] The many, many years of Mikhail’s life have blended and blurred together, but it works out in his favour; he isn’t one to cling too closely to the past. Still, the basic details remain: he was born alongside his sister Irina about a century after his brother Dmitri, second in line for his father’s throne and perfectly content with that. His talent for manipulating people came out in his youth, one he spent getting into trouble only to weasel his way out of the consequences, much to his dutiful twin’s considerable chagrin. Not the leader his brother was and lacking the martial talent of his sister, Mikhail settled comfortably into the shadows, capitalizing on his unmatched skill with people and spinning a vast web that grew over the years to entangle just about everything in the Society's domain. Centuries of making connections, allies and enemies alike have put Mikhail in the enviable position of ‘knowing a guy’ for just about everything, trading both in gold and favours, ever plucking the strings of the underworld and knowing just the ones to pull. Well on his brother’s good side, he’s set for a position of high influence should his father die or abdicate, and is well equipped to use every puppet at his disposal for the benefit of himself and the Society alike.[/indent] [color=91B5D5]Misc.[/color] [indent]Colour Code: [color=91B5D5]91B5D5[/color] (more to be added later) [/indent][/hider]