[hider="Lucky" Locke Devlin] [color=lightgray][CENTER][img]https://i.imgur.com/H3LFZhp.png[/img][/CENTER] [table][row][/row][row][cell] [center] [img]https://i.imgur.com/tsY6o55.png[/img] [color=black][sup]__________________________________________________________[/sup][/color] [sub][h3][color=SteelBlue]Basic Information[/color][/h3][/sub] [color=black][sup]__________________________________________________________[/sup][/color] [sub] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Name[/b][/color] | [i]Lachlan Devlin[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Nickname(s)[/b][/color] | [i]Locke, "Lucky" Locke[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Age[/b][/color] | [i]Early 30s[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Gender[/b][/color] | [i]Male[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Birthday[/b][/color] | [i]November 2nd[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Race[/b][/color] | [i]Fae[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Rank/Status[/b][/color] | [i]"Fixer"/ Independent Contractor, Luckiest man in Halcyon[/i] [/sub] [center][h3][color=SteelBlue]Appearance[/color][/h3][/center] [color=black][sup]__________________________________________________________[/sup][/color] [hider=] [sub] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Height[/b][/color] | [i]6'1"[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Build[/b][/color] | [i]Lean, athletic, dancer's frame[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Eye Color[/b][/color] | [i]Auburn[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Hair Color & Style[/b][/color] | [i]Black, tousled, falling in lazy waves that sometimes obscure his fae ears[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Skin Tone[/b][/color] | [i]Pale with a natural dusky undertone that absolutely drinks in the moonlight.[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Notable Marks[/b][/color] | [i]Small rune tattoo behind right ear, scars on display from lessons learned too young[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Typical Clothing Style[/b][/color] | [i]Dark and tailored, layered clothes, fitted vests, silver jewelry that catches the eye [/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Aura/First Impression[/b][/color] | [i]Magnetic, professional, dangerous in a way you don't immediately realize. And then there’s that fucking luck. Not the kind you talk about, but the kind that makes you feel like the universe always seems to tilt just a little in his favor.[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Voice[/b][/color] | [i]Low, smooth, with a faint lilting undertone of a subtle Irish accent[/i] [/sub] [/hider] [center][h3][color=SteelBlue]Relationships[/color][/h3][/center] [color=black][sup]__________________________________________________________[/sup][/color] [hider=] [sub] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Openness to Friendship (1-5)[/b][/color] | [i]3[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Openness to Romance (1-5)[/b][/color] | [i]3[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Romantic Preferences[/b][/color] | [i]No strict preference; connection over labels[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Current Romantic Interests[/b][/color] | [i]There's definitely a ghost from his past, but the night is young[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]View on Forbidden Relationships[/b][/color] | [i]Rules are made to be broken[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Biggest Turn-ons[/b][/color] | [i]✦ Confidence ✦ Sharp wit ✦ A Challenge[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Biggest Turn-offs[/b][/color] | [i]✦ Cowardice ✦ Arrogance ✦ Betrayal[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Known Friends[/b][/color] | [i]Angel and Noah (past). A crow named Mercy, With feathers like oil-slick obsidian and eyes that glint with uncanny awareness, this is no ordinary bird. Fiercely intelligent and fiercely loyal, the crow often rides on Locke’s shoulder or shadows him from above. It can deliver messages, mimic voices with eerie accuracy, scout from high above even through magically obscured areas. She can be moody, distrusting of others, and a little greedy at times... But Mercy is his "better half" (as he jokingly calls her) and his partner in crime. [/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Known Enemies[/b][/color] | [i]There's definitely individuals, but he has a working relationship with all the factions at the moment.[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Known Family[/b][/color] | [i]Deceased parents (circumstances unknown)[/i] [/sub] [/hider][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/1wMVRbX.png[/img][/center] [/center] [/cell] [cell] [b][color=SteelBlue]Psychology[/color][/b] [sub][sup][color=black]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/color][/sup][/sub] [indent] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Hobbies/Interests[/b][/color] | ✦ Cooking (trained chef but loves greasy comfort food, especially artisan pizza) ✦ Card Tricks and Practical Magic Tricks ✦ Mixology ✦ People-watching [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Likes[/b][/color] | ✦ Pizza ✦ Thunderstorms ✦ Nightclubs ✦ Sweet whiskey ✦ Live Music [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Dislikes[/b][/color] | ✦ Owing Anyone Anything ✦ Disloyalty ✦ Feeling trapped ✦ Being touched without permission ✦ Fae food [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Fears[/b][/color] | ✦ Becoming a pawn ✦ Feeling like he's caged ✦ Oblivion ✦ Lack of Control [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Habits[/b][/color] | ✦ Laughing at authority (Sometimes that Fae nature gets even him) ✦ Irish Goodbyes ✦ Runs his thumb over the band of his rings or twirls a playing card between his fingers when he's idle ✦ Leaves food and other offerings for crows [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Vices[/b][/color] | ✦ Gambling ✦ Insomnia ✦ Expecting the worst of people ✦ A healthy dose of self-sabotage in interpersonal relationships [/indent] [b][color=SteelBlue]Core Motivation[/color][/b] [indent] To become so indispensable, so infuriatingly skilled, that no one can own him. Freedom first. Everything else is negotiable. [/indent] [b][color=SteelBlue]Personality Overview[/color][/b] [indent] Locke is a study in beautiful contradictions. Magnetic but guarded, playful yet calculating, seductive yet stubborn to the bone. Beneath the easy smiles and practiced, professional charm is a man who refuses to bow to fate or favor. Loyalty from him is a precious thing...and when given, it is absolute. Betray it once and you'll never know it from him again. He is a man who in some ways is playing against his nature. The Fae humor, wonder, and chaotic energy that he once held in spades has been tempered and forced into submission in pursuit of his professional ambitions, but it's all still there somewhere deep and bits and pieces find their way out now and again. People call him “Lucky” Locke. Some with awe. Some with suspicion. He’s walked out of places no one else did. Survived a hit that should’ve taken him too. Cards fall right. Dice land how he needs. The right door always seems open at just the right time. No one can explain it, and Locke never bothers to try. He just flashes that crooked grin, sips his drink, and lets the whispers grow louder. [/indent] [/cell][/row][/table] [color=lightgray] [table][row][/row][row][cell] [b][color=SteelBlue]Background[/color][/b] [sub][sup][color=black]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/color][/sup][/sub] [indent] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Current Occupation[/b][/color] | [i]Fixer / Independent Contractor (Corpse Disposal, Crime Scene Cleanup, Bounty Hunting, Tracking)[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Level of Schooling[/b][/color] | [i]Streetwise with a background in private schooling[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Past Occupations[/b][/color] | [i]Runner, "cleaner", information broker[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Socioeconomic Status[/b][/color] | [i]Professional Class; he's the best in the city at what he does, and people pay him well.[/i] [hr][hider=✦ Locke Devlin – Full Backstory ✦] [i]Lachlan Devlin was born into privilege, but not the kind that came with crowns or coronations. His family, the Devlins, were powerful because they were useful. Their skills sharp, their loyalty even sharper. For years, his parents worked in close alliance with Magnus Corvane, the infamous patriarch of the Corvane family, handling delicate matters most wouldn't dare touch. It was not friendship, exactly, but something near it… a bond forged through blood, risk, and whispered trust. Locke grew up alongside Magnus’s two adopted children, Angel and Noah, closer to them than he ever was to any cousin or classmate. They were a trio stitched together at the seams, partners in every scraped knee and secret rebellion. Where one went, the others followed. In those golden years, Lachlan believed that nothing could ever come between them. The Corvanes were family in all but name. That’s why his heart was so broken when it all changed. When the falling out between Magnus and his parents came, it wasn’t loud. It was a slow severing, a cold, merciless retreat. His parents tried to soothe him with half-truths, murmuring something about a business dispute, but Locke was no fool. Even then, he could taste the bitterness behind their words, sense the personal betrayal that curdled something deeper than profit margins. Whatever it was, it was enough to tear his life apart. One day he had a home woven between the Corvane halls and his own, and the next, he had nothing. Forced to sever ties with Angel and Noah, Locke was left to navigate a cold, hollow existence without the only people who had ever really felt like home. And fate wasn’t finished with him yet. Without the shield of Corvane influence, the Devlins became easy prey. It took less than a year before his parents were dead… slaughtered in a hit so brutal that whispers of it still linger in Halcyon’s darker corners. Officially, no one knew who was behind it. Unofficially, Locke learned young that justice was only a story mortals told themselves to sleep at night. He should have died with them. The killers missed him by minutes. Some say he was out for a walk. Others say he was sick that day and stayed behind. There are half a dozen versions of how he survived, and Locke has never confirmed a single one. But the whispers started then…quiet mutterings that Lachlan Devlin didn’t just escape death… he outran it. Slipped past it like a shadow ducking under a blade. People started calling it luck. And in Halcyon, luck is more frightening than magic. Magnus Corvane had promised once to protect his own. And when it counted most, he hadn’t. Locke never forgot, and he never fully forgave either. Afterward, the crows came. Not in swarms. Not dramatically. Just… one at a time. Perched on rooftops when he passed beneath. Waiting on windowsills like black statues. Silent witnesses that trailed him like omens. At first, he ignored it. Then he started leaving them scraps. Tokens. Little offerings. And eventually, one of them stayed. He named her [b]Mercy.[/b] Or maybe she named herself…he’s never been sure. He just [i]knew[/i] it was her name. Either way, Mercy became his shadow. She perches on his shoulder now more often than not, and she’s far too smart for a bird. She watches everything. Remembers. Repeats what she shouldn’t be able to. He refers to her as “His better half”. Left with nothing but his luck and his Mercy, Locke did the only thing he knew how: he rebuilt himself. Brick by brutal brick. In the raw years that followed, he trained his body until it was a weapon. He honed his mind until it could cut through the densest of lies. He shaped his glamour until it became something subtle and devastating, completely under his control. And the luck never left him. Cards fell right. Blades missed. Jobs went sideways and still ended in his favor. People started calling him Lucky Locke…some with awe, others with fear. He never confirmed or denied a thing. Just flashed that smile, tilted his head, and let the world wonder. He set his sights on becoming indispensable… not to one faction, but to all of them. A fixer with no allegiance but his own survival. A ghost who could walk through every door and every hallway because no one could afford to throw him to the gutters like his parents had been. He had his luck, sure, but he knew that luck always runs out eventually. And so, he wanted to be even more than his supernatural good fortune. If he was useful enough, sharp enough, essential enough, he would never again be at anyone’s mercy. No king, no clan, no lover would ever hold him on a leash. He would be owned by no one. The heir to a kingdom of one. And if fate had a problem with that… it would learn, like everyone else, that “Lucky” Locke Devlin belonged to no one but himself.[/i][/hider][hr] [/indent] [/cell] [cell] [b][color=SteelBlue]Race-Specific Questions[/color][/b] [sub][sup][color=black]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/color][/sup][/sub] [indent] ✦ [hider=Race info][b][color=SteelBlue]▸ Fae[/color][/b] [sub][sup][color=black]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/color][/sup][/sub] [indent] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Element Affinity[/b][/color] | [i]Shadow[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Glamour Specialty[/b][/color] | [i]Glamourweaving[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Views on Mortals[/b][/color] | [i]Wary affection; admires their hope[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Views on Vampires[/b][/color] | [i]Necessary evils; some respect, no trust[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Views on Lycan[/b][/color] | [i]Skeptical but respects their freedom[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Views on Fae[/b][/color] | [i]Has an appreciation for his people but no attachment, HATES their food[/i] [/indent] [/hider] [/indent] [b][color=SteelBlue]Miscellaneous[/color][/b] [sub][sup][color=black]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/color][/sup][/sub] [indent] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Theme Song[/b][/color] | [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNRHD5LkpCw]"Control" by Halsey[/url] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Favorite Food[/b][/color] | [i]Pizza; it's all about the perfect crust[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Favorite Animal(s)[/b][/color] | [i]Crows, foxes[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Favorite Music Genre[/b][/color] | [i]Dark indie rock[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Favorite Haunt[/b][/color] | [i]A neon-lit rooftop bar overlooking Halcyon[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Signature Weapon[/b][/color] | [i]The House Deck – a magically enchanted deck of playing cards bound to Locke’s fae magic. Each suit has a unique effect, from illusions to elemental bursts to piercing blades. Some cards never run out. Others explode. The deck only responds to him. [hider=How His Cards Work]♠ Spades – Precision & Piercing (The Blades) These cards become razor-sharp projectiles when thrown, capable of slicing through armor or pinning enemies to surfaces. They hum with kinetic energy, seeking vital points. He seemingly never runs out of Spades. • Effect: Solidify into sleek throwing daggers midair • Bonus: Can curve slightly mid-throw, guided by his intent • Ace of Spades: Automatically targets the most vulnerable point it can reach ________________________________________ ♥ Hearts – Illusion & Influence (The Glamours) These cards bend perception, tapping into Locke’s glamour magic to confuse, distract, or entrance. • Effect: Create lifelike illusions—copies of Locke, false movements, phantom sounds • Bonus: Can be used to cloak him in misdirection • Queen of Hearts: Creates a full-bodied glamour that mimics Locke for up to 3 minutes, whereas the standard hearts version of the mimic only lasts for 10 seconds. ________________________________________ ♣ Clubs – Force & Disruption (The Breakers) The heaviest hitters. These cards explode on impact with raw kinetic energy or disarming force. • Effect: Release concussive bursts that knock back or daze targets • Bonus: Can break enchantments or stagger magical constructs • Jack of Clubs: Unleashes a radial shockwave around Locke ________________________________________ ♦ Diamonds – Elemental Power (The Wilds) Infused with primal Fae energy, these cards trigger elemental effects: fire, ice, lightning, or shadow. • Effect: Explode in a burst of elemental force depending on Locke’s mood or chosen intent • Bonus: He can stack the cards for chain reactions or area control • Ace of Diamonds: Unleashes a storm of elemental daggers in a wide arc ________________________________________ Jokers (2 Total – The Wild Cards) These are unpredictable. Even Locke doesn’t know exactly what they’ll do until played, but the results are always dramatic. • Effect: Randomized outcome with high reward / high chaos • Possibilities: o Reverse gravity in a small radius o Temporarily freeze a target in place while the world continues around them o Turn an enemy’s weapon to smoke o Summons a murder of crows to wreak havoc in an area ________________________________________ Deck Name The House Deck – A one-of-a-kind creation, bound to Locke’s fae signature. The cards don’t respond to anyone else. [/hider][/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Preferred Vices[/b][/color] | [i]Gambling, Whiskey, Carnal Pleasure[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Pet Peeve[/b][/color] | [i]Being underestimated[/i] [color=black][color=black][b]ϯ[/b][/color][/color] [color=silver][b]Guilty Pleasure[/b][/color] | [i]Reality Cooking Shows[/i] [/indent] [/cell][/row][/table] [/color][/color] [CENTER][img]https://i.imgur.com/uuXSyDj.png[/img][/CENTER][/hider]