[CENTER][sup][h1][center][/center][b][center] [sub][color=black]Edward F. Blackmore[/color] [color=00fbff]Edward F. Blackmore[/color][/sub][/center] [/b][/h1][/sup] [color=white][sup][i]“ We are what our scars have made us, we are born in blood.”[/i][/sup][/color][/CENTER] [table][row][/row][row][cell][center][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T[/color] [color=0992ab]C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T[/color] [/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup][img]https://i.imgur.com/0jFlpnN.jpeg[/img] [sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C H A R A C T E R I N F O[/color] [color=0992ab]C H A R A C T E R I N F O[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup] [sub][b]|[/b] [color=3bf3ff]Edward Faust Blackmore[/COLOR] [b]|[/b] [color=3bf3ff]Age 19[/COLOR] [b]|[/b] [sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup] [b]|[/b] [color=3bf3ff] Cis male (He/Him)[/COLOR] [b]|[/b] [color=3bf3ff]5'10"/156lbs[/COLOR] [b]|[/b] [sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup] [b]|[/b] [color=3bf3ff]Sexuality: Bisexual[/COLOR] [b]|[/b] [color=3bf3ff]Social Class: Nobility (Earl of Haydon with father being Marquess of Norwich)[/COLOR] [b]|[/b][/sub][/center] [indent][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C H A R A C T E R N O T E S[/color] [color=0992ab]C H A R A C T E R N O T E S[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup] [INDENT][hider=][color=#2e2c2c]-[/color] [indent][sub][b][color=00d4e2] M I S C E L L A N E O U S[/color][/b][/sub] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ [color=white][color=00aab5][b]►[/b] [b]Character Info[/b][/color] [color=3bf3ff]Birthday:[/color] 21 December 1792 [color=3bf3ff]Country of Origin:[/color] England. [color=3bf3ff]Languages Spoken:[/color] English, French, Latin, German (poor) [color=3bf3ff]Affiliation:[/color] St. Eustache school(New Arrival) [color=3bf3ff]Motivation:[/color] The seeking of purpose, to find his place in the cosmos. Otherwise to find companionship and achieve higher status in life. [color=3bf3ff]Habits:[/color] Always wears thick gloves of white silk embroidered various blue motifs. Even sleeps with them on. He has an obsession towards cleanliness, always ensuring everything is spotless from his clothing to living environment. [color=3bf3ff]Hobbies:[/color] Hunting, Reading, sculpting (primary with ice), Fencing (especially the rapier and smallsword) [color=00aab5][b]►[/b] [b]Fears[/b][/color] In order: To lose his titles and be disgraced, Losing his powers, being abandoned, betrayal, Pure Iron, To lose control. [color=00aab5][b]►[/b] [b]Skills[/b][/color] -Fencing, Rhetoric, Sculpture, philosophy [color=00aab5][b]►[/b] [b]Shortcomings[/b][/color] -Boxing, socializing, Dancing, Firearms [color=00aab5][b]►[/b] [b]Likes[/b][/color] -Winter, hunting, Collecting trinkets and antiques favoring the classical era, Skating, Fencing, Philosophy, Mysticism, Literature, being right, nobility. [color=00aab5][b]►[/b] [b]Dislikes[/b][/color] -Summer, Heat, Prostitutes, Gambling, The poor and lower classes, getting mocked, Filth, Blood, sweat, Pork (of which he will refuse to eat even a single bite and will become indignant if tricked into doing so.) [/color][/sup] [color=#2e2c2c]-[/color][/indent][/hider][/INDENT][indent][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] R U M O R S[/color] [color=0992ab]R U M O R S[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup] [INDENT][hider=][color=#2e2c2c]-[/color] [indent][sub][b][color=00d4e2] S E C R E T S & L I E S[/color][/b][/sub] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ [color=white][color=00aab5][b]►[/b] [b]Rumors[/b][/color] Some claim the original Edward has long died, That the current one was no child of man but rather the product of a demonic ritual wearing his skin. A spirit called fourth from beyond by the Marquess of Norwich which saw the disappearance of 3 children in the village near the Blackmore Estate. While official narrative claimed they have drowned when playing in the nearby creek, the proponents of this claim to have seen unnatural wounds upon the bodies resembling those afflicted by a ritual blade. Additionally, they say the Earl of Haydon had black hair and a prominent birthmark upon his forehead as a child, a far remote from this fair-skinned sorcerer. The latter's aversion towards iron and loneliness does noting to dispel these rumors. His habit of wearing gloves lead proponents of this theory to claim he hides the marks of devilish possession beneath them. [color=00aab5][b]►[/b] [b]Secrets[/b][/color] He killed 3 of his friends as a child and his parents had to cover it up with an accident. The 3 had snuck away playing in a field near the Blackmore estate when they where beset by a wild boar, the intense fear caused Edward to awaken and instantly lose control. The Marquess's men would find him at dusk alone in a field of bloodied snow, the corpses of men and beast lying nearby thousand-pierced by ice shards. The incident would hereby be known as Rochester creek drownings, the official narratives proclaiming the children having lost their lives by falling into the creek. Edwards takes frequent hunting trips not because of noble honor or some superficial thrill in the face of controlled danger but simply because he enjoys the act of taking life, To feel the warm fade to coldness, perhaps a distortion born of his awakening but he knows the answer not. [/color][/sup] [color=#2e2c2c]-[/color][/indent][/hider][/INDENT][/cell][cell][INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] E N L I G H T E N E D A B I L I T I E S[/color] [color=0992ab]E N L I G H T E N E D A B I L I T I E S[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup] [COLOR=white][indent] [u][b]Heart of Eternal Winter [/b][/u] Edward has power over ice and snow, capable of generating and controlling it to a great extent, making objects, structures or even living constructs such as an ice carriage drawn by crystalline horses. Other uses include generating then projecting razor sharp ice shards, immobilizing objects by encasing them in a block of ice, raising a snowstorm over an area, fortifying himself with an ice shell so on. The ice he generate can vary in durability such as the brittle ordinary clear ice, rock hard blue ice or even the "true" diamond hard crystalline dark ice. [u]Downside[/u] The more he uses his power, the deeper the frost seeps into his body. Starting at the fingertips and removing senses and its travels towards his heart. Should it be consumed by the frost Blackmore would transform into an ice statue and die. Cold energy constantly seeps fourth from his being, freezing the surrounding environment. Requiring constant control on Edward's part to prevent it. Pure iron burns him like coal to a normal man and acts as an effective damper to his powers, if ingested it produces a vile sickness. [b][u]Northern Dark Ice Physique[/u][/b] Constant exposure to the frost energy which permeates his body has hardened his muscles and bones far beyond the norm for mortal men. Deep cuts are reduced to shallow ones and shallow cuts mere nicks on snow white skin. His blood, thick as molasses flows slower and coagulates faster. [u]Downside[/u] An ever present pallid complexion and a body devoid of warmth, feeling closer to a corpse than a living being. In addition without using his powers Edward has rather poor endurance. [/indent][/COLOR] [INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] B A C K S T O R Y[/color] [color=0992ab]B A C K S T O R Y[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup] [COLOR=white][INDENT] Edward was firstborn son of Marquess Alexander of Norwich and thus was prepared for his role as future heir since birth, receiving a top tier education by a myriad of tutors to ensure he would be ready to enter the cutthroat world of the aristocracy. There he performed admirably being noted as a bright and sociable child with a boundless curiosity, a few wild cats around the house disappeared but no one paid it any mind. Taking from his father, Edward was an unruly child, frequently escaping his guardians to play in the field with lower class children from the nearby village. A transgression Honorable Alexander tacitly approved but sent men to monitor him from afar. All would change one fateful winter day when Edward was only 11. Following the incident and ensuing disaster, his mother, Lady Blackmore wanted to send his son to St-Eustache school for the Enlightened so he may control is powers but his father refused. Arguing that he was too young and undesiring to risk the family's future by letting him mingle further with "low class rabble" and worse. The pair sparred back and fourth neither letting go until Lord Alexander bellowed that he would not send his only son into a lair of "Freaks and Monsters." Rather they would raise him at home at best they could. Thus the young man was confined to the vast estate grounds and forbidden contact with the rest of the world. He was given a pair of gloves to put on in order to suppress his nascent abilities. Yet Edward was uncowed, for he had little memory of the event thus thought committed no sin, thus why should he be punished? He choose to practice in secret, going on long walks alone in the woods behind the estate. Erecting statues of snow or slicing down the various trees and grass with razor sharp ice blades. He would take up hunting as an excuse to venture deeper into the woods with only a few close personal servants, occasionally bringing home game meats. Over time his powers grew, remolding his body, altering his hair, skin, muscle and even biology. His parents struggled to adapt but father was stubborn. When he came of age Edward received the title of Earl of Haydon. Only then did his father finally saw sense and authorized him to be sent to St-Eustache. For better his son finish his formative years amongst peers than isolated from them. For he believed the latter's foundation to be solid: a true noble scion worthy of the Blackmore name, a fact which no amount of lower class degeneracy could erase. Plus, should more incidents arose, they would know how to deal with it accordingly. [/indent][/color] [INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] E X T R A S[/color] [color=0992ab]E X T R A S[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup] [COLOR=white][INDENT] [b][u]Notes:[/u][/b] He wears thin decorative iron chains around his hands which causes pain but he still wears them for fashion. He carries around an Ivory cane with a silver grip ornamented with a sapphire. [u]Theme Song:[/u] [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xGmx4K81Hc&list=RD1xGmx4K81Hc&start_radio=1[/url] Fav movie: Terminator 2-Judgement Day [/INDENT][/COLOR][/cell][/row][/table]