[CHAR] The Secret World of Faeries

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[CaptainManbeard]

Sully Zucco

Sullivan “Sully” Zucco

Age: 18
Birthday: May 15th
Height: 6’3”
Body Type: Athletic
Eyes: Green
Hair: Dark Brown
Pronouns: He/His
Orientation: Pansexual

Voice

Musical Theme

Personality

Sully is considerably intelligent and wise when he wants to be, but often suffers issues due to his sharp tongue and witty, sarcastic sense of humor. He just barely passed many of his classes, due to constant suspensions as a result of fights in school. His mother would often say: “Again, Sully?! Jesus Christ, if it wasn’t for that fucking mouth of yours, you wouldn’t get bullied so much!” To which he would reply something in the vein of: “But where would the fun be in that? Deprive people of this angelic voice? Oof. Sounds dreadful!”

Although he derives an immense amount of joy out of triggering religious bigots, fanatics, racists, fascists, so-called “alpha” males, and anyone else bearing what he considers “fragile little manbaby egos,” he also holds a deep sense of justice and equality and wants to see positive change in the world. He views his rebellious and reckless behavior as challenging what he perceives as a corrupt system, and has served stints in juvenile detention throughout his adolescent years for engaging in peaceful protests against police brutality, racism, bigotry, religious indoctrination, etc. His arrests during these events almost always resulted from police officers becoming offended by his remarks, and one time his family successfully sued the LAPD after officers had severely beaten and tased Sully during a protest when he was sixteen.

Although he views attraction regardless of gender, his shenanigans tended to draw attention primarily from his female peers. Girls always seemed to be fawning over him at underground punk shows or the cafeteria at school, and while he did cycle through a lot of girlfriends, he always treated them well.

Talents & Skills

Sully is a talented musician, providing songwriting, lead vocals, and rhythm guitar for his pop-punk band, the Rabid Trash Pandas. He has also developed a keen sense for creative writing, drawing, sketching, digital painting, and graphic design. He bears a decent understanding of science and technology, but his passion has always been more with the arts.

He grew up speaking both English and Italian, as much of his extended family still lives in Italy and they visit frequently. Additionally, through independent study and conversations with friends, he has become fluent in Japanese to read manga in its native form and watch anime without subtitles.

Sully keeps his body in fairly good shape, working out a few times a week. He has received some basic instruction in Taekwondo and self-defense, but never really pursued it beyond that despite being in constant fights. He often prefers to allow his attackers to hurt themselves when he dodges out of the way rather than throw a punch himself, if it can be helped. He will strike back, however, if he feels it’s his only option.

Faerie Powers

Sully can channel, project, and manipulate green Life Energy, which is converted from absorbed essences in his environment, such as solar radiation, ambient heat, and other natural power sources that have organic or nuclear roots. He can form blasts, spheres, waves, beams, and even vines made of green light, as well as channeling his energy into plantlife to accelerate and control its growth.

Biography

Sully was born fifteen minutes after his twin sister, Cammy, and raised with their older brother Teddy in the Harper Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Their mother Sarah tried her best to provide her children a good life, but the kids’ father Reece spiraled deeper and deeper into alcoholism, drug addiction, and gambling as time went on. He seemed to have better control when they visited family in Italy, but always fell off the bandwagon again upon returning to L.A.

Eventually, Teddy followed in his father’s footsteps, and it wasn’t long until they were both serving long prison sentences for drug-related criminal charges. The twins were only fourteen when their brother and father were hauled away in handcuffs, and while Cammy made a point to visit them every week, Sully was furious and refused, claiming “Those fucking idiots chose drugs over US! Dad and Teddy are dead as far as I’m concerned!” His anger at them would ease considerably as he matured, but by age eighteen, he still hadn’t felt ready to re-open the lines of communication.

He participated in a number of protests throughout his teens (more info on that in the above sections), earning a reputation as a rebellious youth and troublemaker among the conservative and religious residents of their community. He had formulated a plan to top anything he had done before on the last day of school, when he knew a group of politicians were going to be speaking to students in the auditorium…

Cammy Zucco

Camelia “Cammy” Zucco

Age: 18
Birthday: May 15th
Height: 5’5”
Body Type: Athletic
Eyes: Green
Hair: Dark Brown
Pronouns: She/Her
Orientation: Bisexual

Voice

Musical Theme

Personality

Cammy was every teacher’s favorite student, always kind, caring, compassionate, and absorbed knowledge like a sponge. She has a sense of justice and equality very similar to Sully, but is nowhere near as reckless or rebellious. She prefers to stay on peoples’ good sides as much as possible, which made her one of the most popular girls in school.

She can be charming and romantic, but has only dated a couple guys throughout high school, her studies always taking priority. Although she always tries to show kindness to everyone, she at times has a shorter temper with her brothers when they pull their reckless antics.

Talents & Skills

Cammy is a bright young woman with perfect grades and scholarship offers to multiple prestigious universities, where she intends to pursue a career in medicine. Additionally, she has a deep understanding of modern technology and is far more adept at computer programming and web design than her brothers.

Like Sully, she also speaks English and Italian, and maintains a similar workout routine as him. She continued studying Taekwondo for a couple of years after he quit, but didn’t stay long enough to reach the higher belt colors.

Faerie Powers

Cammy’s primary ability centers around channeling and manipulating purple electrical energy. She can form bolts, spheres, and blasts, as well as funnel lightning into items, such as projectiles or melee weapons. Additionally, she can supercharge her abilities by absorbing energy from an electrical power source.

Biography

Cammy was born fifteen minutes before her twin (was mostly already covered in Sully’s bio), and has always taken pride in being older than him. She was adored by everyone growing up, and would often help her mother with volunteer work at their church. Her brothers and father always refused to attend on Sunday morning, so it was just Sarah and Cammy who went. She did begin to dislike religious institutions as she matured, but kept going for her mother’s sake.

She had always dreamt of becoming a doctor, wanting to one day open a network of free clinics for low-income families. For most of her first eighteen years of life, she frequently imagined herself being hailed as a hero some day by people everywhere, spreading joy and prosperity anywhere she stepped. Little did she know that fate would take her down a… darker path…

Kamran Qaarn

Kamran Qaarn

Age: 18
Birthday: January 22nd
Height: 6’0”
Body Type: Athletic
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark Brown
Pronouns: He/His
Orientation: Heterosexual/Sapiosexual

Voice

Musical Theme

Personality

Kamran is kind and charming to most, but can be unapologetically ruthless to those he feels deserve such treatment. He shares many of the same values as Sully and Cammy, but unlike them, he will absolutely throw the first punch if a severe threat seems imminent. His mentor, Tamreon Erko, has reprimanded him in the past for resorting to direct violence prematurely, which he feels betrays the teachings of Jeet Kune Do.

Outside of combat training, he is quite the bibliophile, with a soft spot for ancient history and archeology pertaining to Pakistan and the surrounding area, where his mother’s side of the family hails from. He has an average understanding of modern technology, but prefers literary pursuits away from electronic screens. An exception to that is anything to do with Disney, who several members of the Watchers’ Guild have worked for over the years. A number of their fantasy movies and shows were inspired by material stored in the Qaarn Private Library, Kamran’s favorite being the Gummi Bears, which was based on a real family of bear faeries his father knew as a young boy.

When engaged in relationships, he has a penchant for being smooth and romantic. He does enjoy the company of beautiful women, but he finds intelligence a far greater factor in attraction than appearance alone. A supermodel could approach him, but if she can't stimulate him intellectually, chances are he'd lose interest very quickly.

Talents & Skills

Kamran is a polylinguist, speaking, reading, and writing at least a dozen languages fluently, and a passing knowledge of several others. Additionally, he is quite adept at martial arts despite his young age, having trained since infancy. His primary focus centers around Jeet Kune Do - the philosophy of Bruce Lee - which Kamran learned from his father’s former apprentice, Tamreon Erko. Adding to that, he also trained with a variety of melee weapons, including swords, staves, nunchaku, and spears.

Unlike most of his peers, he has actually known about the existence of faeries for years, as did his father before he went missing. They have a sizable private library in the family mansion that houses a great deal of knowledge about the occult and magical secrets of the world, which is frequented by other members of the secretive Watchers’ Guild, an organization of which Kamran’s father, Alistair Qaarn, was a member.

Faerie Powers

Kamran has the ability to move through and channel Shadow Energy from the Void, a parallel realm that sits in the dark space between the Mortal Plane and the Astral Plane. This allows him to utilize a form of teleportation, cloak himself from sight, and absorb Shadow Energy to amplify his physical capabilities.

Biography

Kamran was born into a mixed-race family, growing up in a large mansion in the Bowerstone Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, a hilly upscale district that sat adjacent to Harper Grove. His father Alistair was an Irish-American journalist, archeologist, and explorer with a focus on researching the occult and uncovering ancient magical secrets. His mother Yasmin was a Pakistani-American writer and archeologist who documented the adventures her family went on, portrayed them as fictional stories starring anthropomorphic dogs, and turned them into a series of bestselling young adult novels - The Chronicles of Captain Husk.

Qaarn Manor was also home to the Qaarn Private Library, a repository of all the knowledge Kamran’s family and their allies had gathered. His father was a member of the Watchers’ Guild, which monitored magical activity around the world. They were all sworn to secrecy, and so the boy could never talk to any of his friends about the truth of his family’s exploits.

Throughout his youth, he was trained in a variety of martial arts and fighting styles - primarily through the lens of Jeet Kune Do - by his father’s former apprentice, Tamreon Erko. The man often accompanied the boy anytime they traveled abroad, and was also seen as his protector and bodyguard.

When Kamran was fifteen, Alistair never returned from a Watchers conference in Paris, and as of 2023 has been missing for three years. Some considered foul play may have been involved, but ultimately the investigators came up empty-handed and the case was closed. That never sat well with Kamran, and to this day he is convinced there are bad actors within the Watchers’ Guild.

Previously, he had attended classes at Briarstead Academy, but due to a major fire that destroyed much of the building, everyone had to transfer elsewhere for their senior year. Many of his classmates relocated to other private campuses, but he chose Harper Grove High School because it was closer to his home.

As graduation came closer, Kamran began to overhear discreet, hushed chatter about a secret, no-rules party. It would apparently be held in an abandoned industrial plaza at 10:00PM on the last day of school, and it seemed quite a few people would be going. Normally, he would not attend such an event, but he had this persistent nagging feeling that he should be there. Little did he know what fate had in store for him…

[Crimson Flame]

Conner Waters

Conner Waters

Age: 18
Birthday: June 21
Height: 6’0”
Body Type: Athletic
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark Brown
Pronouns: He/His
Orientation: Gay

Voice

Musical Theme

Personality

Conner is a spontaneous and outgoing young man. He likes to have fun. His favorite activities are surfing, swimming, playing video games, and reading comic books. He enjoys socializing with others and being the center of attention. He is an handshaking, touching kind of guy. He openly expresses affection through hugs, holding hands, as well as stroking and grabbing shoulders. He particularly likes flirting with attractive guys. He makes friends easily, and will happily chat up strangers if they interest him somehow. He enjoys social situations, and believes that everyone else would too. He's likely to convince people who he perceives as being lonely to come along with things like 'come on, you'll enjoy it!' or 'you don't know what you're missing!' While he does need to spend time alone once in a while, he gets bored if he does it too long. He values all his relationships, and will happily stick with anyone he considers a friend.

He can often be found with a smile on his face, even during stressful situations. He often makes jokes, when the situation is tense to lift people's spirits. He may tease others in a 'playful' way, and expect them not to 'take it so seriously.' He does feel bad if somebody does actually get their feelings hurt by what he says. Sometimes his attempts at humor are read as him not taking the situation seriously. While he does joke around a lot, he is capable of getting things done. He just doesn't feel the need to be so dour about it. He often suggests that others not be so serious.

Conner enjoys showing off his skills for others in order to get praise. He is prone to bragging about the things he is good at. He does it in a 'look at this awesome thing I can do!' way, rather than an 'I'm better than you.' way.

He likes to live in the moment rather than dwelling on the past. This means Conner is not the best when it comes to organization, or planning. Due to his lack of planning ahead, it makes him impulsive, and he tends to jump into things without a second thought. He gets bored when he is not sufficiently stimulated, and will complain about being bored. He is also not the most tidy person. He does clean up his mess after the fact if it's pointed out to him, but he has trouble avoiding making a mess in the first place.

Growing up a member of a rich family that has high standards, and a seemingly perfect older sister has given him a number of insecurites. He’s always worried about not being good enough, and that he doesn’t belong anywhere. He feels like he has something to prove. He wants to have a purpose in life. He tries to hide his worries behind a mask of cheerfulness, but they’re always there. It manifests as envy torwards others he thinks are better than him.

Talents & Skills

Conner lives up to his last name, and loves everything to do with water. His passion is surfing. He also enjoys swimming, and is good at both.

He also has an interest in marine biology. He knows he could probably go to college to pursue any one these things. He hated school, and isn’t sure he wants to do more school.

Faerie Powers

Hydrokinesis: Controls Water

Aquapathy: Can talk to and command all forms of sea life.

Underwater Breathing: Can breathe underwater (Duh)

Conner also gets enhanced strength and speed while in contact with water

Biography

Conner grew up in an upscale area of Los Angeles. Comner was the youngest son of the wealthy and prominent Waters family. His parents were quite strict, and they had high standards for their kids. Conner had an older sister named Arianna, and she was the the apple of the family’s eye, at least it appeared that way to Conner. She was beautiful, talented, intelligent, and it felt like she could do no wrong. To him, it always seemed like anything he could do she could do better.

In his teenage years, Conner gave up trying to live up to the high standards set by his sister. He only did just well enough in school to get by, and spent a lot of time slacking off. He would often act up in class, and get himself into trouble. There were days where he would cut class to go to the beach and surf. Surfing was one of his favorite activities. It was definitely something Arianna wouldn’t do. He enjoyed the thrill and adrenaline high of catching a big wave. That, and he also flirting with the hot guys in swimsuits on the beach.

He continued coasting through life trying to have as much fun as possible. Even though his grades weren’t the best, he was rather popular with other students, and had a few close friends. His parents wished he would put more effort into his studies, and better represent his family name, but Conner didn’t really care to try. His sister was obviously the shining star of the family, so why did they need him for?

He barely managed to graduate, and isn’t entirely sure he wants to go to college…

Arianna Waters

Age: 19 (Close to turning 20)
Birthday:
Height: Just barely over 5 feet
Body Type: Petite
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark Brown
Pronouns: She/Her
Orientation: Closeted Lesbian

Voice

Ariana Grande

Musical Theme

Personality

Arianna is primarily known for being graceful, beautiful and even “perfect”, both inside and out, by everyone. She excelled in school, and was an overachiever. She was popular with other students and teachers. She tries very hard to please others. She cares very much for her family. She is the golden child of her family, however she does not appreciate the expectations placed upon her by them. However due to the pressure of being the “perfect golden child”, she hides these feelings away.

While she loves her brother dearly, she is jealous of the freedom he is able to have that she cannot. She wishes she could live her life how she wants and not have to carry the burden of being the golden child.

Talents & Skills

Arianna is a bright young woman, who excelled in school. She attends a prestigious university in New York. Her parents wanted her to be a doctor, but unbeknownst to them, she’s actually studying musical theater. Her passion is in the arts. She enjoys Acting, Singing, Dancing, and Playing Piano.

She Speaks English, Spanish, French, and Italian.

Faerie Powers

Arianna has powers related to Ice, Snow, and Cold. She can create, shape and manipulate Ice in all forms, as well as lower the temperature of the air around her.

Biography

As the oldest siblings, Arianna had all of her family’s hopes and expectations placed on her. She worked very hard to please her parents and make them proud. She worked hard to maintain straight As in school, and excel in her extracurricular activities. She enjoyed all the praise she got from others, but the pressures of being perfect all the time was a burden.

Her passion was the arts, and she especially enjoyed performing in the musicals put on by the school. Her parents went to her performances, and supported it, but they did not expect her to pursue it seriously. They thought it was something she was doing to look good on her resume. They wanted her to be a doctor. She got a scholarship to a prestigious university New York, and hightailed it out of LA. Her parents don’t know she’s studying musical theater.

She returned to town to visit her family, and they asked her to watch Conner’s graduation ceremony, since they were too busy to attend themselves.