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Character Profiles

Arius Whitlocke

Eye Color: Molten silver, flecked with streaks of gunmetal grey
Hair Color: Inky black, cropped short on the sides with tousled waves on top
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195 lbs
Age: 22
Nationality: British, born in Slovakia
Known languages: Slovak (native), Russian (fluent), Bulgarian (fluent), Polish (fluent), Macedonian (non-fluent), Serbian (non-fluent)
Position in the Order: Initiate ('Choke Me, Darling')
House Sigils:
- Chimera; Whitlocke, paternal, Legacy
- Osprey; Kavanagh, maternal, Legacy
Piercings:
- Frenum (Jacob's) Ladder, 7 curved barbells.
- Prince Albert, curved barbell.

Personality:

Arius exudes an aura of dangerous sophistication and ruthless intensity. Born into a notorious crime family, he was groomed from birth to be a cunning, remorseless predator. Despite a polished, aristocratic veneer masking his savagery, there's an underlying wildness always simmering just below the surface—like a coiled serpent poised to strike without warning.

Cold calculation mingles with feral instincts, allowing Arius to meticulously stalk his prey while simultaneously reveling in the sadistic thrill of the hunt. He seeks to inspire visceral fear in his victims, savoring the intoxicating power trip of watching their wills crumble into abject terror before inevitably crushing them under his heel.

Yet beneath that cruel, unforgiving exterior lies a twisted romantic longing for a partner able to endure and even match his roiling darkness. Arius both craves and despises tenderness, his fractured psyche irrevocably shaped by his family's brutal code. At his core, a desperate hunger for genuine human connection rages in eternal conflict against his programming as a heartless killer.

Backstory:

Birthed into the Whitlocke clan, Arius was rigorously trained from childhood to be the embodiment of death itself. Grueling survival challenges, exposure to escalating brutality, and barbaric rites of passage stripped him of any trace of empathy or softness. By adolescence, his reputation for creative sadism during kills had already eclipsed even his father's notorious moniker: The Flesh Render.

Forced to commit his first torture slaying at only 13 years old, something inside Arius seemed to splinter that fateful night—replaced by an insatiable, ravenous void that could never be filled no matter how many innocents he defiled. Only by immersing himself in cruelty could he momentarily sate the roiling tempest ravaging his fractured mind. And the Ashtiroch Academy provided the perfect breeding ground to refine his darkest proclivities into an art form.

Hayes Lockewood

Eye Color: Warm honey brown, flecked with amber
Hair Color: Burnished auburn waves
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 225 lbs (muscular build)
Age: 23
Nationality: British, born in Bulgaria
Known languages: Bulgarian (native), Slovak (fluent), Russian (fluent), Serbian (non-fluent), Dutch (fluent), German (fluent), Romanian (non-fluent)
Position in the Order: Initiate ('Choke Me, Darling')
House Sigils:
- Bull; Lockewood, paternal, non-Legacy
- Swan; Devreux, maternal, non-Legacy
Piercings:
- Frenum Ladder, 5 curved barbells

Personality:

On the surface, Hayes exudes an unwavering aura of steadfast confidence and self-assurance. His towering stature and sculpted musculature cut an imposing figure, reinforced by the steel glinting in his piercing gaze. Yet beneath that warrior's exterior beats the heart of a fiercely loyal protector and surprising emotional anchor for his inner circle.

Despite projecting an almost intimidating level of intensity, Hayes possesses a gentle spirit and nurturing instincts. He's incredibly intuitive towards others' unspoken feelings and innermost needs, able to attune to their emotional frequencies with an innate empathy. Hayes has a grounding presence that provides solace amid turbulence.

However, he also wrestles with his own vulnerabilities involving intimacy, especially with women. Having been groomed since childhood for violence and keeping others at arm's length, Hayes struggles to fully unmask his protective layers and embrace tenderness openly. He finds solace in momentary physical passion as a substitute for deeper romantic connection.

Backstory:

Born into an elite dynasty of military contractors and personal security forces, Hayes displayed an almost preternatural talent for martial disciplines and combat strategy from a young age. He excelled at the brutal training regimens designed to forge him into a living weapon incapable of attachment or mercy.

Any fleeting softness was mercilessly purged through a childhood devoid of affection—a constant gauntlet of escalating violence meant to instill a willingness to sacrifice everything for the mission objective. Yet Hayes's innate human compassion couldn't be entirely snuffed out, despite his proficiency with dispatching targets growing year over year.

Seeking an outlet for the roiling sea of repressed emotions constantly battering his psyche, Hayes latched onto Jace early during their time together in Romania. While never able to fully embrace his authentic self, nights of carnality with Jace provided at least momentary connection and respite from his solitary existence as the stoic guardian.

Jace Caldwell

Eye Color: Vivid emerald green with gold flecks, inner heterochromia
Hair Color: Messy chestnut blonde waves with natural golden highlights
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 165 lbs
Age: 22
Nationality: British, born in Romania
Known languages: Romanian (native), Polish (fluent), Dutch (fluent), German (fluent), French (non-fluent), Italian (non-fluent)
Position in the Order: Initiate ('Choke Me, Darling')
House Sigils:
- Black Widow; Caldwell, paternal, non-Legacy
- Stag; Adetu; maternal, non-Legacy
Piercings:
- Scrotum Ladder, 3 rings
- Lorum, 1 bar

Personality:

On the surface, Jace oozes charismatic bravado and an irreverent, roguish charm. His quick wit and ability to spin any situation into an opportunity for lewd jokes or sly innuendo act as armor - deflecting from the depravities he's been bred to commit. Jace is the life of any party, able to seduce a room with his mischievous grin and bedroom eyes alone.

Yet beneath those layers of swagger lurks an aching vulnerability and fear of abandonment stemming from his traumatic childhood. Jace craves validation and physical affection, having been starved of any nurturing human bond growing up. He uses humor and sexuality as coping mechanisms to mask his very real struggle with intimacy and emotional availability.

Despite putting up a constant front, Jace is highly perceptive of other's emotions and social dynamics. This heightened intuition about people's deepest desires allows him to be an exceptionally skilled manipulator when needed. An utterly hedonistic switch, Jace revels in dominating a partner one minute before submitting to their every tangled want the next.

Backstory:

Born to a reclusive clan of poisoners and assassins, Jace grew up shrouded in darkness - his childhood one of isolation punctuated by sadistic "lessons" in extracting fatal venoms and concocting insidious toxins. Any laughter or warmth was quickly crushed beneath his family's zealous beliefs that human attachments breed weakness.

By adolescence, Jace had been shunted from temporary guardian to guardian after each "instructor" inevitably met their demise from his latest HomeWork assignments. Only his innate charisma and proclivity for thriving amidst inhumane conditions allowed him to forge a warped sense of purpose from the depravity.

The constant loneliness and lack of belonging stoked a deep-seated neediness in Jace that he conceals with a blasé, sexually voracious persona. Hayes is his only source of comfort, being the one person he's allowed himself to become emotionally committed to. Their time spent together during the concentration camps forged a bond that can't be broken.

Rhys Marston

Eye Color: Pale jade, with flecks of mossy green and gold
Hair Color: Blue-tinted black, tousled with a careless wave
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 170 lbs
Age: 21
Nationality: Irish, born in France
Known languages: Gaelic/Irish (native), French (fluent), Italian (fluent), Romanian (fluent), Spanish (fluent), Portuguese (fluent), Greek (non-fluent), Dutch (non-fluent), Finnish (non-fluent), Swedish (non-fluent)
Position in the Order: Initiate ('Choke Me, Darling')
House Sigils:
- Basilisk; Marston, Legacy
- Fleur-de-Lis; Bourbon, Legacy
Piercings: N/A

Personality:

On the surface, Rhys exudes an aloof, cerebral demeanor that can seem almost robotic at times. His brilliant mind operates on a higher frequency, able to process complex data streams and calculations at lightning speed. This analytical detachment often causes him to view the world through an emotionally disconnected lens.

Yet simmering beneath that icy exterior lies a deeply passionate soul constantly warring with his own vulnerabilities. Rhys struggles to reconcile the parts of himself yearning for real human connection and intimacy with the hyper-rational brain that views such desires as irrational weaknesses to be overcome.

He possesses a quiet, contained intensity always threatening to boil over into bouts of caustic cynicism or blistering outbursts when triggered. Deep down, Rhys knows his emotional repression is more armor than reality—forged from years of brutal mental conditioning. Behind those impassive jade eyes rages a tempest of roiling, chaotic feelings he's terrified of unleashing completely.

Backstory:

Born the sole heir to an elite dynasty of hackers, information brokers and corporate blackmailers, Rhys was inducted into his family's shadowy underworld from childhood. His formidable intellect and preternatural affinity for coding was identified early, with grueling psychological "training" meant to crush any vestiges of weakness from an age before he could walk.

Forced to endure calculated emotional trauma and deprivation, Rhys' childhood was essentially one prolonged deconstruction of his psyche into a near-perfect sociopath devoid of empathy. Only his clan's reverence for pure logic and analytical prowess spared him from complete dissociation. The Ashtiroch Academy merely provided a training ground to weaponize Rhys' brilliant mind for their illegal machinations on a grander scale.

Briar West

Eye Color: Piercing azure blue
Hair Color: Ash blonde, tousled waves/curls
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 125 lbs
Age: 19
Nationality: British, born in UK
Position in the Order: Neophyte

Personality:

Briar exudes a fiery spirit and quiet determination that belies her gutter-rat upbringing. Though an academic overachiever, she's no stranger to getting her hands dirty, with natural athleticism and mental acuity honed from years of struggling to get by. Beneath that tough exterior beats the heart of a scrappy underdog unwilling to take no for an answer.

Her relentless drive to elevate herself from poverty's grip is only matched by a keen mind able to adapt on the fly to any scenario. Briar possesses an almost feral sense of survival instinct that allows her to think several moves ahead. She has an intense, bordering on obsessive, focus once she zeroes in on a goal.

Yet Briar isn't entirely hardened. She still clings to an idealistic sliver of hope for a better future, even if she must walk through the fires of depravity to obtain it. Her vulnerabilities lie in a well-hidden yearning for belonging and human connection after years of feeling adrift and alone in the world.

Backstory:

Growing up on the cruel streets after her parents' untimely deaths, Briar had to become ruthlessly self-reliant from a young age. She took any odd job or shady gig to merely survive another day in their crime-ridden neighborhood nestled in London. Determined to finally escape the shitty hand Fate dealt her, Briar poured everything into academics as her only lifeline, eventually earning a prestigious scholarship to the elite Ashtiroch Academy.

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Character Profiles

Arius Whitlocke

Hayes Lockewood

Jace Caldwell

Rhys Marston

Briar West

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Arius