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Basic Background
Character’s full name:Landon Harper Holloway
Character’s preferred name/nickname: Landon or L
Birth date: April 8, 1989
Age: 26
How old does he/she appear*: Mid-twenties.
Weight (pounds): 135 lbs
Height (inches or feet and inches): 5'8"
Body build*: Slim but toned.
Eye color: Light brown
Hair color: Black
Type of hair: Medium length and wavy, undercut.
Predominant physical features*:
Has a couple of tattoos, no piercings.
Gender Identity:Cisgender Male
Sexual Orientation: Pansexual
Usual fashion of dress: Skinny jeans and a lot of black tops, be it t-shirts, tanks, sweaters etc. Leather jackets from time to time and a love for sunglasses. He likes expensive clothes even if it's not really within his price range at the time. If asked he would probably describe it as 'very black and very drapey' or 'black and expensive'. He doesn't necessarily discriminate against other types of clothing, that's just what he owns the most of.
Favorite outfit*:
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Jewelry or accessories*:
Aviators and multiple necklaces. He favors a long chain with a cross on it despite not being religious. Wears bracelets now and then.
Medical History
Physical disabilities: None.
Allergies (medical and seasonal): Seasonal and Penicillin.
Chronic Illnesses/Disorders: None.
Medications: Zoloft.
Blood Type: AB-
Surgeries: None
Serious Illnesses: Anxiety disorder and depression, hence the Zoloft.
Broken bones: He once shattered his knuckles on his right hand in a bar fight over some money he'd owed a man. Everything healed just fine but he still sometimes gets hand pain, from time to time.
Glasses or contacts: Sometimes glasses, mostly for reading, other times because he feels like wearing them.
Distinguishing marks: birthmarks, tattoos, scars, etc A few tattoos here and there, nothing extensive seeing as he doesn't always have the money for it.
Personality
Positive personality traits:
Friendly, generous, creative, intelligent, straightforward.
Negative personality traits: Anxious, impulsive, overly critical of himself.
Sense of humor: He can take a joke just as well as he can dish one out.
Character’s greatest fear and why: Living his entire life without contributing something positive to such a negative world.
Character is most at ease when: Smoking a cigarette or listening to music/playing guitar.
Most ill at ease when: People act shady or deceitful.
Enraged when: He's purposely deceived.
Depressed or sad when: He's been lied to.
Priorities: To get a graduate degree in Entomology and eventually work in a laboratory doing forensic Entomology or out in the field studying insects.
Life philosophy*: You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
Greatest strength: His generosity towards others, and willingness to try and make a difference in someone's life.
Greatest vulnerability or weakness:He wears his heart on his sleeve, falling too fast and too deep most of the time. He's wound up hurt a lot from it.
Character’s biggest or darkest secret: He’s had some trouble with drugs in the past, nearly dying from an OD on heroin back in his early teen years, but has since recovered and prefers to stay away from anything that isn’t weed or cigarettes. He does still drink.
Does anyone else know? No one in AC.
Past
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan.
Hometown:* (required if different from place of birth) See above.
Citizenship(s): USA
Type of childhood:Relatively happy, enjoyable.
Dream job: To travel the world studying insects and publish scientific articles on his research.
Education: Dropped out of high school at 16, even though he's very smart, he'd gotten involved with the wrong crowd. Once he’d realized his life had started going to shit and overcome his heroin addiction, Landon went back for his GED at 19. He then Graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in Entomology. He is planning to go to Grad School once he saves up some more money.
Religion: Raised casually Lutheran
Finances: Middle class.
Present
Current location:
Atlantic City, NJ since August 2013.
Currently living with: A roommate named Jace, who is rarely home because he works long shifts as a security guard.
Pets: A black cat named Nellie.
Occupation: Desk Clerk for Palace Hotel
Role in game if NOT employed by Palace: N/A
Religion: Atheist/Humanist
Political leanings: Humanism.
Finances: Money is tight most of the time.
Relationships
Mother/Female Guardian: Denise Holloway
Relationship with her: Close.
Father/Male Guardian: Timothy Holloway
Relationship with him: Decent
Siblings?: An older brother, Jack.
Relationship with siblings: Close
Other Family*: His family is relatively small. Only one aunt and her three kids, and then both his maternal and paternal grandparents.
Relationship with them*: Decent
Close Friends: N/A
Love interest(s): None.
Significant past romantic relationships: Landon has been hurt a lot by love, trusting too much and choosing all the wrong partners. He would probably consider most of his relationships to be significant, since he’s had a few, but in actuality he’s only had one serious relationship at the beginning of University but he was emotionally abusive and it didn’t last.
Person character goes to for advice: His brother Jack.
Person character feels shy or awkward around*: Landon isn’t particularly shy, but he’s very aware when the conversation becomes awkward. Usually the rich guests of Palace make him feel out of place with their fancy parties and expensive hotel suites.
Person character openly admires: People who have taken the shitty hand life has dealt them and turned it into a winning one. Those who bust their ass for success.
Most important person in character’s life before story starts: His brother.
After story starts*: N/A
Habits/Interests
Languages spoken: English
Hobbies: Listening to music, reading anything insect related he can get his hands on, smoking and drinking, chilling with down to earth people.
Plays a musical instrument? (If yes, which)*: He is proficient in guitar and knows a little piano.
Plays sports? (If yes, which?)*: N/A
Martial Arts/Fighting training? If yes, what; what level of skill?: No formal training but he can hold his own in a fight on the streets, mostly because he had to learn how to during his time as an addict.
How he/she would spend a rainy day*: Writing songs and playing guitar, painting, smoking. Contemplating his life and goals.
Spending habits*: Landon has an affinity for nice clothes and tends to spend more than he really should on them. He manages to make ends meet even if it’s just barely by the end of the month.
Smokes: Yes.
Drinks: Yes.
Other drugs: Past heroin addict, recreationally smokes weed.
Carry weapons? If yes, what; what level of skill?: Carries a switchblade around when he’s not at work, a habit left over from his time on the street when he’d dropped out of school and left his family for his drug dealer.
What does he/she do too much of?*: Smoking and drinking.
What does he/she do too little of?*: Sleeping and cleaning his apartment.
Extremely skilled at: Science seems to be his area of expertise, particularly insects. He can identify them and their species amongst other details almost instantly when inspecting them. He’s also really good at playing his guitar and writing songs about sex and melancholy things.
Nervous habits or tics: When he’s nervous or stressed he gets keyed up and can’t sleep, a product of the anxiety disorder which is helped by the Zoloft but not completely cured.
Traits (Select the trait your character is primarily)
Optimist or pessimist?: Realist.
Introvert or extrovert?: Extrovert.
Daredevil or cautious?: Daredevil.
Logical or emotional?: Emotional.
Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat?: Methodically Messy.
Prefers working or relaxing?: Working. It keeps his mind off of things that make him anxious.
Confident or unsure of himself/herself?: Primarily confident.
Animal lover?: Yes.
RP Sample:
He could hear the sound of rain outside as he sat on his bed, skimming one of his favorite books and praying for sleep. It seemed that regardless of his long work hours or even the school schedule he’d kept not long ago, Landon was doomed to have an irregular sleep pattern. Often times his mind raced at the end of the day and the boy found it difficult to unwind.
Landon sighed as he glanced at the clock on his bedside table. It read a pleasant 4:05am in loud green numbers on the screen. He wouldn’t be getting sleep again. Marking the page in the book he’d been leafing through, the brown-eyed boy shut it and got off the bed, grabbing his leather jacket and his car keys, tucking them into the pocket of his coat with his wallet. He wouldn’t wake Jace, seeing as the man had recently come home from his shift.
Locking up the apartment, Landon headed down to where he was parked. He’d get coffee.
Other Application Information (the basics I need that don't fit above):
PB, if applicable: Matty Healy
LJ/AIM: Holloway1989 | Landon.Holloway
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