August
Noble Guard Dog of Odersten
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
pragmatic . cordial . sympathetic . ambitious . self-critical . charismatic . perceptive
✧ Bore to a noble line who is believed to hold connections to foreign royalty, the blood of ancients housed within a mother’s veins. While such things are considered nothing more than whispered rumors in Klewyth it is a claim Valerius clings tightly to as a means to advance status.
✧ Envenomed speech hoping to feed ideals and mold the personality of one beneath his roof, under his proclamation of ‘protection’. Bend views to align with his own in regards to a bloodline - how it stood far above those of the lower class - of species, a supernatural allure far more becoming than a beast of mortal flesh.
✧ However, the aggressive nature of many such interactions only work to push a son further away as Augustus eventually flees the family home in his teens. Hoping to stick to his own moral code - one instilled by Eiko - a path leads him toward Crue Efros, taking up weapons training along the way from any willing to teach it.
✧ During his time in shrouded lands he uses a mother’s maiden name in terms of address. Introducing himself as Chisaki Kizuki and - in time - gained an additional calling of the vampire’s muse after becoming involved with the writer Keisuke. A blood bond and ‘working’ partnership stemming from their interactions; part of which involved serving as inspiration and assistant for [redacted, Keisuke’s
✧ Takes up mercenary work, safety found from the fangs of many when referring to the author as ‘master’ or proclaiming he acted at the request of his bond. Whatever they wanted to hear, that is what would be said… so long as he got paid for it. Though such escapism cannot last forever as one desperate for control eventually tracks him down, or rather paid another to do it. A creature which ✧ Hardly a week after one’s forced return Valerius infects him with lycanthropy, unknowingly roping a more trusted face into assisting in passing a tainted drink along. A method not easily noticed nor able to be reversed, no time for realization or preparation until more obvious symptoms arose with the creeping presence of the moon.
✧ Recovery from an initial turning taking far longer than one would ever admit, though even fleeting notion of health is enough to spur action. Stealing away a deed to property resting outside of the Wild Willow, a mother able to convince Valerius to leave it all be for at least he remained in Odersten - residing beneath Ajax’s watchful eye. Though the keeper would never tell whenever a newly turned hound would stray. ✧ Augustus keen on evading the Lyon household whenever possible yet, despite it all, he still begrudgingly fulfills duties assigned to him. Heeding what another refers to as an ‘oath of blood’. No matter how it wasn’t desired… at least it kept Valerius off his back for a time afterwards, even if the venom of that man’s tongue could never find true quiet when it came to its criticisms.
|