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BASIC INFORMATION
Name: Shalem, real name unknown (he might not remember his real name)
Aliases/titles: n/a
Age: Adult, headcanon says 30, or close to it.
Orientation: Gay cismale (he/him)
Canon Point: End of Phantom and the Crimson Solitaire preferred.
Race: Phidia, a snake-like race. He's most likely based on a Mexican black kingsnake.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Surface personality traits: Even-tempered, soft-spoken, and seems perpetually tired. In fact, he can seem rather bland when one takes him at face value. Shalem isn't the type to make a fuss, nearly to the point of being a doormat-- he'd rather diffuse a difficult situation by being accommodating rather than assertive or defensive. People may notice that a lot of his sentiments are hollow, and that a lot of his responses to personal questions are noncommittal, if not outright avoidance or deflection. A lot of what he says are simply what the other person would want to hear, because despite being gentle in tone, his eyes are always sharp and observant. However, Shalem will get animated if the topic is about art of any medium, and if the macabre is touched on, he gets even more animated-- in a more disturbing way.
Fashion: Often wears a neat uniform from Rhodes Island, but customized with ruffles and a jacket, and his trousers are tailored to accommodate his tail. While the suit is mostly black and white, Shalem has some color in his jacket's purple inner lining, his trousers' gold hem, and his gold-colored jewelry. He also has at least one helix piercing, but only uses it during special occasions.
Height: 179cm, or approx. 5'10.47". Most of his height seems to be coming from his long legs.
Build: Long and lean, and appears delicate. However, he has a lot of muscle under his clothing, and is much stronger than he looks since he uses a large shield in battle.
Hair: Silver-lavender and goes well past his shoulders. He has a clip, but who knows what it actually does since his hair is still all over his face.
Eyes: Purple or violet, with a much lighter inner ring, and natural purple liner underneath his eyes. His pupils are also slitted, though this is more obvious in his in-game sprite than his portrait.
Voice: JP: Tachibana Shinnosuke | EN: Chase Brown | CN: Javen Zheng | KR: Kim Myung-jun. Personal preference goes to his EN voice due how well it fits him-- tries (and sometimes fails) to suppress his accent, with measured speech and clear enunciation due to Shalem's background in stage performance.
Language: His native language is Victorian (British English), but speaks it with a vaguely Columbian (American) accent that sometimes slips. He also speaks Gaulish (French), which is considered a dead language in his world, and possibly others due to his background and current circumstances.
Scent: Something metallic, books, candle wax on occasion.
Hand dominance: Ambidextrous, with a preference towards using his left arm for his shield, and his right for mundane tasks.
Literacy: Can read and write well. His writing is most likely very elegant with a lot of flourish.
Triggers: Don't ask him to sing or perform on stage. He misses doing it, but it has a high chance of tanking his mental state.
Other: Shalem is slightly cooler to the touch than most people due to his biology (think higher 20's or lower 30's in Celsius), and is more sensitive to extreme temperature changes.
Permissions & Opt-out;
Sep. 8th, 2022 05:08 pmBacktagging: Yes please. I live all the way in Southeast Asia (GMT+8) so my schedule is different from most.
Threadhopping: Sure.
4th wall: No thank you.
Crosscanon: Always and forever YES.
OOC Nos: Sexual abuse/rape, cannibalism, child abuse, domestic violence, animal abuse (hunting for necessity is not abuse, so it's fine), dental horror/mouth stuff (teeth are fine, everything else is not), removal of fingernails/toenails. I'm fine with these themes being mentioned or part of an event, just not RPing them out.
Others: Due to previous experiences, I don't RP with malleable or blank slate protagonists (e.g. FFXIV WoLs+Azems, Genshin Travelers, Dragon Age protagonists, Fire Emblem Avatars, etc.), or fandom OCs (TTRPGs are an exception), or interact with their players. This includes the Doctor.
Warnings: His background involves adults raising children to become killers and forcing ideals on them that should never be forced on anyone-- and he was one of those children. It also involves near-death via drowning, isolation, intense bloodlust, and never being able to be comfortable anywhere because of a sense of paranoia.
Shalem also has a terminal illness not unlike cancer, and often thinks about it in a macabre way.
Physical affection: Sure, Shalem enjoys physical touch, as long as it's from someone he doesn't have a bad impression of. He's always more comfortable if he's the one offering or initiating, though.
Flirting: From people he's wary of or not fond of, he'd pretend that it's just friendly banter and move right along, so prepare for disappointment.
Casual sex: Shalem prefers this kind of arrangement. 18+ M/M (though I can go with lower ages for my friends), I'm down with castmates, or crosscanon. More preferences on that here.
Romance: It may be a slowburn, given Shalem's everything-- he's afraid of emotional attachments because he doesn't want people to become collateral damage when his past inevitably catches up with him, so he needs to work through that. He's likely an old-school romantic, so he'd insist on making some traditional courting gestures before making it official. As for who I'd ship him with, it all depends on the chemistry between characters, regardless of whether or not they're canonmates. M/M only.
Fighting: Sure, though he'd get really bloodthirsty very quickly. He tends to fight to kill, and he was trained to make murder an art form, so it's going to get uncomfortable pretty quick.
Injuries: No permanent injuries or maiming please. I'm okay with scars.
Blood: Shalem has difficulties with it overall, because he's quite bloodthirsty and struggles to hide it, so seeing someone's blood spilled may trigger a change in his attitude. Bleeding him is also something he wants to avoid, because of his Oripathy, his terminal illness, because there's a chance of infecting someone else if his blood gets into them.
Death: I'm wary of killing him because of his Oripathy, because it will spread when he dies and I don't want a pandemic plot. It depends on whether or not the game has a mechanic to cure illnesses or injuries, and even then I'll make that decision based on what his position in the game is.
Telepathy/mind reading abilities: Sure, he has no noteworthy mental defenses but it's not pleasant in his head-- he has his conflict with himself, his wants (such as the overwhelming urge to kill and take trophies) and his past, all of which creates paranoia and anxiety. He also likes to think about the macabre, like skulls, death, darkness, tragedy plays, and his terminal illness. All in all, being in his head can be a grim, chaotic experience.
Mind control: It really depends on what he'll be doing under the influence. Run it by me first please.
Castmates & infomodding: Shalem is a people-watcher and canonly knows a lot of personal information about the other operators before they meet for the first time. I will only bring out general/vague knowledge of castmates unless I have explicit permission to infomod, but I'm down with assumed CR.
Opt-out: Don't want to RP with him, or just want to avoid having specific things mentioned in threads? Feel free to comment down below. All comments are screened for privacy.
