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Thorn Duir; P-P-P-Pooka Face
Topic Started: Mar 4 2013, 06:34 PM (100 Views)
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Thorn Duir
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Live thy Life,
Young and old,
Like yon oak,
Bright in spring,
Living gold


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ESPer Identification Card

Full Name: Thorn Duir
Aliases: Nicknamed "Lanky" by his lover Basil, because he's from Lancashire. Also refers to his build.
Gender: Male
Age/Birthday: June 22nd, 44
Sexual Orientation: Apparently Basil-sexual
Job Title: Supervisor for Team Paper of the Obfuscators
Otherworld Affiliation: Fae World (Tuatha de Danaan)
Species: Pooka (fae)
Physical Appearance:
Thorn in his human form appears as a tall, lanky man with features that are anything but handsome. He's got a large, beaky nose, ears that stick out from the sides of his head, and dark hair that is always kept too short to be flattering. However, he's got an infectuous grin, and intense eyes that are normally gold, but sometimes blue when he wants to pass for human. Full of energy, he always seems to be moving, even when he's standing still.

Most of his clothing is black, fitting with the usual pooka look. His favorite item is a black leather jacket, usually worn over jeans and a jumper. In his animal forms, he always has black fur and sulphurous yellow eyes. He can take nearly any animal shape, but his favorites run traditional: a dog, a horse, a goat, or a rabbit. He also enjoys being a cat on occasion.

Personality:
What Thorn lacks in good looks, he makes up for in personality. He is a very strong, independent, and self-willed pooka. He loves life, friends, and family, but cannot bear to be contradicted (even when he's lying through his teeth). Something of a social butterfly, Thorn possesses a good sense of humor, typical fey charisma, and intelligence. He likes to spin falsehoods on the fly, and is abnormally talented in doing so. He takes great pride in his work as a professional liar Obfuscator.

However, he does sometimes tend toward idleness and laziness, taking days off of work during slow periods just to bum around and read. He loves human publications of all kinds, especially what we would call "yellow journalism", and has ambitions to start his own periodical with a Faerie audience in mind. Still, he does enough work to get by, and still manages to look like a genius in the process.

Whether he's at work or not, he enjoys meeting new people and learning all about them. Nobody is boring to him. Every person has a story. He keeps all of these stories filed away in his head, and often pulls up a detail from here or there to add authentic detail to his own tale-spinning. Since lies are his bread and butter, one might almost call him a workaholic.

His temper is notorious, though slow to build and quick to dissipate. If something or someone sets him off, he suffers an explosive few moments of rage, and then simmers down to a grouchy sulk. It takes him a long time to forgive a slight, but he's otherwise a pretty easy-going and good-natured pooka.

History: The Duir family of pooka have a long and proud history of living among humankind. Pranksters and vandals, the lot of them, but they point out that they never do permanent harm to anyone. Trampling fields, dumping unwary riders into mud puddles, and scaring livestock are about the most wicked things they've ever done, but that was back in the Old Days. Now, their pranks and tricks are more low-key, and they rely more on their talent at telling tales than anything. Glamor is mainly only used for disguising themselves, particularly the color of their eyes, for they all bear the dark hair and golden eyes of the pooka.

Born and raised in Lancashire, England, Thorn grew up in what was by all appearances a normal human household. True, his family has some human blood running through their veins, but he is unmistakably fae. He spent most of his childhood between the human world and Tuatha De Danaan, attending ordinary school most days, then visiting the Seelie Courts on evenings and weekends. He hated the stuffiness of the Courts, and found ways to avoid such appointments.

When he was old enough to have a say in his own life, he took off for the US, eventually making his way to Minneapolis to fill the Obfuscator position with the ESPers. So skilled at his job with Team Paper was Thorn that they promoted him to Supervisor within a year, after the previous supervisor left for medical reasons. After holding the position for nearly two decades, he uses the excuse of his job to avoid making visits to his homeland and the Courts, and hopes that they'll never have reason to call him back.

Most recently, he's developed some office fame for dating the Aeon of Love and Life, and entertaining certain ancient dragons over drinks in his office...

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Dossier

Stats:

  • Earth: 3
  • Air: 4
  • Fire: 3
  • Water: 5
  • Spirit: 4

Specialties: Head of Obfuscation Team Paper, cutting wit, consummate liar, faerie shifter, iron weakness, mistletoe is deadly, pretty down to earth (for a fae), competent as all fuck, lazy, boyfriend is an Aeon, prickly but warm, snarky humor, thick Lancashire accent, extremely well-connected
Connections: Basil, Gabe DiSantis, his Team, Paardathumnoraax, Paula the receptionist
Enemies: Aeon of Death, other pookas (his family), Will o' Wisps


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Off the Record


What do you like? (at least three)

  • Lying
  • Running
  • Meeting new people

What do you dislike?(at least three)

  • Mirrors
  • The Seelie Courts
  • People who take themselves too seriously

What do you fear most?(at least three)

  • Being sent home
  • Losing Basil
  • Losing his true name to one who would do him harm

What are your goals in life?(at least three)

  • To have as much fun as possible in the human world
  • To receive recognition for his good work as an Obfuscator
  • To publish his own newspaper or magazine someday, specifically for Faeries living in the human world

Do you keep any secrets?
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