in character information:

CHARACTER NAME: dorian smith

CHARACTER FACECLAIM: aaron taylor johnson

CHARACTER AGE/DOB: november 1st 1944 / technically 80, but he stopped aging around 30 years old

CHARACTER PRONOUNS/GENDER IDENTITY/SEXUALITY ETC: he/they, non binary, bisexual/romantic

CHARACTER FANDOM (if relevant): n/a

OC OR CANON: oc

PLEASE MENTION ANY IMPORTANT INSPIRATIONS (this can be comics/any specific issues etc, movies, shows, novels etc & please include any clear important events and/or arcs in your characters history including dates if you have any in mind):

given that he is my original character, there isn't really any media that i take inspiration from. however, i certainly have playlists and other works that contribute to character aesthetics etc. but in terms of important character events: killing his father when he was 25 is certainly up there with formative moments in dorian's life. but more on that down below in his biography…

WHERE DO THEY CURRENTLY RESIDE/OR MOSTLY RESIDE:

his own apartment above the shop in new york, but he'll also always have a room back in the original academy that took him in all those years ago.

ARE THEY ASSOCIATED WITH ANY TEAMS/GROUPS ETC OR HAVE THEY BEEN IN THE PAST (please mention these):

more loosely tied to SHIELD now as opposed to how entangled he was in recent years. works alongside the avengers and other such groups from time to time too. mostly in a hire out weapons master kind of vibe.

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY:

dorian always knew he was different from a young age. some of his first memories were of using his imagination, his mind to enable things to come to life. or, that's what he thought it was. now he knows it was telekinetic powers that made his toys move and seem to 'come alive'. it was something he was never afraid of, probably because his mother always taught him he should be proud of the magic and powers inside of him. he got it from her, after all, so she'd never tell him to be afraid of it. but she did, however, tell him he had to be careful with it. he was lucky, when he first presented his abilities, his mother was around. his father never saw it. apparently, having a child with these powers was too much and his father wouldn't like it.

not that dorian really knew much about his father anyway. he only saw him some weekends, and they never spent time together outside of their little home in the south of england.

he still remembers the night his father found out. bursting in to see dorian lifting a flame from a candle, letting it float and move through the air. he called him an abomination and locked him in the cupboard. that's when he heard all the yelling. it felt like it went on for hours… crashing… swearing… until suddenly it all went silent.

it's all a bit of a blur after that, dorian squeezing his eyes shut, terrified, just wishing for everything to stop for a moment, for him to be able to get away, to escape.

the next thing he remembered was opening his eyes to the rising sun, feeling the sand beneath him.

in the years that followed after, dorian eventually came to unravel the lost memories of the night that his trauma had pushed away with the help of the woman who found him on that beach, the one who promised to protect him and bring him somewhere safe. somewhere he could be around people like him. somewhere where he'd never be hurt again.

the academy was a wonder, a secret world tucked away, but not in shame, never in shame. it was a world of learning and teaching. it became home to dorian and it provided him with all the space he could want to grow his abilities. he's 18 when he crafts his first weapon imbued with magic.

jump forward and it's nearly the 70s and he's 25 and he's been working with the academy, he's been working with multiple organisations across the world. his work is popular, and he's an exceptional talent to have in a tight spot. but it turns out, a certain shadow he thought he'd never see again was sweeping in.

learning that his biological father had not only been scientist, but a secret spy working for HYDRA rocks dorian's world entirely. but it lights a fire in him, it sets him on a damn near fucking war path in truth. one that only ends when he has his father begging for his life, bleeding out.

he keeps that weapon that did it for life, but he never uses it again.

somewhere after this, dorian comes to realise he isn't aging anymore. the academy do some tests and, eventually, it's confirmed. he's not immortal, not really, he could still be hurt (though his healing had never exactly been at human levels anyway), could still be killed, but old age was never going to touch him. it's a weird thing to come to terms with, but… well. didn't it just open up life for him?

and what a life it's been so far, in and out with all sorts of groups through time, involved in all kinds of madness and near world ending scenarios. but somehow, he always made it through. it's been a whirlwind, and he's nowhere near done yet. it's all way too interesting to quit now.

ONE SONG THAT REMINDS YOU OF YOUR CHARACTER: paint it black by the rolling stones.

ooc information: 

**WRITER NAME/ALIAS:** andy

**WRITER AGE:** 30

**WRITER PRONOUNS:** they/them

in character information:

CHARACTER NAME: diego hargreeves

CHARACTER FACECLAIM: david castañeda

CHARACTER AGE/DOB: october 1st 1989 / 35 years old

CHARACTER PRONOUNS/GENDER IDENTITY/SEXUALITY ETC: he/him or they/them, agender, greyromantic & greysexual

CHARACTER FANDOM (if relevant): the umbrella academy

OC OR CANON: canon

PLEASE MENTION ANY IMPORTANT INSPIRATIONS (this can be comics/any specific issues etc, movies, shows, novels etc & please include any clear important events and/or arcs in your characters history including dates if you have any in mind): entirely show based, and since we only focus on season 1-2, season 3 does Not exist in my mind aside for some fun characterisation inspiration/dynamics vibes etc

WHERE DO THEY CURRENTLY RESIDE/OR MOSTLY RESIDE:

primarily, diego has now been living at the academy mansion since Everything that went down post 2022 but he has been thinking about his own place like,, PROPERLY,,,

ARE THEY ASSOCIATED WITH ANY TEAMS/GROUPS ETC OR HAVE THEY BEEN IN THE PAST (please mention these):

the umbrella academy of course mostly, but over the years has been associated with different groups, a primary one being jld

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY:

when diego looks back on his life, a lot of it feels more like a facts sheet. solid dates, statements on a piece of paper he can read from. a fucking assigned number, damnit for the longest time. there's a lot of disconnect with it. it's complicated and as much as, sure, he enjoyed parts of his childhood, it's shrouded by a lot of painful feelings too and he knows that's the way for all of his siblings.

the day grace actually gave him a name instead of a number assignment, diego felt a bit less like a machine and more like a human being. but of course, that came with a lot of emotions he didn't always know what to do with… and his father had a habit of only making it worse. never quite enough, always too reckless, hell, he remembers the amount of times he was told him and his powers were pointless by his fucking father. didn't exactly instil in diego a great sense of self worth.

but at least with his siblings, fighting alongside them, the fame and all of it… at least there, he belonged, right?

he wasn't the first sibling to leave it all behind, but he'd been thinking about it for a long time before he left after turning 18. for diego, the purpose had gotten lost. messy. fogged over. it had become isolating, in truth, and diego wanted to find himself. wanted to see who he could be outside of the family, outside of the expectations and the constant, fucking constant moving hurdles of achievement-- the unattainable approval of it all.

diego moves around a lot after that, even settling in gotham for a while. it kinda made sense, really. a messy city, the right kinda fucked up for him. it was something to really sink into and lose himself too after the whole… getting booted from the police academy shit. boy, had THAT been the wrong option to have tried to chase…

it's during that time in gotham that he comes into contact with the justice league dark and in truth, it's a lot of fun. again, yeah, it's fucking messy and the shit they're all woven into isn't the easiest shit, but it feels… good. and it helps him truly grow his powers too, more so than his stupid father had ever been able to help him with.

in the end though, he ends up back in new york, like maybe he was always meant to.

and then it's 2022 and he's getting the call that his father has died…

there's a lot of bitterness unresolved in diego when he returns to the family home. a lot of bullshit, really. he's angry, maybe he's always been angry. but mostly, he realises he's just been a lost, hurt kid the entire time and it's messy and insane but maybe what he really needs is his family.

and boy oh boy do they manage to fuck it all up… what happened with viktor is always going to haunt him, not being able to protect him sits with him. but… they figured it all out in the end, right? they corrected the shit, and now they have a shot at making a go of this, right? surely they have to get something right eventually. ONE SONG THAT REMINDS YOU OF YOUR CHARACTER:

wires by the neighbourhood

ooc information: 

**WRITER NAME/ALIAS:** andy

**WRITER AGE:** 30

**WRITER PRONOUNS:** they/them

in character information:

CHARACTER NAME: tony stark

CHARACTER FACECLAIM: ben barnes

CHARACTER AGE/DOB: may 29th 1978 / 46 years old

CHARACTER PRONOUNS/GENDER IDENTITY/SEXUALITY ETC: he/him, genderfluid but is very very private about it, bisexual/romantic/polyam

CHARACTER FANDOM (if relevant): marvel universe

OC OR CANON: canon

PLEASE MENTION ANY IMPORTANT INSPIRATIONS (this can be comics/any specific issues etc, movies, shows, novels etc & please include any clear important events and/or arcs in your characters history including dates if you have any in mind):

primarily, and especially in terms of characterisation notes, i take my lead from the comics (which lbr,, so so many runs to choose from,,, too many to list). there's sometimes MILD inspiration from the movies too bc they sure were fun so tony can be a bit of a mishmash and certainly, i pick and choose which elements of his backstory/timelines i like most. for example, the death of tony's parents being at the hands of hydra is something i support, but it was not the winter soldier that did it.

i will be going with the origin that tony was actually adopted and out there has a brother, arno stark. however, tony is yet to discover this.

tony absolutely will always have the arc reactor and it cannot be removed without killing him.

he also did in fact find and discover the element that served as a replacement to the palladium core that was killing him. yes he still personally calls that element badassium bc tony stark is, first and foremost, an absolute cringe fail.

WHERE DO THEY CURRENTLY RESIDE/OR MOSTLY RESIDE:

stark tower is his main place of residence, though he does also have his own room in the avengers mansion. for a time, tony lived in malibu and ran stark industries from there, before eventually moving to settle back in new york full time in 2010.

ARE THEY ASSOCIATED WITH ANY TEAMS/GROUPS ETC OR HAVE THEY BEEN IN THE PAST (please mention these):

mostly, tony remains associated with the avengers as his primary focus. however, he also has ties with the justice league, illuminati & SHIELD.

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY:

so far as tony is aware, his birth parents are maria & howard stark. unknown to him currently, the truth is quite different: he was born to two SHIELD agents, with his birth father being a double agent working for both SHIELD and HYDRA. all of which eventually led to his birth mother giving tony up for adoption. when howard stark found out about the boy being taken and given to an orphanage in bulgaria, he decided to intervene.

maria & howard had been having troubles of their own with fertility trying to conceive another child in order to pass off as their actual firstborn who they were currently hiding due to some incredibly complicated and shady events before his birth. adopting the boy seemed like the best fit and so, tony was brought into the family and passed off as the stark's first and only born.

maria loved tony unconditionally, giving him all the love and kindness possible while growing up. however, things weren't quite so easy with howard. tony's relationship was constantly strained with howard, his abusive and aggressive nature, his drinking and his constant belittling of tony. tony may have been a fast child genius, but nothing was ever quite good enough for howard and it showed.

when tony was sent away to boarding school at 7 years old to 'toughen' him up, it felt like the final straw for tony. his relationship with his father never got any better and tony instead, just grew even more distanced.

at fourteen years old, tony gained early entry into MIT and began his studies there, meeting his lifelong best friend, james rhodes in the process. he graduates at seventeen years old and goes on to study two masters degrees and then a phd.

for the most part, tony lives a life as far away from his father as he can. he's close to his mother and always would be, but he'd long since stopped trying to gain his father's approval. he knew nothing he did would ever get it, so his achievements were entirely for his own satisfaction, interest, and to make his mother proud.

perhaps it's these combinations of things that make it especially difficult for tony when his parents are killed when he is eighteen years old. why he holds onto the grief and pain, the guilt so tightly even as he grows up.

at twenty one, tony takes over control and running of stark industries and begins to do the work to build it into something more. within no time, he's expanded the company from a simple focus on weapons making, to a company at the cutting edge of technological advancements, bleeding into multiple sectors.

which is how he then builds his persona too. a whole lot of ego, genius and arrogance. but a certain kind of charm too. tony stark is everything he needs to be in public, so what does it matter if he's crumbling behind the scenes? and anyway, don't most people enjoy a few bad habits?

in 2013, tony's life takes a turn he never could have imagined when he is captured by a terrorist group and very nearly killed in the process, only surviving thanks to the help of a man right there captured too, and his own intelligence. building the arc reactor to keep the shrapnel from his chest is one thing… but building a suit of armour to escape the months of imprisonment is a whole other thing entirely and when he returns to the world, tony is changed in ways he doesn't imagine anyone could quite understand.

it's been one hell of a messy ride since then. rooting out the corruption within his company, learning of some intense betrayals, hiding his identity as the iron man, eventually going public, forming the avengers and so much more… the 10+ years since he was reborn have been insane. but all in all, tony rather likes his choices.

ONE SONG THAT REMINDS YOU OF YOUR CHARACTER: non stop by the cast of hamilton

ooc information: 

**WRITER NAME/ALIAS:** andy

**WRITER AGE:** 30

**WRITER PRONOUNS:** they/them

CHARACTER NAME: anthony j crowley ( often just goes by crowley ) CHARACTER FACECLAIM: david tennant CHARACTER AGE/DOB: november 23rd 1971, 52 years old CHARACTER PRONOUNS/GENDER IDENTITY/SEXUALITY ETC: he/she/they, genderfluid, hard stares @ his own sexuality like: uhhh there is,,, there sure is some there!!! CHARACTER FANDOM (if relevant): good omens OC OR CANON: canon IF RELEVANT, PLEASE COMMENT ON ANY IMPORTANT CANON DIVERGENCES: n/a but ya know. obviously not a demon etc etc, adapted to fit this universe WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED & ANY IMPORTANT ALLIANCES OF NOTE: 'i'm on my own side' is kinda the vibes. however, he does work with the likes of hilltop/alexandria/oceanside/the commonwealth IMPORTANT CHARACTER INFORMATION TO NOTE AND SHARE (this could be important headcanons for initial plotting, mini bios etc, supporting docs etc):

for the vast majority of his life before the apocalypse, anthony was a good kind of person. a little rebellious in early life-- that led to his parents kicking him out at 18-- but for the most part, he had a good heart. living in london, they went to college and then university, studying physics with space science-- delaying a little bit and not starting until they were around 22 years old because their focus was primarily on finding a job and a place to live first.

in that time, anthony also pursued a vague music career. a band was started, very punky kinda vibes. he got the nickname crowley then and, for the majority of the rest of his life, crowley spent his time between both of his passions: music and space sciences.

then it happened, late 2010 happened. the world went to hell. and crowley, who thought himself a good person all of his life-- who told himself that people who did good, got good things, lost a little of that faith.

especially when through his vast connections, he learns the truth of just how long the virus was kept from the public. it kinda makes him jaded. and when he ends up stuck stateside, trying to survive with his friends… when he has to kill a dear friend who got bit and turned, it changes something in crowley.

about a year into the apocalypse, crowley is alone. he's fought, watched all of his friends and those he cared about die for different reasons. he's done things he never imagined himself doing, just in order to survive. he no longer feels like the person he was before this all started and it haunts him. he travels from place to place, never staying anywhere too long. afraid to get close to anyone.

by the time he's picked up by the saviors who admire his brutal fighting style ( and maybe some notice him, 'weren't you in that band--' ), he feels utterly disconnected from reality and his humanity. joining with the saviors feels like the smart move. it's how he'll survive. and, well, at least it's a bed to sleep in. he doesn't have to like them. he doesn't have to form close bonds. it's about surviving. it's about not being on the wrong side of that bat.

crowley knows the things hes a part of isn't exactly right nor good. but good never seemed to get anywhere, did it? nothing seemed to really matter.

the day he goes on a pick up with the saviors and sees abe (now going by aziraphale), something long locked away in crowley seems to spark to life again.

it's… hard though. being on opposing sides. it's hard seeing someone you've known through different periods of life, knowing that they too have lost so much. crowley struggles a lot with how to be with the knowledge of it all, and it causes for some stolen moments, but also some intense arguments.

by the time the war ends, crowley has a choice. leave, go and find some place else for himself. move along again. or… try. try at life. at redemption. at trying to build something again and maybe, start to move past the things he'd done.

it's not easy, nothing ever is with the apocalypse. but slowly but surely, crowley has been piecing himself together over the years. there have been backslides, there have been moments he's thought about running away from it all. but he's still here. he's trying. and he really hopes one day he'll feel worthy of forgiveness. ONE SONG THAT HAS YOUR CHARACTER VIBES: unknown / nth by hozier

CHARACTER NAME: paul 'jesus' rovia CHARACTER FACECLAIM: tom payne CHARACTER AGE/DOB: october 2nd 1982 / 41 years old CHARACTER PRONOUNS/GENDER IDENTITY/SEXUALITY ETC: he/him, cis male, homosexual/romantic CHARACTER FANDOM (if relevant): the walking dead OC OR CANON: canon IF RELEVANT, PLEASE COMMENT ON ANY IMPORTANT CANON DIVERGENCES: so, as expected, this bby does NOT die. yes, he still gets stabbed, but he survives. i'll ramble below about more specific details on this WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED & ANY IMPORTANT ALLIANCES OF NOTE: primarily now in alexandria, but had been helping with the rebuilding of hilltop too IMPORTANT CHARACTER INFORMATION TO NOTE AND SHARE (this could be important headcanons for initial plotting, mini bios etc, supporting docs etc):

growing up as an orphan, jesus was constantly surrounded by other people. by noise. by the constant life flowing through the group home he was raised in. it was part of what grew his outgoing, extroverted character type. but it still didn't really help to develop his emotional connections. maybe it was the issues regarding being abandoned at a baby, who knows. but jesus struggled for most of his life with real, genuine connections to people. he had friends, of course (like the ones who gave him the nickname), but given how on the move he constantly was after turning 18, none of it ever got too deep.

jesus never did find out who his parents were, nor why they gave him up. it's forever something that haunts him, and is kinda why he has a soft spot for those growing up in the apocalypse and developed a more private need to document things: to have something for kids to know about their families should they end up dead.

learned martial arts, pick pocketing, escapology, sleight of hand etc very young and is exceptionally skilled still.

it was these skills that put him on gregory's good side when it came to the apocalypse and finding hilltop. jesus swiftly became popular with most of the group and became their key recruiter and scavenger-- especially important when the saviors inevitably came knocking.

during the war with the saviors, jesus tried hard to maintain some form of humanity. he knew they had to make harsh calls, and he knew when the time was right that killing people was the only option. but he still tried to look at things from all angles-- to find his own humanity, and remind his friends and allies of theirs. when the war ended, they still had to live with themselves. he wanted to be sure those he cared about could still look in the mirror after, and still be able to look at the people they fought so hard for without shame. it obviously meant that sometimes he was at odds with some people, but jesus was pretty stubborn at sticking to his beliefs.

rick dying, sacrificing himself for everyone… it felt like a turning point. it felt crucial. like it would either make or break them. he was glad when, at first, people seemed to want to hold onto the legacy, to the plans made. to keeping peace and growing together. however when things took a turn and alexandria became closed off, jesus worried. he still had hope, of course, but he had his concerns about how things were going to turn out.

maggie then leaving hilltop threw him through a loop too. he knew it was what she needed to do, what was right for her, but it was strange to be without someone he came to call a best friend. even stranger when he was thrown into a leadership role.

aaron was the light among all of that. sneaking out, training together, talking, exploring, it became a constant source of hope for jesus-- that they eventually, would all find their way back to one another.

then came the… variants. the walkers that could… talk. it scared the shit out of jesus, in all honesty. but what was worse is he was stabbed. bleeding out. going to die before he could find out more.

it's not until a few weeks later, in the middle of november time, that jesus wakes up, having survived being stabbed and the major blood loss suffered. however, he is devastated when he learns about what happened in that time-- the truth of the whisperers, of the fair massacre. it feels like they just took so many steps back again and now, given his recovering state, he can't even do much about it. however, eventually, it seems as if the whisperers have gone away. and although everyone is obviously on edge, it allows for recovery time. for mourning their lost friends and allies.

throughout the conflict with the whisperers that follows, jesus is mostly side lined. still recovering and barely able to fight, he spends most of his time in alexandria being treated, working on his recovery. during this time, he goes through some.. Phases with aaron. at first, pushing him away, terrified to get close after his almost death and frustrated with having to appear 'weak' during his recovery. there's a lot of complexes okay. but, eventually, they work it out. and by the end of the whisperer war, jesus confesses his true, deeper feelings for aaron and asks if they can make a real shot at making things work between them.

inevitably, where aaron and gracie go? jesus goes. so throughout practically every step of the next stages with the commonwealth, jesus is with aaron. he fully believes still, in the idea of working together, of creating a bigger world. however he's quick to admit when things don't seem right, and works to unveil the corruption within the commonwealth.

when that happens, jesus is at first torn over wanting to help hilltop, and stay with aaron. in the end, he splits it down the middle. offers help and support, spending time in hilltop, but calling alexandria his true home, right alongside aaron. they travel to the commonwealth from time to time, and just like jesus had always wanted: there is connection. there is hope for the future, that they can continue to build and work with one another, spread the message. rebuild their world.

ONE SONG THAT HAS YOUR CHARACTER VIBES: friday i'm in love by the cure

CHARACTER NAME: loki surname redacted bc hes dramatique CHARACTER FACECLAIM: michiel huisman CHARACTER AGE/DOB: november 13th 1979 / 44 years old CHARACTER PRONOUNS/GENDER IDENTITY/SEXUALITY ETC: he/they/she/honestly fucks with any and all, genderfluid, bisexual/romantic/polyam CHARACTER FANDOM (if relevant): marvel universe OC OR CANON: canon IF RELEVANT, PLEASE COMMENT ON ANY IMPORTANT CANON DIVERGENCES: n/a WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED & ANY IMPORTANT ALLIANCES OF NOTE: primarily at the commonwealth, but still spends a lot of time travelling around/exploring etc. started his time in the kingdom, defected quickly to the saviors, then just as quickly turned on them to side with the alexandria/kingdom/hilltop/oceanside militia. IMPORTANT CHARACTER INFORMATION TO NOTE AND SHARE (this could be important headcanons for initial plotting, mini bios etc, supporting docs etc):

originally growing up in norway, loki inevitably spent his life on the move. distant from his adoptive family with tension high with his adoptive father, loki never really settles back at 'home' again after moving away after his 21st birthday.

loki had been living stateside for about a year before the virus broke out and ended up stuck there, alone having very quickly got out of new york city before the bridges were blown.

he travelled around for a while after that, mostly surviving alone, sometimes with smaller groups of vicious people in order to survive, picking up plenty of his own bad habits along the way. whatever it took to survive, ya know? and he found that actually, he was pretty quick with a blade. and even better at stealth.

which is what, eventually, brought him to the kingdom and made him rise up quickly as a member of their defence force.

it was a safe place to rest his head. and, to be fair, he thought the king was pretty cool. dramatic as fuck, something loki related to.

that was, until he found out about the saviors. till he started looking at the king and the kingdom differently. it didn't feel all that strong anymore. it didn't feel like the kind of place where he could actually remain safe, survive and feel strong.

so soon enough, he wormed his way into the saviors. ever the talented talker, he surprisingly (or, really, not that surprisingly at all) he got along decently with negan and his general… everything.

it worked out. for a long while, it made sense. ally with the strongest and remain that way yourself. yeah, he had to continue to do some rather dark and horrible things. but… it was the end times, right? the idea of 'humanity' wasn't exactly all that clear anymore.

the only thing that caused loki to change again really, was when a while later, loki was there and saw what happened to glenn and abraham. it wasn't his place to question it, of course. he wasn't stupid. even if he didn't agree with what he saw, it wasn't like he could voice it. but… when the time came. when things finally looked set to change… that was when loki dipped.

a few risky moves, some information leaked, and loki got out. it took a while of course, for his old friends in the kingdom to trust him again. but, when he fought side by side with them, nearly dying twice in the process, things started to work out.

even more so when he later helped with the wave of problems the whisperers brought. however, it was the ending of that war and in the aftermath of all the suffering and loss that loki just… doesn't feel like he can stay with everyone. he cares about them all dearly, but he doesn't think staying will help. he wants to go and explore, see if he can find something more out there. maybe even better things to bring back for the groups later.

which, in fairness, he does find. he goes off and reconnects with elijah, meets clarke and co and their coalition in the aftermath of mount weather stuff. only to have come back and united up with the new commonwealth in january. ONE SONG THAT HAS YOUR CHARACTER VIBES:

bad liar by imagine dragons.

CHARACTER NAME: dorian smith CHARACTER FACECLAIM: aaron taylor johnson CHARACTER AGE/DOB: november 1st 1988 / 35 years old CHARACTER PRONOUNS/GENDER IDENTITY/SEXUALITY ETC: he/they, non binary, bisexual/romantic CHARACTER FANDOM (if relevant): n/a OC OR CANON: oc IF RELEVANT, PLEASE COMMENT ON ANY IMPORTANT CANON DIVERGENCES: n/a WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED & ANY IMPORTANT ALLIANCES OF NOTE:

mostly located in the commonwealth but also travels to the other settlements. loyal to the crows first and foremost. IMPORTANT CHARACTER INFORMATION TO NOTE AND SHARE (this could be important headcanons for initial plotting, mini bios etc, supporting docs etc):

dorian grew up spending his time between family in both england and scotland. the son of separated parents who both had very different ideas on how to raise their son. dorian's father was involved in politics in england and wanted his son to follow that path. however, dorian's mother was quite the opposite. a more free spirit that encouraged dorian to follow his heart rather than have to make something of a legacy.

in a way, they both kind of won. if only because dorian, more than anything, just wanted to make his family proud of him. he wanted to please them all. which made for a bit of an overachiever type of personality.

dorian went on to become a blacksmith, setting up shop in scotland, eventually coming to own and run his own shop called the morgul forge. he only gets to run the place a couple of years before the apocalypse hits and changes everything.

he sets up a safe space within the space of his shop, mostly because he not only makes weapons, but could successfully wield them too, so was able to defend his little patch.

eventually, the leader of what comes to the the ice court (a prison taken over by a gang) reaches out to dorian and they build a tentative alliance. mostly with dorian providing weapons and training for those within. but it works in both ways, because it means he gets knowledge on the group and the building. (very helpful when kaz brekker and co come knocking in the winter of 2013).

throughout the apocalypse, dorian importantly has an alliance with thea kincaid. the two were childhood friends/rivals/all that complicated shit. but in all honesty, dorian has always cared deeply for her. yes, it took the world damn near ending for him to realise how intense those feelings were. and a bit longer to admit them. but it's fine, he got there eventually. don't look at them, they're a bit useless ok?

alongside thea, dorian works with the crows from then on, even going so far as to follow them stateside when they leave. and look, they stole a whole ass boat okay so he was able to take a LOT of stuff from his shop with them.

he's even set up the forge again in the commonwealth, making weapons and helping to train people.

ONE SONG THAT HAS YOUR CHARACTER VIBES:

mastermind by taylor swift

CHARACTER NAME: jesper fahey CHARACTER FACECLAIM: kit young CHARACTER AGE/DOB: june 2nd 1991 / 32 years old CHARACTER PRONOUNS/GENDER IDENTITY/SEXUALITY ETC: he/they/she, genderfluid, bisexual/romantic CHARACTER FANDOM (if relevant): six of crows/grishaverse OC OR CANON:canon IF RELEVANT, PLEASE COMMENT ON ANY IMPORTANT CANON DIVERGENCES: n/a WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED & ANY IMPORTANT ALLIANCES OF NOTE: splits time between alexandria & the commonwealth. kinda has a 'will go anywhere the crows are' attitude IMPORTANT CHARACTER INFORMATION TO NOTE AND SHARE (this could be important headcanons for initial plotting, mini bios etc, supporting docs etc):

jesper grew up in small town in surrey, england. an only child, loved dearly by his mother and father. jesper was an excitable kid, a personality almost too big for the town he was stuck in. his mother always said he was destined for more, to get out and see the world. if only he could stop being a little troublemaker. but in his defence, he was bored so often. he couldn't help it. but, he found a release in his mother's works-- or rather, her side hobby, working with props for the local performance group. jesper picked up a talent with the pistols that has stuck with him through life.

when his mother died suddenly, it left a hole in the family. but still, his father always did his best and did right by jesper. he encouraged him (or rather, kinda pressured him) into moving away for university. and while jesper had his reservations about leaving his father behind, he knew it was what he needed.

barely a year later, the world damn near fell apart. and when jesper eventually made his way back home, he found the farm empty.

he travelled around for a bit. heart broken, but a little caught up in the thrill of having something to shoot. he was reckless. truly. ended up pissing off the wrong people in london by the time he returned and… that was when he met kaz brekker. the one who saved his life.

from then on, jesper's loyalty lie entirely with kaz and then later, inej too. the three were bonded and came to form the group that would be known as the crows.

they built up their own web of people, people a lot like them: 'bottom of the barrell' types, but people with heart and loyalty and a viciousness needed to survive in the new world.

over the years, more came along. and in all honesty, jesper still thinks meeting wylan may have been among the best of those times.

although, breaking into that prison and blowing it up might still be one of his favourite memories.

now, after… maybe pissing off one too many people in london, the gang has branched out. and now, they've been making some new friends and alliances.

but jesper has to wonder, how long until their next heist? how long until the next con? what is america going to bring for them? ONE SONG THAT HAS YOUR CHARACTER VIBES:

killer queen by queen