Perseus

[mayday]

PERSEUS

AGE
Hundreds of years.

GENDER
Male.

SPECIES
Angel.

ALLEGIANCE
Lao.

RANK
Scout.

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APPEARANCE
Everything about Perseus is, in a word, immaculate. His hair is neatly parted and combed, his skin is a perfect olive-hued tan, and his glasses sit perched just so on the very tip of his nose. And of course, that’s just the way he likes it.

Build-wise, he’s fairly muscular. Not too bulky, and if you saw him in his normal clothes, you wouldn’t be able to tell, but he’s pretty strong for someone who’s only 5’8 ½’’. Naturally, he likes to lie and tell people he’s 5’9’’, but then again, who doesn’t round up? It’s not like it’s cheating or anything. The numbers just roll off the tongue easier.

As for colors, his hair is a plain, boring shade of light brown. It tends to turn lighter if he’s out in the sun for days on end, but that hasn’t happened in a long while. His eyes, likewise, are a light gray, almost bluish color that many people seem to find interesting. He’s also quite a bit farsighted, so he wears a pair of thick horn-rimmed glasses. He thinks they make him look distinguished.

He likes to wear clean clothes, and respectful ones at that. Button downs and slacks make up most of his wardrobe, as do ties and sweater vests. You'd think that, having been raised in ancient Greece, he would hate having to cover his body so much, but he’s grown to be rather fond of the clothes collection he’s slowly accumulated over the years.

PERSONALITY
You could call Perseus extremely prideful and extremely pigheaded, and you'd be right on both counts. He likes to believe that everything about him is perfect, from his elegantly disheveled hair to his immaculately manicured toes, and if anyone tells him otherwise, he'll either blow them off or throw a temper tantrum of epic proportions. It really all depends on what kind of mood you catch him in, so you're probably better off sticking to flattery. Many people, upon first meeting him, are usually pretty taken aback on how arrogant of an angel he is.

That being said, Perseus is quite a cunning individual. He knows exactly how to weasel himself into a conversation or a situation in general, how to put people at ease with his presence, and how to deliver an overused pickup line without being slapped. It couldn't hurt that he has thousands of years of experience on every normal guy in the room. That being said, he usually uses this ability for getting into peoples' pants. He's very good at reading people, and very good at figuring out what they're into.

Every angel has their flaws, of course, and Perseus is no exception to the rule. He has a severe, often violent, phobia of being forgotten and/or ignored, as well as an obsession with perfection. At times, he gets the idea into his head that he has to “fix” people who he deems imperfect, and, well, it doesn’t usually go just as planned. Keeping with his obsession, he denies that any and all blemishes or scars on his person exist, and will sometimes have a complete breakdown if reminded of them - especially the long scar on his abdomen. He never, ever talks about that.

He can be quite loyal, though, once you get to know him. Only a handful of his really close friends have ever gotten to see him act like that, but everyone has heard rumors that he can be caring and sympathetic. This is the loving side that usually comes out when he's around people he truly, honestly likes, but he'll draw back into himself and pretend it never happened if you call him out on it.


HISTORY
Perseus began life without a father. He grew up in an ancient city famous for its prostitution, with his mother feeding him consistent lies that he was a child of the gods. Being fed this lie from as early as four years old, he readily believed it, and was picked on by the other children he played with for both being scrawny, and for claiming that he was the son of a diety.

Determined to make something good out of his life, and to stop being picked on, he turned to fighting. He began training regularly, and was soon good enough to join the army, just in time for the very first stirrings of a war to begin. Working his way up through the ranks quickly, he soon became a general. He took a wife, but spent more time with his servant boys than with her once he realized how unpleasant she was to be around.

This next part, Perseus will often say, was a total fluke. An arrow found a weak spot in his armor, he will tell you. The truth is, he had made another officer a bet that he could go into battle without armor and come out unscathed. He truly did believe that his gods would protect him and lead him to victory.

Needless to say, that wasn't what happened at all.

He was shot with a barrage of arrows almost immediately, and died just as quickly. By some stroke of luck, his life was spared, and he was named an angel, given immortality and forced to walk the Earth unseen, guarding humans for thousands of years.

Nowadays, he lives quite a luxurious life, despite having agreed to cooperate with the Lao and do the occasional scouting mission for them. Humans have been declared to be below him in every way, and he keeps a handful as servants, despite being honor-bound to protect and guide them. It's his own little way of being homesick and missing his servant boys.

ATTRIBUTES
Like any traditional angel, Perseus prefers fighting with a sword. His weapon of choice is a sword extremely akin to one he wielded when he was alive - long and lightweight. It’s always at his side, along with an expensive-looking dagger with a golden hilt. Rumor has it that it was a gift from one of his previous lovers, and no one has ever seen him use it in battle.

Aside from weapons, Perseus is fairly harmless. He’s gotten the knack of flying down for the most part, since he needs it for missions, but he shies away from doing any fancy aerial tricks. A succubus who he met a while back taught him a few mental tricks for manipulating people, which he only really uses if captured.