Post by Mercedes de la Cruz on Jul 3, 2016 13:18:16 GMT -5
SO just to throw this out there before I really dig into Matias's character: Matias is usually a character that I play. I'm very fond of him, so please treat my baby kindly. I would really love to see him on this board because he's a pretty important character to Mercedes in terms of development. With that being said, I AM ENTIRELY OPEN TO CHANGES and would love someone to make him their own as well. I just happened to have an overabundance of information about his character because I've played him previously. Take it or leave it. Bolditalisized information must be kept.
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ok sorry that was way more than I thought it was. If you have any questions/are interested in this role feel free to PM me about it on Mercedes.
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Appearance:
Possible Face Claims: Either one of the Hodge twins is great. Simone Adde is also great. Ricky Whittle. Don Omar (thanks Stef <3 ) Point being, he's supposed to be afro-hispanic. Just make sure he reflects that. It's also a preference that he's a bit beefy, tall, and intimidating. Think along the lines of an american football player. He's meant to be athletic with a mean appetite, so he's probably not going to be really cut up with rippling abs, but he is definitely in shape and very energetic.
Optional information:
He is also a werewolf. His wolf appearance is 100% up to whomever picks the character up.
I have a polyvore I made for him. Ignore the current faceclaim as it won't work for this universe, but he's pretty swagged out and takes a lot of pride in his appearance. IE he wants to look like a GQ model. Eccentric prints and expensive jewelry. He has impulse spending problems and I imagine whatever income he has available mostly goes to clothing.
polyvore
Basic Stats:
Age: 32
Blood: He's pureblood with a really long pureblood ancestry rooted in the south americas. He was bitten by a female werewolf around the age of 25 while he and Mercedes were living in New Orleans.
Hometown: A small village in Oaxaca, Mexico, probably a bit inlands from a popular tourist resort or something similar. He spent a lot of his youth partying with pretty muggle American girls.
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Birthday: April 12th (Aries)
Wand: He goes through several. I'll leave this up to you. Prior to becoming a werewolf, he and Mercedes shared twin wands, but Matias has gotten in the habit of accidentally leaving them around and using them as chew toys.
Occupation: Whatever. I've played him as a professional Quidditch player and a Ministry worker for the Magical sports division. I've also played him entirely unemployed. Point being, he has trouble holding most traditional jobs down for very long and wherever he's working his work relations are likely strained.
Currently living: Hogsmeade, because he's a big baby and doesn't know how to live on his own and needs Mercedes to essentially take care of him. This is crucial to their family dynamic.
Personality:
this is mostly optional. However, an important point to maintain is that Matias is VERY irresponsible and suffers from crippling depression, making it almost impossible for him to function as a normal adult.
If you're interested to read how I've played him in the past, I can send you more information on this.
Likes / dislikes / whatever: up to you.
Strengths: Charismatic, athletic, protective spells, great in bed. (this can be expanded on however you see fit)
Weaknesses: Poor Impulse control, emotional extremes (this can be expanded on however you see fit)
History/family:
Most of this is set in stone unfortunately, but you may expand on it. I'm going to just list everything because I never typed it out.
-Matias is the second youngest in a very large family. He has four older brothers and one younger sister (Mercedes)
-Growing up life was great for the de la Cruz's. Their family pretty much terrorized the local muggle population and their father had his hands deep into cartel trade. With that being said, they wanted for very little. The boys especially had a good life and were VERY spoiled. Due to their fathers very traditional beliefs on gender roles, Mercedes was a bit limited despite being extraordinarily talented and dedicated.
-Witchcraft was rumored amongst the muggle population so their family was NOT well-liked at all. In fact, they reigned mostly with fear.
-Because of their involvement in the occult, blood magic played a big part of Matias's life. Cannibalism was also a thing, when it was called for (a lot of this is driven by less civilized beliefs in folk magic). While Mercedes is very pro dark magic, I'll leave it up to the player on what Matias's feelings are about this. He does not have to be a dark wizard by any means, but it is still a part of his past.
-When Matias was 18 his Father passed away. This left his family vulnerable as his brothers argued for who would take over the family business.
-One night they were attacked by the local muggle population and Matias's Mother and 2 of his older brothers were burned.
-Mercedes convinces Matias that they should flee out of fear, but mostly because she is worried her remaining family will eventually turn on her as well. She confesses this to Matias later and he's pretty whatever about it.
-They move to the US and spend a few years there where Mercedes apprentices with a dark witch. Matias mostly spends these years fucking around and being hauled in and out of muggle prison.
-If you want, you can also have him being picked up by a local Quidditch team during this time if you wanted to go the Quidditch player route.
-Matias is turned into a werewolf by some girl he's hooking up with that doesn't realize it's a full moon b/c she's dumb. Matias spends the night terrified in a closet nursing his wounds while the girl tears apart his apartment.
-Mercedes lands a job at Hogwarts and tells him she's peacing out. Because Matias isn't very independent and sucks at life he follows her.
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ok sorry that was way more than I thought it was. If you have any questions/are interested in this role feel free to PM me about it on Mercedes.