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Character Name: Jozuah Everard
Age: 27
Caste: Warlord Prince
Social Status: Aristo
Birthright: Opal
Offering: n/a
Race: short-lived
Birth Territory: Dharo, K
Starting Money: 900 gm
Appearance: Jozuah has the usual dark hair and light eyes of his family line. Odd that such traits stay fairly common until you realize that there is very little thinning of the blood. They marry third and fourth cousins: Lucien himself is the product of fourth cousins. His build is slimmer than most, but he has been bred and trained to be pleasing to the eye even if he loathes himself for it. Not truly a pleasure slave, but a pet. The difference? Not much, except being a pet is lower on the food chain than being a slave. Lucien should know, he was selected at age seven to become Soleil's, when she was only an infant.
He is of medium height and slim build: he is surprisingly strong though. At his forearm is tattooed the mark of the house, marking him irreversibly that he is a pet of the house, so if he should choose to escape the mark which cannot be concealed with Craft would mark him even if he tried to hide. It burns when the controller ring is keyed.
He has a myriad of scars and lines along his body (but not his face, specifically) that speak of years of abuse. Most of those scars were specifically made, the scars that Soleil didn't want him to have were of course healed effectively, so the scaring isn't over the top. His hair is cut in a style she approves of, and she insists he uses a rinse that darkens it just a bit.
He rebels in what ways he can: his shirt is just a bit rumpled, his hair is tied back from his face (which she dislikes), and he wears contacts to make his eyes acid purple. He always gets beat down when he does it, but it's how he stays sane.
Personality: Though he acts fairly strong-willed and cocky, Jozuah has a marrow deep fear and terror of both Soleil and the aunt who cares for her. He was "trained" to please Soleil by that aunt, whose sense of cruelty is almost as strong as her niece's. Jozuah may be bold enough to try to escape, but the barest whisper from those scarlet painted lips can bring a shaking chill to him that will not pass for hours.
Intensely mentally and sexually abused since childhood, he dislikes physical touch. His entire life has been entwined with Soleils's, even though she was not born until he was seven, and it was when she turned fifteen and had had her Virgin Night that he was gifted to her. So the last five years he has been physically under her control, but she always knew he was hers. She took great pleasure in overseeing some of his training, personally, and she more than once took a riding crop or other tools to him when she was displeased about anything.
He has built a wall of temper and indifference around him that is so strong it chafes, but it falls apart fairly easily. Most don't see it fall apart, though, and believe him to be strong and independent. It's what he's going for, of course, so he reinforces the idea by picking fights (both physical and verbal) and by putting up the appearance of simply another hot-headed Warlord Prince without a care in the world: his kind is common in Dharo, at least.
He is a pet, and most who see the two distinguishing features know it, so few will fight him in case he might come to harm. As soon as he is found out, shame sends him packing and he moves on to another part of Dharo, if it lasts that long. Usually his bursts of freedom and short-lived and infrequent. Soleil doens't like to be without him for many nights, despite the fact that she regularly keeps a Consort.
History: Jozuah Everard was born to Gregory and his fourth cousin, Rebekah Everard. He was their only child, taken from their custody upon the birth of Soleil, the head of the family. He was chosen for unnatural good looks and because he was the right age to begin training to be Soleil's pet. His "aunt" (though Jozuah is unsure how she is actually related to him) began the training with service of food and drink, etc, but by the time Jozuah was eight years old the sexual training began. The rape, the mental conditioning, the physical abuse. It was a carefully designed program to make him complacent, doting, careful and entirely dedicated to Soleil in such a way that he could not physically disobey her.
By the time that Soleil was fifteen and ready for her toy, she had already had a firm hand in training and "disciplining" him. He was twenty-one the first time she had intercourse with him, but he was like a boy of eight or nine. He did as he was told. Again and again, he did. It took two years for him to begin to wear out, and finally after three he had begun to run away for long periods of time. Always they'd find him.
Offering Post na
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Player Name/Nickname: Ashe