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BASICS
Name:
Dante Erie
Gender / Preferred Pronouns:
He / Him / They
Age:
20
Birthday:
April 15 ♈︎
Sexuality:
Heterosexual
APPEARANCE
Dante has a very straightforward look in that most of his wardrobe is composed of jeans and t-shirts. He keeps his face scruffy and his body well toned and ready for a fight if ever it came to fisticuffs. His feet are typically adorned in leather boots and he's most often seen dressed in darker colors. His eyes are a vibrant hazel and his hair a dark brown. Physically, the features that stand out most with Dante are his hands. Each one is missing a ring finger that Dante sacrificed in order to execute a particularly costly spell. Despite his hands being deformed, they are still fully functional. Regardless, the warlock tends to wear black leather gloves to try and hide his loss.
PSYCHE
This man's personality can be described in five simple words: Mischievous, sarcastic, competitive, ambitious and temperamental. Dante is very selective when it comes to friends, but once you have his favor, it's hard to get rid of him. He can be considered aggressive, easily upset if he feels he's not being given his due respect. To that end, he is also earnest in his drive to get the things he wants and is not quick to give up in those goals.
BACKSTORY
Dante Erie is a has been chased by misfortune for most of his life. He was born unto witch parents who looked upon him like a prop, like another ingredient for one of their complex spells. He was raised as a rancher would raise their livestock. He would be left in his room for hours, the only interaction he was ever granted being the few seconds that the door opened just wide enough for one of his parents to slide in a plate of food or place down a new roll of toilet paper. Even then, there was rarely words exchanged in those moments.
That was until a particularly dark sabbath. One evening his parents came into his room and finally told him, "It's time." Dante was filled with fear and anxiety as they led him into a shadowy room filled with candles and ritualistic markings on the floors and walls. They showed him to his mark and told him not to move from that position no matter what. Then the chanting began. A terrifying name kept coming out of their mouths as they moaned, spoke to the ceiling and swayed with their arms in the air. It didn't take long for Dante to deduce that they were calling for someone... that they were summoning someone... something. The ungodly name was just that - the thing they were summoning had to be demonic.
Panicked, Dante summoned all his will and commanded his own feet to move. At first, they disobeyed but after another moment, the young boy finally mustered the strength to move and, once he started, he refused to stop. He busted out of the front door of the house and ran down the street, pumping his legs as fast as possible. He could hear his parents calling out for him, anger in their voices as they tried to launch a pursuit. Dante was too fast, though.
Frustrated and furious, Dante's parents were cheated out of their sacrifice. Their demonic lord would be none too pleased. To retaliate, his parents decided to turn Dante into what he feared; they chanted our a curse that would permanently change the young boy's appearance into that of a demon. Just before the curse was complete, however, their home was raided by witches sent forth to bring them to justice for their notoriously taboo practices. They fell, casualties of the confrontation.
Meanwhile, Dante's curse was never completed but that doesn't mean it didn't have an effect. During the night of every sabbath, Dante's form changes to that of a demon. This change, however, is just skin deep. He is still very much a typical witch on the inside. His strength level also remains the same. However, as a demonic version of himself, he has access to sharp teeth and claws that he otherwise wouldn't have. His form has one particularly frustrating disadvantage. As a demon, he lacks lips which makes communication frustratingly difficult and executing spoken spells becomes next to impossible.
As the years went by, Dante found himself hunted by various covens who had heard of the notorious demons that walks the streets at night. Once he was captured, it didn't take long to figure out that Dante didn't behave as a demon would and once the sunlight kissed his skin, his humanoid face came through and he was finally able to tell them his story.
Since then, the coven has attempted to educate and train him on how to use magic and even worked with him on trying to figure out how to lift the unfinished curse. All attempts thus far have failed and the curse remains, but Dante has become expertly educated in shapeshifting spells. None of them appear to work when it is the demon's night, though.
Regardless, Dante does what he can to take down witches that consort with demons while also continuing his research to solve his own blight.
Notable Rumor:
- Dante's mother must've had sex with a demon and produced a mixed race spawn.Obviously not. Even when Dante looks demonic, he is still 100% humanoid
Greatest Fear:
Getting stuck looking like a monster forever is what Dante fears most. He hates his face when it is changed each sabbath and constantly worries that the sun will come up and the curse will remain.
NOTABLES
Magic:
Other:
- Despite not being of legal age, Dante enjoys a drink or two.
- Gambling is one of Dante's many famed vices.
- Dante has never turned down a dare as a point of pride.
