| N A M E |Bai Chen
His birth name. He has since left the name behind him, and hates when others call him by it because of his association of it with his past which he is trying to move from. If anyone were to call him such, he'd probably be more than a little irritated.
Alfie Liau
His new identity. Though he's had many other identities, this is his current. He hates when strangers call him by his first name, and prefers that people who do not know him call him Liau. However, he likes it a lot when close friends call him Alfie because he thinks it sounds cute.
Giraffe | Giraffe Neck | Giraffe Boy
Unfortunately, due to his long neck, Alfie is often on the receiving end of animal comparisons. There are many different pet names people have come up with, but these seem to be the most common. Typically speaking, he's usually compared to giraffes, but flamingos have also been the subject of a nickname.
| D A T E O F B I R T H |Born: February 12, 1893
Turned: January 5, 1914
| G E N D E R |Male
| S E X U A L I T Y |Bisexual
| O C C U P A T I O N |Chocolatier
Alfie is a mildly successful Chocolatier, meaning he is a professional chocolate chef. He owns a small chocolate shop called Sweet Bite where he accepts custom jobs but sells his own specially made chocolate as well. He has a few workers there who help him make the chocolate, but not many.
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| P E R S O N A L I T Y |♦ Arrogant ♦ Glib ♦ Mischievous ♦ Insatiable ♦
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| H I S T O R Y |Alfie, then known as Bai, was the seventh son of seven sons to a poor couple living in Taiwan. He was born two years before Japan pressed Taiwan under their thumb, and those two years were spent blissfully unaware. There is not much to tell about his childhood, he spent his time helping his parents on their small plot of farmland, and eventually fell in love with his childhood sweetheart, Hualiang (who was a boy, though his parents didn’t know this of course). They spent their time loitering in the fields, staring at clouds, and pretending as if the world didn’t exist around them.
However, growing up where the Japanese ruled his life, Bai was becoming increasingly unhappy. Around the age of nineteen, Bai got involved in the Taiwanese resistance against the Japanese and, in 1914, Bai was introduced to Yu Qingfang’s resistance through Hualiang. For four months, Bai trained in fighting under Yu Qingfang’s crowd until, one night, Hualiang and he were lying in bed. They were peacefully resting in each other’s arms when Hualiang was getting rowdy; Bai had let it happen, indulging who he thought was the love of his life, when he felt sharp piercing into his neck. Bai had meant to move away from Hualiang, to stop it from going further, when he felt a sharper pain, a twist of the neck, and a distinct snapping noise, all of it accompanying silence and black.
Once he woke up, Bai wished that he was still dead. It was a conspiracy of the vampiric sorts that Bai didn’t appreciate. Yu Qingfang was afraid of losing and was in the process of building up a vampire army in order to overthrow the Japanese. Bai only stayed with the resistance because, despite how Hualiang wronged him, Bai still loved him. The climax of the Japanese rule on Taiwan and the end of Bai’s life happened during the Tapani Incident in 1915. The resistance movements banded together and attacked Japanese police stations, attempting to get rid of them once and for all. In the process, people died and, seeing the vampires attack the people so viciously, Bai began to question whether it was worth it or not. After a miscalculation and a bullet to the stomach, Bai fled the temple. Hualiang was dedicated to the cause, too dedicated in Bai’s opinion, and sneered at Bai for his desertion. Eventually, Bai fled Taiwan, too.
His life after that became a blur. Though, at first, Bai was disdainful towards his vampire nature, only drinking animal blood and avoiding humans at all cost, Bai ultimately fell into the worst of ways. Bai seemingly stopped caring about human life – it wasn’t a sudden snap, but a gradual thing that Bai didn’t see until too late – and human blood was so good. In tribute to his transformation, Bai changed his name and continually changed his name every couple of years once he got bored with the one he chose.
He was William when he came to London. William something – he doesn’t quite remember the surname he chose. It was during World War II that he came, coming from the United States of America. At first he stayed by himself, until he found a place in The Collective. The Collective, despite having certain tendencies he once abhorred, made him feel like he belonged somewhere, and so he settled there permanently and became known as Alfie.
Nowadays, Alfie has found his calling – chocolate and cats – and spends his time working at his chocolate store, a certified Chocolatier and owner, or playing with his adorable Savannah cat that cost him £12000. He likes the occasional one-night stand and night out, but mostly enjoys staying in. However, ever since the Others have been found out, he’s worried his neighbors might become suspicious of him due to his semi-shut in nature (though there doesn’t really seem to be anything to worry about). In order to avoid suspicion, Alfie has been making it a point to be nice to his neighbors and every human he meets, so as to avoid accusations.
| F A M I L Y ||| Boots | F1 Savannah Cat || - Alfie's current cat whose in their prime. He's energetic, but docile, and is doted on by Alfie. Alfie likes to put him in clothes and Boots seems to just accept it now. At night, Boots will thump his back leg against Alfie's door in order to come inside; as such, Alfie always allows Boots to sleep in the bed with him (under the covers and all) unless he be deprived of sleep.
| S T R E N G T H S || W E A K N E S S E S |
| T H E M E S O N G || H O U S E N U M B E R |Choose from the list. Some characters have housemates (because I want to force character interaction lel).
| E X T R A I N F O R M A T I O N |Anything else.