Post by Ryker Thorsen on Jun 23, 2014 14:24:08 GMT -6
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FULL NAME:: Ryker Benjamin Thorsen
NICKNAMES:: Ry, Ryke, Thor (by his father and grandfather), Thorsen, Benji (by his brothers)
GENDER:: male
ACTUAL AGE:: 25
APPARENT AGE:: early twenties
SPECIES/RACE:: Human
PREFERRED PRONOUNS:: He/Him/His
SEXUAL ORIENTATION:: Asexual
FACECLAIM:: Nicholas Hoult
NATIONALITY::Danish
HEIGHT:: 6’2”
HAIR:: Brown
EYES:: Blue
SKIN:: White
DISTINGUISHING MARKS:: Numerous scars from the many fights he’s gotten himself into (neck, hands, forearms, torso). A scar under his chin from falling off his father’s shed at age nine. He has a five-inch scar on his torso from a knife wound that nearly killed him. He often wears rainbow contacts.
APPEARANCE::
Ryker is considerably tall but not a big man. He’s thin without looking weak, underfed, or skinny. He has a lot of scars, but thanks to his agility and speed he’s mostly avoided any major injuries and thus has a plethora of small scars and few bigger ones. He has a raised, pink scar under his chin from falling off the top of his father’s shed as a child, and it is his worst one. Most of his scars are on his hands and forearms, though he has a few on his neck and torso as well.
He walks with confidence, like he has somewhere to be but wants to enjoy the view on his way there. There’s nothing lazy about his walk and even when he’s standing still he seems to be vibrating with energy. His hair is brown and a medium-shortish length that he doesn’t style it any particular way. In fact, the only time he actively styles it is when his mother asks him to for a special event. His eyes are a bright blue but he tends to wear rainbow contact lenses because 1) he loves glittery, colourful things and 2) he feels like that’s what his eyes are supposed to look like 3) he needs glasses and sometimes he doesn’t feel like wearing them so he ordered custom contacts.
His clothing style varies, but he generally wears well-fitted jeans and tees. He’s fond of v-neck tees in bright, fun colours and he adores graphics, though he tends to only wear them if he actually understands what the saying and/or picture means/stands for. Plaid button down shirts are another favourite. He’s not the kind of guy to wear a hat, but he loves loves loves sunglasses. When he's not wearing contacts he wears glasses much like the ones in the above picture. He normally sports Converse on his feet because he thinks they match everything and he finds a lot of “male” shoes to be quite unattractive.
PERSONALITY::
His long legs and strong lungs make him a good runner and he employs the ability quite often, whether as exercise or to avoid/escape danger, which he has to do on an almost daily basis. Ryker is not just a magnet for trouble: he actively searches it out. He loves a good fight. He finds fighting to be absolutely invigorating and tries to fight at least once a day.
However, he’s not the kind of guy to pick a fight by being rude or attacking someone. No, instead he will actually ask someone if they want to fight and he generally picks people larger than himself, though sometimes he goes for those around his size. Sometimes, however, the fighting is not planned and someone (or multiple someones) attack because of perceived provocation/simply because Ryker can be a little annoying and obnoxious.
Despite his hunger for the thrill of fighting, he’s a pretty sweet guy. His empathetic and perceptive nature makes it all too easy for him to understand how people might be feeling. As he tends to prefer the people around him to be happy, he does what he can to make people laugh. This can mean smiling, joking, being silly, flirting, and/or simply being sweet and kind. Ryker is a very patient person, but this doesn’t extend to situations where he’s offended, angry, or otherwise. If someone provokes him in any purposeful way, all that patience flies out the window and he can be very cutting and hurtful (he almost always regrets this once he cools down). His anger is a quiet one, full of sarcasm and biting comments rather than red hot rage.
All in all, he just likes to have fun and make people happy. He’s a student, but not studious. The only things he actually does more than the minimum required effort on are things relating to his history and mythology courses, specifically readings and projects relating to Norse mythology, as he has a particular love for it stemming from childhood stories his grandfather told him.
LIKES::
DISLIKES::
STRENGTHS::
WEAKNESSES::
SECRETS::
His sexuality is something he hasn’t explained to his family outside of his mother, who has always had a soft spot for him. To be honest, he’s not even sure if the label he’s given himself is right or if he should have a label at all. He’s constantly wondering about it.
He likes fights because he finds them an effective way to exercise, keep up his strength, and also just because he finds them invigorating and fun.
RANK:: N/A
POWERS:: N/A
WEAKNESSES::
HOMETOWN:: Copenhagen, Denmark
PROFESSION:: Student
PARENTS:: Viggo and Maren Thorsen
SIBLINGS:: Becker and Erik (older brothers), Kirsten (younger sister)
CHILDREN:: None
EXTENDED FAMILY:: Too many.
MARITAL STATUS:: Single
HISTORY::
Ryker had a pretty simple childhood, as far as those go. There wasn’t any emotional trauma – at least not that he can remember – and he has always gotten along with his siblings. For the most part. Having two older brothers exposed him to rough play early and he got a taste for it. As soon as he was big enough to tumble around with his brothers, he loved it. He never won, too small at the time, but he never gave up. By the time he was seven and Becker was 12, Ryker beat the younger of his older brothers for the first time. He’s proud of that moment to this day and until his brother died, he teased him about it at least once a year (usually on his birthday).
His rough and tumble activities didn’t stop at his brothers. He wrestled with classmates and friends, though he was never as rough as he was with his brothers, not after the first time he made a kid’s nose bleed. He wasn’t very fond of detention. The only people in his immediate family that he didn’t ever playfully fight with were his mother and younger sister. Kirsten, six years younger than he, was just as adventurous as her brother but a lot less violent. And she liked to play dirty, whereas Ryker liked a straight-up fight.
High school went pretty well for him other than the fact that he only just passed all of his classes. With the exception of his Myth and Fairytale class and his history class, he did the bare minimum required. Both of his brothers were graduated by the time he got to high school but their reputations preceded him. Becker was the “smart one”, a teacher’s pet but well-liked and Erik was the sport-playing fellow who had friends in every class and grade. Both of them shared Ryker’s charisma, but neither of them was quite like he was.
Ryker has been taking different levels of history courses since he graduated high school. Higher education in Denmark is tuition-free for citizens of the European Union and he takes advantage of that fully. He excels in his two chosen courses: Norse Mythology and whichever history he’s taking at any given time. Those are his passions and he will gladly put time and effort into them.
When he was 22, two years into the five years of heavy fighting , his brother Becker was killed. His friends turned on him, accusing him of being a Plus, thinking him a mind reader because of his ability to read people’s intentions and motives well. Ryker hasn’t figured out which one of them is the one responsible for ending Becker’s life, but he doesn’t care. He blames them all. It’s been three years since his favourite brother’s death and his grief is under control – for the first few months after the murder, Ryker was extremely reckless, nearly getting himself killed multiple times.
Now, his only occupation is his studies and the occasional shift at a bar in the city. He lives in his grandfather’s old apartment now that the old man lives with his son, Ryker’s father.
OOC NAME:: Kenny
ROLEPLAYING EXPERIENCE:: Five years
ANY NOTES:: Not this time.
ROLEPLAY SAMPLE:: Non, mon ami.
{ Ryker Benjamin Thorsen }
FULL NAME:: Ryker Benjamin Thorsen
NICKNAMES:: Ry, Ryke, Thor (by his father and grandfather), Thorsen, Benji (by his brothers)
GENDER:: male
ACTUAL AGE:: 25
APPARENT AGE:: early twenties
SPECIES/RACE:: Human
PREFERRED PRONOUNS:: He/Him/His
SEXUAL ORIENTATION:: Asexual
{ APPEARANCE } |
FACECLAIM:: Nicholas Hoult
NATIONALITY::Danish
HEIGHT:: 6’2”
HAIR:: Brown
EYES:: Blue
SKIN:: White
DISTINGUISHING MARKS:: Numerous scars from the many fights he’s gotten himself into (neck, hands, forearms, torso). A scar under his chin from falling off his father’s shed at age nine. He has a five-inch scar on his torso from a knife wound that nearly killed him. He often wears rainbow contacts.
APPEARANCE::
Ryker is considerably tall but not a big man. He’s thin without looking weak, underfed, or skinny. He has a lot of scars, but thanks to his agility and speed he’s mostly avoided any major injuries and thus has a plethora of small scars and few bigger ones. He has a raised, pink scar under his chin from falling off the top of his father’s shed as a child, and it is his worst one. Most of his scars are on his hands and forearms, though he has a few on his neck and torso as well.
He walks with confidence, like he has somewhere to be but wants to enjoy the view on his way there. There’s nothing lazy about his walk and even when he’s standing still he seems to be vibrating with energy. His hair is brown and a medium-shortish length that he doesn’t style it any particular way. In fact, the only time he actively styles it is when his mother asks him to for a special event. His eyes are a bright blue but he tends to wear rainbow contact lenses because 1) he loves glittery, colourful things and 2) he feels like that’s what his eyes are supposed to look like 3) he needs glasses and sometimes he doesn’t feel like wearing them so he ordered custom contacts.
His clothing style varies, but he generally wears well-fitted jeans and tees. He’s fond of v-neck tees in bright, fun colours and he adores graphics, though he tends to only wear them if he actually understands what the saying and/or picture means/stands for. Plaid button down shirts are another favourite. He’s not the kind of guy to wear a hat, but he loves loves loves sunglasses. When he's not wearing contacts he wears glasses much like the ones in the above picture. He normally sports Converse on his feet because he thinks they match everything and he finds a lot of “male” shoes to be quite unattractive.
{ PERSONALITY } |
PERSONALITY::
His long legs and strong lungs make him a good runner and he employs the ability quite often, whether as exercise or to avoid/escape danger, which he has to do on an almost daily basis. Ryker is not just a magnet for trouble: he actively searches it out. He loves a good fight. He finds fighting to be absolutely invigorating and tries to fight at least once a day.
However, he’s not the kind of guy to pick a fight by being rude or attacking someone. No, instead he will actually ask someone if they want to fight and he generally picks people larger than himself, though sometimes he goes for those around his size. Sometimes, however, the fighting is not planned and someone (or multiple someones) attack because of perceived provocation/simply because Ryker can be a little annoying and obnoxious.
Despite his hunger for the thrill of fighting, he’s a pretty sweet guy. His empathetic and perceptive nature makes it all too easy for him to understand how people might be feeling. As he tends to prefer the people around him to be happy, he does what he can to make people laugh. This can mean smiling, joking, being silly, flirting, and/or simply being sweet and kind. Ryker is a very patient person, but this doesn’t extend to situations where he’s offended, angry, or otherwise. If someone provokes him in any purposeful way, all that patience flies out the window and he can be very cutting and hurtful (he almost always regrets this once he cools down). His anger is a quiet one, full of sarcasm and biting comments rather than red hot rage.
All in all, he just likes to have fun and make people happy. He’s a student, but not studious. The only things he actually does more than the minimum required effort on are things relating to his history and mythology courses, specifically readings and projects relating to Norse mythology, as he has a particular love for it stemming from childhood stories his grandfather told him.
LIKES::
- Doughnuts, marshmallows, and other sweets.
- Milk. He really likes milk. (But also rum. NOT TOGETHER)
- Comedy (movies, shows, comedians)
- Fighting
- History/Norse Mythology
- Glitter and glow in the dark things
DISLIKES::
- Beer. He can’t explain why.
- Noon. Just that time of day. Hates it.
- Hospitals
- Chocolate
- Being rejected
- Losing/misplacing his glasses
STRENGTHS::
- Empathetic
- Perceptive
- Confident
- Funny
- Kind
- Agile
WEAKNESSES::
- Being rejected
- Overconfident
- Doughnuts
- Bit emotional
- Provocative/Aggressive
- Stubborn
SECRETS::
His sexuality is something he hasn’t explained to his family outside of his mother, who has always had a soft spot for him. To be honest, he’s not even sure if the label he’s given himself is right or if he should have a label at all. He’s constantly wondering about it.
He likes fights because he finds them an effective way to exercise, keep up his strength, and also just because he finds them invigorating and fun.
{ RACIAL SPECIFICS } |
RANK:: N/A
POWERS:: N/A
WEAKNESSES::
- Mortality
- Susceptible to illness
{ BACKGROUND } |
HOMETOWN:: Copenhagen, Denmark
PROFESSION:: Student
PARENTS:: Viggo and Maren Thorsen
SIBLINGS:: Becker and Erik (older brothers), Kirsten (younger sister)
CHILDREN:: None
EXTENDED FAMILY:: Too many.
MARITAL STATUS:: Single
HISTORY::
Ryker had a pretty simple childhood, as far as those go. There wasn’t any emotional trauma – at least not that he can remember – and he has always gotten along with his siblings. For the most part. Having two older brothers exposed him to rough play early and he got a taste for it. As soon as he was big enough to tumble around with his brothers, he loved it. He never won, too small at the time, but he never gave up. By the time he was seven and Becker was 12, Ryker beat the younger of his older brothers for the first time. He’s proud of that moment to this day and until his brother died, he teased him about it at least once a year (usually on his birthday).
His rough and tumble activities didn’t stop at his brothers. He wrestled with classmates and friends, though he was never as rough as he was with his brothers, not after the first time he made a kid’s nose bleed. He wasn’t very fond of detention. The only people in his immediate family that he didn’t ever playfully fight with were his mother and younger sister. Kirsten, six years younger than he, was just as adventurous as her brother but a lot less violent. And she liked to play dirty, whereas Ryker liked a straight-up fight.
High school went pretty well for him other than the fact that he only just passed all of his classes. With the exception of his Myth and Fairytale class and his history class, he did the bare minimum required. Both of his brothers were graduated by the time he got to high school but their reputations preceded him. Becker was the “smart one”, a teacher’s pet but well-liked and Erik was the sport-playing fellow who had friends in every class and grade. Both of them shared Ryker’s charisma, but neither of them was quite like he was.
Ryker has been taking different levels of history courses since he graduated high school. Higher education in Denmark is tuition-free for citizens of the European Union and he takes advantage of that fully. He excels in his two chosen courses: Norse Mythology and whichever history he’s taking at any given time. Those are his passions and he will gladly put time and effort into them.
When he was 22, two years into the five years of heavy fighting , his brother Becker was killed. His friends turned on him, accusing him of being a Plus, thinking him a mind reader because of his ability to read people’s intentions and motives well. Ryker hasn’t figured out which one of them is the one responsible for ending Becker’s life, but he doesn’t care. He blames them all. It’s been three years since his favourite brother’s death and his grief is under control – for the first few months after the murder, Ryker was extremely reckless, nearly getting himself killed multiple times.
Now, his only occupation is his studies and the occasional shift at a bar in the city. He lives in his grandfather’s old apartment now that the old man lives with his son, Ryker’s father.
{ OUT OF CHARACTER } |
OOC NAME:: Kenny
ROLEPLAYING EXPERIENCE:: Five years
ANY NOTES:: Not this time.
ROLEPLAY SAMPLE:: Non, mon ami.
