Dorian Gray

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"Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul."


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[/b] Dorian Gray
AGE: 32
GENDER: male
SEXUALITY pansexual
BIRTHDAY: March 15
CLASS: arisocrat/rich
TITLE/RANK: Lord Dorian Gray
OCCUPATION: writer
ALIGNMENT: evil, though mainly to himself
SPECIES: human
MAGICAL POWERS: Portrait that ages in his stead; he is forever young
CANON/OC: Original
TV SERIES: (movie) Dorian Gray

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HAIR: dark brown
WEIGHT: 142
HEIGHT: 5'11"
PLAY-BY: Ben Barnes

GENERAL: Dorian's physical appearance, in stark contrast to his personality and less than pure nature, is exquisite. He was once highly praised for his handsomeness, and it is the spring from which his narcissistic nature delves--as well as his eternal youth. He has a well-molded face, with the features of a Greek statue and lips that entice. This face pairs with dark eyes and dark hair to frame gentle white skin; his body is strong and well-kept.

ATTIRE: Dorian does not care for medieval dress, as he was raised in a moral-strict Victorian society. Thus, he keeps to himself and wears what he always has. More than anything, he strives to look the nobleman he's always been to hide his inner atrocity. He keeps always in his pocket his fob watch, even when he stoops so as to wear the proper clothing of the time.[/SIZE]
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[/b] himself, music, art, pleasure, opium, alcohol, propriety, reputation, wealth, theatre
DISLIKES: love, outside influence, work, displeasure, law, vanity in others, those who dislike him
STRENGTHS: He is a refined writer and a steady friend to all who indulge in pleasure as much as he does. As well, he is a conaisseur of art and theatre.
WEAKNESSES: Vanity, greed, and more than anything the belief that hiding his painting will bring him the world.
QUIRKS/HABITS: Excessive foot tapping, smoking, drinking.
FEARS: That his painting will be found out and thus he will be unable to hide all the sins that have been written across it.
GOALS: To continue his life carefree, and perhaps make it back to Victorian England so that he may live more comfortably in familiar society.
PERSONALITY Dorian is, above all, a narcissist. He was turned from upstanding morals by a certain Lord Henry Wotton, who created of him the epitome of all Victorian follies. Dorian knows how handsome he is, and is confident in his appearance, knowing that he cannot age so long as his painting does it for him. His vanity, reinforced by anyone he can fish a compliment from, also shows in his incessent greed for any sort of pleasure he can find. He indulges in anything that sets his heart a-beating, and constantly searches for more things that will satisfy his ever-growing craving for personal pleasure.

Dorian was once a good young man, but his influences caused him to believe in the new Hedonism. Although he is shallow and ignores the irony, Dorian believes that it is ill-advised to be the influenced of another. He chooses to believe that all of his borrowed thoughts are his own, and instead of reasoning his immorality out, he lusts over women and takes up new passions and books. He is extremely materialistic and always expects others to do as he sees fit. His morals are low and his standards high. For Dorian, the only redeeming quality is his ignorance and physical beauty.[/SIZE]
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[/b] Margaret Devereux, daughter of Lord Kelso
FATHER: William Gray
SIBLINGS: none
OTHER: his grandfather, Lord Kelso, who despised him
FAMILIAR/PET: none
PLACE OF BIRTH: London, England, 19th century
CURRENT RESIDENCE: a small rural castle, named Vane Castle
WEAPONRY:a pistol and several swords; Dorian is well-versed in swordfighting.
HISTORY: Dorian Gray was born to an English noblewoman who had eloped with a man of a lower class. This outraged Dorian's grandfather, who subsequently killed Mr. Gray. His daughter died soon afterwards, and custody of Dorian was passed to the bitter Lord Kelso, who was notoriously mean-spirited and quarrelsome, always making scenes by viciously haggling with cabmen and the like. Dorian grew up in his household, learning the trade of the Victorian nobles and beginning to adopt the policies as his own. To begin with, he was a conformist.

But around the time he was eighteen, Dorian met Basil Hallworth, a painter who believed he was the most beautiful subject to be found. Basil created art aplenty with Dorian as the subject and one day introduced the boy-with reluctance-to Lord Henry Wotton, whose ideas of society were as rebellious as Victorians dared to get, and who prompted Dorian to indulge in more pleasureful activities and his own beauty. In an uncharacteristic outrage at realizing his morality and short-lived beauty, Dorian cursed the painting Basil had painted and wished it could age in his stead. Little did he realize that his wish was granted, and he'd made a deal with Satan himself. Dorian takes the picture into his own home and displays it. It is not until after he falls in love with an actress and then selfishly breaks her heart-resulting in her suicide-that he realizes the deal was made.

He notices blemishes on the picture that were not preivously there and begins to worry. The painting is hidden away in his attic and covered so that no one may see the sins so clearly written across his face. He indulges in women and men, and in all the underground society of London. In another spell of anger, partially under the influence of alcohol and opium, Dorian kills the artist who created such a terrible work of art and has Basil's body disposed of in acid. These sins build up all the more hideously on the painting.

Dorian is disgusted with himself but unable to admit it because he is infatuated with everything he encompasses. There comes a point when even Lord Henry cannot accept that he is a good human being. But so long as the painting stays hidden an Dorian stays young, he's got nothing to worry about.
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[/b]Dori/Dorian
AGE: nineteen
EXPERIENCE: seven or eight years.
CONTACT: PM is best, but shoot me an email too.
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