Player nickname: Orlando Player LJ:elspeth_vimes Way to contact you: Email: agreylady@gmail.com AIM: Elspeth Vimes Other: pluuuurk Are you at least 15?: Y. Current Characters: Batou, Alberich, Robert Philip, Karibusa Tanyuu, Pam Landy, Maka Albarn, Ivan Vanko
Character: Christopher Carrion Fandom: the Abarat series, by Clive Barker Character Notes: History: Christopher Carrion is a prince of the Carrion line, a family which has ruled a substantial portion of the islands of Night for ages past (and when I say islands of Night, I mean it literally, because in the Abarat time is place). He was one son of a large family, but he was favored, and was relatively happy in his early childhood on Pyon (where it is always 3 in the morning). Then his sister, Theridia, choked to death on a fruit in the orchard. In a rage, Carrion's father set fire to the tree, and the fire spread to engulf the entire palace. Christopher was saved from the blaze by his grandmother, Mater Motley, but his mother and many brothers all perished. Since then Carrion and Motley have lived on Gorgossium, the island of Midnight, in the family castle Iniquisit. In spite of Mater Motley's constant, extremely evil influence, Carrion managed to become something of a romantic. Once, he used the word "love" in front of Mater Motley. She sewed his lips together, and he was unable to speak, eat, or drink for a day before she relented. He still has the scars.
At some point, he met the Princess Boa, daugher of King Claus, the islands of Day's counterpart to the Carrions. Carrion fell madly in love with Boa, and exchanged a multitude of letters with her while they lived on their respective islands. Carrion pleaded with Boa to marry him and forge a new peace together, across the islands. Boa, however, remained uncertain, and eventually turned Carrion down completely.
Convinced at last that no one could ever find him anything but an "ugly, scarred, nightmare-ridden grotesque," Carrion became one. When Boa became engaged to another, Finnegan Hob, Carrion paid to have a dragon kill her on her wedding day. The dragon succeeded, though it was then killed itself by Finnegan.
Carrion turned to the dark side completely. He developed a way of extracting nightmares from his brain, which are funneled into a fluid contained by a tall collar he wears. He breathes this fluid, and the nightmares, and is able to take the nightmares out and inflict them on others. He has developed a remarkable, and deserved, reputation for cruelty and evil.
He has become enamored with the idea of bringing about, for a time, absolute midnight- a total lack of any light throughout the Abarat. This would enable the mythic Requiax, creatures of unimaginable evil, to rampage across the world once more. And perhaps, afterwards, when the world as it is has been destroyed, he can create his own world order.
why do I keep apping when I'm on hiatus?
Player LJ:
Way to contact you:
Email: agreylady@gmail.com
AIM: Elspeth Vimes
Other: pluuuurk
Are you at least 15?: Y.
Current Characters: Batou, Alberich, Robert Philip, Karibusa Tanyuu, Pam Landy, Maka Albarn, Ivan Vanko
Character: Christopher Carrion
Fandom: the Abarat series, by Clive Barker
Character Notes:
History:
Christopher Carrion is a prince of the Carrion line, a family which has ruled a substantial portion of the islands of Night for ages past (and when I say islands of Night, I mean it literally, because in the Abarat time is place). He was one son of a large family, but he was favored, and was relatively happy in his early childhood on Pyon (where it is always 3 in the morning). Then his sister, Theridia, choked to death on a fruit in the orchard. In a rage, Carrion's father set fire to the tree, and the fire spread to engulf the entire palace. Christopher was saved from the blaze by his grandmother, Mater Motley, but his mother and many brothers all perished. Since then Carrion and Motley have lived on Gorgossium, the island of Midnight, in the family castle Iniquisit. In spite of Mater Motley's constant, extremely evil influence, Carrion managed to become something of a romantic. Once, he used the word "love" in front of Mater Motley. She sewed his lips together, and he was unable to speak, eat, or drink for a day before she relented. He still has the scars.
At some point, he met the Princess Boa, daugher of King Claus, the islands of Day's counterpart to the Carrions. Carrion fell madly in love with Boa, and exchanged a multitude of letters with her while they lived on their respective islands. Carrion pleaded with Boa to marry him and forge a new peace together, across the islands. Boa, however, remained uncertain, and eventually turned Carrion down completely.
Convinced at last that no one could ever find him anything but an "ugly, scarred, nightmare-ridden grotesque," Carrion became one. When Boa became engaged to another, Finnegan Hob, Carrion paid to have a dragon kill her on her wedding day. The dragon succeeded, though it was then killed itself by Finnegan.
Carrion turned to the dark side completely. He developed a way of extracting nightmares from his brain, which are funneled into a fluid contained by a tall collar he wears. He breathes this fluid, and the nightmares, and is able to take the nightmares out and inflict them on others. He has developed a remarkable, and deserved, reputation for cruelty and evil.
He has become enamored with the idea of bringing about, for a time, absolute midnight- a total lack of any light throughout the Abarat. This would enable the mythic Requiax, creatures of unimaginable evil, to rampage across the world once more. And perhaps, afterwards, when the world as it is has been destroyed, he can create his own world order.
It wouldn't be a pleasant one.