BIRTH NAME: Christopher Romijn NICKNAME: Topher AGE: 25 years old DATE OF BIRTH: 9th of June, 1985 SPECIES: Shapeshifter FROM: Luik/Liege, Belgium IN ASTORIA SINCE: August 2021 NEIGHBORHOOD: North Valley OCCUPATION: Rookie Firefighter
SHORT BIO: (death tw, cancer tw, violence tw) Topher has always been a righteous and violent kid, they always learned how to take care of themselves, and how to fight back. Their father was a strong man once, until cancer overtook him, and he died after a long fight with a disease that did not see a difference between sinners and saints. Their mother was a sex worker, she used her Shapeshifting skills to get more costumers. At age seventeen, when Topher was madly in love with the girl next-door, they learned of their mother’s skill in a violent manner when one of her costumers had followed her home and saw her shift in front of his eyes. He killed their mother, and Topher killed him. They burned the house, kidnapped the love their life and set off towards Spain. They had made it maybe halfway there, when the two of them were found. Topher was left by the side of the road beaten, and their love was taken back to Belgium. They fled to Astoria, where for many years they lived on the streets, never wishing for a better life, until it got boring. They studied in Belgium for a year before returning to Astoria with a degree and an occupation, intent on staying this time, but also intent on making something more of the life they had.
WANTED CONNECTIONS:
You’re Something Different - Topher came to Astoria seven years ago, heavily bandaged, looking like shit, and a little feral after a huge heart break. They would trash and bark at any form of kindness extended to them. You tried to get past those defences, and found the harder you tried, the easier Topher opened up to you. You know all their secrets, from the death of their father, to the murder of their father.
A little Too Feisty - Topher doesn’t hold back when it comes to doing the right thing. As you’ve found out the hard way. It was an innocent gesture, a wrong word, a person who overreacted, but Topher’s violence towards the injustice came sudden and quick. They didn’t care to explain why you needed to be hurt, but you’ve since come to understand it’s nothing personal.
QUICK CONNECTIONS
A search for love: ex, one-night-stand, unrequited love
Trouble: rivals, enemies, had that one very terrible run in
Kindred spirit: fellow shapeshifter who can show Topher the ropes
Yearning for connection: friends
HEADCANONS:
Topher is the type of shy person who wears oversized clothing and refrains from talking about anything that has to do with their past. They always want to help and react angry to unfair situations.













