Occupation : Crime lord & Dancer at The Flux
Faceclaim : Gaspard Ulliel
“Now tell me the truth darling, don’t you love me in red?”
Where does a monster’s story begin? For Monty, it began the same way he’s lived most of his life – alone. He has no recollection at all of any family. His earliest memories are of himself as a small child on his own in a corrupt sanctuary, living on the streets. It takes a special type of child to survive in those conditions, in a place where anyone can be a target, and Monty quickly learned the tricks he needed to stay alive. Every moment was a battle, though, never able to rest out of fear for what may be approaching. It quickly became clear to young Monty that in order to survive, power was the key. His charismatic personality, visible even as a child, helped him gather a following of other ‘street rats’, and together they grew up. As they reached their teen years, they stopped being a pack of children and instead became one of the sanctuary’s most dangerous gangs, with Monty’s clever, cunning brain and cold smile at the throne. Of course, someone at that height attracts attention, and envy. Monty kept his seat of power until one night in his eighteenth year, when he was betrayed by his second in command and was led into a trap, landing himself in the sanctuary’s prison.
Thus began the chapter of Monty’s life as a prisoner. He’d been listed as ‘volatile’, and the warden had been warned that he would escape easily if they ever slipped up, so he was automatically assigned to solitary confinement, with a blindfold over his eyes at all times. He only ever had any prolonged contact with one other person – a young guard who usually brought him his meals. She liked Monty more than she should have, and often ended up talking to him about all of her problems. He would always set his face into a sympathetic expression and offer false words of flattery as she complained and occasionally cried. She soon fell in love with him, and he was sure to insinuate that her feelings were returned, until one day about a year after he arrived when she took pity on him and let him out of his cell without the tight chains that usually bound his hands and feet. In that instant, Monty had the blindfold off and his arms wrapped around her, his teeth bared at her throat and her own gun pointed at her chest for extra measure. Using the girl as a hostage, he made his way out of the building, freezing anyone who came near with the Medusa’s gaze. He was almost off the grounds when one of the other guards tried to shoot him – he blocked the shot with the girl’s body before dropping her to the ground and fleeing. He didn’t stop running for a long time. He couldn’t return to his old gang, that much was clear. So he escaped the sanctuary, and quickly found a new one – Caelestis.
Upon arriving in Caelestis, twenty year old Monty settled in quickly, and picked up a life very similar to the one he’d originally left behind. It was easy to find those who were scared, who were craving more than their fair share, and to turn them to his own advantage. Monty quickly climbed to the top of the sanctuary’s dirty underbelly, and thrived through both cunning and ruthlessness. He soon gained a reliable following of those who decided it would be better to be beneath him than in his way. Monty became a feared being, others only saying his name in a hushed whisper because you never knew who was one of his spies, and no one wanted to wake up to a cut-off limb or a family member missing. An organized criminal life sprang up in the years since he’s arrived, and Monty rules over it with an iron fist. He is sure to cut down anyone who think they can oppose or challenge him. Occasionally he gets bored, and will masquerade as an average – or, relatively average – young man in town. He’s on one such kick at the moment, dancing at the Flux for his own enjoyment, but still controlling the dark side of the sanctuary with the same cold stare and love of violence that he always has.
+ Traits: Charming, clever, strong-willed
- Traits:Violent, ruthless, vain
Monty is nothing if not charming. He is able to bend almost anyone to his will with a winning smile and a silver tongue, laced with false promises. Beneath the charismatic exterior, though, he is altogether a much different individual. Having been self-reliant since birth, he is fundamentally selfish, with absolutely no empathy for others. Moreover, he is deeply sadistic, though he usually doesn’t let out his inner bloodlust unless the situation calls for it. Where people have failed to capture his interests, though, he fills his life with material goods, spoiling both himself and his dog Apollo, the one living creature he actually cares about. Ice cold, he never lets anyone else close, and rules over his kingdom with an iron fist and a venomous grin.
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