OUT OF CHARACTER
NAME/ALIAS: mae
AGE: 19
PRONOUNS: she/her
IN CHARACTER – BASICS
FIRST/LAST NAME: Laurence John ‘LJ’ Caston
NICKNAMES: Laurie, Lauren, Jack, Jacky, Jo
AGE: 804 (physically 25)
PRONOUNS: he/him
OCCUPATION (MUSE, ARTIST, ETC.): muse, art historian/archaeologist & vigilante
FACE CLAIM: Charles Bilgrien
3 POSITIVE TRAITS: protective, dedicated, innovative
3 NEGATIVE TRAITS: jaded, grumpy, impatient
IN CHARACTER – DETAILS
LJ was born in 1216, at the end of the ravaging civil wars between King John and the barons. He grew up in a shattered, recovering country under an ineffectual king; hardship was a constant from an early age, scraping a living through whatever means he could. however, his secret passion was for art, sketches and carvings and sculptures whittled into wood. Even when he left home to join the army, he kept his passion burning, though hidden. His death should’ve been in action; it should’ve been glorious, should’ve been worth something, but in the end it was nothing more than pneumonia after trying to nurse a friend. The only people to be privy to his artwork during his mortal life were the order of nuns who cared for him as he died – a clumsy, whittled rosary, still tucked into an empty grave. When he came back, people didn’t know what to make of him – least of all himself. The nuns called it a miracle, the villagers called it the devil’s work, the army was just glad to have one of their best archers back. Even LJ didn’t understand what he was, or why he’d been saved, until he met another muse. They’d already been alive for nearly 1,000 years and told him exactly what he’d been brought back to do: to inspire, to guide, to light humanity’s artistic journey and illuminate the future. Their biggest influence was to instil him with a sense of duty, a faithfulness he’s never managed to completely abandon. Over the years, LJ has travelled the world: he fought at Agincourt and Crecy, sailed on the Golden Hind, pitched up in the American and French Revolutions, went to university several times over. Loved and lost many people, including other muses. He trained under Nicholas Hilliard, experienced more civil wars, fought at Trafalgar; countless events lived, centuries gone by, and one constant: suffering.