#nevernevada.bio

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Everyone suspects JULIAN MCCLAIN of at least one of the cardinal sins, but in Nevada, the worst sins are bound by blood and this is HIS: THE FOXES. HE rolled the dice THIRTY-FOUR YEARS ago as a KUROK. Under the desert sun, they claim the act of a TATTOO ARTIST AT DAEDALUS STUDIO. They’re often mistaken for CASEY DEIDRICK before those crimson colored glasses slide down their nose. JULIAN better get busy living, or they’ll get busy dying by the ripe age of THIRTY-FOUR. There are no second acts in a marked life, and it’s measured out by the melody of TWO SHOTS BY GOODY GRACE FT. GNASH.

DATE OF BIRTH: June 25th, 1987

GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cis Man, He/Him

HOMETOWN: Las Vegas, NV

MARK: Two V’s hidden in tattoo sleeve

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY [TW: MURDER]

For generations the McClain males had been hand in hand with the hierarchy of motorcycle clubs, and upon its emergence, members of the Foxes. Julian was the next generation to take over since his younger brother wasn’t someone who wanted anything to do with what the McClain men were capable of. So, at a young age the older McClain had been taken under the wing of his father and his father showed him the ropes of what exactly it meant to the man of the household. At the age of eight, the male was capable of taking a gun apart from the inside out and was fully aware of the tasks a member of the bike gang had. His father was a Kurok for the Foxes like his grandfather and his great grandfather had been. It was a title that Julian was being trained to take over when he was hold enough to handle it.

All of the things he learned were subtle and under the rug to hide from his mother who wanted her sons to have nothing to do with the Foxes. His secret trips with his father were exactly that, a secret. Inside of his household growing up, it was more than obvious who was for the Foxes and who were against it. His mother had wanted to keep her boys out of the McClain lifestyle but his father had been dedicated to his second family to the point where he was willing to bring his boys in without informing in his wife. Although only one of his sons had gone along with everything he said, Julian's younger brother would cry every time his father tried to take him to meeting and would make sure to let his displeasure show. It was another reason why Julian had taken the reign and left his mother and his brother out of it which was why when his father died when he was sixteen he was the only one who was aware of how brutal it truly was.

At the age of sixteen, Julian took a road he could never come back from and it was something he had to live with. His father took him on one of the deals with him and two people died that night. His father and the man he pulled the trigger on. It was the first time he ever had to shoot a gun to protect himself and it lead to the monster being released inside of him. From that moment on, it was impossible for Julian to let anyone in including the two remaining McClain’s left in his family. He began crashing with some of the members of the Foxes and the relationships with women he built after that never went on longer than a few weeks.

The last decade, Julian separated himself from his mother and his brother only to get closer to the second family he learned to love. His hands tainted with the blood of whoever got in their way and he proved his worth, taking over his father’s position and filling the seat the McClain men had through the generations. When it came to relationships, all of them had been on and off but never got further regardless of how the opposite person felt or what they wanted. There has been one reason and one reason only for Julian and his relationship habits and it’s simply because he wants the McClain line within the Foxes to die with him.

JULIAN MCCLAIN IS WRITTEN BY ALYSSA.

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Everyone suspects LÀI LILING of at least one of the cardinal sins, but in Nevada, the worst sins are bound by blood and this is HERS: WHITE SNAKES. SHE rolled the dice THIRTY SIX YEARS ago as a DEPUTY MOUNTAIN MASTER. Under the desert sun, they claim the act of ART DEALER. They’re often mistaken for GEMMA CHAN before those crimson colored glasses slide down their nose. LILI better get busy living, or they’ll get busy dying by the ripe age of THIRTY SIX. There are no second acts in a marked life, and it’s measured out by the melody of WATER SIGN BY SPIDER.

DATE OF BIRTH: June 23rd, 1985

GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cis Woman, She/Her

HOMETOWN: Las Vegas, NV

MARK: Jade Tooth

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY

Being born into the Lài family meant that one was born with the great weight of expectations and responsibilities. Liling was no different. As a daughter born in the great house, there was added responsibility to take over one of the great roles in the family’s hierarchy. From an early age she was taught her loyalty, her talents and her responsibility was to the family and that was what would be expected of her.

 Spending her time growing up between three different countries, Liling became quite comfortable with traveling and doing the bidding of her family. She stayed in the United States until she was 10, only traveling to China with the family during trips. When she was ten she was sent to boarding school abroad. She went to China first, like so many of her other family members to the school they sent many of their children to. When she was 16 though, her mother insisted she go to an elite boarding school in Europe, and they settled on one in England. Her mother wanted her to have a leg up on her other cousins and had recognized her daughter’s talent for art. It was a blessing that she expressed talent at an early age for art, given that her family’s business was so tightly tied to forgery.

 After graduation, Liling was sent to Cambridge to study art and art history. For a time she even studied at Sotheby’s and secured a job with them after graduation in London. Due to the ties of her family, it was not long before she found the black market tied to the art auction house. Her mother had wanted Liling to secure a footing on the black market in England, expanding their connections further across the globe and it paid off. During her time helping to sell and to make forgeries in the art world, Liling established connections that the Lài’s could call upon when the time came.

 When she was 29, she was called back to the United States to start to make her own way in the family’s hierarchy. Proving her worth by providing the powerful contacts she made in England, with her skill for forgery and her knowledge of art and art history made her a valuable asset to the family - just as her mother intended. She passed her evaluations to place her higher, and even worked as the vanguard for a time before her cousin Suyin took over. Her mother pulled her from that position and helped her apprentice with her aunt until she was old enough to become the Deputy Mountain Master. Passing all evaluations with flying colors, Liling took to her new position with a sense of pride and pleasure. Her whole life had led to this moment, molding her and shaping her so that she could climb her way to the top. Now, she is second in command and her parents could not be prouder.

 For a year now, Liling has been working beside her aunt as her second in command and though she misses the pleasure that came with the hands on work of forgery, she does her job as is needed. Sometimes, Liling still takes the time to complete a forgery or two, taking pleasure in the solace of her studio at her home where she can simply melt into the details of the canvas. On the side she works as an art dealer, often in partnership with her cousin’s gallery, but also with wealthy clients in the city. Special ones who have earned the right to deal with her family are often sold those the family has amassed on the black market or through their own means. She’ll move anything that needs to be moved and the flexibility of the job means she can focus on leading the White Snakes with her aunt.

LÀI LILING IS WRITTEN BY GIGI.

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Everyone suspects LAUREL SOUZA of at least one of the cardinal sins, but in Nevada, the worst sins are bound by blood and SHE has yet to roll the dice. HER fixation on the neon lights of Nevada started TWO MONTHS ago but when the lights start to hum, they close their eyes. Under the desert sun, they claim the act of ACTRESS. They’re often mistaken for MELISSA BARRERA before those crimson colored glasses slide down their nose. LAUREL better get busy living, or they’ll get busy dying by the ripe age of THIRTY-THREE. There are no second acts in a marked life, and it’s measured out by the melody of ANCIENT DREAMS IN A MODERN LAND BY MARINA.

DATE OF BIRTH: August 22nd, 1988

GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cis Woman, She/Her

HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, CA

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY [TW: HOSPITALIZATION, INJURIES]

BREAKING NEWS: 33 YEAR-OLD ACTRESS, LAUREL, HOSPITALIZED AFTER INJURY ON SET OF '… LIFE GOES ON.' That’s right, Laurel Souza was hospitalized while filming the fourth season of the hit show ‘… Life Goes On.’ Souza’s team released a statement advising the actress suffered from a clavicle fracture and was transported to the hospital immediately. More details of how the injury occurred have not been publicly released in an attempt at privatizing the incident as much as possible.

When she was a young girl, around 4, Laurel’s parents began urging her into the world of fame and fortune. Her parents were successful screenwriters and directors, both very well-versed in their professions. They always wanted to make a name for the Souza family name and they were thrilled when their daughter grew particularly attached to acting at such a formative age. She got her foot in the door by being in more than a handful of commercials before the age of 12, then she scored a recurring role of Addison Mars, who was a recurring mean girl type of character on a show called ‘Fowler: Mid to High.’ It was a coming-of-age show that aired and become popular for a couple years afterwards. That lasted her until she was 18 and ready move into the movie scene. She was cast as the main character in an indie film her mother helped write, but it never made it that far after being released. She dabbled in horror a bit after that, becoming one of the most recognizable faces of B-movie horror and slashers from the time she was 23 until 28. Her step away from horror was more of a leap into television again, mostly because she’d been cast as one of the main characters of a new show called ‘... Life Goes On,’ a family/romantic drama series that became quite popular after the first season’s release. Throughout her time as an actress in horror and throughout the duration of filming her latest series, Laurel was nominated for and won several awards across the board. She was invited to galas, red carpet premieres, and everything else an actress could ever dream of.

Then the injury happened. She suffered from a clavicle fracture while on set, putting her out for a couple months. Her absence would be so impactful that they had to come up with a reason for her character to disappear for an unknown amount of time. After the first month, Laurel went on vacation to Las Vegas. She figured the time away could be spent well and it’d give her time to reset while she healed. Her stay, though, would soon be extended after getting caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

LAUREL SOUZA IS WRITTEN BY HAZY.

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Everyone suspects ATTICUS ROMAN BAILEY of at least one of the cardinal sins, but in Nevada, the worst sins are bound by blood and this is HIS: THE BROTHERS OF ICHOR. HE rolled the dice FORTY-TWO YEARS ago as a MEDIC. Under the desert sun, they claim the act of a PHARMACIST. They’re often mistaken for ADAM BRODY before those crimson colored glasses slide down their nose. ATTICUS better get busy living, or they’ll get busy dying by the ripe age of FORTY-TWO. There are no second acts in a marked life, and it’s measured out by the melody of LIKE A STONE BY AUDIOSLAVE.

DATE OF BIRTH: September 9th, 1979

GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cis Man, He/Him

HOMETOWN: Las Vegas, NV

MARK: Jacket

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY [TW: CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, BYSTANDER, SUICIDE, MURDER] 

Atticus has spent his life with his belly up, rolling over to whatever command he was given as a means of survival. He spent his life obedient. His father waved his rule around with a finger, and Atticus hoped to never meet the fist it belonged to that would carry out the consequences of breaking his law. He treated his children like criminals to be, certain they would lead their lives like the men he locked up if he didn’t teach them any better. His lack of faith was driven by a fear that he tried to instill in them, but after a certain age, they faced it with different forms of resilience.

Atticus’ older brother, Marcus, fought back. He took the brunt of the abuse for his younger brother, and every word Atticus swallowed, Marcus spit up with a bloody grin after a boot to his gut. Atticus had found safety in following the rules, in nodding, and asking for forgiveness later. He lived in a silence that would choke him, going as far as keeping every wrong doing towards him to himself in the hopes that his chest would become full and the world wouldn’t award him anymore hardship. From the wounds their father inflicted to the pounce of a neighbor who cleaned them only if Atticus gave her something in return, he thought him and Marcus just needed to endure until the day they turned eighteen and he counted the days. 

When his brother came home to tell their father his girlfriend was pregnant, eighteen didn’t mean anything anymore. Their father bestowed upon Marcus the freedom he wanted, but not without breaking him down first. At just sixteen, his brother was forced to become a man and left hopeless in his confession. Marcus would turn against those he had sworn to protect, Atticus included, but only raise his hand as their father did to those who wouldn’t fight back. Atticus’ nephew, Puck, would be the legacy to the pattern the Bailey’s seemed unable to escape. Atticus knew when to pull back when his brother got rough, always knowing there was something in him that burned red behind his eyes under the spark of endorphins that never numbed him enough against the abuse they endured, but he never expected him to find someone who wouldn’t. 

While Atticus had tried to help, his one attempt was met with a promise in his brother’s eyes to hide his loss of control. He became an enabler in one instant, the medication he provided to ease his nephew’s pain only a cushion for a harder throw from Marcus’ hand. After that, he refused to help every again and he fled. He enlisted in the army as a medic, taking a break from pharmacy school and hoping to be able to help where he was needed. This didn’t last long, though. What was right was tested when he was suppose to save a soldier who had committed terrible acts, much like the ones Atticus had endured in his youth at the hands of what was suppose to be a friend, and he refused. He was tired of helping those who would only use healing to cut deeper, to hurt more. The man died and Atticus was put on trial but it was revealed in the autopsy report that with or without his help, his health was condemned and he would have perished. Atticus was given an other-than-honorable discharge after serving no more than three and a half years. 

After returning, Atticus finished his schooling. He became friends with a young client who picked up medication for her neighbor. She would come to the small family owned pharmacy late at night, and he would lock up and walk her home. No more than a year and a half later, she had confessed to Atticus of the abuse she endured and he shared his own experience until a few months later, she was found dead. She had taken her own life, feeling unable to escape her circumstance and her grandfather began filling his own prescriptions. Atticus went to the police, sharing what he knew but no evidence and her death left it no more than hear-say. Taking justice into his own hands, Atticus altered the man’s prescriptions and he met a similar fate. 

This was the start of Atticus’ hand in serving a justice he tailored himself. He took his own moral code, and those who had gotten away with abuse and more by no more than a technicality and made their lives living hells or ending them all together. He offered his services to the brotherhood in order to try and keep himself busy, but Atticus still works at the pharmacy giving out sentences no one else is willing to. He sits with no bark, but biting when the time is right. 

ATTICUS BAILEY IS WRITTEN BY DANII.

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Everyone suspects AMADEUS JUDE CASTELLANOS of at least one of the cardinal sins, but in Nevada, the worst sins are bound by blood and HE has yet to roll the dice. HIS fixations on the neon lights of Nevada started FOUR YEARS ago as a FENCE. Under the desert sun, they claim the act of a FINE JEWELER AND OWNER OF CASTELLAN JOYERIA. They’re often mistaken for GARRETT HEDLUND before those crimson colored glasses slide down their nose. JUDE better get busy living, or they’ll get busy dying by the ripe age of THIRTY-SEVEN. There are no second acts in a marked life, and it’s measured out by the melody of CIVILIAN BY WYE OAK.

DATE OF BIRTH: January 20th, 1984

GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cis Man, He/Him

HOMETOWN: Miami, FL

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY [TW: EATING DISORDER, ASSAULT]

Jude’s birth parents welcomed the new year with anticipation as they awaited his birth. Hell bent on defying the odds that their first child set for them, they had everything prepared for him. Yet, it didn’t take long for them to prove those around them right. At twenty months old, Jude was placed in the foster system and adopted four months later by the Castellanos family. His parents kept his birth name as means of keeping his origin the center of his being, as wherever he went there he would be, but moved it to his middle name. He was named Amadeus.

The Castellanos family already has three sons, but Lina Castellanos suffered a miscarriage for her fourth child. She accepted that she did not only want a fourth child, but needed one and that maybe it wasn’t in the cards for her to bring him into this world through her womb. Instead, the most important thing was to bring him into her heart and home. She decided adopting a child would be not only the alternative, but her path. His grandmother accepted him immediately, and swore that he had been blessed by her late husband. He was given his grandfather’s name immediately with little protest.

However, when going into his teen years, Jude suffered like a lot of teens but it took a darker turn. He watched his siblings get out of their trials of puberty with the hope their genetics provided, and the example each one provided as they entered and exit the hardest times of their lives with their developing bodies. Jude had no idea what would happen to him and it was extremely concerning to him. In order to cancel out anything unwanted, and establish some control over the one thing his parents couldn’t gift him with, he developed an eating disorder to remain a valuable member of all the sport teams he was active in. This was only supported in his mind by the attention he got from his classmates for being charming, as well as good looking with a physique that was always taken care of.

No one suspected a thing as Jude remained active, and was fed immensely by his grandmother and her rivaled cooking with her daughter. Jude had his own ways of making up for what they insisted he ate. After high school, he attempted college but ultimately entered the pawn shop business. At thirty-three, he moved to Nevada with his girlfriend Katerina Devereaux in order for them to both pursue their growing dreams. Kat had aspirations in a music program and Jude wanted to expand his business far beyond the pawn shop they owned in Miami. However, there was also an ulterior motive. Jude had been contacted by his biological brother, Jackson Barrett, and fulfilled a wish he had buried away since the day he was adopted to know where he came from.

He ended up opening Castellan Joyeria, aa fine jewelry shop located in in the more expensive shopping side of Paradise. It reigns over all of the competition between the finer details amongst wedding shoppers, lucrative diners, and the creme de la creme in the Forum. It specializes in gemstones and delicate commissioned designs. Owned by the Jude, the store began on the outskirts of the more expensive street of storefronts where it slowly thrived in the shadows away from the main street of lucrative shopping. Just a year into its opening, the shop moved to the middle of the main street but its success isn’t only from what is printed on their books. Castellan Joyeria has been specializing in counterfeit jewelry for a few years now behind the scenes and forging expensive designs from companies like Cartier, Bvlgari, and Rolex for years by mimicking serial numbers and claiming insurance from those companies to gain more inventory, and selling it to smaller businesses overseas. However, this side of business is dawned upon only a selective few. While Jude is no more than merchants to the rich, lucrative, and famous, he still had connections to live the dramatized version of the Vegas lifestyle with ease. He strayed away from drugs and drinking, but he’d taken part in other things like helping his brother move some of his findings and eventually building more contacts than he expected. 

However, two years later he left the bustling city of Las Vegas for Brazil, Columbia, and even Africa to mine for precious gems and build his own business and connections for the stumbling family business in fine jewelry for three years. This was not without hardship. The realm of mining is full of dangers and the excused rough play of having older brothers would have ever prepared him for. After being robbed and assaulted, Amadeus was taken under the wing of a former military man who trained him fiercely on how to not only protect himself, but the more offensive side of the jewel trade. They worked as partners until he left, but remains working with him from Vegas. There Amadeus studied gems further and for five years, he nearly forgot where he came from until his distanced relationship with them came crashing down on him on a pained revelation after a phone call. It took longer than they hoped, but by the time they reached Amadeus, the death and funeral of his grandmother had already been in the past. He had lost the woman who cared for him the most and who loved him enough to never feel the need to say it aloud, and was estranged from everyone he ever knew.

He’s just recently returned to Vegas in the last six months, primarily because of the death of his grandmother that gave Jude the motivation to come back home wherever that may be. Where he was certainly wasn’t. She was the most important person in his life and it’s only added to the grief. He’s burying himself in his work to distract himself as well as take charge of his family, feeling that he left with little notice and shaved off responsibilities to them with too much ease.  

AMADEUS JUDE CASTELLANOS IS WRITTEN BY DANII.