Post by Lyall "Wolf" McCain on Apr 26, 2012 7:20:31 GMT -5
Lyall ‘Wolf’ Avery McCain
Out of Character
Alias: Win
Age: AGELESS
Gender: Of the female kind
RP Experience: Awhile, I think. Possibly.
How Did You Find Us?: CHB
Activity Level: Every other day
Other Characters: Seri Winchester, Erica Vale, Jensen Wolfe (Not accepted yet. D:)
Keyword in Rules: -------
RP Sample:Seri stood panting over her fallen foe. It had taken her weeks to find the putrid monster and longer still to kill it. Now, standing over the dead Minotaur's fallen corpse a small sense of disappointment overcame her. It had been a good hunt, no doubt about that.
Trekking through the deep forests of Georgia with nothing but a combat knife, half a energy drink, and the thought of killing this monster had kept her going for the past month or so.
To have it end was almost saddening. Yet she couldn't get over the thrill of seeing the monster that had terrorized the people of Harmony fall to it's knees and let out it's last breath.
It deserved this. The Minotaur would have just caused more trouble than it was worth. Anyway, it wasn't like there was a shortage on monsters. Seri knew Ares would likely send her on another quest to prove her worth soon enough. He was lucky too, because if she didn't like killing monsters she would never had listened to him to begin with.
Gods. They thought they could control and demand whoever they wanted. Not Seri. She would do what she wanted and be damned if the Gods agreed or not.
General Information
Full Name: Lyall ‘Wolf’ Avery McCain
Gender: Male
Birthday: 04/12/2001
Age: 11
Camp Experience: None (First year)
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Claim Status: Claimed
Divine Parent: Dionysus
Looks
Hair: short, black, spiky hair
Eyes: dark brown
Height: 4'7
Weight: 87 Lbs.
Picture: Click
Playby: Boo-Boo Stewart
Dressing Style: Average black T-shirt and jeans.
General Appearance: Lyall is a very charming boy, but on first impressions he can appear solemn and a slight odd ball. He has a air of dignity and is extremely straight-laced and formal to the point of people wondering if he is actually a kid at all from the way he stands and projects himself.
What Makes Them Them
Personality Description:
Wolf is definitely the most serious kid to walk the block, or at least he tries to be. He doesn't really take to jokes, and can often times be found chiding someone for not taking things seriously enough; even if the person happens to be several years his senior. He likes to put on a air of maturity, stating that he is too old for games like capture the flag or hide and seek. However this air hardly appears effective, especially around his older brother who Lyall is always finding some way to tag along with.
To those who don't know him he can appear a bit odd and solemn. He is very formal around others and usually overly respectful mostly because he doesn't know them and is out of his comfort zone. He hardly smiles and is always dignified in what he does and on most occasions only speaks when spoken to.
When he is around Finn, Lyall becomes almost a whole different person. He seeks approval from his older brother (though he tries to hide it) so much so he goes along with any prank that Finn can come up with. In a way it is more than approval that Lyall seeks. He has a nearly one-sided rivalry with his brother. He doesn't just want to out do him, but do it stylishly. With anything he does he is always sure to add a subtle bit of swag into the mix; smooth and graceful with just a hint of teasing arrogance.
He will often times purposely appear very vain, conceited, and over all very selfish, when he is around Finn. It is not his personality, but more of a teasing gesture of mocking towards his brother who often times tends to act in such a way. Some times he over does it and becomes very egotistical to the point of annoyance. Saying once, "You should be honored by my presence, mere mortal. I am perfection in the flesh." To a random couple who happened to be walking by, followed closely with, "I don't fault you for looking," Flashy smirk "But there is a clear no touching rule. Ma'am you are excused from this rule. Sir, I just don't flow that way." Of course if Finn hadn't been around him, Lyall would have most likely not had said a word let alone made eye contact with the couple.
Despite stating he doesn't like jokes, and often times chides people who do, Lyall is quite the little prankster in his own way; especially at the most unexpected of moments. He likes to surprise people and render them absolutely confused, all the while flashing his crooked but extremely charming grin.
His boyish charm and smooth charismatic tact and is something to be desired. He can always talk his way out of trouble and and puppy dog eyes can make even the most cold hearted melt.
Joking aside, Lyall is a very thoughtful child almost to the point of philosophical. He makes it a hobby to ponder deeply on fundamental problems such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, and language. Lyall has shown a great seriousness in his research to the point of reading nearly a dozen of books on philosophy. Yet to his greatest frustration it usually pushes him into circles and his understand of some concepts are impossible because of its incredibly abstract nature of answering questions with more questions.
But his real interest is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Case in being-Social psychology. However, not many people, not even his own father, are aware of these interests of his. He doesn't discuss his deep passion or knowledge of the subjects.
It is not to say it is because he is afraid people will argue he is just a kid and doesn't know what he is talking about, but more of it being a private secret within himself to discover. It is also because he doesn't want people saying he should have been an Athena child. That is just inexcusable.
Though because of his interest in the social workings of people he does secretly push people's buttons on purpose to gage their reactions. His most favorite test subject would be his brother-whether it is trying to annoy him or flatter his overly huge ego.
Overall he is serious to mostly everyone besides his brother, but he can be a very kind and almost soft-spoken boy when around people he doesn't know.He is very trusting to everyone he meets and expects the best of people to the point of being naive. He doesn't hold grudges and doesn't consider himself to have any enemies whatsoever. He understands the world to be a dangerous place, but he can't help but hope that there are good people in the world and that any fight can be resolved without having to resort to shed blood; even if the person he is fighting is trying to kill him. Many say he is too kind for his own good.
Likes:
-People
-Reading books
-Video Games
-Star gazing
-Teasing
-People taking him seriously
Dislikes:
-People thinking he is just some kid
-Being underestimated
-Really cold weather
-Bullies
-People taking everything as a joke
-Getting Pranked
Fears:
-Accidentally hurting someone
-Losing someone close
-Disappointing Finn
Secrets:
-Loves psychology and philosophy
Ambitions:
-To be better than his brother Finn
-To become a powerful god and stop bloodshed
Powers:
-Natural Fighter
-Greater strength & senses
-Control of vineplants, strongest over grapes
-Cure and Cause Madness
Family and History
Personal History:
The young McCain clan had always been taunted with her wealthy father’s profession; a ‘preacher’s kid,’ the other children at school called them. Each child had had to find his or her own way of dealing with the mockery, as their parents were the ‘back off and let the kids fend for themselves’ type. John McCain, the eldest son, fought anybody who even vaguely offended him and was soon respected and feared. Melody and Melanie, the twins, used their charms to stop the talking. But sweet, shy little thirteen-year old Vivien McCain had no weapons to use except her goodness. And that was practically of no use. So she had to bear the teasing and ridicule, withdrawing into her own little soul, being admonished by both brother and sisters to ‘buck up and stop feeling sorry for herself.’
Thus she bore it until the day when her tolerance reached the hairline limit. Nothing out of the ordinary occurred; one of the many town bullies was just meaner than usual; the school seemed to hand out even harder homework than usual; it was just one of those times when everything seems to go wrong. That day, though, something snapped in her. Maybe it was when the bully told her that she was a wimpy, weird little odd ball and would fit better in a barn. Maybe it was when the same girl tripped her at lunch, making the already stressed pre-teen fall into her tray of food. Maybe it was when her bag broke, spilling her huge load of books all over the courtyard sidewalk, and she had to pick them up in the rain while the rest of the eighth grade went by - laughing.
At any rate, she snapped. Vivien sobbed herself to sleep with a broken heart, feeling extremely sorry for herself. Over the night, though, that little girl disappeared under the firmly fixed mask of a flirtatious, party-loving socialite. No one knew what had been the cause of the change in her. Her brother thought she had come around at last and gotten some guts. Her sisters couldn’t think at all why she was so different but were somewhat jealous at all the attention their younger sister was now getting. As for Mr. and Mrs. McCain, the standoffish parents? Well, they had never really loved any of their children in the first place, so they didn’t care too much. Maybe a thought crossed their minds that Vivien was a lot less shy than normally, but nothing more. It was harsh of them, perhaps, but the family had already been growing apart before even the four children were born; since the McCain’s marriage had really been one of financial convenience.
They got a little worried later, though, when Vivien was still a determined minx at sixteen. Every night saw her at some late night party or another, and did not see her home until the early hours of dawn. She met an unhealthy variety of people at several houses from all walks of live. Once, Vivien fancied that she had seen a drunken man staring at her… but when she turned to look at him, he literally disappeared. She went home right after that, deciding that she had gotten tired from staying up so late. But still, her parents were concerned.
Some pressure was put on the girl to ease up on her parties, and in retaliation, a rebellious Miss McCain threatened to run off with her latest boyfriend, Ethan Gardener. Well, whenever the McCain parents had met up with opposition in their children, they gave in; withdrew. But this time they were really alarmed; after all, such a reputation their daughter had been building that it was also tarnishing their name. So this time they insisted fairly sternly… only to be completely thwarted in their efforts. True to her word, the still-young teen disappeared with the penniless Ethan Gardener less than a week later and were never found.
However, a Mrs. Gardener and a Mr. Gardener appeared overnight, settling themselves into down-town New York with a hefty load of money that was missed by the McCain home that evening. It was an unhappy marriage, doomed to an equally unhappy ending. After a year, a sickly baby boy was born to the young couple. Ethan Gardener, who had always been a coward, albeit a handsome one, abandoned the mother and child to fend for themselves. Vivien was bitter over being ditched for a while, but soon learned to console herself in taking care of the child, whom she had named ‘Donovan.’ Soon enough she had recovered… and Vivien found that her pretty, flirtations mask had been outgrown. Caring for one of her own had developed the motherliness inside her, and produced a warmer, kinder, and more serious girl – for after all, Vivien was still only eighteen.
After about two years, Vivien started going on dates again. While her social butterfly mask had been destroyed, she still enjoyed going out with men. She met Dionysus at a party, and they got to know each other for a while. The god admired the still beautiful, sweet young lady, and sensed that something had hurt her badly. In a desire to help her, he offered to marry her. She, already in love with his kindness and consideration, accepted. They lived together for a while, Vivien in a state of bliss, and Dionysus daily growing to appreciate the truly wonderful woman Vivien was. Another son was born to the twenty year old woman, and they named him Carter Finn McCain, Dionysus insisting that he take his mother’s surname. Even then, the god kept in mind that he would have to leave at some point.
Tragedy struck, though, when Finn was only two years old. Vivien and Dionysus, going out for their anniversary dinner, had left them with a babysitter. When they came back, Donovan had disappeared and the babysitter was lying, unconscious on the couch. Vivien was frantic with worry, and Dionysus blamed himself for not being there to protect them. When the babysitter came to, they both questioned her thoroughly. It turned out that Vivien’s former husband, Ethan Gardener, had apparently come back for… revenge? In any case, he couldn’t be traced. Perhaps Dionysus could have found the culprit, but the Fates destined it not to be so, and he could not interfere.
It took a surprisingly short time for Vivien to recover, though. Most of this was due to the fact that Dionysus came to see her regularly throughout the day, but also because she still had Finn to look after, and was pregnant with yet another son. When he was born, though, it reminded Vivien too much of the first time she had held her first son… and so was hurt too much. She left the naming of the new child to Dionysus and Finn. The thirteen year-old took his younger brother’s naming seriously, and decided on ‘Wolf’ or ‘Lyall’ in the Scottish tongue, their heritage.
It was a long time before Vivien could look at Wolf without some distress - in every way he was the image of his still missing older brother. In that time, both sons still left to her bonded closely. They were hardly close enough to merit fights, and Finn felt protective of the boy he had named. So the family grew close together in that short two years before Dionysus decided that however much Vivien needed Finn to look after her, it was time that the boy went to camp, and to sooth the fears of his wife, he took Finn there himself. Of course, the boy refused to be a year-rounder and came back at the end of every summer to spend more time with his family. When he grew to old for the camp, Finn decided to stay on as a counselor, mainly because he enjoyed the job, and partly so he could look after Wolf when his time came.
In the meanwhile, Dionysus had been keeping a sharp lookout for Vivian’s son Donovan, but had been unable to find neither hide nor hair of the kidnapper or the kidnapped… until one frosty day soon after Finn’s departure to camp when he found out that Ethan Gardener had been killed - murdered, apparently - and had been dead for three years. Where was Donovan now? The god still had sources looking for the now twenty-six year old boy, but no trace had yet been discovered.
[Quoted from Finn’s application with the full permission of Serenity]
Mortal Parent: Vivien Brea McCain, alive
Other Family:
-John Christian McCain, uncle (42 years old)
-Melody McCain Phillips, aunt (38 years old)
-Melanie McCain, aunt (38 years old)
-Ethan Gardener, former step-father (deceased at 38 years)
-Donovan Asher McCain, older brother (26 years old, missing)
-Carter Finn McCain, older brother (24 years old, Camp Counselor)And Finally...
I, Win, have made this entirely up (mostly-ish-Sere is the creator of young Wolf's history, character name, and origin.). I did not rip somebody else’s application (Sere's permission, I swear!) from any site, and have followed the rules accordingly.
And…? Yes.
