Post by Elouan Cattaneo on Mar 29, 2017 22:08:23 GMT -5
ELOUAN CATTANEO |  |
542 (seems 24) ✦ male ✦ butler ✦ hellhound ✦ citizen
personality
| ♦ protective ♦ gentle ♦ thoughtful ♦ intelligent ♦ brave | ♦ phlegmatic ♦ dependent ♦ unsympathetic ♦ bitter ♦ secretive |
history
tw for abuse.- he does not remember his past life, nor does he want to. but sometimes he wakes himself up in the dead of the night, the tip of his tongue bitten straight through. it's good that he never remembers his dreams.
- though indisputably powerful, hellhounds are really only collared dogs. upon his descent to hell, a demon claimed him as his own. the demon's insignia, seared into his flesh with hellfire, is still branded on the back of his thigh. he covers it with bandages these days.
- worthless creature useless dog you're nothing without me you're nothing without me just do as i say when have i ever hurt you you have no one but me know your place beg for me kill for me
- he was made to hunt. his master taught him to go for the neck, to clamp down and never let go. his master held many grudges against other demons, so he was instructed to unleash wrath on his master's behalf. in hell, he was known as "lockjaw."
- whenever he was rebellious, his master dressed him in silver chains and left him to howl and beg for forgiveness. do you think you're above all this? his master asked, snapping his fangs, smiling as he screamed. do you think you're better than this? do you think you don't deserve this? you're in hell for a reason. you act so high and mighty, but you're a monster like the rest of us.
- at some point his master had him go human-hunting. he brought human after human to his master's feet, still alive but only barely. make a contract with me and i'll let you go, his master said. he had to tear off a limb each time the human refused. first the toes, then the fingers, then the legs, then the arms. make a contract with me and i'll let you go, his master said again, raising his voice above the human's broken sobs. his master never ordered him to rip out their eyes but he did so anyway, because he couldn't stand the way they looked at him.
- don't you want to be free? a human captive said to him. she was missing three toes and she had the demon's insignia on the back of her thigh, just like him. now that the contract was made, he was guiding her back home, and she was limping. he flinched away when she reached towards him. he had been the one to harm her, to bring her to his master. how could she be so kind?
- he wanted to be free. he wanted to be free so, so badly. but he lived only for his master. there was no life outside his master.
- his master made him check up on the contracted ones, made him rough them up a bit if they were hostile. she was never hostile. she was kind, and never afraid of him. she told him secrets and read books to him and called him a friend.
- of course you've done horrible things, she said, brewing a pot of tea. chamomile. you've done something horrible to me. it's awkward wearing socks with only seven toes, you know. but, i think you've been wronged. and i think you can be better.
- his master found out about their friendship, though he had thought he covered his tracks well. due to the contract, the demon was unable to harm her with his own hands. so he made the hellhound do it. and he took her soul once the hellhound was finished.
- good boy.
- over the course of a decade after her death, he formulated a foolproof escape plan. one night, while his master was away, he left hell and went to the human world. he covered up his tracks. there was no way his master could find him now, absolutely no way. he was free, forever, though all he felt was dread.
- hellhounds are only collared dogs. he could not stand alone. he was lost without a master, pathetic and aimless. after grappling with himself for many years, he accepted his fate as a servant and hated himself all the while.
- the cœur family accepted him with open arms. he was a competent butler, astute and adept. he particularly fell in favor of the lord of the household, becoming something of a son to him. though perhaps this was only to take the place of his wife and daughter, who were so distant. he wasn't surprised when the lord ran away with his mistress. he wasn't even disappointed when the lord failed to contact him again.
- the mistress died soon after, and the beautiful daughter ascended to the throne. there was little reason for him to be here now that the lord was gone, but he had nowhere else to go. so he stayed, and he suspects he won't be leaving anytime soon.
- he is safe for now, but he fears more with each passing moment that his first master will one day take him back.
misc.
- he presents himself as human to everyone who meets. so far, no one has suspected otherwise.
- he resents and fears demons with every fiber of his being.
- elouan is a breton word meaning "light." his first master, the demon, named him this. probably for ironic purposes.
played by para ✦ ritsu sakuma of ensemble stars
nette of gs