"I didn’t realize it, but the days came along one after another, and then two years were gone, and everything was gone, and I was gone."
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, Babylon Revisited
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Theodore John Raymond is his birth name, though he has dropped his last name in favor of "Payne" for the sake of his story
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His sisters can call him Theo, but to everyone else, it's TJ
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September 10, 1880
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137 | Appears 27
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Owner and mechanic at Payne Auto Body Shop
Formerly dabbled in robberies
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Male
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Heterosexual
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#f88a3f
Theodore John Raymond is his birth name, though he has dropped his last name in favor of "Payne" for the sake of his story
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His sisters can call him Theo, but to everyone else, it's TJ
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September 10, 1880
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137 | Appears 27
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Owner and mechanic at Payne Auto Body Shop
Formerly dabbled in robberies
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Male
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Heterosexual
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#f88a3f
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TJ stands at 6'2 and has an athletic, muscular build. He looks like the kind of guy who likes to work with his hands and do manual labor, and he does. His skin is light and on the paler side, and he has blonde hair that he has always kept shoulder length. His eyes are hazel in color.
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Theodore has a bit of a rugged look to him; one that suggests that he may be a bit aggressive or short-tempered, maybe even ill-mannered. He's not brutish, but his tall and athletic figure sometimes allows people to think of him as being bigger and badder than he actually is... or than he actually is most of the time. Truth be told, shortly after being changed into a vampire, Theodore's personality could be summed up in a single word: angry. He went through a stage of being violent and aggressive, impulsive and incredibly unpredictable. He felt like everyone in the world was working against him, and that he deserved to hurt strangers out of vengeance for being wronged and deprived of his human life. It was something that he definitely grew out of, but it's worth noting that that showed that he had the capability to be nearly evil. His temper still isn't perfect, and he's definitely no Mahatma Gandhi, but it's safe to say that Theodore has mellowed out. In fact, most people would describe him as having a relaxed vibe to him. He comes across as being easy going; not taking anything too seriously, and being easy to work with and talk to. He's loyal to his family and friends, and he prizes relationships over material things any day of the week.
Most people think of him as being a simple guy, living a simple life, with simple intentions. It's an image that he appreciates, and one that isn't necessarily a lie, though there definitely is another side to him, too. Then again, no vampire can really say that they're more good than bad, when they take at least a life a week just to survive. It's not an obvious trait, but Theo definitely struggles with being very selfish. He tends to think that he's always right, and can be very opinionated and stubborn, so even when he thinks he's doing it to be good and do something in someone else's best interest, he won't consider anyone else's input, and will go through with how he wants something done no matter what. As stated, Theo's temper is now much better than it used to be, but he still sometimes gets a weird craving to overreact when wronged. He knows that he's being dramatic when doing it, but he'll purposely want to ruin someone's life for committing a small foul against him. He can definitely be passive aggressive and isn't one to talk about his feelings, instead, acting on them without giving other people a fair chance to clear their names. His loyalty is strong, and it's something he values highly in his friends, but once someone breaks it, he refuses to give second chances.
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✔ Physical activity
✔ Cars
✔ Providing for other people, feeling like "the man of the house"
✔ The smell of pine trees/the outdoors
✔ History
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✖ Thinking about the future or his past
✖ Being goaded or antagonized, and feeling himself lose control over his emotions
✖ The smell of meat being cooked
✖ Cats or rodents
✖ Clowns (he's convinced they're the scariest human invention)
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☠ Anything bad happening to his sisters. He would feel guilty by default.
☠ That his daughter ever found out that he abandoned her and her mother.
☠ His temper
TJ stands at 6'2 and has an athletic, muscular build. He looks like the kind of guy who likes to work with his hands and do manual labor, and he does. His skin is light and on the paler side, and he has blonde hair that he has always kept shoulder length. His eyes are hazel in color.
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Theodore has a bit of a rugged look to him; one that suggests that he may be a bit aggressive or short-tempered, maybe even ill-mannered. He's not brutish, but his tall and athletic figure sometimes allows people to think of him as being bigger and badder than he actually is... or than he actually is most of the time. Truth be told, shortly after being changed into a vampire, Theodore's personality could be summed up in a single word: angry. He went through a stage of being violent and aggressive, impulsive and incredibly unpredictable. He felt like everyone in the world was working against him, and that he deserved to hurt strangers out of vengeance for being wronged and deprived of his human life. It was something that he definitely grew out of, but it's worth noting that that showed that he had the capability to be nearly evil. His temper still isn't perfect, and he's definitely no Mahatma Gandhi, but it's safe to say that Theodore has mellowed out. In fact, most people would describe him as having a relaxed vibe to him. He comes across as being easy going; not taking anything too seriously, and being easy to work with and talk to. He's loyal to his family and friends, and he prizes relationships over material things any day of the week.
Most people think of him as being a simple guy, living a simple life, with simple intentions. It's an image that he appreciates, and one that isn't necessarily a lie, though there definitely is another side to him, too. Then again, no vampire can really say that they're more good than bad, when they take at least a life a week just to survive. It's not an obvious trait, but Theo definitely struggles with being very selfish. He tends to think that he's always right, and can be very opinionated and stubborn, so even when he thinks he's doing it to be good and do something in someone else's best interest, he won't consider anyone else's input, and will go through with how he wants something done no matter what. As stated, Theo's temper is now much better than it used to be, but he still sometimes gets a weird craving to overreact when wronged. He knows that he's being dramatic when doing it, but he'll purposely want to ruin someone's life for committing a small foul against him. He can definitely be passive aggressive and isn't one to talk about his feelings, instead, acting on them without giving other people a fair chance to clear their names. His loyalty is strong, and it's something he values highly in his friends, but once someone breaks it, he refuses to give second chances.
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✔ Physical activity
✔ Cars
✔ Providing for other people, feeling like "the man of the house"
✔ The smell of pine trees/the outdoors
✔ History
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✖ Thinking about the future or his past
✖ Being goaded or antagonized, and feeling himself lose control over his emotions
✖ The smell of meat being cooked
✖ Cats or rodents
✖ Clowns (he's convinced they're the scariest human invention)
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☠ Anything bad happening to his sisters. He would feel guilty by default.
☠ That his daughter ever found out that he abandoned her and her mother.
☠ His temper
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Theodore was born into the lower class of the United States in the late 1800's. His parents were immigrants from Sweden and Poland who struggled to making a living, even though they swore they were better off here than in Europe. His childhood came with its struggles, but he was a happy child for the most part, and married his childhood sweetheart, Alice, when he was eighteen years old. They tried to conceive a child for many years, but it wasn't until he was twenty-three that Alice became pregnant. His daughter, Anna, was born the next year, and though Theodore was happier than he had ever been at having his own perfect little family, things still weren't easy. They struggled tremendously to get food on the table, and Theodore ended up leaving his wife and child in New England to get a job working on the railroad in the Midwest for a few years, to better support them. He sent money back to them regularly, and really dedicated all of his time into working enough to make sure that when he went home, they could live happily and comfortably, but he never made it home. He had recently turned twenty-seven when he was turned into a vampire. He had been sought out by a clan looking to expand, but the rage that Theodore exhibited after being transformed forced the clan to abandon him as a lost cause. To claim that he was distraught over his human life being ripped away from him was an understatement. He learned very quickly that his lust for blood was too strong and unpredictable, that early on, that he couldn't return home to his wife and child. They would stop hearing from him, and his wife would eventually remarry, telling their daughter that her father passed away suddenly, rather than telling her what she thought to be the truth: that he left them willingly, probably for another woman. Losing his family was something that Theodore was convinced he would never get over, and he still hasn't gotten over it to this day.
After years of acting recklessly and violently, living on his own and feeding off of people not just out of hunger, but as a way to feel more in control, he finally decided that he needed to stop. He wasn't happy, and he convinced himself that the only way that he would be happy again was to have a family. It wouldn't be the same as his real family, but it would be a family nonetheless. When he spotted Lucy and Ember in the woods, it was like fate was speaking to him, and without much thought, he changed the two sisters from humans to vampires. He originally thought the older one would make a good wife, but soon after he did it, he realized how horrible it was to do. He actually felt worse changing them, than he did killing humans for blood, because he had experienced the same pain that they would, in being forced to abandon their human lives. It was selfish an evil, and Theodore still hasn't truly forgiven himself for doing it to the girls either, but he's lucky that he grew on them, and that they've come to love him like a brother. So, though it wasn't in the purest of ways, their little family was born, and Theodore is finally somewhat at peace with his life.
Because Ember is young, it's hard to stay in one place for too long without people wondering why a teenage-looking girl still looks the same after ten, or twenty years. They move around fairly frequently, though after moving to Bellingstone six months ago, Theodore is hoping that they'll be able to stay here for at least five or ten years. He likes the mechanic shop that he bought, and it will definitely serve as a good source of income now that he's convinced himself that it's time to give up the way that he and the girls were used to getting side money... which was dangerous, even for vampires. It involved staking out houses, and sometimes even small businesses, for ones that were easy to rob, using older people or single women, home alone, and after feeding off of the humans, robbing them blind without leaving a trace of evidence behind. It was a quick way to feed and make some spending money, but now that Theodore is truly ready to settle down for an extended period of time, he's looking to leave his criminal behavior in the past as well.
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Theodore was born into the lower class of the United States in the late 1800's. His parents were immigrants from Sweden and Poland who struggled to making a living, even though they swore they were better off here than in Europe. His childhood came with its struggles, but he was a happy child for the most part, and married his childhood sweetheart, Alice, when he was eighteen years old. They tried to conceive a child for many years, but it wasn't until he was twenty-three that Alice became pregnant. His daughter, Anna, was born the next year, and though Theodore was happier than he had ever been at having his own perfect little family, things still weren't easy. They struggled tremendously to get food on the table, and Theodore ended up leaving his wife and child in New England to get a job working on the railroad in the Midwest for a few years, to better support them. He sent money back to them regularly, and really dedicated all of his time into working enough to make sure that when he went home, they could live happily and comfortably, but he never made it home. He had recently turned twenty-seven when he was turned into a vampire. He had been sought out by a clan looking to expand, but the rage that Theodore exhibited after being transformed forced the clan to abandon him as a lost cause. To claim that he was distraught over his human life being ripped away from him was an understatement. He learned very quickly that his lust for blood was too strong and unpredictable, that early on, that he couldn't return home to his wife and child. They would stop hearing from him, and his wife would eventually remarry, telling their daughter that her father passed away suddenly, rather than telling her what she thought to be the truth: that he left them willingly, probably for another woman. Losing his family was something that Theodore was convinced he would never get over, and he still hasn't gotten over it to this day.
After years of acting recklessly and violently, living on his own and feeding off of people not just out of hunger, but as a way to feel more in control, he finally decided that he needed to stop. He wasn't happy, and he convinced himself that the only way that he would be happy again was to have a family. It wouldn't be the same as his real family, but it would be a family nonetheless. When he spotted Lucy and Ember in the woods, it was like fate was speaking to him, and without much thought, he changed the two sisters from humans to vampires. He originally thought the older one would make a good wife, but soon after he did it, he realized how horrible it was to do. He actually felt worse changing them, than he did killing humans for blood, because he had experienced the same pain that they would, in being forced to abandon their human lives. It was selfish an evil, and Theodore still hasn't truly forgiven himself for doing it to the girls either, but he's lucky that he grew on them, and that they've come to love him like a brother. So, though it wasn't in the purest of ways, their little family was born, and Theodore is finally somewhat at peace with his life.
Because Ember is young, it's hard to stay in one place for too long without people wondering why a teenage-looking girl still looks the same after ten, or twenty years. They move around fairly frequently, though after moving to Bellingstone six months ago, Theodore is hoping that they'll be able to stay here for at least five or ten years. He likes the mechanic shop that he bought, and it will definitely serve as a good source of income now that he's convinced himself that it's time to give up the way that he and the girls were used to getting side money... which was dangerous, even for vampires. It involved staking out houses, and sometimes even small businesses, for ones that were easy to rob, using older people or single women, home alone, and after feeding off of the humans, robbing them blind without leaving a trace of evidence behind. It was a quick way to feed and make some spending money, but now that Theodore is truly ready to settle down for an extended period of time, he's looking to leave his criminal behavior in the past as well.
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