"Come on. Laugh. At least there’ll be fewer tears to clean ma chérie."
Full Name: James Alexander Fortier
Nicknames and Aliases:Jim, Jimmy (if you want to annoy him), Lex, and Jay
Gender: Male
Age:67 but appears to be in his early thirties
Ethnicity/Race:Technically speaking, he’s European, and that’s what he’ll tell you.
Sexual Orientation: Pansexual
Species: Vampire
Occupation:Liaison Specialist #1 and Bartender
Height:5 foot 10 inches
Weight:145 lbs
Tattoos:James has tribal tattoos on his left shoulder that stretch down his side and onto his chest.
Piercings:None
Scars:None
Description: James normally doesn’t have to be bothered with his appearance, except his hair. He tends to spend his day randomly pulling at it. He also has a nicely toned body with enough muscle to be noticeable but not overly large. Also, he keeps facial hair, often a tiny bit longer than stubble because he believes he looks very, for lack of a better word, naked without it. James also believes the best thing about him is his smile so he flashes it often. He also has a slight French accent that he has mostly lost, but is still detectable. Most people find it attractive, though he doesn’t see its allure.
Personality:
{Loyal, flirty, kind, and normally mellow}
As a liaison specialist, James is very kind to everyone and attempts to understand people’s worries. Since his loss of his best friend, he has learned to value friends and is very loyal to the ones he has. Also, he is a VERY flirty guy and doesn’t make idle suggestions. In other words, don’t say anything you don’t mean around him. Though he does attempt to be as kind and understanding as possible, when he gets pissed, everyone better stay out his way because he is a loose cannon. To keep himself from going off, James will walk away, but he can only do so much. Despite this being a real problem for him, he is also a thoughtful person. He keeps himself happy by reminding himself that this is a new life and he is making the best out of it.
Habits:He tends to smile (looking as if he’s sharing a joke with himself), pull at his hair, and randomly spin things without noticing. He also sometimes goes back and forth between French and English
Oddities:He loves his alcohol. He also loves to compliment people (he literally can’t stop himself at times).
- Cats
- Scotch
- Smiling
- Light Conversation
- Sex
- Violence (especially against weaker people)
- Braggers
- Heat (He HATES hot weather.)
- Puke (He can’t be within a few feet of it without dry heaving.)
- Too many clothes
Biography
Place Of Origin: Paris, France
Birth Date: December 2, 1946
History:James was born on December 2, 1946 in s Parisian hospital. His mother, Audrey, was a whore and his father was one of her frequent customers. This is just her guess however. She would tell him “Hmm…you have Al’s chin, but your eyes look more like Bernard’s.” She made it seem as if it didn’t matter, so James became indifferent. Despite this outer appearance of apathy, James would still frown slightly every time he’d pass his mother’s open door and see her rearranging herself as she accepted money from yet another customer.
Eventually Audrey found a man, Charles, and married him. The marriage was stable enough until the day when Charles caught Audrey in bed with another man. He went ballistic and left the house only to return hours later with a gun. He pointed it at Audrey and screamed countless insults at her for half an hour before lowering the gun and threatening her. If she were to cheat on him or leave him, he promised to pull the trigger. She accepted his proposal and stayed, but refused to have James in the same house for fear of his safety.
When he was old enough, his mother sent him to a boarding school. There he blossomed into a respectable young man with the help of his best friend Luc. Luc, thinking James was just an awkward guy, took him under his wing and showed him his ways. In two short years, James became very popular among many, men and women alike, for his charming demeanor and his loyalty to his friends. Luc and James were inseparable and often did everything together including graduating and living together. At the age of twenty, James and Luc became bartenders at a local club.
One wintry night, James decided to stay home because he’d developed a bad cough and couldn’t go to work. Luc left off to work on foot, but he didn’t make it to the club. He got killed that night after getting robbed two blocks away.
James was depressed and got kicked out after not being able to afford the rent. He retreated back to his mother’s house to find her beaten bloody by Charles. In a fit of rage he got into an altercation with Charles, ending with a very bloody James and a very bloody Charles being guarded by Audrey. She yelled at James and told him to leave. Angry and shamed, James left and secluded himself in a bar.
Unable to bear approaching his mother again, James left Paris. He wanted to start over and create a better life for himself. He came to America with the rest of his money and lived as a bachelor until he met a beautiful vampire named Kiera. She went back with him to his place and attacked him, draining his blood. She then gave him the choice of dying or being turned. The choice, to him, was obvious. After a couple years of living together as her pupil and lover, Kiera left and suggested he did the same. Making sure not to leave him with nothing, she suggested going to Blood Bath. So James ended up in Detriot and the rest is history.
Happiest Memory:Working together with Luc, making drinks and doing tricks.
Saddest Memory:Waking up to the police at his door telling him Luc was dead.
Face Claim:Michael Ealy