|| Username: ||
Rhage
|| Dιαlσgυє cσlσя: ||
Burnt Orange - #C95516
|| Tнσυgнт cσlσя: ||
Deep Red - #A30C0C
|| Theme Songs: ||
||Murder Song - Aurora||
||Kyrptonite - 3 Doors Down||
||Ride - Chase Rice||
||Colorblind - Counting Crows||
“Rik, or Rikky, depending on how much I like you.”
|| Gender & Age ||
Male, Nineteen.
|| Race ||
Pure-blood Vampire.
|| Voice ||
His Voice
|| Face Claim ||
Subaru Sakamaki
White.
|| Eye Color ||
Red.
|| Skin Tone ||
Pale.
|| Height ||
Six Three.
|| Weight ||
Two ten.
Anything human. They are such fun to play with.
- || A knack for languages. ||
Arik has the uncanny ability to pick up any language. It took him a while to learn the first language past his native tongue, but he grew the ability to easily adapt to any language just by listening to it. When he comes across one he is unfamiliar with, he will further his knowledge by reading books and journals. He uses his talent quite often when it comes to peace agreements across countries.
With no pulse to give him away, no beating muscle safe inside his rib cage to quicken under pressure, Arik has mastered the ability to lie. He has determined and controlled every fidget, every sign that could give him away. He smiles without fault, speaks without hesitation. Arik’s learned that in the position that he’s in, this must be a mastered ability. There’s nothing more important that how the eyes that gaze upon you perceive you, and everything must seem perfect.
Living lifetimes allows you the freedom and the time to perfect skills. One of Arik’s happened to be in the Arts. He can paint a picture, sculpt a statue, play a song on any instrument your heart desires, but he has yet to learn passion. Arik has all the technicalities, but that’s where it falls. He can paint a picture that is pleasing to the eye and realistic as any photograph, but there is no meaning. Behind every played song is no feeling - just what note to hit and at what time.
With the wings of a bird or the gills of a fish, nothing is out of reach for Arik. In his age, he’s been blessed with the ability to shape shift. Animals are easy for him now, but there comes a limit. When he shifts, he loses his abilities as a vampire. He’s much easier to kill and trap, but his abilities grow limitless. It takes him time to shift and that is when he is most vulnerable, but he’s very hard to find when doing so. Arik’s started to further his abilities with shifting into other people, but that has proven to be much more difficult.
It starts with that irritable sound of a heartbeat. One so tempting for aching fangs and a restless mind, a sound that does not stop it’s taunting. Then it is followed by that beautiful silence and the adrenalin that feeds the excitement that resides in the deepest parts of him. No more ragged breaths to break the peaceful nothingness, no more cries and pleas. Arik’s obsession has not impacted the family, at least not in a bad way. His skills are used to secretly take out threats and opposition as well as fill the need to have his fangs tear through flesh. He’s gained the skill of a clean kill, not leaving a trace of evidence to come back to him or his family.
- ❖ Snoring. ||
Even though Arik doesn't have the need to breath, he often ruins the image of a vampire when he sleeps. Arik tends to have a soft snore when sleeping, perhaps only breathing out of mere habit. The same snore is heard when he shapeshifts, giving away his identity to those who pay enough attention.
❖ Rubbing his face. ||
Typically Arik does pretty well at keeping his emotions in check, but he has a tell when he's frustrated. Arik will often rub his face with his his hand and then pull it back through his hair. If it's really bad, he'll fall silent with his thumb and forefinger pressed on either side of the bridge of his nose.
❖ Restlessness ||
There are times where Arik just needs to do something, so he'll bounce his leg, tap his foot, or drum his fingers. Anything to move some part of his body. It typically gets worse when he grows impatient.
- ♥ Whiskey ||
♥ The Ocean ||
♥ Human Women ||
♥ Human Men ||
♥ Animals ||
♥ Baths/Being Bathed ||
♥ Quiet ||
♥ Fire ||
♥ Death ||
♥ Sleeping ||
♥ Massages ||
|| Dislikes ||
- ✘ Noise ||
✘ Filth ||
✘ Wine ||
✘ Human Food ||
✘ The Winter Season ||
✘ Cleaning ||
✘ Dishonesty (Ironically) ||
✘ Weapons ||
Silence. It’s something that always follows death. It is a void that can be so easily shattered. It is a peace not easily granted. Silence is where Arik thrives, finding solace in the emptiness where he cherishes it so completely he will not break it with the sound of his breath. It allows his mind to wander without distraction, with the freedom for his consciousness to reign. Arik tends to think through the hardest of problems in this void, often closing his eyes to leave him in darkness and allow him to just be. True silence is rare to come by for his enhanced hearing, and he will often become violet if his silence his broken without his will. If there is something that he is working on and he cannot find the right answer, he will seek the silence out, not allowing a soul with him. Even the sound of a faint heartbeat is enough to distract him.
Arik finds strength in his family. They don't distract him or cause him to act without thinking. Instead, they are what inspire him and give him a reason to fight. He doesn't fear of them being held against him, considering they are all strong and can fend for themselves. His family is what gives him his purpose, and for that he strives to be stronger to protect them, even when they don't need protecting.
Arik has learned to be agile while he learned how to kill. He realized very quickly that he needed to leave no trace behind and in some situations he needed to disappear. Arik could never fully vanish, but with his vampiric abilities of both speed and shapeshifting he could come very close to it.
Arik's loved before, but love is distracting and uncertain, the type outside of family, anyway. He finds that there is no need for it. Arik's plan is to marry someone fitting for his station, someone who will fill the role of his wife and queen quite flawlessly. He wants a relationship that the public will be in awe over, but he's not searching for the love of his life. He can't afford someone to let his guard down around and cloud his judgment.
Arik lacks faith. He doesn't trust in others to get the job done or doesn't leave anything up to fate. He finds the need to control every situation because of this. There is no good will, no promises. It goes the way he intended it to go, or witnesses die. It's been like that since his parents died, and he doesn't plan on changing that part about himself.
Absolutely hating center of attention, being of royal blood is another weakness that haunts him. He despises any type of attention on himself and would much rather go about his business on his own. Arik's learned to be extra cautious in the eyes of the public, which had brought about his skill in murder. Anything to protect his secrets.
Calm | Stable | Deliberate | Loyal l [u]Smug/u]
Arik is the quiet, brooding type. He tends to be very calm in most situations, but mood swings are very easy to come about. Arik is easily angered in these cases and has a hard time apologizing to those who fall victim to his violent anger. He's not the kind to admit he was wrong, but he's not the type to give up either. He demands attention, but no more than he needs, considering he'd rather have no eyes on him.
Arik is also a very loyal person. His family is everything to him, and he has no desire to leave them behind. Sure, he may be in the race to find a wife so that he may have the chance to become King, but there's a part of him that would rather see someone else in his family rise to the position. Being deliberate in his plans and actions, he would much rather be the guy behind the scenes leading the army forward while the face of it all was someone else.
Arik knows his sexuality and he's not afraid of it which makes him over confident and smug. The only brother he'll truly listen to is Claudio, but they've been together from the start. He also has a soft spot for Maleah, but he'll guarantee that every single one of the siblings does too.
❝ Close your eyes and sing a song. It’ll be over before you know it. ❞
Being under the eldest and the son of both Elizabeth and Edward, Arik was most often forgotten about. All the eyes were on his older brother, seeing as everyone expected him to take over. Then there was his sister, the only girl to be born of the family, the only princess of the castle. Everyone swooned over her as to who she would marry and how she would strengthen the family's reach. After that, it was his father's bastard sons and his mother's revenge with another adopted boy. Finally, we come to the forgotten brother, but he's been trying to be the backbone of the family in attempts to keep them in power and on top. If you ask him, there's no resentment towards his family. He actually prefers the way things are considering he'd rather be in the shadows anyway. A quiet place and a beautiful meal, and Arik's content.
He was young, just barely a year behind his brother, but that didn’t stop him from nearly being invisible. He was given the same schooling as his elder brother, but their father never took the time to teach the personal skills you needed in order to be king. The eldest showed such promise that there was no need to spend all the time on him as well. Instead of being hurt over the matter, Arik took it in stride and learned to truly be invisible.
Being a vampire, his movements are silent and quick and that is more than enough to hide from the human eye. However, Arik has gone far beyond that. He’s learned the skills of stealth and agility, moving gracefully through any obstacle. His training was heavily in the Taoist martial arts, learning how to take complete control of his body and his mind. This practice allowed him to keep his peace when it seemed as if his family was falling apart.