Grade
Grade 11th
Role
The Magician
If Itex, blurb?
"My loyalty only belongs to one person, one organization...and it certainly is not you, Masked..."
Which Masks do they possess?
The False mask of the Magician
Gender
Male
Age
17
Personality
Damien is generally a very distanced boy. He doesn't like to be near humans and often tries to stay away from them as much as possible. He is overly polite and often talks almost robotic to other people, a thing that is often misunderstood as coldness. He hates attention and prefers to stay in a corner, listening to others and pondering about the problems himself. He rarely offers his opinions on a matter, unless people ask him. When he speaks, his speeches are stiff and very non-human-like. This is mainly because he doesn't have any friends to talk to and even to his own parents, he talks very little.
Damien also hates human contacts or being humiliated in front of a crowd. He prefers to run away from it when the problem arises instead of facing them and therefore, some people often call him a coward. But then again, he never denies it nor admits it. He's also very pessimistic, often thinks of the worst scenario instead of thinking in a positive way.
Another thing about Damien is that he understands very little about human's emotions. A thing that can be blamed because of his own lack of friends. He only thinks in a logical way and depends on books to judge a human's emotions and therefore, in some situations, Damien cannot predict the outcomes and might one way or another, offend people without knowing that he had doing so. He always assumes people know things that he knows because they're all written in some books and this causes many people to get annoyed. Sometimes, he has the habit of taking a quote out of the books and uses it in the daily conversations. But there is one special thing about Damien. He rarely lies. He doesn't like the ideas of lying and therefore, when he speaks, it is the cold, hard truth, no sugar-coating or hesitation.
However, let not assume that just because Damien isn't fond of nearing humans or humans' contacts, he is cold and uncaring. No, in fact, kindness is one of the few things that hasn't lost in Damien's personality even after all the hardship he had to endure in the past. Even if he doesn't help people personally, Damien likes to stand in the dark, helping them without their knowledge and often claims that 'helping isn't a thing for people to acknowledge...if people acknowledge your help, that means you haven't helped them at all...'. However, since the day he joined Itex, he has been slowly losing his kindness even though he himself doesn't understand why. Maybe it's just because he's starting to come out of his shell again or maybe his mask has an influence on him that he hasn't figured out yet or maybe it's just because he decides to embrace his 'darker self'.
And finally and quite obviously, Damien is a man of actions. He likes to help rather than talk and brag about his ability as well as his family's wealth. He offers little comfort to other people, no matter how miserable they seem, often claims that They can get out of the mess by themselves...after all, they what they have done to me...abandoned me then expect me to overcome it...' Over all, Damien doesn't believe that offering people's comfort, making friends, finding love or happy endings are wise and logicall actions.
Brief Description
Standing at 5 feet 8, Damien is shorter than most boys his age. He has pale skin and a slender figure which his classmate often uses as an excuse to call him 'girly'. He has short, silver hair and lifeless violet eyes. His face is almost always impassive and the most reaction one can get from his is a small smile which looks nothing more than just a twitch of the lips. He doesn't talk much and therefore, his voice is somewhat low and rough. His preferred clothes are actually an orange, short-sleeves t-shirt with black pants and black arm-bracelets.
Skill(s)/Abilities
Apparently, Damien is not much of a fighter and more of a thinker. However, lately, since the day he joined Itex, he has been practicing some martial arts alone in order to have enough strength for the missions as well as the dangers that comes from being a member. Right now, even if his IQ are slightly above average, his hard work has made up for it and he has a good endurance as well as some good moves though he prefers not to use them in order to keep up the facade that he's a harmless student. He never admits it but he is actually a very good cook and gardener, two simple hobbies he picks up in order to make his life more... manageable.
Likes
- Quietness
- Good marks
- Studying/Reading/Books
- Doing hobbies (
gardening/cooking) - The Moon
- Being left alone
Dislikes
- Being bullied/bullies/mean people
- Being laughed at
- Being criticized/complained/put down
- Too many noises
- Alcohols/liquids/cigarettes
Phobia
- Atychiphobia: Fear of failures
- Claustrophobia: Fear of enclosed spaces
- Aquaphobia: Fear of deep water
History
Damien has a very harsh childhood. Despite being born into a relatively rich family, Damien never had many friends. Maybe it was because of his natural shyness, or maybe it was because he had had a very sheltered life. Either way, on the first day Damien went to school, he had been bullied and been listed as the 'loser of the class'. He was looked down, cursed hit, beaten, and spitted on ever since that day, never once got time to rest. However, Damien just gritted his teeth and endured it all as he always thought to himself "They will understand in time...I just need to be patient". He believed in the good of a human and he worked very hard to earn everyone's respect. Unfortunately for him, fate had other plans. His hard work didn't earn his classmates' respect. Instead, it earned him even more hatred. They whispered behind his back 'Stuck-up kid, who does he think he is?' or 'That one, arrogant, he's the teacher pet...'. They happened everytime he went to school, and slowly, his belief faded into nothingness.
His self-esteem, which had been already low, dropped significantly until he didn't even want to talk to anyone and preferred to keep things to himself, even to his parents. He didn't smile anymore and his face turned into nothing more than just an emotionless facade, a shelf of his former self - a self of a good, cheerful boy who wanted to earn his respect by working hard. He would always study, never stop to rest, never stop to make friends and keep his head low, his eyes shut as people pointed at him and whispered behind him. He just didn't have the strength to care anymore.
It had become a routine. Everyday, he would wake up, go to school, study whatever they taught him then go home, do his homework and go to sleep. And the circle continued on and on...until one day, she came. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She was smart, beautiful, kind and gentle, confident and popular, she was everything he wished for. He didn't know when or how, but he started falling for her. He would do everything for her, even humiliate himself in order to see her laugh. He studied with her, did homework for her, explained everything so she wouldn't miss anything while she was sicked. She was his light, his love, his life...even if she was 5 years older than him. He didn't care. He loved her. He regained his ability to smile and those days were...perhaps, the days that he smiled the most. Every single time he spent with her felt like heaven and he opened himself to her, allowed her to...take advantages of him, without even knowing it. And then, that day came.
His heart must have broken into thousands, thousands millions small pieces that day. Her birthday. When he, shyly holding the red roses in his hands, knocked her front door. The door wasn't locked. And so, he stepped inside. He should have never done it. But he did anyway. What he saw would forever haunt him, tease him, mock him until the day his soul left this world. It would forever remain there to remind him how trusting he had been. Inside the small living room, he saw her making out happily with another man and constantly laughed, telling about the 'loser' who was too stupid and was tricked by her. He never cried, not even once since he was young but that day, the first tear fell. He was utterly crushed by the betrayals of someone who he had thought he could trust with his life.
His spirit was destroyed nearly completely that day and maybe the only reason he hadn't gone insane yet was because he, somehow, still believed that someone would come and save him. He kept waiting...and waiting...and waiting. He lived a lifeless life with no spirit, no purpose, no love, no joy...He just kept waiting for someone to rescue him from his existence. But no one did. Finally, he had reached his decision.
Damien stared blankly at the knife in his hand. Should he do this? Could he do this? Could he end his life like this? His life had been nothing but a mere meaningless existence and nothing mattered anymore. Absolutely nothing. He didn't have a purpose, he didn't even have a life. He just lived for the sake of living. How could someone call it...a life? Was it a life after all? Or was it...pure torment? Then why? Why brought him to this world only to torture him, break him, crush him like this?
He looked around. The warehouse was empty, saved for him. He closed his eyes and raised the knife. Maybe dead would be a blessing. Maybe dead would release him out of this dark circle...
"Stop" A curt voice ordered and Damien dropped his knife in fear. He turned around to face a dark-haired man and he only uttered a single question "Why do you stop me?"
It turned out the man was the one that saved his soul. Damien gazed blankly at the man as he felt something was pushed into his hand and he looked down to see a mask - a blue mask. The man whispered in his ears that this was what could save his soul and hesitantly, he put on the mask and instantly felt something big changed inside of him. From that day, he had had a new identity - The Magician of Itex - The loyal servant of the Higher ones. He had given a purpose by the stranger but he intended to finish it to his best ability. Everyday, he would still continue to live his meaningless life but now, whenever he put the mask on, he had a mission to fulfill - to serve the Itex till his last breath. And suddenly, the normal, boring, pointless life of Damien became not so boring and pointless anymore.
Crush
"I do not care about things such as love or friendship. They will only hinder you and backfire in the end."
Other
He just came back from a long term mission for the Itex in other city and therefore, he hasn't known about the situation in Throme yet.