❝Adolphe Stayne❞
❝Cross me and you won't live long enough to regret it.❞
❝Cross me and you won't live long enough to regret it.❞
❝ More Than Just A Name ❞
| Nickname/Alias | "Most nicknames are childish."
Because his first name, Adolphe, translates to "noble wolf", Adolphe has gone by the nickname Wolf before. In fact, he's encouraged his fellow kidnappers to call him this to preserve his identity.
| Gender | "What does it look like?"
Male
| Age | "I'm relatively old, sure. I'll still kick your ass."
Thirty-nine. He's to turn forty in only a few weeks time.
| Sexuality | "Who's asking?"
Heterosexual
| Social Rank | "It doesn't matter, really. The rich are arrogant fools."
He lives at the low-middle social rank, yet he does have enough money to retire from kidnapping comfortably.
| Face Claim |
Mads Mikkelsen
❝Man is the cruelest animal❞
❝ Hiding Behind the Mask ❞
| Eye Color | "You can tell a lot about a man from his eyes. The way the light catches, the way they shift."
Adolphe's eyes are hazel with some brown flecks in them. They are also shaped in a slightly almond-like manner.
| Hair Color | "My family has always had dark hair. It comes from Mother's side."
Though Adolphe's hair was once a rich shade of very dark brown, basically black, it is beginning to gray. As of now, it is salt and pepper colored. From time to time, he'll dye it back to its old, almost-black shade again, but this is only for special occasions.
| Height | "Height has a tendency to intimidate people. I like that."
Adolphe stands at six feet (one and eight-tenths meters) on the dot.
| Weight | "I warn you. It's all mostly muscle."
The "Wolf" weighs in at one hundred and sixty eight pounds (seventy-two and two-tenths kilograms). This consists mostly of muscle, as he hasn't let himself go out of shape despite age.
| Skin Tone | "Are you blind?"
Due to his athletic ways, Adolphe's flesh is well-tanned though he is obviously still Caucasian.
| Body Markings | "Each scar tells a story."
Adolphe has quite a multitude of scars, which seems odd to many. Scars along his arms have long since blended into his tanned flesh. His legs sport a few longer scars and he also has a minor circular wound in his right calf from what he claims to be service in the army. In reality, it comes from a rough gang fight.
❝Killing must feel good to God too. He does it all the time. And are we not created in his image?❞
❝ Behind The Façade ❞
| Habits | "Habits define a man. I do not pretend my habits aren't existent."
There are many habits of which Adolphe is a victim. He's a hot-headed, usually angry man who has let his temper get the best of him on multiple accounts. His constant need for action causes him to bounce his knee when sitting down or tap his foot while standing. The mere thought of being still bothers him and makes him anxious. To blow off steam, he's been known to grab a gun and simply fire a clip of bullets into a nearby wall or, if he's in an extremely bad mood, another person (usually applies to only those he hates). Since age sixteen, he's been a nicotine addict and keeps a pack of cigarettes in his pocket constantly, along with a lighter. Should you try to take them, he wouldn't hesitate to cut your hand off. He's quite protective of what is his and doesn't share well. Adolphe has also been viewed as a control freak, to which he can not object. He simply likes having order and him being in charge.
| Likes | "I like many things. Everyone does."
Like a stereotypical bad guy, Adolphe certainly enjoys cigarettes, booze, and women. His guns are a prized possession but, then again, so is virtually everything he owns. On the other hand, he isn't actually as inhuman as many would like to believe. He values intelligence and integrity in both men and women. A person without self-respect in not much of a person at all in his eyes. He enjoys being outside in the nightlife of a city where he can feel free while basically disappearing into the crowd. Challenges are just as valuable as drugs to Adolphe; he wishes to challenge his mind as much as possible to the point where he has stumped himself and can not continue. Adolphe would prefer being in control over having to follow any sort of orders.
| Dislikes | "We all dislike our fair share of things, don't we?"
Even though he has many interests and likes, there are also a plethora of things that Adolphe can not stand. He is protective of the objects he owns. Should someone touch them or move them, he becomes irate and has been known to yell at the person, regardless of their relation to him. He doesn't like being alone, but he also doesn't like long, pointless conversation. Boredom is one of Adolphe's greatest enemies; he absolutely despises anything that bores him. To him, anything he does must benefit him in some way or he won't do it. He hates stupidity or ignorance; one is no better than the other in his book. Due to his past of street violence, Adolphe isn't a fan of any sort of gang, besides his small group of kidnappers. He always keeps a loaded pistol on him in case he should be hunted down by a gang.
| Fears | "I have none."
He fears not only the common and stereotypical death, spiders, and the authorities, but he also fears heights, failing, losing, and being beaten.
| Strengths | "Oh, I am quite strong."
Physically and mentally, Adolphe outmatches many people. He's in prime condition for a thirty-nine year old and he is also extremely intelligent with a mind unrivaled by most. Adolphe can wield guns and knives with ease, seeing as he's been raised with them, more or less. He's also manipulative and talented at messing with and toying with the emotions of others.
| Weaknesses | "Weakness? I am not weak."
Adolphe has a multitude of flaws. He can be outmatched if ganged up on. On many occasions, he's gotten so full of himself that he has let his ego blind him from reality or what is going on. With a major temper, Adolphe is easily angered and gets worked up when his buttons are pushed. As for things that are his weakness, Adolphe becomes defensive when his belongings are touched. He also is very protective and sensitive over his family, especially his sister, her son, and his deceased brother.
| Personality | "Oh, please. I'm not going to give you a character analysis of myself."
Slick, sly, hot-headed, manipulative, autocratic, sadistic, emotionless, intelligent. There are countless words with which we could describe Adolphe Stayne. Many of the commonly used terms aren't very, shall we put it, family-friendly. He's got a high level of charisma that comes from the time he spent on the streets, scraping together an existence. Adolph has gained the ability, over time, to manipulate those weaker than him with his words and charm, playing their emotions the way he wants to. His ways can seem sly on a normal basis; he doesn't like revealing too much about himself. Should he be angered or annoyed, he's also been known to snap and shoot back in a hot-headed manner. Adolphe strives to control everyone and everything around him, making him the quintessential autocrat. He hates being questioned or having his authority challenged. However, he does enjoy a good challenge to challenge his intelligence. Though he enjoys viewing pain and can be seen as sadistic, Adolph is (surprisingly) still human. He won't disrespect someone unless they disrespect them. He does values life, as long as they are intelligent and not ignorant or unintelligent.
❝Human reason can excuse any evil❞
❝ Replaying the Past and Living The Present ❞
| Family | "Oh, family...they were always very different."
The Stayne family is certainly not a functional, normal family. Adolphe never knew his father while growing up. Instead, he lived with his mother, Rachel Stayne (sixty-seven) who currently lives somewhere in California. He hasn't talked with her since he was nineteen. Adolphe has an adopted sister and a half-sister, Molly (twenty-two) and Jenna (thirty-four), respectively. He has only kept contact with Jenna and her ten year old son Jayson. Adolphe also had an older brother, Ludwig (forty at death), who was the victim of street violence eight years ago. Ludwig is the only sibling of his who shared both his father and mother.
| Relationship | "Relationships are tedious. I have no time for them."
He's single, currently, as he's been for a while now. Eventually, he does plan to marry and perhaps even have a child or two. Adolphe is well-aware of the way he is idolized by Arden Philips. He toys with her emotions, though he does not show love for her. In fact, they've even slept together on multiple occasions.
| History | "The past is the past. I have no need to tell you about myself."
Adolphe is not very open about his past at all. His story begins as the son of a washed up stripper and her dead-beat husband who, every once and a while, got a job as a plumber to pay for his alcoholism. Already, he had an older brother, Ludwig, who was nine years his senior. Having learned Adolphe's mother, Rachel, was pregnant again, Adolphe's father walked out on the family. By the time he was born, Adolphe's family had been tossed out on to the streets. His nine year old brother was already on the pathway to gang violence. He started to push the ideas and thoughts of a gang member onto Adolphe, even when the young boy was too small and innocent to think for himself
Five years later, his sister Jenna was born to his mother and a man she had a one-night stand with. Adolphe was instantly protective of his sister and took her under his wing, even though he was young himself. By the time he was only six years old, the fifteen year old Ludwig began to push the ideas of joining a gang even further on to Adolphe. By nine years old, Adolphe could shoot a gun and stab with a knife. By fifteen, he'd also joined his brother's gang and swiftly pushed his way through their ranks, becoming greatly respected for his intellect and his physical strength.
His second sister, Molly, was adopted when he was nineteen. She was a young two year old when Rachel Stayne found her and took her in. Adolphe wasn't as protective of the girl because Rachel pampered the young child. In fact, he and Molly were never fond of each other. The older he got, the further Adolphe entered the gang scene. He never actually went to college, deciding he was making far more money with the drug and weapons dealing he helped run.
Life fell into a relatively normal pattern. Occasionally, he was arrested, but he was usually bailed out soon after. The only long sentence he served was from the age of twenty-two to twenty-seven which he served for drug possession, domestic violence, and possession of illegal firearms. Soon after he was released, he returned to his "occupation".
When he was thirty-one, his brother was killed in a major conflict between his gang and a rivaling one. Only a week after, Adolphe left his gang, vowing to never join another. Instead, he took up kidnapping and ransom, which he was surprisingly good at. On one excursion, he kidnapped the daughter of a precious stones dealer and her friend. The former of the two was paid for, but Adolphe kept the latter, named Arden, due to the fact that she would certainly speak if let go. Since then, she's become a bit of a companion and a play-thing for when he wants her. Occasionally, he does listen to her input, but he is usually too proud to accept it. Recently, he decided to get revenge for his brother's death and has decided to kidnap the kids, for reasons unknown.
❝Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things❞
