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<center><table width="604" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"> <tr> <img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a37/heraldofzeus/Not%20Honest/samtorrance.jpg"> <tr> <td height="20" bgcolor="#D6CDCA"><center>SAM TORRANCE</td> <tr> <td height="20" bgcolor="#D6CDCA"><center>BASIC INFORMATION</center></td> <tr> <td align="left" height="20" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">[Name:] Sam Torrance [Age:] ~600 (appears 40) [Birthday:] 1490s [Race:] Demon [Family:] N/A</td> <tr> <td height="20" bgcolor="#D6CDCA"><center>PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION</center></td> <tr> <td align="left" height="20" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Sam appears to be a human Caucasian male in his 40s, not exactly pale or pasty, but he certainly doesn't tan well. He has pretty eyes that tend towards blue and in certain casts of sunlight almost seem to glow blue. In certain casts of moonlight they bleach more towards silver. His black hair is going very slightly salty, but it isn't thinning or receding any, and he keeps himself in good physical shape. He has a slightly thinned mouth and lips that, while made for smiling and kissing, are also made for smirking and spitting insults. It's a fine line between the two, with him, sometimes. He dresses professionally when out and about, but in the home prefers soft cotten slacks and t-shirts, almost like the sort of clothes one might wear for yoga. He goes around barefoot at home or at places where he's comfortable more often than not. Going out tends to be much like going to work, only slightly less formal. He rarely wears just jeans and t-shirts, even more rarely wears anything other than slacks and dress shirts or at-home wear. His ears are not pierced and the only jewelry he wears is a gold ring on either ring finger. Sam carries himself with authority but not arrogance, with poise and grace but not to the extent that he is effeminate. More of a martial grace, on very rare occasions he can be caught doing tai-chi in the parks. Which explains some of it. He likes crouching on the ground, balancing on the balls of his feet. He likes standing almost as though he's lounging, with his arms folded over his chest. He likes it mostly because it makes him look superior without being in-your-face about it. The most terrifying part of his demon form isn't any one attribute, but the wrongness of it. The planes of his face are misaligned, the way his body fits together suggests humanity but is twisted in ways no human should be able to tolerate. It creates a dissonance in the viewer's mind that tends to make the ordinary sort of human either look away or go mad. </td><tr> <td height="20" bgcolor="#D6CDCA"><center>PERSONALITY</center></td> <tr> <td align="left" height="20" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Sam is a bundle of contradictions wrapped up in one coolly controlled package. He is highly intelligent, and knows it, and far too self-aware of his strengths and weaknesses to be easily distracted or defeated. Possibly the only mitigating factor to that is that he's just as likely to defeat himself out of self-loathing as he is to counter every attempt to topple him from whatever perch he's found. Most of the time his professional appearance requires him to be calm and stoic, and so he is. But internally Sam is bipolar, sometimes violently so. His moods swing from manic to listless and depressed and back again, generally without warning or seeming connection to outside stimuli. He could rage at you one minute and be begging your forgiveness the next, equally sincere in both moods. Sam is tactile with those he feels comfortable enough to touch and aloof with those he doesn't. He needs to be petted, to be loved, physically as well as the emotional connection. When he doesn't have an inner circle of two to three people, a support network (not that he would admit to it) he can and will sleep around, to the point where the clinical observer might call him a sex addict. It's a poor substitute but the easiest for him to come by. Sam is a manipulator. If there is a straightforward statement, he will look for the hidden meaning. If there is a clear motivation, he will look for the two or three behind it. It's entirely possible that he can't stop manipulating the circumstances around him, even a little bit. He says he can and does, but it's hard to be certain whether or not that's the case. Sam is one hell of a charming SOB, and the danger is in his knowledge. He's very good at reading people and knowing them, or at least acting like he does. If he doesn't know something he'll make an educated guess, and pretend it's the truth. Worst of all, he knows how to be good. He knows the difference between good and evil. He knows what people want from him, wanting him to be a good person. He simply isn't.</td><tr> <td height="20" bgcolor="#D6CDCA"><center>HISTORY</center></td> <tr> <td align="left" height="20" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Samael likes to believe he wasn't so much born as came into existance, but it's a total lie. He made his way through youth and adulthood by a slow process of being broken, repeatedly and constantly by those stronger and more powerful. His memories for the first twenty years or so of life are sensory impressions of mud, blood, bodily fluids, and rain. He doesn't talk about it to anyone, ever, although he'll occasionally write about it without referencing the specifics if he's feeling melancholy. After that he grew bolder, more vicious. He made his way to court and spent some time lying, cheating, sleeping around, and stealing what he could to gain himself a title. As fortunes and religions changed he rose to power and then lost it all when the regime turned over, back into the mud with him. It was that first abrupt rise and fall that taught him that the place to be is not on the throne, not even behind it, but a few steps away watching from comfort and relative safety. Lessons that stood him in good stead later in France, during the revolution, in the Russias with the Bolsheviks, and even now, in modern London. After the Blitz Sam moved to London, and during the cultural revolution of youth and glam and slowly cascading into the British invasion of rock and roll he made his home there. He went quickly through one incarnation over a period of about fifteen years, shooting on an almost meteoric rise to the top of the charts as bisexual, hypersexual rock star Darren Sweet and then abruptly "dying" of a drug overdose in the middle of a drunken orgy. Legend has it that one of his male lovers was still having sex with his corpse when they realized what had happened. All a lie, of course. All staged for the benefit of the press. He re-emerged as the son of one of his backers, heir to a media empire with all of Darren Sweet's music catalogue at his fingertips. He parlayed the profits from record sales into a small recording studio, which with his apparent knack for discovering soon to be big hit bands became a large recording studio. Sam now maintains a country estate in Wiltshire, and a townhouse in London where he spends large chunks of time developing new talent or pushing a new record. Although the industry in general and his outfit in particular seem to support a lavish and decadent lifestyle, he is famous for only being romantically linked, long-term, to two women in his life. The first, Marlene Dubois, tragically committed suicide in 1992. The second, Cassie Donovan, who apparently entered his life three years later, is also a dancer in a few West End plays and has appeared in several of his bands' music videos. She is also, notably, a little over half his age.</td> <tr> <td height="20" bgcolor="#D6CDCA"><center>WEAKNESSES</center></td> <tr> <td align="left" height="20" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Sam has needs. Lots of needs. Sam needs to be admired or adored or worshipped or what have you, even if it's only by one person at a time. If he's isolated for too long or ignored or a faceless cog he gets cranky and erratic. He needs to touch and be touched. He needs to be able to play, no matter how vicious or nasty the play gets. He needs to hurt; he's as much a masochist as he is a sadist. When these needs aren't met, he gets more erratic than he already is, which in and of itself is a weakness. Holy places, items, and symbols weaken him, being one big reason why he's never gotten married (contrary to media speculation that he enjoys his player lifestyle). Those that choose to be "good" are often weaker than other demons, and there are times when Sam chooses to be good, weakening himself. Sometimes, not so much. Animals can sense his true nature, often reacting to a sense of "danger". He hides this by keeping a cat that, somehow, doesn't seem to mind him. He tends to be isolated, aloof, and cranky during the day, being weaker during the day and stronger at night and in the shadows.</td> <tr> <td height="20" bgcolor="#D6CDCA"><center>STRENGTHS</center></td> <tr> <td align="left" height="20" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Sam is perceptive, as much aware of his own faults and how to attempt to compensate for them (he doesn't often succeed totally) as he is aware of the faults, needs, and strengths of others. He can be genuinely nice, even, which helps some of the manipulation. He does care about some people, although the caring is directly proportionate to how much adoration and attention they send his way. He can be patient, thinking in terms of weeks and months and even years when considering a plan, able to delay gratification as long as he is also able to see that it is within reach. Black magic and unholy places/items give strength to demons, and as such, to Sam. In demon form he can sharpen his teeth and talons, which provide an advantage in combat, as can his supremely flexible body. He can influence other-races to do things that are outside of their nature, although he prefers to use less "vulgar" methods. </td> <tr> <td height="20" bgcolor="#D6CDCA"><center>OUT OF CHARACTER</center></td> <tr> <td align="left" height="20" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">[PB:] Christian Bale The icons used for this character are not all mine. If they are your icons alert me and I will give credit where credit is due. The profile banner is my own. [Disclaimer:] I am not Christian Bale, and her face is only borrowed. This is not real, and I am in no way advocating any of the activities this fictional character takes part in. Sam Torrance is a creation of my own mind, please to not copy/take/borrow anything that is her or connected to her. This journal may contain violent, adult situations so please no minors.</td></tr></table>

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