[Floof] Damien Aetos

Basic Info:

Name: Damien Aetos
Alias/Nickname:
Age: Currently 17. Realistically... too old for you to ponder. Reincarnation is weird.
Gender: Male
Birthplace/Homeland: Olympus
Faction: Student Council
Occupation: Student
Monster Race: Phoenix
Monster Class: S

Physical Info

Visual Appearance:
"My beautiful face~."


"And my absolutely bodacious monster form~."


Physical Description:
"I think I'd describe myself best as "Fitness Model fit", you know? Got that toned, lean, sexy look... just a little bit of muscle where it counts. According to my last school physical I was 6'2" and... around 170lbs, I think? Most people expect me to be more olive skinned because, you know, Greek heritage and all that. But I think my paler skin might've been influenced by my current reincarnation, due to the origin point being in Japan instead. All this lovely, satiny red hair of mine is au natural baby, no dyes needed~. Takes a lot of work to keep it looking this good while maintaining it's length. It's kind of my pride and joy in a way. Nobody's ever been able to nail down exactly what my eye color is, it shifts without warning; sometimes scarlet, sometimes amber... sometimes silver or lavender even. Hardly ever stays a normal color though."

"On the rare occasions that I shift into my true monster form, calling that viewing experience a wild ride is a woeful understatement. my true phoenix form is that of a beautiful bird, clad in illustrious red and gold feathers. Flames of every color in the light spectrum dance around my form, sparked into being by the raw yoki energy that bleeds from my tangible essence. The size of my monster form shifts according to my will. For convenience sake I mostly base my size off that of the Argentinian Condor -A sizeable avian by no small measure-. But when times call for the true, full display of my destructive power I can manifest my monster form with a wingspan as long as two school buses, towering as tall as a two storey house."

Clothing/Misc. Items:
"I only ever dress in the best of the best~... when I'm not in my uniform that is. I have a pretty run of the mill senior uniform, two piece suit and all, with one exception; a shiny gold lapel pin and matching arm band, symbols of my posting as Yokai Academy's student council president."

"Outside of my uniform the sky's the limit. Part of the perks of being rich, gorgeous and well connected is having a steady selection of designer clothing, fresh off the press for me to experiment with. I love to diversify, so there's no telling what my day to day outfits will look like."

Personality
Sexuality:
"I sell myself as openly Bi... but to be perfectly honest I'm more attracted to feminine presentation and energies than anything else. Doesn't matter what your packing as long as it's dressed up in a femme bow tie~."

General Personality:
"Ladies and gentlemen... what do you get when you cross a ray of sunshine, a lit firecracker and a sassy bitch?.... MOI~. People hate me cause they ain't me, and they love me cause I'm fucking fabulous. It takes a certain kind of charisma to land a dreamboat like me in a position like student council president after all... totally not because I'm carrying a small nuke worth of fire Yoki in me on a day to day basis or anything. Flashy bravado aside, I take my position and my responsibilities more seriously than most people expect. The faculty are responsible for the safety and tuition of the students at Yokai Academy. But their wellbeing and cohesion? That's where I come in. Best be warned, I'm a shameless flirty bitch and a little bit of a hoe. Most often it's just playful teasing to get people flustered... but I definitely have a habit of leaning into it when I find someone I actually like."

Likes/Dislikes:
"I'm a sucker for all the finer luxuries in life; good food, expensive booze (yes, I drink. I've been alive basically longer than anyone else at Yokai Academy... technically.), designer clothes... and PRESENTS!!!, exchanging gifts always pushes the right buttons for me. Basically, if it's considered hedonistic it gets a thumbs up from me. It’s an old greek philosophy thing apparently"

"On the other hand... I absolutely cannot STAND bullies. Like... If you feel compelled to abuse and degrade other people to sate your own ego and insecurities, get some damn therapy... jeez. You'll definitely get to know more about me the more you spend time with me, I'm not really the kind to publicly vent about my bullshit you know?"


Habits:
"Me and my refined tastes are unmistakable around here. I eat finer foods than many have seen, I have my own hideaway bath house that I can access from multiple places around the academy... I even managed to get the teachers to turn a blind eye to me stocking my own smuggled cache of booze and other contraband treats~. I also pride myself on my routine, gotta keep these stellar looks going somehow~. The kind of stuff I do to stay looking this scrumptious makes most womens' routines look rather... blasé."

Goals:
"I've already got the makings of a model, or an actor. The high life is my end game, and with the connections I already have it's not like I need to really struggle... I basically have to make sure I graduate at the very least, there's already scouts waiting at the finish line to poach me the moment I'm free."

"That being said... I've been trying to find out more about myself, my past lives. It's like a curse, these faint, foggy memories that don't quite fit into my timeline. They stretch back eons, snippets of time reaching back farther than humanity has even existed."

Family Info

Mother: Unknown
Father: Unknown
Siblings/Extended: Unknown

History:
Much of Damien's history is lost to the ages. As a Phoenix, his power of reincarnation is both a blessing and a curse. Unable to truly die, Damien lives in youthful exuberance for a thousand years, never progressing past the peak of his age. Instead of succumbing to death's embrace like other monsters or humans, the divine magic imbued in his soul immolates his body, transmuting the ashes into a mystical egg who's shell cannot be sundered. Damien is reborn from that egg anew, a fresh, newborn babe returned to the world. This process doesn't come without a cost though. His reincarnation strips him of all bar the vaguest of memories; what's left is about as discernable as a distant dream. Whether this is some unanticipated twist of arcane chaos, or a cruel inhibitor placed upon him by his creator is unknown.

Written history of Damien's past lives stretches back into the most ancient annals of human history and beyond... some speculate that he was created by the god Apollo, though nobody really knows the truth to his origin. Being one of the few rare Phoenix in existence, sightings and stories have popped up across the globe of one phoenix or another. For the most part Damien mostly lived out his lives around the Mediterranean, in either Greece or Egypt. Recently though, that hasn't been the case. During his last reincarnation, someone stole Damien's egg from the Grecian temple it rested in, a thief who spirited the oblivious phoenix away to the far east at the whim of a dubious collector. Raised in the opulent heart of Tokyo, Damien stood out like a sore thumb; His Grecian blood and phoenix Yoki making him an oddball, olive skinned and crowned with scarlet locks, compared to the local Japanese folk who raised and worked around him.

As had happened many times in the past, Damien's magical abilities began to manifest young; an event that would've been welcomed and celebrated by his attendants back home in Greece. Unluckily for him, his adoptive parents were clueless as to why their foreign born son was able to pull fire out of thin air. It didn't take long for a member of the Cryptid Ministry to come knocking, fearing the repercussions if members of the Bloodhound Initiative were to procure and indoctrinate such a powerful monster into their number. It didn't take much convincing for Damien's parents to enroll him at Yokai Academy, a school dedicated to teaching young monsters to control their powers, and learn to blend into human society, and create a world of co-existence.

As a student of Yokai Academy Damien flourished. In every reincarnation he'd had a brilliant, taciturn mind; despite the chronic amnesia towards his past lives. He was diligent, and a quick study, even from a very young age. And as he grew older, that Mediterranean beauty really took hold. The resplendent nobility of his phoenix blood shone through in his immaculate good looks; the softness of his scarlet hair and the glow in his flawless, olive tanned skin. He had no trouble maintaining his gifted physique, which coupled with his natural, affluent charisma led him to garner a playboy reputation. Despite this he was a natural, inspiring leader. Upon reaching the senior years at the academy he naturally opted to run for a seat on the student council, not only succeeding... but surpassing his goal entirely. Through his silver tongue and magnetic personality he managed to secure the seat of student council president, with an almost unanimous popular vote. While not being the most physically, or magically powerful student enrolled at Yokai Academy, Damien holds his head high as a leader amongst the student body; a figurehead for others to look to for guidance, and a liaison between the student body and faculty of the academy.

Skills and Talents

Powers/Abilities:
Immortal Reincarnation:
The most powerful ability in a Phoenixes arsenal. It's not possible to truly kill a phoenix. Regardless of whether it's slain or dies of old age, the corpse of a phoenix will self-immolate, and an indestructible, mystic egg will regenerate within the ashes. The phoenix will be reborn anew, losing all but the vaguest of it's former memories, but retaining the magical power it gained over it's cumulative lives; allowing it to grow in power successively with each rebirth.

Mastery over fire:
The phoenix is depicted time and again as a master over the element of fire. It's ability to conjure and manipulate not only physical fire, but also magical and spectral flames are only outclassed by the most powerful and ancient of elementals. The true potential of this elemental control is limited only by the imagination of the user, allowing for offensive and defensive combos to be enacted on the fly.

Immense yoki reserves:
As an S class monster the phoenix boasts immense reserves of yoki energy, dwarfing all bar other S class, and the rarest SS class monsters. Having monstrous reserves of energy grants them with exceptionally powerful magical abilities, and the stamina to be able to use them continuously in battle.

Phoenix Down:
A rarely used, and extremely dangerous ability. A phoenix can willingly sacrifice a portion of it's life cycle to bless one of it's dazzling feathers, transforming it into a powerful artifact. This blessed feather can be used to bring a single person back from the dead, the process of which consumes the feather and the yoki contained within. The expenditure of life energy in this ritual permanently shortens the life cycle of the phoenix, making excessive use of this ability potentially lethal.

Weapons/Items:
None

RP Sample:


Homeland