Post by Laurent on May 4, 2015 22:44:44 GMT
Full Name: Laurent Antoine Villeneauve
Age: 40 (human) / 313 (vampire)
Birthday: November 19, 1701
Height/Weight: 5'10" / 179 lbs
Eyes: Red and black (vampire) / dark brown (human)
Hair: Black
Birthplace: Paris, France
Parents: Gustave Villeneauve (deceased) and Madeleine Villeaneauve (née Cixous, deceased)
Siblings: Jean and François (older brothers, deceased), Anne-Marie (younger sister, died of influenza in infancy)
Children: None
Special Abilities: Those given to us by those scientist oppressors who captured us. It has made the bloodlust worse than ever, but we are also more impervious now, too. Also, I have always had a certain knack for discerning who the most important person was in any given grouping, and then being able to attach myself to that person.
Heritage: French-African
Type: INFJ 6w7
Greatest Strength: I am very personable, civilized and well-educated. I am very charismatic and get along well with others, I am good at talking my way through things and out of situations, and I strive to find a...peaceful way of dealing with others, if at all possible. I am also very gifted at understanding people and at reading situations. I am cautious and calculated, and this has always kept me alive.
Greatest Weakness: My constant pursuit of a powerful leader makes my loyalty somewhat unstable, and I will quickly turn on someone if the situation calls for it, for my own survival, and so that I might ally myself with the strongest force. I place myself and my own needs before everyone else, and will take the winning side every chance I get.
Greatest Source of Annoyance: Impulsiveness, those who don't think their actions through and run purely on instinct. It makes them reckless and difficult to deal with. Unfortunately, I often find myself allying with these sorts of people.
Most Admirable Trait in Others: Strength, particularly those with an inner willpower all of their own, and those who naturally draw others to their side. Natural leaders.
Habits: For the most part, wandering, sadly. It seems I am always on the run, for one reason or another. I do enjoy reading, though, and engaging in debates, picking the endlessly stimulating brains of intellectuals. I also enjoy playing the French horn when I find the time, though they are hard to come by these days. I did enjoy studying art and sightseeing, as well, traveling and seeing all the various architectures mankind had constructed. Unfortunately, many of them have crumbled and fallen to decay in this sad time.
Ambitions: To find a secure place to take up residence, where I will never have to run again and which will allow me to thrive. I also wish to find a leader I might respect indefinitely, without question or revocation, who I might wholly dedicate myself to, with a cause that I fully support.
Fears: That harm will befall me from the hands of those who surround me, and it is for this reason that Victoria and I made our escape from not only the Volturi, but the group of human scientists they have allied themselves with. There is something untrustworthy about the whole of the arrangement. I also do not trust those who rule the city, the Old Ones, for they seem interested in looking out for no one other than themselves. I also fear death, and hunger, and that we shall never find a truly secure and stable place where we might live in peace.
Secrets: I have many, for there are many things I do not feel inclined to tell the majority of people I come in contact with. I suppose one I might mention is, in spite of my charisma and my art of talk, I really do believe I am not a powerful person at all. I am afraid of a great many things, and it is for this reason that I always seek to ally myself with someone stronger than I, from whom I might gain protection from all the unfavorable outside forces and enemies I might end up making. I would prefer to maintain some measurable loyalty, perhaps an amount of stability could be attained then, but I find it difficult, and my own survival instincts always take precedence.
Interesting Facts/Quirks: I served in King Louis XIV's court in Paris during my human life, and I did a praiseworthy job of ascending in the ranks of aristocracy, even though I was born into a family with its share of financial embarrassments. Since my shift to vampirism, I have wandered, allying with whomever I see as powerful, changing loyalty and covens when someone possessing even more powerful comes along. During my time with James, we once tracked down a pack werewolves, merely to test his abilities. Though Victoria and I both thought the whole of the act to be utterly unnecessary and reckless, it did give us all a unique opportunity to understand such a threatening foe. I have never before attempted to curb my cravings, but since the experiments were done, the thirst has grown considerably worse, and I find that resisting the urges far more difficult than it ever was in the past. I fear I have very little self-control, where that is concerned.
Favorite Color: Steel blue
Favorite Animal: Macaw
Favorite Musical Artist: Frank Sinatra
Favorite Movie: Midnight in Paris
Favorite Book: "The Man in the Iron Mask" by Alexandre Dumas
Relationship Status/Significant Other: Oh, no. I am available.
