Alistair Armand
From Changeling Venue
| Seeming | Fairest Draconic |
|---|---|
| Court | Autumn Court •• |
| Freehold | House of Cards, Orlando, FL |
| Player | Shawn Gage |
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Overview
Alias(es): Mr. Clean
Real Name: Alistair Armand
Age: 28? No one really knows, time was so skewed for him during the time he was taken that age is merely an arbitrary number. As far as his records say, he's 28. (He really is 30)
Concept: A politician and businessman. Many of his political and business endeavors are built around Lost society. Rather than focusing on combat and the hedge, he places an emphasis on playing the role of negotiator within the courts and beyond the courts. The politics and business are his domain. He knows his stuff. If you need a financier, he's your man.
Entitlement: N/A
Mask Physical Description: Alistair Armand stands at 5'9" and 160 pounds. His clearly a well toned individual with a rather sharp appearance. He looks of German decent which he tends to play up. He's fairly clean cut, especially when preparing for business ventures. While in public he dresses well. Usually he is seen wearing at the very least a black blazer with slicked back hair. His shadow gives off an eerie presence as once in a while a dead leaf will tend to cross it, even if they seem to go out of their way to cross the darkness.
Mein Physical Description: Alistair Armand sunlight appears to refract through his mein like a blood-red jade. He's built like a rock in the fine tone of a dragon. His sharp edges are fierce while his sides are gentle. Though not tall, his crystal form is well-toned. At the very least he looks strong and fierce.
Character Livejournal:
Character Information
Known History
Merits
Mantle 2
New Identity 2
History
Pre-Arcadia Born Jason Dean Gilbert on October 4, 1932 in Mount Dora, Florida, his family seemed relatively unaffected by the depression and numerous hurricanes from the late 20's that devastated Orlando. His father was a prominent business man of the area, and even donated some land to the town during its early days. Jason was entranced by leaders of the past knowing the story of some of the greatest heroes of all time including Napolean, George Washington, and the English Tutors. The workings of business and the government were no stranger to him.
In school, he was honored as the Student Government's finest and most likely to succeed upon graduation. He was even honored by the city as an "adopted" city council member due to his personal achievements in school, time dedicated in aiding the city during the great depression and World War II, and a little bit of aid from his father.
Nearing the end of 1948, he was closing the town hall suited for the 800 citizens that originally resided in Mt. Dora, which by that point in time had expanded to over 1500 people. On that faithful night a strange individual approached the town hall doors and started to pound. "Help!" the man cried. Due to the tranquil nature of the city, Jason approached the door and gladly opened it for the stranger.
The man grabbed Jason's wrist and pulled him into a nightmare that could never be forgotten.
Arcadia
"Your kindness is your downfall." Cleaned. "Life is not perfect." Erased. "This is life kid." Nightmares.
The horrors of life revealed while playing slave to a beast. Jason observed the working of a true politician and businessman whose workings were horrific. The True Fae that abducted him had no regard for emotion. It was all or nothing. Personal gain is all that mattered to this True Fae, and for the poor helpless sap that tried to aid him on the one faithful autumn night it would prove the biggest mistake ever. Jason was taken.
Stripped from his humanity and molded into the beast that a solitary Fae believed necessary to be the ideal politician or a mere slave of duty. The fae spat, beat, and made jokes of the new court jester who thought anything could be obtained through kindness. That's what Jason became, the laughing stock of the Fae. He would have been better off in a cage at the zoo.
After many days of playing dog to a nameless creature called Master, Jason finally spoke up seeing that death would be better than an eternity in hell. "Who the hell are you to do this to me?!" he shouted charging at the Fae.
Jason's master grappled Jason to the ground. "I am Burchard. You are the student. Learn your place boy, or suffer the consequences. I will teach you what you need to know to play your games, but you need to do one thing for me if you value your life. Bring me mortals... not just any: slaves."
It was clear that Jason's taking was no accident. Burchard saw potential in Jason, but in order to harness the potential, Buchard required complete obediance, and obedience is what he received. Learning the inner workings of Fae society under Burchard's command, Jason quickly learned that contracts could be made with anyone and anything.
Finally, on one cold autumn night, Burchard prepared to send Jason back to mortal society to abduct an unlucky individual. Burchard along with a few earthly elemental bodyguards escorted Jason to an exit from Arcadia. It was here that Jason noticed a plant that was in season. Pretending to trip, Jason whispered to the plant a contract that it couldn't refuse. The plant immediately grew hundreds of feet entangling the fae and his guards long enough for Jason to escape back to the real world.
Post-Arcadia
Following his bout with Burchard, Jason entered back into the world, but it wasn't the world he remembered. Things had changed, and a metropolis resembling a childhood film that he could hardly remember had emerged. Cars flew past as he stood looking at several buildings and a parking lot towering over him. He looked back to see a burnt forest path leading back past a lake. The entrance to Arcadia had closed; however, his memories and shape remained the same.
A little over 50 years had passed since his departure, it was now 2000 and the new millenium started only a few days ago.
His clothes were ripped and he seemed disoriented to the point where he caught the attention of a police officer passing. The police officer approached Jason. "What's your name?" the officer said. Jason looked around and didn't know how to respond. The era was entirely foreign to him, so he remained silent. The officer tried to coax an answer out of Jason, but it was no use. Jason did not provide any intelligible response to the officer. In the end, Jason ended up being taken to a mental institute.
At the mental institute, Jason slowly developed a new name and history for himself listening to other individuals describe their life stories. He met people from around the world and slowly developed a new identity for himself. Some of the people at the facility were immigrants from Cuba who were tramatized by the experience, but were allowed to stay on the fact they made it to American soil without being caught. He also met a few individuals from Communist nations who had difficulty adjusting to the Capitalist government. From the stories he heard, he developed a story that he was a Cuban-German immigrant named Alistair Armand whose family traveled to Cuba prior to the fall of the Berlin wall. When officials at the institute felt he had recovered, they released him expecting him to eventually make a full recovery.
Alistair Armand obtained a working visa as a potential American and started looking to start life again; however, few would accept him in his current state. He ended up meeting up with the Freehold of Orlando partway through 2000. It was here where he started his new venture as a businessman putting his newly learned tactics to use.
Although the Freehold proved helpful since it was still growing, it was not able to support him all the time though he could see he clearly was not alone. He obtained a job at the Oviedo city hall as a secretary seeking to be close to local government while completing night classes for a high school diploma. He obtained his diploma in 2001 as accepted into the UCF school of business for the fall semester. He graduated in 2005 and felt he was finally ready to combine the teachings of his former fae master and UCF teachings.
In 2006, he was picked up by The Wonderland Wine Bar to manage their finances and keep the IRS from breathing heavily down their backs, while taking on another enterprise on the side. Though he doesn't discuss the two businesses, he frequents the brewery in order to keep good ties with much of the courts, especially since he hopes to remain in good ties with the courts.
Courts
2001-2003 Ace of Clubs
2004 Knave of Clubs
Motley
IC Connections
- Cage Adams - Past Winter King, whom I tried to get in good with. I also introduced him to Dr. Cornoa, his now primary physician.
- James Cornoa - A doctor whom I recommend that any Changeling visit for the best service available.
Character Inspirations
Bruce Wayne, Batman
House MD, House
Lex Luthor, Superman
President David Palmer, 24
Oliver Queen, Green Arrow
Soundtrack
The Big O Soundtracks 1 and 2
Ghost in the Shell Soundtracks (Movies or S.A.C.)
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Perfect Dark Soundtrack
Quotes
- A steady source of income for me, he makes a great many referrals to my practice. Although I find it peculiar how many of his employees come to me with injuries....
Rumors
- Alistair is not pursuing ties with the Spring Court because he finds that Lust many times gets in the way of his business transactions. Any recruits of the Spring Court he finds are immediately channeled away through one of his retainers.
- Alistair doesn't use James Cornoa as his primary physician. He finds his personality a little too unpleasant for his own tastes.
Seeking Specific Buddies and Ties
This section will be removed following end of soft RP.
- A business tie in Orlando. I'm looking to manage the financial or administrative side of a business to simply be on the payroll for a local company or two.
- Illegal Operations in Florida - Contact for details.
