Character file copy/paste.
(WIP)
Name: Dorian Morden (Familiar: Dori)
Sex: Male
Age: 19
Eyes: Amber/Yellow
Hair: Black.
Height: 177 cm (~5.8 Feet)
Weight: 62kg (9.7 stone) - 55 kg (~8.6 stone) with Warrior Unit
Build: Light/Slightly Toned
Dominant Hand: Left
Favourite Colour: Purple
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Blood Type: A-
Relatives: (All deceased) Kelly Morden (Mother 48 years old. Height: 5.9 feet/179cm Weight: 80kg/12.5 stone. Build: Toned/Muscular)
Neil Morden (Father 46 years old. Height: 6.5 feet/198cm Weight: 146kg/23 stone. Build: Heavy/Muscular)
Annette Morden (Elder Sister. 25 years old. Height: 6.4 feet/195cm. Weight: 133.3kg/21 stone. Build: Heavy/Muscular)
Katie and Peter Morden (Younger twin Brother and Sister 11 years old)
Personality: Dorian is very much his mother’s son, sharing her complicated and in many ways contradictory personality, although there are more than a few differences between the two. Dorian is less combative (but can still be quiet aggressive if provoked) and intimidating, but more subtle (compared to his mother at any rate where she would tell someone to piss off if she didn’t like them Dorian would instead make snide comments until they got the hint) and can be quiet manipulative if need be. Dorian has his mother’s cold and frightening temper.Like his mother Dorian very rarely shows anyone outside of family and friends the “real” him, using mask-like persona as a means of protecting his more sensitive side.
“The Mask”: Dorian gives the impression of being a very cold, distant, cynical and arrogant business-like person who prefers to keep others at arm’s length making both his distrust and contempt for most people quiet obvious. Dorian is normally very good at maintaining this persona to the point that someone could know him for years and never see a hint of the real him.
The real him: Dorian has very strong emotions and while certainly not fragile he is quiet sensitive. When among those he loves Dorian drops most of his defences showing the kind, warm and loving if rather cynical person that he really is. Even though he may subject them to near constant teasing and snarky comments Dorian has a great deal of respect for his loved ones and will always listen to their opinions and advice. Dorian relies on his friends for support as he sometimes finds his strong emotions difficult to deal with on his own particularly if he is unhappy or stressed.
Even though Dorian lacks some of his mother’s combative nature he is still very difficult to intimidate and after his other experiences has become almost apathetic to his own death.
Dorian’s very noticeable arrogance stems solely from his intelligence and independence, in Dorian’s mind he’s “better” than other people because he’s smarter and more able to look after himself than they are. When he talks to someone he doesn’t like Dorian tends to speak in a condescendingly formal manner.
While he is a good person at heart Dorian has a very nasty side to his personality that results in him having relatively flexible morals, as such he is willing to use quiet underhanded or even borderline evil methods the achieve his goals (anything from simple blackmail to ruining someone’s life via his manipulations), that being said however Dorian is usually able to stop himself from going too far although his family and friends occasionally have to reign him in if he is angry and actually out to hurt someone.
Although none of Dorian’s family were especially religious he is the only one who is an atheist, as he finds the innumerable contradictions that many religions are full of to be laughable, also Dorian’s fierce independence, intellect and simple desire to learn how and why things are the way they are means that he considers the very idea of assigning all creation to a “god” figure to be insulting and something that only weak willed or primitive people who have yet to develop any form of scientific understanding would do. This also means that Dorian doesn’t believe in an “afterlife”, and regards the concept of one as nothing more than peoples fear of their own mortality, to Dorian when someone dies they are gone forever.
Dorian can be very difficult to get on with, mainly because of his low opinion of most other human beings outside of his family and friends, also Dorian’s subtle and indirect nature means that people have to almost constantly “read between the lines” with everything he says or look for small hints, which becomes incredibly annoying at times, however Dorian is quiet aware of his flaws and does at least try to overcome them if only to make his friends lives easier, unfortunately this awareness doesn’t extend to his good points, if asked to describe himself Dorian will only state his least desirable qualities and generally needs other people to point out his better traits.
While Dorian despises Chronos for what they have done to him, he doesn’t hate Zoanoids and treats them the same way that he would a “normal” human. This is mainly due to Dorian believing that people should be allowed to make any changes to themselves that they wish so long as they are beneficial and of their own will. (Dorian is well aware that many Zoanoids were transformed unwillingly and actually feels some pity for them)
Physical Appearance: Dorian is a “pretty boy” whose looks strongly resemble those of his mother. He has slender shoulders and feminine hips, shoulder length hair, large eyes and overall pale and quiet delicate features, he is attractive but not stunningly so. Dorian cannot grow facial hair. He moves with a dancer’s elegance and grace.
Combat ability: Dorian’s mother insisted that all of her children know how to defend themselves and even though he was by far the least combative member of the family Dorian would be no exception, as a former professional boxer who had maintained her skills and strength his mother was the perfect if incredibly brutal teacher (basically her training involved bare-knuckle boxing in a “ring” made of gym mats). Dorian’s natural lack of physical strength and toughness even with regular intense workouts meant that he found the brawling style of his mother almost impossibly to use so began to modify the basics that she had taught him to create a style that favoured speed, stamina agility and precise striking, he punishes his opponent for every gap they leave in their defences.
While Dorian still prefers to avoid a direct confrontation and dislikes fighting, the harsh training of his mother literally beat some fighting spirit into him making him more than willing to fight if he needs to. Dorian is a surprisingly ruthless fighter as his dislike of combat means he generally wants to get it over with as quickly as possible.
During his time with a Chronos resistance group Dorian learned how to use a rifle and found himself to be a remarkably good shot however Dorian would rarely go on missions himself. When he joined the ACTF his shooting talents would be put to far more frequent use typically with a sniper or anti Zoanoid rifle. Dorian is at his best when working with a team.
Early History: (WIP rewrite section)
Dorian was the second child of Kelly and Neil Morden. As his father ran a small R&D business the family was always comfortable financially however Dorian’s parents made sure that their children were never spoiled and that they appreciated the things they had.
Dorian showed the first signs of his intellect and perfect recall at age 5.
By the time he was six Dorian’s personality had begun to very noticeably resemble his mothers, by seven he had begun to develop a “mask persona” and had it perfected by the time he was ten.
Dorian was always a pretty child, at school this resulted in him being bullied to a degree but that stopped quickly when his mother began teaching him to fight.
While Dorian seemed to have a large number of friends this was largely an illusion as most of the group of fifteen or so people that he would occasionally hang around with were little more than acquaintances to him, Dorian only considered five of them to be real friends.
Dorian would spend much of his time with Paul, Lee, Rachel, Holley and Elizabeth. As children the six of them would frequently get into trouble, going places that they shouldn’t, playing pranks on adults, and generally behaving like the kids they were. (EXPAND)
Dorian dislocated his shoulder when he was 7 while wrestling with his sister (rather she was throwing him about). His eidetic memory meant that he had nightmares about having it put back into place for over a week , and was the first time that he realised being able to remember everything may not be as good as he thought.
Katie and Peter were born when Dorian was 8, he and Annette would sometimes help their mother look after them when they were home from school.
Tattoo: Dorian has a black tribal pattern tattoo on his lower back and extending over his hips as a “present” from his older sister on his 17th birthday, she got him drunk at home and took him to a tattoo studio. Dorian never lets anyone see or know he has it.
“Doriette”: While he was drunk Annette also dressed him up in a blue dress with matching one inch heels, make-up and “padding” then took him out to various clubs to see how many guys’ numbers he could get. Dorian’s naturally somewhat feminine appearance meant that he fooled everyone he was introduced to and ended up with at least 8 numbers. When Dorian woke up the next morning and found photos of “Doriette” and his new tattoo he was more than a little angry. Dorian still has the photos but keeps them locked away never to be seen again.
Recent History:
Dorian moved to America with his family when his father began to expand his company, the original plan was for them to stay for only a few weeks at most to get things up and running but Xday hit stranding them in America. The entire family eventually got involved with a small anti-Chronos resistance group and Dorian’s father was able to transfer a decent amount of his company’s finances to another account before Chronos was able to take it over allowing the group to be quiet well equipped for what it was. Dorian mainly acted in a support role either helping to maintain equipment or acting as a tactical planner and operations controller, the latter role also forced Dorian to learn some additional languages as not every member of the group could speak decent English.
The group that Dorian and his family were involved with was at its best little more than a nuisance to Chronos that managed to raid/destroy a few warehouses, their greatest accomplishment was killing a group of would be hyper Zoanoids while they were in transit to a processing facility. When Chronos found out Dorian’s parents were supporting a resistance group they retaliated in typical Chronos fashion, by killing every family member and friend that the Morden’s had left back in England. The ACTF formed shortly after this and what was left of the resistance group decided to join up, with Dorian and his family being placed under ACTF protection.
Unfortunately a few weeks later a Chronos mole managed to acquire the locations of not only the Morden family but also several other people who were being sheltered by the ACTF at the time. A group of Zoanoids were sent to eliminate Dorian’s family and succeeded in killing both of his parents and sister before their ACTF guards could bring them down, only Dorian and his younger twin brother and sister survived (Dorian saw all three die and has intense recurring nightmares because of his eidetic memory). All three were offered counselling however the ACTF also took the opportunity to essentially conscript Dorian for their intelligence division (ACTF had previously asked him and his family to join but they refused) , having heard reports from the members of the resistance group that he was involved with regarding his overall intelligence, tactical planning abilities and organisational skills.
The safety of his brother and sister was used to force Dorian to agree although he made it very obvious that he was far from happy with doing so(His siblings are looked after in a safe house and Dorian is allowed to see them a couple of times a week). Dorian would eventually be assigned to work with some of the ACTFs more volatile members (this was basically punishment for Dorian calling his “superior” officer an incompetent idiot several different ways) , such as a number of the Guyver Mercs joining them on missions in a long range fire support roll or assist with the planning and operational aspects (mission control) depending on what was needed, while Dorian enjoyed being as far away from ACTF HQ as possible it made seeing his brother and sister extremely difficult also his refusal to get close to any of the people that he was working with meant that despite his independent nature he was very lonely causing him to hate the ACTF even more.
Acquiring his unit
Idea 2
As with Idea 1 Agito would find Dorian near death close to the Seven Days relic and be forced to merge him with either the G5, Shadow or Black Unit so as not to lose it to one of the other factions. After the battle Dorian would be back at ACTF HQ where he would find out that his brother and sister are now missing and the ACTF have no idea where they are or who took them(Chronos found out where they were and sent a team to eliminate them, Dorian was assumed to be with them at the time due to an error in the information they had recived). Agito would contact Dorian shortly after and indirectly admit to being responsible for taking them (In truth Katie and Peter are dead Agito simply disposed of their bodies), Dorian would be forced to leave the ACTF (which he has no problem with) and become an unwilling agent for Agito to be called upon when needed. Dorian would spend much of his time trying to find any leads to where his only family are being held resulting in a contest of string pulling between him and Agito.
Dorian would be far from happy at becoming a Guyver and the pain that he still feels from the loss of most of his family and all his friends combined with the stress having to play a manipulation game with Agito with the lives of his brother and sister on the line would push Dorian’s already battered mind to near breaking point.
Notes:
Dorian was born in Newcastle and retains his accent but tends to “hide” it unless he’s among friends and family.
Music: Symphonic Metal i.e. Nightwish, Within Temptation also likes Blackmore’s Night. The contrasting elements are what Dorian like about these groups.
Hobbies: Cooking, Irish dancing Sewing, Electric Violin, Knitting, Shopping, Interior and Exterior design, Vegetable Garden, Puzzles (2D and 3D) and Crosswords.
Usually needs very little sleep usually around 3-4 hours at most and is very easy to wake up.
Has severe arachnophobia.
Is prone to stress related migraines and nose bleeds.
Finds friendships with women easier than men due to his more emotional nature.
He is very proud of his looks.
Dorian has two guilty pleasures the first is Italian food, which he cooks himself, the second is reading erotic romance novels.
He has noticeably above average intelligence and acquired degrees in structural and mechanical engineering.
Dorian has a number of items which have a great deal of emotional (and monetary) value to them that he keeps in a small portable safe. A pair of diamond encrusted platinum hair clips (present for his 16th birthday) a gold and silver choker (gift from Sister) plain white gold ring (present for 17th birthday) small green teddy bear (first toy as a baby) onyx ring (gift from friends) silver charm bracelet (first thing he bought with his salary). Finally Dorian has two photos that are extremely important to him, the first is of his mother happily cradling him while he sleeps when he was 3 (possibly Dorian’s most treasured possession), the second is a group photo of Dorian with his friends that was taken in a park near his home just before he left for America.
When Dorian left for America his friends Paul, Lee, Rachel, Holley and Elizabeth put their money together and bought him a going away present, an onyx ring with gold and silver veins running through it.
Dorian’s has an eidetic memory (Perfect Recall). It’s both a helpful and surprisingly harmful ability as Dorian clearly remembers both good and bad experiences, in the later case the more recent and traumatic the event the harder it is for him to push it to the back of his mind.
Mother was a professional boxer until she was 23 (started at 18). She was a powerful, direct and very aggressive person who was also intimidating to such an extent that people were scared of being alone with her.
While Dorian’s mother loved her family she was known to be an incredibly harsh person to the point that her children were genuinely afraid of her. His Father was in many ways the opposite being an openly kind, loving and pleasant person who would give his children as much support and encouragement as they needed.
Sister took after their father both physically and personality wise although she had their mother’s aggression and love of fighting.
Father and Sister were recreational body builders.
Father ran family business which was a relatively successful R&D company for both civilian and military technologies. Dorian successfully applied to work for the company when he was 16 and worked with a team of 10 other researchers.
Hates wearing formal cloths on the rare occasions that he does Dorian would typically wear a suit similar to his Mothers. Normally dresses in “casual” cloths i.e. jeans and t-shirt.
Dorian is a terrible driver; it took him 5 attempts to pass his test, however he also has a motorcycle licence and passed both the test and CBT first time.