Post by Marcel Durand on Aug 2, 2020 14:17:15 GMT -5
Face Claim: Chance Perdomo
OOC Name: Magpie/Cassiopeia
CHARACTER NAME: Marcel Durand
AGE: 28
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Tresteria
APPEARANCE: Like his father, Marcel is a tall, thin man with warm brown skin and hair. His face is very expressive and he cannot get away with lying because of it. He dresses in plan, practical clothing, and keeps his hair cropped short so that he doesn't have to hassle with it.
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried
FAMILY MEMBERS: Naomi Durand , Father - Pierre Durand, Mother - Jeanne Durand
POSITION/OCCUPATION: sailor on the (Nagging) Anne
GRAMARYE GIFT (if any): none
PERSONALITY: Marcel sees himself as the responsible sibling and friend--and for good reason. His sister has always been more likely to march to the beat of her own drum, although with quite a bit of coaching from him and his mother, she is doing well. His friends are also a good deal more prone to chaotic action than he is, but he enjoys spending time with them. He's more than happy to clown around with them while they work and simply reel them in when they get carried away. The other sailors are as much family to him as his biological family.
Marcel is the type of person who loves to go above and beyond, but needs to be praised/appreciated in order to encourage him to continue working that hard. If he feels that he is not valued/needed, he will quickly shut down.
Fair warning: he will haul off and punch anyone who insults his family.
LIKES: a clean room, a job well done, sunrise on the ocean
DISLIKES: being late, people who don't follow instructions, things that are out of his control
HABITS: tries to micromanage people a bit, stress cleans,
SELF IMAGE: Marcel is pretty neutral when it comes to self confidence: he knows he is a competent sailor and is proud of his work, and he doesn't think of himself badly. He is also fairly confident talking to strangers, and doesn't assume he will make any particular impression.
REPUTATION: Marcel is known as an honest man and hard worker.
HISTORY:
Marcel is a normal man with a normal life. His father is a fisherman, and so he fished. Once Marcel was old enough, he went along, and learned to fish as well. His younger sister Naomi stayed with her mother, learning to cook, clean, and sew. Their mother does mending for the nearby merchants to earn extra money.
When Marcel was 18, he chose to leave his father's fishing venture and join the merchants of the deGrey trading company. The work pays better, and he was able to have more independence as his own man aboard a chartered vessel rather than being constantly treated as a child by his father who wouldn't trust him to do anything on his own.
He has been with the company since then, and earned a reputation as a hard worker and good man. He is also good friends with Wesley deGrey and Shane O'Sullivan who he has been sailing with.
When he is home he enjoys spending time with his sister, who he dotes on. He and his father still do not get along, due to his choice not to be a fisherman.
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