Post by Enzo Venturi on Jul 27, 2021 20:01:08 GMT -5
Face Claim: Stuart Martin
Player: Aquila
CHARACTER NAME: Enzo Venturi
BIRTHDATE: January 8th
AGE:35
HOMETOWN (Which land were they born?): Tresteria
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Tresteria
APPEARANCE (General info, height/weight, eye/Hair color, build, etc.): Standing at 6’2, Enzo Venturi is a very tall, broad man best described as an impenetrable wall. He has thick dark hair that curls around his ears and a short, neatly cut beard with a few flecks of grey sprinkles in. At first glance, he appears to have brown eyes, but if you find yourself close enough to be within his personal space (rarely anyone is allowed such a thing) you’ll find his eyes are a deep shade of blue that borders on being a dark slate grey.
Enzo is the personification of a serious face. Rarely smiling and only around those he feels safe around. He often has a blank, almost severely somber look on his face that many find intimidating and makes him unapproachable. Somethings he’s more than happy to let people believe.
When Enzo does smile his whole face lights up into a large grin that causes the corner of his eyes to crinkle. He hasn’t really smiled in years and can’t remember it. If he does “smile” there usually closed-lipped and almost bitter looking, and they never reach his eyes. Taking on a more subtle look of amusement more than anything.
MARITAL STATUS: Married
FAMILY TIES:
Father: Francisco Venturi - deceased | Mother: Maria Venturi(Nee Dubois) - deceased
Wife: Nina Venturi | Younger brother: |
Sister-in-law: Zoe Altieri | Cousin-in-law:@ |
Aunt:Vittoria Fauveau
Cousin Fauveau:
Family in Teronna:
Uncle: @teodoro | Cousin: | Cousin: | Cousin: | Cousin: |
OCCUPATION: Banker
BUSINESS:
Business Name: Venturi Banks
What type of business?: Banking. Housing and keeping records of the finances of the tresterian people. Act as money lenders and provide credit/as well as a safe.
SOCIETAL TITLE:
Title: Mr. Venturi
Source of wealth: Banking business. Wealthy middle class
Estate Name if applicable: La Belle.
GRAMARYE GIFT (if any):N/A
PERSONALITY: Enzo has been told by many a ex-wife he has the personality of a wet blanket. He’s a very very quiet man that only really speaks a few words unless he really has something to say. He appears emotionless a lot of the time and it makes him appear cold. In all reality, Enzo doesn’t know how to express his feelings or emotions. Forced to bottle them up his entire life, he’s had the mindset that “emotions make you weak” drilled into his head by his father.
He prefers solitude unless he’s in the company of his brother and the man he considers to be like another brother. They see more of the true Enzo with his dry humor and subtle teasing.
He’s a very intelligent man that will always put his family above all else. What he does is for them and damn the rest. They’re merely pawns in a game for power.
Enzo lost his mother young and his father was a cruel man that was emotionally abusive. Because of this, he doesn’t know how to really treat his wife, Nina, but he has made a bit of an effort to get to know her despite his inability to be social. For the most part, he’s made Nina want for not and treats her politely. He’s not sure how to help her through the miscarriages, and he’s grieved his lost children in his own way, by himself. Feeling their loss, but nowhere near the same as Nina has felt it. His attempt at giving her the space she needs in her time to heal has probably painted him as heartless, and not caring. On the contrary, he’s too afraid to ask her how he can help, and what he should do.
Fun facts:
Has a pocket watch he’s always pulling out of his pocket and looking at in contemplation.
When he’s stressed he cleans and refuses to let the maids help.
Enjoys sparring with Amais and keeping in shape.
Takes long walks to clear his head around the gardens.
He shows his affections through small gestures rather than saying them.
When and if he’s given a child, he secretly wishes for a daughter to spoil.
Keeps a journal hidden of poetry he’s written.
Detests eggplant and lamb, however, is too prideful to admit it. He always looks like she’s in a mood when either is being served.
HISTORY:
Enzo was born into the Venturi Family. Once spice merchants, his family made a name for itself and rose in not only popularity but wealth as well. They changed from their spice roots to that of bankers. Becoming a voice for the common people of Tresteria. They handle a wide variety of fiances from both the middle class and nobles.
You would imagine, with the type of upbringing he had, Enzo would be well off. You would assume wrong. Enzo’s mother died months after the birth of his younger brother, and without a wife or mother to care for his sons, Fransisco Venturi did only what he knew how. Francisco was not a loving father. A father in ways of teaching his sons valuable lessons, but they were business lessons. How to manipulate people, and how to hold power over them. He taught his boys Greed, and that the Venturi’s would always come out on top. They were survivors. Thus, emotions were a sign of weakness.
Enzo and his brother grew to resent their father, and his younger brother flat out hates him. The only affection they received was the tough love their Aunt Vittoria gave them. His loveless upbringing turned Enzo into an almost cold man. No where near like his cruel father, but unless you know him personally, you would think them one in the same.
When Enzo came of marrying age, his first marriage was to the daughter of another wealthy middle class family. Enzo and Jane were married shortly after the arrangement, and then soon expecting their first child together. Marriage was...strange for Enzo, but he believed he was learning, and he actually believed himself to come to love Jane. Things were brightening in his otherwise dark world his father was creating around him and the rest of the family.
That happiness soon ended. Jane had gone into early labor and both her and the child had died, leaving Enzo a widower. The fact he was still young proved beneficial to his father, and he was soon married again. Only when that marriage fell apart, it was due to a conflict of viewpoints and personality. Enzo and Gabriella hated each other, so to save the other from committing the others murder, they divorced.
The third and fourth marriage all ended in divorce as well, Enzo was done. No more marriage, he was determined to live his life a forever bachelor. Only, his father wouldn’t have it. And as the heir to the Venturi, Enzo needed to marry and produce an heir. The only problem was finding a woman that didn’t care for Enzo’s track record when it came to marriages. They needed to find someone willing, and who could do what was expected of her.
That’s where Nina Altieri came in. Francisco and Ciro Altieri came to an agreement that Enzo and Nina would marry. Providing Enzo with a wife, and Nina’s families debts would be taken care of. It was the perfect match according to their fathers. Little did the two know the real reason as to why they were partnered…
In the two years that followed, Enzo and Nina did what was expected of them. He treated her with respect and was as much of a “loving” husband as he could be. When she fell pregnant the first time, he was elated and yet terrified. Hiding his emotions about becoming a father. You can imagine his devastation and concern for his wife when she miscarried. When they fell pregnant again after months of trying for another he held his breath, and when that miscarriage happened, he didn’t think his heart could handle the loss of more unborn children.
Enzo closed himself off from Nina, more for her sake than his own, as he tried to process his own grief. His father tried to tell him they needed to try again, and Enzo didn’t know if he could bear to put Nina through such an ordeal a third time. Enzo had yet to touch his wife since their last loss, until he’d had a fight with his father. Their argument shook the whole house, as his voice boomed through the halls, and out of frustration at his fathers need for a grandchild, Enzo went to Nina, getting on his hands and knees and begged her for forgiveness before he asked if they could try once more. “One last attempt, I won’t ask again.” He’d told her. Rather wanting to live childless then having to continue the suffering of more loss.
Enzo and Nina have been trying again for the heir they need these last few months. It was around this time Fransisco also took ill, and very recently passed away. Enzo has taken over as head of the Venturi family in Tresteria, and his need for an heir has turned more severe. He only hopes he’ll be a better man than his father ever was.
Which Character Tier will you be placing them in?: 2
Why will they belong in this Tier?:
He's wealthy middle class, as well has bought himself a seat on the tresterian council. Acts as a voice for the "people."
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