Post by Ethan Rivers on May 15, 2023 18:12:46 GMT -5
WELCOME TO LOS EUROSIA,
ETHAN JAMES RIVERS
"My mouth is a gun I can shoot
I can show you the truth
And I don't need a reason to lie to you"
BASICS
NAME: Ethan James Rivers
AGE:
Aged up: 32 (12/21/23)
BIRTHDATE: December 21st, 1991
PRONOUNS: He/him
SEXUALITY: bisexual
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single
OCCUPATION: Criminal defense attorney
NEIGHBORHOOD: Grey Pebble
MEMBER GROUP: Gifted
POWERS:
Persuasion
Ethan learned early in life that he has the ability to persuade people into doing what he wants, just by talking to them. He is able to convince them to do things that they likely would not have done otherwise. Given enough time away from him, the effects will wear off. He just comes off as extremely charismatic to those who don’t know that he is gifted.
With his particular ability, he is able to easily persuade a change of opinion for most people, but if it’s a strongly held belief or something that is more ingrained in a person, it’s harder than just deciding what to get for lunch. If he has skin to skin contact, the persuasion is much harder to resist than when he only verbalizes what he wants someone to do. He’s been known to use a handshake as a way to have skin to skin contact and get someone to agree to something they normally would be extremely opposed to, such as forgetting about filing the paperwork for a crime one of his clients may have committed.
THE LOOKS
HEIGHT: 5’10
WEIGHT: 175 lbs
HAIR COLOR: Dark brown
EYE COLOR: Blue
FACE CLAIM: Landon Liboiron
OVERALL APPEARANCE:
Ethan is average height and build, with brown wavy hair. He tends to keep a closely trimmed beard. On days he has a court appearance, he is in a suit, but most of the time when he’s just at the office he’s in slacks, a dress shirt and tie. When he’s off and relaxing, his style varies between jeans and button up shirts to board shorts and a tank top, depending on what he is doing.
INSIDE
LIKES:
- Traveling, be it for work or personal travel
- Winning court cases
- Hiking and spending time outside
DISLIKES:
- Being in his brother’s shadow
- Dealing with family obligations
- Getting outsmarted
STRENGTHS:
- He is great at his job, persuading people to listen to his arguments in court and agree with him
- Appearing honest and sincere, even when he’s bullshitting someone
- Keeping calm under pressure
WEAKNESSES:
- He tends to be arrogant since he’s used to getting what he wants
- Saying no when his family really presses him to do something, no matter how much he wants to avoid it
- Sometimes he has a hard time knowing when someone is being genuine, or if they are just under his influence, so he has a difficult time trusting anyone
OVERALL PERSONALITY:
Ethan is the kind of person who shines in front of a crowd. He feels comfortable being the center of attention. He tends to think that he is right about anything and everything, because he rarely gets challenged. A part of that is from his ability.
BACKGROUND
HOMETOWN: San Diego, CA
FAMILY:
- Alan James Rivers - father - human / guild lawyer
- Anna Maria Rivers - mother - human / dance instructor
- Oliver Alan Rivers - 35yo brother - human / guild lawyer (at their father’s practice)
- McKenzie Ann Rivers - 26yo sister (twin 1) - human / local news meteorologist
- Amelia Marie Rivers - 26yo sister (twin 2) - gifted (only Oliver knows) / currently missing/ran away at age 18
PETS: none at this time
HISTORY:
Ethan was born into a wealthy family. He is the third child out of four, with an older brother and younger twin sisters. He and his siblings went to the best private schools and education was stressed for them. Ethan always got along with his younger sisters more than he did with his older brother, but they were all spread out in age and the girls were involved in competitive dance. He spent far more time with Oliver than he did with McKenzie and Amelia.
Growing up, he knew that his father was an attorney, and he knew that he represented a lot of the same clientele time after time. Ethan and his older brother, Oliver, spent a lot of time at his father’s office while they were teenagers. Alan wanted to show the boys what it was like, working hard and being respected in the legal field. He didn’t flagrantly disregard attorney-client privilege, but Alan did not keep his cases completely separate from his sons. The boys were there with him during some meetings, they assisted him with research, and if they had questions about the cases he was working on, he would answer them. Alan’s children grew up knowing about the gifted community, and knowing about their father’s general prejudice against them.
Oliver was the golden boy. Great at sports, intelligent, and following right in his father’s footsteps. In their father’s eyes, Oliver did everything correctly. He graduated from law school near the top of his class, and went right into a position at Alan’s firm. Ethan, on the other hand, was terrible at sports. He was cut from team after team that his father pushed him to try out for. He did have an interest in pursuing a law degree, just like his father and brother, and he was a good student. However, he did not want to work at his father’s firm, or represent any of his father’s clients. Ethan had a secret, and he was determined to keep it from his family. He figured out he was gifted when he was in high school, after several instances of getting caught breaking the rules and convincing the staff members to let him off the hook for his misbehavior. At first, he didn’t think there was any way it would work, but time after time, it did. He grew to realize it was more than just being charming, that there was an actual power there. He probably would have just considered himself extremely lucky, had he not known anything about his father’s clientele.
Ethan spent the next few years trying to figure out what to do. He couldn’t tell his parents about his gift, they wouldn’t understand it. Would they hate him, like they hated other gifted? The only things he had heard from them were how bad the gifted were for society, and how they should be stopped from taking over. Instead of telling them, Ethan worked hard to finish his law degree and pass the bar exam. His father expected him to follow Oliver and join the family firm, but Ethan instead applied for several law firms around the state of California, and landed a position at a firm in Los Eurosia.
Even though his relationship with his parents is strained after choosing not to work for his father, Alan and Anna bought a vacation home in Los Eurosia and that is where Ethan lives. The house isn’t quite a mansion, but it is large enough for his whole family to spend time there without tripping over each other.
Ethan works hard at his law firm. He doesn’t flaunt his gift, but he also doesn’t shy away from using it when he needs to in order to keep his clients out of trouble. He moved to Los Eurosia to avoid working for the guild, but it is known that he is his father’s son, and from time to time he does end up with a guild member as a client. Depending on the circumstance, sometimes he doesn’t go to the same lengths for them as he does for his regular clients, though he isn’t stupid enough to make that common knowledge.
THE PLAYER
NAME: Aimee
AGE: 34
TIMEZONE: EST