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Character Name(s): Slade London

Gender: Female

Race: Fire Demon

Character Age: 145

Date of Birth: July 12th

Physical Description:
- Height: 5’10”
- Hair: Straight, dark brown – worn in straight layers to just passed her shoulders
- Eyes: A startlingly icy blue-green
- Style: Severe – clean lines and a sparse color palette cut a memorable form
- Build: Sleekly muscled, though her strength is hidden in a form that is completely feminine

Distinguishing marks: Scarring on her right inner thigh received years ago - the same thigh bears the slightest bit of frostbitten scar tissue.

Birth Location: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Family:
- Father: Malcolm London [unknown, fire demon]
- Mother: Lisette Sherife [unknown, fire demon]
- Elder Brother: Jarrod London [unknown, fire demon]

Job: Private investment advisor for high income individuals

Residence: Old Town Towers – Condo B11

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Personality: Cold is perhaps the most accurate word to describe Slade – an ironic contrast to her fiery abilities. A childhood that was light-years away from being ideal has most definitely left an impression on her; she seems completely devoid of a sense of humor, cracking only the slightest of smiles at the cruelest of jokes – she seems equally as unshakeable by threats of any form, having seen much of the worst both human and demon are capable of. Slade is also extremely intelligent, the product of a lifetime worth of casual study of those around her. She is witty in a manner that lacks warmth and is drawn most often towards those who exhibit similar characteristics or whose temper she finds either amusing or admirable.

Slade has a rarely (if ever) seen soft spot for women who find themselves in trouble – it lingers somewhere amongst her rather dark and twisted inner workings, born of an extremely troubled background of her own. Of course the work it takes to reach such a buried facet of her personality is what tends to scare so many away from searching for it in the first place. A wounded demon with a heart of gold she is not, but one with a scarce few traces of something that could pass for humanity on a perfect day, she most definitely is.

Personal Background: Slade was the second child born to an already unhappy set of parents. The two had been joined into an arranged marriage by families who felt that uniting their powerful bloodlines in such a way would surely strengthen both. Instead it created a simmering pool of hatred, made more extreme by the demonic natures of all involved, and one that Lisette could apparently not wait to escape from. Shortly after giving birth to Slade, she left the family; this meant Jarrod and Malcolm remained to tend to the newest arrival all on their own. The pair hadn’t the slightest idea what to do with a baby girl and not a single nurturing instinct to even attempt to raise her with half a heart.

Left with a father for whom the word ‘cruel’ seemed to fall short and a brother who was being raised to follow in his very footsteps, there was never a moment of mercy in the London household. Malcolm wasn’t necessarily thrilled with the idea of a daughter, but if he had to have one, she was going to be as tough as he could make her. Of course she was seen as a lesser member of the family and so her training always came secondary…when there was time, if there was time. In the moments when she was left on her own, Slade took it upon herself to practice the abilities that seemed to run so commonly through her family.

Jarrod often practiced what he learned on his younger sibling…or threatened to. This constant threat of violence seemed a constant presence in Slade’s early years. The family worked to keep up normal appearances - Malcolm worked at a local mill and tended the family’s land while both Jarrod and Slade attended school when there was time and when the workload at home was light enough to allow them to get away. Given the time period, Slade could never go as far in her education as Jarrod could and so it often meant that she was left at home while her father worked and her brother attended classes at the area’s only university. Left alone one day, a man came calling at the family’s house; he claimed to be a traveler who was simply in need of some food, a bit of water and that as soon as he had gotten both he would gladly be on his way. In a moment of rare childlike kindness, she allowed him into her home. What happened that day would be the catalyst in what continues to shape her life to this day: the cruelness of men.

She couldn’t have know that it was no mere man that she’d invited in, but rather an ice demon – her opposing element and a man therefore more dangerous to her than she could have expected. True, she sensed like he was ‘like her,’ but their vast differences were far beyond the young girl’s radar. There was a harsh beating when she fought against the initial rape attempt, the moment in which she earned the wound on her thigh came soon after as that chilling opposing element was turned against her: used first as something resembling a knife and then simply as the cold itself, pressed to her skin in hopes that the pain might immobilize her. It did just that, the shock enough to allow the man to do as he intended in spite of Slade’s protestations, her system too overwhelmed by this new level of cruelty to allow her to summon that precious gift that might allow her to fight back. It was only after he was gone that she stood, cleaned up the mess that had been made, knowing that there would be no sympathy for her – only anger at her weakness for being so easily overtaken. She cleaned and dressed the wounds with an almost robotic ease, quickly cleaning off the rest of herself and changing before her brother and her father returned. The pair never found out what occurred that day - or if they did it was not because she told them - and word of it was never mentioned around the house. The scar that now marred her thigh and the memories were all she has to remember that first time she learned that kindness could be thrown back in her face.

Years passed and Slade slowly grew colder, though given the dynamic of the family that raised her it was bound to happen. Her father had trained her with as much as she would care to learn, as much as he could be bothered to share with a woman, though fending off her brother’s constant threats of attack had taught her so much more. Eventually she left home, took her time to explore the world that had only reached her hometown through the pages of novels. She took years to drift across Europe, finally attending university when she found one worth settling for. She earned a degree in International Business, specializing in Investing and decided that it was time to move on, to see more.

It was only three decades ago that she finally made it to the United States. Slade spent much of her time on the East coast, building a reputation for herself in Manhattan as a tough bitch on the investment field. She slowly built a nest egg of her own, one that allowed her to phase herself into a more upscale plane of clientele, to work only when she so chose. Eventually, before people could grow suspicious, she set out again for somewhere new. Whatever it was that pulled her to Seattle nearly five years ago, she couldn’t quite say…it just felt like the place to be. She rented a condo in the Old Town Towers and settled in, watching as the city dynamic unfolds around her.

Race Weaknesses: Aversion to cold and all things holy; has immunity to most human illnesses; can be killed by decapitation, spine trauma, severe head trauma and damage to the heart.

Personal Weaknesses: A good red wine, women in trouble (though she will rarely, if ever, show this), like minded people.

Magical Abilities: Fire manipulation and control: can create weapons or tools from flame (or use the fire itself) to defend herself or attack another. The size of such a creation determines how many she can create and for how long they can last. The larger the creation, the more energy it takes and the shorter timeframe in which it will exist; the smaller the creation, the less energy drained from her and the longer it will last.

Skills and Training: Increased endurance (both of pain and of physical exertion), has learned to defend herself with weapons and in the hand-to-hand arena quite well over the years.

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Characters insanejournal name: fiery_dame

Your email: crowchick [at] gmail [dot] com

Your messengers (aim/yahoo/msn):
- AIM: almightyarse
- Yahoo: almighty_arse

Your name (internet or real): Erica

Your age: 23

PB & Photo: Jodi Lynn O’Keefe

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Wanted Character: The Prodigal Son: Jarrod, her brother, the bane of her existence as a child. Given what she’s become, the two may or may not get along as adults. A true bastard in every sense of the word, he cares little for the lives of those around him.
PB Whomever could pass for Jodi Lyn O’Keefe’s brother

Plot Tie One: Fellow Troublemakers: Those of a likeminded persuasion who enjoy the suffering of others and might entertain Slade with their tempers.
PB: Up to you

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