Post by Joseph Ferras on Mar 22, 2009 11:17:36 GMT -5
;; fundamentals
full name;Joseph Ferras;
nickname;Jo;
birthday;13 January;
age;19;
sexual orientation;Straight;
job;Leading Tenor;
class;Upper Middle;
Canon; no;
;; appearance
general;; Joseph is a tall guy, reaching nearly 6 foot high, as he used to work as a stagehand he has developed a muscular body, though he is not overly muscular.
HE has shoulder length choclate brown hair which waves slightly as it is not perfectly straight, his dark eyes are the same shade as his hair and have such depth and warmth to them that people can not help but get lost in them.
His face is perfectly chissled into handsome features, although his nose has a slight bump on it, which seems only visible to him, which he got when he fell over when he was younfger and broke his nose
He had tanned olive skin due to his mixed heritage
favorite;;Joseph likes his eyes the best as he is often complimented on it, though normally he does not think about how he looks.
hate;; He does not like his nose as the bump can seem increadibly big to him
heritage;; He is a mix between Spanish, Italian, French and English
ethnicity;Mixed, probably caucasion;
;; personality
general;; Joseph is a sweet guy and would do anything to help a friend, even if they are not good friends. HE is extremly loyal to his friends and often his loyalty to his friends can sometimes overide his good sense. However some friends can take adavantage of him and Joseph has to use his high intelligence to get out of the tricky situations
He is a generous, warm, and loving person and used to act as a second parent to his younger siblings after his mother became ill and his father had a breakdown. As well as this he is very modest as he came from a poor background and is also very shy and it is almost a miracle that he can sing infront of the crowd
HE is mainly though musically talented and can write great tunes on his guitar and the piano, he is also very humourus. However not everybody gets his dry humour, not straightaway and it can take some a few seconds to actually realise he made ajoke or an amusing observance.
Once relaxed with his friends he is an easy going likable person, who can keep everbody around him in stiches of laughter, and can keep up a good conversation with out resorting to talking about the weather.
However he finds making decisions difficult and often asks for help from others, althoughmainly independant he often evaluates how his decision would affect everyone else and often pushes his own wants and needs to the side. Despite his hard past he looks at the world through rose tinted glasses, and tries to see the good in everyone, which makes him more vulnerable to get taken advantage of
hobbies;; Reading
Walking
Hanging out with friends
Singing
Writing songs
dislikes;; Dogs
COmpetitive people
Shallowness
Prejudice
Not having anything to do
Being apart from the people he loves
Meanness and vain people
likes;;Reading
Singing
Acting
Writing and playing music
Cats
Learning
His family
Walking about town
Fears;; Losing his job
Losing his family
His mothers death
Has a small fear of dogs as his little sister was attacked by one once
Rejection
Failing
Secrets;; Is slightly in love with his best friend Rosalind
He comes from a very poor background
HE has worked as a stagehand before and accepted money from a friend to heal his mother
;; origins
general;; Josephs mother was a mix between English and Italian and his father was French and spanish, his mother met his father when she was on a tour around europe with the royal family and she fell in love with him instantly and she got her parernts approval to marry him. They decided to remain in france and start a family.
Being so far away from either of their parents their money could have became scarce but they were careful with their money. a couple of years later Elinor gave birth to Jo who was the first of seven children, he would have been the third, but his two older siblings died during the first tender hours of their lives. (Jo still visits the graves today). Four years later he got a younger sister, Eloise. Once again, before Eloise was born there had been a couple of still births. But the family was strong and they pulled through the heartache of losing Children. The year after that Elinor successfully delivered identical twins Louis and Philippe, named after the legend that surrounded the royal family.
The other children then eventually followed suit. The family was large, but the Ferras' only just manged to survive, (Joe would normally give up part of his fair share for someone else.)
As soon as he was old enough Joe got a job and the family were able to live reasonably well. With Joe's publicity from his workplace, business at his fathers workplace soared (his father worked as a shoe maker)
The family lived comfortably in their small house with a large garden; it never occurred to them to move.
Elinor got pregnant again, but the baby was still born. She has never recovered and was too weak to move. The depression of this hit the family, and their Dad became an alcoholic, spending most of the money on drink. The family now rely on Joe to help them to eat. He sook out a higher paying job as stage hand at the opera house and has worked there ever since, he became friends with a chorus girl called Rosalind Decor who, when he eventually told her of his past and his sick mother she gave him money which enabled his mother to get better. In return she got him to sing for her but this was a clever ruse on Rosalinds part as one of the managers walked in as he ws singing and he landed the job as a leading tenor. Since then his mother has been restored completly to health and his father quit drinking and started up his buisness again, which through the association of Joseph was very sucessful and the family was able to move out of their small house to one suitable to one of their size
parents;Elinor Ferras (nee Bennette);
Father; William Ferras
siblings;;Sisters: Charlotte (aged 14)
Lucy (aged 8)
Marriane (aged 4)
Brothers:Louis (aged 13)
Phillipe(aged 13)
Demitrius (aged 6)
other;;
;; roleplaying
sample;;
"Rosalind, what are we doing?" Joseph voice echoed his amusemant
She smiled mysteriously and it it lit up her beautiful features and Joseph felt his heart skip a beat "You'll see" she said
They were standing backstage after hours and Joseph had stayed behind to do some extra work so he could keep up his families welfare. "You aren't going to do some strange trick on me are you?" he smiled back at her
Rosalind giggled and walked right up to him and Joseph felt his heart go and a hundred miles an hour "Close your eyes, give me your hands"
This was it, she was going to kiss him, he knew it, he smirked then closed his eyes, careful not to purse his lips; Rosalind liked suprising him.
But the kiss did not come and she was leading him somewhere and Joseph obeyed her gentle force, if he was thinking properly he would have known where she was leading him too, but his mind was focused on Rosalind and her beauty; she had that effect on him.
"Jo, when I gave you money you said you would do something for me in return. Now here it is; you have to sing for me, just for me" Joseph started to open his eyes "keep your eyes closed" she said
Joseph took a deep breath and started to sing the enchantress song that he first sang to her, it was written about her. He could not help but smile as he sang and knew his cheeks were reddening.
"Brava!" came a voice as he finished "Magnifique" it was not ROsalinds voice, it was a mans voice and Josephs eyes snapped open and he saw the manager walking up his head swivelled round to look at Rosalind who was smiling, she was a smart one.
"Monsiour, what is your name?" he said
"Monsiour Ferras, Sir. I am a stagehand here"
"It seems that you are misplaced then, we are in need of a Tenor and you seem perfect for it. You start tomorrow" he shook Josephs hand then left and Josephs view was blocked by Rosalind as she ran up and hugged him, more literally she threw herself on him and Joseph staggered under the force of her light body on him. She stepped back but her face was only centimeters away from his face, even up close it was flawless.
"It worked!" she said hapily then hugged him again "I knew it!" she gave him a kiss on the cheek "You're going to do this" she said "This is your destiny" she said
"Rozzie, I still have not repaid you for what you did for my whole family"
"You have by being my friend, but if you insist, you will do something for me at a later date"
Joseph smiled "you said that last time; its getting old" Rosalinds eyes were full of tears "Rozzie, whats wrong?"
"Don't forget me, you will be famous now that you are the leading tenor, girls will fancy you even more now" she smiled "Your family will be okay now though"
And suddenly he knew why she did it, it was to stop him losing his family like she lost hers, it was so he could be happy again, so he never had to worry.
;; behind the character
name;Lissy;
age;17;
gender;Female;
years roleplaying;6;
location;England;
How You found us;;Theough another site