Name: Dmitri Salvont
Hair Color: Jet Black
Eye Color: Icy Blue
Height: 6'3
Weight: 175
Build: Athletic/Slender
Age: 268
Gender: Male
Species: Demon
Thread:
The Beast Inside - A Retelling w/ Lore N. Fables
History:
He used to be on the Heir of (Enter kingdom name here). Dmitri was left alone as a baby and raised in the local orphanage. Secretly discovered that he could practice magic. He started to use that magic, in complete secrecy, to help the kingdom 'behind the curtain' so to speak. That is until his closest friend was hurt/in peril when they were out by themselves. Out of instinct, Dmitri used magic to save him. His friend, though saved, was terrified of Dmitri and threatened to tell the whole town so they could burn him.
Dmitri couldn't let that happen and they began to fistfight until he accidentally killed him. So, he buried the body, cleaned himself up, and told everyone that his friend had left him alone in the woods. That will be something that still bothers him all the way to the present.
Despite his orphaned state, he was able to catch the attention of Queen Morgan, who was a battle-tested queen and a fierce leader. Having no children of her own, she secretly went to adopt a worthy heir that she could train before her death. She planned to die in battle at a young age, so she had to move swiftly. Dmitri had performed in all manners of combat, literary, and debate challenges, so he was an easy pick for the hardened Queen.
She taught him everything that she knew. He was given duties as the young prince and was in charge of safeguarding the borders. Dmitri oversaw the troops since that was expected, but he used magical wards to fend off creatures of the night or whatnot.
He was discovered, charged with being a witch, and burned in secret by the rest of the council and his adopted mother, the Queen. They did so in secret so that Dmitri's witchery wouldn't leak to the public. Once the fire consumed him, he cast a spell to burn them with him, but something went wrong and he 'became the fire' somehow. Which turned him into a Demon with a thick burning candle.
When he woke, Dmitri was a different being. With a fire in his heart and his body, he slaughtered the entire council and saved his mother for last. Instead of killing her, he decided to deeply scar her and left her alive to remain humiliated for the rest of her days. The Queen lived her life to spin awful tales of the "Beast's" horrible actions. The true story of what happened has been lost and was never repeated by the Queen.
The curse was implanted in his brain. He instinctively knows what it means. Or he could have learned about it in one of his many books.
Dmitri still does what he did for the council and the Queen, but with a twist. Once he turned into a Demon, his magic grew dark, so it attracts creatures rather than repels them. So, he is constantly fighting against them.
Even though what he is doing is inherently good, the manner than he does it, the attitude that he holds, and his responses to people don't appear to be good.
