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Player Information

» Name: Kim
» Date of Birth: June 20; definitely over the age of 18.
» Journal: N/A
» Contact: omgkimlolz at gmail dot com

Deity Information

» Pantheon: Norse
» Deity: Loki
» Reference: Good old Wikipedia.
» Divine Family: {mother & father} His father is Fárbauti (“Cruel Striker”) and his mother is Laufey ("Tree"); {spouse} Sigyn; {siblings} Two brothers named Býleistr (a giant) and Helblindi (also a giant), and in some interpretations Loki is also the brother of Odin; {children} With Sigyn, two sons - Nari and Váli. With the giantess Angrboða - Hel, Fenrir, and Jörmungandr. Then there's that Sleipnir thing, but that's just awkward.

» Mythology:

Loki is wily, to say the least. He's a trickster God, of course, so he's earned his reputation - amazingly though, he manages to never be directly responsible for anything even though he's often credited with setting the dominoes in motion to tip over and end in Ragnarök, which is the Norse equivalent of 'rocks fall, everybody dies.' He would say it's not his fault. He is almost always scheming, can be malicious, but at the drop of a hat can also be helpful and has aided the gods before - it's just that being in his favor doesn't usually last too long.

But really, he did have a pretty decent start. He even helped with the construction of Asgard's walls - in a roundabout sort of way. The giant in disguise who was the brick mason demanded an awfully steep price for his work - namely, the sun and the moon and the goddess Freya as his wife. Loki stepped in, giving the giant only six months to build the wall with the thought that he would fail and lose out on claiming his parting gifts. The gods all agreed to this, figuring oh-so-brilliant Loki had a plan up his sleeve! Well. The wall was going up pretty fast which sent off some rumbling within the ranks. Fearing the backlash of the gods, Loki morphed into a rather beautiful mare to lure the giant's stallion, Svadilfari, away from the work. The plan went off well enough that the brick mason was unable to finish the wall within the time frame and didn't receive his compensation after all. Additionally, Loki-as-a-mare birthed Sleipnir, the eight-footed steed which would be given to Odin.

But he was soon back to his trickster ways, never fear. Loki's 'pranks' range from mild to just plain cruel; he's really quite all over the spectrum there. One example of what he tended to find funny was the time he cut off Sif's long golden hair while she slept - and her hair was something both she and her husband Thor took pride in. Loki's motivations for doing this were unknown. Some believe it was because tricksters don't need a reason to do anything, others say that he was punishing Sif for being vain. Another theory is that it was punishment for cheating on Thor with Loki himself, a tale he drunkenly regaled one night, but it's really quite difficult to say for sure. Back then, it was common to cut off a woman's hair if she committed an act of adultery, however.

Naturally, Thor was quite angry at Loki for what he did, whatever the reason was. He threatened to break every bone in Loki's body if he didn't fix the mistake so Loki traveled to Níðavellir, the land of dwarfs, and convinced two sons of Ivaldi to weave magical golden hair for Sif - the hair would grow too, once it was placed upon her head. Loki was so pleased with the dwarf's craftsmanship they also, in an effort to placate the gods, made the ship Skíðblaðnir for Freyr, god of the sun and rain. When the ship sets sail the winds are always favorable, and the ship can sail on air as well as water. For Odin, the dwarfs made the spear Gungnir, which never misses its mark. Interestingly, this bout of Loki's trickery ended in more gifts for the gods when three other dwarfs wanted to prove that their gifts were better. Thus, Freyr received the golden boar Gullin-börsti, Odin received Draupnir (the golden ring which magically creates eight new rings after every ninth night) and Thor's infamous hammer, Mjöllnir, was also created.

Speaking of Mjöllnir, there was that time that Thor woke up one day to discover it had been stolen by a giant named Thrymr. Loki agreed to help retrieve the hammer by working out a deal with Thrymr - he'd return the hammer to Thor if the goddess Freya, the most beautiful in all the land, agreed to be his wife. Of course, Freya wanted nothing to do with this bullshit which left Thor and Loki in a bit of a bind. That's when Loki decided to give Thor a makeover by dressing him in the finest fabrics and braiding lovely flowers into his golden hair. It was enough to fool Thrymr, who really thought that Thor-as-Freya would be his new bride. He was convinced to give Thor-in-drag a gift for the wedding which was, how nice, Mjöllnir. Unfortunately, this was the last thing Thrymr ever did - but hey, Loki found the whole thing absolutely hysterical!

After many long years of being a trick-playing toolshed, Loki grew discontent with his wife Sigyn. He traveled to Jötunheimr and proceeded to woo and court the giantess Angrboða, who bore him three children - Hel (banished to Nilfheim to rule the underworld), Fenrir (the wolf whose mouth could reach from Earth to the Heavens), and Jörmungandr (the serpent which encircled the Earth). Angrboða birthed these children all at the same time, and they were said to be as terrible as their father. That's just not nice, is it? Eventually, Jörmungandr would be responsible for the death of Thor and Fenrir would end up killing Odin, but not before biting off the god Tyr's hand when all of the others attempted to bind the mighty wolf in chains.

But back to Loki, whose best known act of betrayal and cruelty was, again, indirectly being responsible for the death of Baldr, the God of Light. Baldr was immune to everything, nothing could harm him thanks to his mother Frigga's protection - except for mistletoe, and really, was it Loki's fault that a spear made of the stuff happened to fall into the hands of a blind god? After that, he was chained to rocks by the entrails of his dead son (well played, everyone) and forced to sit under a venomous serpent which dripped poison onto his face. Of course his dutiful wife Sigyn placed a bowl in between Loki's face and the poison, only she had to move it away every so often to dump it out. When that happened, Loki's thrashings were so severe it was the cause of earthquakes all across the land. In this state he remained until breaking free when it was time for the end of the world.

Character Information

» Played By: David Gandy
» Journal:

trickytricks
» Current Name: He's had a few. Born Adam Cherlin, currently using the alias Aleksandr (nicknames cleverly include Alek or Alex, whatever) Sokoloff.
» Birthdate: 03/15/1981
» Height: 6'2"
» Distinguishing Marks: Scar by his right eye after a particularly drunken night. Oops.
» Family: {mother & father} Harlan Caldwell (father) and Alina Charlin (mother); {marital status/spouse} Single; {siblings} Older brother Viktor; {children} Hahaha, yeah right. None.; {pets} Definitely none.
» Occupation: The proper term is 'financial advisor.' He's got a slew of celebrity clients and the business is nothing short of dark. Black market dealings, maintenance of shady offshore accounts, and hey - even if you want someone 'taken care of'? Alek's not above that. It just costs a little extra.
» Currently Residing In: Los Angeles, CA.
» Ability:

The perfect ability for a conman: Shapeshifting. He is unable to turn himself into animals, but he can alter his appearance (and his voice) to match that of any human being - even down to retinal patterns and skin-pore patterns on his fingers. He essentially does become that person though if he's knocked unconscious or not concentrating enough for some reason, it's possible he'll accidentally shift back to his true form.

He also has a curious ability to generate shock waves that can cause objects/people to be pushed over, repulsed back, fragile objects to shatter, or even potentially cause earthquakes. This seismic wave generation can be harkened back to the earthquakes Loki produced with his thrashing while chained to rocks and forced to suffer the effects of poison dripping on his face.

» History:

• Late 1800s-early 1900s; this was Loki's first reincarnation as - what else - a conman! An Italian immigrant who sailed across the pond to the US discovered he could cheat the system via illegal arbitrage. This worked for awhile until money was just pouring out as opposed to being earned. Eventually, this reincarnation died penniless in Italy.

• In the 1960s, Loki was reincarnated as a swindler who passed bad checks worth more than $2.5 million in twenty-six countries. He lived in New York off of fraudulent activities before the thrill dissolved and the government contracted him to assist with the prevention of fraud and identity theft in exchange for not being tossed into the slammer. There may have been a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio about this particular reincarnation?

• Now we get to Adam, who would later change his name a lot. He was the second son born in Brooklyn, NY (the accent is terrible - don't worry, he's pretty much erased it by now) to an immigrant from Russia and her partner, a hotshot lawyer who promised the world to this young girl (a former victim of human trafficking when she first touched down on US soil), and then took off after Adam was born. To support her sons, Alina worked as a hotel housekeeper and they all lived in a shoddy apartment in one of the more ramshackle neighborhoods. Nothing particularly fancy, but Mom did the best she could.

• Viktor was always more well-behaved. It really bugged Adam, to say the least. He was Alina's best friend - she always identified more with her firstborn, whereas Adam was always looked at like his father's son. Oh, his mother never said it but he could tell, just in the way she interacted with him like she already made up her mind about him, like she was waiting for the other shoe to drop. He's still got trust issues because of it, and tenses up whenever anyone asks about his father. Adam doesn't know anything about him other than that he's a conman of sorts too, and eventually he just decided that since his immediate family wrote him off then maybe he really was more of his unknown father's blood than the rest of his kin.

• His elder brother was the one who earned an athletic scholarship to college. Adam was the one who had to rely on smarts, which never seemed to matter as much. Still, he has a legit degree in Business Administration and that's about the only legit thing he has. Working his way through college was hell; he had no help from his family and essentially ceased all communication with them. When he was done he decided that he didn't want to have to eek by anymore - he would ensure his success by any means necessary, and then blatantly laugh in the faces of his family when they came a-callin' for loans.

• If they could find him. Adam's a skilled member of the technological age, and not only is he skilled at identity theft - but also at erasing his own and starting over when he needs to. He's been all around the world, from Turkey to Japan to the Ukraine, and managed to gain quite a reputation for his services. Adam's a Jack of All Trades, really. He does the dirty work for those who can't afford to soil their own hands, and he charges a hefty sum for it in return.

• Now he's settled in California for a bit - land of plastic bodies! The celebrities found in LA and Hollywood are particularly degenerate, but you know, that's how he prefers it.

» Personality:

Adam is many things, but he hides them all depending on the circumstance. Ever the chameleon (literally so, because of his ability), he plays his cards very close to his chest and it's possible that what you see isn't always what you get. But as far who he really is, one could tack on the terms thoughtful, crafty, and quite a good tactician. His intelligence makes up for his lack of athleticism (though he's in shape and all, he just thinks stuff like football is stupid!), but he has always felt the need to prove himself somehow. Growing up in an environment that seemingly damned him from the start, well, no one is surprised that the reincarnated God of Mischief is wrought with a few issues. He does care about his family, is unable to help it - but yet still feels a deep, bitter resentment for his brother especially. Viktor has always managed to overshadow him in some way.

It's no wonder that those with more brutish mindsets find him so threatening. Adam is cunning and devious; he'll stop at nothing to get what he wants and doesn't spare many feelings about who or what he destroys along the way. Years of being viewed as inferior (or feeling inferior) have made him cold, complete with a poisonous barbed wire fence surrounding him - but he still is capable of feeling remorse, guilt, and even love. It's just that he has no one to love and no one loves him; he'd tell you he prefers it that way, but it's probably a lie too. Adam is used to not being trusted and tends to not trust very easily in return. It is quite possible that he needs to let go of the bitterness he's always had stirring with him but it remains to be seen whether or not he will find something else to live for. So far, he hasn't.

» Other Notes:

He's actually a pretty decent cook, and knows at least fifty ways to make ramen noodles. Unhealthy, but necessary at the time. Also, fun fact: He almost always is packing heat, so he's pretty good with firearms - both maintenance and use. Due to the more covert nature of his work, Alek specializes in easily concealed automatic pistols; his standard issue 9mm is the gun he carries at all times. He's also trained in a couple of fighting styles, namely, taekwondo and karate, so not too bad in a bar brawl or a street fight. How uncouth.

» Sample Journal:

I highly doubt everyone wants to read my thoughts, but just in case, we'll begin with the first installment of Things I Find to be Annoying and/or Irritating and/or Do Not Understand. Let's get right to it.

01. Bathroom stalls with a mirror positioned so one can see their whole self while seated on the throne. Now, who decided this would be aesthetically pleasing? An asshole of the highest caliber.

02. Why women expect men to incessantly coo over photos of baby animals. No. Not fucking interested.

03. People who travel on airplanes and who seem to think flight attendants live a secret double life as waste collectors, and thus hand them everything from dirty diapers to snotty tissues. Also, idiotic coffee snobs on an airplane. The flight attendant is not a barista and doesn’t know that you like your doubleshotmochalatte at exactly 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit with two lumps of sugar. Fuck off. Does this look like Starbucks? Which brings me to my next point.

04. Starbucks. Because everyone enjoys paying exorbitant prices for god-awful sludge. We all know that Americans dilute their coffee to beyond watery levels but that is still not justification for punishing the rest of the world with urine-colored coffee.

I was going to go on, but I lost my train of thought. Damn.

» Sample Log:

Let it be known. Adam never slept in. Every morning was a similar routine of early rising, a grueling run, hasty breakfast, and rushing out the door for whatever he had to attend to. Mostly meetings, since that was a full-time job these days. Every minute, there was always someone who needed something done on the black market.

Emerging from the bundle of sheets, he fumbled half-blind for his cigarettes, as he did each morning in a haze, and then disappointed himself when he remembered the lighter was across the room. Yawning with a stretch of muscled limbs, ambling through the tangle of some kind of blanket trap knotted around his ankles, he headed for the bathroom.

One morning run and shower later, Adam was dressed and in the kitchen. Smelling like soap (mountain air or something) and sporting a pair of black slacks and a clean, pressed shirt rolled up to the elbows. Drawing the loaf of bread from the box, he tilted his hip against the counter.

This was a day to spike his green tea. While the kettle boiled on the stove and the bread was in the toaster, he unearthed a slim bottle of vodka from the freezer. Never too early for booze. Especially not when he was certain at least two or more of his clients were going to be nursing hangovers themselves, not to mention the shakes as they came down off their Vicodin benders. Oh, life was so grand.

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