#fc:charlesmichaeldavis

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OUT OF CHARACTER

Name/Alias: ack

Age: 30

Pronouns: he whatever

IN CHARACTER – BASICS

First/Last Name: Count Xander (Pen Name)/ Deryl Diamond (real name)

Age: 28

Pronouns: he/him/count (he never refers to himself as the count, always talking about the count in 3rd person)

Occupation (Muse, Artist, etc.): Murder Mystery writer by profession, dark poetry by choice

Face Claim: Charles Michael Davis

3 positive traits: analytical, intelligent, imaginative

3 negative traits: morose, shy, secretive

IN CHARACTER – DETAILS

Fictional Author Biography: Count Xander was born a wealthy Count of a small European country that most have not heard of. Bored of his life of opulence, he moved to America to investigate murders in the mid-century on a whim. While assisting investigators solving multiple crimes throughout the decades, he picked up the investigative skills that allowed him in his later years to work on his own investigations in his series of murder mystery novels. While the novels are marketed as purely fiction with any likeness resembling real persons, events, or places purely coincidental, this is a thinly veiled liability loophole as many clearly surround active cases. Character Biography: Deryl is the man behind behind the mask of Count Xander. He’s been writing murder mystery novels since he was a teenager, releasing them under a very confidential pen name with an out of country publishing company. He was always a loner, trending towards the gothic lifestyle but found that he was never considered ‘goth enough’ to fit in with the black painted nails and eye-liner wearing crowd he gravitated towards. So instead he opted to keep to himself and dabble in poetry that is very reminiscent of Poe while researching and writing about the grisly murders which have occurred over the years. Now, an adult, he’s turned his love of the macabre into a more successful career, having the time to devote to writing 100% rather than split his focus with school and college. He’s recently heard of a series of abductions surrounding the fine art world in New York, and it called to him. A scenario of murder that could be straight out of Poe, he imagines a lifestyle of wealthy masked parties with murder as the main course. He’s wrong of course, but he’s determined to infiltrate the scene and uncover the truth for his next novel. He has come under the guise of being a research assistant for Count Xander. What he discovers will likely change the way he sees the world forever.