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❝ Not all those who wander are lost. ❞

» Alistair Blake » Thirty-two » Werewolf » Travel Writer » Stephen Amell

Physical Appearance —

Alistair tries his best to take care of his appearance. Obviously it’s easier within civilization than in the middle of a rain forest or on a mountain. He keeps his hair short but styled and likes to keep a little scruff on his jaw too; but never goes full beard. A clean face appears when he gets a little overzealous with a razor. Clothing wise Alistair is casual, jeans and t-shirt kind of guy. Though he happily wears shorts and flip-flops if the weather’s good enough.

Alistair is clearly a confident man, but he is not so confident that he’s arrogant. There’s a laid back sense to him that makes him easily approachable, and the constant smile adds to that. His posture is relaxed and his voice carries charisma. Overall, he’s an easy going guy who just wants to explore the world and meet everyone in it.

Personality Traits —

♦ Adventurous, compassionate and level-headed ♢ Boisterous, domineering and vain

Biography —

The last but certainly not least of the Blake brood, Alistair came into the world as the youngest of four siblings. A big brother and two big sisters. Al had one hell of an act to follow, but he soon came into his quirky little personality that would make it clear right away. Alistair was one for the theatrics, and he wasn’t going to let being the youngest stop him from taking centre stage.

Growing up, he thoroughly enjoyed both being pranker and prankee, though he could never keep up with his mischievous older brothers. Though he later grew out of it, opting for sports instead to take up his spare time, especially when he was a teenager. Through friends such as these he started to explore more outdoorsy activities such as rock climbing, camping and caving. It wouldn’t take a genius to figure out that his physicality would take him somewhere into that field when he grew older, especially as he wasn’t the most academic of his siblings.

Being part of a big family, it wasn’t much of a shock that they didn’t get to go away on vacation very often. Taking a family of six on vacation was expensive, and it left Alistair thirsting to explore further outside of his home town. So really it didn’t come too much of a shock that once he had finished High School that he scooped up all his savings from working at the local diner, packed up his things and headed out to see the big wide world. He’s pretty much been gone ever since.

The world was so big and so amazing, and Alistair started to document his time abroad. With the age of the internet, he started posting online to blogs and made little videos here and there and started to gather himself a little following. Soon enough, he realised he could be making money out of this and go to even more interesting places! His career kicked off from there, and it’s not too much of a surprise if you see his face appear in a nice wholesome segment on TV about some exotic part of the world. His theatrics in his youth apparently played off, it turned out that he had a knack for presenting.

It really ought not to be a shock that during adventures like these that Alistair wound up meeting some unique people in life, but one thing that truly took him by surprise was the one that he met cutting through the woods one night heading up a hiking trail. They were twisting and contorting, screaming in pain. Being the good Samaritan Alistair tried to help, even called in a rescue for this poor soul… And all he got to show of it was nearly losing his life. That person changed into a wolf before his eyes and almost ripped him to shreds, so by the time the rescue party arrived, all they found was Al on the trail. The wolf nowhere to be seen.

Alistair’s been a werewolf for six years. In his first year he struggled immensely, unable to understand what he was and how to control it. Through luck more than judgement he found himself in Salem’s Point, and under the watchful eye of Cassidy Gautier. She helped him understand part of the world that he had never experienced before. He thought he had already seen so much in his travels, he had no clue there was another layer beneath it all.

He spent a good year within Salem back then, and as he grew more comfortable and confident, he decided to move on again. His lifestyle of travelling was his job after all, and he’d been semi-absent for a long time. Career suicide really, but it didn’t take him long to get back into the swing of things. Only this time on his travels, he looked to dig deeper. Alistair followed his nose, quite literally, and began unearthing this new world. He found werewolf packs in Peru, a vampire coven in Serbia, witches thriving in Tibet.. It was incredible. Obviously these things were cut from his blog, but he’s learned so much since.

Alistair still drops into Salem’s Point, popping in to see how things are going. He’s never there for particularly long before he’s off jet-setting again. He was here only a short while ago, in time to see the town be plagued by the skinwalkers, but was gone by the time the Thunder Moon arrived as he went off to Mexico to film a TV segment. He’s back again now however, even he can sense that something’s not quite right in the town and if there’s anything that he can do to help? He’ll be on it.

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Open bar definitely made it worth it. He’d been gone for a short while, but it felt good to be back. At the bump, Alistair mirrored the exact action of Derek’s, “Woah! No sweat, seriously. This place is like a cattle farm, didn’t step on your toes or anything did I?” He loved a good party, but the amount of people at this place was pretty damn insane. 

               “Open bar,” he muttered on repeat like a mantra as he made his way through the crowd, his insides crawling as he was among multiple species that he was trained to kill, not party with. “Shit,” he cursed as he bumped his shoulder against someone, holding out his hand in case he managed to make them fall backwards, allowing them to have something to hold onto. “Sorry, fucking —- crowded in here.”

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“Oh uh. Yes, I was, but I’m happy to split it with you?”

                 “I — sorry, but are you going to eat that cupcake? It looks damned well delicious.”

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“...How’s about we dance before you consider maiming someone?”

               “If I hear one more bitch whine about her heels hurting her feet, I will personally take my own heel and give them a good reason to whine.” 

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“Marnie… You’re great and all, but I really don’t think that this is the best idea you’ve come up with,” Alistair remarked with a slight cringe, “I mean. Everyone’s agitated enough as it is, isn’t this gonna make everything worse?” (@marnie-x)

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Alistair had not been coping particularly well in this Thunder Moon. He didn’t even know what it was, all he knew was that his emotions were on the fritz and he knew that it wasn’t normal, especially after looking at how others were behaving in town. He knew there was one person who would hold the answer, and he’d asked to go and meet her at the diner to grab a bite and talk. He’d been honest with her, he needed help, her help. Alistair was scared he was going to hurt someone, and when he shared a living space with a child he was terrified he was going to hurt her above anyone else, “Thanks again, Cass, this one’s on me.” He insisted as they sat down, he was visibly uncomfortable. He was new enough to this as it was, this extra hoo-hah was doing him no good, “I just, I don’t even know where to start on this thing.” (@cassidygautixr)

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Favorite TV show

How It’s Made. I like having it on in the background, I don’t really watch much TV to be honest with you. 

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You spend a lot of time with Autumn, so what's your favorite thing about her? And do the two of you have any other secrets or juicy kiddy gossip?

She’s so snarky, like seriously, this kid is gonna be a sass queen when she gets older. She’s not gonna need a dad to intimidate boyfriends, she’ll handle it all on her own. 

I did however, learn that little Kara down the street has gotten a brand new Barbie scooter -- but what Autumn’s learned is that it’s not really a Barbie scooter. It’s just a pink one with ‘Barbie’ sharpied onto the bars.

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Worst fear at the moment?

Hurting someone. This whole wolf thing coupled with the thunder moon is throwing me through a loop. 

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Favorite people in Salem?

To be perfectly honest, I haven’t met enough people yet. I’ve been slacking real hard. I did just discover a couple of old friends are in town though, so they’re naturally shooting right to the top of the list. 

(@dewittbukcter​ @jdarius)

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do u think that this thunder moon thing is going to put vada and the kid in danger?

It’s something that I’m really worried about -- and being around me too doesn’t help. I just don’t really know what to do about it though? I haven’t really got anyplace else to crash at the minute until this blows over.

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which four people do you consider yourself closest to in salems point? your favorite things about them?

I’ve definitely got to put Vada and Autumn at the top of the list (they count as one, they’re a package after all) and that’s just because of how welcoming they’ve been, especially inviting me into their home to let me stay. It’s saving me so much money. Cassidy as well, without a shadow of a doubt, she’s been an incredible help to me and my new found issues since coming to town and she’s just great fun to be around. I was a fan of Bentley, he seemed like a really cool guy up until he smashed my camera… We’re working on that. He insists it wasn’t him and with all the freaky shit going on I’m starting to believe him. Micah Valentine also made a great impression, pointed me in the right direction and helped me out big time when I needed it. (@vadaxfarmiga @cassidygautixr @bentley-campbell @micahvalentine)

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you and vada? details please

I’m her room mate slash live in nanny, or manny as people have started to call it. I have pointed out to Vada that a one bedroom apartment probably isn’t ideal for three people though. 

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How's that couch treating you?

I’ve spent months on expeditions where I just have a roll mat and the cold hard ground - that couch is a blessing.

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What's it like being a manny?

It’s great fun! I love taking care of Autumn, she’s such a good kid. Don’t tell Vada, but pretty much every time she’s out working we’ll sneak off for ice cream. Autumn has been sworn to secrecy.