Paris

Basics

Name: Paris Jadon Khoury (Paris is just the name of a nice city, Jadon means 'he will judge', and Khoury means 'priest' or 'zealot' I guess the name isn't as relevant as I had hoped!) 
Age/Birthdate/Zodiac: 30/August 15, 1979/Leo
Occupation/School/Usual Hang Outs: Manager/Owner of a gym, Prime Fitness; frequent personal trainer, pretty much there ALL THE TIME. 
Other hang outs: Starbucks (for his decaf whatevers), the mall, and occasionally even home!

Skills, Hobbies: Adept in the Wing Chun martial arts style, motivating others, demagnetizing things (a skill, not a hobby XD), rock climbing, working out/training, being in charge (skill or hobby?  loooool), fighting Daemons definitely ends up falling under the 'hobby' category

Likes: R&B, house music, minimalist techno, vitamins, kung fu movies, toasted tomato sandwiches, getting his way/being catered to, having people around
Dislikes: paperclips, electronics, credit cards (basically all of the inconveniences of being magnetized), fat people (he has preconceived notions about them), lazy people (ditto; also he has preconceived notions on what lazy -is-), junk food, being proven wrong


Timeline

* 1977: Sister Seraphina born to Daniel and Nia Khoury.
* 1979: Paris is born.
* 1980: Brother Darius is born.
* Summer 1997: Graduates high school
* Fall 1997: Begins college, majoring in Kinesiology and minoring in Marketing. Begins working at a gym (one of those large, corporate ones).
* Summer 1999: Maternal grandfather, Zeke (Ezekiel) Jones, dies of a heart attack at the ripe old age of 92
* 2000: Graduates with his Bachelor's degree
* 2001-2002: Goes to graduate school to get his Master's. 
* 2002-2004: Continues to work in the gym as a personal trainer, and finally moves out of his parents' house.
* 2004: Opens his own gym, 'Prime Fitness'
* Early 2005: Partially awakens (and he was doing so well!) due to a particularly heated conversation with a phone representative of his phone and internet provider, about an erroneous service charge. After having no luck whatsoever getting it reversed, Paris slammed the phone down, consequently shorting it out, as well as his wristwatch. He also had a bunch of paperclips from his desk stuck to his other hand, which only very vigorous shaking managed to remove. He enters complete denial mode.
* Early 2005, two weeks later: Comes out of denial -just- enough to hire his cousin (since his aunt was begging him anyway) to help him in the gym, since he's having trouble with a few things (like the computers!).
* 2005-2007: Pretty much just trying to hide his 'craziness' while looking down on Walker for his. XD

This Year (2008):

* Actually, nothing much happens in the past year. He's just his usual, workaholic self - probably moreso than ever considering the increase in 'weird feelings' and the persistance of his, er, little magnetism problem. So, he basically tries to pretend that life is like it's always been.


Big Deals

Appearance:
Hair: Naturally coarse and curly, Paris tries to avoid any issues with his hair by keeping very little of it, without being bald. It's just black, until he fully awakens, where he begins to see suspicious slivers of premature grey. Oh noes!
Eyes: Rather large and round, teddy bear brown with thick, dark lashes. They tend to have a hint of unwarranted superiority.
Skin: With Hispanic, African and Lebanese in his background, Paris has a rather even complexion somewhat reminiscent of milk chocolate, though with a slightly golden undertone.
Face: His head is a bit wider, with a squared jaw and a nose to match (perhaps a bit less squared, though!). His large eyes are framed with thick, squared eyebrows that arch toward the end. His upper lip is a large, pronounced cupid's bow, the lower is just a touch thinner, giving him just a slight puckered look. Finally, he likes to keep a bit of facial hair, sporting a short moustache and a (meticulously) shaped, short beard. 
Build: Being a personal trainer requires that Paris keep himself in excellent shape, and so he is. He's not interested in bulking up to a ridiculous size, preferring to maintain a well-toned body. He measures at about 6'3".
Attire: At the gym (where he is like 99% of the damn time), he prefers the normal workout-type gear. Sweatpants, shorts, tank tops (or no shirt), t-shirts, runners, etc. If he's going out for a social gathering, he will take it up a notch with a nice pair of jeans, a belt and anything from a tank top to a dress shirt, depending on the type of function it is.


Personality:

* Virtues: trustworthy, driven, devoted, friendly, open, generous
* Neutrals: predictable, indulgent, idealistic, high strung, workaholic
* Vices: judgmental, obstinate, short-tempered, hypocrite

Blurb:

Paris does his very best to be as stable and predictable as possible. This may be in part due to his entire family's sensitivity to 'abnormality', though it suits him just fine. He is a fan of routine, of the expected, and of the average. While he's not so set in his ways that any kind of adversity freaks him out, but you can practically set a clock by his daily routine. It's not that he doesn't like change - he's all for progress and all that; but he certainly feels that he is more productive if he has a 'plan'. This includes his daily plan, weekly plan, monthly plan and FIVE YEAR PLAN. Spreadsheets are his friend.

It is this stability that also makes him very straightforward and trustworthy. If he tells you he will do something, you can rest assured that he will do it, and in a timely manner. He does his best not to make promises that he can't keep, as well as maintaining a certain honest rapport with his clientele. That is to say, he does not offer membership plans that are meant only to make him more money (as much as he does enjoy making money >_>), or otherwise swindle his customers.

Of course, at times Paris is honest to a fault. If you don't want the direct, honest answer to a question, you should probably look elsewhere ("No, your butt makes your butt look fat."). In cases where he hurts someone's feelings, however, it should be noted that hurting people is never his intention. He's just not very good at wording things the, shall we say, 'right way'. He'll point out your unhealthy pallor out of concern for you, because perhaps you hadn't noticed! XD

As a friend, Paris is nothing if not steadfast. If he cares about someone, it's pretty hard for him to let go - one could get away with quite a bit before he finally decided the friendship or relationship was no longer worth it. Due to his social nature, he tries to keep people around him most of the time. This, in part, contributes to the workaholic in him, because he sort of uses the people at the gym as an excuse to work longer hours. This way, he's not neglecting social time with people, but still maintaining his personal and professional standards at the gym. Unfortunately for him, this becomes more difficult after he awakens, since killing Daemons also becomes work that he takes very seriously (thank goodness for bands!). Affection style: gift-giver.

On a less positive note, as friendly and generous and trustworthy as Paris can be, he has very little patience when someone wrongs him. There's a little bit (?!) of hypocrite in him, since he seems to take a more 'I'm only trying to help' approach with others, but others can't point out the flaws in HIM or it's aaaaaaaaaall over. If ever a man was known to retreat into his cave, Paris is the poster boy. After blowing up at the person, of course. His usual method of letting you know how much you've wronged him is to do his very best to make you feel like a baby worm (small, insignificant, and certainly STUPID!), and then go into Cave Mode until you apologize, or he decides to pretend nothing happened. But don't think he's forgotten anything, because he'll bring it up in the next argument!

Ultimately, Paris is not a very introspective person. He does not wonder why he is the way he is, he does not question his Roman Catholic upbringing, nor does he fret over how other people interpret his actions or words. If you asked him to describe himself, he'd probably say something like "Just a pretty good-looking, successful guy."


The Other Side
Elemental Control: Earth/Energy: Magnetism
Abilities: Seeing as Paris is a Knight, his element manifests only around his hands (they're not fists of fire though D:). Therefore, it makes it difficult to disarm him, assuming he is using a weapon that is affected by magnetism, and makes it easier for him to disarm others, assuming the same. He kind of sucks with guns for this reason, though!


Type of Hunter: Knight
Relic: To start out, Paris doesn't really have anything but his fists, or what is readily available (like a pipe or wrench or something). However, eventually he will have a relic made by -someone- (I hope!). It will be a weighted-knuckle glove. Pending approval, I would like to make it, perhaps, a Mage relic to strengthen his magnetism. <3
Band: Probably The Fortress, but I will leave this open.