Delphi - CoD Reference Sheet

Completion Date: 08-07-09
Time Taken: 8 hours
Medium(s):
+ Staedtler Mars technico pencil (4H Staedtler carbon lead 2mm)
+ 05 mechanical pencil
+ Colored and watermark added in Photoshop CS2
Music:
+ Out Of Darkness (Prolouge) - Aubrey Ashburn
+ Delphi (Greece) - Dan Gibson's Solitudes
+ Exile - Aine Minogue

Comment:
My character for *City-of-Darken, Delphi the Fallen Celestial~
I wanted to join a long time ago when a friend pointed me to it, but I never got the chance to. ;A; But I stayed up last night and busted out a sketch and finished it all this morning! *glee* I actually really love Del even if he's a raging bastard, lol. Bio coming soon!

Enjoy for now~ <3

::EDIT:: Bio ahoy~

<sup>Name: Delphi Nevris - Member of the Holy Council
Race: Celestial (Angelic)
Forms: --
Age: 238 years old
Sex: Male
Status: --
Affiliation: The Holy City, High Council
Occupation: 6th Representative of the Holy Council
Weaponary: Eye of Insight
Origin: The Holy City, Nasivrus - Garden of the Arc Angels


PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Hair: A sandy blonde color that darkens at the tips. The hair is moderately wavey and usually pulled into a braid or held in sections by silver clasps. Two braids on each side of his head connect in the back and are held together by a silver clasper, which allow them to hang freely.
Eyes: Blue green with a lighter greenish halo around the pupil (Note: His pupil is not black but dark blue green.)
Complexion: Tanned
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 195 lbs. (His wings add weight.)
Physique: Slender and athletic
Distinguishing Marks: The most distinguishing mark on Delphi's body is the arcanum mark (lower left corner of reference sheet) between his shoulder blades. His other most noticeable features are the rounded, black wings on his back.
Piercings: --
Jewelry: A silver ring on both hands (right pinky, left thumb) that have an irredescent sheen to them. He will occassionally wear a third silver ring on a simple black chord around his neck.
Clothing: A red vestment with a high collar and gold detailing worn over a form fitting black "dress". The arms of the vestment are split open on the upper arm and drape to either side. The upper arms are also cuffed with a black band etched with gold detailing. The black garment has long sleeves that extend onto the middle finger of each hand. The top of the sleeve is adorned with gold detailing similar to that of the red vestment. Around his waist is a simple brownish gold braided rope belt that also hold his Eye of Insight.


PERSONALITY
Likes: Himself (he has a massive ego), praise, adoration, books, winning an argument
Dislikes: The opposition, debate, humans, filthy and imperfection
Being a member of the Holy Council, Delphi is very much so on the up and up. He has a super massive ego and sense of entitlement that often causes arguments and mysterious disappearances. He is manipulative, cold, calculating, highly intelligent, and vengeful. Delphi is not one to be crossed unless the other person is ready for an untimely demise. He does, however, have a tendency to be noble like his father and just, but more often than not he is like his uncle who pulls strings behind the curtains.


ABILITY
Delphi, like all celestials, was born with a unique gift. His particular gift developed as more of an illness before it was extracted. During his childhood he was often the victim of chronic eye pain, blindness in the effected eye, headaches, and bleeding from the eye. Upon closer inspection they found a stone growing in the pupil of his left eye, which was promptly, extracted. After the stones removal his parents were shocked to find the stone to look identical to Delphi's eye. It was capable of movement as well as being effected by light and darkness. The stone was a third eye and was Delphi's innate power. The Eye of Insight, which he named it, can see a person's true nature.


BRIEF HISTORY
Coming from the highest order of the Holy Council, Delphi is the nephew of the late and greatly detested Lord of the Council, Uriev. As with most of the men in his family, he is cold, conservative, manipulative, and cunning. However, Delphi takes after his just and noble father rather than his despicable uncle... though that isn't to say he doesn't share some of his tendencies.

As part of the Holy Council, Delphi was expected to play an upstanding role in celestial society, which he did so without any difficulty. He was admired by his peers and praised by his leaders for such commendable actions and behavior. Being doted upon and continually praised inflated his ego to large proportions, which would see to causing him much trouble in the future. Often he butted heads with anyone that disagreed with his opinion or word and more often than not they were "seen to". Those unfortunate few either did not speak again or mysteriously disappeared from the Holy City. Seeing that his dear nephew was becoming much like himself, Uriev sought to be rid of him in order to eliminate competition.

So he began to pull strings...

To Delphi's great misfortune he was sent to Earth to investigate the sins of humans up close. He demanded to know why he was given such a petty task due to his council rank but the word of Uriev was final. Begrudgingly, Delphi took up his human guise and began keeping records of the humans and their sins. One night an order came from the council, telling him to infiltrate what they called "The Devil's Nest". Stubbornly he readied himself for the mission at hand, finding the location without any problem. It was a... strange place, vibrations and loud music spewing out of it as a line of people stretched clear down the block from its front door. This nest of evil was a night club, more specifically a rave. Seeing the stretch of humans, Delphi took it upon himself to sneak in and skip the line out front, however when he entered.. he was not prepared for what greeted him.

Dozens upon dozens of bodies dancing, flashing lights, and music that could make even God himself deaf. Cupping his slender hands over his ears he navigated his way to the bar, trying to get out of the sea of people to breathe. Finally safe upon a stool he looked out with fascination and disgust at all of them, wondering what it was that compelled them to act this way. That was until his nose caught hold of the most interesting and pungent scent he'd ever smelled.

Alcohol.

Sprawled behind him on glowing glass shelves was a myriad of drinks and glasses. Everyone around him was drinking, laughing, dancing, completely intoxicated by the environment. It was unheard of for a celestial to part take in drink and uncivil behavior, though no one there was aware of this. Still, Delphi found himself curious as to what these concoctions were like on the palette. As Uriev had anticipated, Delphi did succumb to curiosity and tried a drink. One became two, two became three, three became ten and so on. Before he knew it, he was drunk and completely unable to control his generally prudish behavior. Delphi wandered out onto the floor, finding himself dancing against and with the waves of bodies. The music and alcohol took an effect on him that would dare be considered a split personality, and in that night he turned from a holy roller to a carnal sinner.

He drank, he smoked, he danced, he cursed, he gave pleasure, he accepted pleasure, he tried designer drugs.
This is what Uriev had hoped for and the following morning while Delphi tried to recover, he was summoned by the council. Before his peers and an audience of the Holy City he was stripped of his council title and branded with an arcanum between his shoulders, and then tossed from the celestial realm. Delphi found himself alone, bitter, and without a home in a strange world. He wandered for 50 years after that dreadful night, looking for a place he could rebuild himself and start his plans for revenge.

The place he found was Darken.


Songs:
"Out Of Darkness (Prolouge)" by Aubrey Ashburn
"Exile" by Aine Minougue
"Delphi (Greece)" by Dan Gibson's Solitudes

Artwork, Delphi © 2009 P. Lolla (*souls-poison)
Darken Concept © *City-of-Darken and ~VampiricNocturne
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