Post by Zola Ben-Schmule on Jun 23, 2011 20:14:41 GMT -5
Character Played By (the person in your avatar): Adi Cohen
Name: Zola Ben-Schmule
Title: N/A
Age: 21
Race (Lineage Origin): Yeshuite
Gender: Male
Height: 6’2”
Home Province/Country: Elua
Appearance (1-2 Paragraphs): Holds the dark complexion of his Middle Eastern ancestry. He has dark hair and the hint of a beard. His eyes are a light hazel, a intriguing mix of silver and green. He’s handsome in his features with a kind face. His body is incredibly toned and well cut and there’s a certain statuesque quality about him. He keeps his hair cropped short, but usually wears a hat of some kind.
Personality (1-2 Paragraphs): Zola’s personality isn’t necessarily what one would expect to come from the muscular Yeshuite. He is tender hearted and his biggest concern is not hurting others. He is meticulous with details and follows orders to the letter, except when an order conflicts with his moral beliefs. He is the epitome of respect, to the point where some might think of him shy, but when they know him long enough they will see that he is not that. He treats authority and women with the respect that they deserve, again only questioning judgement when it goes against something he believes. With women it is almost to the point of making them something more than human, a fact that scares him. Deep down though, in his dreams he fantasizes about what it might be like to touch them, and know what it is like to be seduced by them. In the same way he sees the D’Angelines themselves as something to accept as existing but shun being like … though secretly it fascinates him, and the guilt of thinking it is alluring.
While his occupation may be a tailor, Zola’s true love is music and he is skilled at the strings and the pipe, often soothing his family with his music. To him it is another way to create beauty. He sees life as a sort of empty box and it need to be filled by what he can create. He is an artist, a dreamer, yet one who sees things as being black and white, right and wrong. That outlook has given him a tender conscience.
History (At least 2 detailed Paragraphs): Zola’s mother was the daughter of a stonemason. His father was a tailor. Mother was always more devout than father. Father was successful though and they both showered love on their eldest son, the eldest of eight children. Growing up he learned to manage time, between helping his father at the tailors, practicing the music that he loved and helping his father in law, the mason. There was nothing too remarkable about his formative years, no tragedy. He was just a good Yeshuite boy who grew up learning his father’s trade amongst other things.
At thirteen he studied in earnest to take over his father’s shop one day, of course that also meant getting to know the clientele better as the shop served both Yeshuites and D’Angelines alike. At times he would look at some of the fashions of the women and found himself saying prayers of repentance just for seeing the patterns. His father assured him though that there was nothing wrong with what they did. “We do not judge the sinner for what they do for they are blind. We are in the world but not of it. We must just be certain that while we do our best for them we do not become like them.” This line of reasoning eventually made sense to him and he continued in his work, growing more and more skilled until his father eventually decided that Zola could take over the work himself while he attended the home.