Damon Raffaelo

Real Name: Damon Raffaelo
Renegade/Hero/Villain Name:  (none)
Title:  The Gentleman's Gentleman
Alignment: TN
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Race: Human (Indian)
Hair: Black
Eyes: Light blue
Height: 6'3
Weight: 150
Blood type: +O


Character Image/Character Costume Image (Or Description):
Damon sports a white dress shirt under his dark colored vest. His bow tie and slacks match the vest with the interesting quality of having a subtle blue tint to it. His hair, much like Mr. Strange's, is also slicked back. Were it not for their widely different complexion, the two would be confused for as brothers.


Personality: Damon is a humble man. He would have to be from his upbringing. A true gentleman who manages his master, Mr. Strange better then Strange does himself. He's precise and timely. He'll make sure the job will get done no matter what and he'll have most if not all angles accounted for. He's very loyal to Mr. Strange beyond that of a normal butler for his previous experience and history with him. Enough to a degree to look over Strange's inhuman experiments and support him when needed. He doesn't care about right or wrong, he doesn't care about what people say or think, he goes beyond that. As a medium, he sees the world as it is, accepts it as such, and calls it like it is which would often enough cause a stir in a crowd. The only time he watches what he says is when he's on the clock and watching over the image of Mr. Strange. He's also one of the handful of people in the world that knows Strange's real name. A secret he will gladdly to with him to the grave.

History: Damon Raffaelo was a poverty stricken boy, back in his youth but in an interesting family nonetheless. From his parents, to their parents, and so on and so forth, have been able to have some form of connection with the spirits. More often enough, Damon's family would be called upon by other people in his small little town in Italy for advice to rid spirits from the homes they lived in. He learned a lot about his own ability by his grandmother. Though he wasn't gifted with the sight, he was gifted with the ability to hear the spirits and their presence. Being spiritually connected, he was taught to utilize tarot cards in ways most mediums are unfamiliar with. His grandmother taught him how to listen the spirits that surrounded a person, their guardians so to speak, and would often call upon information that the person before him would not have told anyone before. It wouldn't be too often he would reveal something about the person in front of them that they themselves knew not of about themselves.

Despite this connection with the spirits he had, his grandmother would often tell him "The living are more frightful then the dead, my dear". For this reason alone, he pursued school to the best of his abilities to further his knowledge on the world outside the spiritual aspects of it. He was alone for the most part, growing up. His knowledge had often brought bone chilling thoughts to his fellow peers, they were careful not to get too close in fear that he would "curse" them. Their lack of knowledge in the arts often brought irrational fears such as these and many of times he was blamed for things that happened that couldn't be explained.

Years later, somewhere down the line, he would meet Mr. Strange. After an experience they shared, Strange would hire Raffaelo as butler to put money in his pocket and keep him close. Though the two would have trouble admitting it from their history of socially struggling to communicate with people, the two were friends through a deep bond that only they could understand.

As far as the spiritual aspect of his history goes, he's always been interested in learning new things but his grandmother warned him, actually his entire family did, that where he is at is the idea place for a man to be. Keep them where they are, don't pursue any further, and for your own sake, never answer the bodiless voices that call your name, less you be as damned as them.


Power(s):
Tarot Cards: When sat down with another character for a few hours,  the character's guarding spirit can more or less speak with Damon and reveal to them the troubles they've had, what they feel, and where their "path" would take them if they continue to go down that road. Explaining thier path is not telling their future but rather due to their conditioning and state of mind, he elaborates where that character is likely to end up. (Requires permission from the character's writer)

Example:
Using Tarot Cards on a 50 years younger Elena Vexus: (using only Vexus's history as reference) Damon would tell Vexus that she will lose herself (whether its death or otherwise) if she continues to suppress her emotions and push out her humanity.

End result: Vexus continues this anyways replacing every human aspect about her making her no longer Elena Vexus but a machine pursuing vanity.

Bag of spiritual items: Really simple things, A bottle of ammonia to ward off evil spirits, a jar full of water and egg whites to identify what spirit is in the room, and other small things to either help ward off, protect, or help spirits. More for RP purposes then battle, clearly.

Languages: Damon can speak Italian, Russian, and German very fluently but his English is very poor. He has to be talked to slowly for him to get it. English is still something he's learning on the side and for the most part, Strange acts as a translator for him.


Grid:
Intelligence: 0
Occult: 6
Strength: 1
Speed: 2
Durability: 2
Ability: 0
Fighting Skills: 2
Magic: 0
Spells: 0
Flight: 0
Wealth: 1
Total points used: 13

Approved until stated otherwise