| Mar 21, 2013 21:34:19 GMT -5 |
Post by Riordan "Dublin" Finnegan on Mar 21, 2013 21:34:19 GMT -5
RIORDAN (DUBLIN) FINNEGAN
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I Feel Like We're Summoning The Devil
Nickname/Alias: Rory, Dublin, Rior
Gender: Male
Character Type: (Capital)
Country or Country of Origin: Ireland
Canon or Original: Original~
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When I look into all of your stupid faces
I think how fun it will be to pound them into dust
Hair: black-ish
Height and Weight: 5'9, 160lbs
Other Distinguishing Features: None really.
Overall Appearance: Rior has rather dark black hair that mostly sticks out in random directions, and his eyes are a bright purple. His skin tends to be rather pale, as is Irish tradition, and definitely burns easily. The capital is relatively short for a guy, but he's also from a fairly small country so that's not surprising. At five foot nine, and one hundred and sixty pounds he probably doesn't come off as all that intimidating. Which, is perfectly fine by his standards, because while he can kick ass he doesn't feel the need to advertise it all the time. He has a tendency to wear whatever he pulls out of his drawer first, which could be anything from t-shirts to button downs. He honestly could care less about dressing for an occasion unless forced to, so don't expect anything fancy unless you threaten to withhold alcohol. He also owns an unnecessary number of trench coats that go with everything.
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Man up or I'll beat you with my peace prize!
Whiskey
Beer
St. Patrick's Day
his country
four leaf clovers
March
Popcorn
Sleep
Hippos
Fog
Sandwiches
Summer
Oysters
Fries
Dislikes:
Perfume
Salmon
Being told something he's doing is 'illegal'
Not being allowed to have alcohol
Mornings
Hangovers
Bagpipes (sorry scotland)
His Liver (clearly with his drinking habits)
Babies
Beards
Having to do paperwork
Being denied sleep
Strengths:
Understanding
Keeping his damn mouth shut
Sword fighting - Viking.
Weaknesses:
Absolutely useless with firearms
Lazy as hell
Alcohol and French Fries - He'll do anything for such.
Fears:
Another Civil War
Irrational fear of babies
Secrets: Kind of in love with his country. He won't tell her and knows she won't notice.
Any Quirks/Habits:
Usually wearing some sort of trench coat
Likes to sit upside down
Acts Oblivious
Overall Personality:
Understanding - Rory tends to pick up on things a lot more than people give him credit for. Mostly because he comes off as someone who only drinks and parties. He just acts like he doesn't get it with most people, and has a tendency to keep his mouth shut about most things. The capital doesn't feel the need to bring it up unless something is mentioned to him about it. Unless he wants to be involved he's definitely going to act oblivious too, because he'd really rather avoid drama most of the time.
Likes to Party - He definitely does like to party, and has a tendency to go a little overboard with the drinking at times. This means he usually loses some item of clothing that he has to hunt for in the morning. The capital finds it fun though, and as far as he is concerned it is a good way to relieve stress. Dublin is much more of a happy drunk than a violent one though, and so he just likes to kick back and have a good time. If you do manage to piss him off though good luck because chances are you're getting hit with a table.
Level-headed - Dublin is not an easy person to annoy despite his Viking roots, and tends to look at things from a rational perspective. A perspective he usually doesn't share unless he is forced to do so. During an argument he tends to stay much more calm than most and instead chooses to battle with snark rather than fists.
Insult his country though and you're getting a chair to the face, because that's a different story entirely. Insult him all you want, but say a word about Erin and there will be pain. This is the only exception to his level-headed nature, but it's more because he feels she gets a lot more flack than she deserves. The same goes for upsetting her.
Lazy - A lot of the time he tends to be horrifically lazy, and does whatever he can to get out of working. He'd rather be off having a drink or five at a pub and so if he's forced to work it takes forever. It could be a lack of focus, or an intent desire to do anything else including just laying in the middle of the floor. This also means he tends to procrastinate horribly and thus things tend to pile up and become a cluttered mess in his office. He often uses the excuse of something taking effort in order to convince himself not doing it now is fine.
Usually Polite - More often than not, he will not say what he is thinking. He tends to keep most things to himself, and try and be polite.Thus, he is nice until he deems you are unworthy of such, or you start to annoy him. Then, while he keeps his actual thoughts to himself, he does tend to make it a bit clear if he really doesn't like someone.
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I'm the hero!
[li] 9th Century - Dublin was established as a Viking settlement. Remained under Viking control until Norman Invasion despite rebellions by the native Irish.
[/li][li] 1169 - Norman France took over Dublin, Strongbow declared himself King of Leinster
[/li][li] 1171 - King Henry II of England mounted a much larger invasion and professed himself Lord of Ireland. Dublin is not amused by these petty titles. He is, on the other hand, pleased with being the capital of the Lordship of Ireland
[/li][li] 1204 - Dublin Castle, center of Norman Power, was established as a major defensive work as ordered by King John of England
[/li][li] 1229 - First Lord Mayor of Dublin is appointed, and Rory thinks this nonsensical double title is horribly unnecessary and makes them look like someone with an over-inflated ego, but he also prospered as a trading town so all is good.
[/li][li] 1317 - King Robert I of Scotland tries to capture Dublin and fails.
[/li][li] 14th century - Dublin remains a small walled medieval town and is under constant threat from the surrounding native clans.
[/li][li] 1348 - Plague. Plague fucking everywhere.
[/li][li] 16th Century - Tudor Conquest of Ireland, became the center of administrative rule in Ireland, also the capital of the Kingdom of Ireland at this point.
[/li][li] 1592 - English Queen Elizabeth I forced the protestant religion on the city by building Trinity College and ordered Catholic churches to convert.
[/li][li] 1649-51 - More fucking plague. Damn plague, going around and murdering half the city.
[/li][li] 1700 - City prospers from trading with England, population is up over 50,000
[/li][li] 18th Century - Became second largest city of the British Empire and the fifth largest in Europe. Most of the notable architecture is built at this time.
[/li][li] 1759 - Guinness brewery established. Largest source of employment at the time. Created much economic gain.
[/li][li] 1800 - Act of Union of 1800 caused economic and political decline
[/li][li] 1916-23 - Easter Rising, Irish war for Independence and then the Irish Civil War created mass amounts of destruction but it was rebuilt
[/li][li] 1922 - Became the capital of the Irish Free State
[/li][li] 1950 - Became capital of Republic of Ireland
[/li][li] 1997 - Landscape has changed immensely, forefront of rapid economic expansion during Celtic Tiger period.
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You've got it backwards! Backwards!
Hurry up and throw it! If you don't hurry up and throw it, you'll go "boom"!
...yeahno
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I Summon thee from far away lands, come forth!
You called?
Timezone: All of dem.
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