CONSTANTINE, Andrei "Bucharest"

ANDREI (BUCHAREST) CONSTANTINE



{I saw your eyes up on the sky, Thought about the night you killed the light, I’ve got a rose in my heart for you }

I Feel Like We're Summoning The Devil

[/color]:[/b] Andrei Dracul Constantine
Nickname/Alias: Drei, Rei,Constant, Bucharest
Gender: Male
Character Type: Capital
Country or Country of Origin: Romania
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

[/color]:[/b] A deep almost garnet crimson
Hair: jet black, cut a little shorter in the back with longer bangs in the front framing his face
Height and Weight: six foot even, one hundred sixty pounds
Other Distinguishing Features:
Fangs, aside from that, just the elegance he exudes
Overall Appearance:

Most would probably cite him as the perfect example of 'tall, dark, and handsome' and with good reason. Standing six feet tall and with an elegant slenderness to him women and even men tend to be attracted to the man, hidden behind a crisp and clean suit lays just the right amount of well defined muscle to make a girl swoon. His hair is as black as the darkest night, cut short in the back with longer bangs in the front that frame a delicately soft face, the man can honestly be deemed pretty. His deep red eyes are always sharply narrowed, taking in his surroundings and lovely pale skin stands out against the black of his clothing. Shoulders back and head held high the man exudes elegance and regality with every careful, cat like movement he makes.

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Man up or I'll beat you with my peace prize!

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[li]Red Wine
A 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam is indeed the nectar of the gods
[/li][li]Cats
Clean, godly creatures, the ancient Egyptians had it right
[/li][li]Cleanliness
Its next to godliness
[/li][li]Gothic architecture
Precise, beautiful, breathtaking and dark
[/li][li]Vampire lore
Coming from the land that some of the greatest vampire stories were born, it always interested him
[/li][li]A good novel
He loves to sit with a glass of wine and a good book
[/li][li]Roses
Soft, beautiful, fragile
[/li][li]Dueling
The old art is a great past time
[/li][li]Intimacy
With men or women, it doesn't matter so long as he gets the attention
[/li][li]The violin
He loves to play
[/li][li]Culture
He finds different cultures enthralling, even if they aren't as good as his
[/li][li]Nightlife
Drie loves to go out dressed in his best and be the center of the attention
[/li][li]Cooking
He enjoys the act of creating something nourishing
[/li][li]Lavish living
Living large is for him
[/li][li]Grand parties
It goes hand in hand with his lavish living
[/li][li]Nicolae
He lives to serve the eccentric man, his beloved country
[/li][li]Bloodplay
Maybe its from dealing with his country keeping up that vampire persona and it in turn rubbing off on him, its only something he indulges in with someone he really likes


Dislikes:

[/li][li]Being called a gypsy
Not everyone is a damn gypsy! His blood is noble!
[/li][li]Disorder
Its chaotic and dirty
[/li][li]Invasions
He hates having the dirty boots of invading countries on his soil
[/li][li]Religion
There is no set religion in his city, and he like it that way
[/li][li]Strenuousness Activity
It messes up his otherwise crisp and clean look
[/li][li]Uncouth behavior
When did manners go out the window?
[/li][li]Bright sunlight
Its hell on his fair skin
[/li][li]Hungary
Theyre always trying to claim land that rightful belongs to Romania!
[/li][li]Earthquakes
They have done terrible things to his city
[/li][li]Poverty
He loves wealth after all
[/li][li]Dogs
Theyre dirty, they slobber on everything and theyre running wild in his city
[/li][li]Disorganization
Everything must be clean and organized damnit

Strengths:

[/li][li]Agile
[/li][li]Manipulative
[/li][li]Highly intelligent
[/li][li]Skilled Combatant

Weaknesses:

[/li][li]Superstitious
[/li][li]Underestimates people
[/li][li]Enjoys using people, it gets him into trouble
[/li][li]Obsesses easily

Fears:

[/li][li]Gypsy curses
[/li][li]Being invaded
[/li][li]Losing whats left of his wealth
[/li][li]Karma coming after him

Secrets:

[/li][li]Is proficient in tarot and astrological readings

[/li][li]Though he loves to play the part of a cold sadist, he's capable of guilt and remorse, and the ghosts of his wrongdoings against others keep him awake at night

[/li][li]Although he claims to hate every aspect of Hungary, as they are always squabbling, Andrei had a very sordid affair with Countess Elizabeth Báthory just months after she started bathing in girls blood.

[/li][li]Actually, being the passive aggressive bastard that he is, Andrei enjoys bedding and having affairs with the nobility of other countries, they always lavish him with such expensive gifts. He's become an expert at keeping the secret least he start a war, but the man keeps a little black book of his conquests.

Any Quirks/Habits:

[/li][li]Licks his lips constantly, and always in a teasing fashion
[/li][li]Always wears gloves
[/li][li]Will seduce anything on a two legs just to see if he can
[/li][li]Loves to touch other people, generally in teasing, affectionate sorts of ways to watch them squirm

Overall Personality:

In all honesty, Andrei takes more then just a certain measure of joy in watching other people writhe about in pain and hell he's even a bit of a masochist himself really, though he'd never be submissive to the things that he likes to put other people through. He enjoys being hurt to a point but just as long as he's the one in control of it because pain is good as far as he's concerned, it lets a person know they're still alive. This affinity for pain has lead him to become something of a real bondage addict, though that isn't something he makes known.

As dark and rather cruel as the man is, Drei is still a gentleman. It's actually quite a good cover really, most people wouldn't deem him to be the cruel boy that he really is because he almost never fails to come off as polite, on the surface he is the perfect gentleman. Granted there's a certain coldness to his aura, his cheerful smile never actually reaches his eyes and all of the niceties he performs for someone, be it opening a door, pulling out a chair or smiling and giving a compliment always seems to have a superficial quality to it. Most women overlook it though as his 'old world' charm is so hard to come by now and days, and he disguises his icy disdain well.


The man refuses to do anything for anyone unless he is gaining something from it, and it better be something damn good depending on the favor that he's being asked to fulfill. Another thing is that the man believes he deserves the finer things in life and as such has had affairs with quite a few nobles of his country and others for their monetary affection and lavish gifts. When he does get whatever it is that he's been coveting, and boy does he covet, the man can get downright obsessive about both objects and people, well it'll take the hand of death to get it away from him

He loves to be the puppet master in whatever he decides to do, Andrei is always in control of himself and in most cases the situation at hand and the rest of the players in his little games even if they don't know they're playing. The man believes that nothing good came come from being an overly emotional ninny and as such he always keeps his thoughts, emotions, and desires in check, which causes him to come off as more then just a tad cold and detached which is just the way he likes it. Because of this he rarely losses his temper, instead preferring to get even later on.

While all of this is indeed a deep part of his personality, it isn't every aspect, at one point he was rather sweet, but that was long ago. The man most see before them today has been hardened by years of fighting off attacks against himself and his city. The constant attacks have made it so the man hides the softer side of himself so well most people don't think he's capable of caring anymore. Drei actually does, it just shows in the smallest of ways and are normally directed at his country. Where others are concerned, these buried feelings only manifest themselves two minutes too late, after the damage has been done and he lays awake at night tormenting himself with his wrongdoings.

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I'm the hero!

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[li]Between 681 and c.1000 the area had already been apart of the First Bulgarian Empire, the Slavs had already been there since the middle ages, and Adrei was a young boy trying to figure out what was going on around him
[/li][li]9th-12th century, The city has commerce links to the Byzantine Empire, but the area was subject to the successive invasions of Pechenegs and Cumans and conquered by the Mongols during the 1241 invasion of Europe, Drei had to grow up and learn to fight quickly
[/li][li]Bucharest was first mentioned on September 20, 1459, as one of the residences of Prince Vlad III Dracula, Andrei had met the man and the Prince had taking a liking to the boy, giving him his name. The city itself became one of two capitals of Wallachia, along with the favorite land of nobility
[/li][li]1476, it was sacked by the Moldavian Prince Stephen the Great, but still remained a favored land of the nobles
[/li][li]Mircea Ciobanul built the a palace and church in Curtea Veche, equipped the town with a stockade, and took measures to provide Bucharest with fresh water and produce, Drei was showing himself to be a handsome young boy
[/li][li]In the spring of 1554, Bucharest was ravaged by Janissary troops; violence again occurred after Mircea returned to the throne and attacked those who had been loyal to Pătraşcu cel Bun
[/li][li]Again during the 1574 conflict between Vintilă and Alexandru II Mircea, and under the rule of Alexandru cel Rău

17th century:

[/li][li]Before the end of the 17th century, Bucharest became Wallachia's most populous city, and one of the largest ones in the region, while its landscape became cosmopolitan, Andrei was growing tall
[/li][li]November 13, 1594, the city witnessed widespread violence, upon the start of Michael the Brave's uprising against the Ottomans, and the massacre of Ottoman creditors, who held control over Wallachia's resources, followed by a clash between Wallachians and the Ottoman troops stationed in Bucharest.
--In retaliation, Bucharest was attacked and almost completely destroyed by Sinan Pasha's forces, there are still faint scars along his back from the attacks
[/li][li]The 1655 rebellion of seimeni mercenaries against the rule of Constantin Şerban - the rebel troops arrested and executed a number of high-ranking boyars, before being crushed by Transylvanian troops in June of that year
[/li][li]Bucharest was touched by famine and the bubonic plague in the early 1660s, for a moment Andrei didn't think he could survive that one
[/li][li]Between Gheorghe Ghica's rule (1659–1660) and the end of Ştefan Cantacuzino's (1715/1716), Bucharest saw a period of relative peace and prosperity (despite the prolonged rivalry between the Cantacuzino and the Băleni families. Drei took the time to gather himself back up

Phanariote era:

[/li][li]1716, following the anti-Ottoman rebellion of Ştefan Cantacuzino in the context of the Great Turkish War, Wallachia was placed under the more compliant rules of Phanariotes, these decisively marked Bucharest's development in several ways, DRei found himself getting taller
[/li][li]Prince Nicholas' rule coincided with a series of calamities - a major fire, the first Habsburg occupation during the Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18 (1716), and another plague epidemic -, but witnessed major cultural achievements inspired by The Enlightenment, such as the creation of a short-lived princely library
[/li][li]1737, during the Austro-Turkish War of 1737-39, the city was again attacked by Habsburg troops and ransacked by the Nogais, before suffering another major plague outbreak, Drei was rather sickly during this century
[/li][li]Bucharest was twice occupied by Imperial Russian troops during the War of 1768-74, Drei had a deep dislike for Russian troops at this point.
[/li][li]Under Alexander Ypsilantis, large-scale works to provide the city with fresh water were carried out, and Curtea Veche, destroyed by the previous conflicts, was replaced by a new residence in Dealul Spirii
[/li][li]The Russo-Turkish-Austrian War erupted in 1787, and Mavrogenes retreated in front of a new Habsburg invasion, led by Prince Josias of Coburg
[/li][li]Despite other epidemics, coupled with the immense taxes imposed by Constantin Hangerli, and the major earthquake of October 14, 1802 (followed by ones in 1804 and 1812), the city's population continued to increase
[/li][li]During the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812, Russian troops under Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich entered the city to reinstate Constantine Ypsilantis in late December 1806
[/li][li]After the peace signed in Bucharest, the rule of John Caradja brought a series of important cultural and social events (the reformist Caragea law, the first hot air balloon ride in the country, the first theater play, the first cloth manufacture, and the first private printing press, Gheorghe Lazăr's educational activities), but also witnessed the devastating Caragea's plague in 1813-1814 - which made between 25,000 and 40,000 casualties. Drei was at wits end with all these epidemics
[/li][li]Ghica was removed from his position by the new Russo-Turkish War and the Russian occupation of May 16, 1828; subsequently, the peace of Adrianople placed the whole of the Danubian Principalities' territory under military governorate
[/li][li]Residing in Bucharest, Kiselyov took particular care of the city: he acted against the plague and cholera epidemics of 1829 and 1831, instituted a "city beautifying commission" comprising physicians and architects, paved many central streets with cobblestone (instead of wooden planks), drained the swamps formed around the Dâmboviţa and built public fountains

1840s and 1850s:

[/li][li]New prince Gheorghe Bibescu completed a water supply network and works on public gardens, began constructing the National Theater of Romania building (1846; finished in 1852)
[/li][li] Unfortunately On March 23, 1847, a fire consumed around 2,000 buildings of Bucharest, that being about a third of the city. Drei cried as his city went up in flames again
[/li][li]Prince Bibescu accepted cohabitation with a Provisional Government taking inspiration from the European Revolutions on June 12, 1848, and, just a day later, renounced the throne, the revolution was definitely needed
[/li][li]On September 18, revolutionary crowds swept into the Interior Ministry, destroyed the lists of assigned boyar ranks and privileges, and forced Neofit to cast an anathema over the Organic Statute: such measures made Fuat Pasha lead Ottoman troops into Bucharest, a move which only met resistance from a group of firemen stationed on Dealul Spirii, who engaged in a shootout after an incident which they perceived as provocation
[/li][li]Bucharest remained under foreign occupation until late April 1851, and was again held by the Russian troops of Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov during the Crimean War
[/li][li]Being ceded to an interim Austrian administration which lasted until the 1856 Treaty of Paris.

[/li][li]on January 22, 1859, Partida Naţională members decided to vote for the Moldavian candidate for Prince, colonel Alexandru Ioan Cuza, who had already been elected in Iaşi - their vote was carried on January 24, after street pressure forced the other delegates to change their vote, leading to the eventual creation of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia. Bucharest became the capital of the new formed state
[/li][li]On February 22, 1866, the city witnessed the coup against Domnitor Cuza, carried out by a coalition of Liberals and Conservatives disenchanted with the attempted land reform and the increasingly authoritarian regime - they occupied the ruler's residence and arrested Cuza and his mistress Marija Obrenović, instating a Regency

Capital of the Romanian Kingdom

[/li][li]During the early years of Carol's rule, Bucharest was equipped with gas lighting, the Filaret Station (1869) and Gara de Nord (1872), a horsecar tram system, a telephone system, several factories, boulevards, administrative buildings, as well as large private lodgings
[/li][li]The National Bank of Romania was opened in April 1880, as the first and most important in a series of new banking institutions.
[/li][li]After the proclamation of the Kingdom of Romania in 1881, building works in the city accelerated. In 1883, floodings of the Dâmboviţa, endemic under Cuza, were stopped through the channelling of the river
[/li][li]New buildings were added, including the Romanian Athenaeum, and the skyline increased in height - the Athénée Palace, the first one in the city to use reinforced concrete
[/li][li]In 1885-1887, after Romania denounced its economic ties with Austria-Hungary, Bucharest's commercial and industrial development went unhindered: over 760 new enterprises were established in the city before 1912, and hundreds more by the 1940s
[/li][li]At the climax of the World War I Romanian Campaign on December 6, 1917, Bucharest was placed under the military occupation of the Central Powers
[/li][li]After the Compiègne Armistice, German troops evacuated Bucharest, and a Romanian administration was reinstated in late November 1918.
[/li][li]its capital witnessed a relatively expanded social crisis - on December 26, 1918, troops fired on compositors engaged in a strike, who had been agitated by the newly-created Socialist Party of Romania

[/li][li]Development continued during the 1930s - one of the most prosperous times in Romanian history: after 1928, the population increased by 30,000 inhabitants per year, the area reached 78 km² in 1939, and many new peripheral boroughs were added
[/li][li]A workers' riot erupted during the Griviţa Strike of 1933, ending in a violent clampdown.
[/li][li]In the 1940s Bucharest witnessed the birth of three consecutive fascist regimes: after the one established by Carol II and his National Renaissance Front, the outbreak of World War II brought the National Legionary State and, after the bloody Iron Guard Rebellion of January 21–23
[/li][li]n the spring of 1944, it was the target of heavy RAF and USAF bombings
[/li][li]The city was also the center of King Mihai I's August 23 coup, which took the country out of the Axis and into the ranks of the Allies; consequently, it became the target of German reprisals - on August 23–24, a large-scale bombing by the Luftwaffe destroyed the National Theater and damaged other buildings, while the Wehrmacht engaged in street-fighting with the Romanian Army.
[/li][li]In February 1945, the Romanian Communist Party organized a protest in front of the Royal Palace, which witnessed violence and ended in the fall of the Nicolae Rădescu cabinet and the coming to power of the Communist-backed Petru Groza. On November 8, the King's Day, the new administration suppressed pro-Monarchy rallies - the onset of political repression throughout the country.
[/li][li]The Communist regime was firmly established after the proclamation of a People's Republic on December 30, 1947.
[/li][li]In 1977, a strong 7.4 on the Richter-scale earthquake in Bucharest claimed 1,500 lives and destroyed many old lodgings and offices
[/li][li]n August 21, 1968, Ceauşescu's Bucharest speech condemning the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia led many inhabitants to briefly join the paramilitary Patriotic Guards - created on the spot as defense against a possible Soviet military reaction to Romania's new stance.

[/li][li]During the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which began in Timişoara, Bucharest was the site of the rapid succession of major events between December 20 and December 22, leading to the overthrow of Ceauşescu's communist regime.
[/li][li]Unhappy with some results of the revolution, students' leagues and other organizations, including the Civic Alliance, organized mass protests against the National Salvation Front government in 1990
[/li][li]After the year 2000, due to the advent of Romania's economic boom, the city has modernized and several historical areas have been restored.

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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"!

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show us what you can do

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I Summon thee from far away lands, come forth!

You called?

[/color]:[/b] Devi B
Timezone: Eastern US

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