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» God(dess): Pylades
» Reference: Wikipedia;
» Family: {mother & father} Strophius & Anaxibia ; {spouse} Electra (although he is still unaware of this fact laskdj)
» Played By: Jensen Ackles
» Human Alias: Lucius Gourdain
» Human Age: 25
» Fitting in: Co-owner of Phocis Corporations. The company generally takes over smaller companies and he technically owns fifty percent of the place but he doesn't do much, he mostly only spend his time spinning around on his big office chair and firing people. It is a pleasant way to pass the time, he feels. You'd be incredibly lucky if he ever remembered what his company actually does on a good day.
» Weaknesses:
Pylades' moral compass is somewhat out of whack. Look at his family, wouldn't you be messed up too? He is not out-rightly insane or homicidal, nor does he talk to himself in public or make friends with shadows on his walls but lines that he should not cross are blurry and the desire to break rules and cause trouble is almost unbearable for him. He tests people's reactions out of amusement, happy to be in someone's bad-books because he made a joke at their expense if it means they become blatantly frustrated with him. People who seem to lack reactions or a sense of humour bore him quickly and he often loses interest in conversations. When he is not winding people up he is mostly after what's in their pants, content with a meaningless fling whilst working on someone who is more challenging to please. He flirts with those he shouldn't - the married, the older, ahem, the underage - but generally sticks to sleeping with the ones who won't lead to a minor case of death. He does forget himself, however, meaning he can often end up with some outraged father bringing out the shotgun to chase him out of some teenager's room. Sometimes his flirtatiousness can come across as slimy meaning he looks like more of a creeper but he does his best to please.
In the eyes of Pylades, people outside of his family are primarily there for his use. Raised the son of a king, he is used to getting his own way when he wants it. If housed with a woman he will expect them to cook and clean and generally keep up the housekeeping and to have funny reactions to any sexist comments he might make. His ideology is archaic because, hey, he's from Ancient Greece and he has absolutely no plans to change. He cares little about what others think of him past his family and is more than happy to be hated by most of the complex so long as they'll still have kinky hate!sex with him /shot. As stated above he is not so brilliant with boundaries but, in most cases, he tries his best not to underestimate the women around him. Marriage is an entirely bad idea - he prefers not to have his throat sliced open - and will stick to this; pretty much the only reason he ends up married in his story is because the gods decided that murder was punishable by matrimony and he could hardly argue. He doesn't mind casual dating so much, so long as the woman/man in question is able to maintain his interest past a few dates/flings. He can never really be expected to be faithful, married or not, because in all honesty, lust was a deadly sin that was made to be committed.
Pylades does not have a short fuse so much as he has a short attention span. His attention is easily distracted by something shiny and unremarkable lines of conversation will probably end quickly. As previously mentioned, his isn't particularly homicidal despite his part (or future part) in various murders. The killing of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra only involved him due to his attachment to Orestes and out of a sheer desire to find out the outcome. The plot to murder Helen mostly sprang from his father exiling him for the murder of a family member but was also slightly to do with the need to punish Menelaus for not helping them in the act against Clytemnestra. In short, Pylades will do something stupid stuff to keep himself occupied and will also go to silly lengths to please his friends/family. He is loyal to Orestes, probably to a fault, having grown up with him as an adopted baby brother (although not much younger than him) and only sibling in his father's kingdom. In Orestes he found a best friend, someone who would tolerate his often irritating personality and sense of humour and hence someone to respect. Electra he is also loyal to, although not as much as with Orestes, as she played such a major part in the plot to kill his aunt and, as the sister of his adopted brother, is also someone he respects. Due to the point in time he has been taken from, he is unaware of his marriage to Electra and so has little reason to be any kind of faithful to her, though he might be only sliiiiightly more inclined to mind his manners around her.
» History:
As the only son and heir (and child of any gender) of King Strophius of Phocis, Pylades grew up as a prince, most probably spoiled by anyone who wanted the king's affections. From this sprang his "everyone lives to amuse me" way of thinking which continued throughout his entire life. Around the time when he was fifteen/sixteen, his cousin Orestes was sent to live with him to escape Aegisthus' knife. This, in his opinion, was pretty awesome having never had a sibling before. Orestes was heir to his own throne as well, so by the time he arrived at Phocis roughhousing between the two of them wasn't much of a problem. Other children around the place would have been scared of "breaking" the king's son thus lessening their ability to fight with him, but Orestes had no such fear making him the perfect friend for Pylades.
The murder of Agamemnon sparked a kind of "Huh, would you look at that," sort of reaction from Pylades. He had barely known his uncle before he died so there was no particular emotional response with his death and his only reasons behind avenging the death were out of principal and because the issue of Agamemnon's murder was important to Orestes (and it sparked his interest). So he followed his buddy back to Mycenae and killed the mo-fos dead. Unfortunately his daddy wasn't too impressed by this "killing a family member is a disgrace" and all that nonsense and so he was exiled from Phocis, the crown no longer his right after his father died. This wasn't exactly the best day ever but, surprisingly enough, Pylades wasn't overly miffed. Without a kingdom to have to look after in the future, he wasn't tied down meaning he was free to travel, womanise at will and generally chill his way through life. Of course, there were still scores to be settled and Menelaus needed punishing for not aiding the rest of the family to avenge Agamemnon. Pylades has been taken after they have planned the murder of Helen, but before the act could be interrupted by rowdy gods.
» Personality:
Pylades is a cheerful kind of guy. He's pretty laidback in everything he does, nothing is rushed as he's almost certain the world will wait for him. Most of the time he's quite friendly/flirty and will pretty much talk to anyone. If someone is interesting to talk to he doesn't care who they are or where they came from (the Trojans are just some city of people that lost to him). His blasé attitude to everything allows him to be generally tactful in conversations, leading the other member of the conversation to a point where he wants them. If he doesn't actually make the time and effort to find out who they are, however, this can lead to him causing conflicts where he shouldn't be.
The term "friend" when it comes to Pylades, is one that only applies to a person when they have gained both his trust and respect. This is useful in that those he surrounds himself with he knows well and can trust them and once a person has been dubbed a friend his loyalty to them increases. Through this people can probably ask for favours or ask him to help with something and most of the time he will not have reason not to help. In cases such as helping someone murder someone else, you have to be pretty high up on his list of friends to succeed in gaining his help.
He is a sort-of-nearly a fair man in that he doesn't judge a person within the first 30 seconds of talking them and doesn't judge people for their actions immediately. Of course his reactions vary with circumstances, murdering your husband for revenge isn't exactly something that needs pondering too much for Pylades but he does tend to take his time making his mind up about people. Even if he loses interest with a person part of the way through a conversation it does not mean he has dubbed them as a solely boring person as the conversation topic was clearly to blame as well.
» God(dess): Pylades
» Reference: Wikipedia;
» Family: {mother & father} Strophius & Anaxibia ; {spouse} Electra (although he is still unaware of this fact laskdj)
» Played By: Jensen Ackles
» Human Alias: Lucius Gourdain
» Human Age: 25
» Fitting in: Co-owner of Phocis Corporations. The company generally takes over smaller companies and he technically owns fifty percent of the place but he doesn't do much, he mostly only spend his time spinning around on his big office chair and firing people. It is a pleasant way to pass the time, he feels. You'd be incredibly lucky if he ever remembered what his company actually does on a good day.
» Weaknesses:
Pylades' moral compass is somewhat out of whack. Look at his family, wouldn't you be messed up too? He is not out-rightly insane or homicidal, nor does he talk to himself in public or make friends with shadows on his walls but lines that he should not cross are blurry and the desire to break rules and cause trouble is almost unbearable for him. He tests people's reactions out of amusement, happy to be in someone's bad-books because he made a joke at their expense if it means they become blatantly frustrated with him. People who seem to lack reactions or a sense of humour bore him quickly and he often loses interest in conversations. When he is not winding people up he is mostly after what's in their pants, content with a meaningless fling whilst working on someone who is more challenging to please. He flirts with those he shouldn't - the married, the older, ahem, the underage - but generally sticks to sleeping with the ones who won't lead to a minor case of death. He does forget himself, however, meaning he can often end up with some outraged father bringing out the shotgun to chase him out of some teenager's room. Sometimes his flirtatiousness can come across as slimy meaning he looks like more of a creeper but he does his best to please.
In the eyes of Pylades, people outside of his family are primarily there for his use. Raised the son of a king, he is used to getting his own way when he wants it. If housed with a woman he will expect them to cook and clean and generally keep up the housekeeping and to have funny reactions to any sexist comments he might make. His ideology is archaic because, hey, he's from Ancient Greece and he has absolutely no plans to change. He cares little about what others think of him past his family and is more than happy to be hated by most of the complex so long as they'll still have kinky hate!sex with him /shot. As stated above he is not so brilliant with boundaries but, in most cases, he tries his best not to underestimate the women around him. Marriage is an entirely bad idea - he prefers not to have his throat sliced open - and will stick to this; pretty much the only reason he ends up married in his story is because the gods decided that murder was punishable by matrimony and he could hardly argue. He doesn't mind casual dating so much, so long as the woman/man in question is able to maintain his interest past a few dates/flings. He can never really be expected to be faithful, married or not, because in all honesty, lust was a deadly sin that was made to be committed.
Pylades does not have a short fuse so much as he has a short attention span. His attention is easily distracted by something shiny and unremarkable lines of conversation will probably end quickly. As previously mentioned, his isn't particularly homicidal despite his part (or future part) in various murders. The killing of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra only involved him due to his attachment to Orestes and out of a sheer desire to find out the outcome. The plot to murder Helen mostly sprang from his father exiling him for the murder of a family member but was also slightly to do with the need to punish Menelaus for not helping them in the act against Clytemnestra. In short, Pylades will do something stupid stuff to keep himself occupied and will also go to silly lengths to please his friends/family. He is loyal to Orestes, probably to a fault, having grown up with him as an adopted baby brother (although not much younger than him) and only sibling in his father's kingdom. In Orestes he found a best friend, someone who would tolerate his often irritating personality and sense of humour and hence someone to respect. Electra he is also loyal to, although not as much as with Orestes, as she played such a major part in the plot to kill his aunt and, as the sister of his adopted brother, is also someone he respects. Due to the point in time he has been taken from, he is unaware of his marriage to Electra and so has little reason to be any kind of faithful to her, though he might be only sliiiiightly more inclined to mind his manners around her.
» History:
As the only son and heir (and child of any gender) of King Strophius of Phocis, Pylades grew up as a prince, most probably spoiled by anyone who wanted the king's affections. From this sprang his "everyone lives to amuse me" way of thinking which continued throughout his entire life. Around the time when he was fifteen/sixteen, his cousin Orestes was sent to live with him to escape Aegisthus' knife. This, in his opinion, was pretty awesome having never had a sibling before. Orestes was heir to his own throne as well, so by the time he arrived at Phocis roughhousing between the two of them wasn't much of a problem. Other children around the place would have been scared of "breaking" the king's son thus lessening their ability to fight with him, but Orestes had no such fear making him the perfect friend for Pylades.
The murder of Agamemnon sparked a kind of "Huh, would you look at that," sort of reaction from Pylades. He had barely known his uncle before he died so there was no particular emotional response with his death and his only reasons behind avenging the death were out of principal and because the issue of Agamemnon's murder was important to Orestes (and it sparked his interest). So he followed his buddy back to Mycenae and killed the mo-fos dead. Unfortunately his daddy wasn't too impressed by this "killing a family member is a disgrace" and all that nonsense and so he was exiled from Phocis, the crown no longer his right after his father died. This wasn't exactly the best day ever but, surprisingly enough, Pylades wasn't overly miffed. Without a kingdom to have to look after in the future, he wasn't tied down meaning he was free to travel, womanise at will and generally chill his way through life. Of course, there were still scores to be settled and Menelaus needed punishing for not aiding the rest of the family to avenge Agamemnon. Pylades has been taken after they have planned the murder of Helen, but before the act could be interrupted by rowdy gods.
» Personality:
Pylades is a cheerful kind of guy. He's pretty laidback in everything he does, nothing is rushed as he's almost certain the world will wait for him. Most of the time he's quite friendly/flirty and will pretty much talk to anyone. If someone is interesting to talk to he doesn't care who they are or where they came from (the Trojans are just some city of people that lost to him). His blasé attitude to everything allows him to be generally tactful in conversations, leading the other member of the conversation to a point where he wants them. If he doesn't actually make the time and effort to find out who they are, however, this can lead to him causing conflicts where he shouldn't be.
The term "friend" when it comes to Pylades, is one that only applies to a person when they have gained both his trust and respect. This is useful in that those he surrounds himself with he knows well and can trust them and once a person has been dubbed a friend his loyalty to them increases. Through this people can probably ask for favours or ask him to help with something and most of the time he will not have reason not to help. In cases such as helping someone murder someone else, you have to be pretty high up on his list of friends to succeed in gaining his help.
He is a sort-of-nearly a fair man in that he doesn't judge a person within the first 30 seconds of talking them and doesn't judge people for their actions immediately. Of course his reactions vary with circumstances, murdering your husband for revenge isn't exactly something that needs pondering too much for Pylades but he does tend to take his time making his mind up about people. Even if he loses interest with a person part of the way through a conversation it does not mean he has dubbed them as a solely boring person as the conversation topic was clearly to blame as well.