Alcaeus Carras

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Alcaeus has a lean build, but has less muscles than he would like. He doesn’t do much hard labour, which shows for example on the absence of calluses on his hands and big or defined muscles. His black hair is often short, about ear length. It’s naturally straight but he likes to style his hair when he goes out, for example with a bit of wave. Alcaeus spends a lot of time on his appearance, making sure he looks perfect all day, every day. His fashion reflects that, making him stand out with his extravagant clothes and make-up. He likes gold, dark colours and shimmer.

His fashion requires a decent dose of confidence, something this man has plenty of. This shows in how he presents himself to the world; confidently and proud. His face is either in serious mode, or a big smile shows on his face. His eyes show a lot of duality as well, giving you a cold (but sexy) or an adoring look. His eyebrows are semi-thick and a scar slices horizontally up to the middle through his right eyebrow.

Alcaeusis someone who reflects his personality in how he acts. He is confident in who he is and proud of who he is. He won’t let anyone else tell him who to be or what to do, he is perfectly fine making choices of his own. His extravagant self is someone who wants to show the world who he is, yet there is plenty of himself he doesn’t want people to know. It also serves as a defence mechanism, something he isn’t always eager to let go.

But with the right people and environment, Alcaeus' soft side comes up. He is someone who cares deeply for the people he loves, willing to do anything for them. He’s sometimes prone to sacrificing himself for the sake of others. Alcaeus has a strong personality. He either feels things at a zero or a 100%. When he does have mixed emotions, he finds it hard to cope with them and doesn’t quite know how to. Here he relies on the people close to him, opening up vulnerably.

He likes to spend time with the people he loves, quality time is something dear to him. Despite his out-going nature, Alcaeus likes to spend his time at home after a busy day or week. He has plenty of hobbies in and around the house, like reading, cooking and gardening. While he likes these things to unwind, he would feel awfully lonely if there wasn't some big, obnoxious presence of the person he loved in the house.

Alcaeus was 21 years old when he was out alone at night and got attacked by a lycan. The attack both traumatised and changed him. He survived, but at what cost; he had become a lycanthrope as well. Alcaeus couldn’t continue his performances for the first few months and had a hard time accepting his new life. Eventually, he managed to create a balance between his lycanthropy and his normal life, but it’s something that still bothers him till this day.

A few days before his transformation during the full moon, Alcaeus becomes grumpy, irritable and more on edge during this time. It’s a good indication for when it’s going to happen. At the day before the night of the full moon sets, Dante and Alcaeus both ride out into the desert. Here Alcaeus is left behind, bound by his legs and arms to keep him from breaking free. When he changes into his lycan form, Alcaeus has a black fur with dark brown eyes. He isn’t the biggest of all, but still a danger to anyone who comes close. It’s always an exhausting night, but a relieve when morning comes again, together with his partner who picks him up again to go back home.

Alcaeus was born as the second and youngest son to his mother Ava and father Cyrus. He was born into a big family of performers, resident in Al-Qahil. He grew up with his father, mother, brother and his aunts and uncles and cousins. Alcaeus was trained as a performer as well, following in his family’s footsteps.

Alcaeus is, just as the rest of his family, a born performer. He likes to stand in the spotlight and steal the show. He often performs, dances and he sings as well. He dresses as extravagantly as possible, making sure the audience will remember him the most of that night. He’s either performing with his brother and cousins or goes solo. The older he gets, the more solo's and the more spotlight he receives, fuelling his passion for performance even more. Next to performing, Alcaeus tries to provide alongside, with and for his family the best he can, next to preparing and succeeding at his proving. Alcaeus often felt a little bit out of place with the normal civilians, which is why he holds his family and performance status close to his heart. On the stage, he can truly be himself.

When Alcaeus reached the age of 21, he was out late at night after a solo performance. The night had been fantastic, but unfortunately, it took a sad turn. Alcaeus had to walk through the dark alone, and that was when he met the eyes of a lycanthrope. He tried to flee, but the monster had attacked him before he could even turn around. Alcaeus was left with serious injuries which put him out of the show for several months, but he also gained something far worse. He soon found out he had turned into a lycanthrope as well, despite praying he wouldn’t. This put a lot of pressure on him and his family, trying to keep him, their family and the audiences safe. Alcaeus had to stop performing for a longer time, making him spiral into sadness and grief of his past life. His absence triggered rumours into existence as well, about being bitten and that he was a liability to the people of the city. He had a hard time accepting his new faith and managing the new balance between his lycanthropy and his normal life. In the following years, he had learned to do so, but it’s still bothering him till this day, especially because he wasn’t able to perform anymore.

A couple of years later, when Alcaeus was 24, he met a man. His name was Dante, and they hit it off immediately. They fell in love. Alcaeus hid his true identity from the man for quite some time, unsure if he would still be loved when he knew. Eventually he did tell him, which to his relief, Dante took really well. They soon decided they wanted to spend their life together forever, resulting in the decision to move away from Al-Qahil, where Alcaeus had been facing hardships for several years now, and now the unacceptance of their relationship added onto that.

It wasn’t just the fact it would’ve been unaccepted for them to be together that made the decision to move away. Alcaeus didn’t feel safe in Al-Qahil, where people who believed his identity to be true wanted him gone. He also didn’t want to put any more pressure and danger onto his family, who also suffered under the rumours of his lycanthropy.

Dante and he found a little house just outside Miraj where they settled down. Here no one knows Alcaeus and his true identity, giving him a chance to start anew in the performance business. In Miraj, he built up a reputation for himself, performing in bars, parties and other festivities. He lives together with his lover, claiming they are best friends for the people around them. They have been living together here for several years now, having become accepted members of the community.

> Alcaeus got his masters in cuntology with the concentration of motherlogical studies at the university of servington
> He always wears the same ring on his ringfinger, matching with Dantes
> He has a white-orange pinto mare named Danae
> Several big scars cover his body, reminders of the attack that gave him his curse. These scars are the most prominent on his legs, shoulders, back and chest
> Alcaeus brought in an orange stray kitten and named him Helios, but he gets called by his nickname Curry sometimes, because he fell in the curry spice as kitten