Post by Lino Montecchi on Jan 22, 2011 18:49:45 GMT -5
LEONARDO LINO MONTENCCHI
"Family is everything"
"Family is everything"
t h e c h a r a c t e r
NAME: Lorenzo Lino Montecchi – Prefers to be called Lino to separate himself from his father
AGE: 26
GENDER: Male
BIRTHDAY: 7th August
CLASS: Noble
TITLE/RANK: Will inherit the title of Lord after his father’s death
OCCUPATION: As oldest son he helps his father run the family’s trading business
ALIGNMENT: Montecchi
CANON:Yes
t h e l o o k s
[/size][/font]EYES:Blue
HAIR: Brown
WEIGHT: Average/muscular
HEIGHT: six foot two inches
VOICE: Deep, level
PLAY-BY: JJ Feild
GENERAL:
Lino is of good stature, tall with a muscular figure hidden beneath his layers of clothing. He is handsome, but unlike his brother is not fully aware of his looks. Often he will have a look of deep thought upon his features, as though dreaming of a different future for himself and his family or preoccupied with the family business. Despite being the older brother Lino and Leonardo look very similar, so much so that at times throughout their lives they have swapped places pretending to be one another without anyone noticing.
ATTIRE:
Doublet, hose, undershirt, tunic if cold – the usual attire of a nobleman of the 16th century. His favourite colour is blue so tends to wear doublets and shirts that are different shades of blue. Being of a noble and wealthy family Lino’s clothes are made out of the finest materials and are always of the finest quality. While his clothing is beautiful he does not boast his wealth through his clothing and tends to keep it in simple styles. He does not wear any jewels or jewellery except a silver ring on his right middle finger which has the image of a lion. The lion is the Montecchi family emblem.
p e r s o n a l i t y
[/size][/font]LIKES:
* His family
*Business
* Good music
* Good wine
* To laugh
DISLIKES:
* The Cappelletti’s (at least that’s what he’s been taught to dislike)
* Betrayal
* Disloyalty
* People who are disrespectful to women
* Losing money
STRENGTHS:
* Level headed
* Sensible
* Grounded
* Rational
* Loyal.
WEAKNESSES:
* So loyal to his brother and family that he can put himself at risk
* Not a good fighter
* Not very successful with women
* Worries far too much
* Has fallen for a woman aligned with the Cappelletti’s
QUIRKS/HABITS:
*Bites his nails when thinking
* Wrinkling his brown when concentrating
* Runs his hands through his hair when nervous
* Laughing loudly when quite amused
* Squinting his eyes when staring intently at something or someone.
FEARS:
* His brother dying
* Disappointing his father
* Losing his family’s business
* Falling victim to the hands of the Cappelletti’s
* His crush on Constance being discovered by his father.
GOALS:
*To end the feud between his family and the Cappelletti’s
* To marry
* To have a son and carry on the family name
* To make his father proud
* Protect his brother at all costs.
PERSONALITY
Lino is the oldest son of the head of the Montecchi family and thus heir to his father’s fortune. He has a great responsibility on his shoulders and takes his work and his family’s name very seriously. Lino is loyal to a fault and will put his family above all others – except he carries a secret, one in which could mean complete betrayal to his father – he has a deep desire for Constance, a beautiful friend and servant to the Cappelletti family. Because of his great responsibilities and his secret Lino is very cautious and always appears to have a great deal on his mind. He is a deep thinker and tries to look at all possibilities before coming to a final decision.
Yet despite of all of this he is a man who likes to enjoy himself when he can find the time. He enjoys good music, good wine, good food and although not very skilled with wooing women, he enjoys looking! He is loyal to a fault and will put his brother above all others, even his own life. In the depths of his heart he is kind and generous and wants an end to the war between his family and the Cappelletti’s.
t h e h i s t o r y
[/size][/font]MOTHER: Lady Montecchi
FATHER:Lorenzo Montencchi
SIBLINGS:Leonardo Montecchi – younger brother
OTHER: Lady Valentini - aunt
PLACE OF BIRTH: Verona
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Verona
WEAPONRY:
Lino has been trained to use both a dagger and a sword, although he will be the first to admit that he is not as skilled as his younger brother. He tends to keep a dagger under his doublet for protection and will only use it as a last resort.
HISTORY:
Lorenzo Lino Montencchi is the oldest son born to Lord and Lady Montennchi and proudly named after his father. He was the apple of his parent’s eye and both were greatly proud of him. Four years later his younger brother Leonardo was born and although jealous at first Lino became a devoted and doting older brother to Leo. Tragically shortly after Leo’s birth their mother died of complications. From what Lino can remember of his mother she was a loving, warm and beautiful woman.
Lino’s childhood and youth was one of honour and privilege. Their father was a great nobleman of Verona and a brilliant businessman. Their business is in trade throughout Italy and the wider world and being the oldest son Lino was brought up following closely by his father’s side so that he could learn every aspect of the family business. He was a quick learner and had a mind for business making his father proud.
Leonardo and Lino were close right from their early years and as they grew their bond became inseparable. Since both brothers are very similar in looks they used this to their advantage often confusing people by pretending to be each other. Lino was always the more rational and level headed of the brothers and took the unspoken role to look after and protect his younger brother.
Yet despite a warm family and close bonds Lino grew up knowing that there were those out there that wished him and his family dead. From his earliest memory he knew of the Cappelletti’s, a rival family that wanted his family dead so they could take over all business, trade and wealth within Verona. The feud between the Montencchi’s and the Cappelletti’s has been going on long before Lino’s birth and as he grew he watched blood spilt again and again in the name of the feud. Due to this (and a secret crush) Lino wishes an end to the feuding and hopefully to bring peace to Verona.
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[/size][/font]OOC NAME: Sarah
AGE: Old!
EXPERIENCE: Not a great deal but I’m always willing to learn!
CONTACT: PM would be best
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ANSWER: -admin edit-
EXAMPLE:
Why? Why did she have to be a member of the Cappelletti family? Of all the people within Verona, of all the people that Lino had ever laid eyes upon, why did she, this woman have to be aliened to the Cappelletti’s? She was beautiful, stunning, with her big blue eyes and long wavy black hair. She was slender and graceful and everything pleasing to the eye and yet she was a friend to the Cappelletti’s and everything that Lino was supposed to hate. He could have cursed God above for doing this to him, for letting him lay eyes upon such a beautiful woman and then clouding it all by making her aliened with his families enemy. It was wrong, so very, very wrong and yet as he rolled over in his bed Lino could not get this woman, this Constance out of his head. If his father knew, God if his father ever found out he would probably be disowned at best, beaten within an inch of his life at worse. It was crazy and foolish. He was heir to the family business, to the great name of Montecchi – he had to be level headed and responsible! And for the most part he was, he did his duties well and brought in a lot of money for his father but with her, with her he could not even think straight. With her he was a fool and he feared that this woman, this Constance, friend of the Cappelletti’s would completely ruin him.
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