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[ACTAEON]

ACTAEON • ACE

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<sup>••• CHARACTER SUMMARY ,, **kindly making note of the tldr below these two chunky af paragraphs, summing them up in one chunky-ass parapraph** Actaeon, one former prince of Theban, was originally born to Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia. It goes without saying that the male stemmed from a rather well known lineage, both paternal and maternal sides. Much like his father before him, Actaeon would follow in the proclaimed God's footsteps by staying with Chiron, the famous centaur himself. Mirroring a spogne, Ace sucked up every tiny drop of knowledge trickling his way, not only the rains of Chiron, but his father as well, to name another. Believe it or not, he was a respectful kid, evidently wielding one heart of gold, and greatly dedicated in his ambitions. Being trained among those deemed as "Heroes", Ace had dreamt that he one day would fall into that category as well, and by extension, make his family proud. However, despite surpassing what could be considered as qualifications, the male never did reach that point. After an incident by which he, along with a few other men and his 50 hounds, were in the mountains hunting, and poor Ace managed to stumbled upon Artemis bathing in a pool. Obviously he had never intended to stroll up to a Goddess nor mortal, for that matter, in hopes of sneaking a peek. And despite Artemis' bare chest in his full range of view, in the confusion and shock, Ace never even picturized what he had "seen", his brain failing to grab hold of the image. Still, in a fit of undeserved rage, she punished the boy by turning him into a stag and possessing his hounds with a Wolf's Frenzy. Sparing the details, it more or less lead to Actaeon's being devoured savagely as if he were a rare served steak.

Now, having been brought back thanks to Zeus, in hopes of taking a few carefully crafted jabs at the Underworld and its so-called ruler, the male has been using his extreme knowledge and skill in tracking and hunting to play a little game of predator prey with a certain fishy. He is by no means the same man as he was before death took him. He's closer in comparison to a hollowed out version of his past self, thanks to a Deity known as Lyssa, who has been playing mental games of every variation, thus leading to his inevitable fall into madness. Insanity fueled by the recurrent visits with the Rage-inducing bitch, respectfully. As reason to blame as pretty much everything else that happened to the male, she also had a hand in his fragmented state of memory, slipping in pieces that, for lack of a better word, were bullshit. Such as leading Actaeon to vividly remember his time spent in Tartaus, an afterlife spent suffering through excruciating pain. So, as you can imagine, that instance alone has left a sour taste in his mouth when it comes to the Olympians, further boiling the rage-spiked waters that encompassed his entire essence. Ah, one tidbit that may be worth noting: the snapping of his mental flavored laffy taffy, if you will, has lead to the creation of new connections, new neurons-neuroplasticity, seemingly. Speaking of "new", with the resurrection and all, he's scrapped the name associated with his past, set ablaze in a dumpster fire, save for the select few who know his true identity - the same ass-hats playing puppeteers, respectfully. In tune with that little game of social deduction, he's chosen to go by an alias, accompanied by a rather convincing performance in acting the part of his ghostly former self.

••• TLDR ,, used to be good boy, now best described an asshole, or just psychotic. comes from a well-known family, parents being autonoe and aristaeus of boeotia. stayed with chiron for his training montage, basically like a second father and home for the boy. hoped to be a great hero like heracles or achilles, but those dreamswere turned into pulled pork, much like he himself. as easily associated with hounds as he was hunting, dude has like 50 of the pooches. rocky-ed his training arc, gained lots of knowledge and skills passed down by chiron and his father, etc. other words, very good hunter and tracker, etc. perfect makings for his future in stalking. one day when hunting with a few dudes & the doggo horde, accidently ran into artemis, who decided to use the mountain pool as her personal bathroom, got all offended and shit that ace witnessed a one of her divine ta-ta's. for the record, boy went through her shitstorm without having processed any images of the gonzongas -more accurately, the pinch pots. she caused the pulled pork incident, bitchily using doggos to huntdown ace, who she poofed into a stag, thus meat ripped from bones, etc. que present-time, ace resurrected by zeus, intentions of stirring the underworld via cerberus. ligeia was the belle to ace's beast, if all happiness was sucked out of the movie, and beast was a sadist who got his rocks off by torture. held her captive for years, was released, only to be stalked from the shadows, then befriended by ace under disguise and snatched up again. boy's brain is more scrambled than eggs, mostly thanks to lyssa, resulted in belief he spent afterlife in tartarus, and abundance of hallucinations including annoying past self.

••• FRIENDS ,, given the whole "master of disguise" act that he's currently putting on, it wouldn't be much of a stretch for someone to form these friendly sort of ties with ace. he's, quite ironically, playing the role of himself, only the version of himself that was brutally executed. Slipping on that costume, still a perfect fit, he all but radiates the friendly persona of his unfortunate bunk-buddy. In relation to the formerly mentioned "new connections", among the lineup of various hallucinations he's been subjected to, actaeon -in reference to the guy that should be dead and gone- has made the effort of invading ace's vision, an annoyance that's becoming more frequent as of late. besides the point, he seems quite easy to converse with, and approachable at that. he wears the sense of ease and comfort like a cologne, matched by charm and a gentle nature. he'd drop everything in order to help someone if they were in need, and wouldn't hesitate in happily doing jobs or chores for someone to lighten their load. possessing a heart of gold matched with pure intentions, a seemingly genuine character. sadly, the only truth to the above is in the summary of his former self.

••• ENEMIES ,, being that ace is currently laying low, i'd imagine he would be putting effort into "playing nice" and keeping up with the act. this goes especially for the entities that ace loathes, those in which he harbors an obscene amount of rage toward. setting aside the whole act, in his current state of induced psychosis, ace would probably collect enemies like he did hounds. careless, provoking, and honestly just an all-around-asshole. he'll intentionally push buttons, whether he gets a rise out if you or not, also can be said for stomping out any sense of comfort. a blatantly devilish being fueled by nothing more than self-interest and gain. to make any current matters a teensy bit more difficult, ace is seemingly absent of fear, so mentally scrambled that the emotion hold no weight for him anymore, not even a threat made to any of his hounds is enough to stir any feelings, let alone an actual reaction. the same could be said about his own life, being that he's just as masochistic as he is sadistic, torture is pleasure, the threat of his life ending again is nothing short of a thrill.

••• LOVERS ,, currently, ace is a little wrapped up with a certain lady, one that he's been watching over and keeping an eye on for quite some time. stalking, in other words. despite his attention being mainly focused on said person, it doesn't rule out potential flings, hookups, "friends with benefits", or whatever else falls in the category. again, given the present circumstances, any intimate encounters will be faked in the sense of the male pretending to be someone other than his current self. however, that may be for the best, at least in terms of any potential ladies that cross his path, all things considered.</sup>

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