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Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom Application
Player Information
Name: Lore
Age: 30s
Preferred Method of contact: journal or Plurk
Contact Info: eternalferret
Number of Characters in the Kingdom: Eleanor, Missy, Eddie
Timezone: EST

Character Information
Character Name: Eliot Waugh
Age: around 27
Canon: The Magicians
Canon Point: Just shy of the end of canon
Gender: Male

Character History
Character History: wiki here, Another wiki

This show is so ridiculously full of plot but here are some highlights:

-Born to shitty parents in Indiana
-Accidentally killed a bully and found out he was telekinetic
-Went to college and reinvented himself as the fabulous person he is
-Recruited by Brakebills and learned magic
-Became part of group that was destined to save the world
-Killed boyfriend who was being possessed by The Beast
-In drug-fueled need to distract himself, went to another world (Fillory) to help the group
-Became king... had to get married to girl he just met
-Had to grow the fuck up and figure out how the hell to be king
-Kicked out of Fillory
-Back to Fillory
-Tries to get his throne back... Margo wins it. Oh well.
-In the course of saving the world they broke magic. Oops
-Giant quest to fix magic! Almost got married again (What? He could have both a wife and a husband.)
-Fell in love with Quentin, denies it.
-They fixed magic!
-Possessed by The Monster
-Spends entire season trapped in his own head while The Monster runs around killing Gods in his body.
-Is saved and back to himself! ... only to find out the man he realized he loved is now dead.
-Magic is back but fucked.
-Back to Fillory! ... but they end up 300 years in the future to find out there's a Dark King in charge and their friends are dead.
-Have to save his friend and his wife and put Margo back on the throne
-Gets close to the Dark King... and gets the hots for him
-Simultaneously have to help save Earth.
-Shit gets super complicated
-To fix magic they have to... move the moon.
-Shit happens and they break the moon
-Fuck.
-Well the Earth is Fucked. The moon bits are crashing to Earth and destroying everything.
-Time Loop? Yup. Just him and Margo are in it.
-Nope. Just him.
-Save the Earth by... releasing the Krakan.
-Earth is saved! We can live happily ever... oh... Fillory is going to die now. Gotta save them, too.
-Save Fillory by stuffing all the people in a new world in a snow globe until a seed can be turned into another world for them.
-All his friends are either dead, on a new world making a new Fillory, or traveling trying to find New Fillory. Welp, guess he'll just be a teacher now.

Just scratching the surface... told you it was complicated.

Canon Example: One, two, three, four
Character Motivation: Depends on the day, really. He is a very selfish person, especially when he's dealing with emotions or faced with difficulties. But at the end of the day his motivation is to do what is right, even if it's not what he wants. If it's the right thing to do that will save the most people or help his friends, he will do it.

Personality: Eliot is a tough nut to crack. He has layers upon layers of walls surrounding a very squishy interior. Many of those walls were built up out of necessity during his adolescence, others were built up out of a desire to hide several truths about himself. He doesn't let many people get close enough to see through the bullshit, but when he does he can be a fiercely loyal friend.

Eliot says that the best and largest creative project in his life has been himself. Only one of his friends knows the truth about him and even that is only because of an initiation ritual that required him to bare his deepest truth to her. Born to very religious farmers in Indiana, his childhood wasn't what one would call ideal. Especially when he discovered he enjoyed the company of both men and women. As such, as soon as he left home he began carefully crafting the mysterious image he portrays today. No one knows where he's from, many think he's from some exotic location or that he summers with the Kennedys and that's the way he likes it. He affects a slight accent and puts on airs of superiority and gravitas. He dresses to the nines, often in a waistcoat with an intricately tied tie or cravat. Often seen with a drink and/or cigarette in his hand, he isn't just the life of the party - he is the party, and he isn't about to let anyone forget that.

In the beginning of the series he's almost a Cheshire Cat-like character. He's often seen sprawling on walls or in chairs, ready to languidly give advice to the underclassmen he's decided to adopt (mostly Quentin Coldwater, but he apparently comes as a matched set with Alice Quinn). He never seems to go to class and cares more about his signature cocktails, the parties at the Physical Cabin, and getting laid than academics. Despite this, he does appear to enjoy being a mentor to the few lucky newbies to the school he's deigned to accept into his social circle. No matter how much of a partier he is, though, when things need to get done he has no problem stepping to the plate and taking care of business. When he discovered a book had gone missing from the Physical library he grabbed Quentin for backup and went on the hunt, fearlessly walking into a den of Hedge Witches to retrieve the book. Badass, with a healthy dose of sass.

As the series progresses, however, that partying attitude begins to fade as shit gets real on campus. People are dying, his boyfriend was possessed, and it's only a matter of time until he's next. He's not properly equipped to deal with everything, so instead of dealing with it he turns to drugs and alcohol to run away. Instead of consuming just enough to enjoy the party and get a good buzz, he begins consuming enough that his friends start to express concern for his behavior. His desire to run pushes him to join Quentin on a quest to defeat The Beast. It literally brings him to a different world and away from his problems. It gives him something bigger to focus on instead of how his carefully crafted life is slowly circling the drain. It shows that when things get too bad for him to cope with them, he alters his mental state enough that he doesn't have to. He'd rather drug himself to the point that he's not sure if his eyes are even open than deal with the problems at hand. He also has difficulties talking to people about his problems, even the one person he's closer to than anyone else in the world - Margo. She tries to get him to talk to her, but he avoids it at every turn. Emotions are not something he deals with well. If he can't stuff them down, himself, he uses chemicals to force them down.

When things got truly bad he also turned to self destructive behavior. He ran off with Quentin and Alice on an adventure without even knowing what they were doing. He agreed to join another one because he heard the word "illegal." If the booze and drugs weren't enough, he throws himself into danger and the unknown because of a desire to run away... and boredom. When stuck in a time-loop and faced with the task of saving the world, Eliot instead turns to drinking and partying his woes away. He's overwhelmed with grief and memories of what The Creature did as him and refuses to talk about it. So, instead, he chooses to drink and party it away. Eventually even that gets tiresome and he finally gets down to the task at hand - saving the world. A bored Eliot is a busy Eliot. He can be a very productive man when he's bored... but it can also lead him to do some dumb shit. Boredom is something to be avoided at all costs.

Despite all of his character flaws, however, when the chips are down, he's quick to step up and save the day. In Fillory, he's identified as the High King and finds out he'll have to marry a girl he's never met in order to get the knife needed to kill the Beast. Instead of running away, as he usually does, he agrees to do it. He not only sees this as a chance to do the right thing and help save... everything... but as a chance to change his life. He finally admits to Margo that he's miserable back home. He sees a chance to save his life, as well as magic itself. It's not until later that he realizes that he's taken one for the team at the tune of the rest of his life, and that scares the shit out of him. He doesn't know how to be a king, he barely knows how to be an adult. He's frightened and desperately trying not to show it to those he cares the most about. But his determination to be the best at everything he does, and his talent at reinventing himself, keep him moving forward. Having a cause to fight for, a task to do, gives him something to focus on other than his own inner demons and an excuse not to talk about them. That does bite him in the ass, of course, but it's how he do.

Through the show Eliot grows from a playboy who cares naught about anyone but himself, to a king who's risking his life to return magic to the universe. He's still a sassy smart-ass, but he's learned that there's more to life than having a good time. He's exponentially more mature than he was before the Beast showed up, but that immaturity is still hiding beneath the surface. It's obvious by how much of a showboat he is. He wants things to go back to the way they were before magic was taken from them. He also wants desperately to be loved, especially now that he really knows what love is. He's developed love for his wife, and he lived an entire lifetime with Quentin and fell in love with him there. They may not be acting on that love but that's what brings him to make an incredibly stupid decision in an attempt to save Quentin's life. He does not always think his actions through. He's impulsive and impetuous and that's gotten him into serious trouble. His impulses are dictated by his emotions, though, as well hidden as they are. Either running away from them, or following them to the detriment of himself (and possibly his kingdom).

He's developed more of a moral code as the show progressed. He was a pure hedonist at the beginning of the show, but later on he puts his best friend in a dungeon for an act that might have jeopardized the kingdom and fights tooth and nail for what he believes is right. If I were to classify him I'd put him at Chaotic Neutral. He follows his own moral code... that moral code just might not always align with everyone else's. I mean... he did feed an illusion of his father to a gang of cannibals. As far as values - Though he is a little weirded out by his kind-of-daughter being in love with a bear... he only has a problem once people start getting hurt. He's fine with all kinds of shit (hey, everyone's entitled to their own kinks, right?) but the moment someone gets hurt he will step in and put a stop to things. A great example of this is when he went to get the first golden key. The island was under the thumb of a weird preacher. He was annoyed and trying to figure out how to get the key, until one of the villagers died. The moment he learned it was the preacher killing to keep them under control he turned on him. He exposed him for the liar he was, taking the very knife he used to kill the villager and tossing it to the others so they could dispatch him.

He hides it well, but Eliot is a ball of insecurities. He's afraid of failure, of being exposed as a fraud, of his father, of losing his friends and many other things. He's ashamed of his past and gets physically ill when it comes back to haunt him. Becoming king was easy, but once the weight of responsibility settled on him he panicked, terrified that he'd fuck everything up. He disguises this under layers of ego and bravado, letting only a select few (mostly just Quentin, Fen, and Margo) see through the facade. He's haunted by many of the things he's done. The people he's killed, the mistakes he's made as king. All of that weighs on him and fuels his drive to be the best he can.

Canon Strength/Weaknesses: Friendship is both a strength and his weakness. Close connections give him something/someone to focus on, to do things for... but when they're gone it can absolutely break him. Another weakness is intoxicants. Drink, drug... yeah, he's an addict for sure. At his current canon point it's not so bad that it will incapacitate him, at least. He's grown a lot. His biggest strength is his sense of self. He's spent a lot of time crafting who he is and he's got an enormous ego to match it.

Apprentice Sorcerer Application
Class: Mysic, because he's already a magician and he's got a lot of smarts hidden in that pretty head.
Magic Style: His magic style will be drawn from what he's used to. Hand tutting. As such, his object will be a ring.

Sample Section

First Person Sample:
[The feed opens to Eliot sipping a martini and shaking his head in astonishment]

I have to express my disgust and, having no one here to do that, I'm settling for broadcasting my thoughts like some pathetic YouTuber.

[He rolls his eyes with a sigh]

That little "meet-and-greet" was utterly pathetic. I mean, really, is that any way to welcome someone anywhere? Please. Allow me to show you amateurs how it's done. I will be hosting a soiree at the, and it pains me to say it, only bar in town. Everyone is invited, though those of you who aren't old enough to drink may prefer to sit this one out.

Third Person Sample: TDM