Post by Burton Alfred Harper Jr on Oct 30, 2010 0:44:52 GMT -8
BURTON ALFRED HARPER II
[/font][/center]WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT,
[/font][/center]name » Burton Alfred Harper II[/font][/center]
nicknames » Alfie
age & date of birth » winter, 25th; 30
gender » male
sexual orientation » straight
occupation » businessman and entrepreneur - finger in all pies
events » pleasure when he does happen to approach the animals
play by » James FrancoWE'LL BE SAFE AND SOUND,
likes » Cigars and pipes, although he doesn’t smoke he does like the feel of them in his mouth, bourbon, good Scots whisky, opera and classical music – his favourite films include All Quiet On The Western Front, Frankenstein (1931), and The Fly (1958) - James Whale is his all time favourite filmmaker and, in more recent times, he has enjoyed the work (and, shockingly, modern adaptations) of Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat.
dislikes » his family (not really), his friends (who?), his “romantic liaisons”, his business partners and those who oppose him - also the Eurovision Song Contest (yes he watches, he can’t help himself, it’s an annual torture) and modern adaptations of perfectly good films.
hopes » To find or spawn an heir, to continue in his path of success and enlightenment and to buy an Armani suit, something he has been unable to bring himself to do despite being about as much as an upper class snob as you can be
fears » if asked, he might say mosquitoes. Some people might say he’s a comitaphobe, but he’d disagree arguing that he’s never attempted committing, therefore does not hold a phobia, if anything an aversion (he would also add that is a slang term that you would never find in a decent dictionary) or jokingly respond that he suffers from aibohphobia. He has always had issues with hospitals
personality » Alfie is your quintessential English gentleman. Unfortunate thus that he is young and Welsh. He is the eldest son of a wealthy businessman from whom he inherited his name, and on that man’s death two years ago inherited too the businesses that his father had made his millions with; this was push factor in his partial move to America.
He is lavish with his wealth and seems sits somewhere between being a good laugh and a complete arsehole. He can be swift to anger and cold in his business dealings,t he previous year cutting off a family friend due to their being an “economic drain on the firm”. He's intelligent and something of a maths whizz, also having a degree in accountancy and finance and rarely finds himself bested. However if you do, after the flash of irritation has passed one might find themselves generously rewarded. He has a love of language and thus his speech can often lie strangely on the American (and, indeed, the British) ear, he is very much of the sesquipedalian breed and is unlikely to put something in the short form when it could be lengthy.
WE'LL TAKE CONTROL OF THE WORLD,
[/font][/center]appearance » High cheekbones - gaunt look - thick curly blonde-brown hair- currently longer - sharp blue eyes – pale skin - 5’ 10” – thin and muscular
He has high cheekbones, giving him a rather gaunt appearance in some lights, his blonde-brown hair curls whether short or long. He has his family’s sharp blue eyes and pale skin but stands at five foot ten, slightly shorter than the rest of his close male kin who are over the six foot mark. His build is lean and muscular.
His dress is generally trim (check link) – suits, shirts, waistcoats or jumpers and smart jeans or trousers
family » Burton Alfred Harper Senior | Patricia Celia Harper (father | mother) Elisabeth Harper (sister)
others of importance » Lincoln James Harper | cousin
LIKE IT'S ALL WE HAVE TO HOLD ON TO,
[/font][/center]medical history »
criminal history » squeaky clean as far as anybody should know
life history » He was born in Wales to the Harper family and attended an all-boys independent school in west England. He spent his holidays in the Welsh countryside but was what could only be described as ‘wild’ while at school, he did well in class but had absolutely no regard for school rules and guidelines. He didn’t know what to do at university yet managed to gain a place at Trinity College, Cambridge studying finance. He left after graduation, joining his father’s company as a financial adviser, learning the tricks of the trade as he went. In 2008, Burton Senior died and his empire was inherited by Alfie to the dismay of some of the older shareholders who believed he would send them to ruin. Alfie, however, was proven to be more than adequate, equalling with the possibility of bettering his father’s ventures and success.
He chose Addison as his US base due to a wish to see if his cousin, Lincoln, was still an anti-social bastard... then there was some financial reasoning behind it he can’t quite recall. It’ll be written down somewhere.
AND WE'LL BE A DREAM,
[/font][/center]your name » the foremost and first, primary, initial, most wonderful and splendid, simply capital and pioneer of Crossfire Farms cbox lurking, Admiral fArticus Quackington of the Quacking Squad and Rubber Character Fleet also known as Arty, currently on a trial run with a character to see if she has the concentration to roleplay here
age » 20
roleplaying experience» 4 years
WE DROVE AROUND CRAZY IN LOVE?
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