Ezekiel VINO

[ZEEK VINO]

Ezekiel VINO

hollywood god*

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»the basics

NAME:

Ezekiel Arturo Vino

NICK NAMES:

Zeek

CLASS:

God

REINCARNATE:

Dionysus

Dionysus, also commonly known by his Roman name Bacchus, appears to be a god who has two distinct origins. On the one hand, Dionysus was the god of wine, agriculture, and fertility of nature, who is also the patron god of the Greek stage. On the other hand, Dionysus also represents the outstanding features of mystery religions, such as those practiced at Eleusis: ecstasy, personal delivery from the daily world through physical or spiritual intoxication, and initiation into secret rites.

Dionysus is the only half mortal god. He is born of Semele and Zeus. As we all know Zeus fell in love with many mortal women. He appeared to Semele as only a divine presence and she was more then happy to be the lover of a god. As the story goes she became impregnate with Dionysus and Hara found out about her husband's infidelity and became wild with jealousy. She convinced Semele she should look upon her lover. Semele, agreed. She made Zeus promise her that he would grant her one request no matter what. Being wildly in love Zeus accepted. When Semele demanded he show himself to her he had no choice, having sworn it, and she burned to a char at the sight of his divine brilliance. However Zeus was able to save Dionysus and stitched him into his thigh making him a god when he was born. This makes Dionysis the only half god in the pantheon.

Hara was not satisfied with just the woman dieing though she wanted Dionysis dead as well. So she paid one of the titans to kill him in his sleep. Zeus found out about the plot and handed Ezekiel over to the northern Nymphs to raise on earth so she could not reach him. This also made him one of the only major gods who roamed the earth.

Briefly, Dionysus returns to Thebes, his putative birthplace, where his cousin Pentheus is king. He has returned to punish the women of Thebes for denying that he was a god and born of a god. Pentheus is enraged at the worship of Dionysus and forbids it, but he cannot stop the women, including his mother Agave, or even the elder statesmen of the kingdom from swarming to the wilds to join the Maenads (a term given to women under the ecstatic spell of Dionysus) in worship. Dionysus lures Pentheus to the wilds where he is killed by the Maenads and then mutilated by Agave.

He is both a loving and destructive god with moods and whims being met instead of thinking things through. He is a brash god but good to his followers.

AGE:

Twenty two

GRADE:

Senior in college

ORIENTATION:

Bi-sexual

FACE CLAIM:

victor norlander

»the image

EYE COLOR:

Blue, the kind of blue ice turns when its thick enough to stand on, all at once light and dark. Usually his eyes seem distant and dreamy as if he lives in a whole different world.

HAIR:

His hair is brunette, the color of a deers hide at midnight. It is light and feathered and he keeps it just long enough to be unruly. When longer it begins to curl and wave making it seem like it is waiting to have fingers run through it.

HEIGHT:

6'2”

WEIGHT:

160

CLOTHING STYLE:

Well he at least has a sense of style. He wears wife beaters under sleek button-ups in white or black most often with some sort of bright color woven into the design. Some times he will veer towards darker colors but normally he aims for deep crimson or wine reds or deep purples.

His pants normally are denim and tight. When he must he wears slacks well and pulls them off pretty well. However he dislikes being too dressy, it makes him feel far too over dressed for any occasion. He just doesn't feel comfortable in formal attire.

Usually, when acceptable, he goes barefoot but in the event he does wear shoes they are one of two things. Black and white forties wing tips or rope sandals made of hemp chord.

He generally keeps his hair loose but when he does where a hat he tends towards one variety. A fedora, like the old mobsters, pinstriped, plaid you name it. He has a thing for the forties and loves the old style gangster feel.

»the story

FAMILY:

Father: Alphonso Vino
Mother: Maria Vino
Brother: Mario Vino
Other brother; Christian Vino
Sister: Janette Vino

HOMETOWN:

Chico, CA

PERSONALITY:

I give you the great performer. He is what one would call a smooth talking sort of fellow. He has a wonderful way with words and talks himself out of almost every situation. His mannerisms are gentle and care free making him quite likable. Almost everyone he meets tends to take a shine to him right away. Maybe its the way he always seems to have a dreamy smile on his face or the swagger in his step but something about him.

One thing very noticeable about Danny is he seems always at his ease. He is almost never out of his element so long as he doesn't mingle with people far smarter then him. It's as if the world doesn't phase him like others. He seems always lost in a dreary blur the ever present half smile on his lips.

This leads people to believe he is usually checked out too lunch or on some substance. Most of the time one of the two is correct. True to his name he enjoys the pleasures of most things that induce madness. He has a problem with hallucinogens, anything that causes him to hallucinate. Perhaps it is because he is associated with madness that his personality draws him so strongly towards the drug.

Honestly he needed an intervention where his drug habit was concerned. Most weekends he is at some party or another screwed up out of his mind. He tends to be rather open about his habits. He sees no reason to be afraid of a little time spent in a world that is more interesting then this one.

He feels like he was meant for it. The drama, the need to keep people partying. He doesn't notice it but often his mere presence intoxicates people. Depending on his mood is how the intoxication eeks out of him. When he is in a good mood weak willed, or minded, people tend to feel buzzed or tipsy. Prolonged exposure can leave one feeling euphoric and drunk feeling. However if he is angry it tends to drive the same lot rather mad. It pushes at their sanity and whispers to let it all go. These are a part of his godliness he has no control over.

He feels constantly like he is forgetting something really important. He also feels like he isn't himself sometimes. At times he becomes lost in thought and wonders how it is he came to be here. Then it's as if everything is normal. The god wants out.

The angry side of Zeek is almost overwhelming though. His laid back easy nature becomes a crackling giant. His muscles stiffen, his blue eyes become hard. He changes so quickly some times its hard to catch. When this happens he is overcome by his urge to just let loose. Its times like this he usually takes the harder drugs to calm down. He feels like he is losing his mind. Seeing as the god inside of him is the god of madness and drunken behavior it fits the bill. Be careful of his rage fits.

PAST:

Ezekiel was born on a vineyard. He, since the day he was born has been living wine. His family runs Goddess Vineyards, irony I know. He knew nothing of the god slumbering happily inside of him. He learned brewing wine at the knee of his father. By five he could tell you when to harvest and how long to store most wine before shipping it.

He could tell you what to drink with each meal and easily distinguish flavors. His family called him a prodigy when it came to wine. He grew up loving it more then almost anything. By ten he was creating his own recipes, with his fathers help from time to time. He was the favorite of four, and the middle child.

His brother Mario was the oldest. Then came his brother Christian. Zeek was the next child and finally the only girl was born, Janette. It was a large family and they worked hard before and after school to keep the family business running.

When he was 15 he started getting a strange power. He couldn't control it or do anything to hinder it but people around him seemed almost constantly intoxicated. Maybe he was hanging out with the wrong crowds. This was also when his friends first introduced him to alcohol other then wine. The boy took it on himself to show everyone how it was done. In high school he was known as the party kid. Every party he went to ended in a wild run from the cops and everyone who went talking about it. Every time he left a string of broken hearted girls, and boys, in his wake as he stormed through the suburbs on weekends.

He was the pinnacle of what one could achieve in the high school party world. Still he was a pretty good student. He only partied on the weekends and worked hard so he could go to college. He didn't want to live in northern cali his whole life. So he went off to LA.

When he became college age he expressed to his parents he didn't want to stay on the vineyard. Though he loved the wine he wanted more. He wanted to show the world what he was made of. So he convinced his family to open him a club in the city. They were rather well off so they humored their son under one condition, he went to school for business. Ezekiel radially excepted.

He studied hard and on his softmore year the club opened. It was sixteen and up and he was the manager. It wasn't a huge sort of deal. It had two dance floors, a stage, two bars, a small outdoor smoking area, and a vip area for those who were invited.

It was on the opening night he met Georgia. She was a blond with a body that could kill. He wanted her, and his presence lowered her inhibitions.

They vanished into a back room and she introduced him to the world of psychedelics. He took mushrooms and the madness over took them. Georgia showed him all the hard drugs and he ate them up like candy. His wild ways took over his weekend life and monday mornings became worse and worse.

Georgia was gone in a week, as he liked to keep it. Ezekiel never liked to get tied down. Each relationship was short, brief, and passionate. Usually it was he who ended it. It was always better just to get rid of them before they could hurt you in his mind.

He started scheduling his classes later so he wouldn't need to deal with the after effects. He is in his final semester of graduating but if he doesn't curb his drug habits he might not graduate.

PRESENT:

Ezekiel is usually pretty busy. He is the sort of person who doesn't do well being idle. He wanders the streets when he is not studying or working. He really tries hard to sit still and just enjoy himself but with out the aid of drugs or alcohol he just can't seem to do it.

So he studies, learns, and takes his work seriously. He loves his life though, despite its short comings. He has this feeling something big is coming and something good. It tugs at him and calls to him. Like the pied piper calling rats. Each time he trips he feels he gets closer. Its like the madness calms him.

»the extra

LIKES:

drinking, drugs, trying new things, partying, meeting people, flirting, lazing about, introducing people to his life style, teasing.

DISLIKES:

anal retentive people, snobs, Hara (she hates him), mice, cops, highly religious people (he is not for traditional religion and a huge fan of cults), the morning after crash.

OTHER INFO:

Dionysus isn't awakened yet. His powers often come forth as general madness/drunkenness around him, lowered inhibitions. He is a god of the stage and when convinced to act he does a wonderful job of it but he prefers to watch then to be involved. When on drugs he harbors extreme delusions of grandeur and often convinces people to follow him during the time while they are more then screwed up.

»the writer

NAME:

Chirp

AGE:

twenty two

GENDER:

girly

RP EXPERIENCE:

almost ten years

HOW YOU FOUND STS:

invited privately on neopets.

RP SAMPLE:

Alexi McMillen

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