Tom-Tom

[nyghtshayde]

Name: Thomas Elijah Caine

Aliases/Nicknames: Tom-Tom

Age/Apparent Age:18

Gender: Male

Type: Mystic

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 157#

Build: Slender and lithe, sinewy, often described as whipcord over bone

Facial Features: Has almost elven-like features with big, beautiful eyes and a heart-shaped mouth. Small nose and proud little chin. He's got a dusting of freckles across his cheeks and nose and one 'beauty mark' on the left side of his face half an inch away from the corner of his eye.

Eyes: Clear emerald green

Hair: Long, ginger red hair that drapes down like a mane to the middle of his back

Deformity: Pointed ears, long sharp nails

Personality Description: Tom-Tom is a very sweet and gentle young man, but when he is cornered, he will fight like a wildcat to protect himself. Often it seems like he's gone into a dream-like trance or even merely stared off into space; this is when he's most attuned to the spirit world around. He is generous and silly and likes to play. But he is also serious, especially when he's been granted a vision that must be shared.

History: Tom-Tom has no idea where he was born or who his real parents were. From the time he was a baby until he was sixteen, he lived with Sergei, a Romany Gypsy fortune teller in New Orleans. They would travel from time to time, but always they would return to their apartment in the French Quarter. Sergei had his own small shop in the Quarter where he would read tarot cards, tea leaves, palms and where he sold crystals and other trinkets. However, when Tom-Tom was sixteen, Sergei (who was a familiar and recognized his foster son as a Nightbreed and so cared for him and protected him) was shot by a robber one night in the shop. No amount of medical care could help him, and he died in his sleep in the hospital. However, it wasn't before he made sure Tom-Tom knew about a diary he kept that would explain everything to him and would leave him several contact phone numbers that he could call and would lead him to safe places. Sergei's cousin came in to take over the business, and Tom-Tom took some of the money left to him and caught the first bus to Coquille, Oregon, where he was told to seek Cassiel.

Afflictions:

Mystical Afflictions:
Telepathy, Empathy, Precognition, Attunement

Necrotic Afflictions:
Iron Bones

Common Dress: Either faded (often ripped) blue jeans or baggy cargo pants, t-shirts, tank tops, boots if he has to go above ground (prefers to be barefoot). He owns a denim jacket that he bought at a thrift store and a long, black leather duster that he took after he saw someone leave it behind. He usually wears his hair back in braids or a ponytail. Both ears are pierced. At one time, he had his septum pierced but he got rid of it a long time ago.

Personal Belongings: Clothes, shoes, duster, Lord of Illusions tarot deck www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/lord-of-illusions/, a small savings of a few thousand dollars

Pets: An array of stray kittens that he takes in and feeds