Post by Asylum on Oct 8, 2011 3:03:04 GMT -5
Character Name: Nico "Nails" De Luca (Only his mother still calls him by his fully given name Nicola Christophe.)
Model: Alex O'Loughlin
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 215 lbs.
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks: Various scars from childhood rough-ups, also a few from....manhood. -smirks-
Persona: He has an aire of confidence that would rival Capone's. He can also be kind and compassionate given the circumstances and on the other side of the coin he can be a ruthless, violent bastard....again given the circumstances.
Status: Attached
Known Relatives: Giovanni "Gio" De Luca (Brother - Alive), Pasquale De Luca (Brother - Alive), Daria De Luca (Sister - Alive), Basilio De Luca (Brother - Alive), Faustino De Luca (Brother - Alive), Filomena De Luca (Sister - Alive), Alvise De Luca (Brother - Alive), Macario De Luca (Brother - Alive), Cosma De Luca (Sister - Alive but Missing), Giovanni De Luca (Father - Deceased), Alessandra De Luca (Mother - Alive)
Residence and Property: A house (nothing grand despite his finances), Bella Spiriti, a high end, classy entertainment, speakeasy....as well as owning a few lower class speakeasies. Also owns a dance hall and an Italian restuarant, a little pasta and pizza place. A hide-out in parts unknown.
Occupation: Business Man/Crime Boss
Languages (Aside from English): Italian
Talents: He can cook a great Italian meal.
Weaponry: A hand made "mace" - made from a childhood baseball bat and nails, made when he was considerably younger. Keeps it handy and still uses it when he feels the need to beat some sense into or out of someone.
1909, 2nd Model, .38 cal Iver Johnson Safety Automatic revolver.
Early 20's John Browning Riverside Arms sawed off 12 gauge pump action shotgun.
And of course several Tommy Guns.
Concept: Third born into a growing Italian family, Nico was...the trouble maker, one of the more troublesome of them anyways, in a family of ten siblings, of course there were bound to be more than one. His troubles however tended to lead him toward a violent resolution, especially the older he became.
At age 15, he beat a boy so severely, it left the boy in the hospital for some time and without the use of his left leg, he'd torn the kids kneecap to shreds with the home made "mace" he'd constructed. All because the kid had stolen one too many lunches from him during their years. He served his sentence, expelled from school, grounded, given a good beating from his papa and carried on. The next year, the De Luca family uprooted from Italy and headed for America, hoping a change of scenery would help to keep the boy out of trouble.
It worked, for a while. There were still the minor disruptions of course but nothing violent. He was behaving...though he still carried around that bat, which probably had more to do with the lack of violent trouble than anything really, that and word gets around fast....when you have a sister spreading the word of your violent tendencies....but that was ok, it kept the bullies and thieves at bay, for both him and his sister.
In the end of his 17th year however, a friend, his best in fact...for whatever reasons, thought perhaps he would be immune to the occasional and at that point in time, non-existant, violent outbursts.
Nico'd been carrying a torch for this real doll. His best friend knew it....so when Nico found them in the middle of their very own petting party, something in him snapped. His best friend would find himself on the wrong end of Nico's anger and Nico found himself in some serious trouble with the law.
The sentence was more severe this time and there was no illusion of youth to save him. He served his time, mostly in peace but held his own otherwise.
Upon his release, he would find his father deep in the bottom of a bottle, siblings old enough were scattered to the wind and mama was holding what was left of the family together. Being the oldest remaining De Luca boy, it would befall him to pick up what was left of the pieces of a family falling apart.
He found work, where and what was inconsequential, it kept his family afloat and kept himself on the better side of the law this time, it did not stop the steady river flow of what was buried within him.
If his father had survived a few more years, the Prohibition might have saved him, might have but Nico quickly realized it would not have, it just would have made his family life that much more miserable. The down turn of the economy did number enough on them, on him. He lost the job he'd had, the one thing keeping them together, keeping him together but a quick fix came along.
The beginning of the Prohibition would find him under the tutilage of, as some would say, less than kosher characters. But he found he fit right in, as if he belonged. He made quite the impression in fact.
He worked his way in and up until he himself took over.
His youngest sister was kidnapped at some point also while he served his time, by what would become a rival, though he is unaware of the full details yet. He is looking for his baby sister however.
Additional Comments:
If you'd like to play one of Nico's siblings, by all means they are available to play, except Daria. Just speak up and let me know.
Siblings are listed in order of birth, Nico being 3rd born.
Model: Alex O'Loughlin
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 215 lbs.
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks: Various scars from childhood rough-ups, also a few from....manhood. -smirks-
Persona: He has an aire of confidence that would rival Capone's. He can also be kind and compassionate given the circumstances and on the other side of the coin he can be a ruthless, violent bastard....again given the circumstances.
Status: Attached
Known Relatives: Giovanni "Gio" De Luca (Brother - Alive), Pasquale De Luca (Brother - Alive), Daria De Luca (Sister - Alive), Basilio De Luca (Brother - Alive), Faustino De Luca (Brother - Alive), Filomena De Luca (Sister - Alive), Alvise De Luca (Brother - Alive), Macario De Luca (Brother - Alive), Cosma De Luca (Sister - Alive but Missing), Giovanni De Luca (Father - Deceased), Alessandra De Luca (Mother - Alive)
Residence and Property: A house (nothing grand despite his finances), Bella Spiriti, a high end, classy entertainment, speakeasy....as well as owning a few lower class speakeasies. Also owns a dance hall and an Italian restuarant, a little pasta and pizza place. A hide-out in parts unknown.
Occupation: Business Man/Crime Boss
Languages (Aside from English): Italian
Talents: He can cook a great Italian meal.
Weaponry: A hand made "mace" - made from a childhood baseball bat and nails, made when he was considerably younger. Keeps it handy and still uses it when he feels the need to beat some sense into or out of someone.
1909, 2nd Model, .38 cal Iver Johnson Safety Automatic revolver.
Early 20's John Browning Riverside Arms sawed off 12 gauge pump action shotgun.
And of course several Tommy Guns.
Concept: Third born into a growing Italian family, Nico was...the trouble maker, one of the more troublesome of them anyways, in a family of ten siblings, of course there were bound to be more than one. His troubles however tended to lead him toward a violent resolution, especially the older he became.
At age 15, he beat a boy so severely, it left the boy in the hospital for some time and without the use of his left leg, he'd torn the kids kneecap to shreds with the home made "mace" he'd constructed. All because the kid had stolen one too many lunches from him during their years. He served his sentence, expelled from school, grounded, given a good beating from his papa and carried on. The next year, the De Luca family uprooted from Italy and headed for America, hoping a change of scenery would help to keep the boy out of trouble.
It worked, for a while. There were still the minor disruptions of course but nothing violent. He was behaving...though he still carried around that bat, which probably had more to do with the lack of violent trouble than anything really, that and word gets around fast....when you have a sister spreading the word of your violent tendencies....but that was ok, it kept the bullies and thieves at bay, for both him and his sister.
In the end of his 17th year however, a friend, his best in fact...for whatever reasons, thought perhaps he would be immune to the occasional and at that point in time, non-existant, violent outbursts.
Nico'd been carrying a torch for this real doll. His best friend knew it....so when Nico found them in the middle of their very own petting party, something in him snapped. His best friend would find himself on the wrong end of Nico's anger and Nico found himself in some serious trouble with the law.
The sentence was more severe this time and there was no illusion of youth to save him. He served his time, mostly in peace but held his own otherwise.
Upon his release, he would find his father deep in the bottom of a bottle, siblings old enough were scattered to the wind and mama was holding what was left of the family together. Being the oldest remaining De Luca boy, it would befall him to pick up what was left of the pieces of a family falling apart.
He found work, where and what was inconsequential, it kept his family afloat and kept himself on the better side of the law this time, it did not stop the steady river flow of what was buried within him.
If his father had survived a few more years, the Prohibition might have saved him, might have but Nico quickly realized it would not have, it just would have made his family life that much more miserable. The down turn of the economy did number enough on them, on him. He lost the job he'd had, the one thing keeping them together, keeping him together but a quick fix came along.
The beginning of the Prohibition would find him under the tutilage of, as some would say, less than kosher characters. But he found he fit right in, as if he belonged. He made quite the impression in fact.
He worked his way in and up until he himself took over.
His youngest sister was kidnapped at some point also while he served his time, by what would become a rival, though he is unaware of the full details yet. He is looking for his baby sister however.
Additional Comments:
If you'd like to play one of Nico's siblings, by all means they are available to play, except Daria. Just speak up and let me know.
Siblings are listed in order of birth, Nico being 3rd born.