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Gideon Marquis - Gideon - 01-20-2024
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Origins: Born of Henri Marquis, brother to the founder of Zalya Fashion, and Kyra Mavros, a model and award winning fashion designer. With such beautiful parents it was inevitable Gideon would grow up to thrive in front of the camera. His formative years were spent in France, but he started modelling for Zalya Fashions as a child, and is currently the face of his mother’s high end clothes line. He’s well travelled and jets all across the Custody for both work and pleasure. It’s a lifestyle that suits him well, for he finds it difficult to sit still. And when Gideon has to sit still, it usually coincides with a (completely) coincidental amount of trouble.
These days he's a star in the world of high fashion, perfumery, and luxury beauty. As well as the darling of Zalya, he is a regular face for prestige brands such as Gucci, Luis Vuitton, Hermès, Dior and Chanel, both in campaigns and on the runway. He takes particular delight in avant garde couture, and does not shy away from controversy.
Most of his life is flashed in titillating glimpses across various social media platforms.
Several years ago he discovered he had a half-brother in London. After an impromptu trip he decided not to tell Hayden who he was.
Family:
- Henri Marquis and Kyra Mavros (parents)
- Genevre Marquis and Ephraim Haart (aunt and uncle)
- Liam Haart Marquis (cousin)
- Hayden Sebastian (half-brother)
Personality: Gideon has perfected the art of smoulder. He is charming, articulate, and naturally good with people, which usually means he is well liked. He has a flair for winning hearts and minds. The devil is a gentleman after all. Socially his reputation is decidedly rakish, yet he is hard to resist despite it, as attested by several high profile affairs. But he has no intention of settling down, usually cheating or revelling in some other drama when he’s done rather than ending things civilly, because ultimately he loves attention as much as he loves women. Despite his antics, he usually manages to retain a friendship with exes.
Aside from his irresistibility (and humble nature, clearly), what Gideon doesn’t know is not worth knowing. He is a font for interesting gossip, and is happy to speculate, though has been known to embellish the information he passes on…
In fact Gideon’s freneticism usually involves him being entirely too involved in other people’s lives. He loves gossip, rumour, and scandal — and has a keen nose for it. When his attention is caught on something, he’ll dig until he finds answers. The persistence sometimes gets him in trouble, especially as Gideon himself doesn’t always take these things seriously, or acknowledges the way it can wreck lives. His friendship circles are similarly intune. His best friend is Saelia Marveet.
He has a wild streak and can easily get carried away, especially when drink or drugs are involved — in fact he can go from life and soul to the eye of a storm very quickly. Occasionally he is prone to bursts of temper or childish tantrum, usually when he is frustrated or feels thwarted. Fortunately, being both a pandered only child and a super rich one at that, it is rarely the case. He’s not actually used to people saying no.
Beyond that, he is naturally curious and enjoys learning new things, but rarely sees them through before he gets bored or distracted. For the time he is engaged, though, he is hyper-focused. Gideon’s interests are varied and sometimes esoteric.
Appearance: Tall, dark hair and piercing blue eyes. Model's physique.
Gifts: He’s a channeler but yet to spark, power level potential 29. Once rediscovered, he will have a marked talent for Travelling.
Previous Lives:
- 2nd Age: Ezra Rashka, historian
- 3rd Age: The Forsaken, Belshazzar, later reborn as Jadis Astarte
- 6th Age: Herald of the Greek Gods, Hermes