Application for folkmore

★ Character Information ★

Character Name: Lorne Pruitt
Character Age: 28
Character Species: Human + Mutant/superhuman/whatever you want to call it
Current Health: Alive and healthy
Outfit: He's dressed in something someone might wear to an upscale nightclub - a dark crimson button-down top with a delicate gold pattern twisting through the fabric, very snug black jeans, faux leather knockoff Oxfords, and a few accessories like small gold earrings and gold-plated wristwatch. Most importantly, under his clothes, he's wearing special flame-resistant briefs (in case of emergency).

Character Canon: Original
Link to History: Initially, Lorne was created for an X-Men based tabletop game, however to keep things simple, I decided that instead of having him as a fandom OC, to just say that he's from an original world that's very similar to X-Men in the sense that it's just the modern world where some people are born with powers, and those people are treated with suspicion and mistrust by most of society.

As a child, Lorne was raised with his older half-brother. Even before his powers manifested, he never felt like he really belonged in this family, and his father's wife barely tolerated his existence. They were a fairly well-off family, so at least physically and materialistically, Lorne was well cared-for. Emotionally, however... most of the attention was given to Lorne's older brother, who was clearly favored. So at a young age, Lorne started to develop the nasty habit of acting out for the sake of attention. But this only led to an even more strained relationship with his family, as they started seeing him as more and more insufferable. His brother, however, was always kind to him, but that somehow made Lorne resent him even more. He couldn't stand to receive anyone's pity.

Eventually, in his late teenage years, he unintentionally discovered his abilities during a particularly enraged tantrum, where he burned down nearly half of the family home. Words like "abomination" and "no son of mine" were thrown around, and Lorne gladly took his leave from his family and hasn't seen them since.

Since then, he's learned how to get by on his own. There were government programs for people like him, but he viewed that as being a "government lapdog," and wanted nothing to do with that. For a little while, he found others like him. They cooperated and helped each other get by, but he'd never been much of a team player. As soon as he felt like he didn't need them anymore, he ditched them and has been doing whatever makes him happy. For money, he takes odd jobs here and there – ranging from under-the-table work suited for superhuman individuals, to things as ordinary as OnlyFans. It's not the greatest income for his luxurious tastes, so he also tends to work his charm getting various gifts from sugar daddies/mommas when he can.

Canon Point: Current
Canon Iteration: Original
Canon Iteration Explanation: n/a

★ Folkmore Roles & Attributes ★

Skills: Dancing, fashion/hair styling, social media, irritating people, and he likes to think he's good at charm/flirting
Canon Abilities: Basically similar to the Human Torch, minus any cosmic flame. He can create, extinguish, and manipulate flames. He can shift some or all of his body into flame as well, and therefore is also immune to being injured by fire or heat. The flame does not have to generate from him, exclusively - he can create fire at a distance. However, he can only create fire/ignite things that he can see. If something nearby is already on fire, and he's purposely concentrating to look for it, he has a chance to sense/manipulate it, but it's fairly difficult to do. Being wet severely limits his powers. He can heat up his body to help dry himself out, but that can take some time, and he can't do much else until he's sufficiently dry.
Role: Myth
Role Qualities/Attributes: Claws, and curved, elegant horns similar to a cashmere goat
Role Reasoning: The description of the Myth role includes many words I would absolutely use to describe Lorne. He's extremely selfish, egotistical, spiteful, and ambitious. Though he doesn't particularly enjoy cruelty for no reason, he's comfortable living with "morally gray" decisions and puts himself before others. Also does stuff like this.

★ Personality ★

Option 1. What most people tend to see of Lorne's personality is a performance. Usually, his default is to appear sweet and charming, which is almost always insincere. But if he's in a foul mood, he has a difficult time controlling his temper, and tends to act like a petulant brat. Even when he is acting nicely, he still doesn't care to hide how highly he thinks of himself. He is who he is, and acts as if he loves himself unapologetically, and to hell with what anyone else thinks.

Behind his overconfident smile, however, Lorne is desperate for attention and validation, and not exactly self-aware of this particular insecurity. He wants people to admire him, while at the same time, makes it very difficult for anyone to form a proper emotional bond with him. The way he sees it, forming those attachments would give other people too much power over him, while at the same time is totally oblivious to how easily he can be manipulated through simple flattery. He doesn't want to feel tied down or vulnerable, and would rather live freely and answer to no one but himself. He tends to live a fairly hedonistic life filled with parties and one-night stands. On the surface, he'll say he does it just because it's fun, when actually his meaningless physical encounters are less about feeling good, and more about wanting someone else to feel desire for him.

To quote a Marina song, "I feel like I'm the worst so I always act like I'm the best." Lorne can so often be his own self-sabotaging, self-fulfilled prophecy by losing his temper, or even just trying a little too hard in some cases. He also never uses the words "sorry" or "I apologize," and in situations that might require some remorse, he finds other (often insincere) ways to try and talk himself out of trouble. If he can't have validation through affection, then he would rather people hate him instead of seeing him as weak or humble. Love him or hate him, at least people would feel something about him. To Lorne, indifference is much worse than hate.

There at least is still a conscience buried under all that ego and insecurity. He doesn't like to cause pain to other people for no reason. In his mind, at least, there's justification for the morally questionable things he's done. Typically, most of his decisions and actions are based on what is most beneficial for him, and to a certain degree, his behavior can sometimes be molded by his desire for external validation - whether it's for better or worse. And in cases where there are people he actually cares about, there is a rare side of him that can be fiercely loyal and protective. That is, of course, if he doesn't self-sabotage and burn those bridges (literally OR figuratively)!

One of Lorne's major ambitions is to grow stronger. He believes that people born with superhuman powers are better than ordinary humans, and it's not right that they should be the ones who are oppressed. They could be living as gods, but there are too many "bootlicker" superhumans who defend the very institution that holds their leashes. Lorne isn't out for world domination - that's just too much work and responsibility. What he's looking for is any power, riches, or fame that could help him become more influential to change the status quo, or at least live freely outside of it. Fire is already pretty strong, so Lorne isn't sure how much stronger he can get, but in Folkmore, he hopes to find out.

★ Player Information ★

Player Name: Zellie
Pronouns: They/them
Are you over 18?: Very much yes
Contact(s):
Email: zelliealmasy@gmail.com
Plurk: ZellieAlmasy
Discord: Chickenwuss#2366
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