Ubaldo Piangi
08-28-2005, 05:21 AM
Frederick Worthington
Age: 27 (Birthday July 22)
Gender: Male
Occupation: Opera singer (Heldentenor)
Frederick Worthington, born Chesterton Ashleigh, originally descended from a noble family headed by the Earl of Hereford. From a very young age, he was brought up immersed in the art of music because his father was a patron of the London Opera. Many times the earl would play records of the most famous operas while the young lad would attentively listen. Chesterton's home life was full of happiness and laughter, and his parents were wealthy enough to lavish him with many expensive gifts. All of that changed after his 17th birthday, when the unthinkable happened. One evening at a masqued ball on his father's estate, the teenage boy was dancing with Elissa, daughter of the Duke of Gloucester, but was called away by a relative who wished to chat with him. A marquess's son, jealous of Elissa choosing Chesterton over himself, saw his chance and whisked the innocent young girl to a bedroom inside the manor, where he proceeded to fondle her. When Chesterton returned to the dance floor, he found Elissa was missing. He called out for her until a maid came running downstairs, then frantically told him she had found the girl while walking past the bedchamber. The young man immediately leapt to action and sprinted upstairs; he burst into the room, drew the saber at his belt, and charged at the son of the marquess. Unfortunately, Elissa was thrown into the middle, taking the steel blade through her abdomen. As she fell to the floor, dying, the cad who had nearly raped her bolted down to the ballroom, shouting that Chesterton had killed the duke's daughter. The police were immediately summoned, everyone present believing the lie told by the marquess's son. Chesterton fled his home, never to return. His life had been changed forever.
While walking one day, he happened to pass the London Opera House and wandered inside. After summoning all his courage, the boy stepped onto the stage and faced the director. When asked his name, Chesterton hesitated, as he did not want to give his real name away out of fear he might be thrown out as the suspected murderer of the Duke of Gloucester's daughter. His mind racing, he blurted out, "Frederick Worthington." He thought it sounded like a name for a proper opera singer to have, not to mention it prevented him from blowing his cover. Chesterton, posing as "Frederick", was thus taken into the London Opera Company and given further tutelage in the fine art of performing on a stage, with many hours of intensive voice training. While on tour two years after he joined the London Opera, word got to him that they had captured Elissa's true murderer and Chesterton Ashleigh's name had been cleared. Yet the young man had grown used to his new name, so he decided to keep it permanently by getting it legally changed.
Frederick has an acquired affinity for the Victorian style that has become a way of life for him. He is a young man with soft, wavy jet-black hair styled to have a part on the left side and the hair flipped over to the right. His sideburns are long--the remainder of a beard he had grown some time ago--and always impeccably groomed; his piercing, steel-grey eyes, squareish face, and large musculature make him an imposing figure at first glance. Despite his height and physical build (which he built up during his time with the London Opera by lifting weights and adopting a high-protein diet to increase his muscle mass), Frederick has trained himself to gesticulate with the grace of a true Victorian gentleman. He even wears a few period suits, although most of his clothing is more modern, and his wardrobe is generally formal. As for his personality, he tends to be rather aloof, distant compared to most other young men his age who often go out to parties and on dates. However, many girls find Frederick to be quite handsome, a man who can be a real charmer if he and a girl happen to like each other. He is quite possessive of the girl for whom he may have affections, only playing dirty if he has to should she be pursued by another man. His downfalls are vanity (he avoids getting his hands dirty as much as possible) and his tendency for condescension to his peers.
Age: 27 (Birthday July 22)
Gender: Male
Occupation: Opera singer (Heldentenor)
Frederick Worthington, born Chesterton Ashleigh, originally descended from a noble family headed by the Earl of Hereford. From a very young age, he was brought up immersed in the art of music because his father was a patron of the London Opera. Many times the earl would play records of the most famous operas while the young lad would attentively listen. Chesterton's home life was full of happiness and laughter, and his parents were wealthy enough to lavish him with many expensive gifts. All of that changed after his 17th birthday, when the unthinkable happened. One evening at a masqued ball on his father's estate, the teenage boy was dancing with Elissa, daughter of the Duke of Gloucester, but was called away by a relative who wished to chat with him. A marquess's son, jealous of Elissa choosing Chesterton over himself, saw his chance and whisked the innocent young girl to a bedroom inside the manor, where he proceeded to fondle her. When Chesterton returned to the dance floor, he found Elissa was missing. He called out for her until a maid came running downstairs, then frantically told him she had found the girl while walking past the bedchamber. The young man immediately leapt to action and sprinted upstairs; he burst into the room, drew the saber at his belt, and charged at the son of the marquess. Unfortunately, Elissa was thrown into the middle, taking the steel blade through her abdomen. As she fell to the floor, dying, the cad who had nearly raped her bolted down to the ballroom, shouting that Chesterton had killed the duke's daughter. The police were immediately summoned, everyone present believing the lie told by the marquess's son. Chesterton fled his home, never to return. His life had been changed forever.
While walking one day, he happened to pass the London Opera House and wandered inside. After summoning all his courage, the boy stepped onto the stage and faced the director. When asked his name, Chesterton hesitated, as he did not want to give his real name away out of fear he might be thrown out as the suspected murderer of the Duke of Gloucester's daughter. His mind racing, he blurted out, "Frederick Worthington." He thought it sounded like a name for a proper opera singer to have, not to mention it prevented him from blowing his cover. Chesterton, posing as "Frederick", was thus taken into the London Opera Company and given further tutelage in the fine art of performing on a stage, with many hours of intensive voice training. While on tour two years after he joined the London Opera, word got to him that they had captured Elissa's true murderer and Chesterton Ashleigh's name had been cleared. Yet the young man had grown used to his new name, so he decided to keep it permanently by getting it legally changed.
Frederick has an acquired affinity for the Victorian style that has become a way of life for him. He is a young man with soft, wavy jet-black hair styled to have a part on the left side and the hair flipped over to the right. His sideburns are long--the remainder of a beard he had grown some time ago--and always impeccably groomed; his piercing, steel-grey eyes, squareish face, and large musculature make him an imposing figure at first glance. Despite his height and physical build (which he built up during his time with the London Opera by lifting weights and adopting a high-protein diet to increase his muscle mass), Frederick has trained himself to gesticulate with the grace of a true Victorian gentleman. He even wears a few period suits, although most of his clothing is more modern, and his wardrobe is generally formal. As for his personality, he tends to be rather aloof, distant compared to most other young men his age who often go out to parties and on dates. However, many girls find Frederick to be quite handsome, a man who can be a real charmer if he and a girl happen to like each other. He is quite possessive of the girl for whom he may have affections, only playing dirty if he has to should she be pursued by another man. His downfalls are vanity (he avoids getting his hands dirty as much as possible) and his tendency for condescension to his peers.