¤ Messel's Profile ¤
Stats | Physical Description | Personality | Background
¤ Stats ¤
¤ Full Name
Messel Skraag
¤ Species/nationality
Presumably human; this assumption is mostly true, but there's another bloodline running through his veins that even Messel is unaware of.
¤ Gender
Male
¤ Age
30-something
¤ Craft
Middle-class white collar writer of "filler" articles... a journalist!
¤ Duties
Originally Vera's supervisor, Messel's job comes down to being the go-between for the CEOs and the workers. In other words, if the company were to downsize, he would probably be the first to go. His job is a dead-ender and he knows it.
¤ Home
He's wandering at the moment.
¤ Physical Description ¤
¤ Hair
His straight, greasy brown hair falls about midway between his chin and shoulder.
¤ Eyes
Washed-out, colorless eyes fall somewhere in the spectrum between cloud-grey, periwinkle, and mud-green.
¤ Physique
Medium-tall at about 6'2", and skeletal in form, Messel tends to loom over just about everybody. He is also long of limb, with long, bony fingers.
¤ Appearance
His face is long, narrow, and weasel-like, but with his prominent features including a longish, narrow nose, at times he appears more like a vulture, the harbringer of death. His skin is pale and sickly.
¤ Personality ¤
¤ Attitude
Messel is the type to kiss up to authority and treat those below him as little better than dirt. This includes contracted columnists and other writers, minor editors, and even the janitor. He has a habit of kicking small animals when he's in a sour mood.
¤ Hobbies
Messel has never had the time or "opportunity" to develop any hobbies besides complaining.
¤ Likes and Dislikes
He'll be quick to belt out a list of his dislikes: office-brewed coffee, snot-nosed hotshot newcomers, the crappy ventilation system, pollen levels, the list goes on. If one were to give him a topic, he could make a list. However, something has changed in his life to alter his outlook on life: a fire drake named Phoenix. This little guy, while claiming Vera Kempler for his own, has also made himself a permanent fixture in the lives of her closest friends, and fortunately, this includes Messel. And while he can't exactly make a list of things he likes, he can if to no one else, admit to himself that he enjoy's Phoenix's company.
¤ Other quirks
There is something hidden deep within Messel that is linked with his non-human bloodline. With the coming of Phoenix there is something ... fiery ... stirring within the man. The fire drake and Messel find themselves drawn to one another, even though there are aspects of their personalities that repel the other initially. In the future, Messel will find this occurs with just about any literally fiery creature. And as time passes, he will come to realize the why's of this strange development.
¤ Background ¤
¤ Family
Messel doesn't discuss his home-life and history, but everyone has their own theory. Generally it is accepted that he lives alone, and has had a disappointing life in general, otherwise he would not be so nasty to everyone...
¤ Pets
none.