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Name: Graham Kilgore
Name Meaning: Means 'abode', was chosen from a legend of the Kelpie
Nickname: None
Age: Appears late 20's
Birthday: August 18th
Gender: Male
Nationality: Scottish
Race: Kelpie




Height: 5'11"

Build:
To look at him, his frame appears rather average. Graham has about medium sized bones, very good posture, and little to no body fat. His body is mostly streamlined, with his proportions relatively balanced. He's rather muscular, but not in a bulky sort; his muscles come from a life of wrestling people's faces under water for a living or running in his alternate form, not from a gym or any specific physical fitness regiment.

Skin:
The racial equivalent to describe Graham's skin color would probably most accurately be 'Caucasian'; he's pasty. He's a very, very pale man; his skin can has sometimes been described as sallow. He has no freckles or moles whatsoever, and very few to no scars despite his lifestyle.

Tattoos/Special Markings?:
Graham has a ton of them. No tattoos, but he was born with lines of nonsense text running all over his body. Starting on the back of his hands, the text twists up both arms and shoulders, crosses at the back, loops around his torso, and continues down around both legs until concluding at the top of his feet. The text is continuous, allowing for no breaks, and appears to be black ink with a greenish tinge like you'd expect to see from tattoos. The writing is actually in a language used only by the Kelpies, and depicts the names of all his male ancestors chronologically. Neither his face nor his neck have the texts on them.
<-- Think something along the lines of this, which I totally stole. It's Tolkien's elvish writing. What I'm looking for is NOT Elvish... just something like it. You know, the general feel? Or if you need a different reference, Gaelic scripts. Something flowing and folksy and mysterious looking. ^_^; It doesn't have to be the same and it doesn't have to mean anything; gibberish is just fine. Nobody can read it but Graham and his peeps anyway.

Face
Graham's face is a bit of a lesson in contradictions; there is something strange and frightening about his features, but also appealing. His face is very angular, with high, prominent cheekbones and a straight, pointed nose. He has a high brow that is rarely seen behind all of that hair, and his lips are thin, pale, and set up in the corners in a natural sort of little smile. Indeed, it is often that he is grinning, showing off broad white teeth in the process every time. The general air to his expression is often mischievous, no matter what it is he's doing.

Eyes
Graham's eyes are easily his most prominent physical feature. They are a sort of combination of the two images you see to the right. (I hope this doesn't get confusing!) The shape of his eyes falls in line with the first image; angular, slightly slanted eyes closely topped by thin brows that match the low tones in his hair. The first image eye also matches the coloring of Graham's eyes; where, in the human eye, there would usually be white there is instead black from corner to corner, with a golden iris. The pupil most resembles the second picture; instead of the wicked slant of the first image, he has a rich golden pupil/iris combination.
█████ = "white" part of eye color = #000000
█████ = iris/pupil = #ffbf00
(^^ These exact colors can totally be left up to artistic interpertation; I'm just trying to be clear about the idea. ^_^;; )
His eyelashes are short, dark, and hardly noticeable.
Graham's eyes are very expressive; they reflect every flickering of emotion that he feels. More often than not they seem ominous or wicked at first, and while Graham certainly can be that, it isn't really his default mode. After all, his eyes can spark with amusement just as quickly as they can with malice.

Hair:
<-- That's the general feel of it. ^_^;
Graham's hair is longish for a man; the tips hitting about to his shoulder blades. It is messy, shaggy, and gives the general appearance of being a bit ignored, but not to the point where it's overtly sloppy. His hair is course like a horse's mane and has a strong sheen to it when it hits the light. He wears it in a variety of ways, generally preferring to keep it loose unless he's working; then he ties it back into a ponytail so it will stay out of the way. He has bangs and they're usually falling into his eyes a bit... personally, I think he likes having something to mess with when he's talking to people. He 'styles' his hair by letting it dry in whatever shape it's fallen into when he exits the water... if he weren't so strangely handsome, he'd probably be shunned. The color of his hair is actually a very, very deep green, but in most lightings it can appear black with only a green hue to it.
█████ = #000d01
^^ Probably something like that.

Piercings?: None. Graham doesn't believe in them. He believes in being au natural... er, at least that's what he tells people when they ask.

Water Horse Form
Think of a Clydesdale. Big, strong, powerful, and very, very impressive by way of build. He stands much, much taller than an average man. His mane is wild and free, of the same color of his hair in human form; his tail is also in the same manner, and trails down to the ground, often tangled with bits of seaweed and general loc flotsam. The fur of his body is a pure, ghostly white, and his hooves are the same black/green color of his mane and tail. His eyes retain the same gold/black color scheme that they have in his human form, along with the extremely expressive capabilities they hold.




Style
Graham has expensive tastes; if he had a favorite brand, it would probably be Armani, or something of equal grandeur. He has a lot of ill-gotten gains, and though he's turned himself around, he likes to spend that money. Think lots of strong, sophisticated lines, tailored to fit clothing, and
Signature item(s)?
Graham is always seen wearing this, which is a bronze medallion sporting a Scottish thistle symbol. It is on a bronze colored chain, and easily fits in the palm, so it's not super huge. It belonged to his mother, and though it isn't of much monetary value, it is of extreme sentimental value to him. Go ahead; call him a sap.

Most likely to wear things like this:







Graham hasn't always been a good guy. He is a Kelpie after all, and an opportunistic more often than not, so he had a habit of falling to temptation when it came along. Since temptation usually came in the form of travelers with valuables being seduced into taking a ride to a watery grave, he isn't always the nicest guy. But he had a come to Jesus moment, and Graham takes revelations seriously. So he's had a change of spirits, and he's trying his best to be a good guy. He's working hard, trying to get through medical school, and is clearly both hardworking and smart. He'll be a doctor one day. He's a charmer and has a way with women despite his eerie appearance. He often slips into speaking Gaelic, and though he's generally friendly, you don't want to cross him.



• Grinning playfully, maybe with a playful wink?
• In his horse form, doing anything...
• Pulling his lab coat on over casual clothes
• Standing in a morgue, cleaning things. Or something...