Character Sheet for Raimi Iik
Species
Deliah (Common, Melanistic)
Character Description
Raimi is an adult cismale Deliah in his mid thirties (varies depending on age of the twins for continuity). He stands 5'5" at the top of his head with an additional 3" added by his ears. At his tallest he measures 172cm. Due to his bad posture he is often seen slouching and appears slightly shorter. His most noteworthy physical trait is his almost entirely black/grey fur coat.
Melanism is relatively common among commonfolk Deliah. It can range from a large section being dark and other sections having color to full black coats in extreme cases. Raimi falls somewhere in the middle featuring no natural color in his coat while still having general variety of shades. His tail is broken up by white, dark and light gray and white stripes of various lengths.
His base coat, the dark gray fur, covers his legs and runs up the frond of his hips along the side of his torso connecting to his arms. The base coat continues down the arms length. Black fur drapes his shoulders and back and runs along the back of his hips and just below the buttocks. His chest is a light gray fur which runs down and covers his crotch. The light gray fur continues underneath and covers his butt cheeks.
White fur covers the digits on his hands and feet as well as his throat and face. Light gray fur forms the traditional tearstripe fur pattern which is wrapped by the base coat. His hair is large but bushy and messy. Flecks of dark gray and white are seen among the light gray color. Poking from the top his ears are cover in base coat with white fur on the insides. His eyebrows and nose are black. Black, white and gray stubble lines his chin and a cigarette can often be found hanging from his lips. (Don't smoke please its bad for you and addictive). His eyes are sky-blue.
Personality
Raimi was very charismatic and outgoing in his undergraduate years. By the end of his first stretch he had already fallen in love and been married. As a family man he is more reserved; though still quick with a joke. He has a history of stimulant abuse and is currently sober from prescriptions. In the past he has suffered from bouts of depression and crippling anxiety. This pairs with an extreme aversion to death.
Likes/Dislikes
Loves:
His daughters
Helping people
Likes:
Smoking
Stimulants (cant have em anymore)
The beach
Reading
Films
Science Fiction and Horror
Being cold
Sleeping
Dislikes:
Alcohol
The country side
Being cut off from society
Computers (they confuse him [he uses a Mac])
Contact sports (he thinks theyre bad for health of kids)
Doing car stuff (he says he loves it but it stresses him out a lot)
Talking about his stimulant abuse problem/recovery
Talking about Raz's birth or his wife's passing (details in history)
Getting out of bed
Cooking
Despises:
Talking about death
Insurance
Background/History
Raimi Iik is a reconstructive plastic surgeon born on Barclay City Station and raised in the USA on Earth, Sol. He practices in Chicago, IL and lives in a condo downtown with his two young daughters. Most of his life is split either between his work and raising his girls. Close friends or family members visit during the weekdays at lunch time to check on him and the girls and to provide him company.
In undergrad he met another Deliah studying chemistry. By the end of their bachelors they had both fallen for each other and the two were married after Raimi's first year of medical school. When he was twenty-three his first daughter, Ramzi, was born. Though they hadn't expected to have a child so soon into both their lives and careers it cemented the two's relationship.
During his time in medical school he developed a habit of using prescription stimulants to make the best use of his academic time. Though he kept is under control (in his mind) his wife noticed his weight loss as he was nearing his doctoral exam. By the end of med-school the couple was also expecting their second daughter; adding to his addiction.
Shortly before finishing his MD, Raimi's wife passed away while giving birth to Razumi. Raimi and his wife's family came to take care not only of the kids but also Raimi. Though he had never told anyone many of his friends and family knew of his stimulant addiction. For the first few months the kids spent time at relative's houses while Raimi was cared for in Chicago.
His children would visit once or twice a month during this time. Though Ramzi wouldn't see it and Razumi was too young to understand, Raimi's friends quickly noticed a drastic shift in demeanor when he was around his newborn. On one occasion a friend found him shaking while standing over the baby's crib. Before the end of that year an intervention would be held to address outstanding issues and to help the grieving single father heal.
Surrounded by loved ones Raimi made the decision to enter rehab for his addiction while the kids would be cared for by the kids' grandparents. As a stipulation he would also seek therapy while away. Therapy would help him address the loss of his wife and to address how he felt about his daughter. During these sessions, and with additional input from a psychologist, Raimi would be formally diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and ADHD.
Two months before the twin's shared birthday Raimi returned home to Chicago along with both of his girls. After recommendations from his doctors a schedule was set up to help him stay clean, to help alleviate stress while he got back into work and to help take care of the girls.
Today he is proud to be over seven years sober and has given himself fully into raising his girls. While not working he can be found taking his kids around the city or just playing with them at home. Occasionally, to help release stress, he and friends will attend raves at various scenes in the city. He continues to practice restorative plastic surgery to this day.
Relatives/Family
Ramzi and Razumi Iik, Daughters
World/Setting
Universe at War! (working title)
