Constantine ech’Malachi

Overview
Full biography found here.

Appearance
Hair: Constantine’s hair is short and slightly messy from his time spent up late at night, subtle yet still noticeable highlighted strands of his primarily raven hair with green and red (much like a hummingbird)

Skin: Constantine’s skin is dark with splotches dotting areas along his body, most prominently being his chest arms and face.

Eyes: His eyes are a hazy emerald green with an almost red element to them.

Height: 5”2

Weight: 115 lbs

Markings/Noticeable Features: Skin marks as seen above and below.

Personality
Constantine is rather quiet and reserved man with an adoration for birds and mechanical wonders, often getting lost in his work or designs spending hours upon hours in the workshop within his store far after closing time. Due to both his insomnia and tendency to get deeply engrossed in his work, Constantine is often a bit detached from the world he lived in but not to a completely unreasonable extent (primarily daydreaming and the like). Though he may seem cold at first as well, Constantine on the inside is a caring individual who considers those around him he trusts to be his family and would do all in his power to protect them and if he grew to love them, Constantine would even lay down his own life.

Abilities
Metalworker Musically Inclined Mechanical Understanding Intelligent Creative

History
Born into the Malachi family on an oddly cold spring day Constantine was somewhat of an oddity to his mother and father, Dorace and Gerard Malachi, due to his noticeably smaller size and the discolored patches of skin that were scattered across his body like splashes of paint which caused a divide between him and other children his age to develop throughout his childhood.

Constantine’s formative years were spent primarily with his mother due to his father taking care of the family store as well as working on his own projects, during this time Dorace served as more than just Constantine’s mother as she taught him the basic necessities of life (things like writing, mathematics, etc…) while still forming a strong bond with her son. This bond would continue to grow in strength even after Gerard began to teach him how to work with metal and mechanical items like watches, due to his distant and hard working nature essentially separating him and Constantine for most of his life as the most contact he received was in his teachings and farewells.

In Constantine’s early teens his mother began to grow critically ill, throwing his rather calm childhood into a downhill pathway which he would travel at least two years after his mother’s eventual passing. Although his studies never ceased Constantine did reserve more time to tend to Dorace’s needs as well as humming gentle melodies in an attempt to soothe her as she slowly began to wither away, even after a visit from the family doctor Constantine’s hope for her recovery was further demolished when Dorace was diagnosed with a relatively new disease that was seemingly untreatable condition, lung cancer, presumably due to the smoggy toxic air they breathed. At the age of sixteen Dorace’s health reached the lowest point it would ever reach on the fateful night that she passed on in her sleep with Constantine by her side as the two rested, waking up to her still form had to be the worst moment in his life up to that point before he tried shaking Dorace from her slumber for several minutes eventually stopping as he embraced her, with tears in his eyes he went to get assistance from the household servant before preparing himself for the funeral to come.

The day of her funeral and burial was a rainy cold and somewhat bitter one for Constantine as he attended the funeral alone without Gerard since he had an “urgent meeting” to attend to on the day of Dorace’s burial. Giving his tearful goodbye as she was lowered down into the ground, leaving the area as soon as he could after paying his respects walking home as fast as he could in the rain. After Gerard arrived at the family home he approached Constantine to try and make amends so to speak only to be met by a reckless adolescent boy who didn’t want anything to do with him after years of neglect on his part, one who simply brushed past him and out of the door choosing to avoid him for months. After a quarter of the year passed the now emotionally sober boy was approached by his father once more on his birthday on a lonely stormy day with a hand on his shoulder without even trying to excuse his neglect Gerard explained how stressful his work was as well as why he was gone so often, he was gone so that they could have better things in life and that it only got worse for both of them when his mother had fallen fatally ill and ending by letting him know he understands why Constantine doesn’t see him as a father and that he wants them to start over again, which they did with a simple yet important greeting and handshake.

The years afterwards were marked by hard work from both parties and the eventual handing over of the ownership of the store to Constantine as a sign of a rekindled relationship and as a sort of thank you for giving Gerard a chance to start over before, as well as the fact that Gerard had reached the age where some tasks were more strenuous than they used to be.

Constantine ran the shop with flying colors so to speak, changing the name to “Violetear Kolibri’s Machinations & Jewelry” as he began to master the trade learning more techniques as time went on.