Michelangelo Mattais

[Michelangelo A. Mattias]

:: Michelangelo Aurellius Mattias ::

Basics!

:: NICKNAMES: Michel, Mike, Mikey, Aurel
:: AGE: 26
:: BIRTHDAY: April 1
:: GENDER: Male
:: SEXUALITY: Pansexual- Married
:: FACE CLAIM: Josh Groban
:: MEMBER GROUP: Werewolf
:: JOB:: Lawyer
:: LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, Italian, French, Spanish


Personality!

:: LIKES:

• Artistic things- of the Mattias clan, Michelangelo is arguably the most reminiscent of his own artistic name, even if it was originally spawned from a TMNT reference more than an art reference. He enjoys the arts, fine paintings, and intricate designs. However, this is not just an appreciation of the aesthetics. He avidly draws and enjoys sketching out patterns and making various designs for things in a small notebook he sometimes carries. He will sometimes present these designs to either his father for designs for various guns, and thus a series of more personalized Mattias guns carry his name or variants of it.
• Control in the form of law- Michelangelo is still a Mattias. He holds rules and regulations including the law for the most part. However, rules can be bent without being broken, and like many Mattias, Michelangelo knows how to exploit this. Thus he avidly enjoys the law, finding various ways to stick his fingers into it and make it do his bidding in one form or another. He could easily go toe to toe with most lawyers simply due to his eloquent law bending techniques and his knowledge of said law.
• Money- Michelangelo is more financially oriented than most. It isn’t that he fears being poor so much that he refuses to ever let it happen to him. He’s very careful with what money he has and knows how to run it through various pathways to work for him. It’s all mostly legal means, normally, but that doesn’t mean a high price bidder can’t catch his eye once or twice. In this regard, he’s somewhat more corruptible than others.
• String instruments- Of the various music in the world, Michelangelo enjoys the string instruments the most. They are quite entertaining, and in extension he enjoys musicals and orchestras that play such music. Though he can play a bit of the violin himself, he’s not quite attenuated to it and therefore favors just listening to this music rather than anything else.
• Church- He actually enjoys going for various reasons and is actually quite an avid Catholic when it comes down to it. Though he doesn’t agree with some of their teachings, he still finds the church itself generally pleasing and therefore goes often enough.

:: DISLIKES:

• Immaturity- Michel views himself as someone who is mature and avidly detests those that express immature aspects for unfounded reasons. In this case, he comes down on adults harder than anyone else. While he understands at least in principal that children are meant to be immature, he doesn't tolerate those that are supposed to be grown stepping out of line. He's quick to rebuttle never one to back down from his views avidly believing that not only werewolves but people in general should hold to a higher standard. He's been known to crack down even harder on his own family- always having been the brother that is more than willing to crack down on his younger siblings and even his older one if given the chance. However, considering both of his brothers are steadily becoming adults as he sees it, he has had less of a chance to bite down as hard. To Gwendolyn, Michel is surprisingly lenient - because she is actually a child and therefore can get away with me. He's quick to rebuke her actions when he deems it a worthy note, but he is more kind than not, never holding grudges for such things for too long.
• Losing- Michel absolutely despises losing in any form or fashion. He sees a good deal of things as a challenge in one form or another, and if he isn't the one to come out on top in the end, it tends to be a loss in his eyes. He has an unnatural habit of beating himself up for losses more than normal- becoming a chronic perfectionist of his own right. He wants to be the best- not only to please his father but fill the hole that he feels is within him. Obscurely, even from a young age, he has felt as though in life, he has already 'lost' to Leonardo. Unless something were to happen to him, his older brother will become head of the family, and there is nothing Michelangelo can do or say to stop it. That being said, Michel actually has contemplated a few ways in which he could easily take the inheritance and 'win', yet the fact that like most of his family, Michel feels a strong attachment in one sense or another has repressed these urges and kept him in line.
• His wolf side- It particularly annoys Michel when he his wolf side tries to get the better of him, and thus he is an avid partaker in the medication to compress it out of existence- or at least get it as far away from him as possible. In his mind, it makes him brutish and illogical, and he simply detests it. Possibly the only benefits he sees to having such is his sense increase and his natural healing capacity. Otherwise, it's a bother at the very least of it all.
  
• Swearing / Being crude / negative comments- He finds it improper at the very least and rude at the worst and therefore would never swear unless pushed to circumstances of extreme irritation. He is a man who prefers to be reserved, and if he can't say anything nice, he might as well not say anything at all as he sees it. That being said, despite this, he teneds to mentally swear quite avidly and almost to the point one would have wondered where he got his sailor mouth from if he ever said it aloud.
• Atheists- They particularly annoy him, and he is rather harsh on them without intending to be. They are the lowest of low people as he sees it, and he has an unnatural scorn for those that would rather believe nothing than have some sort of faith and hope. His prejudice is so strong to the point that he is almost always quick to debate the subject and is never one to back down even to the point of mentally judging a person solely on that incident.

:: HABITS:

• Curling his hair with his fingers- Possibly because his hair is just a tad more curly than his brother's, Michel has a habit of curling one strand of hair around his finger especially when thinking about something deep or intrinsic.
• Looking at things form a big picture perspective rather than a detail perspective. He is one to make comments based on this.

:: STRENGTHS:

• Realist- Of his siblings, Michel is possibly the most level headed and rational from his personal standpoint. He is logical to a harsh reality and tends to think in numbers more than feelings. Because of this, he is naturally logical and quick to rebuke with evidence that he has stored in his mind. He lacks the naivety of optimism but is not a pessimist. He has faith in himself but also knows his limitations therefore making him a rational thinker even in the most stressful of moments. By far, this is probably his best quality and tends to be easily defined in his personality giving him an advantage in most arguments and also making him a decent lawyer.
• Artistic- Michel is quite artistic and has a natural ability to both see and draw in photo-realism as well as varying styles. If he had not been born into the Mattias clan, he might have made his life out to be some sort of artist in one field or another. However, because there are very few acceptable outlets for this natural talent, it tends to get repressed into the form of productivity within the Mattias gun lines.
  
• Manipulative- Michel is skilled in law and knows how to manipulate it. He's quite talented at being able to find loop holes and seep his way into things that he isn't allowed to get at or have. As a child, this made a headache for his parents most of the time. However, as an adult, it allows him to seep into the government under his father's orders and preform tasks that would otherwise be hard.
• Confident- Michel is surprisingly self-confident. He has a lot of pride as a Mattias and a lot of pride in himself allowing him to have the confidence with which to step forwards and do things properly. He tends to be overconfident at times- sometimes coming off as too confident for his own good, yet for the most part this is a stronger quality rather than a weaker one.
• Tactful- Michel knows how and when to speak- often using tactful statements and being clear and concise with everything he says and does. Therefore, he is naturally good at rhetoric and has a general ease to his speech like most Mattias. He will delve into pleasant conversation if necessary but actually prefers to be silent.

:: WEAKNESSES:

• Socially reclusive- Though he can stand and talk in conversations as most Mattias are demanded to do so, by nature Michel detest being pulled into such social schemes and would rather be behind the scenes- the puppet master in place of the puppets as he sees it. He has no trouble showing his face but would rather not. He is a man that, if left to himself, would stay inside all day reading or drawing absolutely alone and be perfectly fine. However, this is considered far more than ridiculous to his bloodline and therefore becomes a weakness.
• Judgmental- Michel is a hard man to please. He has high expectations of others, and when they don't meet those expectations, he is prone to judging them and holding them at a certain place in his mind as a result. Though he isn't one to publicly attack someone- save for a quick rebuke in conversation- he is someone who judges and holds grudges rather easily when all things are considered. Once you have slipped into the categories of his mind, you are there all but permanently.
• Regretful- Though he has a lot of confidence in himself within a moment, Michel is surprisingly regretful. He holds a lot of things that he wishes he could change in his life, and thus it naturally holds him back from moving completely forwards whether he realizes it or not. He thinks a lot and tends to dwell on the past more critically than is healthy to say the very least of it all.
• Sensitive- Surprisingly sensitive to what others say, Michel can easily fall down by the smallest negative or derogatory statement sent at him. He hates the fact that he is so weak when it comes to such things, but he can scarcely take a social attack without crumbling on the inside and falling into considerable self-doubt. He is a man who would rather be invisible than criticized which has honestly crippled what career he could have had in art.
• Critical- Michel doesn't know when to stop. He has a habit of being overly critical of others especially when it comes to appearances and presentation. Along with his naturally judgmental side, it tends to cause problems for him more often than not.

:: OVERALL PERSONALITY:
Like most Mattias, Michel is a man who has constructed a front of sorts that most of the world sees. A calm, civil man with a quiet but pleasant demeanor is what most see when they first lay eyes on him, and even within an hour of talking to him, that is what most get out of this young man. He is quite formal and appears to have a natural etiquette and rhetoric that expresses days of old. His formalities are very rarely dropped even when he is encouraged to do so and even when around family. Despite this formality and speech, he appears naturally reserved- speaking only when he is sure someone has finished speaking and using few words to make a reply of sorts. Despite this, he is careful with his words, and they tend to be the right ones. There have been very few times that he has ever regretted speaking in one form or another because of his care and precision with which he executes things. Despite this natural reserve, one tends to find him charming enough with a coy sort of smile and an ease with which he expresses his replies. Conversations are almost always steered towards the person he is talking to, and the subject of himself- unless met under interview or scrutiny- is often left in the dark. As he has said before, he would rather get to know you rather than you getting to know him.

Of course, this makes an aloofness in his personality- a natural lack of intimacy that tends to come along with Mattias at times. He will form alliances of the sort- especially in cases of civil dispute or when there is something to be gained- which he seems to have an unnatural ear and insight into, but otherwise he remains estranged from most. People honestly can't say much though on this. He is not crude nor cruel for the most part and just has a natural indifference towards people's natural first impulse for intimacy. That being said, this is actually more part of his core personality than simply the front he puts on for crowds. He is naturally detached and naturally aloof even amongst his family members- the only exception being for Celestine and Alice whom he has unwittingly allowed to enter the space in his heart he had once vowed none would be allowed to enter. Sure he will respect and honor his father, and sure he is decent to his brothers for the most part- even if Raphael is quite fun to tease and Leonardo expresses some humor in simply existing. Even Gwendolyn will receive a nod from him now and again with some words of advice or encouragement if he deems fit to do so. However, he is simply not that intimate socially. His heart has a hard time fully sitting down and growing attached- this having been birthed majorly by his never quite destroyed introversion and a natural compulsion to not get hurt as badly if something were to happen.

For a Mattias, Michelangelo is surprisingly down to earth under most circumstances. He does have pride in his family but it does not obstruct his rather highly critical yet realistic judgment that seems to keep him in control of a situation even in the more stressful moments of his life. He is virtually almost always relaxed and has a habit of appearing uninterested in things up until he gives you a rather carefully worded statement in one form or another to express that he is or was paying attention. He tends to draw when thinking and avidly carries around a notebook with which he writes not only small things to himself but more avidly draws in. At times, he is often one to invite people to play a game with him while talking simply to have some sort of multitask motion in play. He enjoys all forms of games but naturally sides with things that delve into hard-pressed strategy. By nature he has a high respect for those that are just as witty as himself and has learned through games he can figure someone out and how their mindset works.

Despite this down to earth nature, Michelangelo can be surprisingly active- at least in the field of social endeavors amongst the government. He is good at paperwork and is trained in a lawyer knowing his way around a court room with a surprisingly easy nature. Like the show he can put on for people that require social interactions, he can manipulate a court room, and pulling at the ears of people around him is easy enough. He can sway emotions in a room by presentation alone and has been known to have an uncanny knack for defending criminals with splendid results on his side. As part of his father's wishes, he often picks up certain cases with a bargain on his tongue. "I will defend you... but for a price." This price is rarely monetary. Instead, it is often in the form of alliances. Unlike his brothers, Michel is actually quite aware of their full mafia status as part of Mitchel's wishes. Leonardo was not directly informed because he was the business head and would have been alerted when he became alpha in hopes that he would leave that side of their "family work" to Mikey. Raphael was uninformed for much the same reason. Ironically, it was left to Michelangelo alone to deal with the darker side of their business, and even more ironically still, he succeeds in controlling it with a natural air due to his calm and aloofness. He could say he would do cruel things to others, and due to his disposition, many would believe him, and this was mostly why he was selected for this job.



History!

:: MOTHER: Nadia Mattias
:: FATHER: Mitchel Mattias
:: SIBLINGS:
Leonardo Mattias -older brother
Raphael Mattias - younger brother
Gwendolyn Mattias - younger sister
:: SPOUSE: Celestine Mattias - formerly Blake
:: CHILDREN: Alice Mattias - 4 years old
:: PETS: Celestine's pet mastiff -Duke

:: HISTORY:
Born as the second son of Mitchel and Nadia Mattias, Michelangelo grew up with everything in excess much like the rest of his siblings. He was raised up alongside his older brother, Leonardo Mattias, though he had his own personal nanny of sorts who actually enjoyed gossiping with Leo's nanny about various things including rapscallion pursuits of the young child who had an unnatural ability to escape his cradle much to the fear and worry of his mother and her own servants. By nature he was a surprisingly adventurous and solitary child, and even from his earliest memories, he was aware of the consistent urge with which to get away from the servants and see the 'world' which mostly consisted of the Mattias mansion, for himself. He wanted to be alone in these endeavors, and thus he was quick to escape from his servants whenever possible. During one of his earliest memories, Mikey -as he would later be dubbed by his oldest brother and later adopted by his parents- actually went so far as out the gates- much to his mother's fear and displeasure.

Ironically, this interest in the expanse of the world only seemed to heighten when his started going to school. It was a simple question of 'where was he going' followed by the notion of 'I want to go too', and his desires eventually forced his parent's hands and he was allowed to enter school a year earlier than expected at the age of four. It would be years after this that such a motion would become the stem of minor disdain with which he had for his brother who seemed to naturally have more freedom to do what he wanted- if only because he was older, but this would eventually fall into the background as he started revealing some of his more hidden talents. In school, he was quick to pick up art, and his capacity to mimic the likeness of those around him and the world around him startled his teachers more often than not. He did well in other subjects, indeed, but he seemed to succeed much more in subjects that required innate talent rather than memorization and understanding of which was art and math. He only had to watch one show of math to pick up the pattern, and he only needed to look at someone once to draw them. However, when introduced to music, it was realized that he was tone deaf much to the surprise and horror of both his parents. Well, they supposed, he couldn't be good at everything now could he?

As time went on, the push of his father to follow after Leonardo slowly became apparent in Mikey's mind. He wasn't sure when it started, but some time somewhat early on, he was encouraged to deal with others despite his lack of desire. Like Leonardo, he was sent to various training sessions to try and coax him to become more outspoken, more charismatic. Rather than break, Michelangelo retaliated surprisingly hard. He often sent the people that came to him away telling him that he was busy and didn't want to talk to them. When they pursued him, he threw things at them. Mitchel was quite upset with this at first and had some rather harsh talks with his son. However, each and every time, Mikey seemed to unwittingly retaliate back with mature words that he utterly despised what his father was doing. He was an individual and didn't need to be molded. At the age of only ten years old, he ran away from home carrying a surprising amount of supplies with him. Though ewas a child, he wasn't an idiot. Nadia was horrified, and Mitchel was angry when they finally managed to find him. However, Mikey refused to return home unless Nadia left and he was allowed to talk to Mitchel privately. After that, a deal was struck between child and parent. Mitchel slowly realized just how mature Michelangelo was and slowly bowed to his words making amendments and returning with his own desires..

After that, Mikey did slowly come out of his shell- or at least began to appear to. In effect, he built a mask much more easily than Leonardo had. He smiled when it was required, spoke when people wanted to speak with him or when he found it necessary to add in his own words, but when he wanted to be left alone- when he had a true desire to make them go away, he was allowed to recluse into his room. This deal would spare him a lot of the emotional turmoil that could have wracked him. As he went through middle school, he made a few friends but was far from popular except in the case and place of his art teacher who found him a prodigy or so she said. He did well grade wise and was rather balanced, but other than what he was innately good at, he detested working. One friend, a girl named Celestine, would prove to worm her way into his company by way of art. She was an artist with a talent in contemporary pieces much like he was. They shared pieces and did art exchanges from time to time, but both were rather solitary otherwise and thus left each other alone when was necessary.

Towards the end of seventh grade, he was welcomed into the Advanced Art Society, a group in the high school no less, where he would make better friends of older students there. For the most part, they respected his privacy when he asked for it- which was the only thing he really asked from anyone, and in turn he worked with other artists. It was one of these older artists, a young man by the name of Colton nicknamed Colt by most of his pears, who would introduce him to the inter workings of strategy games. It started out as simply looking at puzzles and figuring out where things went, but as another player was added, it proved to become more interesting for the young Mattias. He enjoyed playing against other minds, and he enjoyed winning. He went on a year winning streak in strategy games that would eventually be noticed by not only those in the Society but also in the school wherein he later joined the chess team with the interest in beating them all. Silently, he proved his inward genius of sorts for such games and challenging tasks, and with this written in notes of his report cards, Michel haphazardly began to reveal to his father just how much his mental prowess could do. At home, he was repeatedly informed indirectly that one day he would inherit a portion of the Mattias weapondom, and many times he was made aware that there was more than just business afoot. Slowly but surely, Mitchel would begin to reveal the darker side of the Mattias name, and slowly but surely, Mikey would begin to understand his slot in it. He would some day be Leonardo's second in command and the heir to the Mattias name if Leon ever died. He would also be the behind the scenes tactician for all the things that Leonardo needed to wash his hands of. As he grew, Michel accepted this task with surprising ease. It was as if he had been born to do it.

As he entered high school, he formally began to compete with his artwork winning a few prizes for his designs or 'sketches' as he sometimes rudely called them. Most of his pieces felt unfinished half the time, and even when he told most that they were not good, they seemed to enjoy them. The only one who would remain as he believed truthful was his still friend Celestine who seemed to be able to look past the artwork and see his mindset behind it. She was an intuitive girl ever still and challenged him to do better. They'd face off in various competitions when the work really started flowing, and not only that, but they began to do so in grades as well. Though he had never considered himself a competitor, Michelangelo made an exception for Celestine.

It was during his freshman year that a woman would come forwards claiming to be pregnant with his father's baby. Michelangelo was startled to say the least of it, and when it was almost all but confirmed by his father's actions thereafter, Michelangelo was not sure of what to think. He could sense the changes in the house and the outward tension that was being created. However, he couldn't bring himself to side with either party or any part of it for that matter. He was almost indifferent to it as he came to terms with the idea that there was a new family member. When the baby turned out to be a little girl, he simply went on with life. The baby wasn't his problem, after all. He'd do his best to stay out of the tension's hair when he could and feign obliviousness whenever he didn't want to deal with it. He fended off Leonardo's questions from time to time and spent more time away from the family and more time in his room. It was his way of dealing with things.

As high school came to a close, he graduated Cumlade, not the best in the school but top ten percent at the very least. Thereafter, though he wanted to go into art school and had actually been accepted to several art schools with which he had applied, his father had other plans. Mitchel came straight forwards and stated that he was going to law school. Michelangelo bowed to the desire of his father but with stipulations as always. When he finished law school, he would be able to pursue whatever else he wanted in tow. Mitchel allowed for this.

Michelangelo graduated Oxford's law school in four years and passed the bar exam the fall thereafter. It was a startling surprise to nearly everyone involved how much Mikey could actually work and how much he could actually do. Even Mitchel himself was more than a little impressed with his son's achievements, but thereafter, Mikey applied to art school, the same one Celestine was going for her masters in. They reconnected after those years, and though he didn't want to admit it at first, Mikey found himself falling for her. She was smart as he was, level headed, and more importantly willing to push him through his art. Sure he had a steady job as a lawyer, but his heart remained towards design, and Celestine and he shared t that love. They married unexpectedly that very year much to the surprise of the entire Mattias clan. Mitchel himself was startled but realized that if he stuck his nose into Mikey's desires, the young man would not take kindly, and there was much use for him still. Thus he eventually bowed to it and accepted Celestine as part of the family. Nadia never seemed completely pleased with it but eventually warmed up to her new daughter in law much more than anyone expected.

Thereafter, Michelangelo settled into the family business and became the lawyer of strings. He did what was asked by Mitchel as well as various other family clients that found his ways in the courtroom rather impressive at the very least fo it all. He worked in design on the side and came to grasps with the artistic side of guns creating various logos and the like for them as well as creating the custom ones. A short time later, Celestine would find herself pregnant with their first child, a daughter they would name Alice. Though he had never expected to be a farther, truthfully, Michelangelo loved every moment of it. He had a job, a family, and everything he could ask for. Though he remained somewhat quiet at least to those that truly understood him, he was happy. As Alice grew older, he couldn't help but love the little girl. She was his pride and joy to say the very least of it all.





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[Soji]

Just gonna accept myself here *salutes*