Post by The Master on Mar 12, 2012 14:14:19 GMT -5
The Master {Koschei}
The drum beat... the drums are coming closer... and closer...
The drum beat... the drums are coming closer... and closer...
Full name: The Master
Alias: Koschei, Harold Saxon, Prof. Yana, Tremas, and many more
Race: Gallifreyan/timeLord
Planet of Origin: Gallifrey
Age: 900+
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Omnisexual
Affiliation: Oh definitely Bad....
Play by: John Simm
Fandom: Doctor Who
Personality:
To say the Master is crazy is an understatement, but then again, wouldn't you be insane if you have heard drumming in your head since you were 8 years old? He is very aggressive, very controlling, and very brilliant. All the mad ones are though, aren't they?
He does, however small, have the tiniest weak point for the Doctor. Not just because they are they last Gallifreyans, the last two Timelords, but because they were childhood friends. He feels as though, if anyone gets to kill the Doctor, it should be him. The Doctor's death at another's hands would be totally unacceptable.
Most Gallifreyans had a limited sex drive. This is, after all, why they invented looms. But the Master is different. He may not be a sex addict, but he does get around. He has who he wants, when he wants them, and doesn't care about the consequences. He also has a more animalistic side to him than other Gallifreyans would have. He prides emotions, whereas the Doctor tries to keep a calm control in every situation.
Then there's Lucifer. The Master is always just as his name sake says. He's the one in control, the one others obey. HE gives the orders. But around Lucifer, he just... he's in awe. He can't seem to help but to be in awe around the Archangel. He -wants- to work with him, wants to please him. Even the drums seem to respond to him...
There is ONE more quirk... since we're speaking of the drums. You know how, when you're lost in thought, or bored, sometimes you tap your foot, our tap your fingers? Well the Master does the same thing, because of the drums. Its always in a rhythm of 4. Onetwothreefour, Onetwothreefour, over and over. Then again, when you HEAR a rhythm of 4 in your head over and over, you're bound to be effected by it. He's nearly OCD with doing things in fours.
Appearance:
To start, there's that bleach blond hair. It seems to stay perpetually messy wit dark undertones. His eyes are a rich brown, and he's rather scruffy, a bit of a 5 o'clock shadow. He dresses in jeans and a black hoodie most of the time, but he prefers suits. He dresses this way now for warmth, considering his condition. He's also extremely skinny now from his failed regeneration. Skinny enough that you can stick your finger between the ribs.
Then there's also the "flickering", as he calls it. When his life force tries to act up on him and you can see his skeleton. Its eerie, bright white/blue with huge eyes.
Scars: n/a, any he may have had once would have healed upon regeneration
Tattoos or piercings: n/a, again, regeneration
Distinguishing features: Bleach blonde hair
Strengths:
*Intelligence
*Sneaky
* "Flickering" energy blast
*superior strength
*superior speed
* overall he's "tougher" than a human, harder to hurt or kill
*superior senses
Weaknesses:
*Insanity
*migraines from the drums
*The drums in general
*deterioration of his overall health ()when not on demon blood)
*Pride
*anger
*Addiction to demon blood
*OCD, everything HAS to be in order
*(the Doctor, but don't tell anyone!)
Likes:
*Controlling people
*Meat... lots and lots of roasted meat!
*Demons... they're savage... and brilliant
*Lucifer
*Demon blood... he -is- addicted
*Wine
*Suits
*killing
Dislikes:
*humans
*actually... people in general, everyone else
*angels (besides Lucifer) because they're dicks and they smell way too clean
*Hellhounds. he's not scared of them (of course not!) he just can't stand the smell
*Onions... really, anything with a strong smell
Notable Artillery: Laser Screwdriver and the "Flickering" Energy blast
Family: None, but Theta would the closest... Others are long dead
History:
The Master was born into a typical Gallifreyan home. He was named Koschei, and born into the House Of Oakdown. As a child, he was friends with a child named Theta, who would grow up to be the Doctor. They would spend their days running in the fields of red grass in the shadow of a grand mountain, and occasionally they would sneak out of the city. Even in these days, Koschei had a knack for getting into fights and it was usually Theta who got him out of trouble.
Unfortunately, Koschei got into trouble a lot, and his father wasn't a very patient man. Any time Koschei shifted a toe out of line, his father reacted with extreme prejudice.
Like most Gallifreyans, when Koschei turned 8-years-old, he was lead to look into the Untempered Schism, the rift in space and time. The whole thing is a big ceremony, a coming of age sort of thing. Koschei watched the other children go ahead of him, and most ended up crying. Theta was ahead of him and even he turned an ran from it. This was the typical, "good" reaction. He already decided that he had to be braver than Theta and the others, his father expected no less. He was led over and he peered in. He did want to run, but he held still. That's when it happened. The first time ever, he head the drums.
Onetwothreefour...
At first it was just a slight annoyance. Like a song you can't get out of your head. It came and went. Sometimes he'd wake up in the middle of the night because they were just -that- loud. He started at the Academy soon after looking into the schism and even though he was brilliant and a quick learner, his test taking abilities were lacking. But wouldn't your ability to concentrate be hindered by constant drumming?
His father couldn't understand, or wouldn't. Bad grades got punished.
This is when Theta stepped in to save the day once more. The Academy was more like a boarding school. Most kids couldn't wait to go home for breaks. Koschei preferred to stay at the school. He'd tell his parents he was studying, that's why he couldn't come home. Theta noticed this though, how he never went home. Koschei finally confessed why he never went home, and so Theta started staying at the Academy too, to keep his best friend company and to help him study... and also, to help him with his migraines. The drums used to give him awful headaches. Theta would stay with him, humming Gallifreyan lullabies, blocing out all the lights, or even a few times going as far as stroking Koschei temple until he'd fall asleep. Magnus and Ushas, their other two friends, just never quite got it, but they never made fun of it either. And of course, when the four of them, the Deca, made a band, Koschei played the drums.
After a few years the migraines all but stopped. He still would get them from time to time, still severe, but not as often. The "band" had failed. The Deca were no more. Theta and Koschei were both right up there with the highest marks in the Academy. This was when they both discovered their own natural gifts. These gifts would lead to their titles. It happens with all Gallifreyans. Some are more artistic, some are better with math. Koschei had a knack for controlling people, going as far as even being able to hypnotize some. Not all, but some. And somehow, Theta could always snap these people out of their trances. upon graduation, they were now the Master and the Doctor.
They parted ways here, the Doctor helping people, the Master growing more erratic and more... animalistic. The other Timelords tried get the Master to track down the Doctor when he fled and stole a TARDIS, and the Master went after him. However, the temptations of power were too much for him, and the Doctor was forced to trap his old friend in a black hole. Koschei... would never admit it, but that act had hurt more than anything before. He swore revenge, and for the years to come, he made himself into an enemy of the earth.
The years after were mostly a fight for survival. The Master had led such a violent life, he had used up all his regenerations. He tried possessing, looming, making deals with Timelords. Eventually the Doctor intervened, as he does. He made a deal with Death. Koschei got 10 years to live as a good man before he'd be killed again. When his time was up, Death offered him life in exchange for services, which the Master agreed to.
During a treaty between the Timelords and the Daleks, the Master was put on trial and executed. But the Master never stays gone long. He returned, Doctor's Tardis. He was then "killed" again as he fell into the Eye. He nearly came back once more, but ended up trapped, "haunting" the TARDIS and the Doctor.
Then the Great Time War began, and the Timelords themselves brought back the Master. Someone so aggressive and violent would be a huge asset. However, the scale of the war even frightened -him- and he fled, going into hiding by using a Fob Watch and becoming Prof. Yana. He meets the Doctor again as this human form is an old man. He's been such a good man, but due to Martha Jones noticing the Fob Watch, Yana opened it and because the Master once more. He was shot by his assistant, and fled into the TARDIS after killing her. Here, he managed to regenerate. He went to earth under the name Harold Saxon, and became prime minister. He took over earth, captured the Doctor, and very nearly had it all. But the Doctor managed to escape. and told Saxon-Master that he forgave him. However, Lucy Saxon, his wife, shot him, and he refused to regenerate, instead dying in the Doctor's arms rather than facing imprisonment in the TARDIS.
The damage the Master caused was fixed, only a handful of people even remembered the Prime Minister. But some of the few who did managed to use a "potion" and some remnants of his DNA to bring him back. However... things didn't go quite right. Some big had happened on the other side of the globe, something so BIG and earth shattering that this "regeneration" didn't work out right. He came back, but he still looked like Harold Saxon, only with bleach blonde hair. His body was born from death, and could only die. Energy from within him flickered painfully and he literally exploded, destroying the building. The people inside died either from that, or from his 'regeneration' absorbing their life forces.
He ran from this place, freezing, hurting, -dying-, and -so- hungry. And that's when he met Lucifer. He was also willing to believe his word on who he was, after all, he had met Death and been a ghost. There was some kind of pull there. It was almost as if the Devil were using the Master's own tricks against him.
Lucifer had a deal to make. Agree to work with him, and he could keep him alive. The Master of course was hesitant, so Lucifer offered him a free sample. One drink of the Demon's Blood. That's all it took to hook the Master and get him to agree. The demon's blood made him more stable, but it was only temporary. A day or two at most and he'd need more. Now the two of them were in a partnership, and the Earth, the Universe, was in danger.
Role Play Sample: (any from anywhere)
He stood over the rubble of the building that -used- to stand here. He was cold, naked, confused, and so, -so- skinny. What had just happened? This wasn't what he had planned! He was supposed to regenerate!
The drums were roaring in his ears as he tried to think, but he just couldn't right now. He had to find clothes and shelter... and food! Oh, he was -so- hungry!
He fled quickly, grabbing the clothes left over from one of the servants that died when the building exploded. Jeans and a black hoodie, red lining. It wasn't Vicci but it would keep him warm. He ran, faster than he thought physically possible, away from the building and into the darkness. Here he was, the Master of Death, the Master of Disguise, trapped in a body everyone would recognize and perpetually dying.
But at least he still had his drums...