{NAME}Legally his name is now Bertrando Emem-Hestersen, but he still goes by Pilot Cardinal Emem (uh-mem)
{ALIASES}"Bert" "Rando" "Rambo" "Ran", his gamertag is ExecuteElectrocute which has also earned him the nicknames "ExEl" and "Cute^2" (Cute squared). He also used to troll the Pilot chat under the name CYCLONESROOLE.
{AGE}25
{GENDER, SEXUALITY}Male, but is very aware of the 'feminine' aspects of his appearance.
He is attracted to 'masculine' qualities and 'masculine' presenting individuals regardless of gender. He is also polyamorous.
{SPECIES/ETHNICITY}Largely of Serenian and direct fae descent, with some other things mixed in.
AEDOLIAN BITCHEZ!
{HEIGHT/BUILD}4'9 and dainty af, candidacy seems to have done nothing to gain him any muscle mass, though he isn't actually as delicate as he appears.
{OCCUPATION}Pilot Cardinal and memeber of the Aurora Cyclones, part time troll
{RESIDENCE}Aurora, Aedolis
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{PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION}Rando is small. Especially for a Pilot. His skin is very pale and has an almost opalescent quality, mainly with soft pink undertones. His hair is about shoulder length at its longest and is a dark plum purple in color. In the center of his forehead, about an inch below his hair line, is a small circular jewel that is normally opal like in color but has been known to change with his mood. It is unknown by most if this is a dermal piercing or part of his biology. Rando has large baby doll like eyes in a pale iridescent lime green color.
The most striking aspect of his biology however are his
damselfly like wings.
He has been mistaken for a doll or child on multiple occasions.
{PERSONALITY}FRAT BOY 101Rando loves being in a squadron. He loves the camaraderie of it and it turns him into a bit of an obnoxious douche. He is the first one to talk shit about anyone not on the Cyclones because obviously they aren't awesome like the Cyclones are. He is totally game for pounding beers and playing any of the Tactical Warfare games, Call to Arms games, or Kingdoms of War all night. He will still be ready for training the next day too and will definitely rag on anyone who isn't.
CHIHUAHUA SYNDROMEAll bark and no bite. Bertrando acts very tough and aggressive, especially on line, despite his tiny figure. It's less a compensatory thing and more of a 'don't under estimate me' thing. He is very aware that his personality and appearance contrast each other, but doesn't actually have a complex about his looks or size. However he can't stand being talked down to or over looked because of it. He is a Pilot in his own damn right. You don't graduate for being cute.
DO IT FOR THE LAWLZWhether or not you find his trolling and 'humor' funny is a personal matter. He happens to think he is hilarious and great at it and may pout if you tell him otherwise.
GLASS HEART ON MY SLEEVEDespite trying to act tough, he is a very emotional, loud, and passionate individual. It is intensely difficult for him to hide his emotions, but he turns them into a source of motivation and strength whenever possible. He can't lie about how he feels. He can lie about other things, but not his feelings.
WOULDN'T YOU THINK MY COLLECTION'S COMPLETE?Rando is actually really sentimental and collects all kinds of various trinkets and cute things... especially if they are shiny or soft, but they all have sentimental meaning to him in some way so if anyone fucks with them or says shit about his collectibles he loses it.
DAD MATERIALIs actually really great with small kids and loves them despite any implications to the contrary. This stops applying to kids 12 and older. They are brats. :|
Fun Facts!:- Despite his strong fae background he can lie. However he has a hard time lying when it contradicts his true feelings.
- Is often confused for his boyfriend because if you looked at them both you would assume based on their personalities that Rando was the big intimidating looking one and Vasili was the small demure one.
- HUUUUUGE SWEET TOOTH.
- Can pack away grain alcohol like its nothing but anything with a fruit or nut base goes straight to his head.
- His gamertag before candidacy was WingedPrayer.
- Secretly loves cartoons... both ones intended for adults and for kids
- Used to have a huuuuge lop bunny but he had to give her away when he got drafted into candidacy
- He met his first boyfriend in candidacy and found out the hard way why you don't date other candidates.
{SPECIAL ABILITIES}Telepathy- Enough to be a Pilot.
Electrokinesis- Not necessarily the most powerful but very skilled. Scarily so.
He is very skilled with firearms but is better with smaller ones as apposed to larger rifles.
Some assumed glamour magic, however despite his obvious fae heritage he seems to have inherited psionics from his father's side instead. Which is fine by him. It hasn't stopped people from speculating on his 'faerie magics' or accusing him of hypnotizing people.
{RELATIONSHIPS}Vasili Hestersen- His husband (they eloped! 8D) and fellow Pilot and Aurora Cyclone. Their personalities are often believed to be complete opposites but they work well together.
Zirconium- Bertrando's dragon. A small white and largely mechanical younger dragon who has not had many Pilots since its hard for him to find one small enough for him.
Seiteki Tora- His mentor from candidacy and his 'mamateki'. He loves her like she is his parent, he never really had good ones growing up so she is really important to him.
Yavul Hyakinthos- Rando's 'big brother', one of Seiteki's former candidates. Rando really does see him as family.
Sparrow Anderson- Another of Seiteki's former candidates. Rando and her were also candidates together for a while. She is like a sister to him though they aren't as close.
Lilo Hestersen- Technically his stepchild? He doesn't think of them that way. He wants to be friends with Lilo but sometimes that is really hard. Not to mention awkward.
Aeron Holyfield- Commander of the Aurora Cyclones and the best trash squad mom who is totally not mom.
{HISTORY}Video games saved his life.
At least, as far as Bertrando is concerned they did.
Growing up on the streets of Aurora isn't as glamorous as it seems. Especially when you are small and frail looking, and they are the
wrong streets.
His dad was a big time gang member in Aurora who finally got arrested when Rando was seven, and his mother was too busy doing and making drugs to care about him. He was looked out for by some, and hassled by many others. But video games...
He had a knack for those. Especially for the first person shooters. Maybe it was from growing up will gang violence as a norm, but even the virtual simulator versions of the games were easy for him. They made him feel good. Tough. Strong. Fearless.
Instead of some kid who cried himself to sleep at night.
He played games as much as he could, at arcades too when he was able. He started gaining a rank. He was getting on par with professional gamers. He was fourteen when he started gaining popularity and got his first sponsors. He got a small apartment of his own in a better neighborhood. Got a new custom game console. Started a gaming channel where he posted videos, got invited to gaming conventions... he was getting famous.
And then when he was seventeen he accidentally fried a game console at an arcade where he was making an appearance. He had never once suspected he was psychic before then. It wasn't long after that he was deemed telepathic enough to become a candidate and that whole nightmare started.
In the first two stages his gamer cred meant nothing, and the training and learning was all so hard, he was sure he was going to be TRIM'd on several occasions. When he reached stage three things changed a bit. He found he was good at working in a team environment, and that all the tactics he learned playing his games had practical application in the drills and simulations run in that stage. Stage four was tough, being electrokinetic meant spending more time reigning the unpredictable and destructive element in- or it should have meant that, but he was good at it.
Really good.
It took him five and a half years to graduate but he knew exactly what he wanted to do as a Pilot. He wanted to be an Aurora Cyclone.
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