Re: Shi Thanatos; his birth was on English soil, in Dover in fact, but he grew up in The Netherlands for the most part. Religion was a modest influence but was never strong with him and he rejected it easily enough. He didn't believe and only believed in himself. It was arrogant from the start but this is Thanatos. It is his mother (who still lives) that he credits with the way he turned out - and this he thinks is a good thing. She was a respectable, modest woman who he thinks had the most fierce of gazes and also can rap your knuckles better than anyone. Ever. A solid, unyielding figure that he enjoys speaking to time to time. He is an only child, his birth too difficult for his mother for her to even consider another child. His life was pretty middle-class with struggles and tension at times but they got by. His father was a quiet, stern man but, once more, it is his mother that he finds he learned most from. He had few friends growing up but never really dated at all. The immense amount of awkward with that just had him nearly run from the idea of it. He managed perhaps once or twice but recoiled from doing it very much more. He came to American in his mid-twenties, found work and settled down.
Theseus; born in Ireland, primarily raised there and yet another only child. His father was an Englishman, his mother a vivacious Irish woman who he pretty much took after in ways. His upbringing was a happy one, marked with traveling and vivid storytelling from both parents who enjoyed being themselves. He wouldn't have wanted them to be strict parents anyway. He never had it all as a child but he knew how to get what he wanted as he grew older. Though his parents clashed somewhat over religion, Theseus went down the agnostic route like his father though he never disrespected his mother's faith. She was his mother, his darling mother with a loud laugh and a foxy nature. And during his school years, he had a number of sweethearts, girls he adored and girls he used and left aching for him. He arrived in the States in his twenties, his father deceased at this point but his mother was well and alive - and still is. Then Theseus went and got married three times. His second wife (Anna) is the one he has the poorest relationship with while his third (Darla) he continues to meet with for naughty good fun. The first (Grace) he does see but somehow his mouth gets him into trouble and then everything tends to go to hell. He wouldn't mind marriage again or even having children (he would rather like a daughter for once). It just requires getting that far.
Troilus; born to Russian parents in Moscow, he is another only child. Like others, he did come over in his childhood to the States but he has always maintained a healthy relationship with his homeland and birth city, having visited frequently since childhood. His Russian is fantastic and he doesn't think of himself as anything but Russian (in this life - he is Trojan in every life). He has plenty of family, including cousin Patroclus, and these are the people he refuses to let go. Even if Patroclus breaks his heart as much as he breaks his cousin's. Ah, drama. And being a looker, he has had a healthy number of ex-girlfriends as well (primarily Russian). He clings to his Russian Orthodox upbringing hard, though the best and worst of times. His upbringing wasn't also so well-off, with some struggling but family could be relief upon during the hard times. Family always comes through. Ideally, he would like to marry, would like to have children but it's a matter of giving enough of a damn about a woman to do so. One that cannot be Polyxena unless he wants his Trojan family to never recover from that shock.