OOC:*(On the Second or more Applications, only the name is needed) [Name:] Ana IC: [Name:] David Jonah Matheson [Age:] 22 [Birthday:] February 29, 1986 [Race:] Werecreature [Physical Description:] David is tall with dark, curly hair and dark eyes. He tends to always keep himself well-groomed and well dressed. He's well-built and fit and while likes to keep himself in shape, he doesn't yet have to put any real effort into it. [Personality:] To others, David seems to be a young, upstanding son of a high ranking United States senator and a promising and talented student studying international relations at one of London's more prestigious schools. He's charming and charismatic...most of the time. He still hasn't quite learned to always keep on the mask. On the inside, David has his own plans for his life (that are not the same as what his father wishes for him), and a dark streak he carefully hides from the rest of the world, no matter how charming he may smile at others. Likes:a good whiskey, money, lovely women, and flouting the law when he can get away with it. Dislikes: being told what to do, not getting what he wants, his father (most of the time). [History:] David was born on February 29, 1986 during his father's second year as governor of California. David's father served two terms as California's governor until, in 1992, he was elected as one of California's representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. David's father served four terms as a representative before running for the position of one of California's Senators in 2000. Ever since then, his father has served in the U.S. Senate. Accordingly, David's life has revolved around politics and the powerful in the nation. He has learned a great many lessons from this life, the most important of which -- to him -- is how one disguises one's true self behind a mask of pleasantries and charm.
At the age of thirteen, David was bitten by a supposedly rabid coyote in his home's backyard on a moonlit night. He didn't get sick, though, and went on with his life. At least, until the next full moon came around and his body went through his first transformation. He was now, officially, a freak and went to great lengths to hide it, once he understood what he was. He tracked the moon cycles with an intense obsession and would make sure he was never available to do anything on any night around a full moon. While he was able to keep his deficiency a secret from the rest of the world, David wasn't able to keep it a secret from his parents. They, too, went to great lengths to keep the secret and it was probably only Jonah's great desire that his son's deformity stay secret at all costs (for fear of a scandal) that he didn't send David to every doctor in the country trying to "fix" him. Despite all of this, David went to the best private school money could buy and did well there, making many...contacts (he never considered them friends) and high scores in all of his classes. After high school, he went into the pre-law program at Georgetown University, again doing well before getting accepted into the study abroad program and getting sent to study at the London School of Economics and Political Science for a semester.
David's father wants his son (despite his nature as a were) to follow his father's footsteps and go into politics. David got into the study abroad program precisely to get away from his father and his father's wishes. In reality, David is more his father's son than he'd ever are to admit. There is a dark, rebellious streak in him, that manifests itself in subtle ways. He has a certain disdain for authority and some might think he's studying law only to learn all the ways to slip around it. There is potential in him for proclivities that are even more dark, touched with violence and a hint of madness. While he has yet to act in a violent manner (at least nothing that couldn't be explained away by drunkeness, or covered up and hidden), the thoughts are there just under the surface.
He doesn't actually know the true reason why he transforms into a coyote at the full moon, beyond what he's seen of werecreatures in movies and the like. As of yet he has no idea there's a greater supernatural world out there nor does he understand the real implications of what he is. [Weakness:] That dark streak will get him into trouble eventually, and likely trouble he won't be able to talk his way out of. Deep down, David truly cares for no one besides himself and has no one he considers a real friend, just people he can get things from. He's also overconfident and arrogant (especially with the invulnerability of youth) and it's only his natural charisma that prevents people from writing him off as a pompous asshole. While he can shapeshift, it's only during the full moon and it causes him agonizing pain. Since he is so paranoid about being discovered at this time, he goes to extra precautions to prevent discovery and while become a virtual prisoner in his home until he feels it's safe to come out once more. He is also vulnerable to silver. [Strengths:] David's an exceptional actor and liar as well as charming and handsome and he knows all of these things and uses them to their utmost advantage. Being a were-coyote, he is immortal, though he doesn't yet realize this. He also has increased healing ability, which he has noticed. Magic has no effect on him, though with his lack of knowledge of the supernatural this is not something he knows. He also has heightened speed, strength, agility and senses, though he attributes most of this to being extremely fit and young and healthy. [Family:] Parents, Jonah Matheson, is the senator representing California in the U.S. Senate. His mother, Marion, spends her time working with charities and other socialite, country club sort of activities. David rarely speaks to them. [PB:] James Franco