Jericho V. Malik

Name: Jericho Viktor Malik
Nicknames: Jer
Meaning: Jericho = "City of the Moon"

Age: 25
Height: 5'11"
Weight:168 lbs

Sexuality: Whatever he feels like

Father: Nikolai Malik
Mother:Luciana Malik
Brother:Micah Malik

Ethnic Background: Romanian/Pakistani
Occupation:Prospective Club Owner
Residence: Ponta Delgada, São Miguel (Azores)
History:

Born to Nikolai and Luciana, raised to be the ideal son, the perfect heir. His mother was an absent presence in his life; she was more concerned with parties and expensive trips around the world. Nikolai was shadow cast over Jericho's childhood, looming over him, judging each action his son made. Jericho's obsession with perfection began at an early age.

He was raised mostly by his father's associates; men and women with free time to attend to the boy's needs. School was uninteresting and hardly a challenge but Jericho excelled in his studies, consistently earning top honors. He attended university and studied law at his father's behest. Jericho was tasked with becoming a criminal defense attorney, a job he would play in order to facilitate his father's needs. Cronies were no good if they were locked behind bars and time in jail tended to loosen lips.

Jericho has no recollection of a mauling but it was at the age of seventeen that he became 'infected'. He has since adjusted to the life of a werewolf as best as one might manage, though he finds his animal half nearly impossible to control. The transition was made easier due to the fact that his father serves as the leader of the local werewolf chapter.

Nikolai owns a research and development firm that specializes in technologies geared towards the medical field. This business is in fact the backbone of a network Nikolai put into place in order to offer werewolves a means to operate within normal society undetected and with little worries. That said, the majority of his employees are not exactly human.

This includes his son.

Personality:

If all the world's a stage, then Jericho is its most dedicated actor. He projects a bright and charming demeanor, and his charisma is enough to compel curiosity and admiration. He uses this ability to charm to his advantage, building a network of relations that he can call upon like a player might a trump card.

It's with a near expert grace that he maintains the ruse; most people do not realize they have been manipulated until long after the relationship has gone cold. He's so expert at his own game that Jericho often fools himself. He is ignorant to his crimes until a person is utterly destroyed. It's then he realizes what he's done, it's then he feels the guilt and regret. But he can't stop. It's a pattern of behavior he cannot break.

Control and perfection are two things he strives for. They will always be out of reach.

He's a hopeless romantic and this coupled with the destructive nature of his closest relationships proves to be a volatile concoction. Love is an emotion he feels vibrantly but it is always edged with an underlying violence born from his inability to simply let things be. He always wants more. There's a story book fascination with life that keeps reality dull and therefore undesirable. He wants that castle in the sky, he wants adoration, he wants that perfect (happy ending).

It's a tired saying but it fits --

Jericho is his own worst enemy.