Long before the Titans wreaked havoc and the Olympian’s were born and took their place in the stories of myth there was the Chaos and nothingness of which all things were born. From this vast Chaos five primordial beings rose, among them the very essence of the dark void itself; Erebus, a being of pure and endless darkness in whose image rose the great underworld Tartarus. Erebus watched the formation of the Cosmos as order was brought to the great Chaos and a new kind of Chaos seemed to take hold of the worlds that had been created. Perhaps in his endless existence of shadow and death he grew too complacent, perhaps the sparks of such chaos grew too alluring. The exact reason, the exact moment his entire being was changed he doesn’t know; only that he fell into the stream of time and a life of mortality, surrounded by the new chaotic world he had so amused himself with from afar. Erebus was a being of death, he knew of shadows and the eternal darkness of the void, he did not know of life.

 

Lee Taemin is the youngest son of one of the leaders of LA’s most prolific crime syndicates, his father leading the branch dealing exclusively in drugs. Taemin himself was practically born with tattoos that marked him as a member of the Black Ace, he grew up in the world of crime and drug trafficking. It never really phased him all that much, his parents were wealthy thanks to their positions and his older brother was eagerly following in their father’s footsteps. Which left Taemin with the world wide open to him, and he chose to pursue a degree in Criminal Justice in New York City. Partially to simply get away from his family, but also because he wanted the chance to figure life out on his own. Not that his parents didn’t pay his way through college, or give him a very hefty trust fund when he graduated. He earned his own grades though and he was an exceptionally brilliant student. He graduated with honors and was immediately offered a job to join the NYPD. However, after a long discussion with his parents he agreed not to take the offered job and he became a private detective instead. He began working missing persons cases, and his work focused mostly on missing and exploited children. He had a natural talent for finding clues where no one else could, and zeroing in on suspects with an intuition that was always proven correct. He became a regular partner to the NYPD and was always the first call they made when there was a crime that involved a child.

 

At 25 Taemin has a well-established career, and is a well-known name in law enforcement. He’s been given multiple awards by the state for his services and was even named New York’s most eligible bachelor this last year. His good looks certainly go a long way in bolstering his reputation and he is more than willing to use that to his advantage. As a man he is charismatic with a cool charm to his seemingly distant and reserved personality. He carries himself with an age and wisdom beyond his years and it’s reflected in the bottomless depths of his nearly black eyes. He is not the type to indulge despite the lavish lifestyle he seems to live. He is a man of many masks and is not known to have any close friends, and he is never seen with family though he does fly back to LA to visit them during the major holidays. Despite how many people work closely with him, no one actually knows Lee Taemin, but everyone agrees there’s much more to the young man than a brilliant detective.

Visually Taemin always dresses in more elegant and upscale business casual attire. Thanks to the relatively cool weather in New York he can get away with long sleeves all year around. You will never catch Taemin out in public with short sleeves, and for a very good reason. His back, chest, and arms are littered with gang affiliation tattoos. The Black Aces may not be active in New York, but that doesn't mean that the underground of NYC isn't all too aware of them. NYPD isn't even aware of Taemin's connections to the powerful LA gang, and he prefers to keep it that way. His largest tattoo spans the entire length of his back, depicting a snarling black fox with four fiery tails and a black heart in place of it's right pupil. If you study it close enough you'll see the letters A-C-E written in the fire between the tails of the fox. A black snake wraps around his left bicep, coming across his shoulder and dipping just below his collar bone. It's shown with fangs bared and dripping with venom, it's pupil replaced with a black heart as well. The majority of his chest it taken up by a tattoo of the four ace playing cards, shown dripping with blood, the deep red color being the only color in any of his tattoos. There's the outline of a wolf on the Ace of Spades, a fox on the Ace of Hearts, a snake on the Ace of Diamonds, and a dragon on the Ace of Clubs. On his left forearm is another black Ace of Hearts with the outline of the fox in it, and an identification number runs up the length of his right forearm. 

PERSONALITY Cold and calulating, he is impersonal in everything he does and is always polite. He keeps the world at a distance and there is rarely a warmth to his gaze.

LIKES Black coffee & dark chocolate

DISLIKES Strawberries & pastel or neon colors

HOBBIES Reading through cold cases 

SECRETS Has always wanted a fluffy rabbit but can never get the stupid creatures to like him.

FEARS None

QUIRKS Fun facts about them.
— He keeps a playing card in his wallet; a black Ace of Hearts.
— Innocence is the closest thing to a fear he has.
— The darkest part of him knows exactly who he is.
— Animals tend to instinctively avoid him, all except the fluffy blue-grey cat that adopted itself into his home and he named Ceri.
— He is highly adept at torture and never shy about getting his hands dirty to get answers.

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ONE 3rd POV Only - I'm crap at 1st please don't ask me to do first ;~;

TWO I love to plot, but I am adept at winging it to!

THREE I do work full time, so my time on RPR is a bit limited. I apologize for that in advance if my replies are a little slow.

FOUR GMT -4 Timezone

FIVE I will try to have plots up, you are welcome to snatch them up or use them as inspiration for something new for us!

SIX I'm not a fan of or fluff based plots and I will generally turn those down.

SEVEN Please don't be afraid to hit up my wall or PM me if you want to RP!

daddy's money and mama's good looks.

Personal, friend/acquaintance/classmate etc.

Perhaps you’re an old friend of Taemin’s from childhood, surprised to see him here in New York. You could be a ‘friend’ of the family, or even someone who only knows him from his life in NYC. Either way your connection to Taemin is more of the personal variety, your intention, your desire is to get closer to him. Whatever your thin connection may be, he has always been shrouded in mystery, something that never fails to intrigue you and draw you in closer. You want to better understand this strange young man with the cold eyes and too many secrets. It was really an accident that dropped the opportunity straight into your lap. You witnessed something important, you saw the man with the little girl; whether they stopped in where you work, or you saw them passing by on the street. You hadn’t thought anything of it at the time until Taemin shows up asking questions. When he finds out what you saw he realizes you’re in danger. To keep you safe and bring the little girl home you’re going to have to stay with him for a little while.

a snake in the garden of eden.

Work, cop/reporter/victim/lawyer etc.

You know Taemin solely through his job as a private detective. You know he works closely with the NYPD and you know that he exclusively works missing children’s cases. Whether you are a fellow cop, a journalist looking for a juicy story, a crime vlogger on the search for new content, or ever a lawyer looking for answers it seems that Taemin’s name comes up a lot in your research. You start looking into him a little deeper, wanting to know more. How does he solve cases even the best detectives in the NYPD couldn’t? Where did he come from? And most importantly; who was he really? You don’t find much information about him online, he seems to be relatively new to NYC coming here for college and there’s next to no information about his family back in LA. You know they had money, and they appear to be the owners of a trade business but the information is shallow at best. So you decide to go asking around; co-workers, families related to cases he’s solved, the university he graduated from. Unfortunately, you weren’t as careful as you thought you were and he found out you’ve been asking questions. Now you’re up close and personal with the most dangerous side of Lee Taemin, let’s hope your intentions are as pure as you’re claiming.

a masquerade in broad daylight.

SuPernatUral, god/myth/legend  etc.

You know exactly what Taemin is, and you know that he’s just as aware of it too. Neither one of you are very adept at hiding from the other, your histories too tangled for such deception. An eternity of knowing each other hasn’t faded with this new found mortality, and the two of you indulge yourselves in one another to allow your masks to finally fall. It’s the relief of not having to live a double life for a few blissful hours, it’s being able to accept your truest and most basic self. Perhaps Erebus was a lover, a father, a leader, or just the comfort of the dark void, whatever role he had played in your pasts you knew each other well. You call to each other even in this mortal world, and now you have finally been reconnected. Will you share your human lives as well? Or will your relationship remain as purely beyond the scope of your human prison? What you are is eternal, and you will find each other again no matter how many lives are lived.