Rupert Giles

[Rupert Giles]

Basic Information

Name:

Rupert Edmund Giles

Age:

It's rude to ask but he was born in the year 1954

Species:

Human (Watcher)

Description && Personality

Height:

6 foot 1 Inch

Eye color:

Light bluey green, that looks gray in some lights. On his left eye he has a large patch of brown.

Hair color:

Dark brown with gray running through it.

Overall Description:

Once a very handsome man Giles age is starting to catch up on him. His once dark brown hair had become lined with gray from stress and age, and his face has become wrinkled around the forehead, mouth and eyes. However despite this Giles still cuts and impressive figure. He has two greeny blue eyes that look gray in certain light and on the left one is a large patch of brown. This however is usually unnoticeable because they are usually hidden by round spectacles that Giles uses for reading. Giles has cupids bow lips and a slightly large nose. (Perfect for resting glasses on.) As he has aged his hair has receded from his face giving him a large forehead, with a group of curly hair sitting on top that is usually messy from having his fingers run through it many times as he reads or worries.

Despite his age Giles is in very good physical condition, and because of this he has not developed any kind of beer or pot belly. He it tall and lean, though is also very muscly from constant working out due to slayer training and his own training. While he is not overly strong he would be more the capable of taking on a demon or vampire by himself and living to tell the tale.

Weapons:

• Skilled with melee weapons.
  

Personality:

Straight-laced and serious Giles believes that there is an answer for everything if one just looks hard enough. He is often described as "Stuffy" by those around him as he follows a typical Oxford styled attitude. Due to his role as a watcher he is often seen as a father figure and due to this regularly offers exposition. However a common problem occurs as Giles often contradicts his image, through his temper or even famously a spell that reverted his to the mentality of a teenager.

Giles is generally a strong father figure to those around; caring a considerate of their needs and always putting their best interests first..even if they don't want him to. He regularly hands out advice and is always there if you need a shoulder to cry on or someone to talk. Giles age and experience make him incredibly intelligent through experience and because of this his advice can always be trusted to be accurate and truthful. Even if the truth isn't what you want to hear.Giles is a very loving person and tends to fall headfirst in love with those around him, once he is in love is is a whole and never ending thing and he would gladly lay his life on the line of those he cares about. He can be quite stubborn (usually in relation to dark creatures) but his loyalty to those around him usually overrides the stubbornness and hew begrudgingly gives in trusting people to make sensible decisions.

Likes:

• Tea
  
• Reading
  
• English food, etc
  
• Research
  
• Learning new information
  

Dislikes:

• Denizens Of The Dark
  
• Those who associate themselves with Denizens Of The Dark
  
• Being called "Bookish" or "Stuffy"
  
• People rushing headfirst into dangerous situations
  
• Being wrong
  
• Feeling Helpless
  

Fears:

• That one day the Slayers might loose out.
  
• That he is smothering Buffy
  
• That he has not properly trained his Slayers for the world
  
• That he is getting too old
  

Powers&&Skills

Powers:

• Knowledge of the black arts due to his "Ripper days"
  
• Moderate skill in magic and casting (Was high after the Devon Coven granted him powers, but has returned to normal now.)
  

Skills:

• Genius Level intellect
  
• Fluent in several languages (such as Latin, German, Sumerian, and ancient Greek)
  
• Knowledge of history, philosophy, science, and many areas of human knowledge
  
• Experience in hand-to-hand combat.
  
• Talented singer and guitarist.
  
• Knowledge and experience of fighting the supernatural.
  

Weaknesses:

• He is only moderately skilled in magic
  
• He tends of over-think situations
  
• Once his temper is aggravated he is quite dangerous
  

History
History:

Born in England to an Upper Class family, Giles family had worked within the Council of Watchers for over three generations so he knew exactly what his future life was going to be. Although as a child Giles dreamed of being either "a fighter pilot or a green-grocer", being a Watcher is a calling, much as being a Slayer is, and Rupert's father explained his destiny to him when he was ten years old.

During his student years Giles rejected his duty as a Watcher and dropped out of Oxford, and started dabbling in dark magic earning the name the "Ripper". It was during these experimentation's that one of Giles' friends was killed forcing him to take his duties responsibility and it was during this point that he swore of any association with dark magic. However the demon they summoned Eyghon escaped to the world forcing Giles to make it a goal of his life to hunt it down and kill it. It was during this time that Giles developed his skills playing the guitar and singing in order to impress girls, and worked as a curator of the British Museum, before going into training to become a Watcher.

Giles continued to train to become a watcher and reached a full level after ten years of hard study. He took on many pupils and trained each carefully but none showed as much promise as Buffy, who Giles remains convinced is "The Slayer". However Buffy has grown now and barely needs Giles help anymore especially with all the help she receives from her friends the scoobies. So when Giles was called to the place that the Watchers Council fear might just be the Hellmouth despite their assumption that it was Sunnydale, Giles willingly agreed to go. He know that it is his job to take over care of Elanor a young Slayer without a Watcher, but what he will be facing and how much time he has is up to the fates.

RP Sample

RP Sample:

Moving to Mortalitas was almost a break for Giles, but more in the sense of a new start then a holiday. From now on it would be a new Slayer, new jobs and in all honestly he assumed that this one would be harder then the last one. Sunnydale had been a hotspot, but this was, certainly by his findings a Hellmouth. Not to mention there were many other Slayers and Watchers here so he would have to be careful to not get in anyones way and cause rifts. The last thing the Council needed was trouble among their own people. Leaving the Magic Box had been heartbreaking in so many ways, but Buffy and the Scoobies needed to grow without him and the Councils decision was final. He was lucky to find such a good shop in such a prime position too. One could only hope that it would grant him as high a profit margin.

The shelves had been put up the day before and the walls had been painted a cool navy blue. He was sure he would need a good color for the curtains, couches, etc but since he figured he would get killed by any of the visiting Scoobies if he made it too libraryish by making them brown and darkening the room, he was at a loss about what to put. He was currently in the process of putting his extensive book collection into the Library as the back of the shop. The training room had been finished the day before and his own apartment (Above the shop) would be finished once the shop and back-rooms were set up. However this was proving to be a difficult task as filling the library brought books to Giles attention that he hadn't seen in years and he often stopped to re-read slowing the process beyond belief.

He had been sent to Mortalitas to take on a new apprentice, and while he looked forward to the challenge, he missed the group who had become as much like children to him as his Slayer and since leaving he had been bombarded by phone calls prompting him to think that not all technology was bad as letters didn't give you as heartwarming a feeling as a giggling phone call did. The bell tinkled on the door. Prompting first annoyance then confusion in the man. The bloody bell was too high and grated on his nerves as it rang as soon as he could he was going to the local hardware store to buy a duller sounding one and then he realized first of all the door should be locked. Dropping down from the ladder with the agility of a man much younger then him (Granted by continuous training) he moved into the front room cleaning his dusty hands with a nearby cloth. "My apologies for my rudeness but I'm afraid the shop isn't open yet, as I find myself lacking any sort of merchandise." He stated the confusion evident in his voice as he hadn't even put up a sign outside yet.