Nico Céspedes [Historical Drama, Fandomless]


DISCLAIMER: Incomplete!  Corrections, alterations, & additions are in process.  

      BASICS

NAME nicolás lucián céspedes morel

NICKNAME(S) nico

ALIAS(ES) vicente salazar (secretly, as salazar's body double), el mimo/the mime (by salazar, v. 'foreign coast'), nico "ojos trágicos/tragic eyes" (by salazar, v. 'sin and sentence')

AGE thirty-five/thirty-six (as of 1986)

D.O.B april 10th, 1950

P.O.B zénoidino, provincia nueva francia, isla bonaparte (zénaïda, province nouvelle france, île bonaparte)

CURRENT RESIDENCY palacio de la soledad, ciudad de las luces, provincia paradisíaca, isla bonaparte (château de solitude, ville de lumières, province paradisiaque, île bonaparte)

LANGUAGE(S) french (native), spanish (fluent), english (fluent), portuguese (limited)

GENDER | SPECIES male | human

ORIENTATIONS bisexual, biromantic 

RELATIONSHIP STATUS single

OCCUPATION foreign language teacher/french teacher (1972-81), playwright & community theatre actor (1975-81, predominately unpaid), political decoy/body double (for vicente salazar, 1981-present)

AFFILIATION institución de idioma francés de marc (as a teacher, formerly), theatre de hurtado (as an actor, formerly), vicente salazar (presidente of isla bonaparte, as salazar's decoy), benjamín sáenz (personal aide & bodyguard), julián arboleda (bodyguard), serge de villepin (ditto), ricardo alcabú (u.s. appointed governor of isla bonaparte, executed in '83), reuben carvallo (leader of the vocal reformation movement), ivan de la cruz (chair of the nationalist progressive party), general joaquin venegas (chief of staff of the isla bonaparte national guard), damián escribano (head of the secret police), estela cadaval (cuban diplomat), césar medina serrano (brazilian diplomat), benito tenorio (colombian diplomat), rolando abellán (venezuelan diplomat), coniglio-alessi mafia clan (venezuelan-based sicilian clan), pascual arrabal (panamanian drug trafficker), emiliano cortés (panamanian money launderer)

ORIGIN fandomless original character 

      PHYSICAL

FACE CLAIM alberto ammann

EYES hazel; dark brown (occasionally, altered with colored contacts)

HAIR light brown; dark brown (dyed)

SKIN tanned

HEIGHT 6' 2'' (roughly the same height as salazar) 

ETHNICITY basque (distant), french, german, spanish

TATTOOS paper plane with the shadow of a real plane (on left inner arm, removed in '81 via dermabrasion)

OTHER DISTINGUISHING FEATURES striking vicente salazar doppelgänger; beauty mark under right eye (removed in '81 via dermabrasion); small salmon birthmark at base of spine (ditto); naturally straight teeth (altered in '81 to match salazar's crooked smile); perfectly mimics salazar's gait, way of speaking, mannerisms, habits, & tics (frowning, sniffing, finger movements, leg bouncing)

      PERSONALITY

MORAL ALIGNMENT lawful neutral

TRAITS conscientious, diffident, allocentric, meticulous, creative, unpretentious, introspective, observant, social, educated, acquiescent, reticent, wary, alluring (as himself); debonair, free-spirited, protective, obtrusive, cocksure, astute, ostentatious, proud, defiant, rakish (traits displayed as salazar)

GOALS serve his country/do his part to maintain peace (v. foreign coast); repay a life debt to salazar (v. sin and sentence)

FEARS arachnids & reptiles (especially goliath birdeaters, cuban crocodiles, fer-de-lances, & bonaparene tree boas); presidente vicente salazar (v. 'sin and sentence'); dying for the wrong reason/for a man he loathes (ditto); harm coming to his family (ditto)

HOBBIES acting; playwriting; theatre set production; dancing (salsa, cumbia, flamenco, bolero)

      MORE

NATIONALITY bonaparene, american (non-citizen national)

CRIMINAL RECORD none

CRIMES COMMITTED none

PHYSICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS none; tic disorder (as salazar)

FAMILY ana morel (mother), jairo céspedes (father), sebastian gaona (godfather), amand castex (ex-boyfriend), kimberly céspedes (older brother), estefania céspedes de varela & agustín céspedes (younger siblings, fraternal twins), facundo varela (brother-in-law via estefania), priscila sáez (sister-in-law via kimberly, deceased), raúl varela céspedes (godson & nephew via estefania, b. 1974), matías céspedes sáez (nephew via kimberly, b. 1980)

RELIGION roman catholicism 

DRINK | SMOKE | DRUGS rarely | yes | no

SONG(S) Trivium's "Catastrophist" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNgyzREsaAA), Unprocessed's "Prototype" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBGptjTkXuo), & Veil of Maya's "Outsider" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlh_hxjmSvc)

      STORY (W.I.P)

coming soon!

      VERSES (W.I.P)

FEAR TOMORROW; [Prior to Salazar, modernized AU available] 
FOREIGN COAST; [Benevolent Rule, modernized AU available] when reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure.
SIN AND SENTENCE; [Tyrannical Rule, modernized AU available] be sober-minded; be watchful. your adversary the devil prowls around like a. roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.  They pulled the rag over his head, holding it in place and robbing him of any possible relief.  His nasal cavity burned and lungs constricted as water smothered him.  As quickly as it started, it stopped.  He choked and gagged and gasped for air once they took the rag away.  The ringing in his ears drowned out the sound of his racing heartbeat.  It all came in short bursts.  They covered his face, poured the water, and let his body panic until they ran dry.  They allowed him a moment of respite, asking a single question as he tried to recover.  When he refused to answer, they repeated the process.  He couldn't have said how long they kept it up.  It felt like an eternity before they abruptly ceased, releasing him from crude restraints.  One man offered a meager towel whilst another told him he was free to go. "You're cleared," he continued, and just like that he returned to the palace.  Upon his arrival, Vicente Salazar demanded his immediate presence.  He beamed at Nico and clapped him on a damp shoulder.  How proud he was that the body double passed his test.  Nico's mock torturers had asked where the real Vicente Salazar was hiding, yet he said nothing.  Salazar assumed blind loyalty, but it was fear that kept Nico chained to the barbarous leader. Fear that his loved ones would be killed, fear that more innocent people would be killed, fear that he would be killed.  In truth, he never knew his president's whereabouts.  The man was drowning in the violence and chaos he created, and Nico hoped he had the strength to break the imaginary shackles before it was too late.

      EXTRA (A Brief History of Isla Bonaparte, for those interested; W.I.P)  

coming soon!
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