Siegmund Sylvester Heissenrech (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bloodonthestones) wrote2014-09-02 07:45 pm
bloodonthestones) wrote2014-09-02 07:45 pm
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Name:
Name:
Siegmund Sylvester Heissenrech
(or his Hebrew name, Shimon ben Chanan)
Age:(or his Hebrew name, Shimon ben Chanan)
19; birthdate Oct 17
Residence:
Nonah #002
Job:
Paid Intern at Nonah Modern Art Museum
Appearance:
Caucasian, 5'6", average build, black hair, brown eyes. Hair is slightly shaggy, like he's a few weeks overdue for a haircut. Pretty, not handsome (which he hates and he would not mind acquiring a fuckin' metal scar or two). Wears glasses, usually big wire-rimmed ones (see icons), but also has a set of prescription sunglasses that he usually wears outside.
Speech:
His English is strongly accented with German. Th->Z/S/D, W->V, V->F, and so on. Pitch is mid-range, slightly on the low side. He speaks a bit slowly, especially in English, but does not mumble.
Dress:
Black. Just. Lots of black. Usually boots, jeans, and a T-shirt with some manner of coat thrown over it (yes, even in killer warm weather, he will still find some manner of coat-like thing to wear). Basically he takes great care to dress like the kind of person who doesn't give a fuck how they look. He wears a Star of David on a chain around his neck at all times, but keeps it under his shirt; you might spot the chain, though.
Powers:
Shadow Magic. He can see in the dark, is photosensitive and can't focus under bright light, is more agile/graceful in low light, and can manipulate shadows in lots of fun ways. See app for details.
Religion:
Conservative Judaism. He is very strict about observing kashrut and shabbat. Basically he'll be MIA from sundown Fridays to sundown Saturdays unless life-threatening circumstances emerge, and he demands separate sets of cookware for dairy dishes and meat dishes.
Etc:
He speaks German, Hebrew, and English (in that order). He's an artist and works with both digital and traditional media. He's got terrible pollen allergies.
Notes on family history
- His paternal grandfather is where the "old money" and the Heissenrech name come from. He was born during WWII and grew up to marry a Jewish woman, converting and wholeheartedly joining the community. He also established the funeral home family business, which he passed to Siegmund's father when he died. He is the only one of Siegmund's grandparents who was not born Jewish.
- Died when Siegmund was 4.
- His paternal grandmother was born toward the end of the war, but not in Germany. Her parents, childless newlyweds at the time, managed to hide for a few years before being found and interned at one of Dachau's satellite camps. They managed an escape and fled to America, where their eldest daughter, Siegmund's grandmother, was born. She returned to Germany as an adult, where she met Siegmund's grandfather and chose to stay with him in Munich.
- Died when Siegmund was 12.
- His maternal grandmother's family fled Germany shortly after Pogramnacht to stay with relatives in Denmark. And then Germany invaded Denmark and they fled again to Sweden, where they waited out the rest of the war. She was a baby when they first fled, but she was old enough to remember it when her family returned to Germany in 1945.
- Still living, in poor health.
- His maternal grandfather's family ended up in a ghetto and then at the labour camp in Flossenbürg. He was nearly 14 when the Americans came to liberate the camp, and was part of the death march to Dachau. His mother was shot during the march and his older brother was left behind at Flossenbürg. The brothers were reunited several weeks after Dachau's liberation.
- Still living, in good health.
Links
I like dollmakers. Sue me.
Thread tracker
SEPTEMBER
[09/02 - Tuesday] (Open) [N] - What happens if you register or don't?
[09/06 - Saturday] Dalila [A] - Siegmund scares her arms off at the swear-in
[09/06 - Saturday] (Open) [A] - Swear-in open thread
[09/11 - Thursday] Reggie [N] - I hate when people are wrong on the internet (but not really)
[09/13 - Saturday] Rampage [N] - Don't take Siegmund's advice on names though
[09/13 - Saturday] Dalila [A] - Real life trollin'
[09/17 - Wednesday] Stiles [N] - Horde or Alliance tho?
[09/24 - Wednesday] (Open) [N] - Rosh Hashanah; suddenly in need of a new synagogue