Roderick Flore

Roderick Flore was a famous artist's model from the mid 20s-30s CE in Wilemberg, Fleur. He was the muse of Ivan Katar as well as his lifelong companion.
== Biography ==
Roderick was born on 30th of Vilja in 3 CE to a middle class family. His father was a carpet salesman, his mother a housewife. He had three siblings, an older brother and sister as well as a younger brother. He grew up near Palisade Street in New Town Wilemberg where he attended school until age twelve. Around this time he began to spend more time in Old Town, where he began smoking cigarettes and eventually opium in 18 CE. He worked as a dancer, bartender, and occasional prostitute. His parents attempted to force him to return home many times, but he consistently returned to live as a runaway. 
By the mid-20s he was working more and more as a model for independent artists as well as for some of the universities in the area. In 22 CE he would be hired to sit for a painting by Mia of the Lily at her house Yellowpaper. There he met Ivan Katar, a young upstart print artist. The two immediately connected and began a relationship that year. Roderick moved into Yellowpaper with Ivan in 23 CE. He became his muse. During this period Roderick remained largely addicted to opium, until he was forced to quit by Ivan in 26 CE.
Many of Ivan's works from the 20s onward would have Roderick as his subject. He was used extensively as a model for his advertisement works and is instantly recognizable as the face of many Fleurian brands. He would move with Ivan to the Glass District in 33 CE. He lived there until 61 CE when Ivan would move the couple to a cottage outside Maulen. They enjoyed their retirement there until Rodrick's health declined in 66 CE, eventually dying in his sleep on 28 Od 67 CE. Ivan buried him in the yard, beneath a magnolia tree. Ivan was buried beside him after his death in 75 CE, though both bodies were moved to a monument tomb in Katar square, a project by Queen Guinevere Wilem of Flowers she had completed that year at the docks, part of a remodel of the slums that had once stood there.
== Appearance ==
Roderick was incredibly handsome with a well defined face, blond hair, and blue eyes. He was well built, muscular without being too brutish. He was very fashionable, always on the cutting end of the Wilemberg trends.
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