Monte Sarafyan

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> ### Name
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> Monte Sarafyan
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> ### Alias
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> * Babyface
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> ### Birth
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> February 28th, 2002 in Jara, Delphyne County, Avalon
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> ### Age
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> * 14 (as of 2016)
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> ### Gender
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> Male
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> Black
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> Brown
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> ### Height
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> 5'9" ft
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> ### Relative(s)
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> * Tigran Sarafyan (father) †
> * Giunone Sarafyan (mother) †
> * Medea Vardi (oldest foster sister)
> * Pasiphaë Vardi (older foster sister)
> * Agamede Vardi (younger foster sister)
> * Ariadne Vardi (younger foster sister)
> * Asterie Vardi (youngest foster sister)
> * Hamlet Sarafyan (paternal uncle)
> * James Carbajal (maternal great-uncle) †
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> “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
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> ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
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**Monte Sarafyan** is the only son and child between Tigran and Giunone Sarafyan, and the nephew of Hamlet. Monte is the foster brother of the Vardi sisters; Medea, Pasiphaë, Agamede, Ariadne and Asterie.

## Appearance

### Tattoos

* On his neck Monte would get an Emerald ash borer on the right side. It is very realistic, and many believe there is an actual bug on his neck.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Enhanced Human Condition** - Due to living under the law of Medea and her hellish punishments and due to the fights, that he has with Pasiphaë often he has developed an immense level of endurance, durability and stamina. He also develops enhanced strength and speed.
* **Mystiokinesis** - Monte is a hereditary warlock but doesn't know his blood status. Monte is a poor student as he is so in the clouds that he couldn't stay focus on something for too long of a time. He isn't good at spell casting or potion making but is actually more proficient in non-verbal spell casting.
	+ **Air Magic** - Monte can manipulate the esoteric side of the air/wind that has magical properties, and are able to use it for various purposes, such as enhancing one's physical condition, floating, etc.
		- **Electricity Magic** - Monte can manipulate the esoteric side of electricity/lightning that has different properties of normal lightning. This power may have a variety of supernatural effects such as transformation capabilities, charging and an enhanced physique.
			* **Active Electroreception** - Through senses his surrounding environment by generating electric fields and detecting distortions in these fields using electroreceptor organs. This allows him to detect non-living objects as well as living beings.
	+ **Non-Verbal Spell Casting** - Monte is actually a genius in non-verbal spell casting being able to cast simple spells to complex spells.
* **Familiar Contracts** - Monte has an unofficial familiar, a crow named Kuru who lives in his hair.

### Possessions

* **Wands** - Monte's wand is Dysnomia which is 101/2" inches, carved from black ebony and the core being a Phoenix feather.
* **Bulla** - Monte's bulla is carved from white ash wood in the shape of a horse. His horse is painted a dark brown with tan spots, with added with blue swirls. The beads of the bulla are yellow, red and black. Unlike the Vardi sisters, his is a necklace unlike their bracelets.

## Etymology

* Monte is a diminutive of Montgomery or from the Spanish or Italian vocabulary word meaning "mountain". Its use as an Armenian name is inspired by the Armenian American revolutionary Monte Melkonian (1957-1993).
	+ Montgomery is from an English surname meaning "Gumarich's mountain" in Norman French. Gumarich is derived from the Germanic elements *guma* meaning "man" and *ric* meaning "ruler, mighty".
* Sarafyan means "son of the banker" from Arabic صَرَّاف *(ṣarrāf)* meaning "banker, moneychanger, cashier".

## Trivia

* Monte is associated with the number "0" which is in reference to the Fool.
	+ He is also associated with the Knight of Swords.
* Monte is of Sephardi Jewish and Armenian descent.
* Monte is associated with the color orange.
* He probably has ADHD.
* He is a big eater.
* His favorite meal is beef stew with cornbread.
	+ Monte's second favorite meal is red-cooked lion's head meatballs with charcoal grilled vegetables.
* Monte is a fan of hip hop and rock.