Charles Blackthorne

Art by Swirlybump

Sir Reginald Nathaniel Charles Damien Blackthorne II (Full name)

Mary Blackthorne (Mother)

## Appearance

Charles is a Caucasian male in his late teens during the killing games, however after he left and found Bill he was around his late twenties. He comes at a height of 6'1, and is of American-Irish descent, due to this, he is paler than most, though not uncomfortably so. He has brown hair, alongside having one blue and one green eye due to having heterochromia.

He is typically seen wearing his glasses along with dress pants and a dress shirt of some kind- they differ with different color palettes due to his different arcs throughout the series' length. For example; earlier in the Cruise Ship Killing Game, he is seen wearing a black dress shirt and pants, along with a red tie- thus having the same color palette of Monokuma, however when he defects to H.O.P.E, he is seen with a change of clothes being a white dress shirt, with a blue tie- matching Pat's color scheme, symbolizing his change in character he wishes to make, often a choice he makes to feel better about himself.

Despite his work and often scavenging inside of the Outside World, he is not the most physically strong- though he often makes up for this fault through other means, may they be verbal or physical if need-be.

## Personality

Charles typically tries to be friendly to most, trying to strike up conversation and make opportunities whenever he can. He can often be talkative despite most circumstances, something which has gotten him into trouble before. Though- he is easily flustered by those he is interested romantically- often stuttering and being unable to talk much afterwards.

## Talents and Abilities

### Diplomat

Charles when younger always had a way of talking to people of higher authority- and as he got older he only continued the craft- eventually even earning him the title from Hope's Peak. Though he gets annoyed when this is assumed to mean he's an extremely charismatic guy, due to his overall awkwardness elsewhere. To refute this, he states:

*"It's more like I know what to do in comprimising situations, and when it comes to heated topics I can diffuse situations pretty easily. Besides- I used to work alongside on some government stuff, can't talk about it mind you, but that's the general jist."*

Another scenario this is shown off when he was confronted regarding Astrid in the Outside World by Latch- after Cass offered her take, he said the following:

*"... I'm supposed to be the diplomat you know- sucks when you're better with words then me."*

### Cooking

Strangely enough, Charles has a weird fascination with cooking, and over the years he became quite proficient, knowing how to make an assortment of recipes- though despite his knowledge, he usually reserves the talent for special occasions, and will usually default to Macaroni and Cheese, due to it being his favorite food. Besides from this however, he also often makes for himself and others another favorite, French Toast.

### Weapons

Charles in the Outside World talks about guns on multiple occasions, even going to the point of having a personal weapon he claims from the Future Foundation's armory- naming the gun "Dinner-bell." Dinner-Bell is a Hunting Shotgun, made to be pump-action shooting out 12 gauge shells with a few modifications made by Charles onto the gun, which is due to his preformentioned skill proficiency in guns.

## History

### Johnathan Blackthorne

Charles had a very neutral- though mostly negative relationship with his father due to the abuse his father gave to not only him, but his sister and mother- the latter he'd usually get in the way of- taking the beating for her whenever possible. This lead to him getting a variety of bruises, and overtime he gained bruises and scars from the encounters, those being multiple lash marks from his father's belt, and a few burn marks from his father using him as a, "human ashtray."

This behavior led to him spawning a resentment of showing any skin- a reason Charles chooses his tight dress clothes usually- even resorting to a turtleneck in casual wear to cover up as much as possible. Along with this however- it also fed into a distrust and resentment of how he looks in appearance, another reason he wears fancier clothes, however more so than that- it makes him regret his physical appearance, which doesn't mix well with the fact that Charles is slightly confused in the sense of possible gender dysphoria, as depicted in the Hot Topic in the Old World Rp.

### Mary Blackthorne

Charles had a very positive relationship with his mother, being close to her throughout his entire life. He always stayed by his mother's side whenever he could. Being overly protective of him was something that stuck to him and is the entire base of their relationship- their closeness only grew as Charles' father, Johnathan, began being abusive to the family. When this happened she at first tried to protect Charles and Brooklyn, but as the two got older, Charles started showing signs of aggression towards his father, forcing himself into taking the abuse for his sister and mother which she appreciated, but did cause her to believe she was a bad mother.

She unfortunately passed right as Charles entered Hope's Peak due to an assassination planned out by Junko at the time of blackmailing him to plunge him into despair, making him much less tolerant of anything, agreeing with really anything she asked him to do, as without his mother watching over and being the voice of reason he had for so long in his life, he lost sight of himself and earned his place as a remnant due to this hate.

### Brooklyn Blackthorne

Charles' sister, Brooklyn always cared for her brother, even from a young age. Their mother was happy to see how close to the two were, however over time, much to Brooklyn's distress, as the two got older worked piled up due to how Charles felt about work- not allowing himself to push it onto servants/butlers/maids of the family, as he believed they had a right to be able to be with their families. Despite her protesting and view of it being their job to do so, this disagreement eventually caused the two to drift apart.

As they got older and more rebellious however, after one night of abuse from his father, Brooklyn saw him doing worse than usual, and the both shared some wine she found from their father's stash, and the two spent the night feeling much more refreshed and closer to each other. This lead to the two making an agreement to spend a night at a bar the family owned Charles was in charge of due to his control over the financials of the family.

Not much is known about that night, but apparently for some reason the two immediately were back to being distant, more so than before, Charles barely speaking a work to his sister after. He'd grow to regret this after her framed assassination, where in truth- she was kidnapped, planned to be used as an eventually blackmail to keep Charles in place, however this backfired as Junko and Mukuro both died in their killing game, she was left to be in the city unmonitored.

The two wouldn't unite as she eventually died in the city killing game, and this left Charles feeling like a failure for not achieving the one goal he had in place after escaping the cruise killing game. This would push him into a depression for quite a long time, shutting himself off from his friends and just working in the future foundation as he had to, eventually one day just... disappearing. This was to leave returning to the site of the city killing game to find Bill as he'd be the last piece of anything related to the Blackthorne family besides him, but to his surprise, it was through this he gained his place as the second-in-command of the library, eventually being destined to meet his sister once more, something he hasn't yet realized. (This will be continued as the Library rp continues, or, if it doesn't- imagination, yay.)

**Love Interest(s):**

### Mukuro Ikusaba

Charles' first/second attempt at love, and one he remembers fondly. During his time as a remnant, Charles had worked closely with both Junko and her sister, allowing for Charles to overtime talk to her more and more- until he started having for the first time- feelings for someone. He made this pretty obvious due to his often stuttering- and issue he has time and time again- but this didn't flesh out into anything major, the two remaining friends- which was still an accomplishment in itself.

When Mukuro died, he was incredibly depressed for a while- losing one of the few things keeping him going in everything else he had going on- however, he was already in the process of helping set-up the Cruise Ship Killing Game, so he couldn't give himself much room to relax and grief, leading to him blocking up feelings for quite a while- something that would become a trend for him.

### Pat

Charles' second/third attempt at love, he found himself enthralled by Pat's uniqueness, becoming more and more interested, eventually going to the point of trying to work with him- eventually to be wooed over himself into joining H.O.P.E as an unofficial member- and as a traitor, which he found ironic due to his beforehand role in the killing game being that of, "a traitor."

These feelings followed out of the killing game into the Outside World, which he eventually lost Pat long beforehand to Ori Ryozo, who he doesn't particularly hate, but certainly overtime had started to get tired of, eventually leading to Charles having an alcoholic episode in his room incited by the next entry making him rely on it quite often.

### Casino Lady/Cass

Charles' third/final attempt at love- though this one was quickly shut down due to her not appearing anymore. Charles upon arrival to the foundation shortly after was visited by the Casino Lady- which he began calling Cass- and quickly took a liking to her. His feelings however were shot down time and time again, and this quickly faded away as he got older- and he grew out of his whole obsession over needing to find love- which brought him to other interests, such as finally completing the search to finding his sister.

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**Friends:**

### Aldwin Elmsbrook

Charles' personal servant and lifelong friend of the Blackthorne family, he relied on Aldwin as a means to vent and as an advisor helping Charles watch himself. Their relationship was closer to that of a father-son relationship than that of Charles and his actual father, however- this died with his sister and mother, as Elmsbrook was unfortunately one of the many staff on duty the day of the assassination, leaving Charles with no one he fully thought of as a friend pre-tragedy.