Salem

Ginger (Given by Hye-jin)

Fuckass (Given by Hye-jin)

Stella Smith (Biological Mother)

Hyun Choi (Father)

Eun-Ae Choi (Step-mother)

IT Engineering (Formally)

Salem Choi is/was an influencer and an entrepreneur that was kidnapped with his adoptive child, Yeona Yoo Delavaux. He and Yeona took refuge in Magenta, hoping to rest and find someone who will take them back to their penthouse where their dog Easter lives.

## Personality

Salem is an XNTJ, enneagramed with 3w2.

Due to his past, he is very closed off about his true personality and will rather show snippets of his true one to Hye-jin and close friends. He rather wears a facade personality and give people perceptive advice and positive affirmations and speeches to motivate and to drive people forward instead of backwards like how he did to Hye-jin.

*He doesn’t wish to harm those who struggle and still does struggle with flashbacks like Hye-jin and he, himself does.*

## Appearance

Salem is a tall, slender but slightly buff male. He has a fair complexion and a mesomorph body type.

He has natural ginger hair, but dyed it black in early childhood days and decided to re-dye to his natural hair color a week before quitting his former job. Salem's eyes are chartreuse green.

Currently as of writing, he has worn suits and loose collar shirts. He will rarely wear the Believer's cloak as the fabric's texture makes him uncomfortable.

## Background

Salem was born to an affair with a lady in Britain and a rich Korean actor.

Salem was under the lady’s care for 5 years until Salem’s dad gave his mother hush money and full custody of him. Until then, Salem was the step-brother of Hye-Jin Kim. His father and schoolmates often pressured and encouraged bullying people he saw as "weak" or "misunderstood", and even encouraged to bully and make fun of his step-sister, Hye-jin.

It eventually became a habit to pick on people he wanted to be friends with. This stopped when a great friend of his snapped in his face about being mean and possibly harmful to others. The most picking he’s done to was Hye-jin to try to one-up her because of the competition to gain the affection of his parents.

He went to a prestigious university and majored in IT until Hye-jin graduated. Around the same timeframe he got bored of IT and wanted to inspire people and heal more people than hurt.

He became an entrepreneur, suddenly getting big and viral with inspiring speeches and life coaching.

## Relationships - Magenta

#### Daedalus

Meeting before his pseudonym, they met at the church. Not much afterwards.

## Relationships - Pre-Magenta

#### Hye-Jin Kim

Salem and Hye-jin don't get along well, and Salem recognizes this too well. He tries to make up for his mistakes by money and paying her rent, knowing there is no way to fix the mistakes. Hye-jin refuses to take the money, Salem insists.

#### Yeona Yoo Delavaux

Salem first had Yeona as a babysitting job, however their bond became closer and comfortable with each other. On June 9th, 2021, Salem adopted Yeona.

#### Stella Smith

Stella Smith and Salem have a healthy bond since reconnection and reunion. Stella often texts him, updating him about Stella's life and daily activities her new wife encounter.

#### Hyun Choi

Salem's father was the one who told him everything about how to "become a man". Salem disagrees with him strongly, mentioning in a few interviews that he doesn't wish to speak about him.

#### Eun-Ae Choi

Salem's step-mother paid more attention to Salem than to Hye-jin, favoring him extremely. Eun-Ae respected his boundaries, especially when he brought female classmates over to study or to introduce to the family. Eun-Ae never forgot about Salem, but Salem would eventually distance himself and forget Eun-Ae.

## Quotes

"Pulling your leg. About dating someone, I'm demisexual."

"Salem. Like the witch trials."

"Also I have to decline, my dietitian said I should lay off sweets for a bit."

## Trivia

* Salem fluently speaks in Korean, English, Japanese, and Russian. He is semi-fluent in German.
* He has ADHD and Trichronomania.
* He was at his school's karaoke club.
* He plays the piano at his leisure.