Patrick Bourbon

Patrick Bourbon is one of the leading male protagonists of the Curse Of Europe series. At the beginning of the series, Patrick is the leader of a bike gang in Paris and runs afowl of Abraham when Abraham steal his bike and almost gets him killed. After saving Abraham's life, Abraham makes Patrick a promise to fulfill once he regains the throne.

### **Early life**

Patrick was born in Marlon in the French Region in the Mulrey Ocean with a brother and a sister. When he was 7 his family was killed ina bombing, but Patrick and his sister managed to survive. Patrick was knocked unconscious by the blast but he was found his mentor and taken before authorities could arrive. He is trained in the Alps for 7 years before he returns to Paris to see revenge on the one who killed his family. He ultimately fails in his quest, but he later finds out his sister was adopted and was taken to America by her adopted family. He resigns himself to a Kemiya life and begins to travel and fight through the countries for 5 years before returning to Paris again and even forms his own bike gang in Paris

### **Personality**

Patrick seems to be the kind of man who doesn't have a care in the world, even when it comes to dealing with other Kemiyas. He doesn't show his emotions too often and isn't easily angered, only showing anger on a few occasional such was when Abraham steals his bike, when Lara is killed before him or berating Abraham for being goaded into a fight with Fabian. That's not to say he has no emotion. He feels a good deal of guilt when he accidentally kills a mother with a young son in Valmala or when he is found out for his pain pill addiction. He is a pragmatic man, called by some as a head over heart man. He doesn't make decision rashly and is often the one who needs to calm Abraham down and tell him to think things through. He only fights when required but he is a very skilled combatant, using his planning and tactics to full effect, such as his plan to deal with Hi jackers in the Middle Sea. Patrick often finds himself dragged into bad situations but is motivated by the promise Abraham made to him. He seems to be a stablising force in Abraham's life with good advice, such as convincing him his pursuit of power is not an unjust cause or his advice in Abraham's fight with Jeffers. He is the man who is willing to make the hard decisions, such as leaving Abby in the Silver Republic for her own safety and even sparing the life of Alexander in Saint Marina to prevent a power vacuum in the city.

Patrick uses a German Dussack Sword and is considered a stylish fighter, using Form 3 mainly along with Form 2 and Form 1 with some elements of Form 6. He likes to move around and use minimal effort when fighting his opponents unless forced to

### **Powers and Abilities**

**Silver Manipulation:** Patrick can manipulate his personal piece into almost any shape or form he desires as long as its not too big or small due to the alchemic symbol of Silver on his left shoulder. This `Personal Piece` is considered unbreakable due to his power of control. He can maintain focus on a maximum of 2 different Silver pieces by touch, or one Silver piece though sight and make it near unbreakable by magical or physical means unless the touch or focus are broken, or if a force over 75 tons is applied. He can't make his Silver into any object that requires non Metallic components, like a lighter.

**Silver Transmutation:** He can also transmute any form of matter into Silver due to the transmutation circles on his palms but they can be controlled by others with stronger powers than his own.

**Soul Sensing:** Patrick can sense the souls of other people to tell if they are weak or strong. He can sense other magic users and other Kemiya’s. This unique ability allows a Kemiya to find his/her destined apprentice, one who has a dormant Kemiya ability. Patrick can detect distortions within the soul, possessions, evil etc but sensing these traits are all Patrick can do in that area

**Superhuman Abilities:** Patrick has speed, strength, reflexes, agility and balance far above that of a normal human, but not as high as a vampire or werewolf.

**Superhuman Combat:** Due to training, Patrick is considered a superhuman melee combatant, and is able to wield his chosen weapon with such speed, strength and accuracy to superhuman levels

**Spiritual Pressure:** Patrick has the ability to increase his spiritual pressure, to increase his physical abilities to superhuman levels. When not in combat Patrick keeps his power suppressed and only increase it when preparing for battle. Those close to Patrick while increasing his spiritual pressure will feel a great deal on their bodies, like a waterfall falling on them

**Sword Beam Emission:** Patrick can put his power into his weapon of choice and use it to cut through solid objects, at point blank range or at a distance, by creating arc shaped beams

**Instinctive feel:** Patrick can place his hand on almost any object and instantly tell its elemental make up

**Perceptive Combat:** Patrick has been trained from a young age and is trained to think very carefully when in combat, not just about his own moves, but his opponents moves and concoct strategies to achieve victory

**Other Powers:** Like all Kemiya’s Patrick can use alchemy not only to create and manipulate Silver but to break apart almost any solid material by severing the molecular bonds.

#### **Weaknesses**

**Damaged Hands:** If Patrick has his hand tattoos broken he will basically be rendered powerless. He can however draw a circle to use his power, but this requires time and is not suitable in combat

**Consecrated Items:** Patrick's abilities do not work on items that are blessed. Any Silver he forms is also vulnerable to consecrated weapons, mainly bullets

**Hunters Amulet:** Being within 50ft of a Hunters Amulet will render Patrick almost powerless. Patrick will be unable to strike or defend himself with any more power than a normal human. Even his transmutations will slow down greatly

**Over use:** Being immensely powerful, Patrick's body can only handle so much power and must be trained correctly to increase the his body's ability to handle such power. If Patrick uses his power beyond the bodies ability, it can break his bones due to the pressure and even kill if used even further

### **Relationships**

**Abraham Wallman**

Patrick first meets Abraham after stealing his bike. Patrick is incensed at this and fights Abraham until they both fall off a bridge and into the river. Abraham saves Patricks life and leaves. Patrick later shows up at the train station as Abraham is fighting Fabian. The two of them escape but Patrick makes Abraham swear to owe him a favour once his task is complete. Patrick and Abraham travel together to the north, working well together to stop a train hi jacking, fighting Anita and Barragan, helping Aurora when framed for murder and the Hi jacking of a container ship. Abraham later tries to save the life of a Wolf, almost jumping head long into a situation but Patrick forces him to stop and think. They are successful in the end and gain a new group member, Riley. The three of them help a young Witch free from slavery. A witch named Aurora. Over time, Patrick comes to admire Abraham for his motivation but becomes frustrated at Abraham constantly jumping into dangerous situations without thinking things through such as his accepting Fabian's challenge in Lessia or his head long attempt to save Riley without a plan

Patrick also likes that Abraham is a Kemiya and that he has someone to talk to about Kemiya matters, unlike Aurora and especially Riley who have no to talk about their own matters. He is the only one who truly understands Abraham and his pursuit of power, like when Abraham grabbed the Philosophers Stone and has good advice to give such as his advice about how the pursuit of power is not an evil act, but how its used. He often agrees with Abraham's desire to not get involved in some situations but is always forced to go along when Abraham does to keep him alive and ensure his promise is fulfilled. Patrick is also not afraid to stand up to Abraham such as when Abraham's darkness was influencing him, Patrick would tell Abraham to cool off. But deep down, Patrick considers Abraham a good friend and even envious of his power as shown when Patrick experiments with a method to increase his power after Abraham conquers his darkness, thus putting himself and the others at risk due to the damage is causes his body

**Aurora Montes**