Paek Hando

## history

* kim hando was born way back in the second century, when korea was still apart of china
* he was born to a wealthy and influential family and lived a relatively normal life for the time period
* schooled by the best magical tutors money could by, he was an incredible wizard, and his name was revered for miles and miles
	+ when he was twenty-one, his house (including his family and all the servants) were attacked by a coven of vampires, in which almost every person perished except for a handful
		- within that handful, the survivors either became vampires or managed to escape
		- hando unfortunately, was turned into a vampire
* hando isolated himself after the incident, and struggling to cope with his bloodlust was prone to spontaneously attacking anyone he came across for their blood, accidentally killing many strangers
	+ the guilt from these accidents has plagued him since
* as hando got more acquainted with being a vampire and safely feeding without killing his victims, he slowly de-isolated and attempt to reintegrate himself into society
	+ hando however, in his isolation, had lost all track of time, and before he knew it, it was the fifteenth century

Hando and Jundae first met in the fifteenth century—in a forest in North Korea. Or what would be known in modern day as northern Korea. To his second-century vampire and young unseelie (who was truly hundreds of years old), it was all the same. Time tended to blend together when you live as long as these two have. Jundae, the unseelie, had been wandering around in the forest, managing to injure himself someone, and attracting the attention of Hando, allured by the smell of Jundae's blood which he was unfamiliar with, as he had never met a fae before. And as all interesting first encounters are, the two attempt to kill each other. Okay, maybe it was more, Hando tried to knock Jundae out and Jundae tried to kill Hando for trying to knock him out, but it's just so much easier to say that they tried to kill each other. Upon the realization that neither of them were human, the both of them kind of just looked at each other and laughed—and so began their unconventional romance. The fae was curious about Hando, after discovering the other had been alive for centuries and having never met a vampire before. And after a round of questions and shared sentiments, the two got to know each other.

Unfortunately, the two went about their separate ways for quite a while. Jundae returned to Tir na nog, while Hando disappeared back into hiding for a few more centuries. The next time the two met, so much time had passed that they had reached the 1960s. They met in California, oddly enough, and recognizing each other, decided to celebrate their reunion to a trip to a local frozen yogurt shop. Neither of them truly understood the concept of dating quite well, or in Jundae's case, at all, but Hando understood the "basics" to so speak, and basically asked Jundae out. Of course, the two are so out of touch with the humans of the time, that neither of them really understood that being gay wasn't exactly in public favor. The opening flirting definitely got them some weird looks, but it doesn't look like either of them actually noticed. After some more getting to know each other, they eventually decide to start "dating". Which really just meant that they called each other boyfriends and copied things they saw human couples doing, as neither of them actually understood what dating meant.

After a few years (it doesn't feel like years to them, honestly, they have no grasp on time anymore), Jundae returns to Tir na nog for another time, leaving Hando to his own. Unfortunately, Jundae's lack of time awareness, both in the sense of he literally cannot keep track of time, and two, time passes differently in Tir na nog, he doesn't return until 2022. In the meantime, Hando is finding himself somewhat lost and kind of bored. The idea of commitment was a vague concept in his head, so he spends his time travelling around the world and honestly has no idea that they are *still* technically dating. He does end up running into quite a few proposals, and decides that if Jundae ever returns from Tir na nog, he'll do whatever that is and get "married". Whatever marriage is. As he waits, he starts messing around with humans to get a better idea of how human romance and relationships have evolved since his era, as political marriages were the norm.

After a few escapades, a baby Hando didn't exactly mean to have that he kind of left in South Korea with their mother, and a trip to the UK, Hando and Jundae finally re-unite. The two figure out what the hell marriage is (with the oh-so useful information Hando has gathered over the decades that Jundae has been gone), and decide to settle down in the UK, finding an abandoned manor in the woods north of Lincliff City on Lincliff Island, and deciding no one's going to need that for awhile—so they pretty much steal it and re-decorate it to look really nice and fancy. A few falsified documents later, and Jundae and Hando are now actual recognized people in the Magical United Kingdom. What they choose to do now is anyone's guess, honestly.