Damon-Cedric Valentine

**Damon-Cedric Valentine** or DC, is a character in the **Gias** plane. He is the Mayor of **Jollies** and is generally a very kind individual to others.

## Early Life

DC's mother was younger than his father by a year, and neither of them were old enough to start a family when they conceived him, completely unplanned. Expecting both of them to leave education in order to get their own full-time jobs to raise the child was not ideal for either of them. Handing their child over was not easy, and the both of them were in tears over the ordeal, struggling to come to the realization that they had to let their child go.

DC had never known his real parents, having been raised from his birth within the walls of a small, suburban orphanage made for children up to the age of eighteen. He went through multiple different foster families, none of which he ever had the chance to properly settle into before he was returned promptly to the orphanage. It was to no fault of his own considering DC did not have any behavioural issues, being both polite and clever. He grew to blame his misfortune on sheer bad luck, this misfortune becoming quite the theme of his development from a young child to a grown adult.

From time to time, DC occasionally wishes he could meet his parents, wondering if they would ever pay him a visit or decide to come pick him up and take him home. Thoughts like these would often creep up on him whenever he was returned to the orphanage after spending considerable lengths of time with a foster family. Despite his troubles with adoption however, nothing ever seemed to wipe a smile off his sweet little face.

DC always had a fascination for flowers, insects and nature. He spent the majority of his upbringing in the garden, exploring and spending time outside. He later taught himself how to cross-stitch in order to make gifts for the people who cared for him.

DC had a strong connection to one of the carers who sometimes seemed to favour DC over the other children. His name was **George**, he was a musician alongside his regular job at the orphanage, having once been a music teacher in his younger years. DC would watch George play many instruments, one of which being the piano, which DC would later be taught how to play after he consistently begged to be given lessons for.

Turning eighteen, DC had to move away from the orphanage. He had plans to study, therefore the leaving process was relatively quick. His plans did not go exactly how he had wished however as he lacked funds, though he was able to find himself a small shared home located in **Davetown** which he was able to settle into whilst he figured out what he was actually going to do with his future. At this point he was no longer interested in meeting his parents, the majority of his worries surrounding himself and his seemingly increasing amount of bad luck, which worsened as he matured.

Davetown was a small village, meaning there were limited jobs and workplaces making it difficult for DC to find a suitable career. When it came to grocery shopping, he would need to catch a train to the closest city since there were not any supermarkets located in the village. He and his roommates would take shopping trips in turns since it made travelling less costly for everybody.

Eventually, DC found himself a job in the city as a baker. He didn’t always enjoy this job however. Due to his bad luck he’d almost constantly injure himself at work and his manager would scald him all too often for being clumsy. This went on for as long as it took for DC to finally earn enough money to pack up his belongings and leave Davetown for good, heading right for Jollies, a seaside town located in the South-West of England.

## Trivia

* DC has a reputation of being a kind and respected mayor amongst the citizens of Jollies,  he often helps out with problems first-hand, pushing aside his own mayoral duties.
* DC has a heightened love for autumn themes, especially **Halloween**, being his favourite holiday since a young age. The orphanage that DC grew up in did not celebrate Halloween, but upon the 31st of every October, DC would stay up past his bedtime to watch the other children having fun from his bedroom window, only wishing that he could come outside too. DC celebrated Halloween for the first time alongside his roommates only a month after his 18th birthday, this night being one that he would never forget.
* Since DC is undead, DC’s resting heart rate is somewhere between 10-25 beats per minute (which is incredibly slow considering the average heart rate of an adult male is between 60-100 beats per minute), depending on how active he has been recently.