Richard Sloth

Fandom: Skulduggery Pleasant

General Information

First name: Richard or Ricky
Middle name(s): Sloane (An alias used in the mortal world) Evan (His given name)
Surname: Sloth
Age: Older than 100
Date of birth: May 2nd
Race: White British
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Current residence: Ireland, a safe-house often used by Garnet Dorado, Mortis Grievance and Jayden Slander.
Relationship status: Divorced
Social status: Lower-middle class

Traits of Voice

Accent (if any): English, Surrey
Language spoken: English
Other languages known: French
Style of speaking: Ricky has learned to be very careful with what he says thanks to years hanging around with various psychopathic murderers. There is clearly a lot of thought put into his words unless he loses his temper.
Volume of voice: Medium-high

Physical Appearance

Height: 5'6
Weight: 152 lbs
Eye colour: Blue
Skin colour: Fair
Shape of face: -
Distinguishing features: Significant scarring to his face caused by fire damage. Mostly to the left of his face. His left arm and hand are similarly scarred.
Build of body: Toned
Hair colour: Light brown
Hair style: Ricky normally wears his hair in a short ponytail.
Complexion: Clear
Posture: Straight
Tattoos: None
Piercings: None
Typical clothing: Ricky is often seen in a blue coat with gold rounded rectangles around each button, and black trousers underneath. He normally has the coat buttoned up, and on hot days is topless underneath.
Is seen by others as: Meek, lazy, friendly, over-cautious

Personality

Likes: Marshmallows, pirate stories and films, quiz shows, cafes, honey
Dislikes: Being associated with murderers and death, paying child support, lipstick, foundation rubbing off over pillows and clothes, vampires
Education: Unknown
Fears: Mortis Grievance, ghosts and supernatural occurrences, frogs and other amphibians
Personal goals: Simply to live in comfort and safety and to master the art of science magic.
General attitude: Pretty much 'why do today what you can put of until tomorrow?'.
Religious values: Athiest
General intelligence: Moderate
General sociability: Moderate.

Health

Illnesses (if any): Restless leg syndrome, depression
Allergies (if any): Coconut
Sleeping habits: His sleep can be disrupted by his RLS. He is a light sleeper and often complains he hasn't had enough rest.
Energy level: Low. He is generally considered to be exceedingly lazy by those around him.
Eating habits: Healthy
Memory: Fair. He seems capable of blocking out bad memories.
Any unhealthy habits: He is a chain smoker. In the past, Richard abusively used opiates.

History

Birth country: England
Hometown: Epsom
Childhood: Richard was raised in a sorcerer family, but his mother was young and unmarried, and was deeply ashamed of him. She tried to hide him from those around her, and, focusing so much on not being found out and not seeming to really love her son, he sought to escape her. He was eventually discovered and taken in by his uncle.
Teen years: Richard's uncle trained him in magic. Interested in medicine as a whole and the idea of helping heal others, Richard leaned towards science magic. His uncle dislikes this choice, having hoped Richard would choose the same magic type as him, but helps him anyway.
Adult years: Richard hits the surge at age 23. His magic is not powerful or anything special and he struggles to find his niche. He struggles with work and relationships as well and develops depression. He actively distances himself from those still there for him, completely isolating himself, and turns to opiate abuse. It is the resulting addiction that causes him to first meet Garnet Dorado, primarily because Richard begins stealing to supply the addiction. They both attempt to hit the same place (with Garnet planning a murder), and both inadvertently save each others' lives. Richard is brought to Garnet's house, where he acts as a doctor to him and his brother, while he becomes a highly supportive friend to the healer and helps him with his addiction. Ricky accidentally gets Garnet smoking in the process. When Garnet's brother dies, Ricky becomes a rock of support, and tries to convince Garnet not to go out for revenge. He is unsuccessful. Later, he meets Mortis Grievance when the psychopath is involved in a car accident where he rolls away from the road and is found by Garnet and Ricky. Ricky heals him up and subsequently is dragged into Mortis and Garnet's killing regime. When Garnet finds out about his tumour, he ducks out of the organised killing thing for a time just to relax and make the most of things. Mortis leaves Ricky alone when they both get caught in a fire and both believe the other to have died, and he instead fits himself in with Carmichael Hauter and Benedict Electrolytic, who are much more within the law. They introduce him to his first wife (as well as him meeting Hiro Phantasmagoria, Indishan Anonymous and Ursa Borealis through them), however she, not understanding depression, is disgusted when he relapses into it. They have four children before they divorce. It is when trying to track down Hiro Phantasmagoria, believing he is in danger, that he meets his second wife. Again, their marriage does not last.
Past places of residence: Unknown
History of family: Unknown, though it is suggested they felt their social standing to be important.

Relationships

Parents: He has never met his father. His mother was a young, unmarried woman who quite likely suffered from postnatal depression.
Siblings: None known. It is very likely he has half-siblings.
Any enemies (and why): Zebulon Regicide, Mortis Grievance (briefly) and Arachne Basilisk, two because they are the dickish enemies of his friends and one because he is a scary mo-fo. He currently has no known enemies specific to him. He does not get on well with Esra Sunshine's associates.
Children: He has 4 children with his first wife and 3 with his second. Kathleen, Ely, Gretchen and Jenna are his first wife's children, and Callista, Randall and Jesus are his second wife's children. He hasn't much contact with his children as a rule, but will pay child support and buy gifts on birthdays and holidays. None of these children have so far been exposed to magic regardless of whether their mother is a mage or not.
Friends: Mortis Grievance, Garnet Dorado, Jayden Slander, Esra Sunshine, Indishan Anonymous, Hiro Phantasmagoria, Ursa Borealis, Carmichael Hauter and Benedict Electrolytic.
Best friend(s): Garnet Dorado and Carmichael Hauter.
Important friends/relatives (explain): Garnet, for all the above stuff where he saves him from so many things.
Love interest (if there is one): He has been married twice and twice divorced, and at least one of his ex-wives is a mortal with no idea magic exists.

Combat

Peaceful or violent: Peaceful
Weapon (if applicable): Whatever is on hand in the emergency situation of having to defend himself.
Style of fighting: Richard is very much not a fighter. He will wait in the background, supporting the others, healing and helping where required. In a fight situation, he is hesitant and weak.

Others

Occupation: Doctor, sort of
Favourite types of food: Salads
Favourite types of drink: Smoothies
Hobbies/past times: Reading, watching TV, discovering new things and new places
Guilty pleasures: -
Pet peeves: People who use the word 'vertigo' to refer to a fear of heights, people trying to enter a lift or train when the people in haven't left, people who judge or hate those with mental health problems or members of the LGBT community.
Pets: None
Talents: Performing ballsy medical operations in his living room, such as a liver transplant between two people who were not a match, plaiting hair, breaking and entering
Favourite colours: Red and brown
Favourite type of music: Techno and dance.