Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 21:29:44 GMT
Name: Daphne Wagner (prefers Daf), "Delightful Daphne"
Age: 41
Country of Birth: Nebraska, USA
Country of Residence: Texas, USA
Languages Spoken: English
Personality: Far from his more charismatic persona on television, Daf is a shy and rather reticent character. While warmer towards Beck, he can often come across as cold and struggles to maintain relationships with other people. His reliance on strong alcohol to drum up confidence to play “Delightful Daphne” can turn him violent and over the years it has taken its toll on his health.
History:
Daphne Wagner's parents expected a girl, and realised too late their mistake as his name was being written down in the registry. He was born March 24, 1915 in Butte, Nebraska. For a time, he and his parents lived on a farm in Holt County. The countryside setting gave the boy plenty to roam and it was there that his love of nature bloomed.
When Daf was seven years old, his family moved to Houston, Texas, where he associated with kids from a tough neighborhood. As a child, he trained at the local YMCA and often staged matches against his friends.
In 1929, he dropped out of Milby High School at age 14, and worked odd jobs to help support his family. At this time, he competed at carnivals, where he could earn 35 cents for a win. By age 17, he was getting booked by the region's top promoter and in 1938 he won his first title. Moreover, on May 19, 1939, he captured the Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Championship. He was noted for his agility, upper-body strength and iconic 'rolls'. Despite his numerous wins he was unable to make much money from wrestling until his makeover as the snooty, pretty-boy"Delightful Daphne". Until now he had been embarrassed of his name and gave a good roughing to anyone that dared refer to him as anything other than “Daf”. It was only when he realised how profitable a flamboyant persona was on television, something which had been unheard of, that he embraced his more feminine given name, even making it part of his wrestling persona. An idea springing from the embarrassing gift of a silk robe by his mother for his first medal grew into a hugely successful career spanning several years during which he acquired money, prestige and the ability to get any crowd roaring.
Unfortunately, this was not to last when he was discovered as a homosexual and, after a week-long show trial which attracted the attention of many tabloids, dismissed in disgrace.
He is still bitter over this and laments what his career could have been, although he has found solace in his lover Beck. Recently, Daf has developed an interest in botany and dreams of keeping acres of well-kept gardens. He has a fondness for yellow roses. After accidentally falling off a precipice while heavily drunk into a thorn bush, he awakened his Stand, allowing him to part the thorns and escape. The incident left deep scars: given that he tumbled head first, it was a miracle that there was no other damage.
Currently he is living in the woods as a scavenger with Beck, whom he met in the asylum he was placed in.
Notable Skills: Despite his paunch he is still very strong and he has not lost his fire for wrestling. Due to his life-long career he is a durable man and he is able to withstand a lot of damage.
Notable Weaknesses: Easily frustrated and relies heavily on drink. Despite his shy demeanour he is easily dominated by his emotions. He prefers to stand back and let his Stand do the work for him, if that would mean dirtying his clothes.
Important Items: His "beautiful" silk robes and his genuine golden pins.
Appearance: Based off real-life wrestler Gorgeous George. He still wears his elaborate silk robes from his wrestling days as well as his signature curly platinum-blond hairstyle, complete with gold hairpins and hairnet. (He hasn’t been able to get hold of much else for a while: brown roots show underneath all the dye and with closer inspection it is easy to see his clothes have seen better days.) He is still enormously muscled from years of training but with age and drink this is starting to droop, and he is developing a paunch. A stocky man, Daf stands at the average height of 1.75m. Certain places of his body (incl. his arms, his neck, his torso, the side of his face) are laced with long vertical rose-thorn scars.
STAND PROFILE
Name: Bed of Roses
Ability: Bed of Roses gives the user the ability to manipulate any aspect of nature. This can range from tiny changes like forcing plants to grow on their own to drastic changes like changing the form of the natural landscape.
Type: Long Distance
Power: A
Speed: B
Range: A
Durability: D
Precision: B
Learning: E
Appearance: Bed of Roses manifests itself as a strange, elf-like little creature. It scuttles about the ground close to Daf, releasing a long shrill scream whenever it catches sight of a 'threat' - e.g. if anyone approaches its master. (It took a long time for Daphne to train it not to scream with Beck.) It is very weak and easily decimated... if you can catch it.
Age: 41
Country of Birth: Nebraska, USA
Country of Residence: Texas, USA
Languages Spoken: English
Personality: Far from his more charismatic persona on television, Daf is a shy and rather reticent character. While warmer towards Beck, he can often come across as cold and struggles to maintain relationships with other people. His reliance on strong alcohol to drum up confidence to play “Delightful Daphne” can turn him violent and over the years it has taken its toll on his health.
History:
Daphne Wagner's parents expected a girl, and realised too late their mistake as his name was being written down in the registry. He was born March 24, 1915 in Butte, Nebraska. For a time, he and his parents lived on a farm in Holt County. The countryside setting gave the boy plenty to roam and it was there that his love of nature bloomed.
When Daf was seven years old, his family moved to Houston, Texas, where he associated with kids from a tough neighborhood. As a child, he trained at the local YMCA and often staged matches against his friends.
In 1929, he dropped out of Milby High School at age 14, and worked odd jobs to help support his family. At this time, he competed at carnivals, where he could earn 35 cents for a win. By age 17, he was getting booked by the region's top promoter and in 1938 he won his first title. Moreover, on May 19, 1939, he captured the Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Championship. He was noted for his agility, upper-body strength and iconic 'rolls'. Despite his numerous wins he was unable to make much money from wrestling until his makeover as the snooty, pretty-boy"Delightful Daphne". Until now he had been embarrassed of his name and gave a good roughing to anyone that dared refer to him as anything other than “Daf”. It was only when he realised how profitable a flamboyant persona was on television, something which had been unheard of, that he embraced his more feminine given name, even making it part of his wrestling persona. An idea springing from the embarrassing gift of a silk robe by his mother for his first medal grew into a hugely successful career spanning several years during which he acquired money, prestige and the ability to get any crowd roaring.
Unfortunately, this was not to last when he was discovered as a homosexual and, after a week-long show trial which attracted the attention of many tabloids, dismissed in disgrace.
He is still bitter over this and laments what his career could have been, although he has found solace in his lover Beck. Recently, Daf has developed an interest in botany and dreams of keeping acres of well-kept gardens. He has a fondness for yellow roses. After accidentally falling off a precipice while heavily drunk into a thorn bush, he awakened his Stand, allowing him to part the thorns and escape. The incident left deep scars: given that he tumbled head first, it was a miracle that there was no other damage.
Currently he is living in the woods as a scavenger with Beck, whom he met in the asylum he was placed in.
Notable Skills: Despite his paunch he is still very strong and he has not lost his fire for wrestling. Due to his life-long career he is a durable man and he is able to withstand a lot of damage.
Notable Weaknesses: Easily frustrated and relies heavily on drink. Despite his shy demeanour he is easily dominated by his emotions. He prefers to stand back and let his Stand do the work for him, if that would mean dirtying his clothes.
Important Items: His "beautiful" silk robes and his genuine golden pins.
Appearance: Based off real-life wrestler Gorgeous George. He still wears his elaborate silk robes from his wrestling days as well as his signature curly platinum-blond hairstyle, complete with gold hairpins and hairnet. (He hasn’t been able to get hold of much else for a while: brown roots show underneath all the dye and with closer inspection it is easy to see his clothes have seen better days.) He is still enormously muscled from years of training but with age and drink this is starting to droop, and he is developing a paunch. A stocky man, Daf stands at the average height of 1.75m. Certain places of his body (incl. his arms, his neck, his torso, the side of his face) are laced with long vertical rose-thorn scars.
STAND PROFILE
Name: Bed of Roses
Ability: Bed of Roses gives the user the ability to manipulate any aspect of nature. This can range from tiny changes like forcing plants to grow on their own to drastic changes like changing the form of the natural landscape.
Type: Long Distance
Power: A
Speed: B
Range: A
Durability: D
Precision: B
Learning: E
Appearance: Bed of Roses manifests itself as a strange, elf-like little creature. It scuttles about the ground close to Daf, releasing a long shrill scream whenever it catches sight of a 'threat' - e.g. if anyone approaches its master. (It took a long time for Daphne to train it not to scream with Beck.) It is very weak and easily decimated... if you can catch it.