Adrian Keays

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Adrian Ambrose Keays is a member of one of the most prestigious families within the church of Rorrim Sacellum.

Biography
Adrian Keays grew up as a member of one of the elite families of the church, alongside the Sage and Fenton families, among many others. As such, his family was in close relation to Abraham Blackwood and the Blackwood family. Adrian himself was family friends from a young age with Simon Sage and close friends with Jeremiah Blackwood from birth, later growing to find a deep affection and devotion to the young Father-to-be.

His childhood is not openly discussed, or known by most. From a young age, he was sexually assaulted by both his mother and father. His mother treated it as a game, as a loving activity between a mother and child. When she passed away, when Adrian was at a young age, his father took to assaulting him in a much crueler manner then his mother, often conflating him with his mother and her death, blaming him and taking out his hurt on his son, unwitting of the things his wife had done. He grew resentful of his mother when through his father's abuse he came to understand the true horror of what he had been put through, and began regressing as a coping mechanism. His view of love and devotion became very warped by these situations.

As he grew, he came to be close with Gabriel Minecroft, one of the final friends he was particularly allowed to have, much to the strain of his family's relationship with the current Blackwood head, Abraham.

Not much is known about the intermediate years between his childhood and the ascension of Jeremiah Blackwood to the status of father, aside from the hearsay of those who knew him at the time and were involved in his life. Over those years, he became someone much unlike the person he used to be.

As an adult, he developed an unhealthy attachment to Anna Mayweather, due to her apperance and resemblance to his long deceased mother. Adrian Keays took revenge by proxy on Anna Mayweather for the crimes of his mother, under the nose of Jeremiah Blackwood. To this day, Adrian to a degree owns and controls the movement of Anna Mayweather, and is responsible for one of the greater tragedies of her life after her and Corith Corinthian disccussed a bit too openly their intents to run away with one another. Jeremiah Blackwood and Adrian Keays collaborated on the cruel punishment that resulted in Corith's further isolation, and Anna's unwilling surgical modification to ensure that her dreams of starting a family would go forever unrealized.

He regularly hosts showings of her and her body among his less then savory peers, and is willing to sell her time, company and body to the highest bidder with himself having greatest priority of her should he wish it. It is unknown when he stopped seeing her as a normal human, and started seeing her as an outlet and vessel for revenge against his mother. His interactions with Anna border on self harm to himself, and guaranteed harm to her on account of the nature of their meetings being a source of purposely re-triggering his latent traumas as a form of self flagellation and punishment.

Personality
Adrian is a flashy person with a sharp tongue. He often dresses in all white to contrast the current Father, Jeremiah Blackwood's tendency to be clad in all black. He is a night and day contrast to the Father.

His is easily stressed out, and his response to stress tends to result in odd and out of character behavior. In such situations, he may behave like that of a young child. It is a coping mechanism in an attempt to deal with stress and traumas he has left untreated most of his life.

His devotion to the Father borders on obsessive. If given an order, there is little doubt that he would not almost immediately act upon it, albeit with some hesitation should it pose a risk to his health and safety. He is easily made jealous and resentful of those who receive the attention of Jeremiah Blackwood over him.

As a member of the Keays family, his relation to Jeremiah Blackwood is deeply frowned upon, but his devotion to this man is too great to default to the wishes of his family or his duties. To Adrian Keays, the will of Jeremiah Blackwood is more important then duty, loyalty to others, or even his own life. He would die for any cause he was asked to as long as Jeremiah was the one asking.

Trivia

 * Adrian Keays is an Age Regressor.
 * In stressful or traumatic situations, he will often regress to the mind state of a young child, usually anywhere from the ages of 4 to 10. In this state, he has the body of an adult, but the mind and memories of himself at the age he is regressed to.
 * Age regressors are not inherently predatory, Adrian Keays is not a good example of a typical age regressor, and is in no means a poster child for the practice/coping mechanism as a whole. For more information about age regression, please see this link about the subject.
 * Adrian Keays does not posses any abilities known to the public, to present knowledge. In most children of the elite families, signs of their abilities manifest as early as 13. At the age of 16, Adrian had yet to show any outward signs or manifestations of his ability. He was thought to be a late bloomer, though at his current, adult age, it is unknown whether he simply keeps his ability to himself, or if he never manifested one at all. It is entirely possible that he has one, and is simply unaware of this fact or how to use it.
 * One plausible theory is that any ability he may have is hampered by the fact that his psyche and spiritual psyche are severely damaged due to years of abuse. This would result in his capacity to control his ability to be severely reduced from normal capacity. He may struggle to access his ability or to manipulate it effectively.
 * Another theory is that he may not have any ability at all.

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