infobox

[noseferatu]

gladiolus thrip.
at your service

ABOUT

name. Gladiolus Hadilus Tradius Thrip
nicknames. Gladys, Thrippy
(note: I cannot guarantee your continued health if you actually call him either of these)
age. hundreds; physically mid-thirties
height. 5'9" (175cm)
weight. skinny
eyes. blue
nose. fake
fashion sense. snappy
species. vampire, type 12 half-life
sexuality. bisexual
occupation. hitman
canon. Demons (2009)

BACKGROUND

Gladiolus Thrip hails from a world much like ours, except magic is real! What a concept. Specifically, he's from 2009 London, and you're not going to forget the "London" part any time he opens his mouth. Here, supernatural beings are known as "half-lives" (no, not demons; yes, the show's called "Demons"), and are classified by rank according to their power level, from the wimpy Type 1s and Type 2s to the fearsome Type 15s of legend. Thrip is a Type 12 and the closest thing the show has to a recurring antagonist (he's in two episodes).

The plot of Demons centers on a teenage boy named Luke Rutherford, the recently discovered great-grandson of famed vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing. As such, he's now a hot commodity among the half-life community, with all manner of ghoulies, ghosties, and general beasties vying to be the one to kill the last Van Helsing. Luke now has to not only learn how to protect himself pretty damn quick, but also take up the mantle of the smiter himself. Stakes through the heart, that kind of thing.

But if you want to know Luke's story, watch the show. Here's the Cliffs Notes on Thrip's role in the plot: he orchestrates a kidnapping in the first episode to get to Luke, succeeds in that he does get to Luke but then Luke shoots him, sort of dies, comes back for the last episode with a longer-term plot to win Luke over to his side by faking a message from his dead dad, and it kind of looks like it's going to work but then Luke's vampire friend bites him and he dies for real.

That's about all we get on Thrip in the show. Anything that I play beyond what's shown on screen, including his backstory or deeper motivations, is headcanon, though I try to keep it plausible when I can and funny when I can't. Read the other sections of this infobox to find out more of the basics, but to sum the guy up here: he may look foppish and theatrical (and he is!), but he's also very much extremely dangerous. But not quite as dangerous as he thinks.

Don't ask what happened to his nose.

PERSONALITY

DRAMATIC

RUTHLESS

COCKY

PARTICULAR ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE

SHORT FUSE

EXTREMELY COCKNEY

CHARACTERISTICS

• intricately scrimshawed, beaky fake nose
  
• sharp teeth
  
• sharp clawed fingernails, with the left index nail being especially long
  
• that stupid haircut

ABILITIES

• super speed
  
• sonic scream
  ↳ knocks the hearer backwards & disorients them
  
• ability to appear and disappear instantly
  ↳ could be traveling between realms or teleporting? canon's fuzzy
  
• resilience to both conventional & supernatural weapons
  
• ability to come back from physical destruction
  ↳ can only be truly killed by another vampire's bite
  
• vocal mimicry
  
• bloodsucking
  
• various pointy bits

TESTIMONIALS

❝ What is this? Vampoultry? Time for some garlic and sage stuffing. ❞
– anon

❝ Aww. Looks like someone wants to be Prom King. In the 1970's. ❞
– anon

❝ you look like if cyrano was about a pumpkin that got left out on the porch until december ❞
– anon

OOC

PLAYER Veth TIMEZONE jst CONTACT vethica @ plurk

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