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Born to Abigail and Garrett Malezire on the streets of Baldur's Gate, Chance Malezire was the second what would be three children by the time all was said and done. Though the second of three, Chance was the only one of the three to be born a tiefling. The dormant tiefling genes within the Malezire bloodline revealed itself in the Malezire's second child and only in him. This cause much strife in the Malezire household, and accusations of indecency were thrown about constantly. However, the Malezire's reluctantly accepted their cursed child in the end and raised him to his teens. His childhood did not get any easier in his household, however. Raised on streets that were heavily human populated, Chance was a stain on his family name. His older sister, Margeurite, never could stand the sight of Chance. Whether it was because of the implication that someone in the house had been unfaithful that Chance represented or that hating him earned her popularity among the other gutter born children or if Mags had always just been a hateful person at heart, it didn't really matter. Mags, and other local children, made Chance's life a living hell. And when his younger brother came out human as the rest, Mags soon inducted him into the squad of children that ostracized and abused Chance deep into his teens.
In the end, Mags' anger grew too much to be contained to school yard bullying. Chance woke at the age of fifteen to find his sister's fingers around his throat in the dead of night. The struggle for his survival had been one of sheer fear and force, as the child had no real training in any sort of violence beyond running from it. Desperate to fight for his life as much as Mags was desperate to end it, the two children thrashed and rolled about their small home with no intervention from their parents. Whether they didn't hear from the upper floor, or chose to pretend they didn't hear, Chance could only guess at. And he knows which option he'd bet money on. Through sheer desperation, Chance managed to get his hoofed feet deep into Mags' stomach with enough force to send the girl sprawling. There was a scream of agony as the other girl rolled into the fire, and with no second glance, Chance disappeared into the night. What became of Mags and his family after his departure, he doesn't know to this day, and he has no need to know.
PERSONALITY:
For someone who's primary skills lie in being charming, Chance disguises it well. If only that were intentional. Awkwardly charming, the young tiefling grew up barely tolerated by his parents and ridiculed and worse by others. The effect of his childhood on him leaves the young man constantly trying to make up for his own perceived deficiencies, creating the awkwardly charming combination that exists in him.
The awkward stems from never feeling comfortable in his own skin. Through Elusin's help, Chance began to find a somewhat awkward acceptance of what he was. However, tieflings were not so common in the neighborhood Chance grew up in. So growing up with seeing very few of his own kind, and even more rarely getting to spend any quality time with them, Chance has always felt like a fish out of water. Leaving home, he's seen more people of all kinds of shapes and sizes, some even more exotic than his own. While this has helped paved way for some progress in his own self-image, the damage from his youth runs deep.
Chance's discomfort with what he is makes the boy try harder when he remembers how to. It can leave him awkward, and even vulnerable at times, but when he really puts and effort into it, Chance can seem as confident and charming as any other person. And if he has a goal that needs smooth words and a sweet song, he can really turn the charm on even further. Some of this knowledge seeps into his normal state of existence, the attitude of "faking it till you make it" starting to become a reality for him. Thus, the awkward and charming sides of him always war out. And awkward tends to be a comfortable base for the boy, with charming being something he has to work harder to. He can often be seen trying to pump himself up to be so charming in a performance, and completely exhausted from the effort afterwards.
With the two warring emotions taking up so much of the tiefling's efforts, as comfort is not something Chance has ever come to know, there's little room in his life for anger. Maybe at himself at times, but for the most part it's hard to get angry at anything externally when one believes all the problems in the world stem from themselves. This makes Chance seem more easy-going than he really is, as he just internalizes most of his anger in on himself, sparing others of having to see it too often. He's not impervious to anger, though, and the real way to draw it out tends to be when he's angry on the behalf of others. Or when he's really tired. He gets a little grumpy when he's tired.
On his surface, Chance tries to exude the kind of confidence that Elusin and Una lived their daily lives by. The young tiefling, however, has never truly struck that proper balance in his life. He strives for it, in honor of the friends he's lost, but inner demons are harder to bury than external ones.
In the end, Mags' anger grew too much to be contained to school yard bullying. Chance woke at the age of fifteen to find his sister's fingers around his throat in the dead of night. The struggle for his survival had been one of sheer fear and force, as the child had no real training in any sort of violence beyond running from it. Desperate to fight for his life as much as Mags was desperate to end it, the two children thrashed and rolled about their small home with no intervention from their parents. Whether they didn't hear from the upper floor, or chose to pretend they didn't hear, Chance could only guess at. And he knows which option he'd bet money on. Through sheer desperation, Chance managed to get his hoofed feet deep into Mags' stomach with enough force to send the girl sprawling. There was a scream of agony as the other girl rolled into the fire, and with no second glance, Chance disappeared into the night. What became of Mags and his family after his departure, he doesn't know to this day, and he has no need to know.
PERSONALITY:
For someone who's primary skills lie in being charming, Chance disguises it well. If only that were intentional. Awkwardly charming, the young tiefling grew up barely tolerated by his parents and ridiculed and worse by others. The effect of his childhood on him leaves the young man constantly trying to make up for his own perceived deficiencies, creating the awkwardly charming combination that exists in him.
The awkward stems from never feeling comfortable in his own skin. Through Elusin's help, Chance began to find a somewhat awkward acceptance of what he was. However, tieflings were not so common in the neighborhood Chance grew up in. So growing up with seeing very few of his own kind, and even more rarely getting to spend any quality time with them, Chance has always felt like a fish out of water. Leaving home, he's seen more people of all kinds of shapes and sizes, some even more exotic than his own. While this has helped paved way for some progress in his own self-image, the damage from his youth runs deep.
Chance's discomfort with what he is makes the boy try harder when he remembers how to. It can leave him awkward, and even vulnerable at times, but when he really puts and effort into it, Chance can seem as confident and charming as any other person. And if he has a goal that needs smooth words and a sweet song, he can really turn the charm on even further. Some of this knowledge seeps into his normal state of existence, the attitude of "faking it till you make it" starting to become a reality for him. Thus, the awkward and charming sides of him always war out. And awkward tends to be a comfortable base for the boy, with charming being something he has to work harder to. He can often be seen trying to pump himself up to be so charming in a performance, and completely exhausted from the effort afterwards.
With the two warring emotions taking up so much of the tiefling's efforts, as comfort is not something Chance has ever come to know, there's little room in his life for anger. Maybe at himself at times, but for the most part it's hard to get angry at anything externally when one believes all the problems in the world stem from themselves. This makes Chance seem more easy-going than he really is, as he just internalizes most of his anger in on himself, sparing others of having to see it too often. He's not impervious to anger, though, and the real way to draw it out tends to be when he's angry on the behalf of others. Or when he's really tired. He gets a little grumpy when he's tired.
On his surface, Chance tries to exude the kind of confidence that Elusin and Una lived their daily lives by. The young tiefling, however, has never truly struck that proper balance in his life. He strives for it, in honor of the friends he's lost, but inner demons are harder to bury than external ones.