Roderich Edelstein (Austria)

[Roderich Edelstein]

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Name: Roderich Edelstein
Age: 24
Nationality: Austrian
Birthday: 27 April

Occupation: Concert pianist and violinist, heir to banking empire
Upper, Middle, or Lower Class?: Upper
Attitude Towards Bots?: A great invention, where have they been all his life?

Appearance: Roderich is of modest height, standing 5’8” and rather slender. He has never been required to do physical work in his life, but he has a busy schedule and often has to be reminded to eat. His brunette hair usually starts out carefully combed and styled, but it has a mind of its own and becomes unruly over time, especially one rogue lock which refuses to be tamed. Because he spends most of his time indoors, he is quite pale and desperately in need of some sunshine. His eyes are violet and normally hidden behind eye glasses that actually do not assist his sight in anyway. He is always impeccably dressed as befitting a high-class entertainer. His outfits follow traditional aristocratic fashion with suits, expensive jewelry, cravats and lace at the sleeve cuffs to match the persona he has come to be known by.

Likes
[x] Quiet and solitude
[x] Order and organization
[x] Music and instruments
[x] Beautiful things and scenery
[x] Cakes, sweets and tea

Dislikes
[x] Noise and chaos
[x] Having to connect with other people
[x] Having his routines interrupted
[x] New and unfamiliar people or surroundings
[x] Creatures and things from the ocean

Strengths

[x] Wealthy and influential
[x] Generous and kind
[x] Strength of will
[x] Not easily read, bluffs well, has excellent poker face

Weaknesses

[x] Mental disability and erratic behavior
[x] Gets lost easily
[x] Needs assistance to function to normal levels
[x] Lack of empathy, difficulty connecting with others

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Personality:
On the outside, Roderich is refined and quiet, even a little cold and unfriendly. He rarely smiles or laughs and interacts with others only when he needs to, making him a person often described as hard-to-read. He dislikes looking anyone full in the face and avoids eye contact, which is why he wears non-prescription glasses he doesn't need. It acts as a kind of barrier between himself and other people that he can fidget with as an excuse for not looking directly at others. Should he make prolonged eye contact or study a person's face too closely and they have a unique feature, he could obsess over it. When he visits others and he is left unoccupied, he will start organizing things in the room. The method of organization is chosen at random.

He is most comfortable alone with an instrument of any kind in or under his fingers. He does have emotion, but it is mostly expressed through his music. He isn't a partying playboy as would be expected of his age and wealth, but a concert pianist and violinist of the most prestigious orchestra in Eishoff. He is however spoiled and expects better treatment from society than the average person. He is still viewed as kind and generous, being an active philanthropist, but nevertheless, highly eccentric.

It is not widely known that Roderich has disability and often displays odd behavior. While able to care for himself, he needs to be looked after to keep his life and house running smoothly. Without someone guiding, leading or directing him, Roderich will promptly become lost when faced with unfamiliar locations. Unfamiliar locations would be anywhere outside his own home that he does not visit regularly.

The people close enough to Roderich to know about his disability still find it hard to take advantage of him, as when Roderich is fully lucid and undisturbed, his mind is sharp and his poker face flawless. Roderich does not take kindly to being treated unfairly or rudely, and has used his influence to trouble the offender in turn. Roderich does in fact smile when a deal has gone sour and he is mentally blacklisting someone.

Because of his disassociation with people, his parents despair that he will likely never produce an heir of his own. He lives with the threat of an arranged marriage over his head.

History:
Roderich was born to a wealthy family of old money, the heir to the Edelweisslandesbank empire, an Austria-based chain of banks with some of the world’s most stringent secrecy laws, making the chain very alluring for people looking to hide money. Despite his high-class breeding, since birth he was disconnected to people outside his parents and nanny, rarely smiling or talking. He would also have screaming fits for no apparent reason. His parents were distraught and visited many doctors and even priests to fix what was wrong with their son. One therapist gave Roderich a toy piano, and he took to it with relish. Musical instruments quickly became how he expressed himself. He only had to hear a song once to be able to play it back, and once he learned the basics of an instrument, he could master it in a short amount of time. He was finally diagnosed with Asperger's and savant syndrome. He was a genius with instruments and music, his vision and hearing were exceptional, but he had great difficulty relating to others, and absolutely no sense of direction.

Once his parents and teachers understood how his brain worked, he was properly educated. They learned his fits were reactions to disorder and loud or excessive noise, things common with having other children around. His brain could not process them properly into order, throwing him into confusion and distress. He was sharply aware of where things were in his house, and their proper locations. If anything was moved, he had severe problems dealing with it and could become destructive and violent or his brain performed the blue screen of death, leaving him catatonic for hours.

As he matured and went through therapy, his fits, lack of direction and disassociation with people continued, though the latter improved. He started mastering basic social skills, and easing off on his bizarre behaviors. He does however still easily get lost, and while understanding the concepts of left and right, as well as the four directions, he cannot put the concepts into practice without a map or a compass. After a lobster he discovered on a counter in the kitchen moved under his hand, he has since abhorred and detested anything coming from the ocean that still looks like a sea creature, other than small fish. He will leave the room or area when confronted by them.

He cycled through the help in his household, many unable to deal with his fits, demands or strange behavior, very few sticking around for more than a year. It was then he heard about the DERP bots, and the idea sounded like the solution to his problems. A person who would not tire, who did not have true emotions that would not be offended or even worse, afraid of him, and would have no other purpose in life but to see to his well-being. That was exactly what Roderich needed.

RP Sample:
The parlor bookcase was scattered. Why, oh why did it have to be scattered? Roderich’s fingers twitched as he tried to resist rising and setting it into order. This was not his house. Roderich closed his eyes to try and not see the room, simply waiting for his host to finish a phone call and come greet him.

Roderich’s fingers started drumming on the arms of the chair he sat in, which turned into slow clawing at the expensive fabric. His nails caught on the texture and he had to clench his hands to stop himself before he damaged it. Finally, as if no longer in control of himself, Roderich stood, walked over to the bookshelf of old books, and started to rearrange them. They had been shoved in with great disorder, and Roderich shuffled them around until the tallest books were in the center of each shelf, with smaller books on each side in descending order.

At last he could control himself enough to sit back down. This was fortunate as just a few moments later, his host arrived, apologizing for the delay. Roderich kept his eyes closed as the other settled himself in the chair facing him, one of the house manservants bringing in tea on a platter. Roderich propped an elbow on the chair arm, and rested his chin against his knuckles, eyes still closed so he will not have to see the unfamiliar manservant. He heard the sound of a cup clinking against a saucer near him, and he opened his eyes to rest it purely on the saucer cup. Never the manservant’s face or hands. He accepted it with a quiet word of thanks and then settled his gaze on the host’s collar as he sampled the tea. He has seen this man often enough that a quick glance at his face was all that was needed to affirm his identity.

Fortunately this host knew his guest well enough to ignore the fact he did not receive eye contact and also quietly sampled the tea.

With his mouth and throat warmed by the tea, Roderich put the cup down on the saucer. “So, what is this wondrous invention you feel could change my life?” He pushed his glasses back up his nose with a single finger in a habitual gesture. “I fear I may be indebted to you if I find this to be true.”

:ooc information:

Name: Da Hae or Shizuka
Age: 18+
Time Zone (GMT +/-): GMT +9
Experience: RPing online for several years. RPing Hetalia for about 6 months.
Note: I took a risk on how I viewed Roderich, but this is how he explained himself to me. With so much at stake, I humbly offer some muffins to sweeten the deal?

[AdminDERP]

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