Reed Gabriel Graves King of Chaos

Name: Reed Gabriel Graves
Age: 52, born February 13th
Gender/Preference: Male. Unknown
Title: Mage
Student/Scholar/Graduate: Graduate of Salem
Residence: New Meridian
Familiar: None. He never found one he clicked with, though he's always looked.
Magical abilities: Iron, Daemon, Jinx, Faerie
Appearance: Likes to wear preppy clothes with dress down items, like button down shirts and ties with hooded sweatshirts and sneakers. He bears the typical scars of anyone with the iron element, though perhaps more than usual. He has one on his right calve, a smattering on his left bicep, a round scar on his upper left thigh, another on his left hip, and a very small scar on his neck, just below his right ear. He is frequently covered in bruises as he's always getting himself into dangerous situations.

Personality: He's alternately serious and goofy. Chaotic and off-the-wall. His loyalty is hard earned. He is very casual with most people and doesn't have deeper relationships with most. Risk taking. Clumsy. Brave to a fault.
Strengths: His unpredictability is a strength and a weakness, as is his bravery. He knows martial arts (not so ironically he's a master of the Drunken Fist).
Weaknesses: Seems to scar easily. Makes bad decisions. A bit of a philanderer with the ladies (and by a bit I mean a lot).
Quirks: Reed sleepwalks and talks, which accounts for some of his frequent bruises.
Secrets: Reed asserts that he has enough secrets to fill a warehouse in Homestead (I'm willing to bet at least two of those secrets are bastard children).

Biography: The second born child of Kat and Cam, the first born boy. Reed was always a challenging child, difficult to make mind and understand the consequence that follows risk.

He went to school at Salem Academy and was almost constantly in trouble for one thing or the other. When he graduated he decided he wanted to do his own thing and be his own person.

While attending school (and long after) he trained at several martial arts dojos (he learned what he could from each master before moving on and finding another). He's a master at Zui Quan (or Drunken Fist). He loves Capoeira, but doesn't have much use for it when he gets into real fights. He studied Ninjutsu, but has accepted that he has no skill for stealth whatsoever.

Reed moved to New Meridian and tried several lines of work (from a temporary stint as a leo from which he was discharged to a metal smith at a jewelers, which he still does in his spare time). Reed settled into another lifestyle which suits his dangerous needs. He runs a brothel on Silk Road (Dirty Vegas). He's very good to his patrons and his employees and ensures them the utmost safety at all times. Occasionally he's something of a rogue bounty hunter; typically he takes on hard marks that most others won't touch.

Reed has two children, Reagan and Drew. This is a big-huge secret. He has an excellent relationship with both of his children who understand why he keeps their lineage a secret. He has another child that he doesn't know about.

Reed's best confidante is his grandfather Hamlin whom he shares all of his secrets with.

He was involved in a casual relationship with Sophia van der Woodsen, which often gets him trouble. She seems to want more than just the casual bond they share. In truth she was the first woman who held his attention long enough to maintain a casual relationship with (that's like a long-term commitment to Reed). He had a hate-sex relationship with Lily. He really can't stand her, but the sex was good enough that he never said no when she dropped by for a romp.

He has since fallen in love with Marlowe, the ex-girlfriend of one of his brothers. They're relationship has had a lot of ups and downs, but Reed stuck with it and won Marlowe over.

What you won't know about Reed is that he's part fae, so much so that he has faerie form and has an allergy to iron (which explains all the scars he has from using his iron element abilities). His grandfather, Hamlin knows this along with his sister Ginevra. At the age of seven, Reed was embarrassed about being part fae after shifting forms at a family dinner. Mortified, Reed cast a memory modification spell (complicated magic for someone so young, but Reed was a clever and crafty child who wasn't afraid of such dangerous magic). To this day no one else knows that he's fae. Although faeries can sense those with fae traits, when they meet Reed they can only sense that there is something off about him, something peculiar though they cannot figure out what it is. This is because of another spell he cast to hide his nature from detection. He asked that his sister and grandfather help him work the ritual magic to make his fae nature a spellbound secret. They helped, though they were both deeply reluctant.