LUEDTKE, Elijah Knox

[Elijah Luedtke]

ELIJAHKNOXLUEDTKE

"Don't expect me to be fine."
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hello, my name is ELIJAH, i'm SEVENTEEN and i was born on JULY SEVENTH. i guess that makes me a JUNIOR and i've been A STUDENT at blackwood academy for OVER A YEAR. people would say i'm STUBBORN, OVER-PROTECTIVE, TRUSTWORTHY, LOYAL, AND ANGRY and that i look a lot like CHRISTOFER DREW INGLE but i just don't see it.

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• PERSONALITY:
Although Elijah generally keeps to himself, if you get on his bad side, you'll probably bring out his anger issues. When something upsets him, he doesn't just get a little upset, he gets full blown pissed off. It's a good thing he usually has enough smarts to remove himself from a situation when something is beginning to upset him. He generally finds it a good way to chill out by playing his guitar or writing a song. It's better then becoming violent. An easy way to get on Eli's bad side is to cause harm to his sister. He has an over protective nature, and will do anything to protect his loved ones. His ability to withdraw himself from situations is often hard for him to access when it comes to his family. His parents periodically send him to a therapist to try and solve his anger issues.

When Elijah isn't being a hot head, he's usually pretty quiet. He keeps to himself a lot, usually off playing music or reading a comic book. His true kindness comes out when he's around animals. He likes them more then people, and treats them very well. He also enjoys being out in nature and taking care of plants. Growing up, he was made fun of a lot for the odd aspects of some off the things he choose to wear and just his regular interests. His preference of animals and nature over people stems from the bullying he experienced. A lot of times when it comes to dealing with people, Elijah has no idea what to say, so his says nothing at all. This tends to make others feel uncomfortable.

If someone where to manage to get past his wall though, he would be the type to protect them as he protects his own family. He's incredibly loyal and the type of guy who would take a bullet for someone close to him. He's great with secrets. He's someone you can tell anything to, and as long as it doesn't piss him off, he won't ever speak a word of it to anyone else. However, he isn't one to usually speak his mind when you're doing something he disagrees with. Unless he feels that you're going to endanger yourself, he'll just let it be and let you make your own mistakes. He feels it's better then getting someone else irritated with him by his disagreeing.

Even though Elijah has the instinct to protect the people he cares about at all costs, he still has issues letting them in. Growing up, he gained the mind set that in the end, the only person to count on is himself. Even the people he'd die for have the potential to betray him. Even though he, himself, is trustworthy, he doesn't trust others with his own secrets. Still, he hopes to one day be able to have someone he can count on even more then he counts on himself. He knows that won't happen unless he learns to actually allow himself to trust another.

• LIKES:
☼ Nature ☼ Music ☼ The sound of rain against his window ☼ Animals ☼ Saturday morning cartoons ☼ Iced coffee ☼ Vegetables ☼ Comic books ☼ Laying in the grass ☼ Trading card games

• DISLIKES:
☁ Swimming ☁ His temper ☁ Burnt food ☁ Substance abuse ☁ Bullies ☁ History classes

• HISTORY:
Elijah was adopted by Robert and Marie Luedtke when he was three years old, and knows absolutely nothing about his life prior to that moment. It isn't because he doesn't have the ability to find out about his biological parents, he just doesn't see a point in discovering information about people who didn't like him enough to keep him. ; He always understood that their was a possibility that they couldn't financially afford to raise him or something of that nature, but the other possibilities kept him from wanting to discover the reasons behind his being put up for adoption. Elijah's adoptive family was well off with a daughter of their own, and he considered them as close as blood related anyways.

Growing up, Elijah didn't always have it easy. He was a bit nerdier then a lot of the other children and chose to dress a certain way that some of the kids didn't approve of. He always enjoyed wearing an obsessive amount of layers, and his clothing wasn't exactly in style. ; So, the other children picked on him often, and he developed sort of an anger issue. He was always throwing tantrums when he was younger. The older he got, the worse it got. He always ended up getting into fights in school over stupid things. Even though his anger was a little out of control, it did have an upset. The other kids eventually just began to leave him alone.

Although the Luedtke family was well off financially, the parents of the house hold didn't always see eye to eye. Eli's parents were constantly fighting over silly things, and would often take it out on their children. No, they didn't beat Elijah and his sister or anything of that nature, but they did often freak out about things that weren't really that bad. For instance, if Elijah would forget to do the dishes one night, his parents would scream at him and ground him for a couple of days. He would also get angry about his punishments that didn't fit the crimes and argue with his parents in return, not being able to control his anger. All the days he had spent grounded for stupid reasons gave him plenty of time to develop musical skills in singing, song writing, and playing the guitar. They were the things that eventually taught him to calm himself down just a little bit. It also helped him become a lot closer with his sister, because he often took the blame for some of her actions just to keep her from getting the unfair punishments.

When Elijah was fourteen, he found a litter of kittens in his back yard. Having developed an attachment to animals, he begun helping them out by bringing them water, blankets and anything else they might have needed. Eventually, they all got a bit older and wandered off. All except for one, that is. A little gray short haired kitten had stayed behind, continuously waiting for and counting on Elijah for care. Elijah named him Teacup and managed to convince his parents to let him keep her. Somehow, Teacup managed to make him calm almost as well as when he's playing music or writing a song.

At sixteen, Elijah's anger issues seemed to get even worse. He was getting into fights just because someone looked at him wrong, and he seemed to completely stop socializing. He wouldn't even give anyone the time of day. When asked a question, he'd simply clam up. So, his parents decided to send him to B.A.D. There, he made little improvement, but he did make some. His issues seemed to go back into their previous stages of when someone would actually have to say something wrong to him for him to go crazy on them.

Now, at the age of seventeen, things are pretty much the same in Elijah's house hold. His parents are still fighting, but he's learned to not let it bother him as much. He feels that he's rather have them fighting with the chance of working it out rather then his family splitting up. He's too stubborn to realize that splitting up would probably be a lot better for the four of them. He doesn't really have anyone that he can really call a friend at his school, because they either piss him off or they themselves get tired of his stubbornness. Although he doesn't enjoy being alone all the time, he's excepted that it might just be what's meant to be.

• FAMILY:
- Robert T. Luedtke | Age 48 | FATHER
- Marie L. Luedtke | Age 46 | MOTHER
- Mona Marie Luedtke | Age 15 | SISTER
- Teacup | Age 3 | CAT

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your name; lamb
how you found the site; proboards support message
other characters; none
how long you've been roleplaying; 10-11 years
code word; mufasa
status; finshed

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