Personal Description[]
Name: The Gentleman
Real Name: Lois Burniham
Nicknames: Death's Butler, The Undead Servant, The Devil's Butler, Blind Assassin, and the Failed Servant
Age (at Death): 20
Age: 102
Gender: Male
Cause of Death: Beaten to submission then tortured with a mix of a highly acidic compound due to a combination of cleaning fluids found around the house. He was blinded by his original master with a rag dipped into this compound and then had his hands dipped into it until they were skeletal. He died due to shock to his system, causing him to go into cardiac arrest and his master decided to make sure he was dead by stabbing Lois in the back.
Ethical Origin: English/British
Place of Origin: London
Undead Type: Zombie
Astrological Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Blood Type: AB+
Sexual Preference: Straight
Relationship: None
Affiliation: None
Occupation: Butler
Date Of Birth: June 21, 1920
Date Of Death: August 25, 1940
Languages Spoken: English (Fluent)- Has an Upper Class British accent due to being English and his position as a butler.
Place/Type of Residence: Rose Manor, London, England
Personality[]
Personality: Loyal, skittish, caring, sensitive, tends to be slow to anger, cautious, very cowardly most times, nervous, and submissive to figures of authority (Such as someone of higher power like his master for example).
Fears:[]
- Failure
- Being beaten by a Cane | a common use of discipline his master used if his butlers made even the pettiest of mistakes. This usually is him striking the servant with his walking cane hard enough to form bruises and even break certain things like their noses or with enough force, fracture or break their ribs. He will twitch at the sound of someone walking around using a walking cane and cower in fear.
- Claustrophobic | Lois personally was shut in the dark mansion basement for several days when he was younger and still in training as a butler before his father retired from service. Haunts him to this day.
- Hates loud noises | Due to his sensitive hearing
- Hates the smell of chemicals | Due to his torture before he perished.
Quirks:[]
- He stutters a lot- a speech impediment that was developed from the constant beatings he was given from little or petty mistakes
- Hates the smell of chemicals- he might flip out due to being blinded and had his hands dipped in an acidic compound as punishment.
- Winces at the sound of someone yelling or a loud noise.
- He will lose his stutter when he gets pissed off.
- He tends to suppress traumatic experiences a lot- creating the air that he's delusional. For example, he still believes his master is alive though in reality, he was murdered by Gentleman after he brought the butler back from the dead after murdering him for "failure" several months before. He doesn't remember killing him though it's more of his mind "forgot" because of how horrific the killing was. He also went against a “code” the butlers went by by killing his master and that in turn went against all he knew.
- Will attack if you intrude in the mansion he resides in, though it's been abandoned. He wanders the mansion that was owned by his original master, believing his "master" will return and to protect it like a butler should.
Appearance[]
Weight: 195 Lbs
Height: 5’ 10"ft
Eye Color: Milky white with no irises or pupils; red veins
Skin Color: Ivory
Hair Color: Mouse Brown
Distinguishing Features: His eyes were blinded and whited out due to chemical torture so you can see the veins, he has burns around his eyes, and his hands are partially skeletal due to them being dipped in a strong concentration of an acidic compound and there is some scorched flesh and muscle on the palms and fingers. Also has puncture wounds on his back and bruises from his beatings left on his skin.
Combat[]
Special items: []
- He carries a gold pocket watch which was given by his father
- Throwing knives that are usually kept hidden inside his vest
Powers/Abilities:[]
- Due to his destroyed eyesight, he has super-human / heightened hearing, taste, touch and smell. He uses his other senses to track down opponents and to navigate around. He uses his voice as a form of echolocation, humming as he explores the area he’s in.
Weapons: He carries a set of throwing knives
How He kills/wounds in Combat:[]
- He uses his sharpen senses to locate a target by their footsteps, scent, breathing or any other giveaways and throws his knives
Proficiencies:[]
- He has sharpened senses which he has used to his advantage. He can feel a little bit in his hands but most of the nerves in his hands are dead and eaten away so he can't feel pain in those extremities.
Weaknesses:[]
- Fire | He's Undead
- Loud Noises
- Strong Odors | Due to having a very sensitive nose
- Speech Impediment (Stutters) | Can't communicate well due to this.
- Exorcist Items/Exorcism
- Strong Necromancy Magic | Even though he arose from the dead due to a form of necromancy, any stronger form will do harm to him
- Can't detect the undead and supernatural- especially ghosts | Due to most not having any vital signs he's used to detecting. He also has a hard time detecting anyone with the ability to levitate or fly as well.
- Can be overpowered by strength or numbers | He relies on range attacks and distance away from his opponent to strike and the element of surprise.
- Tends to be loyal to the point of being deceived.
- His pearl soul gem which is located in his chest.
Strengths:[]
- Heighten senses
- No pain reception in his body
- Very Loyal
- His hearing is especially sharp. Along with this due to him using a form of echolocation by humming to get around, he has to listen for the sound reflecting back.
- He has a good sense of direction with the use of echolocation, despite him being sightless- especially with familiar areas.
- Retains a good memory of places he explored and is familiar with so he can navigate with no problems with his echolocation.
- Has a keen sense of hearing people's voices, breathing and vitals.
Relationships[]
- Parents: Jane Willoworth (Mother- Deceased), Daniel Burniham (Father- Deceased)
- Children: None
- Relatives: None
- Partner: None
- Familiar: None
- Mentors: Daniel Burniham (His Father- He was a butler to Lois's original master before Lois)
- Friends: Lolita - (Andrew Michaelis's Maid)
- Allies: Brutus (Rose's head butler - Deceased)
- Rivals: ---
- Enemies: Lord Vladimir Rose- (Original Master- Deceased)
- Pets: None
Quotes[]
- "H-How may I serve you?"
- "Is the t-tea to your liking?"
- "You called M-Master?"
- "S-Sorry my friend..b-but you have to die now. O-Orders are Orders.."
- "E-Enough with t-the yelling! I-I may be blind but I-I'm not deaf!"
Notes[]
- Very loyal to whoever he put under service with.
- Freedom and free will is an alien concept to him, as he was raised in servitude.
- He uses a form of echolocation by humming loudly for the sound to reflect off the surfaces to walk around.
- He will serve under anyone of authority but later on kills them when he grows tired of them or they anger him. Usually, he kills them in a fit of rage.
- He was brought back from the dead by Rose to serve the man for eternity as punishment for "failing" him and for Rose's complete disgust of him for being a product between two eloping servants. To him, Lois didn't deserve an afterlife.
- Completely blind and has no actual feeling of touch due to his destroyed nerves in his skeletal hands.
- He does have the tendency of "erasing" memories/suppress memories- he will "forget" events such as him killing his master or when he has a mental breakdown triggered by a scent or a word.
- Bandages cover his hands as he had injuries to them prior to them being burnt to the state they are now.
- He was brought back from the dead by his original master who wanted him to serve him for eternity. In a fit of rage though, Gentleman manages to break free from his initial fear of his master and kills him by using the cane Lord Rose carried and cracked the older man's skull in his rage. He kept on hitting the master till Lord Rose stopped breathing and died.
- He was actually considered a "Bastard's child" since he was conceived by a maid from a different house by his father.
- He was considered useless up until he came of age and was trained as a butler to succeed his father when his father became too ill and old to work. This was a main reason why he was targeted so much- he was an unexpected illegitimate child that split his fathers attention from raising him and doing his duties. His mother abandoned him at birth, since she lost her job when she was discovered pregnant. The only reason his master allowed the boy to live was that Lois and his father were bound to the home/family to serve for the rest of their lives.
- Master Rose got the book of necromancy used to raise Lois from the dead from Lolita's master Andrew Michaelis as both Vlad Rose and Andrew Michaelis were business partners and friends and part of the same cult.
- Created by Invaderlka.
External Links[]
Official Theme Song: Madness by Ruelle
Origin Story: ORIGIN PASTA: Death of a Butler