History
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Base Story
────────────The Valentino family has a dark and complicated history, a burden which has been laid upon the youngest, and last,of the bloodline; Frank and Faye. Frank is the 8th man in the Valentino family to carry the name Franklin Theodore, its tradition for the first born male to be names after the ancestor to who changed the family's fortune, by founding the company. Although born into a wealthy and powerful family Frank's life has never been an easy one. From the very beginning the idea of absolute perfection was instilled into him by his father -Frank Sr. Not only must he do well at everything he did, but he must be the best. When Frank did well he was the good child, the favored child; The Golden Boy. However when he faltered, broke, or failed Frank was a piece of shit, too much of his mother in him, no son of mine. It was a harsh way to live, but the need for approval drove Frank to be perfect, well to seem perfect. School was a breeze, he was popular, athletic, and intelligent. University and business school was even easier, Frank could already maintain the facade of perfection.
When his father died Frank stepped into his place as head of the Valentino family, and vowed to be a better man than Frank Sr ever could have been. Can he do it? Will he be able to mend the deep scars Frank Sr, and the rest of his bloodline had inflicted? He seriously doubts this to be possible but it is not going to stop him from trying.
He is willing to do whatever it takes to fix his name and the family. For he will move mountians for his mother, sister and younger cousin if need be. -
Canon history···Sins of the Father···
The lives of the Valentino family have been intertwined with the lives of the Eppstein family for decades, almost a century. The Valentino bloodline is very wealthy, but mundane; never has there ever been a magic user in the family. The high profile, high class family has many uses for magic, thus they employed those with magical talent. This is how the two families are introduced, through casual employment. Eventually the Eppsteins, in desperate need of money, made a deal - one without a loophole to crawl out through. Valentinos paid them, paid for the family's education - so they might benefit from the Eppsteins new knowledge.The price? A bond that as long as the two bloodlines were both existent, the Eppsteins were bound in servitude to the Valentinos. The deal required strong blood magic - and it was one that would last through generations. Stuck with making a choice between servitude and barely feeding themselves, the Eppsteins agreed to bind themselves eternally to the Valentinos, naming the latter 'masters' of the bond. The blood bond affected on the entire Eppstein family but the strongest bond existed between members of the Eppstein family and Valentino family that were born around the same time; unofficially deemed 'master' and 'servant'. No Eppstein could disobey a Valentino - at least not without severe consequences - members of the Eppstein family who refused to go under servitude found themselves often growing sick or even dying due to the blood bond punishing them for their disobedience. It was strong blood magic, which was incapable of being broken - just 'forsaken' by the master, who, after making a reverse-vow, could release their servants from the bond. The blood bond could also be 'moved' to another master so some Eppsteins found themselves sold to other high-standing families. Already aware of the things blood magic could grant them, the Valentinos were smart enough to strike such deals with other poor magical families, whose magic they had at their disposal.
Frank Sr was more than aware of the blood bond, however he did not pass this information on to his children, they didn't know of the existence of the bond, merely thought the two families were tied together as Master and Servant through legal contracts, not magic. When Frank first meet's Elric Eppstein -his unofficial servant- when he is 14 years old. From the very beginning Frank sensed that the slightly older boy didn't like him but he could never figure out why. Being only two years younger than Elric, Frank was to be his bonded master, and Elric was more than aware of the bond. Elric wasn't the first of the Eppstein to hate the bond, he learned to hate it through his father and uncle - Peter and Hugo. Peter was murdered by Stan Valentino - who in turn was murdered by Elric -. Hugo died from the curse of the bond he refused to serve the Valentino family after his wife fell pregnant. His son Charles was only two when he died. Charles was to be Faye's unofficial servant.
-···A Mother's Vengeance···As previously mentioned, Frank Sr was harsh father. As Bad as things were for Frank, it was worse for his younger sister. Faye was always a beautiful child; blonde haired with big bright blue eyes. As Faye developed and grew into a woman Frank Sr started sexually abusing her, it was some time before Frank Jr realized what was happening. Even after realizing it there was hardly anything he could do. He tried to stop it a few times, it resulted in a helluva beating every time. Their mother Valerie, was aware of the beatings but not the reason behind them. She was always a fragile woman, and Frank Jr didn't' think she would be able to handle the truth behind it all; her husband was a monster. The fragile woman with bad health couldn't save her children from her husband.
Nothing came to light until Frank was 24 years old. By now he and his father could go toe to toe, aside from having grown up into a solid and strong person, Frank spent a little time in kickboxing and judo classes. He saved his sister from her as often as he could, but Frank couldn't be with her all the time. Finally the day came when Valerie did find out, and all hell broke loose in the Valentino household.
As soon as he got home Frank realized something was incredibly wrong. It was the middle of the afternoon, and as he pulled up the driveway the grounds and garage were utterly deserted; even Charlie Eppstien who usually could be found somewhere outside at that time was missing. As he got inside it didn't take long to figure out what happened, he could hear his sister sobbing and his mother screaming.
Hurrying up the stairs the screaming grew louder, and he realized that his mother found out. After running to the top of the stairs he broke into a full on sprint down the hallway where he found his sister, younger cousin, and Charlie. The dark haired young man looked utterly overwhelmed trying to keep both of the women calm, which was clearly a completely vain effort. Faye seemed to be a complete wreck, her dark make up smeared over her face by sorrowful tears, and she clung to Layla - their younger cousin - who was a sobbing wreck as well. His mother and father were in their room, and she was screaming profanities at him, all her anger for every horrible abusive things he had done to her, and to her children was finally boiling over.
He tried the door to their room, it was locked. Frank never considered the true outcome of this, he was worried, convinced even, that Senior would kill Valerie. "Can you do anything? Unlock the door? Break it down?!" His question was directed to Charlie, the only one who likely could verbalize anything at this point, and the only magical being in the room.There seemed to be a clear hesitation before the younger man shook his head. "No." The rest of what ever way said by Charlie was drown out but Valerie's enraged screaming from the other side of the door. All the screaming was almost instantly silenced when when the sound of gunfire rang out. Valerie Valentino emptied the entire clip into Frank Sr, she murdered her husband in pure anger and hatred for everything he did.
The murder was hastily covered up, just like every other vile thing done by a Valentino. With Frank Sr dead and gone Frank Jr is left holding the pieces. His sister Faye continues spinning out of control, and his mother Valerie's mystery illness only seems to get worse, while little cousin Layla tiptoeing and skirting around the chaos.
···Her Love was all a Lie···
Frank had many relationships through the course of his life, most of which been with women. One such woman isAdriana Calarotti - a woman who would later be known as Marlena. He he was 26 when he met her, she was a few years older than him not that it mattered; Frank had quickly been bewitched by her beauty, and false personality. They hadn't known one another very long when her husband quite suddenly died, and on her 29th birthday no less - Frank was there for her the instant she called. Adriana's grieving period over her husband was quite short, - too short in reality - within 3 months a torrid relationship had grown between her and Frank.
···But His is Not···After the disastrous end to his relationship with Adriana, Frank was none to eager to get back into dating. For a short time he went through a string of women - and men - just to keep his physical urges satisfied however as one started to get too close he would end it or replace them with another pretty face. However that grew old fast...
One of the most surprising moments of his life is when he met Sebastian Atticus Bevetta.
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···There is a Happy Ending After All···
