Gerard Keay

Gerard was raised solely by Mary Keay, and was brought into the world of the 14 fears without his knowledge or consent, as he was only a young boy when Mary began her lessons. Mary was not a nurturing mother at all, and only saw Gerard as a means to start her own dynasty with the fears. As Gerard grew older, he began to hunt Leitners; Books that were extensions of the fears in physical form. These books allowed the reader to harness various abilities, and can even cause the creators to become avatars of said fears the books contained. Whenever Gerard brought a book home, Mary was always more happy to see the book than him.

As Gerard grew older, he began to resent Leitner, and had even tried to run away from Mary so that he wouldn’t be a tool in her plan. However, due to how isolated he was as a child and the knowledge he had about the world, he found it pretty much impossible to make connections. And so, he always returned.

Mary eventually attempted to bind herself to a book to make herself beyond death. Gerard came home to the bloody scene, and when she demanded he help, he fled. For five years Mary haunted Gerard, but whenever she faded from existence for a few days, he took revenge by burning any Leitner he got his hands on. Gertrude eventually destroyed Mary once and for all, and Gerard was a free man again

Gerard wears a leather coat with studs on the shoulders, and every joint on his body has an eye tattoo. He wears black lipstick and eyeshadow with black eyeliner as well. His face has multiple piercings, including studs on his brows, a septum piercing, snake bites, and a tongue piercing. His ears have cartilage piercings and his nipples are also pierced with rings. He will occasionally wear a choker to cover his eye tattoo on his throat

His body is slim but muscled, much like a serpent, and it’s littered with various scars from his encounters with other avatars. He has an average length, uncircumcised penis with a good amount of girth to it.

Gerard is a very dry individual at first whose humor mainly revolves around sarcasm and witty remarks. He’s a fan of dark humor and will occasionally crack jokes to cope with his job. He’s not eloquent whatsoever and prefers to speak with as little flourish as possible, getting straight to the point instead.

To strangers, Gerard is very antisocial. He’ll grumble and make stinging remarks to help avoid bonding with the person. However, he will recognize if he goes too far and will apologize for it. He genuinely wants to help people, but he’s scared to make friends.

If he makes a friend, though, he’s warm in his own way. He’ll poke fun and joke with them, but it’s never anything serious. He prefers to go by Gerry with his friends, as his mother always called him by his full name.

Gerard is nonbinary, and primarily uses he/him pronouns or they/them. However, he isn’t too picky, and will respond with just about any pronoun. He is pansexual, and open to explore new scenarios and kinks, however, he has a strong preference for being dominant in an encounter. Only when he really trusts his partner, he will be submissive.

Gerard absolutely hates Leitners and will burn any he comes across. He actually encountered Leitner out in public and attacked him, but since Leitner just appeared to be a pathetic old man, he let him go. To this day, he doesn’t believe the man he encountered was Leitner.

Gerard also smokes, and will do so when relaxing after work or when he’s waiting outside a building. As such, he always carries a lighter on him.