A young British man, Galen is just barely into his twenties. Due to on going treatment for an injury suffered years ago, he has been unable to really finish much of his education. Armed with what could best me called a GED in the states, he's a wage worker in a Novelty shop in Downtown D.C.
Character Information
Name: Galen Thomas
Occupation: Novelty Shop Worker
Deity: Pasithea
Pantheon: Greek
Journal: notthatcrazy
PB: Brian Molko
History:
Galen was born in Manchester England, on the 7th of July, 1986. He was raised with a normal sort of childhood, until he was about 15 and suffered server head trauma from a automobile accident. Since that day he has had to deal with a personality he wishes would just go away.
The doctors diagnosed him with Borderline Personality Disorder, and shoved all sorts of drugs into his system, though most did little to nothing…except make things worse. When he would suffer block outs when Pasi was in control, when the drugs were heavy in his system. It was during those times that he had no idea of what, who, or where he went. He would sometimes wake up in strange places, with strange people…
As things got worse, his Mum and Da got more desperate to get him top notch help. In the end, he was moved to the States with his father to seek medical treatment in New York, and later Washington. But still, nothing seems to have really helped.
To keep his green card, Galen got a job in a local novelity shop, where he still works today. His parents, both which now leave in England again, send him monies each month to help pay expenses, on the condition that he continues to get psychiatric help.
Personality:
Galen is pretty laid back. He’s polite, though there was the occasionally rude outburst. Mostly, Galen’s a nice guy who is would go out of his way to help those around him. But the important thing to know about Galen is that he isn’t really what most people call ‘sane’. While the shrinks and such say he suffers from borderline personality disorder, or something to that effect…
Galen thinks he is perfectly sane…if you ignored the part of his psyche that swears it used to be a goddess. She calls herself Pasi, and when he’s out of it, or particularly stressed…well, really she just sort of makes herself known when she likes. As such he’s prone to arguing with the unseen voice in his head. She likes the pretty things, he likes the boyish things. She likes makeup, he doesn’t. Needless to say, living with a woman in your head is quite strange.
Pasi:
Pasi comes out form time to time as a dominate personality. She’s playful, and a flirt. She likes the gentleman, and has not real shame…and she also has a thing for illegal drug use and what she calls the “foresight” which can be induced by hallucinogens. She doesn’t take what Galen likes or dislikes into consideration most of the time, preferring to cater to her own wishes and desires- be that sex, drugs, or drinking…or getting him fired.
Strengths:
Galen has a talent for making people see things when they are high or drunk. He can sometimes manipulate people into believing very odd things, when Pasi puts the effort into it. Also, he is quite talented at helping people relax, with a message, or any other sort of relaxing activities.
Weaknesses:
Obviously, people believe Galen to be quite abnormal. Dispite his use of a Bluetooth head piece to explain way his habit of talking to himself, Galen still suffers from black outs, periods of time where he cannot recall how much time has passed, or even what he did. He has a tight budget, and a habit of both legal and illegal drugs to help with his…issues.
Physical description:
Galen's hair is dyed black, about chin to shoulder length. His eyes a bright, blue-green color. Most of the time he is found in makeup and girlish clothing. He is only about five feet, six inches and is sometimes mistaken for a young woman instead of a boy.
Knows:
A young college student that Pasithea met at a coffee shop. Galen is a bit shy around her, but they are fast becoming good friends.
A rich gentleman that came into the Novelty Shop. Galen didn't care for his attitude, and David didn't much care for the lasting impression Galen left him with.
A writer that Galen meet at one of the Smithsonian Museums.
A gentleman that could see 'goddesses'. Galen met Hazel in the Metro Station, and later went out for drinks with him. While Galen is a bit shy around people, their meeting seemed to go rather well.
A woman meet in the subway again. She was a bit strange, and Galen was not sure what to make of her.
Woman that Pasi and Galen both befriended. Called "Suz" for short, they generally seek her out when they feel the need to be social. However, there isn't much care fore Susan's boyfriend Alec.
General Deity History:
Pasithea was one of the younger Kharites (Graces), the goddess of either rest and relaxation, or of hallucination and hallucinogenic drugs. She was a daughter of Dionysos, the god of wine, and the wife of Hypnos, the god of sleep and dreams.
Greek Deities
Anteros - Vincent Antony Erasmus | Aphrodite - Emma Fields | Apollo - Kevina Evelyn Lippencott | Ares - Isadora "Dora" Austin | Artemis - Malcolm Gibbons | Dionysus - Morgan Ashford | Hecate - Hazel Rhode | Hephaestos - Cameron Hoyte | Hermes - Jack Donovan | Nike - Alainna Sorosin | Pasithea - Galen Thomas | Peitho - Daniel Morgan Evans | Thanatos - Kieran Dagny Townsend
