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ELIJAH GOSSETT

Chris Pine

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DETAILS

[/b] Attorney
Residence: The Woodlands
Age: 32

Height: 6'0"

Weight: 185lbs

Hair Color: Dirty blond/brown

Eye Color: Blue

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual



Notable features: N/A
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PERSONALITY

[/b] Working with his hands, bars, politics, debates, coffee, comedy, peace and quiet, luxurious living, technology, live performances, swimming, professionalism, museums, his job, the news.
Dislikes: Children, cigarettes, drugs, country music, promiscuous people, liars, video games, invasion of his personal space, constant travel, doctors, sugary food/drinks, laziness, attention seekers, surprises.
Strengths: Charismatic, laid-back, confident, ambitious, organized, fearless.
Weaknesses: Know-it-all, impatient, can be demanding and expect too much from others.


General personality: Elijah is that guy who you either love or hate. There really is no in between, and once you're past the base persona he puts on, it's easy to see why. A go-getter by nature, Elijah tends to be overbearing when it comes to seeing something through or meeting his goals and expectations he's set for himself. Where he falls short in this area is expecting others to put just as much drive into everything they do. He looks down on people who don't, and any person who's ever explained to him why they failed at this or that is met with the same condescending remark; "that's just an excuse." Failure is not an option to Elijah, and any person who has ever failed just didn't try hard enough, according to his opinion.

However, at first glace, Elijah is the guy everyone wants to be. He's confident, charismatic, and a total charmer. While these are all very real traits that he possess, they're also covers for his shortcomings. In a lot of ways, his confidence can also be a weakness as it's borderline cocky - in a bad way. Because of this, he doesn't handle rejection well, even though he has no problem delivering rejection to others. That also means he's a sore loser and can be something of a moper or the guy pouting in the corner because he didn't get his way. Simply put, he's spoiled and a little on the entitled side of the spectrum.

Strong-minded and opinionated, Elijah says what's on his mind without filter, which can often times leave a bad taste in peoples' mouths. The worst part is that he doesn't seem to care. Being disliked is nothing new to him, so it really doesn't bother him so much. Of course, that doesn't help him on the romantic front as most potential relationships are quickly torn apart by his my-way-or-the-highway attitude. Yet, he somehow seems to always reel another in. In a sense, you could say he's the guy that ruins good girls for the rest of the lads out there. While he isn't abusive in any sense of the word, he does have a hard time seeing himself as the problem, finding it much easier to instead place the blame on others. Perhaps that's why he's so good at what he does for a living. Or maybe it's the fact that he can't stand losing to anyone he views as beneath him.

Despite all the ugliness that is Elijah Gossett, he isn't all bad. A protector at heart, his fearlessness is ultimately what leads him down the path of protectiveness, even if he is sometimes overly-protective. He might view those "lesser" than him as beneath him, but he still lends a helping hand, without throwing it back in their face later. He's a no-questions-asked type of person, meaning that he doesn't ask what led you to needing his help or how you ended up in a particular nasty situation - if you're not coming to him to hire him as your attorney, that is. Otherwise, he lends his helping hand and never speaks of it again. He's an excellent secret keeper and could fill an entire novel with the barrage of secrets he holds silently for others. If there's something you want to get off your chest, but you don't want the world to know, Elijah is your go-to guy.
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HISTORY

[/b] High school diploma; 4 years of undergraduate study, 3 years of law school.

Years in Sweetwater: 3

Family Members: Parents: Matthew(58) & Bethany(56) Gossett (Divorced). Both live in Sacramento, California. Professional type relationship. Half-sister: Eve Lemphill(24). Married with two kids of her own, currently living in Athens, Texas. Were never really close, keeps moderate contact. Brother: Jayce Gossett(35). Lives in Sacramento, California. Strained relationship due to Jayce's criminal history. Nieces: Jada(3) & Linnie(8) Lemphill. Mostly strangers as Elijah hasn't taken the time to get to know them.



General History: Being the middle child has always had it pros and cons for Elijah. On one hand, he was often times overlooked in favor of his younger half-sister. On the other hand, he was held to a much higher standard than his older brother. Growing up, the Gossett's were the picture perfect family, at least on the outside. Elijah's father was a successful businessman, much like his father before him, while his mother occupied her time with interior design. The couple were the envy of all of their friends since they seemed to have it all together and everything "worked" for them. The harsh reality was that the two had never really been compatible. A lustful night after a formal event for Matthew's company led the two down a path of hasty romance, that ultimately led to the conception of Elijah's older brother. Being the prideful type that his parents were, they did what they thought was right and tied the knot before his birth, only to find chaos in their haste decision.

They argued non-stop, but always decided to work on it for the sake of their child, if nothing else. When Elijah was born, it seemed all was finally right in the Gossett world. A newfound bliss seemed to take over the home and for once, there was peace to be had. However, that all quickly crumbled when Elijah's father was caught having an affair. After that, his parents always had an estranged relationship, which eventually led to their divorce when Elijah was only 6 years old. His mother gained custody of Jayce while Elijah went to live with his father. After a few years, their father got remarried, to the mistress no less, and thus Eve was born. Elijah didn't have much to do with his half-sister, and to be truthful, his step-mother wouldn't have had it any other way as she was resentful of Elijah, not able to stand that there had been another woman in Matthew's life before her. Elijah's mother also remarried, but that did not last very long.

Elijah and his two siblings had fairly easy lives, though it's difficult to have a hard life when you're born with a silver spoon in your mouth. For Elijah, this gave him something to aspire towards, though his brother saw it as more or less a get-out-of-jail-free card; literally. He collected an extensive criminal history in his teens while Elijah and Eve were on to much bigger and better things. His father and step-mother ruled with an iron fist and accepted nothing less than the best, often times pitting the two against each other, which did not help them build a relationship with one another.

When Elijah graduated high school, he immediately enrolled in college and eventually law school to became an attorney, though he'd be lying if he said it wasn't motivated by getting his brother out of prison after he'd been convicted of armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. This became something of a back and forth between Elijah and his brother, who was only using him to get away with murder, metaphorically speaking, of course. In the chaos, Elijah found that he actually loved being an attorney. It combined two of his favorite things; debates and winning, and Elijah loved coming out on top. Deciding to make it a career, he became something of a nationalized attorney, specializing in defense cases for serious charges that other attorneys just couldn't compete with. Even if he and everyone around him knew his client was guilty, Elijah had a knack for getting decisions in court made in his favor, time and time again.

After his sister moved to Texas, where she met her now husband, Elijah thought it wise to get out of California as well, since his mother and father constantly used him to enable his brother by getting his out of jail time and time again, for various crimes. His father, step-mother, and biological mother saw this act as nothing less than betrayal to his family, though it didn't seem to phase Elijah in the slightest. Most people didn't care for his company, and he'd never cared for his family's, so it seemed it had all come full circle in some way or another. He found a nice house in Sweetwater that he felt was suited to his personal tastes, and jumped at the chance to move in, and has since lived happily in the small town, though most of his work has come from the next city over and out of state.
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OOC

[/b] Luxury/Lux

Discord ID: Lux#5021

Other Characters: @novalynnwestbrooke



Tag: @luxury

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