~ AVANT GARDE ~ LKH Chicago

Leo: Warren England
"Ain't talking, just walking. Eating hog eyed grease in a hog eyed town. Heart burning, still yearning . Some day you'll be glad to have me around"
Name: Warren England
Nicknames: None
Sex: Male
Species: Lion
Ethnicity: American
Age: 30
Position: Leo
Occupation: Owner of Club Paradox
Residence: Sahara

Family: Parents - mother Sophia , father Jacob (deceased), grandparents Henry and Martha Warren (deceased)
Siblings: None
Children: none
Significant Other: open

Appearance: In a word…irresistible. Warren is the classic tall dark and handsome. He stands at 6'2 and has a smile that can make your insides melt. He has fairly pale skin, not quite marble like, like ice that's got a touch of strawberry blush to it. He has nicely defined features, and full desirable lips. Warren's eyes are an icy blue with hints of green, in certain lights, intriguing, with a certain different ness about them, combined with that smile, almost glacier like at times, most of its meaning hidden beneath the surface, making you think there's more to this guy than just a pretty face. Warren's body is nicely toned, his upper arms are particularly muscular. His hair is thick and natural raven black in colour, with a hint of blue highlights.
Dress sense: Warren is a man in black. His wardrobe consists of black jeans, black tops, black shirts, black shoes, black boots, and yes, black leather pants, and a few black leather jackets.
Marks/Scars/Tattoos: Ear pierced once, usually wears either a small gold hoop or a diamond stud
Carried Possessions: wallet, cell phone

Personality: Warren comes off as quite standoffish with the air of a man who has seen it all and doesn't really give a damn anymore. In many ways, that's true, but that doesn't mean he's a completely heartless jerk. Having been taught by a Pride since his first shift, he has a deep respect for any Pride he belongs to, a lot of it relating to the fact that there are simply no submissives in the Pride, makes him very proud to be a part of one. He takes the word of his Ra very seriously, like laws. He appreciates the roll the women of the Pride pray, he may not show them as much respect as the men, but he does acknowledge those with positions have to be damn good at it to get there. He does however, have a rather dark sense of humour, that might seem a little on the weird side. He's a handy person to have on your side in a dangerous situation, but certainly not someone you would want to meet in a dark alley - not without him playing with your mind, and a seductive suggestion of your darkest fantasises coming true.
Hobbies: judo, sculpting from clay, studying languages,
Talents: Warren is an alpha lion and has absolute control over his beast. He can hold off shifting to the last minute, and partially shift when necessary. Mostly just for visual effect. Warren is also quite manipulative, and he's good at it as his methods tend to get in people's heads without them even realising he's persuaded them to his favour. He's also pretty good at reading people, deciphering from their actions and body language what their next moves should be. He has a degree in psychology. Warren likes different languages, be it body or spoken word. He uses it as a form of escape from his every day life, studying and learning languages from other countries. He's currently learning German and Italian. He can already speak French.
Weaknesses: Warren is quite a proud man, and can sometimes appear to be a little rude, bordering on obnoxious. His sense of humour is quite dark, and sometimes more weird and often a little disturbing. He's very dispassionate a lot of the time, and despite running a business like Club Paradox, sex itself bores him. When he does choose a partner its usually the thrill of the chase that gets him, the act itself, no matter what role he's playing, doesn't particularly do anything for him. This makes him quite restless and annoyed.

History:
Warren was an accident, and his mother made no secret of it. Sophia had never wanted children. She and her husband Jacob ran a successful adult club in Jamestown, Virginia. The last thing that they wanted was to have to deal with a child. Warren was taken in by his grandparents, who raised him until he was nine. He visited home on the odd occasion, but neither Mom or Dad were particularly interested in him. Warren learned early on of what his parents did, his grandparents did not approve. But it just made Warren more and more curious. When he was nine, his grandparents died in a plane crash, and he was shipped back to his parents. His mother hired a nanny to look after him, the sister of one of the workers at the club. His parents weren't shy about talking about their business, and often entertained certain customers at their own home while he was supposed to be staying in his room. Warren found himself watching as he grew older with his curiosity growing, but in a more morbid sense than anything else. When he was a teenager, his Dad showed him the club, how it ran. Warren learned how to read people, and his dark good looks made him instantly attractive. He soon learned how to flirt, and the girls, and sometimes the boys, who worked the scene taught him a variety of…different experiences. Unfortunately, after one session when he was seventeen, he found himself with a nasty scratch on his side. He thought nothing of it, until he got a fever and started feeling sick. And at the full moon…shifted. Warren's first shift was painful, very painful. But he soon found the local Pride on his door. Whoever had changed him, by accident or not, word had gotten around and they offered him a home. Warren's parents didn't care, it meant he was off their hand, though his Dad still wanted him at the Club, he wanted Warren to be able to open his own version of it in a new city and get a business going. Warren wasn't exactly thrilled at the thought.

He went to live with the Pride, and learned how to control his beast, becoming Dominant very quickly. He went to college in Chicago, petitioning to stay with the Pride there while he studied, but Warren found himself liking Chicago so much he remained there and became a permanent member. He graduated college with a degree in psychology. He was settling into Chicago life okay, looking for a job, working as a bar tender. His father visited him when he was 24 with a gift - he'd set up Warren with his own club - Club Paradox. The theme of the club was a little darker than the one his parents ran, dancers, strippers, staff were hired, and it was waiting for him to start managing the place. Since Warren barely spoke to his mother, he decided he wanted to keep the relationship with his father decent at least, so he agreed to run the club.

A few years later, he found the Leo of his Pride messing with some of the girls, after Warren witnessed the man actually striking one when she refused to do his bidding, he challenged the man and won, killing him, taking his position in the Pride. He became the new Leo, and remains in Chicago, continuing to successfully run Club Paradox.