Name: Liz Age: 26 Contact Info:buttadventure Other Characters: n/a
Character Information
Name: Biff Canon: LAMB: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal Age: 32... but technically 2023. Gender: male Canon Point: Chapter 5; shortly after he finally scores a Bible, but before he's had much of a chance to read it. Background Link:here! Inventory: The clothes he's wearing (plain t-shirt, jeans, no shoes), a hotel towel, and a tiny bottle of shampoo.
Personality: It takes a pretty special guy to be the best friend of the Christ. If the guy you spend all your time around could bring back the dead from the time he was six years old, well, you're going to either develop one Hell of an inferiority complex, or a really good sense of humor. Biff opted for the latter.
It's hard to get Biff to stop telling jokes, and nothing is sacred. Or, nearly nothing. Joshua was the only one with the ability to point out for Biff when he was being insensitive, and sometimes he even listened. Or sometimes, and especially in relation to Joshua himself, he would just carry right on with the mockery, to the point of getting even the Prince of Peace to deck him. He even invented sarcasm to help him in his journey of greatly vexing the Savior of Mankind — "It's sarcasm, Josh. It's from the Greek, sarkasmos. To bite the lips. It means you aren't really saying what you mean, but people will get your point." A tool, it's worth noting, that he greatly resents having used against him.
Biff is also a big fan of all the sins that have to do with impure thoughts. He started early with the sin of Onan— spilling your seed upon the ground— and didn't even mind the resulting dunks in the ice cold fountain to purify himself. After Joshua learned from an angel that he could have no fornication with a woman and the two left Nazareth to travel, Biff took it upon himself to experience enough harlots for the both of them, because he was just that good a friend. They went through most of their travel money in the first month, buying prostitutes for Biff to sleep with and describe for Joshua, who was trying to understand sin. One of the many sacrifices he was willing to make for his friend.
He also tends to fall deeply and immediately in love with women, particularly those who will sleep with him. It started with Mary, Joshua's mother, on whom he's always had a little boy crush (not that he ever slept with her — that would probably be a little too much vexation for Joshua), fixated most strongly on Mary of Magdala, and extended to the eight Chinese concubines of Balthasar's fortress, the beautiful prostitute of Tamil, and nearly every woman in between. Joshua has never attempted to stop his friend, though; he only accepts his vices with a sigh.
There's more to Biff than that, though. He is endlessly loyal to and protective of Joshua, and would do anything for him. He put up with living in the misery of the sex-forbidden mountain monastery for ten years for Joshua, even though that involved shaving the yak — which was, sadly, not a euphemism. And sometimes, it even seems as if Joshua's unwavering compassion and patience has rubbed off on Biff, at least a little. When he needs to, Biff can be sensitive, selfless, and even explain things delicately to a third party to save someone else a painful confrontation.
He follows Joshua unquestioningly, even if he may be the one man who is completely unimpressed by his talents. An angel appeared to deliver the Lord's news unto his Son? Hey, Josh, ask about that fornication with a woman thing, that seems important. Joshua has gone invisible? Well, that's stranger than usual. Joshua can duplicate rice and feed the hungry? Let's turn a profit off it. Joshua can raise the dead and heal the blind? Hey, go heal that blind kind, he was rubbing his begging skills in way too smugly earlier. This stance tends to make Biff very practical. When you're not awed by the coolest thing in the land, well, there's just not much else that can get you. He carries this casual acceptance of Weird Shit even into death with him, and after smiting the angel in the mouth for resurrecting him 2000 years late, he pretty calmly accepts his new lot in life. After spending some time fleeing in terror from modern marvels, of course.
And last of all, to neatly compliment his practicality, Biff is also unexpectedly efficient and clever, which started at a young age. In a discussion about why Biff should accompany Joshua on his travels, Biff asked, "Josh, if a stranger comes up to you on the road to Antioch and asks you how much money you are carrying, what do you tell him?" “That will depend on how much I am carrying.” “No it won’t. You haven’t enough for a crust of bread. You are a poor beggar.” “But that’s not true.” “Exactly.” This proved to be the role he played through most of their travels, one of common sense, street smarts, and the well-placed ability to lie. This is only increased when he learns to poison, mix chemicals, explode things, and efficiently beat people up in their travels. After they've returned to Galilee, when he sees that he, Josh, and the slowly-gathering disciples are completely broke, who does he next recruit into the fold? Why, a tax-collector. When a Pharisee threatens Joshua with a knife, Biff makes sure it's out of his hands and breaks the blade against a stone in less time than it takes for the Pharisee to realize he'd moved. He may be the sinning, idiot friend that trails after Joshua and moons hopelessly after Maggie, but he's also one of the core strengths of their group. He's dedicated to his friends completely, and seems able to finagle anything to work out for them.
Almost anything, anyway. Don't talk to him about Easter.
Flavor Abilities: When he was resurrected by the angel, he was given the ability to speak, understand, and read/write all language. This was mainly used for writing in English, but he also used some Spanish, in addition to already knowing Aramaic, Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Chinese, and some Urdu from home. As answered on the FAQ, I'm fine if his knowledge stops there in this setting!
Suitability: Biff is fantastically suited to this setting. Not only has he spent 10 years hanging out in a snowy monastery in the Alps, but he can also roll with just about anything. That happens when your best friend routinely works miracles, really. He can take anything in stride, and he's already been transported across 2000 years and taken across the globe once already. Finding himself having to survive here would be just another day in the life.
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Name: Liz
Age: 26
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Character Information
Name: Biff
Canon: LAMB: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Age: 32... but technically 2023.
Gender: male
Canon Point: Chapter 5; shortly after he finally scores a Bible, but before he's had much of a chance to read it.
Background Link: here!
Inventory: The clothes he's wearing (plain t-shirt, jeans, no shoes), a hotel towel, and a tiny bottle of shampoo.
Personality: It takes a pretty special guy to be the best friend of the Christ. If the guy you spend all your time around could bring back the dead from the time he was six years old, well, you're going to either develop one Hell of an inferiority complex, or a really good sense of humor. Biff opted for the latter.
It's hard to get Biff to stop telling jokes, and nothing is sacred. Or, nearly nothing. Joshua was the only one with the ability to point out for Biff when he was being insensitive, and sometimes he even listened. Or sometimes, and especially in relation to Joshua himself, he would just carry right on with the mockery, to the point of getting even the Prince of Peace to deck him. He even invented sarcasm to help him in his journey of greatly vexing the Savior of Mankind — "It's sarcasm, Josh. It's from the Greek, sarkasmos. To bite the lips. It means you aren't really saying what you mean, but people will get your point." A tool, it's worth noting, that he greatly resents having used against him.
Biff is also a big fan of all the sins that have to do with impure thoughts. He started early with the sin of Onan— spilling your seed upon the ground— and didn't even mind the resulting dunks in the ice cold fountain to purify himself. After Joshua learned from an angel that he could have no fornication with a woman and the two left Nazareth to travel, Biff took it upon himself to experience enough harlots for the both of them, because he was just that good a friend. They went through most of their travel money in the first month, buying prostitutes for Biff to sleep with and describe for Joshua, who was trying to understand sin. One of the many sacrifices he was willing to make for his friend.
He also tends to fall deeply and immediately in love with women, particularly those who will sleep with him. It started with Mary, Joshua's mother, on whom he's always had a little boy crush (not that he ever slept with her — that would probably be a little too much vexation for Joshua), fixated most strongly on Mary of Magdala, and extended to the eight Chinese concubines of Balthasar's fortress, the beautiful prostitute of Tamil, and nearly every woman in between. Joshua has never attempted to stop his friend, though; he only accepts his vices with a sigh.
There's more to Biff than that, though. He is endlessly loyal to and protective of Joshua, and would do anything for him. He put up with living in the misery of the sex-forbidden mountain monastery for ten years for Joshua, even though that involved shaving the yak — which was, sadly, not a euphemism. And sometimes, it even seems as if Joshua's unwavering compassion and patience has rubbed off on Biff, at least a little. When he needs to, Biff can be sensitive, selfless, and even explain things delicately to a third party to save someone else a painful confrontation.
He follows Joshua unquestioningly, even if he may be the one man who is completely unimpressed by his talents. An angel appeared to deliver the Lord's news unto his Son? Hey, Josh, ask about that fornication with a woman thing, that seems important. Joshua has gone invisible? Well, that's stranger than usual. Joshua can duplicate rice and feed the hungry? Let's turn a profit off it. Joshua can raise the dead and heal the blind? Hey, go heal that blind kind, he was rubbing his begging skills in way too smugly earlier. This stance tends to make Biff very practical. When you're not awed by the coolest thing in the land, well, there's just not much else that can get you. He carries this casual acceptance of Weird Shit even into death with him, and after smiting the angel in the mouth for resurrecting him 2000 years late, he pretty calmly accepts his new lot in life. After spending some time fleeing in terror from modern marvels, of course.
And last of all, to neatly compliment his practicality, Biff is also unexpectedly efficient and clever, which started at a young age. In a discussion about why Biff should accompany Joshua on his travels, Biff asked, "Josh, if a stranger comes up to you on the road to Antioch and asks you how much money you are carrying, what do you tell him?" “That will depend on how much I am carrying.” “No it won’t. You haven’t enough for a crust of bread. You are a poor beggar.” “But that’s not true.” “Exactly.” This proved to be the role he played through most of their travels, one of common sense, street smarts, and the well-placed ability to lie. This is only increased when he learns to poison, mix chemicals, explode things, and efficiently beat people up in their travels. After they've returned to Galilee, when he sees that he, Josh, and the slowly-gathering disciples are completely broke, who does he next recruit into the fold? Why, a tax-collector. When a Pharisee threatens Joshua with a knife, Biff makes sure it's out of his hands and breaks the blade against a stone in less time than it takes for the Pharisee to realize he'd moved. He may be the sinning, idiot friend that trails after Joshua and moons hopelessly after Maggie, but he's also one of the core strengths of their group. He's dedicated to his friends completely, and seems able to finagle anything to work out for them.
Almost anything, anyway. Don't talk to him about Easter.
Flavor Abilities: When he was resurrected by the angel, he was given the ability to speak, understand, and read/write all language. This was mainly used for writing in English, but he also used some Spanish, in addition to already knowing Aramaic, Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Chinese, and some Urdu from home. As answered on the FAQ, I'm fine if his knowledge stops there in this setting!
Suitability: Biff is fantastically suited to this setting. Not only has he spent 10 years hanging out in a snowy monastery in the Alps, but he can also roll with just about anything. That happens when your best friend routinely works miracles, really. He can take anything in stride, and he's already been transported across 2000 years and taken across the globe once already. Finding himself having to survive here would be just another day in the life.
RP Samples: A post and a log.