[/font]:[/b] Mikhail Thanos Antoniou

nicknames: Mick (call him Misha and he’ll floor you before you could draw in a breath)

age: twenty-five, April twenty-second

religion: he believes something is out there, but doesn’t follow any one religion

sexuality: straight

marital status: single

occupation: rider, stable hand at Blue Acres and waiter at the nightclub

playby: Cody Christian

hometown: Herne Bay, Kent

parents: Matthias and Georgia Antoniou

siblings: Only child, was supposed to have an older and two younger sibling, but his mother miscarried.

brief history: Mikhail grew up pretty sheltered from the outside world. He was the apple of his parents’ eye (their miracle baby), and though he was raised by nannies, he knew that both Lord and Lady Antoniou loved him.

He was homeschooled until he hit his teen years and then demanded that he be allowed to attend an actual school. A demand to which his parents gave in to and they managed to find a very nice private school.

Horses has been part of his life from the day he was born, as his father owned a polo team and as soon as the boy was old enough, he played in practice games and then went on to become part of the team when he was old enough to actually play. However, he then discovered the art of eventing.

After competing enough to get noticed, as a teenager Mick was on his way to the Olympics with his horse (a spot which he knew he earned and it wasn’t only his family name that had got him there), where they picked up gold in show jumping and silver for dressage and cross country, and gold in team eventing.

Once the Olympics were over, he returned home and tried to slot himself back into his old life, that wasn't going to happen though. Everyone wanted to be his friend now and suddenly everyone knew how to ride, and they could ride better than he could - so they said – and believed that he could have done so much better with a better horse.

After finishing high school, he was accepted into Cambridge University where he studied criminal psychology and did his masters in equine studies. Once university was over, he decided it was time to leave his old life behind him. When asked to try for the Olympic team again he packed his bags, loaded his horses and ran the opposite direction.[/font][/ul]

[/font]:[/b] Having fun, riding on the beach, watching the sun rise, spending time with his horses.

dislikes: People who think they know everything, wet training days, spiders, heights.

strengths: jumping, finding talent in others (humans and horses), working with horses.

weaknesses: people skills – he’s not shy to call a spade a spade, talks before he thinks

secrets: wishes he’d never gone to the Olympics, doesn’t tell anyone who his parents are so he goes by “Mikhail Thanos”, dropping off the family name.

fears: making a mistake in a competition and losing his horse because of it

habits: he sings while he’s working, it helps pass the time

overall personality: Mikhail is a pretty down to earth person and not at all snotty, even though he’s a “Lordling” (which is why he ran away from home to work). He’s always in the mood for a good time, if there is a practical joke to be made; he’s normally the one behind the plans. With that said though, he won’t do anything that would hurt another person’s feelings or put them or someone else in danger. He gets along well with most as he’s am good at reading people. He loves working with horses and get along with most of them too. [/font][/ul]


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