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Personality
Corey is generally bright, charismatic, and optimistic, not prone to mood swings and almost never subject to depression or melancholia, no matter the setback. He's also very charming, seductive, and almost supernaturally persuasive.
Background
You probably know who he was: Corey Ames, famous TV actor. Starting in 1979, at the age of 6, Corey had been on television for most of his life. He started playing smart-aleck nerd Davey Sumner on the sit-com 'Family Pains'. It was a top-rated show for a decade, and a great deal of the popularity was due to one person -- Corey Ames. He started out as just a cute kid who could deliver wiseass lines in a way that made everyone laugh. But as he grew older, his acting abilities increased almost exponentially. A good deal of his ability stemmed from his eidetic memory, an ability he worked hard to hone. He could not only clearly memorize the script itself, but also direction and blocking, meaning he could perform a scene in only one or two takes.
In addition to honing his memory skills, Corey began crafting and carefully maintaining his reputation as a dedicated professional. This work ethic began with his parents, who naturally wanted him to concentrate on his career, rather than the ordinary childish pursuit of an ordinary kid. Of course, his dedication was praised by his peers, and Corey thrived on that praise. So naturally, he continued the behavior that brought him such praise.
The result was that Corey was an unusual teen, so dedicated to acting, as well as maintaining his professional reputation, he had no time get into trouble with alcohol, drugs, or headline-making sexual escapades. Not a normal child- or teenhood, to be sure, but one that Corey seemed to flourish in.
By the time the series ended in 1988, Corey was sixteen years old and on top of the world. He had made numerous guest appearances on other TV shows, developing a surprising range beyond comedy, and he was one of the most sought-after actors of his age. He spent the next year making even more guest appearances and starring in TV movies. The problem was that he always seemed to be cast in the same sorts of roles, the All-American Boy Next Door, which he felt was a severe underuse of his talents. So he resisted the numerous roles he was offered to star as a regular in various TV shows, holding out for a part that was new and different.
That opportunity came in 1989, when the Fox network, which was quickly becoming a true competitor to the established Big Three, acquired the rights from Warner Brothers to develop a teen-oriented television series around the characters of two brothers who had appeared in a drama-comedy film as self-proclaimed vampire hunters. In the proposed series, the brothers would be a few years older and far more mobile, driving around southern California in a beat-up 1970 GTO to investigate paranormal mysteries, which often brought them into conflict with vampires, werewolves, witches, and ghosts.
Corey had nearly landed a supporting role in the film, which was given instead to his friend, Corey Haim, so he vigorously pursued a role in this new series. The part he wanted and eventually won was that one of the two brothers, who had been brought to life on the silver screen by another friend, Corey Feldman, two years earlier. A two-hour pilot was shot and aired to rave reviews, and the first season of the series was ordered. The world was truly at Corey Ames's feet.
And then the rug was suddenly yanked out from under those feet, when Corey Ames mysteriously vanished from a private Malibu beach on the night of May 16, 1989. The network had just picked up the series, and Corey's agent had thrown him a party at his Malibu home to celebrate, where Corey indulged in just a bit of champagne, though as always, he steered clear of the drugs being openly used and offered.
Sometime around 2am, as the party was winding down, Corey found himself on the beach with his best friend and co-star on 'Family Pains', Petey Madison. In the year since the series had ended, Petey hadn't worked nearly as much as Corey, and that left him time to explore other aspects of life, including his own sexuality. The very private revelation that Petey was gay came as no real surprise to Corey -- he'd grown up on Hollywood soundstages, surrounded by -- and more importantly, comfortable with -- people of all sorts of orientations. But that night, Petey made revealed a far more personal secret, that he had a massive crush on Corey.
Corey was shocked, though not repulsed. He had never taken the time to consider his own sexual orientation. Sure, he was a normal teenage bundle of hormones and sexual urges, but he channeled that drive into acting, rather than pursing any love interests of his own. He only dated when the studio set him up with a starlet for public appearances, and if a girl expressed an interest in something more than professional relationship, Corey refused -- he didn't have the time for such things, and he frankly wasn't interested in making the time.
But his best friend, someone he already loved like a brother, this was a different matter, and he found himself intrigued, and he realized he was more than a little interested in exploring this new possibility. They didn't get much farther than a few stolen kisses that night, carefully hidden from the watchful eyes of their family and friends, but by the time Petey's parents insisted on taking him home, they had already made plans for future exploration of this new aspect of their friendship.
Corey remained on the beach, less than twenty feet from the house where his parents were still being wined by his agent, but just outside the lights cast through the beach house's windows. He stared out at the Pacific under its blanket of stars, and as far as he was concerned, it was the best night of his life.
And then he vanished.
Corey blinked, and suddenly he found his surroundings had transformed from the night-drenched beach to the sunlit pink walls of the Beverly Hills Hotel courtyard, while the endless ocean had been reduced to the bright blue waters of a swimming pool. And if the sudden shift in time and place wasn't disconcerting enough, he discovered there were no windows or doors, no way to get out of the courtyard.
He wasn't alone, however. There were a dozen or so young, beautiful people on loungers around the pool, soaking up the sun. Before he could ask any of them just what the heck was going on, he was approached by a tall, broad-shouldered man who was, quite simply, the most beautiful creature he'd ever seen, with flowing blond hair and a neatly trimmed beard. He wore only a pair of checkered, woolen pants and a golden, open ring around his neck.
He introduced himself as Gwydion mab Don, a name which meant nothing to Corey, though he would later learn that he was a mythological figure who featured prominently in Welsh lore. What was most startling, however, was when Gwydion announced that he was, in fact, Corey's father. Corey didn't believe this at first, but Gwydion assured him it was true. Further, he set Corey's mind at least by revealing his mother had never cheated on his father. Instead, Gwydion had used his otherworldly powers of glamour and illusion to take on not just the appearance, but also the voice and mannerisms of the man Corey believed to be his father. In this way, Gwydion had been able to deceive Corey's mother and conceive Corey himself.
It took some time, but eventually, Corey was convinced, especially as he discovered and learned to wield many of Gwydion's powers and abilities. In fact, he had already started without even knowing it, for the thing that made him such a good actor was his ability to make people truly believe what he was saying. But now he was also learning to weave glamours and other illusions, eliminating the need to spend hours in a chair having his hair and makeup done.
Of course, he wasn't really in the Beverly Hills Hotel pool area. It was simply an illusion Gwydion had created to allow Corey to be in comfortable, familiar surroundings. In reality, they were in the Faerie world, where Gwydion had brought Corey to learn about his herit
