#( * ! blood type : gold | about sarmad )

[earldevon]

–––– sarmad villiers, the ninetheenth earl of devon ;  a closer look.

name: sarmad nooh imtiaz sikander villiers. nickname: sarmu ( his step-mother only ) ; saadi ( siblings && close friends ). gender & pronouns: cismale && he/him.  age & dob: thirty-seven && june 4th. zodiac sign: gemini. orientation: bisexual && grey-romantic. nationality: british && pakistani. ethnicity: south asian. religion: lapsed muslim.  neuroses: nothing some chai and walking the dogs can’t help. 

HISTORY.

hometown: exeter, devon.  father: zafar villiers, deceased.  mother: no longer mentioned. she left when he was very young, and though she’s also a member of the society, he has no interest in finding her or speaking to her ever again.  siblings, if any: two younger sisters, two younger brothers.  extended family: stepmother, aged 53. three corgis named cider, peppermint, and cardamom ; two cocker-spaniels named spencer and emmanuel ; two foxhounds named winston and manto ; one labrador named simla. educational background: windlesham house school for one term ; the dragon school for lower school ; harrow for upper school ; lady margaret hall, oxford university for undergrad ; brasenose college, oxford for postgrad.  languages spoken: english && urdu && french && latin && punjabi && mediocre arabic.  occupational history: full time contributor to the telegraph ; freelance columnist for vanity fair and the independent on sunday ; investigative reported for the guardian ; editor of the telegraph ; hereditary peer in the house of lords.  achievements: young journalist of the year, the press awards ; columnist of the year, the press awards ; front page of the year, the press awards ; political journalist of the year, the press awards ; the orwell prize for journalism ; the george orwell memorial prize ; the amnesty international uk media award for feature writing. 

THE SOCIETY.

codename: marcus aurelius. meaning: a roman emperor && stoic philosopher titled the philosopher king. sarmad believes there’s more to life than education and influence bought by money and entitlement. and this quote in particular sticks out: “everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” and he takes it forward in his work and life.  raditionalist or reformist?: reformist. sarmad does not care for tradition all that much, despite his own background. and if burning it all down’s what it takes, then he’ll light the match.  goals in the society: he’s not sure. for a decade, he refused to join on principle alone ; he disliked the idea of secret societies built on the pavilion of unearned merit. but he’s joined now for the political connections –– and to see just how much he can trade in his own clout for its return. maybe it’ll end up in a story on the front page of his newspaper.  opinion on the society: lukewarm. he lives and lets live, he doesn’t care all that much about the who and the why. 

PERSONALITY.

mbti: ESTP - A ; the entrepreneur. enneagram:

56% –– the challenger.

36% –– the achiever.

8% –– the individualist. 

temperament: choleric.  hogwarts house: ravenclaw – gryffindor hybrid.  inspirations/parallels: harvery specter, suits ; javier pena, narcos ; draco malfoy, harry potter ; sirius black, harry potter ; oberyn martell, game of thrones ; poe dameron, star wars.  tropes: the ace ; awesome but impractical ; berserk button ; the casanova ; deadpan snarker ; everyone has standards ; fatal flaw ; jerk with a heart of gold ; must have caffeine ; sharp-dressed man ; dragon with an agenda. 

YOUR MUSE AS ..:

a piece of art: the thinker by auguste rodin. the kohinoor, which he’d personally like to claim and take back for his personal collection of knick knacks.  a song: hustler by zayde wølf. a book: toba tek singh by saadat hasan manto. a movie: the riot club, dir. lone scherfig.  a tv show: bbc’s round planet, same energy.  a historical era: 1580s.  a historical figure: aurangzeb, without all the stuff.  a fictional character: harvey specter, suits.  a colour: tea pink.  an animal: lindt easter bunny ; smooth and shiny and fancy on the outside, basically sweet af on the inside. 

YOUR MUSE’S DREAM ..:

job: he had it –– as an investigative reporter for the guardian at one point. but he couldn’t just stay there, he didn’t have the time and he was far too well known to be effective. so editor in chief will have to do, too.  vacation: to his own house, thanks. have some tea –– he’ll be mother –– and chill with the dogs and his family. maybe throw some darts at that rubens in the study.  day: sarmad makes it a point to have a perfect day nearly every day. he doesn’t want for anything, so he’s not going to pretend he does.   as a child: to become a firefighter.  last night: doesn’t dream –– well, he never remembers them. ever.  that they gave up on: staying out of politics.  that they have right now: to finally pull the telegraph out of its old reputation. 

[earldevon]

◤ ––––– (  fawad khan, cismale, he/him  ) — a member of the  [  VILLIERS  ]  family seeks entry to the society !  [  SARMAD  ]  is a  [ 37 ]  year old   [  NEWSPAPER EDITOR &&. MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS  ]  who hails from  [  LONDON  ]  ,  who call them  [  THE DILIGENT  ]  .  although their peers know them for being  [  CHARMING  ]  and  [  AMBITIOUS  ]  ,  their reputation for being  [  IMPATIENT  ]  and  [  SARCASTIC  ]  might hinder their relations with current society members. while the  [  VILLIERS  ]  family is known for  [  BEING BRITISH NOBILITY  ]  ,  the society’s hopeful  [  MARCUS AURELIUS  ]  is better remembered by  [  EYE CONTACT AND A LIP BITE ;  BLOOD TYPE: GOLD ; A SIGNET RING GLINTING IN THE EARLY MORNING LIGHT ; SNOWFLAKES DISSOLVING INTO DARK HAIR ]  .  initial reports say their goal of  [  EXPANDING THEIR SOCIAL NETWORK  ]  would be their first priority after being inducted, although who’s to say that won’t change ? ◢ 

––– RECAP. 

tldr earl of devon is also a newspaper editor, enjoys sitting on balconies and reading his own newspaper, isn’t the best but also he is definitely not trying at all. goes out a lot. has many dogs. has many opinions. thinks hes hot shit. once got lost in his own house. 10000% uses his looks to get what he wants. basically a femme fatale i guess idk 

tw sex mention ; tw partying mention ; tw language

the eldest of four, sarmad was always a little shit. it’s okay, because he wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth –– he was born with several gold plated cutlery sets. literally grew up in a castle. still stays there most nights. but as the heir to the earldom of devon, he grew up with tourists walking around his house and lavish dinners every other night, and he grew up absolutely, completely spoiled. did their mother abandon them when sarmad’s youngest sister was only a year old? yes. does he have mummy issues? yes. did they manifest in bad choices and severe commitment issues? you bet. ( but he also had a great step-mother. 10/10 love her. )

so after all the things he was supposed to do –– attend harrow ( yawn ), attend oxford ( double yawn ), make all the social connections he could ( not that bad, actually ) –– he finally graduated and did what he wasn’t supposed to do. sarmad became a journalist, much to his father’s great annoyance. he started off at the bbc, before becoming a full time contributor at the telegraph. he also wrote for vanity fair, the independent on sunday, and the guardian. then he became the full time editor of the telegraph and gave it the modern revamp it so desperately needed. he also has an assistant he would legitimately be dead without. 

now, sarmad is an arsehole. he never pretended otherwise. he goes out, he parties a lot, he’s been a staple in the daily mail since he was all of about nineteen. he doesn’t date, he doesn’t call people back, he doesn’t lead anyone on. he likes a good time. and maybe, maybe he’s completely unapologetic. is he sleeping with a rival newspaper boss? yes. is it hate sex? yes. is he sleeping with one of the other members of the house of lords? yes. he’s not a saint. but then again, anyone getting involved with him knows exactly what they’re in for. so, really? what’s the harm? 

he followed his dad and eventually joined the house of lords after he passed away. and he takes that pretty damn easy. sure, he still has his day job as editor, but he also enjoys using his charm in parliament, and he likes seeing how far he can get his way. tbh he’s doing mostly for the influence and the clout.  

joining the society had never interested him. he’d known about it, obviously ; his family were legacy members and there had been enough dinners at their estate for him to be fully aware of its existence, but. sarmad had just never cared. it was a little too much cloak and dagger, skull and bones nonsense for him. 

however, since joining the house of lords –– since entering politics at all –– he’s realised he needs to branch out more and more. he can’t just rely on his own media connections or the elite he brushes shoulders with just because of his name and title. sarmad needs more to survive politics, and for that? the society’s good for something after all. it’s why he’s an initiate at his age ( his dad would yell )

MOST IMPORTANTLY : he has eight dogs –– three corgis named cider, peppermint, and cardamom ; two cocker-spaniels named spencer and emmanuel ; two foxhounds named winston and manto ; one labrador named simla. also owns horses and birds. 

he also has a younger brother and two younger sisters. they’re annoying but he loves them, and he can also now joke about how they’re under his roof when they stay at the estate. ( hes not joking ) sarmad is also a mouthy lil shit 

also if you are not making your tea on the stove by boiling tea leaves in milk and water, and then serving it piping hot, you can get tf out of his house !!! dont ask him about his chai discourse bec he only stans doodh patti 

[earldevon]

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