Johannes Thorpe

Johannes Thorpe is a character in Beacon Hills. He's the only son of one of the wealthiest couples in town and is the Beacon Hills High School's Rich Kid. While his parents, Annette and Fredrik Thorpe travel the world for work, Johannes hosts some of Beacon Hills' biggest parties in the Thorpe Villa. When he's not throwing away money on useless things, Johannes can be quite a nice guys that cares for his peers. Swimming and music is two of his main interests, and he is on the School's Swim Team as well as a member of the orchestra where he plays the Violin.

The summer before Season 1, Johannes was in a near death situation in Norway, where he was saved by a Nix, oblivious to the fact that he had also become one.

Early life
Johannes had been conceived in Norway after his parents lost what would have been his older sister at birth. When they realized they were having a second child, they decided to get a new environment around them. They moved to the town where Fredrik had established his first hotel: Beacon Hills Valhalla Resorts. For about a year, they lived in the top floor of the hotel, while their new home was being built. As soon as their home was finished, they started their life in the Thorpe Villa.

As Johannes got older, his parents started working more and more, leaving him increasingly more alone. Already a young boy, he found a small lake he started calling the Grim Lake. Much of his younger years were spent at the lake swimming, reading and playing music.

His favorite part of childhood was going to Norway and visiting his grandparents. Every summer Johannes, his parents and his grandmother spends time in their cabin for a couple of weeks. He's also joined his parents on various other travels, and has visited a wide range of countries.

(changes coming as relations are established)

Teen years
At the age of fourteen Johannes and his parents went on their annual winter holiday to the Alps. While skiing, Johannes was taken by an avalanche and trapped under the snow for about half an hour. He did not suffer any serious injuries, but has since then had Taphophobia (fear of being buried alive) and Cleithrophobia (fear of being trapped).

When parties started to become a norm for the people around him, Johannes started hosting his own parties at the Thorpe Villa. It is rare for him to have any limits on who can come and it's mostly an open house. All the partying has lead to a nicotine addiction as well as the habit of day drinking.

Supernatural Origins
Johannes was turned into a Nix by another Nix who save his life.

The summer before Season 1 Johannes and his family spent time in Norway with his grandma as usual. At their Luxurious cabin on a small Norwegian island on the Oslo fjord, he spent two weeks. One of the days Johannes felt too restless to sleep and went out for a midnight swim in the lake laying only a minute away. As he was going to jump from the rocks and into the water, he slipped, fell backwards and hit the head. Unconscious, he fell headfirst into the water.

A Nix that lived in the waters found him and helped him onto land. When Johannes woke, the Nix only thanked him for playing the violin for him, and went back into the water. Confused and with a small concussion, Johannes continued on with his life like as if nothing had happened. The only changes he noticed was being able to stay under water for a longer period of time, but it's not something he thinks a lot about.

Season 1
TBA

Personality
Johannes is in many ways a spoiled brat. He thinks money can solve most problems, and when they can't he has no idea what to do. He does spend money as he please, but he is very aware that not everyone has what he does. Throughout his life he has never worked for anything (other than keeping his grades ok,) He has little regard for material things, and if he breaks something he can just buy a new one. The one thing he values more than anything else is home made items, things he has gotten in person and that he knows money can't replace.

Despite having enough money to do almost anything he wishes, he is a pushover. In some ways he's so desperate to not be alone that he follows whatever other people tells him to do, or what he thinks they want him to do. The line is crossed when it affects others, he will not be rude to anyone for sports, and hates seeing others get pushed around. In some cases he might take action and stand up for a person being bullied, in other cases he'll just say a few quiet protests before shutting up. One might call him a coward, he doesn't dare to be different or stray much from his normal, at least not in public.

Alone with a person he can be a very different. He can be very talkative and caring, and if you make him open up enough, you'll find a really sensitive person that loves a good hug and cuddles.

His love for parties are mostly due to the joy he gets from gathering a wide variety of people around him, who all, mostly, enjoy themselves. The parties has had some side effects in the fact that he has become addicted to smoking and drinking.

When attached to a person, he struggles with knowing how to act. He knows he can't just spend money to keep them by his side for the rest of his life, but doesn't really have many other ideas on how to care for others.

Vices:

Spoiled, reckless, self doubting, people pleaser, pushover, lonely, coward

Virtues:

Good morals, self aware, loves teaching others what he knows, easygoing, shares what he has, nonjudgmental.

Fears:

Acrophobia: the fear of heights. Taphophobia: the fear of being buried alive. Cleithrophobia: the fear of being trapped.

Johannes is also quite scared of being alone the rest of his life and that people will end up leaving him.

Ambitions:

Johannes has few ambitions in life. He’s never worked for anything and has never thought about his plans for the future, always assuming he has to take over his father's company some day, so what's the point in hoping for something else? The one thing he could dream of is playing in a professional orchestra.

Quirks & Habits:

Despite what one might think about the spoiled rich kid, Johannes has some extremely good habits (as long as it's not about Alcohol). He drinks a good amount of water everyday, he wakes up early, he has a rather solid morning routine and is effective in how he organizes his day. The one things he does not do well is eating proper dinners and cleaning. His drinking habits are also quite bad, and he often takes a drink when he feels like it, no matter what time or day it is.

Likes:

Music (listening and playing), designer clothes, chocolate, gin, tea, hot chocolate, swimming, video games, cars, writing and reading poems (thought he'd never tell anyone,) Disney movies, romantic movies (especially Romcoms), Ice cream (chocolate chip or brownie), baked goods, home made items, video games and board games.

Dislikes:

Being alone, snow, extreme heat, places far from water, being ordered around, planes, hot dogs, being judged by strangers, ciders, the smell of paint, fizzy drinks, heights, jump-scares and mushrooms.

Family
Fredrik (dad)

There has never been a moment when Johannes has doubted the fact that either of his parents loves him, and he always keeps that in mind. They love him and they want what's best for him. However, over the years he has grown a bit resentful towards them. Johannes is aware that the reason he gets to use as much money as he wants is because they feel guilty, but instead of just letting him do whatever, they should just come home.

Whenever Fredrik is home, he always has a good time with his son. Johannes and Fredrik spend a lot of their time together playing video games, when they are not playing board games with Annette. Despite the fact that Fredrik looks stern and serious, he is very goofy and clingy at home. He loves to pull pranks on his son. Johannes' favorite memory of his dad is when Fredrik painted his violin to make it look less boring. The violin is one of his most treasured possessions.

Annette (mom)

There has never been a moment when Johannes has doubted the fact that either of his parents loves him, and he always keeps that in mind. They love him and they want what's best for him. However, over the years he has grown a bit resentful towards them. Johannes is aware that the reason he gets to use as much money as he wants is because they feel guilty, but instead of just letting him do whatever, they should just come home.

Annette shares her son's compassion for music and they often practice together; her on the piano and him on the violin. She constantly tries to teach her son how to cook for himself, but he is not interested. Out of everyone in the family, Annette is the most competitive and becomes very engaged when they play board games. Johannes' favorite memory of his mom is when she tried to teach him how to play the piano. He later lost interest in the piano, but values the time they had together and how much fun they had.

Grandparents

Johannes has two remaining grandparents in Norway, from each side of the family. He isn't the closest to them, but appreciates spending time with them when he can. His maternal grandfather is very vocal about his opinion on how Johannes is being spoiled.

Further family

Fredrik has one sister, who again has two very young children, Johannes rarely meet them. Annette has two brothers, one of them has a daughter called Ann Helen. Ann Helen and Johannes are quite close when they go on holidays together and always have a good time, but rarely speak the rest of the year.

Friends
Cyrus Jackson (Childhood best friend)

Johannes and Cyrus grew up as neighbors and children to wealthy and absent parents. When they were young they were placed together under the same nanny and often played together with the Beaumont children.

Johannes considers Cyrus his best friend, and for a long time he was the only person who made Johannes feel not lonely. He's become very dependent on Cyrus, and follows him around quite a bit. The only times he doesn't just follow quietly is when Cyrus does something that will seriously hurt himself or others, both mentally and physically. Johannes can be seen at most of Cyrus' basketball games.

Jayden Spencer (Girlfriend)

Johannes has known Jayden for quite a long time, as a friend. However, as time passed he found himself following her with his gaze, noticing how bright her smile was and how pretty her eyes were when she was happy. She was so different from him, so positive and radiant, and he couldn't help falling in love with her. After a movie night where it had ended up being just the two of them, he found the feeling was mutual and they started going out. They were never the most open about their relationship, but most people around them knew.

Being in a relationship was new to Johannes and he wanted to make her happy, so he searched out the only help he could; romantic movies. After many awkward and extravagant attempts at being romantic, Johannes has found himself in a slump. He loves her, but he's unsure about how he can give her what she deserves without using a large amount of money. As a mutual agreement they have both agreed to become more serious about their relationship after the summer.

Addison Swan (Good Friend)

Johannes became friends with Addison through their parents becoming friends and having dinners together. It was there that they learned that both of them had a mutual love for watching romantic movies while eating ice cream. One night about a year ago at a party they had a one night stand, causing Johannes to become more awkward around her. Addison didn't seem to treat their friendship any different, so he did his best to be normal as well.

Isaac Perch (Friend)

Despite coming from different social circles, Johannes and Isaac has become friends after they started hanging out half a year ago. Johannes is very aware that Isaac and Cyrus do not get along, and he tries his best to make Cyrus ease it on his teasing. He thinks Isaac is an interesting person and would like to hang out with him more, constantly trying to invite him to his parties.

Jade Beaumont (Childhood friend)

While Johannes grew up with Jade, Juniper, Reese and Cyrus and they used to be very good friends they have later grown apart. Johannes tries to start some conversations with Jade when he meets her, but it's clear that age has taken a toll on their friendship.

Sasha Robinson (Friend)

They met at a party hosted by Johannes and has been friends since then. It was quite likely they would run into each other eventually, considering their high amount of mutual friends. He enjoys spending time with Sasha and often invites her to work out with him, enjoying her drive and how outgoing she is.

Tyler Shaw

Tyler and Johannes met through their mutual friend Sasha, and has since the same events. Now they are friendly towards each other, and Johannes always invites Tyler when he has something at his home.

Trivia

 * Has played a wide variety of instruments throughout his life. Guitar, cello, piano, banjo, flute, saxophone, bag pipe, accordion, drums and more. The instruments that really stuck to him were the Violin and the Harp. All the other instruments he has tried is stored in the Thorpe Villa's music room.
 * When Johannes is with his parents, he talks Norwegian with them. They are quite concerned with making sure Johannes knows a lot about their origin country. Every year they celebrate the Norwegian National day, 17th of May, which also happens to be his birthday.
 * As a part of the swim team, Johannes has won various prizes in different competitions. However his love for swimming comes from the relaxed feeling he has in the water, not swimming to win something.
 * His first name Johannes comes from his paternal Grandfather Johan, while his middle name Grim is from his mother's birthplace.
 * Johannes loves romantic movies (especially rom-coms) and Disney movies, but struggles with admitting it to people. If asked he says that the Dark Knight is his favorite movie.
 * His love for romance has made him into a hopeless romantic. He tries to do extravagant things to impress, but in most cases it becomes awkward gestures.
 * He has a love for ice cream and chocolate. His favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate chip cookies and brownie. His favorite chocolate is Norwegian milk chocolate.
 * Sometimes he writes poems down by the lake. He has a rather big poem collection he hides under his bed.