<a name="user_LiamVang"></a><div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/7DlWgbd.jpg)</div><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Liam Bao Vang</span></div><br/><strong>Nicknames:</strong>Lee. L-Vang, Liam Discord (stage name)<br/><strong>Age:</strong>24<br/><strong>Sex:</strong>male (cismale)<br/><strong>Birthday:</strong>January 21st 1990<br/><strong>Height:</strong>5'7<br/><strong>Sexual Orientation:</strong>Heterosexual<br/><strong>Occupation:</strong>Musician/Owner of Immortal Instruments<br/><strong>Residence:</strong>He lives in the rooms above the shop.<br/><br/><strong>Appearance Details:</strong>His hair is longer and depending on the outfit he either keeps it tied back  or lets it hang down. If he's in a particularly showy mood, he teases it up. His hair despite the picture is normally black.  His midsection has a bit of curve to it. Liam is almost always immaculately shaven, keeping all but his most private areas entirely smooth. As far as tattoos go, he has a few small ones on his upper arms and shoulders. One is the crest of house Stark from ASOIAF. Another is simply that of a flying v guitar. On his shoulders are two different wings, a white birds wing and bats wing.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Pious, creative, energetic, kind, contemplative, theatrical, and melancholy are all words that could be used to describe him. Being a passionate sort, his behavior at large public gatherings often comes across as theatrical. Some think him a flake for this very reason, but those people have not seen the more private Liam. As a person of boundless energy and creativity, he can be found pouring a great amount of time into his song writing with a diligence few artists possess. He also spends a fair amount of time involved in religious contemplation and reverie. His public face is not just a façade, but it masks something deep within him. For he is also a man of melancholy. A sense of pressure and the absence of something (or rather someone) important in his life weighs heavily on his heart. He worries about where his life is headed more frequently than he would readily admit, but he is not totally consumed by his woes either.<br/><br/><strong>Bio:</strong>Liam was born to moderately successful Hmong American jazz musician Bao Vang (his middle name was chosen because it is fathers name) and Katrina Blake in 1990. His father was generally accepting of his sons eccentricities of those early years and was delighted when he learned Liam had the same musical talent he possessed. As one might expect, Liam's first exposure to music was through jazz and he began his training at at an early age. It seemed as if there were few instruments he couldn't play and few songs he couldn't sing. However, despite his respect for the music his father had raised him to that point, he was more interested in the unusual,old prog. rock his mother listened to. While this didn't necessarily cause any friction between father and son, it was a sign of things to come. The second sign was the boy rifling through his mothers make up and clothing/ Liam experimented with them and tried them on and for all his fathers tolerance, this he simply would not have and while his father never beat him within an inch of his life, he went out of his way to discourage him from doing so. This led to the creation of a more volatile father/son relationship.<br/><br/>More so, when he began to incorporate influences from the rock music he preferred into the jazzy style his father favored, especially when it came to improvisation, it led to heated arguments. As arbitrary as it sounds, his father had a very specific path in mind for his eldest son and did not want it to be derailed. This is not to say his childhood was utter hell though. Indeed, he never went to bed starving. Liam's home life was usually free from any overt strife and his parents generally got along well. Neither one lifted a hand to strike the other. Indeed, in spite of the arguments, things in the Vang household were harmonious. While neither parent pushed their son into any single religious background, he engaged in the traditional spiritual practices associated with his Hmong ancestors and those of his mothers  "Celtic" Wicca leanings. He felt a need to be connected to the spiritual from a young age. These distinct religious practices as he saw them helped him connect to both sides of his heritage in a way few other things did. From these, he began to synthesize his own religious philosophy which perhaps helped him maintain a semblance of serenity.<br/><br/>His high school years were marked by a notable transformation. Liam would often show up to school in makeup and clothing one might deem effeminate even though other kids taunted him for it. His creative horizons expanded as his skill grew and he began to develop a certain flare for the dramatic. Liam spent increasingly long periods of time away from home either jamming with friends, partying, or pursuing other interests. One could say this is when he really began to discover himself.<br/><br/>Liam put himself through college on a series of music scholarships and relished the new found freedom. For extra cash he would provide music lessons. This was going well for a while until he learned his mother had cancer. She had developed a rather severe case of breast cancer and nearly died. Consequently, this nearly derailed his academic career, but something positive did come of it. His father reconciled his differences with his son and offered unconditional support in whatever endeavors he pursued from that day forward.<br/><br/>Deciding he needed a backup plan in case his plans to become a rock star didn’t quite work out he asked his father for some assistance in starting up a business. Thus, Immortal Instruments was born. A music shop which sells all manner of instruments. As for his choice of location, Liam set up shop in the Indigo Way area because he could at least be sure it would reduce his chances of getting beat up by random pedestrians if he decided he wanted to walk out the door in a dress. He hopes that one day, someone will sign him, but until then, he runs his business with a relative sense of ease.<br/><br/><strong>Likes:</strong>Music (Mostly rock and some jazz and electronic), Philosophy, Poetry, Fantasy (novels, films, videogames, table top games, etc.), Dominant Women, Coffee, Rococo art, Wine,<br/><strong>Dislikes:</strong>Most current “club” music, Beer, Drabness, racists, “traditional” gender roles, movies where cute animals die, shark movies (he has a fear of sharks)<br/><br/><strong>Ons and Offs:</strong>https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157569.0<br/><br/><strong>Additional Details:</strong><br/>He had to put up with a rather irritating amount of racism growing up and as a result it’s something that really sticks in his craw.<br/><br/>Despite what one may think, he is not a drag queen. Yes, some of what he does screams it, but he is not one. He is a performer who happens to crossdress. Liam considers what he does and drag to be two different art forms.<br/><br/>He sings and plays multiple instruments.<br/><br/>He won’t readily admit it, but he gets a little nervous whenever something by the band Great White comes on. He also refuses to cover songs by the band for the same reason.<br/><strong>Played By:</strong>Lux12