Colin Ambrose (Peter Pan)

General Personality:
Peter Pan's Personality.

First and foremost I feel I must point out that Pan is an absurdly youthful father, due to the magic in Neverland. This results in many decisions he makes not always being the most mature or rational. Little is known of his childhood, but it is possible a result of various traumatic events turned Pan into the lonely sociopath hellbent on eternal youth that we all know and love. Pan is the quintessential embodiment of what many people that have made it to adulthood imagine when they think of teenagers. Filled with feelings of being untouchable, infallible, all knowing, brilliant, powerful, invincible, and extremely narcissistic. Unfortunately for those that are up against Pan, and many of those that are with him, these are all very close, if not exactly true. He is filled to the brim with boasts and bravado, saying things often like, "There are no kings in Neverland. Just me." and : "Peter Pan never fails."

Pan has a bit of a god complex, and by bit I mean is bigger than everyone else's. For the most part, Pan is cold, calculating, manipulative, controlling, and kind of a sociopath. Now that we have stated his good qualities, it must be shared that Pan is playful in some of the most terrible and horrifying ways when he wants to be. Pan is usually calm, and gives off an air of playfulness that makes just about anyone feel as if they can trust him, even be close friends. This kind, playful visage quickly melts away when things do not go his way, from his confused irritation when his plan is defeated, to the explosive madness that seems to overcome him when someone is trying to leave Neverland without his permission, whether they made it far, or just discussed it.

Pan has a tendency to view the manipulation, control, terrorizing, and downright nastiness he desplays towards others when trying to meet his own over the top goals as games, as if everything he does is a chess match. Unfortunately for those playing his "games" Pan is one to have contingencies for almost any situation, outside of the situation where he loses. Though he is in fact brilliant, and many of the aforementioned diety level qualities, this seems to be his downfall. Pan is arrogant, boastful, far too amused with himself, a monologue conaseur, and is entirely incapable of estimating an other person's true ability to defeat him, leaving this as his most extreme, and notable weakness. This is directly shown whenever he is beaten at a game, which is something Pan simply cannot handle. Worse than anything that has been said about Pan in this personality so far, is that Pan feels absolutely no remorse, and has been seen and heard even gloating about this to his son, Rumplestiltskin. Pan absolutely does everything for himself, and only for himself, without fail. It's all about number one to Pan, and he delights in this. Pan is a smug, mean, vicious, man-child, and is happy to be just that. There is one quality that Pan has that is both a positive and a negative. He always keeps his word. Though it can be with a twisted result, as Pan will only follow the words he actually stated.

As Pan himself had a childhood that was not all rainbows and butterflies, he has grown to have a powerful connection with children that are or feel abandoned, unloved, and unwanted. It is a fixation that drives many of Pan's actions, though he is absolutely known for taking children and refusing to allow them to return home, whether they truly want to or not. There is one side of Pan that almost never comes out, as it is buried beneath layers and layers of tantrums, anger, god-like immaturity, and a severe case of being a sociopath. Pan has had several moments where he reveals this side of himself. At times, we see a kinder side of Pan. Times when Hook and Hook's elder brother sought out the most poisonous plant in Neverland with the understanding it had amazing healing powers. He attempted to explain that their information was incorrect, though he told them how to find it. He then showed Hook how to save his brother when he was poisoned, though he did fail to divulge all the information he had. There are also a few times when Pan, oddly describes the possibility of a day when he would not be the psychotic immortal monster that everyone is afraid of, though this is quickly cast away and he returns to his normal state.

Colin Ambrose's Personality.

Colin Ambrose is everything that Peter Pan is, deep, deep down. So far down that buried is an understatement. Though he has many qualities similar to his much darker side, Colin is that smallest bit of good that resides in Pan. He is still charismatic, playful, a born leader, drawn to children that suffer or are wounded. He is a fairly good athlete, and spends much of his time interning at the hospital in the children's wards, where he puts on many magic shows and brings light to those that need it most when he can, though he works the night shift most of the time. This leaves him sleeping most of the day, usually, so he does not often get out and about around town, leaving him as something of a loner, though he would much rather prefer being around people, and finds it incredibly lonely and uncomfortable to not have anything outside of "work friends". The few that even know him seem to like him enough, and he has been invited out many times, but he finds himself always refusing, as he finds discomfort in bonds with many of the older workers. Instead, he spends his free time in the woods, or at home reading of the many adventures in what is a multitude of books. Other than the hospital, he does try to get to the library often, if only to peruse the many stories within.

History: Colin grew up in an orphanage, where he had some difficulties with many of the attending adults, as they so often tried to convince him that fun was not the way of the world. That one had to cast off the shackles of childhood and grow up. Colin firmly believed against this, and would pull various pranks, harmless as they were, on many of the adults. This made him popular with the other children, and he quickly gather them into something of a family of laughing, squealing, playing, children that vowed that they would always be young at heart, and not snooty old adults that smelled of mothballs. He was never adopted, and simply grew up, all the way until he was 18, when he was removed from his orphan family, and left on his own. Colin quickly found his way to Storybrooke, a small town full of people that seemed like a great home to find his place in the world.

Fairy Tale History:

Peter Pan was born with the name Malcolm in the enchanted forest. From the beginning he had a pretty dark life. At a young age his father sold him to a blacksmith, where he spent the majority of his youth shoveling coals day in and day out. Though his live was undeniably harsh, he found reprieve at night, where he would run away in his dreams to a magic place called Neverland. This lasted for Malcolm's entire childhood. During his adult years Malcolm spent much of his time tricking people into card games and various other ways of betting their money away, to his own advantage. This continued even when he would bring his son, Rumplestiltskin out with him. Eventually, his ways bit him back, when he attempted to swindle a man that catches him, and then gets a thrashing that he clearly deserves, followed by the man stealing every coin he had. With no money, Malcolm decides to leave his boy with a pair of spinsters, though Rumplestiltskin has some difficulty with the two parting. To appease his son, Malcolm gives Rumple a straw doll that is to be his "friend" while Malcolm is away. He suggests that Rumple give the doll a name to make him even more real. He then promptly leaves and returns to the local pub, where he quickly returns to tricking people in card games. When his son finds out, he does his best to explain away his actions. Rumple presents a magic bean and suggests they go to a new, better place where Malcolm can get a fresh start. It is then that Malcolm recalls the magical place of his dreams, and quickly convinces Rumple that this is the place they need to go.

Upon arrival, Malcolm attempts to show his son the wonder of flying. To his dismay he realizes that he can't, but soon remembers that pixie dust is required. He finds a tree containing pixie dust flowers, climbs to the top, and sprinkles himself with the dust. A shadow appears and explains that he cannot fly, even with the dust, as adults are not allowed in Neverland. Saddened by this revelation, he climbs back down to his now upset son to comfort him. For a while, it appears that Malcolm gave up on flying, so Rumple thinks of moving to a new place. Before this can happen, Malcolm comes to the conclusion that he can never be the father that Rumple will need, because he believes he cannot, and will not change his ways. He makes a deal with the shadow, which allows it to take the boy for good. When it comes and is pulling the boy away, Rumple quickly latches onto his father. Malcolm accuses his son of being a roadblock to what he wants, and a reminder that he can never have it. He quickly yanks away from Rumple, and in an explosion of green, is changed into a young boy. He then watches his son as he is dragged back to the enchanted forest.  Soon after, he finds the doll he had given to his boy, and adopted the name Peter Pan, named after the doll.


Pan then spends many years "gathering", though kidnapping is a more appropriate word, boys that feel lost, abandoned, unwanted, or lonely. He, or his shadow, would take them to Neverland, where they would join Pan's "family", The Lost Boys. At some point, Pan creates a reed flute that he uses to play music only these previously described children can hear. With it, he controls them, physically and mentally, to do his bidding. During the period where pan most actively gathered these boys, he runs into his son, Rumplestiltskin, who has now become The Dark One, and his grandson, Baelfire. He quickly attempts to kidnap Baelfire, but ends up cutting a devious plan when Rumple tracks them down and attempts to retrieve Baelfire. Rumple is to ask Bae if he wants to leave, and if he chooses to go, Pan will release all the boys. Rumple accepts the deal, but breaks his side, choosing to teleport he and Bae away. Enraged, Peter vowed that his son would regret going back on their deal.

Stories of Pan pop up through the ages, and many others in fairy tales have had incidents concerning Pan, though there is no fully understood order of many. One day Peter was enjoying some fruit atop one of his favorite trees when he saw two men wandering around his land. He quickly appeared before them, inquiring as to what they wanted. When he found out, a moment of kindness, if not slightly in the grey area, happened for Pan. He corrected information they had regarding a rare plant that they believed held healing properties, telling them that this was not true. He then gave them directions to where the plant would be and left, but stayed close enough to watch the men, and only reappeared once one of them had been poisoned by the plant. He offered the younger man more information, telling him a way that the older would survive, but chose to hold back that leaving Neverland after using this method would kill the older. He then watched for a short while as the two men left, knowing the elder would not survive long. He encountered this younger one many a time after, and delighted in many battles, or games as Pan called them, with the pirate that would be known as Hook.
Over the years Pan continued to gather more and more lost boys, even taking a girl once, who was returned to her home for a short while, but only so that Pan could get more boys. He then retook the girl, and refused her or her siblings safe passage back to their home. For more years than Pan would be able to remember he kept the boys, and the Wendy girl, delighting in the stories she would tell. It seemed to make his lost boys happy, and he himself found Wendy to be so valuable to him personally that not only would he never let her go, but he felt she needed to be caged so as to ensure she could never leave. Here he kept her for many a day, reveling in his own cleverness to keep her. One day, he found she had escaped from Neverland, an incident that enraged him. He vowed to find his Wendy lady, and bring her back.
At some point, Peter found a prophecy and a picture about a boy called the truest believer, that would save Pan from the rules of Neverland, allowing him to stay young and powerful on the scale of a deity for all time. He quickly sent his lost boys to search, eventually finding the correct magic to keep those that were outside of Neverland from aging as well. After a meeting with Witt, one of the lost boys that made him laugh most, Pan ventured into the enchanted forest. He had no particular goal, though he did find himself a little irritated that his target had yet to be located. While in the enchanted forest, a wave of unimaginable size and magic rushed over him, though he simply grinned at the thought that any magic thought it could beat him, and Pan as he was known, was lost.