Damon Gale

"The road forward isn't always golden, but mine sure is!"

- Damon Gale

Damon Gale is a 2015 introduced and all-around character. Damon is the son of Dorothy Gale, the protagonist in the The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its various sequels, written by L. Frank Baum. Due to being kept in the dark about the details of his story growing up, Damon sides with the Royals, as he is excited to just get to experience the story he has had hidden from him. He is in his Fourth Year of Ever After High.

Personality
Growing up in the countryside of Kansas with little to no stress, it is no surprise that Damon turned out as relaxed and gentle as he did. He is just as loving as his Uncle and Aunt were to him, and has nothing but compassion for other living beings. He enjoys the simple things, valuing friendship, family, and home above all else.

That being said, Damon loves to adventure and explore. His farm was never the most exciting place, so Damon often played around in the vast fields, exploring and creating his own stories and world. As he aged, Damon began to dream more and more of the big cities, craving something just a little bit more exciting than the Kansas countryside.

This sense of adventure was further pushed by his mother, as far away as she is in Oz, who never told Damon quite what his destiny entailed. What Damon longs for more than anything is a chance to see the big Emerald City and explore the world of Oz. So much so, that as a child Damon would draw pictures and write stories of what he imagined his future destiny would entail. Most of them were wildly inaccurate, but it allowed his creative spirit to shine all the same.

Though he isn't socially awkward (or anything close to it) Damon can struggle when interacting with other people. He loves people and is keen to make friends, so can find himself people pleasing, afraid of being disliked. He is also prone to speaking without thinking (or acting without thinking), getting caught up in the moment, something he usually regrets later.

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Appearance
Damon is a good looking guy, with brown skin and bright emerald eyes. He has a mole under his right eye, with small curls from his hair falling down near his eyes as well. Said hair is brown and wavy-curly in texture.

He stands at an average height for his age, which is a little taller than most of the main Ever After High cast, due to being a couple of years older.

Fairy tale – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

 * Main Article: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

How does Damon fit into it?
Growing up, Damon's mother refused to let Damon know more than scarce details about his story so that all his reactions would be genuine and realistic. This means that Damon idolized and fantasized about what his adventures would entail, based on the few random details his mother had told him. He knew of witches, both good and bad, a man made of straw, a man made of tin, and a lion who was more of a wet kitten, but that was about it. "Sequels, what sequels?!"

As such, Damon was incredibly excited for his story and, needless to say, was more than upset when his Senior Year was interrupted by a certain Second Year's rebellion (though he was ultimately more happy that Raven was comfortable with herself and her future). With no apparent destiny laid out for him anymore, Damon has made plans to visit Oz in his own time and is currently focusing on finding non-destiny related work, as the majority of seniors were forced to do.

Family
Damon lived on a Kansas farm with his Aunt Millie and Uncle Andrew until he began attending Ever After High, 2 years prior to Apple and Raven's year. Though not an orphan like the original Dorothy, his mother, the previous Dorothy, resides in Oz. This means that Damon has had very little physical contact with her over the years. Still, they remain very close, constantly exchanging letters and phone calls.

Friends
It’s hard to find someone who Damon isn’t friends with or, at the very least, someone who he isn’t indifferent towards. His relaxed, easy going nature means it isn’t hard for him to get along with someone.

William Darling is his best friend and boyfriend, meeting after a minor hiccup before William’s Legacy Day. The two have been close since and even applied to be roommates in their Third Year.

The pair both get along well with Alistair Wonderland, all being book protagonists with a similar-ish narrative (everything is ordinary until suddenly it isn’t and you’re in another world). They enjoy hanging out together and, as such, Damon is friendly with Bunny Blanc as well.

Obsidian Tunnel and himself are both active members of the all male acaspella group at school. Although they don’t hang around much outside of that, they two enjoy spending time together and practicing their singing.

Pet
Damon received a small, black, shaggy dog during animal calling, just as every Dorothy has before him. He appropriately named the dog Toto and, despite them being close, Toto has a mind of his own and tends to run circles around Damon. Unfortunately, Damon is also allergic to dogs.

Romance
As previously mentioned, Damon is currently dating William Darling and has been doing so since half-way through their Legacy Year.

Outfits
Damon’s outfits usually feature a blue and white gingham element, often in combination with some suspenders. He always has his iconic slippers, or, at the very least, some kind of shoe in sparkly silver-red.

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Signature - Royals
Damon’s signature outfit features a blue and white gingham shirt, covered by a lightweight cream sweater with the sleeves rolled up, exposing some of the gingham at the sleeves and collars. He ties a red tie around his neck, tying into some of the red details on his shoes (the laces, Oz logo, sequins). His denim shorts are attached to some suspenders, over his top, with some Oz logo buckles.

Of course, as the next Dorothy, Damon wears some sparkling shoes. The colour was his choice, and Damon chose sparkling silver with hints of red, a nod to two iconic versions of the shoes.


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All of the above art (c) me.

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Trivia

 * Damon is gay, in reference to the saying "he’s a friend of Dorothy" being old gay slang for "he’s gay". This is also intended to reflect how important Judy Garland was to the LGBT community.
 * I got rly torn up regarding what colour to make Damon’s shoes; should they be silver, like the original, or ruby, as is the common modern depiction? I couldn’t decide, so he got both.
 * You can’t see it in his art, but the bottom of his Silver-Red Converse are yellow and have brick patterned treads. This means, technically speaking, Damon walks a yellow bricked journey no matter where he goes.
 * Even though not the first to be posted to the wikia, or even the first to be developed, Damon was Spades’s first idea for an EAH OC.
 * Damon was named after one of Spades’s best childhood friends and is, generally speaking, sort of an ode to a lot of his childhood and it’s related nostalgia.
 * Various other characters in Damon’s life share names with Spades’s old friends, such as Millie and Andrew.