**I came across an old Alonzo bio I made on an RP site ages ago. Sadly the site has died off, and while I’m not completely happy with how this is written, I don’t want it to float off into oblivion either, so I’ll paste it here. (Note: The reason it hardly mentions Victoria is that [if I recall correctly] no one had claimed her yet and so her involvement in the story was *pending* the agreement of whoever would end up playing her. It’s not because Alonzo only loves his brother and ignores his sister’s existence or anything. ;))**
Alonzo, along with his younger sister Victoria and brother Mistoffelees from a later litter, was born to an upperclass queen who mated with a henchtom. He has clear memories of his mother, but only haphazard ones of his father, who had to return to the warehouse for his family’s protection. Young as he was, Alonzo declared to his mum that now he was the protector of the family and would look after them all, to which she only laughed indulgently. Despite the father’s absence, Alonzo remembers the family making a life for themselves and being mostly happy for at least a short time. However, one day without warning his father burst in shouting something about their needing to leave, to run away immediately. But before he could say more or anything could be done, henchcats attacked their den.
When his father first burst into the den saying something about danger, Alonzo had got up a very tough-looking, protective stance, exclaiming that he’d protect his family no matter what came through that door–not that anyone was listening, as they were all trying to understand what his father was on about and what was happening. The moment the big henchcats appeared, however, all of Alonzo’s big talk and bravery seemed to vanish. He froze, rooted to the spot, and couldn’t seem to do anything, not even as he watched his father finally get overpowered and taken down by the henches. Next his mother confronted the henches, and still Alonzo could only stand frozen and stare at the scene unfolding before him that didn’t seem real.
As their mother fought on, slowly weakening, Alonzo caught movement in the corner of his eye, which served snap him out of whatever state of shock he’d been in. He saw what looked like his tiny brother Mistoffelees trying to attack the henches himself. Without a second thought, Alonzo threw himself on top of his brother to stop him joining the fight. To his confusion and amazement, there seemed to be a strange sort of heat and glow emanating from the younger tom. There was no time to wonder about it, though. For a moment, Alonzo held onto Misto and stared at the fight still going on in front of them. Half of him desperately wanted to leap into the fray and try to help his mother, the other half - much stronger - wanted desperately to flee the scene. Just before she lost consciousness, his mother hoarsely screamed “Run!” Not staying to deliberate another moment, Alonzo fled the den, dragging his brother and sister along behind him.
He could hardly see or think, much less decide where to go, but his paws automatically carried him to their uncle Bustopher’s home, where he babbled out half-unintelligible explanations of what happened, curled up with Misto who still seemed out-of-it, and tried to sleep. The next morning, their uncle gave them the news that their mother was dead. Alonzo had thought so, but the idea hadn’t truly hit him until just now. And then the memory of the whole situation and his own cowardly actions came crashing down on him. “I did it, I killed her, it’s my fault,” he kept muttering.
Alonzo and Misto’s uncle adopted his sister’s kits and was kind as could be, but for quite some time Alonzo was unappreciative of his uncle’s care - or, rather, he scarcely noticed it. All he could do most of the day was sit around broodingly, staring at nothing and thinking of his mother and what he ought to have done to save her. The uncle grew weary of this and gave Alonzo a gentle but serious talk about how they couldn’t go on like this. Most of his words went over Alonzo’s head, but his attention was engaged when the uncle mentioned his brother. “Think of young Mistoffelees, he’s got no one but you now. Oh, clumsy old me, I’ll of course help as best I can, but mark me words, it’s you he’s got to look up to and care for him the rest of his life. There’s no replacing a brother,” and other things of that sort. His words reminded Alonzo of the promise he’d made his mother to protect the family, and he decided then and there that he’d still keep that promise. Alonzo was also reminded of the strange powers his brother seemed to have, and the way the little tom had just thrown himself into danger like that–Alonzo would have to be extra watchful.
Things began to look up a bit from there. Taking to heart what his uncle said, Alonzo did his best to look out for his brother and sister and take care of them the way their parents would. He wondered from time to time about the younger kit’s powers, but mostly opted to ignore and not mention them, as they made Alonzo rather uneasy. Not long after adopting them, their uncle introduced Alonzo, Victoria, and Misto to the Jellicles and the Junkyard, where they gradually began to spend the majority of their time. This was certainly overall a good thing, as it provided them with a group to belong to, safety in numbers. And then, of course, as they got to know the Jellicles it almost became like a new family. Alonzo certainly began to see them as such. Early on he took a particular liking to Munkustrap, at first mainly because he happened to be the tom closest to his own age, and having never had an older brother and scarcely a father, having another tom to follow around was new and interesting. As they grew older, Alonzo began more and more to view Munkustrap as a hero, almost idolizing him. He aspired to learn all he could from Munkustrap about fighting and protecting. At first this was just from a general desire to become stronger and braver and never again be in a situation like what had happened with his mother–standing by unable to do anything to help. However, it has had more of a specific aim since the Ball and the Macavity attacks. He always had been vaguely aware that the cats who killed his parents worked for Macavity, but it was all very detached until actually meeting the Mystery Cat himself face-to-face. Alonzo did fight, but was knocked down quickly, and doesn’t know what he’d have done if the other tribe members hadn’t joined in and ganged up until Macavity was forced to flee. This thought shames him and makes him more determined than ever to hone his strength and skills.
I have such a soft spot for Jelly looking after prickly smol Alonzo! Also a glimpse of Munk and Bill Bailey shimmying at each other there in the first gif, we love. And Skimble and Deme is always lovely.
2022 international tour, their first performance in Munich (1 June 2022). I think they’re all first cast: so, Sebastian Goffin as Alonzo, Aimee Hodnett as Jellylorum, Frances Dee as Demeter, Philip Bertioli as Skimbleshanks, Russell Dickson as Munkustrap, and our beloved Aaron Hunt as Bill Bailey.
