Post by Harland "Swoop" Tomms on Jan 11, 2010 23:59:27 GMT -5
Name: Harland "Swoop" Tomms
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Class: Runner - Seeker
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Hair: Short, messy golden blond
Eyes: Dark green
Complexion: Pale with slight tan
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Body Type: Average.
Tattoos: Roman-style eagle on left shoulder, non colored.
Clothes: Black sneakers with nuclear green accents, worn dark gray jeans, maroon t-shirt, black guitarist's over shirt with green fire designs and gray accents.
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Brief History: A good old boy from Florida, Harland was essentially duped into coming to the city by some very enticing college opportunities. Upon arriving, he learned that the sites were in actuality a ring of extortion schemes set up to snatch up easy money in the form of college fee payments. With barely enough cash to live in the slums of the city and no hope of making it back home without some serious green, Harland has found himself forced into some less than savory jobs. He sees Running as a means to an end and has at best apathy for the goings-on in the city and at worst outright scorn as it is the easiest target for his irritation at being jilted out of a college education.
So far he hasn't been asked to actually engage in any real Parkour style running that others who wear the name have trademarked, and can't see what the huge deal is about delivering seemingly harmless packages to whoever doesn't want to use the post.
Motivation: He really doesn't feel one way or another about the social ills in the city and just wants to get back home so he can try and get his life back in order. However, if properly shown how deep and pervasive the city's social problems go, he might be forced to do something to appease his conscious.
Other: Harland is wary of just about anybody he meets, especially attractive women, but he keeps himself civil and friendly as much as possible. His paranoia about others is largely kept to himself and he sees no reason to not make friendly acquaintances, but further than that and he will become far more guarded. Harland has a sweet tooth and loves hard candy as it reminds him of his grandfather. A bit of a pop culture freak with a perchance for mouthy-ness, he sometimes drops truly bizarre non sequiturs and most of the time he doesn't even notice.
Harland has a surprisingly diverse skill set thanks to a history temp jobs, including some basic mechanical and electrical skills. Combined with a somewhat less than healthy love of fire, a pragmatic way of thinking, and a few years of boxing, Swoop is a man who knows how to twist a situation to his benefit.