Vulcan

[vulcan]

Behind the Screen

Name: Derek
Age: 22
CBox Name: Sands
RP Experience: 10ish years
Activity Level: Eternally

On the Surface

Name: - Tony Swanson
Age: - 73
Birthdate: January 19th
Gender: - Male

Affiliation:  Citadel (Retired)
Member Group: Transfigured Human

Appearance: 
Tony is a giant of a man past the prime of his life, with grizzled silver grey hair and green eyes. He stands at 6'5"  weighing in at well over 200lbs. He's built like a truck and while he has gained some weight since his retirement    it fails to hide his impressive strength. Tony wears his long greying hair back with a bandana a measure of    practicality when working in the shop. He keeps his beard fairly well trimmed but has been known to let it grow longer then strictly safe. For clothing these days he tends to favor thick leather gloves and a leather apron over his old tactical gear. When not in the shop he tends to favor a simple black tee and sturdy work pants.

When using his powers his eyes shift to a deep glowing red flickering with the inferno contained within.  

Face Claim:

In the Soul

Likes / Dislikes:

May be in paragraph form or list form.


Strengths and Weaknesses:

+Thermokinetic - Tony's powers revolve entirely around the manipulation of Thermal Energies. In its simplest  form this manifests as Pyrokinisis. He has developed this ability over the years and has perfected it to an art form.

+ Master Smith - Tony has spent the years since his retirement refining his one time hobby of metal work. He has gained a reputation as one of the best metallurgists in the city.

+ Retired Merc - Tony served the vast majority of his adult life as a member of Citadel Security. Twenty years of service leaves an impact. After retiring Tony has kept in contact with many of those he served with and still keeps an ear to the ground out of habit if nothing else.

- War wounds - Tony served a long and storied career and found retirement forced on him when he lost a good portion of his right leg. A prosthetic could not be attached without losing the rest of the leg, he refused the procedure. While the doctors did what they could he still only walks now with a pronounced limp.

- Temper - Tony always has had a bit of a temper and his retirement has not calmed him down in the slightest. 

Personality:

Tired and worn down describe Tony fairly well, despite his relatively advanced age he is surprisingly vigorous refusing to allow his wounds to limit him. After his long and storied career he finds his retirement absolutely infuriating, while he has enjoyed the time spent honing his craft he has been a man of action for the majority of his life and finds that the peaceful life he dreamed of does not suit him at all. His temper has only grown fierier and many a customer has taken notice of his black moods, regulars have learned to make themselves scarce during these occasions. Despite all of that he still cares for those who served under him and can frequently be seen in one of the many bars across the city buying a round for members of the coalition.


History:

Born Jan, 19 2146 Tony grew up in the newly formed Megalopolis of Chorazin. He lived a fairly normal life working for a small scale security corporation responsible for the southern portions of New York District Seven. Though his temper soon changed that, already known as a loose cannon when a shootout with a local gang went bad and several men ended up in the Morgue Tony found himself out on his ass. With nothing for it he dug into his savings and opened up a small workshop and made a name for himself as a smith and metallurgist.

In 2179 Tony married one of his long time rivals and long time friend Lisa Goains. Their happiness was short lived though, after several years and several miscarriages the couple finally successfully had their first child. A young boy they named Míorúilt in homage to Tonys Gaelic heritage. The boy was a fairly sickly in and out of the hospital for years, the new parents could care less though it had been a rough journey but they finally had the family they wanted.

But life was not so simple as to allow them their happy ever after, Mioruilt's medical bills were a heavy strain on the family and Tony realized that the workshop wouldn't be able to support the family. Picking up his gear for the first time in almost a decade Tony enlisted in another Security Corporation joining the 'Shock and Awe' division he found himself on the front lines of the gang wars going on throughout the sector. Despite the danger he thrived in the environment. But the job brought on new problems, the long hours and dangers of the job put a constant strain on his family life. In 2198 he and Lisa divorced Lisa gaining full custody of their sixteen year old son. This drove Tony fully into both his work and the bottle his temper growing worse then ever before.

This all changed in 2201. When the Hellmouth opened chaos exploded throughout the city Lisa and Mio had moved further south to put some distance between Tony and them. They were only a few dozen miles from the hellmouth when it opened. Lisa dies shortly after killed in the riots but Mio just vanished. At the time Tony found himself fighting for his life. in the chaos the Security Firm he worked for went under, living so close to the epicenter of events he found that many people had gone absolutely insane. Despite this he made his way further south looking for his family. He found the apartment the two had been living in, Lisa's body was torn to pieces blasphemous messages scrawled across the walls written in her blood. Tony never found any sign of his son.





Roleplay Example:
See Carlos Hathcock