FULL NAME. DANTE JACKSON TRAVERS
AGE. THIRTY FIVE
RESIDENTIAL AREA. SOUTHSIDE VILLAGE
HOMETOWN. SIESTA KEY, FL
OCCUPATION. CRIMINAL FOR HIRE
FACECLAIM. BEN ROBSON
❝ HIS ORIGIN STORY ...
tw: child abuse, drug use
Dante Jackson Travers was born and raised in Siesta Key, Florida, but his parents weren’t involved in much of his life. As hippies and explorers, they moved to Florida in a camper and lived by the beach, where Dante grew to love the water and surfing. He didn’t have any toys or a bicycle or any of the other things other children had. The barreling waves and the surfboard he found underneath the pier were his only friends for a while. When his sister was born that all changed. She became a reason for him to get out of the ocean and explore the small island town. He eventually sold the surfboard he’d been fixing up for the past year to buy her toys. There was only a ten-year difference in age between them, but Dante was an old soul who learned how to do everything for himself, while his parents disappeared with the camper for days at a time. They were big on attending protests and music festivals and there were a few times when they’d be gone for weeks while tripping out on psychedelics.
When Dante was fourteen, his parents left shrooms out on the table and his little sister got into their stash. Luckily, he caught her before she could put one into her mouth. Their father thought the whole thing was hilarious until Dante flushed his stash. Then he became irate and broke his arm. The cops were called and his father was arrested for drug use, child abuse, and child endangerment. Things from there took a turn for the worse. Their mother fell into depression and then found a new lover to get high with. Dante was stuck raising his sister while having to commit petty crimes for food and other things. It started with theft, stealing groceries and clothes, and then cars and money.
By age nineteen, Dante was already a well-known enforcer around Siesta Key. He’d been in and out of juvie and jail, but always made sure his sister was taken care of and watched over, even when he’d get locked up. He made a lot of friends and developed a lot of connections in the criminal underworld. The only thing he wanted to make sure of was that his sister had a normal life. He didn’t want her involved in any of his dealings.
Currently, at thirty-four years old, Dante’s rap sheet is as long as it is impressive. He’s pulled off some of the biggest jobs around Florida and is currently a hand for hire. There aren’t many jobs he won’t take: Mercenary, thief, drug dealer, racketeer, assassin… If there’s money involved, you can count him in. But if double-crossed, you can count yourself out. He lives by a very strict code and doesn’t tolerate dishonesty, disloyalty…or messing with family.
