Matchcorp's Secret Laboratory

The Cheowlin are small bipedal mammalian-avian creature which have been genetically modified and cybernetically enhanced. They were developed as part of a for-profit experiment by Matchcorp involving the combination of several different animal DNA, including but not limited to the cheetah, the fennec fox, the chameleon, an undisclosed owl species, an undisclosed goat species, and an undisclosed bird species. They were one of the first creatures developed within the Matchcorp laboratories during the initial underground public opening, though they had been operating in the shadows for several years prior to offering services to exterior interests. The Cheowlin were created to be marketed as luxury/exotic pets, intended to be sold on the underground market to gain funds in support of other ongoing projects. However, due to the unstable DNA mixtures as a result of incorrect genetic combinations between the mammalian DNA and Avian DNA, they were prone to developing unforeseen mutations, severely decreasing their ability to be sold as luxury pets. This resulted in them being replaced with another option, and the initial line of the Cheowlins was destroyed following the failure of the project. However, the company was not to be dissuaded from pursuing the project for other, more personal usage. The program would be recycled with the version 2 Cheowlins, which were intended for use as a 24-hour living surveillance for the company to allow them to watch over the other genetic experiments/weapons in their roster and employees, who had certain levels of clearance to highly confidential information. The DNA mixtures would undergo major alterations before the official version 2 Cheowlins were developed, with efforts being taken to ensure that the creatures maintained their small size (around two to three feet for females and around one to two feet for males) and the personality of imprinting on one person, which were present in the first version. This included replacing the fennec fox DNA with an undisclosed bat species in later versions due to incompatibility between the vulpine and the avian DNA. Additional efforts were taken to ensure that through this highly selective process, the Cheowlin would have several enhanced abilities from their related DNA donors. These enhanced abilities included;

The ability to alter their colours, allowing them to easily camouflage themselves in their surroundings to be undetected by most creatures' natural eyes. The ability to high-speed sprint at a top speed of 70 to 75 mph (110 to 120 km/h), though they are better at maintaining a speed of 50 mph (80 km/h) for longer periods of time. Though must maintain a speed below 20mph (32 km/h) to remain quiet enough to be undetectable to most ears when running. The ability to climb up steep, almost 90-degree textured surfaces using their back hooves and long front claws. The trait of having prehensile tails, which they can use to grasp, wrap around, and hold onto objects like a "fifth limb," or to help steer during sprinting The ability to pinpoint sounds up to 50 meters (164 feet) For those with wings, the ability to fly at the speed of maximum sprint speeds of up to 40-50 mph (64-80 km/h) completely quietly without attracting attention. Once the creatures proved that they had successfully stabilized DNA, they would be put through training similar to that of military K-9 units. If the creatures were able to pass these trials, then they were considered suitable candidates to operate as living surveillance. As part of this process, the cheowlin will be vivisected to add the required cyborg components to optimize them for surveillance, including a camera put in the middle of their forehead (like a third eye), which is connected to their brain and heart (used as a power source) and microphones within the ear canals. Some individual Cheowlins may differ in the technological components they have been equipped with, some of which may be visible outside of the body and others contained solely within. Each mission assigned Cheowlin is equipped with a Tracking Collar equipped so they can be retrieved if needed, though when not on a mission, they tend to stay close to their main imprinted upon individual one of the Codrins.

Gender: Male (He/Him) 

Species:  Black Welsh Mountain Sheep Humanoid/Cannibalistic sheep in wolf's clothing

Age: 28

Height: 6 feet 9 inches

Trivia

Lives in a deeply remote, heavily forested area, with the outskirts being surrounded by farm fields.

Would technically be considered a slasher as he will hunt down humans who stumble across his path. 

Uses a maul: a heavy, two-handed impact weapon consisting of a large iron-headed hammer, typically resembling a massive sledgehammer.

Has a small shed set up intended for the harvesting of animals he steals from the surrounding farms. 

In addition to his hood, he does don a wolf skull on occasion as a mask. 

He is a wool sheep and thus has to have his wool shaved down every couple of months

He is highly carnivorous, like a wolf. While he can eat other things, flesh is the only thing that keeps him alive. Despite this, he can cook very well. 

If he hasn't eaten in a certain amount of time, then he gets a bit sick and aggressive (like a vampire without blood).

Smells like a barn animal. 

Buff but with a layer of soft fat over the muscles. Is a very large creature with hooves slightly larger then that of a dinner plate. 

Can give very aggressive headbutts and tackles, cracking bones intentionally or accidentally. Though he can also be gentle, it is just less likely.

Generally appears menacing, tough, or deceitful on the outside and is to those on the outside. Though to those on his good side, he is genuinely harmless, kind, and gentle at heart.

Was developed by a Matchcorp Scientist during human-animal hybrid genetic mutation splicing, but not necessarily considered an experiment due to human nature, more of an asset. 

Gender: Female (She/Her)

Species: Arctic Sea Cryptid 

Age: 37 

Description:

Uiscenomeme is a creature that was developed to be a naval military tool intended for missions in frozen tundra and Arctic waters by the Matchcorp Company. She was created using DNA from a variety of Arctic creatures, including a polar bear, orca, puffin, seal, snowy owl, narwhal, and ermine. During one of the training sessions, she managed to escape by attacking the submarines/aquatic drones that were monitoring them. Having escaped the matchcorp, she has taken up residence in a sea cave within a rock face off the Arctic coasts of British Columbia/Alaska, frequented by resting aquatic animals, nesting gulls, and other seabirds. With their long, bear-like claws, she climbs down the rocky drop-off to dive for mollusks, urchins, fish, squid, and octopuses, and occasionally snags a gull or its young on the way back. She is on the same intelligence level as humans, though due to not having a human voice box, she is unable to communicate with humans in most words but can mimic most basic tones. She has a cast-iron stomach but prefers his meals cooked. Thus, they will often regurgitate the morsels from their crop and boil them in salty water, using the evaporated water to drink and make tea. They spend a majority of their time in the water but will typically only venture above the cliff for spices and teas. They also love to investigate things they find, including shipwrecks, people’s camps on land, and fishing boats. Though they try to avoid too much contact with humans. That said, matchcorp dose know their immediate location at all times due to a tracking device implanted within his body, as they are a Fission-classed creature and could recapture him easily, as they have a way to make his training kick back in. However, as long as she is not causing any problems to local civilizations, as it would be more hassle to capture them than to leave them be. 

Trivia:

Can alter high, though it is less of an intentional thing and more of an instinctive response to the available space. Height: Average - 11 Feet (Feet to Head) / 45 Feet (from nose to tip of tail). Sea Monster -111 Feet (Feet to Head) / 145 Feet (from nose to tip of tail)

They often steal shiny or soft things that they find both under the sea and from human camps, 

As such and due to the locations she resides around, she had managed to obtain large quantities of precious metals and stones from the bottom of the ocean

They also often follow boats that they come across, curiously watching from a distance and occasionally stealing the fish that they have caught in nets.

Due to them following boats, they have learned several sea shanties which they can mimic the sound of.

He can hold his breath for up to 8+ hours without needing to return to the surface for air, allowing them to dive to incredible depths.

y sleep with half their brain at a time, keeping one eye open to watch for threats or obstacles.

Despite, being a mainly arctic creature, it spends a lot of  time in the Pacific Ocean basin/"Ring of Fire" around underwater volcanic vents 

Instinctually preens themself, using their beaks to straighten, clean, and oil their feathers to maintain waterproofing and insulation

Gender: Non-Gendered (It/Its)

Species: Sentient Mass of Flesh,  and Guts 

Age: 24

Height: 6 feet 6 inches

Description:

A mass of flesh and guts, which had gained some level of sentience, which was the result of some sort of unexpected side effect of one or more of the many illegal medical experiments being performed by Matchcorp. It is unknown if the individual(s) that these parts came from are still around as some sort of biologically developed creature, or if the other parts have since been disposed of, as the DNA samples taken from this creature are too contaminated to obtain any viable traces. It was only found and contained after being found climbing out of one of the biological waste and byproduct bins intended to be repurposed as blood and bone meal. Since then, the creature has been given the classification of Trifle, as monitoring has shown that, despite its gory appearance, the creature seems harmless, given he is fed regularly. Creature is currently assigned as security for the facility until further usage can be determined.

Trivia:

He has no visible eyes, ears, or mouth. How he sees, hears, and makes small gurgling noises is not exactly known. 

Though he dose feed by syphoning nutrients from other living things through a lamprey-like mouth at the end of his tail. 

Consciously peristalsis, a series of wave-like muscle contractions. It gets worse when feeling strong emotions. 

During hotter months begins to put off a foul smell of decay despite not decaying, which attracts flies, which it collects.

Prefers to lie in the cooler areas of the facility

Appears to have some sort of bone structure; however, this has not yet been confirmed.

Bleeds randomly from different areas around the body. 

Despite being assigned as security, he really doesn't do much other than look disturbing

Gender: Female (She/Her)  

Species:  Nurse Shark

Age: 25

Height: 5 feet 6 inches

Trivia

When she was a young pup, the coral reef that she lived in was attacked by the creatures from above when they stuck their metal spears, which came down from the heavens into the earth and caused multiple earthquakes, causing the reef to break apart (offshore fracking). 

This would eventually end up in her volunteering to join the warfront against the creatures/abductors from above.

Works in a combat medical station located underwater under known civilian abduction sites and war zones (fishing/fining locations) 

Routine usually involves wound care, administering medications, changing dressings, utilizing leeches, and assisting in surgeries.

Constantly under threat of attack from the creatures from above the surface and their unconventional weapons, including naval mines, torpedoes, and dredging nets. 

Currently, the medical station is being maintained inside a sunken fishing vessel where the nurses also sleep and eat.  

This war sees mass casualties of 73 to 100 million sharks annually, having threatened many species on the brink of extinction.

The bites around her body are from feeding the Haementeria ghilianii Leeches use for medical purposes when they aren't being used on patients. 

These leeches are used to relieve venous congestion, promote blood flow, and salvage tissue grafts by preventing blood clots when patients are able to undergo plastic & reconstructive surgery to save their limbs and fins.

She is a "Smoker" collecting and "smoking" cigarette butts found in the supply piles that float atop the ocean. Instead of traditional smoking, due to being underwater, when they suck in the cigarette, it is more like drinking the leaking chemical cocktail of highly toxic and carcinogenic substances. This habit worsens with stress and can go through nearly a 10 to 16 on the worst of days. 

Though her species have small mouths, they have very strong jaws and small, serrated teeth designed for crushing shellfish, which can cause injury if they bite down.

Gender: Male (He/Him)  

Species: Hellhound of Fear/Phobia

Age: 26

Height: 8 feet 6 inches

Trivia:

Terantulam is the master of things that go bump in the night, as they are the demon of phobias and dread. 

They prey on humans, humanoids, anthros, monsters, and other lesser demons to feed off of their fears. 

His many eyes see everything, including the deepest terror inside one's heart and what scares you the very most, allowing him to use this to his advantage. 

His preferred method of feeding his victims is to lie in wait, toying with his victims form the shadows feeding of the small amounts of fear this brings before catching them in his web to finish them of proceeds to slowly drain them off by draining all of their blood, drop by drop.

If you are caught by his many arms, it's already far too late; none has ever escaped his clutches. However, it is not unusual for him to release a victim only to start hunting them down again.

They can create a semi-subconscious link with their chosen victims, allowing them to torment them while letting their prey think that it has escaped. 

He can also use this mental manipulation to make himself appear as a normal canine when trying to go through public areas without attracting too much attention. 

He causes hallucinations with his venom, showing his victims images of what they fear most.

Can be kept at bay by planting or keeping foxglove, lily of the valley, and hydrangea around you person

They are able to command all manner of creepy-crawlies and snakes (they get along well with canines too) to assist him in his endeavours.

Gender: Female (She/Her)  

Species: Human Bioengineered into a Hellhound - Chihuahua Based  

Occupation: Genetic Engineer 

Age: 37

Height:

8 feet tall werebeast form

4 Feet 9 inches anthro form

4 Feet 9 inches in human form

3 Feet tall in feral form.

Description:

Dr. Lock has gained a reputation for being a bit of a sadistic, mad genetic scientist in the underground black market, even by the standards of MatchCorp. During their employment there main area of work was as the post-mortem geneticist, more specifically, the individual who takes apart the failed biological weapons to determine what defects in the experiments cause the genetic codes to fail to produce the chosen results and/or if any of the results of the codes could have provided other unforeseen outcomes which could be used in future products. During their time at the Marchcorp facility, they have conducted several dozen dissections and an odd handful of vissections of "biologically designed assets". Now, whether it was the high-level long-term exposure to formaldehyde or something else that drove them to it, they also started to do some experiments themselves outside of their normal scope of practice. Using a mixture of DNA from the dissected and injecting it through interventional tubes, which resulted in them slowly turning from human into a hellhound-like creature. Shortly after the changes became more apparent, they left Matchcorps direct line of employment to go off-grid, though not on bad terms. They do remain under Matchcorps control as an on-call "doctor" when needed, often regarding the handling of creatures post-mortem, or the retrieval of certain items from dead creatures. This is suitable as they are currently operating as an unlicensed doctor in an old warehouse on the outskirts of a desert in New Mexico. They currently conduct unlicensed surgeries for cash but have to have two humans assist in meeting and transporting potential clients to their location.

Trivia:

They have multiple forms, including Feral, Anthro, Were-Beast, & Human.

The tubes around their body leading to/from the reinforced area in the chest pump a gene-stabilizing solution throughout their body. This is to prevent further changes to their body or mind as a result of the unstable genetics which result in them changing in the first place.

 May or may not have played a part in the development of new medical procedures/medical fad which involves the snorting of ground albino owl feathers, both as a snake oil money scheme and to see how far she could get people to go with it.

They have never faced retaliation or consequences as a result of violent actions, at least yet, first because of being under Matchcorp's protection during their employment and second because it is very difficult to track down (or be taken seriously as) a non-human entity. Most people see her as a distraction for the real doctor and blame one of her human assistants. (She has never met the assistance face to face.)

Prefers to use more "traditional old timey versions" of medical procedures like leeches for bleeding, etc.

Has a collection of wet specimens, most of which are legally and ethically obtained ;) 

Has developed several dog-like, mainly Chihuahua-like characteristics. Luckily, no shaking, but the reverse sneezes and spending almost 16 hours a day asleep are killer. Now uses a tennis ball as a stress ball.

May eat puppy kibble as a snack, but mainly eats normal human food.

Mainly listens to early 2000's girly pop music.

Gender: Non-Gendered (It/Its)

Species: Sentient Black Mold Creature

Age: 21

Height: 8 feet 6 inches

Description:

The origins of how this pile of black mold that used to inhabit the walls of a dark, damp building managed to gain sentience are unknown. What little is known about it is that for several years it was living in an old abandoned hotel deep in the mountain forest, feasting on the building and hunting the few creatures which were unlucky enough to cross its path. The creature was considered a myth, which drew more people to visit the abandoned hotel, ultimately being hunted down, and the bodies were pulled into the walls of the building, where they could not be found. These disappearances, however, didn't go without attracting attention. Due to the nature of this creature, it can be easily detected by some people if they have black mold allergies; however, the reactions to its spores is he releases are much more severe. This fact was used by Matchcorp in the creatures' capture before it was taken to one of their laboratories for further examination and experimentation. Since then, the creature has been given the classification of Ichor. The creature has not been assigned a usage due to requiring several monitoring/tracking methods to ensure the creature stays under control and contained. This decision was made following constant escape attempts, many of which involved the creature taking the appearance of Matchcorp staff through its shapeshifting ability following consumption of the body, being caught, however do to imperfections in the mimicked appearance, and said monitoring/tracking methods. 

Trivia:

The texture of this creature's body is almost short, fuzzy fur with a prickly feel, which is always semi-damp above a squishy skin. 

If you come into direct contact with this creature, you will break out in a painful rash as the small furs will break off in your skin, akin to touching fibreglass insulation.

It has a liquid form of mould which drips from their eyes and mouth, and a couple of other areas around the body. This will leave a small slime like trail in hot weather which causes them to be more drippy.  

From their body(primarily back, legs, and arms they can spring forth tentacles to restrain things or to allow them to easily climb up surfaces.

Will unhinge its jaw as far down as the collar bone to allow it to swallow large prey whole like a snake.

They have no bones in their body, which allows them to easily climb into any-sized gap or hole. This also allows them to do one of their favourite activities, which is sleeping inside a bucket in a semi-liquid form. 

They often release mould spores, which will start to grow into a large mould infestation. 

If a living creature is subjected to these spores for a prolonged time, they will develop intense, sudden irritability, anger, and aggression linked to toxic mold exposure, often accompanied by brain fog, anxiety, and depression

He feeds on rotting materials (wood, damp plaster, damp insulation, meat, fruit/veg, etc.). Though seems to be easily lured with bread and apples.

Gender: Male (He/Him)

Species: Human

Age: 29

Height: 6 feet 6 inches

Nationality: American (from Tennessee, USA)

Rowan “Fox” Cooper has a naturally tan complexion with cool, subtle golden undertones, which is imparted due to spending much of his time outside. Her eyes are a deep russet brown colour, which tends to appear as a deep, solid brown in dim lighting, but in the bright light brings out fiery copper, gold, and reddish highlights within the iris. He has dirty blonde hair, which has some darker brown lowlight strips throughout it, which is generally maintained in long, shaggy layers made of roughly three layers. He does have a small amount of facial hair in the form of a long (kinda goat-like), petite goatee, which has the same dirty blond base with darker brown lowlights throughout. He has a large healed-over injury leading from the middle of his lips to his right cheek, where most of the skin has been replaced by scar tissue, and he is missing a golf ball-sized amount of flesh from the corner of his mouth, resulting in the inner parts of his mouth (teeth and gums) being visible even when closed after an accident when he was a kid. The bridge of his nose has a slight but noticeable bump on it with a small, lighter pink colored scar which goes across it just under the bump due to having his nose broken at one point. He does have a couple of smaller scars around his body from a variety of causes, including knife cuts, gunshot wounds, burns, and old personal injuries obtained when growing up and/or during serving for the military/codrin’s. On his back, just above his tailbone (tramp stamp) is a tattoo/brand of a small shovel with two vines of thorns wrapping around it. He has a very tall, lean and athletic physique. He does have visible lean muscles, though the majority of his muscles are hidden until he flexes them, almost like hidden guns. Though more of his muscle definition is in his legs and abdominal core than in his arms, he often has to hike or run through difficult terrain for miles at a time. 

Spends most times being a bodyguard for Drago in his usual tactical gear, which consists of the following: the basics being a pair of black tactical pants, a deep/dark crimson compression shirt, a black vest jacket with a couple of patches on it,  a pair of black hard-knuckled fingerless gloves, and a pair of dark grey military steel-toed boots. He also equips a grey and black two-toned bulletproof vest, which is kept low-profile with minimal pouches/equipment around the front or back of the armor to avoid mobility issues. The few items he does have are: a weather meter, a laser rangefinder, a lensatic compass, a geiger counter. He wears a makeshift hooded “Ghillie” suit, which was made using the upper part of an old sweater, which now looks more like a cowl, a netted hammock (still functional), and a bunch of attached orange, dark red, cream, brownish orange, and black (fox colours) fabrics. Over his shoulder atop his “Ghillie”, he will either wear his sniper rifle in the open or will have it enclosed in a Sniper Drag Bag - A heavy-duty, padded rifle case that unrolls into a shooting mat.  He wears a black leather Battle Belt which has a couple of notches and sayings, including “they’ll have to dig us out like nestled thorns”, “Sometimes, time doesn’t heal a thing”, “Time doesn’t respect what doesn’t respect it.” “The story of how we learned to survive”, “maybe there’s too much we couldn’t face”,  “Fire on the innocent and the guilty”,  carved into it. This holds his sidearm/holster, extra magazines, dump pouch, a lightweight medical kit (IFAK) and an orange bum flap which sits over his rear. The bum flap has a design on it which looks like that of the cross hairs of a sniper scope, with the words “You're always a target when you're a threat” around the design. He wears a pair of red glass aviator sunglasses, which have a small target design on them held to his face by a glasses chain with small vampire bat charms on them. He wears a deep/dark crimson wire mask over his face, which is a modified dog muzzle. He also wears a deep/dark crimson military scarf around his neck, which he can use to better hide his face when needed. Though if needed for a sniper mission, he would be willing to wear less identifiable (more realistic) camouflage in the field (rural or urban), but currently, his main job isn't stealth; it's intimidation and being a recognized threat. He can also clean up very nicely when needed to attend high-end events with the Codrins. 

Personality:

Rowan did grow up isolated from most outside influences in what was essentially a cult, so his social skills have suffered as a result of it, not to say that he is not charismatic after all; he was raised to be the next leader of the doomsday compound after his father, making him rather charming, charismatic, and confident when he turns the southern hospitality on. He is very skilled when it comes to being manipulative and disarming. Which, along with his time/training with Matchcorp to be Drago’s bodyguard, allows him to comfortably blend in with both the most elegant, snobish,  rich billionaires, and the rural right and tumble outcast he grew up around. However, he is naturally a selective introvert who will use his intimidating presence, mercenary streak, willingness to fight (verbal and physical) and body language to prevent people from deciding to communicate with him when he is not in the mood. He would be described by most outsiders who have ended up on his bad side as Strict, Calculating, Sadistic, Intimidating, Stealthy, Cynical, and Strange. However, to those who get to know him, he would be seen as a Strategic, Reliable, Resourceful, Trustworthy, Accomplished, Competent, Protective, and Versatile man. Rowan is an intelligent man, though much of his intelligence is in very specific things; he does strive to continually learn new things which he is able to retain well. He is still very much a conspiracy theorist, which could be considered worse now that he has worked for the government, and currently works for a private military company owned by an elite, which means he knows certain things for sure, so why should the other things be any more outlandish?  In addition to this, he has always been superstitious and believed in the supernatural, having grown up in the Appalachian mountains. Both play a small part in his survivalist mentality. Despite all of this, which may make him seem like a bit of a serious hard-ass, he can be rather relaxed, a gentle giant around those he considers part of his “group,” not the task force, but those he would consider saving at the end of the world, even if some of them would likely be the cause. Such as his relationship with the codrins, being summed up as “submissive in the way a livestock guardian dog is submissive”

Trivia:

He is from the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee; he thus has a very thick “mountain man” Tennessee accent.

He was raised by doomsday prepper/conspiracy theory parents who had a doomsday cult in a bunker/compound in the remote area of the Appalachian mountains, which resulted in them being rather removed from the rest of society for much of their younger life.

Was “homeschooled” for most of his life by his parents/the other people in the compound. He is literate. It was just that most of his learning is semi-specialized towards preparing for survival and the end of the world, for example, how to make weapons/ammo, build a shelter, purify water, track/hunt/fish/grow food, barter, combat medicine, etc. 

His father was also raising him as his only heir, so he did learn a bit more about the other aspects, such as leadership, charisma, how to read people, how to file taxes as a non-profit organization, etc. 

When he was 11, he was cleaning one of the hunting rifles that his father owned when it accidentally fired, shooting him in the mouth, causing great damage to the right side of his face, where part of his cheek is missing. His parents refused to pay for plastic surgery or skin grafting to fix it. 

When he was roughly 14, the government shut down the cult, which did end up resulting in a large gun fight, which caused the death of roughly 93 percent of members of the cult. 

At age 18, having just been kicked out of the foster care system, he joined the military since he really had nowhere else he could turn, and he was willing to hire a young adult with no education who looked like they had been through hell. 

He very quickly rose through the ranks as a sniper due to his ability to shoot, which he had learned from the years of training at the compound. He was also very good at pushing past his own humanity to get missions finished and convincing others in his group of this the means justify the ends ideology.

Despite being known mostly for their sniper skills, they will not hesitate to use other weapons or engage in a fist fight.

Was made a special forces task force member at age 21 due to his skills being quickly considered one of the government's best snipers. Despite being one of the government's best snipers,  he is still very distrustful of the government, and why shouldn’t he be? He’s seen what they've been ordered to do. 

He would draw the attention of the private military company Matchcorp, which was willing to pay the big bucks to purchase his services, which ended up with him being favoured by Sorian Codrin, the owner of Matchcorp. He was quickly assigned Sorian’s son and heir to Matchcorp Drago Codrin Bodyguard.  

Which evolved into Rowan and Drago dating? Will never admit it, but loves being spoiled by his reach boyfriend, getting a taste of insane luxury.

Matchcorp purchased back the land where Rowan’s family’s compound resided and upgraded it for him to be a much more luxurious bunker in the application mountains, which he now spends his vacation days at. 

Has way too much knowledge when it comes to the dealings of Matchcorp, but that’s what happens, you accidentally become family, and yes, he does know that they are the apocalypses. 

Has designed a couple of the mechanical weapons for Matchcorp, and has access to almost all weapons/systems. 

Cursed with the gift of extreme pattern recognition

Though he doesn’t cook very often, mainly due to eating what he can where he can, this man knows his way around a grill and a smoker. 

He mainly listens to rock and roll, but not so secretly loves country music, and while most of it focuses on the songs about getting revenge, he does have a couple of other singers he is quite fond of. 

Can and will sleep standing up, sitting, or in other really uncomfortable-looking positions like a cat. Though he does love being the big spoon, which, given his Hight makes it very easy. 

Avid hunter and occasional fisher. Will use as much of what he kills/catches as possible he can for food and other uses (ex. tanned hides, carved bones) that he learned during his time at the compound.

Drinks Coke Cola with peanuts in it, and his favourite chips are the Lays Original Wavy with the onion dip. 

Assigned Animal Version: Alpine Ibex

Tarot Card Association: The Wheel of Fortune Meaning 

Gender: Male (He/Him)

Species: Human

Age: 40

Height: 5 feet 9 inches

Nationality: Welsh (from Cardiff, Wales)

Otis “Icepick” Mortimer has a naturally pale complexion featuring cool pink undertones. Due to years of stress and not necessarily taking care of himself, it has developed into more of a yellowish grey, sallow skin tone accompanied by dullness and dryness.  His eyes are a dark blue colour with a couple of grey-blue highlights, which give off a slightly intense thousand-yard stare and display profound exhaustion.  He has very rigid facial expressions, which seem to suppress most emotions. He has longer, scraggly, wavy, grey and white hair that almost reaches his shoulder, though he is starting to bald around the top front half of the head, which may be attributed to the stress and not taking care of himself properly. He usually has some short, unkempt stubble, though he usually cuts it before it becomes full facial hair.  He has two small electrical burn scars on the back of his neck, as well as a couple of other burn marks scattered around his chest, thighs, and other sensitive regions of his body. He has a large scar that runs down his chest between his pectoral muscles, similar to that of a heart surgery scar. He also has a scar that goes around what would have been his hairline, around the upper part of his face. Lastly, his right leg is heavily scarred since it was saved following extreme injury due to being in an ambush at age 23. The nail matrix (deep under the cuticle) of his feet has been severely damaged due to having his nails ripped out, which has resulted in most of his nails not growing back. He has an oval body shape with a fuller midsection, a less defined waist, rounded shoulders, and similarly wide bust and hip measurements. Though he does have the muscles required for the job, they are hidden under a layer of fat. This is further hidden by the fact that he has a tendency to stand or sit in a much more hunched-over way with noticeably stiff, tense shoulders. 

When in the field, his usual tactical gear consists of the following: the basics are a pair of dark brown tactical pants, a dark grey combat shirt, a black military-style jacket which has the Matchcorp logo on the chest above the heart area, and a pair of scruffed-up black combat/repelling boots with sharp-angled lugs and serrated toe bumpers for climbing walls. He wears the matchcorp-provided grey and brown two-toned tactical vest with a half rig with several grey pouches and ammo holders. He has a brown specialized rappelling harnesses which goes around his waist and upper thighs, where his weapons holsters are attached, and where, if needed can attach to a carabiner with a rope to rappel down high buildings. He has grey elbow protectors and one knee protector on the left knee. In addition to this, he will wear a Brownish High-cut ballistic helmet equipped with a military camera on top of the helmet. He wears a pair of brown semi-fingerless gloves where the middle index and thumb are fingerless, but the ring and pinky fingers are covered. He wears an almost full coverage grey face mask, slightly similar to that of a US  Extreme Cold Weather face mask, except it is modified to be more like a falcon hood. This is better explained as a fabric-like mask that covers all of his face except for his nose, and his mouth is fully covered constantly (not having an opening), and his eyes appear covered by the mask, though there are slight mesh areas through which he can see, allowing him to still have vision. As opposed to many of the other individuals of the task force, his appearance is less personally tailored and has been more so created by MatchCorp to hide and erase his identity, with him not having anything personally defining (that he would personally choose) in his outfit. 

Personality:

Due to this mental manipulation, they are now heavily dependent on the more senior commanding officers for validation of their actions, and for most decision-making, with their questioning of authority being severely diminished. He will get the mission done no matter what it takes because that’s what he has been told to do, leaning into a sadistic streak, though he doesn’t derive any pleasure from the things he has done. He can come off as being slightly robotic, emotionless and slightly detached from reality. This is because he tends to zone out for long periods of time when not on a mission; when on a mission, he is scarily focused. He tends to isolate himself from the group when he is not doing missions, during which he will just sit in his room to await further orders. Otherwise, he just tends to stand around the group, not interacting with anyone, which makes him seem slightly secretive, which could be considered the truth, given he is the second most knowledgeable in the task force about MatchCorp's actions; he just physically and mentally can’t speak about them. He is seen as a bit cold, ruthless, antisocial, guarded, imposing, generally socially off-putting, but fanatical in loyalty to Matchcorp,  and a highly disciplined soldier who operates with extreme, silent precision by those who know and work closely with him. Has very little self-worth, which has contributed to his appearance being unkept and worn down.  He is very hesitant to trust others, often seeing those who are not part of the task force (and some of those who are) as possible threats that need to be monitored at least until it is proven that they are not. While also being very protective of higher-ranking MatchCorp personnel. 

Trivia:

Born and raised in Cardiff, Wales 

He had a close connection with his parents, siblings (2 sisters), and extended family that lived in the area. 

Helped run his family's pub on the weekends as a child, and when he became of age ended up working as the main bartender.

Also spent a sizable amount of time volunteering at the local animal shelter, being one of those people that would go in and take the dogs with them for a walk for the day. 

He was a very entertaining bartender in his youth, energetic, a bit of an entertainer, sarcastic, feisty, but could also be empathetic, an active listener, caring, and made sure all of the patrons got home safe. 

Ended up joining the UK military at age 21, under the belief that it would allow him to make more of a difference in the world and help/protect people. 

During a mission on the front lines in an undisclosed location, at around the age of 23, he found his team at odds with one of MatchCorp's military task forces. His team was quickly dispatched due to an unforeseen ambush, though he managed to crawl out of the vehicle he had been in when they were attacked. 

Unfortunately, for him, he was found trying to drag himself to cover, and he was then taken as a prisoner of war, during which he was tortured for information, only made worse when he could not give good answers.   

He was then shipped back to one of the MatchCorp facilities, where they had to determine what to do with him. They cruelly gave him the option to choose either death (being used for biological engineering) or service (brainwashing into a weapon).

 He underwent several more old-fashioned brainwashing procedures to make him into a suitable and “trustworthy soldier” for Matchcorp 

He was then initially tested through several gruelling missions to see if he would crack or break from the mental manipulation he was subjected to. He didn’t crack, but showed too many signs of possible free thought and pre-existing personality 

He was then “kidnapped” by Matchcorp mercenaries pretending to be his old UK Military team, who then subjected him to more torture and another form of brainwashing to make him believe that Matchcorp was his saviours. 

Has a slight disdain for Rowan “Fox” Cooper since he was initially going to be Matchcorps right hand man / main bodyguard, but Valeria ended up scrapping that idea when Fox was brought onto the team, since having someone who intentionally and willingly wants to be in the position, as opposed to someone who is forced and brainwashed to be in the position, is more strategic. Though he is unaware that this is the reason why he dislikes Fox.  

Was assigned Chelsea “Stray” WalkerOtis “Icepick” Mortimer as his “fire team partner.”

He has a Glock 45, a pair of Karambit Knives, and a SIG Rattler PDW (urban missions) or FN SCAR -Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle (field missions).

Due to severe damage to his tongue, he can not correctly make words, which has resulted in his being able to communicate only in sign language.

His right leg suffers from Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (CIP) resulting in him not being able to feel pain in the leg. 

Has severe insomnia to the point where he actually has to be ordered to sleep, or else he will just stay away for days on end. 

Uses his vacation days (yes he technically still has them) as an excuse to visit the k-9 training unit to assist in taking care of the dogs when not on mission.

Mainly eats at the PMC cafeteria/mess hall, but will eat whatever scraps are left in the community fridges when possible to get some flavour/new. 

Has difficulty working with more technologically advanced systems.

Has lactose intolerance 

He can tell when it’s going to rain as he can smell the rain before it comes. 

He is feeding a raccoon which lives under the dumpster behind the mess hall of the base, which was started accidentally, but having a thing that doesn’t seem to have a problem with his presence is … nice?. 

Official Assigned Animal Version: Feral Domestic Pig

Tarot Card Association: Eight of Swords

Gender: Female (She/Her)

Species: Human

Age: 32

Height: 5 feet 9 inches

Nationality: Australian (from Alice Springs, Australia)

Description:

Chelsea “Stray” Walker has a naturally medium-tanned skin complexion with warm, subtle yellow undertones. Though she does have a couple of areas which are slightly deeper tanned due to spending longer hours outside in the sun, it would very much be the equivalent of a farmer's tan, where her arms, face and legs are tanned, but the rest of her body is still a lighter tan. Her short hair is naturally a darker brunette colour; however, she bleaches it to an almost white blonde in colour, though it is not unusual to see her roots starting to show when she is away on longer missions. Her hair is often kept in a classic pixie cut, where it is kept much shorter on the sides and back, with slightly longer hair on top. She has a large scar on the left side of her head from cheek to mid head where hair doesn’t grow due to being caught in the field by an individual with a machete. This also resulted in her losing the upper parts of her middle finger and ring finger of her left hand.  This suits her heart-shaped face, characterized by a wide forehead, prominent cheekbones, and a narrow, pointed chin. She has light, icy blue eyes, the kind that almost come off as unnatural in a startling way, which some people believe may be contacts. Though due to years of smoking, her sclera has started to yellow (scleral icterus). She is not really one for make-up, especially when it comes to work days, given that most of the time her face is covered. Across her back, she has a scarification body modification of angel wings surrounded by roses, which has healed and paled to a lighter purplish pink scar. She also has two additional scarification roses, which were done over the top of gunshot wounds which she had obtained previously during a road rage incident unrelated to her service.   Due to being an in-field operator and combat medic, she has a more athletic build, with broad shoulders, a toned, straight waist, and narrower hips, often with a leaner but well-defined muscles. 

When in the field, her usual tactical gear consists of the following: the basics are a pair of grey tactical pants,  a dark grey combat shirt, a black flight jacket (may or may not be stolen for someone) which she has a large patch of angel wings sewn on to the back, a thick dark brown belt, and a pair of dark brown combat boots with steel toes where the plate is above the shoe at the toes, though it has been buffed out to not be shiney. On her belt, she has a large silver belt buckle, which is also buffed to not be shiny. It looks like two pistols and a skull, with a refillable lighter built into it. She wears the matchcorp-provided grey and brown two-toned tactical vest with a couple of brown gear pouches and a couple of emergency glow sticks attached to the front. She also has a radio on her right shoulder to let her reach out to other teammates, and in the event of a need for immediate extraction, she also has a flare gun in a pouch on her right leg. On her left leg, she has a small black medical kit side bag which carries the basic medical supplies. While on her back, she usually carries a brown Trauma Medical Bag kit, which is equipped with more advanced medical supplies. The only indication that she is a combat medic is that on the chest of her tactical vest is a small medical patch, which has a flap over it to allow for it to easily be hidden. Due to her position as a combat medic in the field, she tends to wear an Activated Carbon Dust Mask built for filtering out dust, smoke, and debris in compromised environments, which goes around the ears and closes together behind the back of the head. She chooses not to wear any sort of eye protection or a helmet/hat. 

Personality:

She is intensely competitive, which could be blamed on the environment growing up, which shows both in her personal life and in her mercenary work. Would be the type of person to make bets on who is going to get more kills, though, given that she is a sore loser, most people don’t want to take these bets. This competitiveness sometimes blossoms into a petty rivalry, though she is more likely to act out than speak out. She also tends to have clashes of egos when it comes to having to listen to orders from other women, regardless of rank, and men of equal or lower rank. Gets along with her fire team partner, Otis “Icepick” Mortimer, simply because she can easily ignore the mute and do what she pleases, leaving them to pick up the pieces if/when things go south. This also makes her come off as aggressive, which makes most other soldiers try to avoid her in general due to her seeming lack of empathy and compassion, which is uncharacteristic of a combat medic. She really did enter the position less out of care for those she serves with and more so to feel a sense of superiority and control over someone's life/death.  Despite this, she does thrive under extreme pressure, almost functioning better in high-stress environments where they must suppress panic better than in normal environments, making her a bit of a thrill seeker.  She is seen as a bitch, a problem creator, very rude, very blunt, narcissistic, and an overall unpleasant individual, though also a highly creative problem-solver, resilient, and adaptable, by those who know and work closely with her. She is completely capable of being a combat nurse; it’s just that her personality is off-putting for most of her fellow nurses and mercenaries. She is very much the type of person to use her looks to manipulate men into doing what she wants, and she does not respect them. 

Trivia:

She was raised in Alice Springs, Australia, by her parents alongside two older brothers.

Her father cheated on her mother for almost the entire marriage with his mistress, and would eventually get custody of all three kids when her mother left him when she was 7. 

Grew up tough due to the family dynamic and growing up in the middle of the desert. 

Joined the military so that she could do more than just work as a retail person at the stores in town.

She was assigned as a Special Operations Combat Medic due to there being a need for more medics at the time, and the lack of fear she showed when under fire, which would allow her to provide advanced care in combat zones, made her an easy choice for the program.

Served for roughly 10 years as a combat medic for the Australian Armed Forces

Ended up receiving a Bad Conduct Discharge due to being found guilty of committing adultery and fraternization when she cheated on her now ex-husband with one of the captains on the base she was stationed. She herself is a habitual cheater, the apple not falling far from the tree.  

She was in military police custody while working out the proceedings for the discharge to remove her from duty, since she can earn a discharge but doesn’t really carry any jail time. Due to the nature of Matchcorp’s private military company, it is nor unusal for them to try to hire dishonourable or Bad Conduct Discharge soldiers/or those on trial, to be in field operators, this was one such case.

Was given the call sign “stray” due to her being seen as a bit of a bitch compared to most of the women in medical, due to her being straight rude and aggressive. 

Maintains her position as one of the Special Operations Combat Medic’s, in addition to being an in-field operator. 

Despite her being a highly competent Combat Medic, most in-field operators would prefer one of the other medics to assist them if injured because they know she holds grudges, which in turn results in small hesitation in response, and slightly more painful medical treatment. 

She currently uses either a SIG Sauer M18 Modular Handgun or an M4A1 

Was assigned Otis “Icepick” Mortimer as his “fire team partner.”

She is currently engaged to a man from Australia, whom she has been dating for the past three years, though the rest of the team does not know about him. At the same time, she is currently engaging in an on-again, off-again fling with Nikolai "Wrong Way" Vasilie, who, for some reason, likes the toxicity of her personality.  

Regularly participates in illegal motorcycle racing and often performs dangerous stunts. 

Has a habit of smoking, specifically Marlboro Gold, and stealing other people's lighters to the point where most people will just light the cigarette for her as opposed to lending it to her. 

She is the one to take cheap shots when in a fight, and it works a little too well. 

She tends to collect shoes, mainly heels or flats, which she wears outside of work. 

Has a habit of shaking out his gear before putting it on due to growing up having to watch for scorpions, spiders, snakes, etc. 

Prefers to keep her nails very short or else he has a habit of scratching herself. 

Used to do quite a bit of graffiti back when she was in her early teens. 

Official Assigned Animal Version: Kangaroo  

Tarot Card Association: Five of Wands

Gender: Female (She/Her)

Species: Horseman of the Apocalypse (Death)/Dragon Shifter

Ethnicity: Japanese

Sexuality: Bisexual 

Height: 5 feet 5inches

Meremoth has a slightly unnatural grayish ivory complexion, just warm enough not to arouse suspension, though she does have signs of Cyanosis around her fingers, toes, and lips. Her eyes are a very light pale grey iris with a slightly clouded over pupil. She chooses to wear a light grey mascara and eyeliner in a cat eye style with a dusty rose lip tint. Her hair is mainly a Dark Brown/Mocha, which has a couple of noticeable Honey Brown streaks that go down the front of her hair. Her hair is generally maintained in a pair of Romantic Space Buns with the lighter coloured hair streaks remaining loose. Though on a few occasions her hair is down/loose, it reaches her lower back. On the back of her head, he has two medium-sized horns which grown towards the front of her head, almost like reversed goat horns. She has a slim, almost bony appearance with a rectangular body shape where the bust, waist, and hips are roughly the same size, creating a straighter, more skeletal silhouette. Down her spine are a couple of bony protuberances that look like the top of her spinal cord bones. She also has a couple of small moles around her body, mainly around the neck, armpit and lower back.  She has a large, almost whip-like tail with a small tuft of fur at the end of the tail and bony plates similar to those of a spinal cord on the top of the tail. She has two medium-sized bat-like wings, which are mixtures of greyish stripes along the membrane attached to the brownish fingers, which appear slightly jagged along the bottoms of the web membranes. She can shape-shift into a dragon, which causes the skin to rot away from her muzzle, ribcage, and spine, revealing the bones beneath. In this form, her nails and the very tips of the bones in her wing will lengthen and sharpen,  almost taking on the appearance of a scythe blade. 

Given that she is a Japanese screamo/rock idol, she often appears in public/to her shows in her performance outfit consisting of a high-neckline black and grey dress with long with a knee-length ruffled puffy skirt with bows on either side. The dress also has two long, wide arm sleeves, one of which is red (left side) and the other which is orange (right side). Atop the dress, she wears a black waist corset in a belt style around the waist with a couple of red/orange chains hanging from it, which have a small plush of both of the bands' mascots attached to them. Along with a pair of fishnet stockings in a red to orange gradient atop a pair of grey ripped stockings and a pair of black calf hight lace up boots with a 1-inch platform and 6-inch heel. Around here neck is a choker which has similar chains to those of the corset. She also wears red (right side) and orange (left side) hair accessories around her Space Buns which almost look like fire. However, the clothing she is generally depicted as wearing, when she is not prepared for a performance, is much more dressed down, consisting of a simple dark grey form-fitting long-sleeve shirt.  Atop this is a simple chest/shoulder harness which goes over the shoulders across the back with three belt-like parts that go around the waist. Usually, she will also wear a gothic hooded cardigan with a picture of a skeleton in a coffin on the back of it with the words “the worms crawl in” and “the worms crawl out”.  She wears a simple blackish grey skirt that reaches just above the knees in the front but reaches to the feet in the back, and she wears a pair of black, thicker pair of leggings underneath. She also chooses to go with a more comfortable gothic flat lace-up ankle hight boot. Her space buns are held in place with small scrunches with a single back Chrysanthemum. In addition to this, she regularly wears a pair of archers like gloves covering only half the hand, including the thumb and index finger

Personality

Meremoth plays her role portraying a screamo/rock idol very effectively. She takes on a more charming, energetic, non-conformist, sexual, theatrical, and morbidly playful personality when portraying herself/her band to the media and the general public. She uses her confidence and sociability to allow her to act as her own agent and is quite proactive in having her band/group booked in smaller venues both inside and outside of Japan. She is much more of an introvert than she portrays herself to be and will occasionally isolate herself for short periods to allow her to regain energy.  As the horseman of death, however, she would come off as calculating, creepy, unfair, enigmatic, cruel, sadistic and possibly slightly malevolent when she is acting as herself, though that may depend on a person's general opinion on death (She is a villain-coded character; I got to give her a couple of flaws/villainous traits). Is very willing to bend the rules of life and death to simply see what happens next and/or for personal gain. She has used her ability to control and entrap souls to animate the two mascots of her band, which everyone thinks are just really good anamatoic stuff animals (like those furreal friends). However, when it comes to her private relationships (family, friends, ect.), there is a much she is much more open with the real version of herself. Though she is still not that big on personal touch, even when it comes to private relationships, she will allow it for short periods of time before becoming snappy. She is a huge fan of board games when Barren brings them, and she absolutely tries to bring everyone down a peg in a slightly competitive but not annoying way.

In the public eye, she is an older screamo/rock star/idol currently residing in Japan, who has a connection to the Sorin Codrin due to his support of her other forms of art, but their relationship is slightly more complex, as the four of the “horsemen” are in an unofficial polyamorous relationship.

Her band would be called “yamakaji no kemuri” (wildfire smoke) and would have two cute mascots: one of a smoke coloured  Japanese Marten and one fire coloured Japanese Serow

This is the type of music that she would make/perform, similar to that of maretu - magical doctor

It’s one of those bands where they go all out on costuming in a very punk/gothic fashion. 

When in Dragon form, her height changes to 31” 5’, making her the second largest of the dragon shifters.

When she is in her dragon form, she can also steal/consume the life force of those within a semi-localized area, giving her more energy while causing those cut in the area to age at an accelerated rate, resulting in them quickly succumbing to old age. Those who perish this way cease to exist as she completely consumes the soul. 

As the horseman of Death, she can control the what, where, when, how, and why of all living things' demise, altering the circumstances that will lead to the death to best suit her personal gain, whether that is changing the event to result in either an earlier death or to extend the life of the individual. 

Additionally, as she controls the border between life and death, she can pull the souls of those who have died back from the endless tundra and entrap them in either organic materials (zombies) or non-organic materials (mechanics), which she then controls, if she does not decide to consume them outright.   

She has a make-your-own mushroom garden in her cupboard made using those damp paper towel rows, which she has managed to keep alive for 2 years. 

Has a large collection of different types of loose-leaf teas, which she had made herself, some of which she only pulls out for special occasions.

She 100% owns a hearse and uses it as her everyday vehicle. After all, how can you say no to that much trunk storage? 

Regularly attends acupuncture, manicure, and pedicure appointments.

Will absolutely stay up into the late hours of the night just to watch the city lights. 

She practices the art of taxidermy and has contributed a lot of different taxidermied displays to Sorin and Valieres personal collections, which fill at least one large office room in the mansion. 

Her love language is very much words of affirmation, giving words of praise, compliments, and support freely and regularly. 

Tarot Card Association: Death

Gender: Male (He/Him)

Species: Human

Age: 25

Height: 5 feet 9 inches

Nationality: South Korean (from Koekelberg, Belgium)

Description:

Taeyang “alien” Jeong has a naturally light tan complexion with a “natural” mix of warm and cool undertones, appearing balanced without a strong yellow or pink tone. His eyes are a slightly lighter shade of dark brown, not quite dark brown, not quite hazel. His hair is a blue-black colour, generally maintained in a layered cut, laying a solid foundation for a more textured look, which is emphasized further with milk tea blonde highlights that enhance the choppy texture of the cut. This is due to most of his exposure to his country of origin since his adoption, as people compare him to K-pop stars, so he decided to use that to his advantage. He keeps a clean-shaven face both out of personal choice and due to the fact that he is only able to grow very sparse patches of facial hair. However, he would not be able to achieve the “pretty boy” aesthetic due to the scars and damage around his body and face. He has a large scar that wraps around the eye due to past orbital fractures, which leads to one over the cheek due to a zygomatic fracture. Several smaller scars on his upper arms and lower torso are due to old knife injuries. Lastly, two bullet entry point scars, with one on the left leg that also has an exit scar and the other on the right shoulder, which had to be dug out, due to rushing headfirst into things when he was new to the team. He is also missing the non-dominant hand (left hand) upper portion of the middle finger and index finger due to a mission that went south. He has a lean athletic V-taper physique with slightly broad shoulders/back, narrow waist, flat stomach, and strong, toned legs/thighs. Overall, he appears agile, with visible muscles designed for movement, power, and speed

When in the field, his usual tactical gear consists of the following: the basics are a pair of brown tactical pants,  a dark grey combat shirt, a foliage green/brown camouflaged jacket, a dark grey belt, and a pair of darker grey combat boots. He wears the matchcorp-provided grey and brown two-toned tactical vest. Over which he has equipped a Reconnaissance Kit with a couple of basic brown and grey pouches for tools such as a medical kit, pre-laminated (for waterproofing) maps and map pens, MGRS protractor, radio with spare battery, lensatic compass and a couple of extra mags for his handgun. This is held in a brown gun holster attached to his right hip. He also wears a set of brown knee and green front arm pads to protect his limbs when conducting field reconnaissance. As well as a pair of altered bass knuckle gloves, which now have spikes in addition to the knuckle covers in case he gets into one of his many fights. In addition to this, he will wear a Brownish High-cut ballistic helmet equipped with a set of rail Systems allowing him to mount various accessories to the helmet and a green and brown camouflage scrim net attached to the helmet. One such accessory is GSCI PVS-7 Night Vision Goggle Binocular, which covers both his eyes, leading to a singular monocle for better vision during reconnaissance, which covers the upper part of his face. If he is not using it in that moment, it is pushed up on his helmet, almost looking like a strange antenna. During those times, his eyes are usually obscured by a pair of sunglasses. Meanwhile, the lower part of his face is covered by a deep grey Ballistic Mandible that is heavily padded, which has five long dark vertical lines over where the mouth would be.  He also has a similar brownish Tactical Headset with an attached microphone for comms integration to allow him to report back to his fire team partner/rest of the team during missions. 

Personality:

Due to the trauma of losing his parents and being in the foster system, he has difficulty with trusting new people, a general resistance to affection, and a lack of fear, causing them to engage in dangerous behaviours. Unfortunately, what he has gone through growing up did lead to him developing slight antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), which mainly manifests as him frequently engaging in physical fights, not feeling guilt or remorse for actions, mainly in the field and using his charm to manipulate people for personal gain or pleasure. Though he is slowly learning to address these mental health illnesses through therapy, or at least he thinks he does, as it's making him better at following instructions. He does seem to be doing better in the field under Chila'un “Heartbreaker” Erdenebileg, monitoring eye. Though this maybe becuse he has formed a deep emotional attachment of camaraderie and intense loyalty with the other infield operatives. He also ended up struggling a lot with questioning his identity. He is seen as a bit of a loose cannon: quick-tempered, assertive, though sometimes leaning into aggressive, impulsive, and reckless by those who know and work closely with him. He has night owl tendencies, often staying up into the later hours of the night, which often gets him assigned first watch on night patrol. He is a bit of a womanizer, habitually pursuing, seducing, and engaging in short-term sexual or romantic relationships with multiple women, often in a deceitful or callous manner.

Trivia:

He was born in Seoul, South Korea, under the name Taeyang Jeong, where he would be raised by his two loving parents until he was about 5 years of age, when he would unfortunately lose both of his parents during a landslide that buried their house while he was in school. 

He would then end up in the Korean foster care system, as he had no other family to take him in. 

At age 8, he was put into the international adoption program through private agencies, which ended up placing him with a Belgian family overseas in Belgium, where they gave him the new name of Francis Lambert.

His trauma caused him to be very isolated from other people his age as he was growing up, which had an impact on his social abilities, especially when it came to Belgian culture.   

Unfortunately, his adoptive parents didn’t see him as a child who had been through trauma and didn’t know how else to reach out, so instead of getting him the therapy he desperately needed, they severely punished this behaviour, which only further cemented it in his personality. 

Due to these “behaviour issues”, he would be sent to military school by his adoptive parents in the aim to straighten out his behaviour through strict structure, discipline, and a focus on academic and physical fitness.

As one would expect, this would be a very difficult transitional period in his life, with him still having a habit of cursing some trouble. Though once the school was over, he did choose to immediately, as opposed to returning home to his adoptive parents. 

However, around the one-year mark, when he went to submit taxes, it was found out that his adoptive family had never applied for the declaration of attribution of Belgian citizenship. Meaning he didn’t have a valid Belgian citizenship, which had now surpassed the acceptable 5-year application period, nor had his name been legally changed, which means his military application was fraudulent, during which he may or may not have thrown a punch at the military police who were trying to cuff him. 

He was in military police custody as the government was working on whether or not he was legally a citizen, or if they were going to send him back to South Korea after the dishonourable discharge. Due to the nature of Matchcorp’s private military company, it is nor unusal for them to try to hire dishonourable discharge soldiers/or those on trial to be in field operators, this was one such case.

Has a rap list from childhood, which includes a lot of physical altercations which would have resulted in him going to jail if he weren’t hired by MatchCorp.

Due to his lack of skill, being only one year into service, he was quickly assigned to undergo intense training to become a special reconnaissance/scout to specialize in stealth, surveillance, and target identification to support combatant commanders. 

Was given the call sign “alien” when they found out he had been dishonourably discharged for fraud, due to his unintentional crossing of the border and living in a country illegally, due to his adoptive parents' failure to go through all the required steps of adoption. 

He currently uses either a M4A1 Carbine, a SIG Sauer P226, and a Cold Steel SRK

Was assigned Chila'un “Heartbreaker ” Erdenebileg as his “fire team partner.”

Though Chila'un is teaching him some of the skills needed as a combat engineer for breaching obstacles, and performing demolition tasks under fire. Which may just be making a monster

He has a nervous habit/coping mechanism of chewing on the ends of pens or pen caps when overwhelmed or getting frustrated to take his mind off the initial problem. Has been working to replace this with gum. 

Is one of the faster runners in the task force and is often the first one to complete laps when training. 

Has a habit of hoarding whatever spare rations he can get his hands on, either in his room under the mattress or in his tactical pack.

Speaks more Dutch (Flemish) than he can Korean, but is trying to re-teach himself how to speak Korean. 

Secretly has one of those virtual pets that you keep alive through exercising and following a healthy routine. It looks like a bunny and is named “gul”.

Official Assigned Animal Version: Korean Hare

Tarot Card Association: Eight of Cups

Gender: Male (He/Him)

Species: Human

Age: 37

Height: 5 feet 7 inches

Nationality: Mongolian (from Choir, Mongolia)

Description:

Chila'un “Heartbreaker” Erdenebileg has a tanned olive complexion with a yellowish undertone, and some areas around the face, neck, and hands have areas of weathered tan skin appearing darker or uneven in skin tone caused by sun damage due to spending much of his life working outside. This has resulted in a slightly leathery texture in these areas of sun damage as well. His eyes are a dark brown colour, with an epicanthic fold, where the skin fold of the upper eyelid that covers the inner corner of the eye.  His hair is a Natural Soft black colour, generally maintained in a regulation cut, the classic tapered military hairstyle featuring short, faded sides and slightly longer hair on top. It was what he got used to during the military when having to meet the strict armed forces grooming standards, and he chose to maintain it as his regular cut. He has sparse facial hair, which is kept in a 5 O'Clock Shadow style where the hair is kept very short to minimize the contrast between filled-in areas and small, sparse areas around the sides of his chin and jaw. He has a handful of small scars on his chest and arms from work-related wounds, mainly from being grazed by bullets or knife fights, which have all hyperpigmented, giving them a darker purple, greyish, brownish colour. Additionally, he has a couple of burn scars on his hand/lower arms and a larger one on the left side of his face, which luckily missed the eye, which were the result of a couple of second/third-degree burns during the learning stages handling demolition equipment. He has a broader oval face with higher cheekbones and flatter, wider nasal roots. He has a stocky/sturdy physique: a compact, strong, and broad-framed body with high muscularity mixed with a lower center of gravity. Think “Built like a brick house,” which, being in the military as an infantry operative, one who often has to carry the heavier breaching equipment and demolition supplies, has only toned further.  He also has a large birthmark on the back of his right knee.

When in the field, his usual tactical gear consists of the following: the basics being a pair of foliage green/grey camouflage tactical pants, a black compression shirt, a foliage green/grey camouflage jacket, a pair of navy blue socks and a pair of black military steel-toed boots. The very bottom lace of his boots has “evil eye” shoe lace charms, which were given to him by his wife as a form of protection, deflecting or absorbing negative energy. He wears the matchcorp-provided grey and black two-toned tactical vest with several small grey pockets designed to carry small tools, including hammers, wrenches, medical scissors, etc., along the back of the jacket, allowing for easy access when working on breaching things, since he knows where everything should be, but out of the way during the rest of the mission. Just below these pockets, he has a compact Strike Face Door Ram strapped to the back of his vest near the hip area. He also has a larger grey demolition tool roll that sits along/just under the lower back of this vest, reminiscent of that of a beast of burden. Across the middle of the vest front, forming an “x” are two grey grenade pouches/sashes, both of which have 5 flash bangs on the upper pockets and 5 grenades on the lower pockets. He has a black belt along the hips with two larger green circular pouches attached just below the lower sides of the vest, just out of the way to restrict motion, which hold most of the materials used in his demolitions. He also equips a pair of grey heavy-duty impact operator gloves with reinforced palms to help prevent cuts, punctures, and abrasions, and a pair of grey tactical armour arm protectors when working with his tools. He also wears a foliage green ballistic helmet that is covered with a green/grey camouflage cover and is equipped with a dark-tinted ballistic face shield, which prevents seeing the upper portion of the face. Under the cover, the ballistic helmet has several small, simple stickers placed on it by his daughter. He has a small photo of his family tucked up inside his helmet, which he keeps with him during missions. The bottom of his face is also covered with a 3M Demolition Style Respirator, which has a P100 Rating. 

Personality:

He is a very physically tough individual capable of enduring physically demanding and mentally draining environments and missions. He is very good at being calm under pressure, which definitely helps when managing complex, hazardous tasks like explosives and demolition with precision while also being in the line of active fire. He is seen as a highly reliable, disciplined, team-oriented, resilient, and adaptable individual by those who know and work closely with him. He is slightly more introverted when it comes to the rest of the team, which may be in part due to the others making him feel like an old man with the younger, youthful spirits. Though he has grown close to his fire team partner Taeyang “alien” Jeong, seeing him as the son he never had. Outside of the field, he comes off as a much more “sweet” and gentler nature as opposed to the imposing beast of burden personality that he carries into combat. When it comes to his family, he has an unwavering commitment, prioritizing his spouse and children’s well-being, happiness, and security above his own. He is the type of man who would do ANYTHING to keep them safe and supported, even if it ends up going against his own personal morals; he puts them above all else. Very much a man who has much to lose, but if he did lose it, he would have nothing left to lose, and you know what they say about a man with nothing left to lose.

Trivia:

Was born and raised in Choir, Mongolia, where at age 18 years old, he joined one of the few coal mining operations in the area.

He would end up marrying his childhood sweetheart around age 26, and less than 6 months later, he would be called to duty for his 12-month mandatory military service, which had previously been delayed.

During this time, his wife was pregnant with his firstborn daughter.

After his military mandatory service, he would return home to help his wife in the first few months of raising his daughter; however, it quickly became apparent that if he retook a position in the mine, it would be nearly impossible for him to support his family sufficiently.

He would then return to the military to support his family. He would quickly be assigned as a Combat Engineer, a specialized soldier who provides essential support to land forces by enabling mobility, enhancing survivability, and conducting counter-mobility against enemies. With his primarily roles are breaching obstacles, clearing landmines, and performing demolition tasks under fire. Taking the most dangerous jobs for the highest pay to ensure that his beloved daughter would be well taken care of.

During this time, his daughter would show symptoms of cyanosis (blue skin/lips, fainting, and swelling in extremities and be diagnosed as having congenital heart disease (CHD), a structural heart defect present at birth, which was related to his genetics.  

Mongolia is one of the countries that is facing significant challenges when it comes to receiving acquired medical care, especially in such cases where the only treatment includes surgery, catheterization, and lifelong monitoring.

He was looking for a way to move his family to a country with better health care, and despite Romania not faring much better with public health care, the PMC Matchcorp does provide quite extensive private health care through the combat nurses and doctors they employ.

Due to his skills as a Combat Engineer, and desperate to save his daughter's life, he was quickly hired on by Matchcorp. His family was moved out to Romania to live in a house near the medical building where his daughter has undergone surgery and continues to have regular visits to allow for lifelong monitoring.

Was given the call sign Heartbreaker when the other mercenaries found out his daughter had congenital heart disease, or “a broken heart,” and because of the grief/strain that must have caused his family.

He currently uses either a C6 medium machine gun and a Cold Steel SRK in addition to his demolition supplies.

Was assigned Taeyang “Alien” Jeong as his “fire team partner.” Has slowly started to see him as a son.

If you were to ask his wife, you would find out that he is a blanket hog, which is a problem because he also sweats a lot in bed.

#1 customer of Ahma "Mouse Trap" Takanashi when it comes to buying Japanese Kit-Kats, specifically the Blueberry Cheesecake for his daughter and the Beni-imo (Purple Sweet Potato) for his wife.

He is actually very talented at Khoomei (throat singing) but does not do it very often, though he has been showing his daughter how to, to allow her to still have some Mongolian cultural influences even while stuck here for treatment/monitoring.

Spent many years as a younger man participating in the sport of archery as part of a sports club. He is still pretty good at landing a hit with a bow.

Has a very low, deep Mongolian-accented voice which is still recognizable even when other languages.

He is left-handed.

Official Assigned Animal Version: Gobi bear

Tarot Card Association: Ten of Wands

Gender: Male (He/Him)

Species: Horseman of the Apocalypse (War)/Wyvern Shifter

Ethnicity: Romanian

Sexuality: Pansexual

Height: 6 feet 4 inches

Sorin has a Mediterranean olive complexion with golden greenish undertones, which may appear "muted" or greyish in lower light, but doesn’t appear sallow or sickly. His eyes are a deep green with light golden flecks, though they do have a slightly lighter glowing green colour limbal ring around the iris. His wavy black medium-length hair is kept neatly groomed in a clean, combed-back hairstyle without the sides being shaven, allowing him to keep a slightly more professional appearance. He also has neatly groomed salt and pepper coloured facial hair consisting of a short boxed beard with connected sideburns, which suit his slightly square-shaped jaw. His ears are ever so slightly pointed, and his canine teeth are slightly more pointed but not enough to poke out from under his lips like fangs, just enough to be notable if he smiles at you. His nails are long and pointed,d almost like claws, which have a natural blackish blueish colour due to his semi-radioactive nature. On the sides of his head, he has two medium-sized, curved ram-like horns with sharp golden horn caps at the ends. He has an athletic, naturally thicker muscular physique, which is focused more on functional, strength, and stamina, as opposed to appearance. Could be described as being built like a linebacker (strong shoulders, strong pecks, strong legs, ect) but with a very shaped waist. He also has a large,/long scorpion-like tail with a sharp stinger and thick, greenish grey plate armour-like scales on the top of the tail. He can shape-shift into a wyvern during which his arms will transform into a pair of greenish grey and golden wings,s and he will develop more plate armour-like scales on his back with spikes on his shoulders/hips.

Given that Sorin is a multi-billionaire, he often appears in public in very expensive, and luxurious clothing in the style of  High-End Bespoke Luxury (custom elaborate dress shirt, suits, corset, ect, made with fine fabrics which have been impeccably tailored to fit him, that emphasise both quality and appearance). Generally if he is trying to impress his outfit will consists of a pair of black mid-calf high dress boots, tailored black dress pants, a black or draker coloured (navy, emerald, burgendy) dress shirt, under either a two tone or fancily patterned jewel colloured (navy/deep sapphire, deep emerald, or burgendy/deep ruby) vest or male corset, a either a matching coloured Military suit jacket with a cape or a highly embroyedred tailcoat suit. These outfits are often dressed up with custom-made gold and jewelled accessories. However, the clothing he chooses to where when he is dressing more “down/casual” is especially when either working or attending less public events, is a pair of sturdy black combat boots, a tailored pair of tactical pants with a belt, and black or grey button up dress shirt fitted to allow for easy motion that is usually roll up to the elbows, under either a two tone or fancily patterned jewel colloured (navy/deep sapphire, deep emerald, or burgendy/deep ruby) vest or male corset.   He will also wear a pair of tactical outdoor half-finger gloves and a slimmer golden watch. He has a black upper body harness that goes around his back and connects just under his pecs, which holsters a gun on either side of his body. He also has a secondary harness matching the colour of the vest/corse,t which goes around his hips and his thighs, which hold an additional two weapons. 

Personality

Sorin likes to portray himself as being much more eccentric but professional when it comes to being in the public eye. He portrays himself as confident, dramatic, slightly flamboyant, sociable, idealistic, and a competent leader, with a strong sense of self. The media subsequently paints the picture of a high-power professional man who doesn't take himself too seriously, making it appear he is much less dangerous than he is in the eyes of the general public. Whereas he is seen as highly intelligent, highly professional, a bit self-centred, power-hungry, strategic, a bit sadistic, strict, merciless, manipulative, and calculating by those who work within any of the departments of Matchcorp, below him, which would stem from being the horseman of war. (He is a villain-coded character; I got to give her a couple of flaws/villainous traits). He absolutely gets enjoyment from watching things to do with wars, though he seems to prefer non-human wars (ex. ants) as they usually involve a lot less input from him.  He is quite misanthropic (general hatred, dislike, or deep-seated distrust of the human species, human nature, or society), which he does keep under containment, but humans, with their whole “praying to god to save them from themselves” and “wants for change but not willing to fight for it”.  He is one who absolutely loves hosting guests, using it as a time to both network, arrange deals, and often brag a little bit about what he/his company have accomplished. However, when it comes to his private relationships and family ties (family, friends, ect), there is a much deeper warmth of passion, support, generosity, and/or camaraderie even when it comes to the humans around him. 

Trivia

In the public eye, Sorin Codrin is a multi-billionaire company founder and CEO of MatchCorp, a multi-international weapons development company that specialises in designing, producing, and maintaining military equipment and advanced munitions, dominating global sales for the last decade or so. The company also operates a large private military company under the same moniker, which provides armed security, combat support, training, and logistics to governments, international organisations, and corporations. The company is primarily driven by profit and prioritises securing contracts over long-term loyalty to any single nation, regime, or ethical standard. Their loyalty is often described as existing only to the growth of the defence industry itself, which requires constant conflict and rising demand for arms to thrive. 

They may or may not also be the cause of some of these constant conflicts, resulting in rising demand for their services.

Privately, the company also develops other weapons/threats, including biological weapons (monsters, viruses) and chemical weapons (neurotoxins) 

When in Wyveren form, his height changes to 38” 2’, making him the largest of the dragon shifters.

When he is in his Wyveren form, he also has the ability to scatter radioactive material in the form of tiny scales, causing contamination to everything it touches. This results in acute health effects like radiation sickness (including nausea, vomiting, burns) and long-term risks, including cancer when contacted by living organisms.

He is one of the main weapon engineers at Matchcorp, though his work focuses more on the traditional weapons/ammunition/equipment and nuclear weaponry as opposed to the chemical and biological projects, which his “wife”, Valeria Ibutsu (Pestilence), does for Matchcorp.

As the horseman of war, he can manipulate the minds and mental functions of other living creatures, including negating, creating, controlling, and altering the functions of mind as perception, desires, thoughts, beliefs, memories, emotions, attention, personality, behaviour, psychology, and intelligence in mass. Which he uses to manipulate living creatures into fighting wars mainly for his entertainment/greed, outright taking over enemy forces,  interrogation, and/or the shattering of minds/brainwashing.  

He also has weaponry and combat mastery, which makes him an incredibly deadly force, whether wielding weapons, and/or when in unarmed combat, often allowing users to turn any object into a deadly tool.

Regularly makes appearances at high-profile events in the world of the rich and famous to maintain appearances in the public eye, whereas on the other hand, he also makes regular appearances in the shady underworld far from the public eye.

He has trained Drago on how the operations of the weapons development, weapons dealing, and private military company operate so that eventually, when he is tired of being in the public eye, he can pass the “responsibility” over to his son. He has also trained his son in weaponry and combat mastery through years of sparring. 

Heavy Romanian accent. 

He has beautiful cursive handwriting. 

He does own a large ranch in the country, which consists mainly of retired racehorses and draft horses, as he is quite fond of these animals, given their history alongside humans being vital to warfare for over 5,000 years.

His love language is a mix of physical touch and quality time. He absolutely loves spending time with his partners, whether it is the small, quiet moments of conversation over dinner at home or taking them on large, expensive trips around the world. They mention a place one time, and the next day, they're both on a private jet heading for an extended vacation. He is also very touch-starved and will absolutely smother his partners with attention. 

Tarot Card Association: The Emperor

Gender: Male (He/Him)

Species: Horseman of the Apocalypse (Famine)/Dragon Shifter

Ethnicity: American

Sexuality: Bisexual 

Height: 5 feet 6 inches

Description:

Barren has an almost unnaturally pale porcelain complexion with light pink undertones, which comes off as appearing slightly sickly. Which leads to a more sallow complexion - a dull, brownish-greyish complexion lacking vitality due to nutritional deficiencies- around the hands and lower calf to feet. His eyes are slightly different from one another, with the one on the right being a solid dull red sclera with a white iris and a black snake-like pupil, while his left eye is a dull pink sclera with no iris and a white snake-like pupil. In addition to this, he will wear a small amount of eyeliner around his eyes. Barren’s hair is a pale mousy brown colour, kept in a messy short cut, with the top of the hair being slightly longer so that it can be slicked back. His ears are long and pointed with a slightly roughened/torn appearance, as there are a couple of areas where there are notches in his ears. He has two ring-style piercings near the end of his right ear, while having a medium gauge plug at the end and a singular ring near the middle of his left ear. On top of his head, Barren has a single medium-sized, twisted, angled slightly to the left pink horn. On his right shoulder, Barren sports three spines, whilst on his left hip, he has four spines, these are similar in colour to his horns. He also has a long, weasel-like, two-tone brown tail. He has two bat-like wings, but the membranes are destroyed, leaving only the skin and bone parts, the wing on the left being tiny, whilst the right wing is of a more normal size. He has a very thin, rectangular build with very small lean muscles giving off an almost skin and bone appearance, which is exacerbated by his long, thin, bony hands and feet. He can shape-shift into a fluffy dragon, during which his chest will take on more of a barrel chested apperince with visible ribcages through his skin, while the rest of his body maintains the incredibly skinny form. In this form, he is able to fly/levitate regardless of the conditions of his wings.

Despite the man being able to afford nicer clothing/the other three horsemen trying to dress him better, he chooses to go with more distressed-looking clothing, which he feels is more true to himself as the embodiment of famine. After all, who really cares what they're wearing or what they look like when they're struggling to eat?  He normally wears a deep, dark purplish pink with a lighter purplish pink pinstriped button-up dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and the shirt slightly unbuttoned around the chest. He also wears purplish blue jeans, which are ripped in several locations below the knee and/or near the end of the pant leg. Though when his clothing does become too damaged, he will repair it with small cut-outs of material, including flour or a rice bag. These may be portrayed as either knee-length (shorts) or full-length jeans. He has a black O-Ring Body Harness with the ring right in the middle of his chest and the harness reaching around his chest and across his back, between his two wings. He wears a chunky strangler fig wooden bangle on either of his wrists, and a similar strangler fig wooden choker around his neck as if protraying a mock pillory. He generally does not wear shoes; however, if he were to wear a pair of shoes, they would be old and worn out.

Personality Barren prefers a much more nomadic lifestyle, choosing a minimalist, "go-with-the-flow" approach that lets him travel like the storms he so often controls, and spread his famines as he pleases, as opposed to the other three who have made themselves comfortable/known in their chosen locations. He would tend to get bored easily if stuck in one place for too long and constantly seeks new environments. He has traveled the world many times around, exploring new cultures and often picking up little bits of cultural food knowledge as he does. He would be seen as sociable, but irresponsible, reliant on others, and possibly dangerous in the eyes of the general public due to his chosen lifestyle and general appearance. Due to his overall position as the horseman of famine, which he is very much dedicated to, he is rather dangerous, machiavellian, indifferent, selfish, cruel, and mercyless  (He is a villain-coded character; I got to give him a couple of flaws/villainous traits).  Despite these negative connotations, which may be given to him by the general public, those who know him (the other horsemen) see him as self-reliant, resourceful, entertaining, energetic, and a really good cook. He could be considered the fun uncle of the group, often being playful and goofy around his fellow horsemen, often engaging in fun activities, playing games, or bringing fun/tasty gifts. Tho there are occasions when he may become immensely hangry, causing him to become aggressive, abrasive, and catty, though this can usually be resolved through consuming large amounts of food. 

Trivia:

Unlike the other three, they actively avoid the public eye, and the public eye barely knows about them at all, with the occasional exception of them being caught showing up at the other three’s houses. This is usually explained away as him simply being a “non-profit charity case coming to request quarterly donations” though their relationship is slightly more complex, as the four of the “horsemen” are in an unofficial polyamorous relationship.

When in Dragon form, his height changes to 27” 0’, making him the smallest of the dragon shifters.

When he is in his dragon form, he also has the ability to cause rot inducement, causing anything organic to decay, rot, or spoil, with the basics being the wilting of vegetation and the more advanced decaying of the still living human body within a semi-localized area.

As the horseman of famine, he can control certain aspects that cause severe climate abnormalities, altering the weather over large areas, which is known to cause slight to severe famines and destroy things in their paths, including torrential rain (causing floods), hail, frost, ice storms, droughts, heat waves, etc.

On either a widespread or small, singular scale, they are also able to induce physical hunger and thirst to the point of starvation and severe dehydration in all living organisms.

Has a much more nomadic lifestyle involving constantly changing locations, prioritizing travel and freedom over a permanent home base.

His favorite form of causing famine is Desertification, the severe degradation of land in dry areas (arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid regions) caused by both his personally generated severe climate abnormalities,  like droughts, dust devils, etc, alongside human activities such as overgrazing, deforestation, and unsustainable farming. Nothing like humans contributing to the destruction of the very things they need to live.

If you ever wanted to be unwillingly forced to do thought experiments surrounding the ethics of cannibalism, he's the man to talk to.

His appetite is akin to that of a black hole, allowing him to consume massive amounts of food, even though he seems so skinny, which has resulted in him being kicked out and banned from many an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Has a personal library worth of recipe cards/cookbooks from all over the world throughout the decades, covering all sorts of foods from edible insects, to offals, to special meals eaten by medieval kings, to those jello-based 1950’s meals.  

Barren quite enjoys preparing food, whether cooking or baking, and will often spend a weekend meal prepping a variety of different meals for future consumption by placing them in one of those really large chest freezers. He is a really good cook and can make almost any food from any culture if he can find a recipe.

His love language is a mix between acts of service and gift giving. This may show itself by him remembering foods that are his partner's favourite so he can take his partner out for meals, or learning new recipes that use his partner's favourite foods/flavours so that he can make them when having dinner at home, and bringing home food/snack-related gifts (new or old favorites) since he was in the area.  

Tarot Card Association: Four of Pentacles

Gender: Female (She/Her)

Species: Human

Age: 25

Height: 5 feet 5 inches

Nationality: Irish (From Kinsale, Ireland)

Description:

Nora “Gnat” O'Sullivan has an almost porcelain skin complexion, with warmer, subtle rosy undertones accompanied by several light brown freckles around her face, on her chest, on her shoulders and on her upper back. She tries to avoid spending longer hours outside in the sun because her skin complexion is highly susceptible to sun damage, and she will burn like a lobster if exposed for too long. Thus, if she plans on being outside for longer periods of time, she must wear a lot of sunscreen. She has medium hazel eyes with both slightly darker and lighter brown speckles throughout her irises. Occasional she may have one or two veins in her eyes, visible due to the strain of wearing her headset. Her long curly hair almost reaches her mid-back and is red-copper in colour. Her hair is often kept either completely loose/down, allowing it to curl naturally around her face or in a half ponytail style, where the fronts are pulled back into a ponytail, but the back is allowed to still remain loose/down. She has a round face shape with soft facial features. She wears very little make-up, usually only a bit of peach colored eyeshadow, peach colored lip tint, and brown mascara/eyeliner. She has a Rubenesque hourglass physique, being a bit on the chubby side with most of her weight being around the chest, hip, and thigh regions, though she also does have a belly to properly round out her appearance. Though due to basic and continued military training outside of drone missions, she has obtained quite the muscle mass under her softer appearance.

Since almost all of her work is spent working in the secure, climate-controlled recon & drone operations building, with only the occasional visit to the drone mechanics bay, her clothing is much less tactical gear-focused and more smart casual business attire-focused. This allows for a balance between authority with functionality, designed for the administrative personnel at the PMC. She wears a full-length sleeve mock-necked, almost emerald green blouse, with an ankle-length, pleated black skirt, with a black leather belt around the waist at the top of the skirt. She has a small custom-made brooch just above the heart on the left side of a heart with three nails protruding from it. She finishes off the look by wearing a pair of simple black Ankle Wrap 2.5-inch heels. As part of her job as a drone operator, she also can be seen wearing (or having pushed up to her forehead) a pair of black analogue drone vision goggles, allowing her to view what the drone she is controlling is seeing to allow for effective flight/swim controls. She will also often equip a pair of brown leather headphones with a microphone to allow for verbal communication through some of the compatible drones, where needed. As with all support and administrative employees, they have been provided a company-issued tactical kit in the event it were ever needed, which includes the following equipment: a grey and black two-toned bulletproof vest, a brown protective shielded drone backpack (able to carry at least two small drones), a brown universal controller ouch (which includes a communication system, visual screen, drone controls, and required cords.), a grey jacket which is affixed with the matchcorp the irish flag on the left shoulder, Matchcorp branded combat t-shirt, a back compression shirt, a brown tactical cap, a pair of brown military tactical pants, navy compression socks, and a pair of lightly worn in wide toe black military boots.

Personality:

Due to her job as a drone operator, she has learned how to conduct quick, thorough risk assessments of situations, plan the best course of action to take to resolve them, and how to handle immense pressure when it comes to seeing the real-time, sometimes devastating, impact of their strikes.Despite her position mainly being an isolated one, she is well known throughout the PMC due to her high sociability and charisma. Despite this “sweetheart " attitude, she absolutely will tell someone off if they start pushing the boundaries too far. She is very quick-witted and sarcastic, though she has a very dry sense of humour, so the delivery of her jokes is given in an almost deadpan, emotionless manner, with little to no change in facial expression or tone of voice. She is seen as a vigilant, patient, well-mannered, laid-back, and clear-headed individual by those who know and work closely with her on the support side. While she does know the in-field operators, there is less camaraderie between them and her as they see her as lesser giving she fights from behind a computer screen with no actual risk of danger when they are in the field. She is rather superstitious and absolutely believed in the paranormal/supernatural, including ghosts, spirits, goblins, etc, before joining MatchCorp. Now she knows that paranormal/supernatural creatures do exist, despite not fully understanding why Matchcorp is involved with strange things, but she will…… weather or not she wants to, she will.

Trivia

She was raised by her father’s grandparents due to her biological parents' inability to provide a stable home, since she was the result of an accidental teenage pregnancy. Her mother's side of the family was extremely catholic and thus would not let her mother get rid of the child, but once she was born, they didn’t want a bastard child, so her other grandparents took custody.

Grew up just below the poverty line, as our grandparents didn’t have the disposable income sufficient to afford a basic, modest standard of living while raising a child, due to their age, and being unable to work.

Initially was introduced to Matchcorp, due to a recruiter for the company going to one of her high schools during a college/university fair to extend employment offers to those who enrolled, which provided benefits including a wide range of possible experiences to gain specialised skills and offers to pay for college, to benefit future careers/endeavours.

She had wanted to attend university to obtain a degree as an Industrial Automation Engineer. Unfortunately, this is a very expensive career path to start into, and she didn’t have a college/university fund that would be able to cover more than the first semester.

Thus, to ensure that she could obtain the funds needed to allow her to pursue that career path without going into a massive amount of debt, she applied to Matchorp, which enlisted her right out of high school around age 18.

They assigned her to the role of a drone operator as it allowed her to be considered an administrative/support role, due to her not having any previous military experience/otherwise suitable experience, and as it gave her more freedom to attend her part-time classes. She is coming up to the end of her classes now that she is 25, set to graduate soon.

She was given the nickname gnat because the in-field operators see her as an annoyance due to her “hiding behind the screen” instead of on the field, and her drones as an annoyance due to the constant ‘buzzing’ of the machines when they move.

Uses the microphone/speakers on the drones to speak to the operators in the field when not stething, she knows that they find her annoying, but “Do you want the damn recon information or do you want to go in blind?”

She has named her drones in a similar root; the two small combat drones are “mosquito” and “mudwasp"

Has the terrible habit of grinding their teeth while they sleep, for which they have to wear a night guard or risk chipping their teeth worse.

She can speak a little bit of Irish (Irish Gaelic) as she was taught by her great-grandmother when she was a young girl. Her main hobby, which she also uses to relieve stress, is bird watching. Often, if she is back home, she will go down to the coast and watch the seabirds. If she is elsewhere (in the city), she will watch those bird cameras.

She also has the habit of getting her nails done at least once a month as a form of self-care - nothing crazy, but enough. Is a morning person and, due to them being in on the early shift before most others of the force on a regular day, is the one who starts the coffee despite only drinking tea herself.

Will drive out to the country to buy 5-dollar eggs, pick your own fruits/vegetables from the farm because they taste better that way.

Is assumed/believed to be in a situation-ship with Astrid “Crumble” Skovgaard, but they are just friends, can’t a lesbian (Astrid) and a pansexual (Nora) just be friends?

Official Assigned Animal Version: Hen Harrie

Tarot Card Association: Five of Pentacles