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THE BASICS

Name: Halil Mert Kılıç

Age / D.O.B.: January 30th, 1983 (Aquarius)

Gender, Pronouns & Sexuality: Gender Non-Conforming (he/they) & Bisexual.

Hometown: Cartagena, Colombia

Affiliation: The Cortázar Cartel 

Job position: Head of Transport / Professor of Archeological Geography @ nyu

Education: High school, Universidad de los Andes (Bachelors/Masters), University of Rochester (Ph.D), Additional Research/Teaching training.

Relationship status: Single \ promised to @thedocxlevi

Family: Mert Kılıç (father/baba), Klaudia Kılıç-Correa (mother), Eberardo Correa (father/papa), Hasan Kılıç (younger brother), Unnamed Kılıç (younger sister), Ozan Kılıç (5), Aslan Kılıç (2), Oliver Grayson (1), Ibrahim Kılıç (60+).

Languages Spoken: Spanish (Native), English (Native), Albanian (Conversational), Turkish (Conversational)

Positive traits: Ambitious, Confident, Protective, Self-aware.

Negative traits: Impatient, Apathetic, Quiet, Selfless.

SPECIFICS

Born into a Turkish crime family, Halil was almost always kept out of his father's business. Mert hoped that by retiring from the drug trade when his children were young and living a peaceful, quiet life with his wife and their shared partner, that his children would not have the desire to follow in his footsteps as they aged.

He was approached by his father's estranged brother in 2017 who told him the truth - that upon his death, with his father having denounced the title and Halil being the eldest of his siblings, the responsibility for their legacy would fall to him. Hal denied this position due to his loyalty for The Cartel.

Halil will stop at nothing to keep the names of his parents, children, and partners from being spoken of in crime circles.

Despite not being married to either of his girls, he wears a ring on each finger as a symbol of his connections to them and his desire to, one day, in the very far future, marry them both.

While his family reaps the rewards of his secondary work, he keeps them very far removed from it. To them, he's the gentle (but slightly embarrassing) father and partner, who sits at the head of the table at dinner and lunch when he can; who sings their kids to sleep after bath time and books; the man who hovers while they work, waiting for their attention; who chases their eldest around the house hoping for deep, loud laughter straight from his stomach. He's not the angry, threatening, and apathetic man that he has to be in the outside world when he's with them and he never wants them to see that side of him, ever.

He loves the Earth and does everything he can to try and preserve it.

Although he still considers himself cisgender, Halil isn't too concerned with the narrative that comes along with it; he's not afraid to be vulnerable with his partners, to be silly or emotional, to be a good father to his children. Most of all, he follows his own definition of what manhood is and sticks to that pretty strictly.

A chaotic bisexual, unfortunately.

He makes everybody feel like they're family when they join his operations and will do anything to keep them and their cargo as safe as he can.

Constantly giving law enforcement agencies a run for their money; being good at what he does means that he's smart enough to cover all of his basis but suspicious enough for them to suspect something - they just can never prove it.

WANTED CONNECTIONS / PLOTS

Unnamed Kılıç - They were the primary person in Halil's life before their secondary partner came into the picture. She is Halil's first love and is one of the biggest reasons that he didn't go back to Colombia after graduating. They recently split up as of JAN 2026.

Unnamed Kılıç - On a night out with Paige, they both meet this woman and instantly feel drawn together. Although it takes a lot of work for them, eventually they find their way through the murky waters of boundaries and end up in a loving triad that produces two sons biologically shared between Halil and this woman. They recently split up as of JAN 2026.

Siblings - They were raised in the same household as Halil, they're extremely close and will do anything for one another. In fact, Halil doesn't feel complete without them by his side. (1/2 TAKEN)

Trafficking Rival - This person is maybe an ambitious driver of his who has been trying to overthrow him and steal his spot OR a different gang member who is his competition!

Transporters - the people who work directly under Halil, responsible for the physical transport and safety of all Cartel product.

Students

Other Cartel members

ESTABLISHED CONNECTIONS & PLOTS

Levi Grayson (Red String of Fate) - Although they'd met as children, both Halil and Levi had forgotten one another when they reunited as adults. Their kids go to daycare together; their sons have a deep bond, or as deep as a bond can get between two toddlers; and it seems that whenever the side of himself that he keeps away from his family rears its head, Levi is right there to console it or to understand it or whatever the hell he tries to do for him when it arises. Something deeper lingers between them and they've just started acting on it.

THE BASICS

Name: Selim Yusuf Adabaşı

Age / D.O.B.: 37 (September 21st, 1987)

Gender, Pronouns & Sexuality: Cisgender (he/him) & Homoromantic/Demisexual.

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A

Affiliation: The Brotherhood

Job position: Private Investigator, FBI Criminal Profiler (Retired)

Education: High School, Bachelors in Forensic Psychology, Masters in Criminal Behaviour, Police Certification, ICIAF Fellowship, FBI Special Training. 

Relationship status: Dating Tristan Zaire

Children: 0

Pets: Marty (german shepherd) & Simba (orange tabby).

Languages Spoken: English (Native), Turkish (Native), Spanish (Fluent), Farsi (Conversational). Familiar with: Arabic, Italian, & Russian.

Positive traits: Cunning, Gentle, Assertive, Empathetic, & Smart. 

Negative traits: Aggressive, Naive, Emotionally Reckless, Judgemental, & Stubborn. 

Character influences: Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds), Emir Kılıç (Şeref Meselesi), Princess Zelda (Botw/Totk), Efe Tekin (Üç Kuruş), Fushiguro Megumi (JJK), Peter Burke (White Collar).

SPECIFICS homophobia, murder tw

He grew up in a Muslim Turco-Persian household going to mosque with his parents and speaking Turkish at home (Farsi with his mother's parents.)

He's first generation American but has both U.S and Turkish Citizenship.

Although his parents were supportive and loving for most of his childhood, they kicked him out when his sexuality came to light. At 16, he emancipated himself after an incident at a shelter with his parents who thought he could be fixed.

Despite his hardships, he graduated high school with honours and went onto study criminal/forensic psychology in Chicago.

He and Fatih had been unofficially together in high school but only started dating as adults. They got married in Mykonos, alone. Even though Fatih's parents were supportive of their son unlike his own, they had never been kind to him nor were they close - they'd wanted the beginning of their marriage to feel special.

They had an open marriage but never felt the need to pursue others due to their fulfillment with one another.

Selim attended the police academy the year before he started his bachelor's and worked part-time as an officer until he graduated his master's.

He would say that his time training for the FBI was, although the most difficult time in his life, the best time in his life.

He spent a year abroad helping foreign officials profile a serial killer.

After reporting his husband's crimes to the FBI, he was internally demoted despite the agency never commenting on it publicly. Outwardly, he was hailed a hero but internally, he was looked upon as tainted as if it had been him that had murdered all those people.

Although he consults on many cases from many departments, his speciality is missing women and children & cold cases. He enjoys working for free, especially when the families themselves are stuck with other law enforcement agencies or don't have the resources to hire private investigators.

He loves reading whether it be fiction or non-fiction. If he isn't currently reading a book, something is wrong. Is maybe a bit obsessed with The Lord of The Rings.

His sense of justice differs from his peers but he genuinely believes that he's doing right by the people he comes into contact with.

Mostly introverted and overly-independent, he loves talking to people that he's comfortable with.

He cares more about the lives of others than his own.

2024-PRESENT

Under the strict hand of the FBI, Selim's frustration in the lack of resources available to him started to wear him down but at his weakest moment, he met Tristan Zaire (AUG24), a man who would unknowingly become his free ticket out from under it all. While love couldn't heal every wound, Selim was convinced that every bad thing he'd experienced in his life had been leading him to this moment; to HIM. They opened up to one another, became close, and despite never making their relationship official, they hadn't needed to. A missed email from the prison where his ex-husband was incarcerated sent him into a downward spiral. He couldn't eat without feeling sick or sleeping without waking up in a pool of his own sweat. On a night out, there he was in the midst of one of the happiest moments of his life, manning the bar and eyeing him from behind it. Once lovers had turned into arguing exes and he'd left that encounter with a new perspective, fear, and a desire to go home; funnily enough, he'd ended up at Tristan's door. Protective and ANGRY, Tristan suggested that he live with him for the time being — in the end, he never left. Now, after secrets were laid out and LOVE chosen, Selim quit the FBI, pardoned his ex-husband of his crimes, and moved on with his life. His life with the LEADER of The Brotherhood. An ex-agent with a Syndicate target on his back, and no badge, in the underbelly of New York City? What could go wrong?

ESTABLISHED CONNECTIONS & PLOTS

Tristan Zaire (romantic) - A gang boss and an fbi agent? romantically tangled together? what could go wrong? Nothing, it seemed. Tristan and Selim are deeply connected by not only chemistry and morals, but by something that goes much deeper than either of them can describe with words. This proved the most true when secrets that could've destroyed them only brought them closer; Selim only cared about losing him, Tristan merely worried that those who held faith in him would feel betrayed. Now? Selim is ready to give up his badge but can he? Or will his old ways make him lose everything once again?

Levi Grayson (platonic/familial) - His brother-in-law; the half brother to his husband; the black sheep of the family that he married into. Levi doesn't know it yet but Selim has uncovered their family secret and is trying his best to keep light in the man's heart.

Hasan Kılıç (antagonistic) - In the Turkish countryside, on the trail of a murderer, Selim was kidnapped by one of Hasan's men. In the end, Selim had to take defensive measures and killed the man; so what happens when Hasan comes to New York? Chaos.

Fatih Williams (NPC) - "My husband, the murderer." Selim reported him for his crimes and Fatih took the brunt of it in the form of a life-long conviction but was later released by one of his Syndicate contacts. After a teary-eyed reunion where anger and betrayal was laid out on the table, Selim decided to drop his ex-husband's case, give him an out, but did he take it? Or is he still out there? Murdering people for money? And will his case one day fall on his lap once again?