#adiintro

CHARACTER INFORMATION

Full name: Adrian Charles Ellis 

Nickname: Adi

Pronouns and gender: he/him, cis man

Age: 40

Birth place: Chicago (grew up in New York)

Length of stay in Thistlefield: Four years (visited grandparents as a child)

Occupation: Web designer/developer and owns a tech company.

Work place: Office just out of town and working from home. 

Family: Younger sister (WC)

Three personality traits: Optimistic, know-it-all, caring

PERSONALITY

Adi is an attractive but modest guy, he is optimistic and likes to be helpful to those around him. Although he comes across pretty confident, he is actually rather shy and reserved and talks a lot to cover it. At times, he can be immature, a know-it-all and a little spoilt because of his wealthy upbringing. But he is caring, gentle and a good friend.

BIOGRAPHY

Adrian who likes to be known as Adi was born in Chicago, though for a long time he considered New York to be his home after moving there when he was just six years old. His parents were both lawyers who had high expectations and worked long hours. Although he didn’t want for much, he didn’t spend too much time with his parents and he was sent to boarding school at a very young age.

Adi has always been incredibly smart and he enjoyed the challenge of boarding school. However, at times he could be a little too smart for his own good and his opinions often got him into trouble. He was known to argue with teachers over something he’d read or a documentary he’d seen, just eager to share what he’d learnt. He excelled throughout school, with most things in life coming pretty easy to him. He read about everything and anything and he liked to show off his wide range of knowledge, telling anyone who would listen and always having something to say about most situations. This is something he still does in adult life, he often corrects people and can come across a little annoying but he means well and he’s a kind natured guy who goes out of his way to help people.

His parents had money and he had plenty of opportunities, he played several instruments and took advanced classes. He even spent his summers helping at the law firm. Though his real passion was computers and gaming. He would spend hours taking apart old machines and playing around with a range of software. He was smart and could teach himself how to edit, creating programs and code. He enjoyed getting to express himself and finding something he was good at for himself.

However, his parents weren’t too happy with his choice to pursue IT and programming at college, they wanted him to become a doctor or lawyer and that only pushed him further away from them. Instead of applying for college, Adi took his trust fund and decided to take a gap year which turned into four years. Many would consider him to be a spoilt rich boy who rebelled against his parents, and maybe in a way he was but Adi was happy. He travelled, he went backpacking and he saw the world for himself as a young man. The places he experienced were a big influence on him and it brought him out of his shell.

Though at the age of 22, Adi knew he had to make some kind of plans for his future. He had the grades and experience to go to any university that he wanted and he decided to return to New York and applied to Cornell. His parents agreed to help him financially, glad their son was finally going back into education, even if working with computers hadn’t been their first choice for him. Though he thrived, he enjoyed the hard work and learning new things and being able to put his arguments and opinion into what he loved. He grew in confidence and made a best friend who encouraged him to be him. They’re still friends today.

After university, Adi worked for a tech company in New York for a few years and completed his Masters degree. However, it always felt like something was missing. The job paid well and he didn’t hate it but he felt like he wasn’t really moving forward. Growing up, he’d enjoyed visiting his grandparents in Scotland. It was relaxed there, they left him to do his own thing. He’d spend hours reading outside and playing video games all day. His sister had moved to Scotland in her teens after being kicked out of private school and attended high school in Thistlefield. Almost five years ago, Adi decided it was time for him to settle there too and to move away from his parents. Taking his trust fund, he bought a company and he is doing what he loves.