finally makin an intro post / some facts abt cyrus for yāall
first of all, regarding him as a LEADER, POST-APOCALYPSE ;
his alignment isĀ ālawful evilā. pre-apocalypse it was more neutral, and definitely not lawful. but since there are no longer established rules to follow NOW, but he still values a sense of order and DOES have convictions and values, heās a stickler for his own rules. they donāt change. gotta have a sense of order when the worldās ending, right? ( thereās one quote i find relevant:Ā āif god is evil heās lawful evilā )
cyrus does actually care about his group. not as much for each individual person, since as a leader remaining objective is important, but he cares about the STRUCTURE of his group. the reason heās more evil than neutral is becauseĀ ādoing what he needs to doā doesnāt make him feel very guilty afterwards. in fact, it doesnāt bother him at all. he sleeps fine. power and order are more important than being a compassionate leader. but heās not cruel to the point where itās unnecessary and he obviously does care about the longevity and survival of his group. so, if he has to kill a random traveler or one member of his group causing problems, that keeps THE REST of the group from starving. to him? thatās a win-win. eradicating trouble/potential trouble and keeping everyone else alive as a result.
annnnnd a bit about HIS PAST ;
he mostly grew up with his uncle and his mother in el reno, oklahoma. his mother actually cheated on cyrusā father with cyrusā uncle. cyrusā family was extremely unstable, though. his father was generally abusive, cyrusā mother was a prostitute with a drug addiction, and cyrusā uncle was the one with more money. ultimately, thatās why his mom wanted to be with him. turns out he was an asshole, too, though. cyrus doesnāt like talking about his family, weāll put it that way.
he went to college for the first year, then dropped out. heād always hung aroundĀ āthe wrong crowdā and itās how he got into gunrunning. his uncle was the one who taught him how to use a gun originally.
eventually, cyrus ended up moving around, becoming rather notorious as an arms trafficker. he was involved in general organized crime, and was definitely one of the higher-ups when it came to guns. he was the provider, but eventually stopped doing the dirty work himself and became more of an overseer of it. being involved in organized crime definitely changed him a lot as a person, itās where he first killed another human being and realized how much he liked the thrill of having power and being theĀ āopposing authorityā.Ā
a list of all the places heās lived in case anyoneās curious: el reno, oklahoma. various places in texas. acapulco, mexico. cork, ireland. chicago, illinois. new york city, new york. sacramento, california. los angeles, california. denver, colorado. munich, germany. saint petersburg, russia. phoenix, arizona. and, of course, scottsdale.
other than english, he's fluent in spanish. he knows enough russian to understand/comprehend it, but he only speaks broken/some russian.
on the side, he owned his company for money-laundering purposes. however, it wasnāt a very legit company, and was ( at first, when he was still in the small arms trade ) just a front for the gunrunning. it became more legitimate once he moved on from the small arms trade, but was mostly run by a close friend of his. it was a small, local bar at first, but ended up becoming an extremely popular and exclusive nightclub. it was based in los angeles.
