James Whitley - About
Character name: James Whitley Face claim: Michael B Jordan Character pronouns: he / him Age: 35 Gender: cis-male Occupation: trauma surgeon Neighbourhood of residence: the lighthouse Place of Birth: Holden Length of residence: has returned to Holden after living there up until College
James is a doctor at the General Hospital in Holden. He bought the lighthouse, a landmark important to the city, to save it from decay. And he has been hearing voices ever since. But James has suffered from severe burnout which made him return to the city of his childhood and leave his career in New York behind. So he attributes all strange happenings to his current mental state. Shortly after he returned to the place of his birth the corpse of Sophia was found, a girl he used to date in the past, moving his return a bit further toward the center of attention. But that is not the only reason why the people of Holden find the need to talk about James. He stayed in town until college, finally using that excuse to leave his family behind - he had a wonderful relationship with his stepmother and his half-sister, but he was always going head to head with his father. When he left James vowed to never return to Holden and to the shore of the lake.
While he was in New York he met Vivian and they started dating almost immediately. Vivian, too, had grown up in Holden and while the city was big and confusing it was nice for James to have someone who understood where he was coming from, who had seen the lighthouse on misty mornings. The sparks flew between them and though they were both quite young it did not take long until Vivian was expecting their first child. And with that the troubles began.
Vivian wanted to return to Holden so that their daughter Maya could grow up surrounded by family. She did not wish to face the challenges of parenthood alone in a big and cold city. But James could not bring himself to return, not while the memories of darker times still lingered in his head, connected to the image of Holden. So he gave her an ultimatum, if she returned home she would have to do it on her own.Their relationship broke apart.
For years James threw himself into his work, trying to stay in contact with his daughter and failing at that. Now that he has returned he is trying his best to redeem himself from all those mistakes of the past.


















