Bliss - Recruiting

[VonKlaw]

Spoiler: Juan Herasto

Area: Colombia

Name: Juan Herasto

Nationality: Colombian

Age: 28

Education: None above a basic level in Maths and English. Training has all been on a pracitcal level - if it doesn't help to survive, Juan has no use for it (bar one exception - see below)

Affiliation: Colombian Nationalist Union

Appearance: 6"4 and of a practical muscular build, Juan has shoulder length, jet black hair of shoulder length, with a similarly covered (poorly groomed) beard and mustache. Dull brown eyes, a knife scar wound across the left side of his neck that is partially covered by a tattoo stemming from his chest (he is covered in these in various places, though they are largely poorly done)

Familial status: Long-term girlfriend Maria, though they rarely see each other due to the nature of Juan's "work". Mother is still alive (but is rarely seen for the same reasons as above), and a brother he has disowned who works for the cartels.

Social Status: Stays largely in the Nationalist camps that are not occupied, but occasionaly drifts into occupied areas for recon and supplies when it is needed.

Notable Skills: Trained in firearms, low end improvised explosives and basic vehicle maintenance. Years of fighting have also given him strong endurance and swiftness, as well as a minor resistance to pain. He is able to sneak around relatively well.

Personal Philosophy: A Nationalist, Juan believes that the alien invasion is the perfect opportunity to destroy the drug cartels that he believes have held the country back for too long, and that alien technology will place countries on a more even footing once they have been removed. He despises both the Mexicans as traitors to humanity, as well as follows of the Bliss.

Bio: The oldest son of Colombian parents, Juan spent most of his childhood moving from Nationalist camp to camp, but was always inspired by his fathers insistence that the aliens were only the second greatest threat to humanity - with humanity itself being the greatest ." Greed, son. It will kill us all before they do.". Juan learnt from the soldiers he spent most of his life around, and was planting traps and explosives by the age of 13.
At 15, his father died - killed during a botched ambush on an alien outpost. His brother, Hernan, abandoned the cause and began to work for the cartels, working for wealth rather than the cause. Juan made a promise to himself - by his fathers honour, he would kill his brother and destroy the cartels that blighted Colombia.
At 19, the Nationalist Union was crippled by attacks from both the cartels and the aliens, a combined front Juan believed to be more than coincidence. The power vacuum allowed Juan to rise in the ranks, and he redoubled their focus on the cartels to some success.
Now aged 28, many in the Nationalist Union believe that Juan will be their next leader, but only if the doubt over his brothers treachery can be settled...

EDIT: Finished, criticism (constructive) is always welcome.

 

[Nikolaz72]

Spoiler

Area: Australia
Name: Hiko Tatewaike (known by most people as the Voltorb)

Nationality:Japanese, his family moved to Australia by stowing away on a cargo ship two years ago.

Age: 35

Education: master's in human psychology, with a minor in mechanical engineering. has since used them to plant bombs in Alien-supporter groups and buildings.

Affiliation: Rebel(known by his alias)

Appearance: 5'6", 120 pounds, black hair, olive skin, brown eyes, nothing really distinguishing him from anyone else besides him being Japanese in Australia. He has a barely visible scar over his left hand from a childhood accident with a paring knife.

Familial status: Has a dead wife back in Japan, but brought his kids with him, Shizune,15, and Kuno,13. Though they have begun to show interest in what their father does in the basement panic room.

Social Status Free man, outside the occupied zone, but makes occasional forays into the occupied zone to plant bombs and gather materials.

Notable Skills: some experience with firearms, but nothing noteworthy, so he doesn't normally carry one. He competed in local martial art competitions, enough to take on most police and guards, but not enough for actual trained individuals. Some understanding of how basic tech works, but not enough to do much more than tell you if it's real or not.

Personal Philosophy: Protect his family at all costs, and make the supporters of their oppressors pay for what they did to his wife.

Bio: Hiko was born just before the war broke out and grew up during the early years of the occupation. He went to TokyoU, and got his degree which is where he met his wife. For the next decade, he worked in the human resources office of a major corporation as a counselor. He came across an employee that had been tampering with the Alien technology and got dragged into it by association. His wife was ripped to shreds after he and the kids returned from a walk. He gathered what he could before fleeing the country, knowing now that his mechanical minor made him the next target. Since then, he has taken on the guise of Voltorb, his favorite pokemon from his childhood, known for explosions, and took it as a sign for what he must do. Since then, he's used his degrees to his advantage, making bombs that he inscribes with his signature, a Voltorb carved into the casing of the bomb. He sometimes plants them himself, but doesn't like to do it, on account of his children, he doesn't want them growing up without family of any kind, and he doesn't want them following in his footsteps.

I forgot to check lately but here is my CS.
<spoiler=Isaac Ryan>
Area: Australia

Name: Isaac Ryan

Nationality: Australian, born in Alice Springs.

Age: 29

Education: Home schooled by his parents to secondary by his mother a high school teacher, and his father a dentist.

Affiliation: Was one of the Bliss, though he left due to their change in ideals. Isaac now takes up arms with a small rebellion.

Appearance: Isaac is a smaller guy standing in around 5'1" and is of an average weight of 110lbs. He has short brown hair, one blue eye and one brown eye due to acquired heterochromia from a tumor in his head (that was removed) when he was 7. Due to the occupation of Australia, he uses anything he can find in terms of clothing; currently he wears a bloodied t-shirt covered by a brown pull-over, sleeve-less hoodie, blue jeans, and a dirty pair of grey sneakers he took from a corpse.

Familial Status: Single

Social Status: Free man. For now.

Notable Skills: Before leaving the Bliss, Isaac was a Reverend's assistant having many dealings with the aliens. This eventually allowed him to learn and speak the basics of their language. He would also be heard sometimes giving the daily chants and doing some of the recruiting for the Bliss making him a very persuasive individual.

Personal Philosophy: In the beginning, believing the aliens to be saviors he revered them as saints but once he began to see their true intentions, the former Bliss member saw that they were not here to bring them back to the euphoric land and find peace but to do the exact opposite. After leaving and abandoning his former brothers and sisters, his only beliefs became survival and to save those of whom he loves and cares for by helping to rid the world of this new-found evil.

Biography:
Isaac was born shortly after the after the occupation of Australia, (one of the first continents to go) to Micheal Ryan a dentist and Janice Walters a high school teacher (who later changed her last name to Ryan). His father was one of the "first" Bliss to ascend on the 29th of February, leaving Isaac's mother and his belongings and returned with the common short term memory loss that all Bliss had.

Ten months after Isaac was born, his father was carrying him while walking downstairs to go partake in a "Blissful" moment, when he slipped and fell down the stairs. Fortunately Isaac was tightly held onto until he slipped out of his father's grip and fell one foot onto his head; to the surprise of his parents the Baby Isaac was fine. Though when at the age of seven, Janice and her husband Micheal seemed to notice that one of Isaac's blue eyes turned brown, and he seemed to suffer from frequent headaches. As this was not normal they consulted with their doctor and a cat-scan was preformed on him. The reason was revealed; a tumor. Lodged in his head from the drop when he was 10 months old; Isaac was lucky, a week later a life saving operation was preformed and the two inch tumor was removed.

As Isaac grew older, he was taught how to read, and write while being home schooled; all the while his father constantly trying to push the Bliss onto his son. Eventually it became too much for his mother and a one-sided fight broke out, and in a fit of fear and anger Isaac ran from the house. He ran until he had no breath left. He planned on running more but before he got the chance something calmed him, it was a public chanting session being preformed by the Bliss. It entangled him, it mesmerized him. The following week he joined the Bliss and when he came home wearing the Bliss' clothing he got mixed reactions, his mother scolded him and refused to talk to him while his father's face lit up more exuberant then a Christmas tree. They moved closer to the coast just as his father wanted. Inevitably his mother and father broke-up, his mother wanting nothing to do with either of them, and his father slowly becoming more and more reliant on the pills and reaching eternal bliss. Isaac became the Reverend's assistant in dealings with the Harnoi, little by little learning their language and trying to understand their culture and sometimes giving public chants. But peace can't ever be eternal

When he was 25 it all crashed down on him; when returning from the church he personally witnessed the Reverend offering to show three muggers the life of peace and bliss, but they declined. Suddenly a Harnoi came from behind them and viciously, mercilessly killed them with some sort of device he'd never seen before. Terrified and confused he ran home to find his father had overdosed on the pink pills; he was gone. He drove angrily to the church of the Bliss, "Is this the way of the Bliss?" he frantically asked the Reverend who only seemed to reply "Have you taken the Blissful pill today?" As Isaac was about to retaliate in anger the church was engulfed in flames, they were under attack and Isaac ran out of the doors and dropped off the Bliss' clothing. He noticed the three muggers that were killed earlier and took clothing from each of them, his hand touched something metal in one of the pockets and as he pulled it out he realized it was a gun and dropped it in fear. A small crowd began to walk in Isaac's direction but because he no longer wore the clothes and was wearing his hood up no-one could recognize him.

He hid in the back of a Bliss supply truck until he made it back home to Alice Springs. He continued to survive there for four more years until they began to show up in Alice Springs, then he was on the run.
[/spoiler]
Let me know if it needs reworking or if I need to shorten the bio, I didn't realize how long it was until I was finished.

Alright. Because of all the English characters, I think I'll made one a that isn't into tea and crumpets.

Spoiler: Jordan Martel

Area: Australia

Name: Jordan Martel

Nationality: Australian (French ancestors)

Age: 31

Education: Certified welder

Affiliation: Rebels

Appearance: 5'11", muscular build, black hair, brown eyes, short black beard.

Familial status: Single

Social Status: Free man

Notable Skills: Skilled welder, strong.

Personal Philosophy: Anarchist. Having spent his entire life under an oppressive regime, Jordan believes that the best government is no government.

Bio: Born in the suburbs of occupied Perth to a lower-class family, education was always out of the question for Jordan. Instead of going to school like his parents had, Jordan helped out at the family store. His father also had an old welding rig from before the invasion, and Jordan spend much of his free time experimenting with it. Once old enough, Jordan took a course to become a professional welder, and passed easily. A family friend with a bit of influence also pulled some strings to ensure Jordan's freedom. Buying his own, more modern rig, Jordan hit the road as a free lance welder. During his travels, he visited every major city in Australia and witnessed countless wrong doings on the part of the government. This lead Jordan to believe that government is inherently wrong, a belief that he maintains to this day. Encountering a rebel cell in Newcastle, Jordan pledged his loyalty in a heartbeat. Although still a freelancer, lately Jordan has been getting many contracts in Alice Springs building power plants. He has met up with another rebel cell there and is considering settling down. When not working, Jordan is usually putting his welding skills to use by building or fixing equipment for the rebels.

Once again, if it conflicts, I'll fix.

Spoiler: Lee Rouselle

Name: Lee Rouselle

Area: Australia, in the rainforest outside of Cairns.

Nationality: Australian

Age: 27

Education: Self-taught/homeschooled.

Affiliation: Rebel

Appearance: 6'2" and of medium build, highly athletic, with close cropped platinum blonde hair. A thin pale scar runs down the side of his left cheek. Hard, piercing steel-blue eyes.

Familial status: Single, Father died in combat when he was 17, mother died of overly high fever when he was 21. Possibly other cousins, parents did not speak of any brothers or sisters.

Social Status: A free man, fighting the Aliens in the northwestern portion of Australia, is part of a hidden conclave dedicated to fighting the Aliens. Acts as an advance scout and guerilla soldier when hitting Alien convoys.

Notable Skills: Firearms training, particularly in the use of rifles. Is also skilled in various survivalist abilities such as archery, tracking, and cleaning animals. Lee is also somewhat skilled in hand-to-hand combat, though it is not his preferred style of combat. He also has a solid understanding of basic linear algebra and basic calculus, along with a strong aptitude for physics.

Personal Philosophy: It is better to die a free man than to live as a slave. Lee has had this drilled into his head ever since he was born. He is dedicated to making sure that the Aliens get off the planet, at any cost. To him, there is no cost great enough to remove the invaders from his planet.

Bio: War is all Lee knows. Born in a compound of free men 7 years after the occupation started, Lee grew up learning how to become a better soldier. By the time he was 7, he knew how gather food and supplies, clean animals and the basics of making salves, poultices and dyes. Aside from those, he was also given an education equivalent to what a child his age would have, pre-occupation. By the time he was 14 he had learned how to hunt, and went on regular hunting trips in order to provide food and other materials for the colony. The purpose for him hunting was twofold. One, it would provide food for the colony, and two, it helped hone his long range combative skills.

When Lee turned 17, his father died while hitting an Alien convoy. The convoy was better protected than what they were expecting, and it took them by surprise. The death count was around 10 people, with another 10 wounded. It was the most devestating blow that the conclave had seen since it's foundation. Four years later, a fever ripped through the conclave, taking several lives, including that of Lee's mother. And so, at the age of 21, Lee Rouselle was without family. Blaming the aliens, he has wholly dedicated himself to the cause, and for the past 6 years, has managed to harry Alien convoys, disrupting some of their supply lines. However, it is not enough to cause any major disruption. Soon it might be time to bring a small war to the enemy doorstep.

Criticism is both encouraged and welcomed.

Redirecting all Australians to the UK due to a Co-GM leaving and less than the horde of players originally thought to rush here. It would be nice if you could edit your sheet to fit. Just wanted to inform you.

 

[zombiekiller1907]

I want to join, but its my first time... are you guys ok with that?

 

[TheIronRuler]

I want to join, but its my first time... are you guys ok with that?

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No worries, we will be gentle.
I need to edit the OP, but for now you can apply for Columbia.

 

[zombiekiller1907]

Spoiler: Hank Green

Name: Hank Green
Area: Columbia
Nationality: American. He was in the middle of a research when the war in columbia started
Age: 35
Education: Has a PhD in engineering and applied sciences
Affiliation:Rebel, used bliss a couple of times in the past
Appearance: Skinny, pale, gray messy hair, 5'11", wears big round glasses, always wearing a tattered lab coat
Familial status: single, no interest in marriage
Social Status: Free man. Currently developing new tech for the rebels
Notable skills: highly skilled in the field of science and technology. Very knowledgeable in burnel and harnoi technology. Fast learner. Not great with firearms, but he is a decent fighter when using melee weapons.
Philosophy: Screw it, Anything goes.
Bio: Hank has always hated his life. Ever since his childhood, he has always complaining about how his life was too bland, and how the people around him were too uninteresting. This left him to become antisocial and sadistic. Because of his natural curiosity, he excelled in the field of academics. His mind was years ahead with his peers,and the lessons that were given to him at school were no challenge for him.He was in college when he first heard about the drug called bliss. The first time he took it, he became tempted to take it again, so he did. For a time, he thought that what he was doing was harmless, but each and every time, the urge to take bliss became harder and harder to control, and he knew he needed to stop. After months of rehabilitation, he was able to stop his addiction. He even got a PhD after finishing college. But the temptaion of taking that drug still lingers in his mind.

Years later, he became an engineer for a well known company. He had to move to columbia for a project that he was involved in. When the war broke out, his company left him and the other employees stranded in Columbia. He doesn't know how they did it, but he and his colleagues survuved the start of the war. They even met the rebel forces that gave them shelter and food in exchange for helping them develop new weapons and technology for fighting off the enemy forces. Things were finally getting exciting in his life, There were stuff going on around him. Things are needed to be done, and there's no time to waste for him. He wasn't sad that his whole career was torn apart by the war. He doesn't care about the people dying in the streets. All he wanted is something interesting to happen in his life. And he got it. If anything, he's actually much, much happier since the war in Columbia started.

 

[TheBlueShotgun0]

Redirecting all Australians to the UK due to a Co-GM leaving and less than the horde of players originally thought to rush here. It would be nice if you could edit your sheet to fit. Just wanted to inform you.

If I'm going to be playing in the UK anyway could I play as my other character, Theo? I just feel like he's more developed and easier to get into.

Spoiler: Theodore Wash

Area: UK

Name: Theodore "Theo" Wash

Nationality: American-English

Age: 29

Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering

Affiliation: London Rail Transportation (employer), leaning towards rebels but not fully invested

Appearance: 6'1", medium build, short brown hair, dark blue eyes.

Familial status: Single

Social Status: Lower-middle class. Works as an engineer on star ships, which earns him decent pay for a human.

Notable Skills: Adequate firearms skills, understands basic language of (whatever race owns England), understanding of some alien technology.

Personal Philosophy: Communist. Theo has secretly obtained and read through the works of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, and others and firmly believes that a united communist Earth would be best for humanity.

Bio: The Wash family, like many others, immigrated from the United States to Europe pre-invasion to escape an increasingly oppressive government. Theo's parents wound up in the slums surrounding London, slums that now housed many other American immigrants. Theo was born in one of these slums post-invasion, and so has known no other life but one under the alien regime. Despite alien policy regarding human education, Theo's parents managed to get him into a private school of technology were he discovered a passion for building and engineering. Although he was not allowed to learn much history, he also found himself interested in old political philosophy. During the later stages of his education, Theo managed to smuggle some old books into the country, such as the "Communist Manifesto" and "The Prince", and began reading through them religiously. By the time he became a fully qualified engineer, Theo had already decided that he wanted to work towards a communist government. Once qualified, Theo got a job with the local railroad company, London Rail Transportation (rough translation). About 3 years into this job, Theo was approached by one of his co-workers in private and was asked to join the resistance. He declined, but swore that he wouldn't rat anyone out. The next day the co-worker mysteriously vanished, either taken by the government or fleed to the resistance. Although the man was gone, the idea of joining still lingers in Theo's mind, and recently he has seriously considered it, though has yet to act on it.

It's your call, of course, and I'm ok with it either way.

 

[Nikolaz72]

Redirecting all Australians to the UK due to a Co-GM leaving and less than the horde of players originally thought to rush here. It would be nice if you could edit your sheet to fit. Just wanted to inform you.

If I'm going to be playing in the UK anyway could I play as my other character, Theo? I just feel like he's more developed and easier to get into.

Spoiler: Theodore Wash

Area: UK

Name: Theodore "Theo" Wash

Nationality: American-English

Age: 29

Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering

Affiliation: London Rail Transportation (employer), leaning towards rebels but not fully invested

Appearance: 6'1", medium build, short brown hair, dark blue eyes.

Familial status: Single

Social Status: Lower-middle class. Works as an engineer on star ships, which earns him decent pay for a human.

Notable Skills: Adequate firearms skills, understands basic language of (whatever race owns England), understanding of some alien technology.

Personal Philosophy: Communist. Theo has secretly obtained and read through the works of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, and others and firmly believes that a united communist Earth would be best for humanity.

Bio: The Wash family, like many others, immigrated from the United States to Europe pre-invasion to escape an increasingly oppressive government. Theo's parents wound up in the slums surrounding London, slums that now housed many other American immigrants. Theo was born in one of these slums post-invasion, and so has known no other life but one under the alien regime. Despite alien policy regarding human education, Theo's parents managed to get him into a private school of technology were he discovered a passion for building and engineering. Although he was not allowed to learn much history, he also found himself interested in old political philosophy. During the later stages of his education, Theo managed to smuggle some old books into the country, such as the "Communist Manifesto" and "The Prince", and began reading through them religiously. By the time he became a fully qualified engineer, Theo had already decided that he wanted to work towards a communist government. Once qualified, Theo got a job with the local railroad company, London Rail Transportation (rough translation). About 3 years into this job, Theo was approached by one of his co-workers in private and was asked to join the resistance. He declined, but swore that he wouldn't rat anyone out. The next day the co-worker mysteriously vanished, either taken by the government or fleed to the resistance. Although the man was gone, the idea of joining still lingers in Theo's mind, and recently he has seriously considered it, though has yet to act on it.

It's your call, of course, and I'm ok with it either way.

His cool sure. . . Its nice having a couple of people working as normal civilians under occupation and not as rebels.

 

[That Annoying Guy]

Alright I changed it to suit the UK now.
<spoiler=Isaac Ryan>
Area: UK (United Kingdom)

Name: Isaac Ryan

Nationality: English, born in London.

Age: 29

Education: Home schooled by his parents to secondary by his mother a high school teacher, and his father a dentist.

Affiliation: Was one of the Bliss, though he left due to their change in ideals. Isaac now takes up arms with a small rebellion.

Appearance: Isaac is a smaller guy standing in around 5'2" and is of an average weight of 110lbs. He has short brown hair, one blue eye and one brown eye due to acquired heterochromia from a tumor in his head (that was removed) when he was 7. Due to the occupation of London, he uses anything he can find in terms of clothing; currently he wears a bloodied t-shirt covered by a brown pull-over sleeve-less hoodie, blue jeans, and a dirty pair of grey sneakers he took from a corpse.

Familial Status: Single

Social Status: Free man. For now.

Notable Skills: Before leaving the Bliss, Isaac was a Reverend's assistant having many dealings with the aliens. This eventually allowed him to learn and speak the basics of their language. He would also be heard sometimes giving the daily chants and doing some of the recruiting for the Bliss making him a very persuasive individual.

Personal Philosophy: In the beginning, believing the aliens to be saviors he revered them as saints but once he began to see their true intentions, the former Bliss member saw that they were not here to bring them back to the euphoric land and find peace but to do the exact opposite. After leaving and abandoning his former brothers and sisters, his only beliefs became survival and to save those of whom he loves and cares for by helping to rid the world of this new-found evil.

Biography:
Isaac was born shortly after the after the occupation of London, (one of the first contries to go) to Micheal Ryan a dentist and Janice Walters a high school teacher (who later changed her last name to Ryan). His father was one of the "first" Bliss to ascend on the 29th of February, leaving Isaac's mother and his belongings and returned with the common short term memory loss that all Bliss had.

Ten months after Isaac was born, his father was carrying him while walking downstairs to go partake in a "Blissful" moment, when he slipped and fell down the stairs. Fortunately Isaac was tightly held onto until he slipped out of his father's grip and fell one foot onto his head; to the surprise of his parents the Baby Isaac was fine. Though when at the age of seven, Janice and her husband Micheal seemed to notice that one of Isaac's blue eyes turned brown, and he seemed to suffer from frequent headaches. As this was not normal they consulted with their doctor and a cat-scan was preformed on him. The reason was revealed; a tumor. Lodged in his head from the drop when he was 10 months old; Isaac was lucky, a week later a life saving operation was preformed and the two inch tumor was removed.

As Isaac grew older, he was taught how to read, and write while being home schooled; all the while his father constantly trying to push the Bliss onto his son. Eventually it became too much for his mother and a one-sided fight broke out, and in a fit of fear and anger Isaac ran from the house. He ran until he had no breath left. He planned on running more but before he got the chance something calmed him, it was a public chanting session being preformed by the Bliss. It entangled him, it mesmerized him. The following week he joined the Bliss and when he came home wearing the Bliss' clothing he got mixed reactions, his mother scolded him and refused to talk to him while his father's face lit up more exuberant then a Christmas tree. Inevitably his mother and father broke-up, his mother wanting nothing to do with either of them, and his father slowly becoming more and more reliant on the pills and reaching eternal bliss. Isaac became the Reverend's assistant in dealings with the Harnoi, little by little learning their language and trying to understand their culture and sometimes giving public chants. But peace can't ever be eternal

When he was 25 it all crashed down on him; when returning from the church he personally witnessed the Reverend offering to show three muggers the life of peace and bliss, but they declined. Suddenly a Harnoi came from behind them and viciously, mercilessly killed them with some sort of device he'd never seen before. Terrified and confused he ran home to find his father had overdosed on the pink pills; he was gone. He drove angrily to the church of the Bliss, "Is this the way of the Bliss?" he frantically asked the Reverend who only seemed to reply "Have you taken the Blissful pill today?" As Isaac was about to retaliate in anger the church was engulfed in flames, they were under attack and Isaac ran out of the doors and dropped off the Bliss' clothing. He noticed the three muggers that were killed earlier and took clothing from each of them, his hand touched something metal in one of the pockets and as he pulled it out he realized it was a gun and dropped it in fear. A small crowd began to walk in Isaac's direction but because he no longer wore the clothes and was wearing his hood up no-one could recognize him.

He hid in the back of a Bliss supply truck until he made it back home. He continued to survive there for four more years until they began to show up more and more, then he was on the run.
[/spoiler]

 

[Nikolaz72]

Alright I changed it to suit the UK now.
<spoiler=Isaac Ryan>
Area: UK (United Kingdom)

Name: Isaac Ryan

Nationality: English, born in London.

Age: 29

Education: Home schooled by his parents to secondary by his mother a high school teacher, and his father a dentist.

Affiliation: Was one of the Bliss, though he left due to their change in ideals. Isaac now takes up arms with a small rebellion.

Appearance: Isaac is a smaller guy standing in around 5'2" and is of an average weight of 110lbs. He has short brown hair, one blue eye and one brown eye due to acquired heterochromia from a tumor in his head (that was removed) when he was 7. Due to the occupation of London, he uses anything he can find in terms of clothing; currently he wears a bloodied t-shirt covered by a brown pull-over sleeve-less hoodie, blue jeans, and a dirty pair of grey sneakers he took from a corpse.

Familial Status: Single

Social Status: Free man. For now.

Notable Skills: Before leaving the Bliss, Isaac was a Reverend's assistant having many dealings with the aliens. This eventually allowed him to learn and speak the basics of their language. He would also be heard sometimes giving the daily chants and doing some of the recruiting for the Bliss making him a very persuasive individual.

Personal Philosophy: In the beginning, believing the aliens to be saviors he revered them as saints but once he began to see their true intentions, the former Bliss member saw that they were not here to bring them back to the euphoric land and find peace but to do the exact opposite. After leaving and abandoning his former brothers and sisters, his only beliefs became survival and to save those of whom he loves and cares for by helping to rid the world of this new-found evil.

Biography:
Isaac was born shortly after the after the occupation of London, (one of the first contries to go) to Micheal Ryan a dentist and Janice Walters a high school teacher (who later changed her last name to Ryan). His father was one of the "first" Bliss to ascend on the 29th of February, leaving Isaac's mother and his belongings and returned with the common short term memory loss that all Bliss had.

Ten months after Isaac was born, his father was carrying him while walking downstairs to go partake in a "Blissful" moment, when he slipped and fell down the stairs. Fortunately Isaac was tightly held onto until he slipped out of his father's grip and fell one foot onto his head; to the surprise of his parents the Baby Isaac was fine. Though when at the age of seven, Janice and her husband Micheal seemed to notice that one of Isaac's blue eyes turned brown, and he seemed to suffer from frequent headaches. As this was not normal they consulted with their doctor and a cat-scan was preformed on him. The reason was revealed; a tumor. Lodged in his head from the drop when he was 10 months old; Isaac was lucky, a week later a life saving operation was preformed and the two inch tumor was removed.

As Isaac grew older, he was taught how to read, and write while being home schooled; all the while his father constantly trying to push the Bliss onto his son. Eventually it became too much for his mother and a one-sided fight broke out, and in a fit of fear and anger Isaac ran from the house. He ran until he had no breath left. He planned on running more but before he got the chance something calmed him, it was a public chanting session being preformed by the Bliss. It entangled him, it mesmerized him. The following week he joined the Bliss and when he came home wearing the Bliss' clothing he got mixed reactions, his mother scolded him and refused to talk to him while his father's face lit up more exuberant then a Christmas tree. Inevitably his mother and father broke-up, his mother wanting nothing to do with either of them, and his father slowly becoming more and more reliant on the pills and reaching eternal bliss. Isaac became the Reverend's assistant in dealings with the Harnoi, little by little learning their language and trying to understand their culture and sometimes giving public chants. But peace can't ever be eternal

When he was 25 it all crashed down on him; when returning from the church he personally witnessed the Reverend offering to show three muggers the life of peace and bliss, but they declined. Suddenly a Harnoi came from behind them and viciously, mercilessly killed them with some sort of device he'd never seen before. Terrified and confused he ran home to find his father had overdosed on the pink pills; he was gone. He drove angrily to the church of the Bliss, "Is this the way of the Bliss?" he frantically asked the Reverend who only seemed to reply "Have you taken the Blissful pill today?" As Isaac was about to retaliate in anger the church was engulfed in flames, they were under attack and Isaac ran out of the doors and dropped off the Bliss' clothing. He noticed the three muggers that were killed earlier and took clothing from each of them, his hand touched something metal in one of the pockets and as he pulled it out he realized it was a gun and dropped it in fear. A small crowd began to walk in Isaac's direction but because he no longer wore the clothes and was wearing his hood up no-one could recognize him.

He hid in the back of a Bliss supply truck until he made it back home. He continued to survive there for four more years until they began to show up more and more, then he was on the run.
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It was good... And I would accept but just one question, you made special mention of a gun. . But that he dropped it, but you didnt mention him picking it up again. Was it making a statement about his personality or that he had a gun on his person?

 

[That Annoying Guy]

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It was good... And I would accept but just one question, you made special mention of a gun. . But that he dropped it, but you didnt mention him picking it up again. Was it making a statement about his personality or that he had a gun on his person?

He was a member of a religious pacifistic group for the majority of years, he also doesn't have gun training of any sorts; pretty simple to gather. It was a spur of the moment jolt for him, he'd never touched a gun before and had never planned on using one, eventually he will most likely have to pick another up and learn how to use it but that's what character development (and arcs) is/are for.

 

[Malyc]

Spoiler: Miguel

Area: Columbia

Name: Miguel

Nationality: Born in Columbia to an American father, who was a member of a spec ops group sent down in the early days of the occupation, but who was never able to make it back to the states.

Age: 22

Education: His education was mainly on how to survive, defend key positions, maintain his weapons, read the wind in order to make more accurate shots and remain undetected. As such, he has only an elementary knowledge of anything other than Geography, and enough knowledge of physics and related math to be able to calculate the impact point of a rifle bullet at extended ranges with reasonable accuracy.

Affiliation: He is affiliated with the Cartels, mainly because they were the first to attempt to run the aliens out of the country.

Appearance: 5'9" tall, around 155 pounds, lean build. He has hazel eyes and brown hair, which he shoulder length to better break up his outline in the jungle. Miguel wears a beard for the same reason. As for skin color, he leans slightly towards Caucasian, but not enough to totally eliminate his Columbian side.

Familial status: Single, due to a personal decision to not have a relationship until Columbia was freed from oppression.

Social Status: Free man

Notable Skills: He is skilled at marksmanship, as well as infiltration and sabotage.

Personal Philosophy: He wants to remove the aliens from the planet, and desires a return to the way things used to be (as told by his father, as he's too young to experience it personally)

Bio: Miguel's mother died during childbirth, due to the occupation placing too great a strain on the medical care available in the area. This lead his father to begin attempting to eliminate the aliens, while still attempting to take care of him. As such, Miguel never really had a close relationship with his father, seeing him more as a teacher than a parent.

As soon as he was old enough to be able to hold a rifle, his father started training him in marksmanship and stealth, and proceeding to geography and survival techniques as he grew older. Miguel is more at home in the woods than in the city/urban environments, having rarely, if ever lived in one.

His father was killed in a battle with the nationalists shortly before he turned 17, leading him to become more involved with the Cartels. He picked up his father's weapon, an Armalite AR10 SASS DMR (Designated Marksman Rifle). The Leupold scope was that his father had installed on it was damaged, so he has had to equip a slightly lower quality Nikon 3-9 power model.

During battles, Miguel prefers to be on the edges of the combat zone, picking off targets of opportunity, rather than in the center of the firefight. This has lead to some of the strategists in the Cartel to request he target officers, radio operators/radios, and enemy snipers, as they tend to cause disarray that can be exploited when eliminated.

Let me know what needs to be changed. It's relatively late and I need sleep, so I suspect there will be a lot...

 

[ThreeWords]

Huh. Well, I must admit that I'm tempted after all...

 

[warrcry13]

I think I might like to join in on this. This will be my first RP hope you don't mind. I'm gonna start working on a character. This is a rough Draft of my guy. Please tell me if I need to add anything or remove anything. I realize his skills are a little "too awesome", but to be a green beret they would kind of have to be. Also I don't know how to do the spoiler thing so....sorry for the huge block of text.

Area: Columbia.

Name: Sean Mason

Nationality. American. From Boston Massachusetts.

Age: 29

Education: High School, ROTC in High School, and Infantry Training.

Affiliation: United States Army/Rebel

Appearance: 6 feet tall. Blonde hair. Grey eyes. Has a Buzz Cut. Tattoo of a double headed eagle over his heart. Muscular build. Wears an olive drab shirt, with multicam fatigues.


Familial status: Long Time girlfriend.


Social Status: American Special Forces. Helping local Foreign Resistance.


Notable Skills: Gun training, Survival training, infiltration training, Driving training,
and a couple of languages. Including Spanish, German, French, and has a basic knowledge of Alien writing. Basic First Aid. Special Forces.

Personal Philosophy: Terra belongs to Terran's.

Bio: Having grown up in Boston. He was a long way away from all of these vague rumors he
had been hearing from other countries. He couldn't quite believe what he was hearing until
he joined the United States Army at 17. The Army would teach the soldiers about what was
happening in other countries, and how it was slowly happening here. He served his 6 years
in various places. He was sent to various border posts as tensions rose in that area.
(Mexican/American border most importantly.) After his initial 6 years he left the Army.

Joined the Boston Police force. With his military training he joined the S.W.A.T. team. He
spent two years on the force. He started to notice that more and more restrictions were
being placed on his neighbors.
At 25 years of age he decided to rejoin the army. He went into Special Forces training, and
became a Green Beret. He Learned more about these Aliens, and why they needed to be stopped
some way. He made Staff Sergeant at 29. Then he was sent covertly to Columbia. To help
the local Resistance.

I'm actually perfectly fine with him being placed wherever he is needed for the RP. So lord GM place him where you want. I can modify his sheet to reflect the change of area of deployment. If you so desire.

Edited for more detailed info on his skills.

Gonna make a few more changes here today.

 

[Nikolaz72]

I think I might like to join in on this. This will be my first RP hope you don't mind. I'm gonna start working on a character. This is a rough Draft of my guy. Please tell me if I need to add anything or remove anything. I realize his skills are a little "too awesome", but to be a green beret they would kind of have to be. Also I don't know how to do the spoiler thing so....sorry for the huge block of text.

Area: Australia or Columbia.

Name: Sean Mason

Nationality. American. From Boston Massachusetts.

Age: 29

Education: High School, ROTC in High School, and Infantry Training.

Affiliation: United States Army/Rebel

Appearance: 6 feet tall. Blonde hair. Grey eyes. Has a Buzz Cut. Tattoo of a double headed eagle over his heart.


Familial status: Long Time girlfriend.


Social Status: American Special Forces. Helping local Foreign Resistance.


Notable Skills: Gun training, Survival training, infiltration training, Driving training,
and a couple of languages. Including an alien language.(This depends where he is sent.
Mainly because he would be sent to the place occupied by the aliens that he shares a

language with.) Basic First Aid. Special Forces.

Personal Philosophy: Terra belongs to Terran's.

Bio: Having grown up in Boston. He was a long way away from all of these vague rumors he
had been hearing from other countries. He couldn't quite believe what he was hearing until
he joined the United States Army at 17. The Army would teach the soldiers about what was
happening in other countries, and how it was slowly happening here. He served his 6 years
in various places. He was sent to various border posts as tensions rose in that area.
(Mexican/American border most importantly.) After his initial 6 years he left the Army.

Joined the Boston Police force. With his military training he joined the S.W.A.T. team. He
spent two years on the force. He started to notice that more and more restrictions were
being placed on his neighbors.
At 25 years of age he decided to rejoin the army. He went into Special Forces training, and
became a Green Beret. He Learned more about these Aliens, and why they needed to be stopped
some way. He made Staff Sergeant at 29. Then he was sent covertly to either Australia or
Columbia.(Haven't decided yet. Kind of depends on where he is needed for the RP.) To help
the local Resistance.

I'm actually perfectly fine with him being placed wherever he is needed for the RP. So lord GM place him where you want. I can modify his sheet to reflect the change of area of deployment. If you so desire.

Ah, we forgot to inform you. Australia was removed as a region and players moved to UK. However you can still sign up for Columbia. That being said... People here have an awful habbit of not responding when quoted. So there might end up being a couple of open spots in UK later.

 

[warrcry13]

Like I said I am perfectly fine with him being placed wherever the players are needed. Be it Columbia UK or another place. It doesn't matter overly much to me.

 

[TheIronRuler]

Like I said I am perfectly fine with him being placed wherever the players are needed. Be it Columbia UK or another place. It doesn't matter overly much to me.

.
Columbia is more warfare based so you would like to be there.
Also, you need to speak the language.

 

[CJ1145]

Spoiler: Juan Herasto

Area: Colombia

Name: Juan Herasto

Nationality: Colombian

Age: 28

Education: None above a basic level in Maths and English. Training has all been on a pracitcal level - if it doesn't help to survive, Juan has no use for it (bar one exception - see below)

Affiliation: Colombian Nationalist Union

Appearance: 6"4 and of a practical muscular build, Juan has shoulder length, jet black hair of shoulder length, with a similarly covered (poorly groomed) beard and mustache. Dull brown eyes, a knife scar wound across the left side of his neck that is partially covered by a tattoo stemming from his chest (he is covered in these in various places, though they are largely poorly done)

Familial status: Long-term girlfriend Maria, though they rarely see each other due to the nature of Juan's "work". Mother is still alive (but is rarely seen for the same reasons as above), and a brother he has disowned who works for the cartels.

Social Status: Stays largely in the Nationalist camps that are not occupied, but occasionaly drifts into occupied areas for recon and supplies when it is needed.

Notable Skills: Trained in firearms, low end improvised explosives and basic vehicle maintenance. Years of fighting have also given him strong endurance and swiftness, as well as a minor resistance to pain. He is able to sneak around relatively well.

Personal Philosophy: A Nationalist, Juan believes that the alien invasion is the perfect opportunity to destroy the drug cartels that he believes have held the country back for too long, and that alien technology will place countries on a more even footing once they have been removed. He despises both the Mexicans as traitors to humanity, as well as follows of the Bliss.

Bio: The oldest son of Colombian parents, Juan spent most of his childhood moving from Nationalist camp to camp, but was always inspired by his fathers insistence that the aliens were only the second greatest threat to humanity - with humanity itself being the greatest ." Greed, son. It will kill us all before they do.". Juan learnt from the soldiers he spent most of his life around, and was planting traps and explosives by the age of 13.
At 15, his father died - killed during a botched ambush on an alien outpost. His brother, Hernan, abandoned the cause and began to work for the cartels, working for wealth rather than the cause. Juan made a promise to himself - by his fathers honour, he would kill his brother and destroy the cartels that blighted Colombia.
At 19, the Nationalist Union was crippled by attacks from both the cartels and the aliens, a combined front Juan believed to be more than coincidence. The power vacuum allowed Juan to rise in the ranks, and he redoubled their focus on the cartels to some success.
Now aged 28, many in the Nationalist Union believe that Juan will be their next leader, but only if the doubt over his brothers treachery can be settled...

EDIT: Finished, criticism (constructive) is always welcome.

Spoiler: Miguel

Area: Columbia

Name: Miguel

Nationality: Born in Columbia to an American father, who was a member of a spec ops group sent down in the early days of the occupation, but who was never able to make it back to the states.

Age: 22

Education: His education was mainly on how to survive, defend key positions, maintain his weapons, read the wind in order to make more accurate shots and remain undetected. As such, he has only an elementary knowledge of anything other than Geography, and enough knowledge of physics and related math to be able to calculate the impact point of a rifle bullet at extended ranges with reasonable accuracy.

Affiliation: He is affiliated with the Cartels, mainly because they were the first to attempt to run the aliens out of the country.

Appearance: 5'9" tall, around 155 pounds, lean build. He has hazel eyes and brown hair, which he shoulder length to better break up his outline in the jungle. Miguel wears a beard for the same reason. As for skin color, he leans slightly towards Caucasian, but not enough to totally eliminate his Columbian side.

Familial status: Single, due to a personal decision to not have a relationship until Columbia was freed from oppression.

Social Status: Free man

Notable Skills: He is skilled at marksmanship, as well as infiltration and sabotage.

Personal Philosophy: He wants to remove the aliens from the planet, and desires a return to the way things used to be (as told by his father, as he's too young to experience it personally)

Bio: Miguel's mother died during childbirth, due to the occupation placing too great a strain on the medical care available in the area. This lead his father to begin attempting to eliminate the aliens, while still attempting to take care of him. As such, Miguel never really had a close relationship with his father, seeing him more as a teacher than a parent.

As soon as he was old enough to be able to hold a rifle, his father started training him in marksmanship and stealth, and proceeding to geography and survival techniques as he grew older. Miguel is more at home in the woods than in the city/urban environments, having rarely, if ever lived in one.

His father was killed in a battle with the nationalists shortly before he turned 17, leading him to become more involved with the Cartels. He picked up his father's weapon, an Armalite AR10 SASS DMR (Designated Marksman Rifle). The Leupold scope was that his father had installed on it was damaged, so he has had to equip a slightly lower quality Nikon 3-9 power model.

During battles, Miguel prefers to be on the edges of the combat zone, picking off targets of opportunity, rather than in the center of the firefight. This has lead to some of the strategists in the Cartel to request he target officers, radio operators/radios, and enemy snipers, as they tend to cause disarray that can be exploited when eliminated.

Let me know what needs to be changed. It's relatively late and I need sleep, so I suspect there will be a lot...

Both sheets are accepted =)

 

[Malyc]

*le snippy*

Thank you sir!

 

[VonKlaw]

*snip*

Awesome, looking forward to see how this all pans out.

 

[TheBlueShotgun0]

Ah, we forgot to inform you. Australia was removed as a region and players moved to UK. However you can still sign up for Columbia. That being said... People here have an awful habbit of not responding when quoted. So there might end up being a couple of open spots in UK later.

My bad for not responding. Thank you very much for accepting me. Count me in.