The Condominium (OOC; Open for Applications)

[Solisian Union]

Tagged and interested. Will make an app for this

[Tiltjuice]

Right then, the following apps have been approved.

• Oswell Graham

I apologize for my absence, what with work and all. I have noticed some apps still needing to be finished. Keep them in the works. Should be starting next week.

Er, I need a bit of an assist on how to write his Bio.

whatsup, how can I help

[Ruskland-Preuben]

Er, I need a bit of an assist on how to write his Bio.

whatsup, how can I help

Well, I got a personality up and a timeline of major events too, but for my bio, I want to write in how all that came to be, as realistically as possible, though just tell me if we can go full loco on the bio.

[Tiltjuice]

whatsup, how can I help

Well, I got a personality up and a timeline of major events too, but for my bio, I want to write in how all that came to be, as realistically as possible, though just tell me if we can go full loco on the bio.

Sure. TG me what you got and I'll check it after work.

[Herador]

Work's been kicking my ass lately, hopefully I can have at least a mostly finished WIP done by tonight EST

[Cylarn]

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[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

Whohoo! Nice!

[Rupudska]

• NAME: Lyudmila Kuonji
• PROFESSION: Arms merchant
• FACTION: Raido
• NATIONALITY: Russian (USSR)
• GENDER: - M - F

• AGE & DOB: 34 - Jan 2 1975
• EDUCATION & OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY

• Nadezhda Krupskaya Beginner School (1978-1985)
• South Stalingrad Middle School (1985-1990)
• South Stalingrad/Volgograd High School (1990-1992)
• Service in Russian Army, achieving rank of Captain, served in both Chechen Wars (1993-2000). Notable in first for only losing a single soldier under her command throughout the entire war.
• Specialist-equivalent degree in business, Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (1997-2001)
• Sales operative for Raido Group Asia, Central Asian Branch (2001-2001)
• Sales operative for Raido Group Africa, West Africa Branch (2001-2002)
• Sales operative for Raido Group Africa, Central Africa Branch (2003-2006)
• Marriage to Takeda Kuonji, appointed chief sales operative for Raido Group Asia, Southeast Asia Branch (2006-Present)

• SKILLS AND TRADECRAFT: Fluent in Russian, English, French, and Japanese; conversational in Hindi, Thai, Swahili, and Portuguese; literate in Arabic, Turkish, Bemba, and Kongo; swears fluently in Mandarin, Chechen, Mongo, Rwanda, and a variety of other languages in the Bantu family. Tried and true officer of the Russian Army, having served in both Chechen wars primarily as a sniper - skilled marksman. Tried and failed Spetznaz training due to combination of a broken ankle and reluctance to personally engage in heavier interrogation methods. Powerful swimmer, capable diver, strong sense of direction and weather patterns. Decent at computer programming and design as well. Good at selling a product.
• PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Of mixed Russian and Crimean Tatar heritage, with some Mongolian and German as well. 178 cm in height, weight deliberately left out of description. Physically stronger than she looks, though not by too great a deal. Always wears some variety of a mostly-white suit with a violet tie and violet shoes unless she's somewhere dangerous (or feels like being particularly violent), in which case she digs out her old uniform.
• PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT: A businesswoman through and through. While capable of defending herself, she prefers to let her employed guards do the fighting if at all possible, and to avoid fights if at all possible. Claims to hate violence, but is not above using it for leverage. Prefers to receive payment in cash or monetary assets, while she will accept other things - cars, real estate, stocks, other things - she prefers cash, and is reluctant to accept more illicit forms of payment. However, she flatly refuses to accept or even engage in human trafficking as payment, and has been known to become quite hostile towards those who try and pay her in slaves (or hire her to sell them - something tolerated by Raido Asia as they try to avoid the industry as well, though for the company it's more to keep the lawyers and media away).
• PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

• Takeda Kuonji, 36, CSO Raido Group Asia Caucasus-Central Asia Branch, husband
• Rokurou Kuonji, 40, CSO Raido Group Asia Middle East Branch, brother-in-law
• Yoshirou Kuonji, 45, CEO Raido Group Asia, brother-in-law
• Viktor Kuonji, 4, son - living currently in Moscow with nannies

• BIOGRAPHY AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

[New Minahasa]

Thought this had died off. Whoops.

[Mincaldenteans]

• NAME: Edith Tyne
• PROFESSION: Informant, Negotiator
• FACTION: Penose
• NATIONALITY:
• GENDER: - M - F

• AGE & DOB: 38, April 3rd [last known record]
• EDUCATION & OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY

• University of California, Riverside
• Executive Assistant at SeaTek Pharmaceuticals
• Senior Analyst at MWC Telecommunications

• SKILLS AND TRADECRAFT: Information gathering, keen logistical acumen, manipulation, and resourcefulness. Edith's strength has always been in information - for the sake of information. Used as her primary tool and a weapon, she skillfully rose within the ranks of the Penose crime group, making a name for herself and proving her reliability on numerous occasions. Although she is not considered a physical threat, and borne out of necessity, Edith does have some skill in using a pistol and knife.
• PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Of Irish decent with no discernible accent or inflection. Striking hazel-grey eyes, although usually seen as simply brown depending on clothes and lighting. Stands at 5'6", 130, slim build of a woman who engages in light to moderate exercise.
• PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT: Edith is rather dispassionate when she has an objective to complete. She maintains a careful detachment that borderlines on self-serving, and because of it, her loyalty to the Penose family as been questioned before. Even those 'close' to her, know that Edith prefers to make decisions that aren't necessarily aligned to the Penose's immediate goals and expectations. Still, her loyalty remains resolute, following the group to the Condominium and immediately set to task in making the group a name to be recognized. The level of autonomy and trust extended by the group remains a clear indicator of her success rate.
• PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: Estranged parents and siblings, no personal affiliations. On friendly terms with Prisca Simon, much to the chagrin of other underlings hoping to rise up in ranks.
• BIOGRAPHY AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Very little is known of Edith Tyne, and the woman took great pains to ensure it as such. What little information can be gleaned is only corroborated by Edith herself. She was born in California, raised in San Bernardino, but moved frequently throughout southern California. She attended, and graduated, from University of California - Riverside and recruited immediately from MWC Telecommunications as a senior analyst in real estate. She stayed for some years before moving as an executive assistant at SeaTek Pharmaceuticals. Edith will confirm that in both positions, she was already part of the Penose group, albeit new and dispensed information that proved profitable to the crime syndicate. When a power vaccuum threatened to destroy the group, Edith subsequently resigned from her position in SeaTek, claiming personal reasons and an extended 'sabbatical', and followed Max & Marit Simon.

Currently, Edith maintains a carefully structured network of informants spread across the Condominium. Most work as whores, with few in positions of relative power that she has managed to manipulate, blackmail or ensnare in her schemes to provide information not normally accessible. Given the nature of the Condominium, Edith has worked twice as hard to ensure the safety of herself and those informants that have proven invaluable.

[Cylarn]

Of course you are approved, Min!

[Mincaldenteans]

Of course you are approved, Min!

Thank ye!

[Skaldia]

• NAME: Eamon Donovan
• PROFESSION: Business owner and Hitman
• FACTION: Independent
• NATIONALITY: Irish
• GENDER: - M - F -

• AGE & DOB: 27 - 02 - 1973
• EDUCATION & OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY

• Primary school, 1978-1985
  
• Secondary school, 1985-1990
  
• British Army: Special Air Service 1990-1999
  
• Oxford University, 1999-2002, BA in Mechanical Engineering
  
• Assassin-For-Hire, 2001-2009
  
• Owner of the Máel Dúin, 2006-2009
  

• SKILLS AND TRADECRAFT:

• Martial Arts
  
• Knife fighting
  
• Evasion and survival techniques
  
• Enhanced interrogation
  
• Machine-know-how
  
• Languages
  
• Gun-making

• PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Eamon Donovan is around 6'1 and 200 pounds, lean and muscular. He has no tattoos or discerning marks that can be readily seen. However, beneath the clothes is a plethora of scars from a lifetime of violence and bloodshed. The most shocking one is a scar that bisects his chest, starting at the left collarbone and crossing down to the bottom right rib.
• PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT:He is the most intense, profound, and powerful character you will ever likely to meet. Even when he appears self-controlled and calm there is a seething intensity of emotional energy under the placid exterior. He is like the volcano not far under the surface of a calm sea, it may burst into eruption at any moment. But those of us who are particularly perceptive will be aware of the harnessed aggression, the immense forcefulness, magnetic intensity, and often strangely hypnotic personality under the tranquil, but watchful composure of Eamon. In conventional social gatherings he is pleasant to be with, thoughtful in conversation, dignified, and reserved, yet affable and courteous; although at times his eyes appear penetrating which make his shyer companions feel naked and defenseless before him.

In his everyday behavior he gives the appearance of being withdrawn from the center of activity, yet those who know him will recognize the watchfulness that is part of his character. He has great self-discipline, because he is able to recognize the qualities in himself that makes him different from other humans, and to know his utterly conventional nature can be used for great good, or great evil. His tenacity and willpower are immense, his depth of character and passionate conviction overwhelming, yet he is deeply sensitive and easily moved by his emotions. His sensitivity, together with a propensity for extreme likes and dislikes makes him easily hurt, quick to detect insult or injury to him and easily aroused to ferocious anger. This may express itself in such destructive speech or action that he makes lifelong enemies by his outspokenness, for he finds it difficult not to be overly critical of anything or anyone to whom he takes a dislike

He harnesses his abundant energy constructively, tempering his self-confidence with shrewdness and his ambition with magnanimity toward others provided he likes them. He relates to fellow warriors only as leaders and can be blunt to those he dislikes to the point of cruelty. In fact he is not above expressing vindictiveness in deliberate cruelty. He is too demanding, too unforgiving of faults in others, perhaps because he is not aware of the shortcomings within himself, and extravagantly expresses his self-disgust in unreasonable resentment against his fellows. He does, however, make an excellent friend, provided that his companions do nothing to impugn the honor of which Eamon is very jealous. Part of his negative side of is a tendency to discard friends once they cease to be useful, but he is aware of this, and fights this tendency.

However, should he have cause to view another as a predator, then never was a creature more sensitive or responsive to assumed slights and imagined threats. Open-minded tolerance and relaxed confidence fall away as ego-driven urges swing into gear. He makes a bloody-minded opponent and the dominating qualities are such that he rarely feels appeased with victory unless it involves the total annihilation of the threat. He is well known for sensitivity to his own few emotions, and yet he is far less empathetic to the thoughts and feelings of others; hence he has one of the most fearsome reputations amongst the criminal underworld for exhibiting brutal or extreme behavior. People refer to him as 'bestial', meaning responsive to primordial instincts rather than higher reasoning; and 'feral' because he is considered capable of savage and ferociously destructive traits.
• PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

• Graham O'Neill, 8, son
  
• Miss Blue, 33, Eamon's personal assistant and sometime-bodyguard

• BIOGRAPHY AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Oh, to be back home again. No, not this grimy city full of the weak and pathetic waiting patiently to be culled by one, perhaps, such as I. No, Ireland. I barely remember it. I remember hunger. And fear. Fear of mother’s ‘dates’. Fear of the unknown as any child will feel when alone in the dark with but a ratty teddy bear to hear you whisper your dreams, childish and wishy washy as they appear to an older, more seasoned you. I remember the sound of traffic and the children, all thin and gangly as I. My last memory of my last home was my mother crying, about how I had to go live with my uncle Roy in a city called London.

He was a very eccentric man, my uncle. Little would I piece together of his past, only that he had served in the British SAS before retiring and moving a flat in London. What he did remained unclear to me, only by hindsight would I be able to see that my dear uncle Roy was a weapon smith. If you wanted a custom sniper rifle outfitted with a silencer, untraceable and with a large caliber, you went to my uncle. He was great with weapons, but lousy when it came to children. I spent my childhood disassembling and cleaning weapons. When not helping Uncle Roy in the shop I was in a book. I did not like this new city I found myself in. It was too loud, too big, and far too crowded for a boy from Belfast.

In public school I was introverted and remained alone. I made no lasting friends, and my grades were on the average scale, the only exceptions being in gym, where I eventually found my niche as a track runner and swimmer, running the 400 meter. Despite being part of a team, I was a loner who stuck to myself. I preferred solitude and quiet, peace in a strange city where there seemed to be anything but. Rather than be mortified at being alone, I embraced loneliness and accepted my place. Memories of my mother were few and far between, and became scarcer as I became older.

I don’t even remember her face.

Eventually, school came to an end as all good things do. Rather than drift like most young adults do after high school, I joined the Army, particularly the Special Air Service, after being encouraged to do so by my uncle. Those years were the toughest I would endure, the nearly three years of constant training and stress forcing me to come out of my shell that I had come to live in growing up and take an active interest with the things around me. I started to excel in this newfound freedom and completed training at twenty one in the top five percent of my class.

The next few years are, as any one with any military experience can attest to, violent. I became increasingly proficient with all hand held weapons, and an expert in Krav Maga. Despite being part of a close-knit team of operatives, I remained alone and was usually fulfilling a scout position in hostile territory. It was the number of close combat confirmed kills that I acquired that eventually earned me the nickname Azrael, after the Angel of Death. However, military life was too stringent, too full of rules, and I yearned to make more money than I was making. And so, after serving more years than I would wish on anyone I left the military atand began the life I would lead for another three years, using capital invested from my uncle in my endeavors while acquiring a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Oxford.

It was at Oxford that I met a girl and got her pregnant, her having a small baby boy nine months later. Things didn't work out for her and I, but Graham still needed me. He softened me up in ways I didn't know were possible.

Eventually, I decided I would need to set up roots somewhere. I had made a killing (haha) in the private contract business and established a name for myself in the underworld. It was with the money and reputation that I used to travel to the Condominium. There, I bought a rundown hotel on Whitaker Island and built the Máel Dúin. Using the nightclub as a front, I built an extensive basement with multiple rooms for individual purposes. A year after completion of the nightclub, I saved a Korean woman in Sibley Harbor from a rapist. She was new to the island and seeking to live under the radar. For payment in saving her life, I gave her a job.

Here recently, I saw another opportunity for money. Some of the Girls had history. Of course they did, but what if they could be trained to kill?

• NAME: The Máel Dúin
  
• TYPE OF BUSINESS: The Máel Dúin is a nightclub/brothel for the upper class of the Condominium
• PRODUCTS/SERVICES RENDERED: Prostitution, drugs, drinks, and a good time. The Máel Dúin also supplies custom-made weaponry in the basement.
• NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: Around a hundred and fifty. Turnover is high. They also have a large number of well armed bouncers in case anyone gets too fresh or uppity. Most of the employees are the Girls who act as prostitutes, waitresses, and dancers.
• CONNECTIONS TO CRIMINAL GROUPS: The Máel Dúin is something of a middle-ground. The owner, Eamon Donovan, supplies custom-made weaponry to the criminal factions as well as his services with one condition that his contracts are not in the city. Any attempts to extort money out of Mr. Donovan has not ended well.
• BUSINESS DESCRIPTION: "Mr. Donovan believes that, as long as people are having a good time, they do not have time to kill each other." The petite Miss Blue says in clipped, perfectly pronounced English. She leads you past the two imposing bouncers armed with MPK-5's and in to a nondescript three-story building. Past the double-doors is a illuminated hallway that leads in to the main floor of the Máel Dúin. The main floor is is dominated by a dance floor in the center with cages bolted in the ceiling and hanging over the dance floor."We have nude dancers earn their worth in the cages. Don't worry. The shifts are only four hours." Miss Blue explains as your eyes take in the small cages. On the far ends of the main floor is the lounge that extends to the second floor. The first floor lounge is for the lower levels of the upper class. The second floor lounge overlooks the dance floor from three sides and leads to the third floor where most of the business of the brothel occurs. The waitresses that serve the second floor are typically far prettier and often half nude, walking around and serving a host of drinks and drugs for their customers. Past the third floor brothel and it's myriad amount of nondescript closed doors is the rooftop lounge. Surrounded in double-panes of bulletproof glass, it only hosts business associates of Mr. Donovan or is rented out to business meetings of the various powers in the area, routinely sweeped for listening devices and very private.
  
  The basement is a host of rooms including changing rooms open to the employees. Between the employee's area and the back of the basement is the Security Office where a huge assortment of cameras observe the dance floor and the lounges but not the rooftop lounge or the brothel. In the back is the Armory and Workshop where Eamon keeps his weapons as well as working on custom pieces for customers. Beneath the workshop, carved in to the floor, is the Vault, where cash and drugs are kept locked behind a safe that can only be opened with Eamon's retina scan and fingerprint as well as a thirteen digit code that changes every twelve hours.

• GROUP NAME: The Silk
• GROUP INSIGNIA:
  
• GROUP TYPE: murder-for-hire
• GROUP LEADER: Miss Blue, in reality Eamon Donovan
• GROUP MEMBERSHIP: Around a couple of dozen.
• ACTIVITIES: Contract-killing and information brokerage.
• FIGHTING METHODS: The Silk are a female-only group of contract killers specializing in targeting and eliminating targets with non-conventional weaponry such as poison. Their favorite method of execution is to be disguised as a prostitute and killing their targets once they are alone with them and strangling them with a silk handkerchief, thus their name. The Silk are constantly being trained and refined as killing machines by their leader.
• BASE OF OPERATIONS: The Máel Dúin
• ASSOCIATED BUSINESSES: The Máel Dúin [OPEN FOR OTHER BUSINESSES]
• GROUP HISTORY: Miss Blue was once a renowned martial artist in her homeland of South Korea. However, after debts acquired by her father, she had been forced in to selling her flesh to pay it off. Ashamed of herself, she eventually snapped and killed her last John and decided to flee to the Condominium to escape. Just arriving, she was beset by a rapist and almost killed when a man by the name of Eamon Donovan saved her life. Eternally grateful, she decided to serve Mr. Donovan as his second, his most trusted confidante. However, the pain and shame she had felt still needed an outflow. Despite Eamon opening a brothel, he only took girls that went in to the business willingly and Miss Blue found herself as a reluctant madam of the girls. It was there that an idea struck her.
  
  For a year, she trained a handful of girls in martial arts and began to quietly eliminate enemies that were possible threats to Mr. Donovan. However, she was too successful and Eamon Donovan found her out. Instead of casting her out or worse, killing her, he decided that she was on the right track. He allowed her to begin to openly recruit for the Silk as well as donating his time and energy to training the girls as well, giving them a much needed expansion to their skills. Eventually, some of the girls were allowed to leave the Máel Dúin but their loyalty to the Silk remained.

[Tiltjuice]

Time for Prisca to get schooled - she thinks Eamon, Miss Blue and the Chaldeans are all together

[Skaldia]

Time for Prisca to get schooled - she thinks Eamon, Miss Blue and the Chaldeans are all together

I think Eamon deftly handled the situation.

[Greater vakolicci haven]

Can I create one of the condominium's most high-profile criminal bosses, the type who is involved in pretty much everything? He's going to be going on a few little wars.

[Cylarn]

Can I create one of the condominium's most high-profile criminal bosses, the type who is involved in pretty much everything? He's going to be going on a few little wars.

Let's see what you can write.

[Skaldia]

Can I create one of the condominium's most high-profile criminal bosses, the type who is involved in pretty much everything? He's going to be going on a few little wars.

Let's see what you can write.

Can a roster be created for this (muh lazy) or do I have to resign myself to scrolling?

[Greater vakolicci haven]

Can I create one of the condominium's most high-profile criminal bosses, the type who is involved in pretty much everything? He's going to be going on a few little wars.

Let's see what you can write.

Sure, he'll be pretty unique. He is scared of the sight of blood, for one, so he's more of a politician rather than someone who'll do the killing himself.

[Tiltjuice]

Time for Prisca to get schooled - she thinks Eamon, Miss Blue and the Chaldeans are all together

I think Eamon deftly handled the situation.

We usually only do the chorus.

[Mincaldenteans]

I think Eamon deftly handled the situation.

We usually only do the chorus.

-strings harp-

[Tiltjuice]

Whoops. Didn't mean to cut Steve out.

[Skaldia]

Whoops. Didn't mean to cut Steve out.

yes you did. *snicker*

[Parcia]

Riiight...

So, Tag.

I might use some R6S elements.

IIIiiiii might give the first "hackerman" a Run for his money

[New Minahasa]

Waiting for that gate to open.