I Wish I Wasn't in Dixie: Across the Way (OOC). [Closed]

[Benuty]

I have decided to create two characters. The gunslinger will be first.

Good, it will certainly flavor up the roster a bit, and I will start updating my application soon. I might release an update on the complex system of magic that is in the roleplay.

[Benuty]

Well, primarily weapons at least on a personal defense basis have gone into something out of clockwork filled with gears, and the like. They aren't going to be regular weapons since this is a very schizo-tech world that people are living in. The military will have a few weapons closer to our world equivalent in 1962, but other than that the predominant style is clockwork.

Clockwork, you say? That sounds familiar:

Hmm...thats actually a pretty cool design.

[Benuty]

Name: Nelson Andrews.

Age: 60.

Occupation: Regional Director of Imperial Bureau of Investigations (Mexico) [Currently Rogue]

Appearance:

Officially 6'1, and 210 pounds.

Nationality: White Columbian.

Belongings:

A) Book of Common Prayer.

B) The Bible.

C) Investigator Pad

D) Investigator issued firearm.

E) Investigator issued badge.

F) Columbian Identification Papers.

G) A Weeks worth of Clothes (the majority already down at the property).

H) $2,000 Work of Imperial Dollars.


Strengths, and Skills: Ever the unfettered his determination caused him to rise through the ranks of the Imperial Bureau of Investigation. He thought at one point it was best to keep humanity ignorant of the end which was coming, and now certainly has. He no longer believes that possible. Humanities end must be the choice for humans not occultist followers of an inhuman abyss to make. He believes in his mission so strongly he potentially has gone rogue from the IBI, and may or may not be responsible for destroying several towns. There is a rumor that while traveling through Nevada he trapped thousands of people, and used them as bait to draw in ghoul hordes from all over the state before blowing the place to hell, and back.

Weaknesses: Is mentally scarred from the first rising in which his entire town died and came back as the first wave of ghouls. The actions he has taken since then especially in Laggards Burrow and his travels back north have started him down a path of sanity slippage. He believes that only by becoming a fatalistic villain humanity will meet a proper end, and be reborn rather than slaves to a potentially inhuman abyss.

Personality: An intensely religious zealot ten years ago his devotion has bordered to an obsession with the idea of the "true end". Ten years ago he was a controversial figure for approving of extermination tactics that killed thousands to save millions. Nelson is becoming the villain he knew the world needed ten years ago. This time there will be no delaying of the end, but instead of becoming slaves to some abomination, and its immortal servants he seeks to end the world. Despite his fatalism, and despising of cults, supporters, and their objects he is more than willing to use them when need be.

Ten years ago he approved of tactics which secured, contained, and curbed the influence of occult sites such as dispersing their supporters, dealing with their worshippers, and curbing its power source thus making it weak, and withering. Nelson is not a pleasant man and in fact quite the racist despite blaming slavery for the fall of the old U.S, and ultimately leading the world to ruin. Despite acknowledging this he more than happily owns several slaves since "they aren't human after all". Nelsons age hasn't slowed the man down one bit either as he continues down a path of unfettered villainy. At the end of the day, he truly believes a global reset will be the best for all involved even if it means all the sacrifices throughout the year are rendered null, and void.

Likes: Even back when he was a "moderate" Nelson was a man of several controversial opinions. Debating oversensitive, and contentious topics such as religion, culture, and politics have earned him an infamous reputation. Despite all this, he still maintains a sense of quiet in the private sphere and expects civility around the dinner table.

Dislikes: Nelson doesn't like the occult at all even when having to use them to further his ends. He ironically despite owning slaves believes the existence of slavery allowed division to be furthered by radicals, and destroy the U.S. He believes the founding fathers should have abolished slavery, and deported them somewhere else. He notably has gotten in trouble for espousing a world in which the union won so long as Lincoln recolonized former slaves to Liberia. Despite being a slave owner himself he doesn't blame the slave owners so much as he does the radicals on both sides for causing the downfall of a once great nation.


Goals: Since potentially going rogue he has gained followers from the fringes of the Bureau, and in the chaos wants to use occultic sites he contained to further the ends of the "true end".

Fears: Ten years ago he genuinely feared the end of the world due to the movements by the Order of Death. He maintains that the cultists are worshipping more of a nihilistic abyss rather than a meaningful god, and will enslave all of humanity, and their souls. He would rather humanity not be enslaved to a form of immortality similar to "I have no mouth, and must scream".



Biography: Born quietly on February 17th, 1902 to a yeoman family in Tennessee he grew up expecting to take over the family business, the farm, and the slaves. As such his life until 1923 was very unremarkable until his father expected him to make something of himself. As such he joined a project in the new state of Sylvania run by the secret police and helped investigate various leads. Working his way up the ranks he married, had children, and gained a modest amount of land outside Gettysburg. By all accounts, he enjoyed his job and was for a brief time appointed as one of the local chiefs of the Sylvanian Intelligence Police (1926-1929).

His career in the secret police came to an end when a dissenter shot him and left him nearly dead. Nelson spent the better part of 1930 recovering, and watching the U.S Collapse from his hometown in Tennessee. His wife and children were left to tend the family land in Gettysburg while his families personal doctor oversaw his treatment. One humid summer night a star flew above the sky and left a strange dust behind, and Nelson thought nothing of it. That was until a hand came crashing through the window, and screams began erupting everywhere over the farm. Nelson feverish from the wound saw a world of horrors unraveling before him, and it broke him.

Today what happened is known as the "first rising" thanks in part to the "substance" left by the star the dead came out of their grave to consume the living and that people outside who were exposed turned into them as well. The ghouls overwhelmed the farm, and parts of the world as well until various militias, and militaries began to put them down. Nelson joined one such militia to clean out Nashville, and ultimately his hometown making his way back to Gettysburg. He found the horrid site of his slain family and fell into a deep depressive sorrow mourning for three full years as a result. His brother took control of the farm and became the patriarch of those who survived ultimately forcing Nelson to be remarried.

Nelson remarried a young woman and has had several new children, but in his heart can still never truly get over his first wife's death let alone his firstborn children. Something changed after Nelson left his sorrowful state, and using old connections he was accepted into the Imperial Bureau of Investigations branch of Tennessee. He specifically requested the occult division which at the time was laughably underfunded, but after several assignments rooting out dangerous cults, it got what it needed. It was by the time the mid-1940s came around that Nelson's obsessions with the occult got worse. From mysterious blood drinking deaths, a new cult on the horizon worshipping death, and the "second rising" of ghouls which continue to this day it drew Nelson further, and further in.

Nelson eventually sold his land outside of Gettysburg and gave up his legal rights to the family inheritance after purchasing a nice swath of land outside of Mexico City. His brother was shocked, but out of understanding gave him a nice parting gift of money, and slaves to aid in the land down south. Nelsons family and the majority of the slaves arrived to manage the land, but he was stuck in Laggards Burrow. Due to the revolts, a train line was struck, and afterward, Nelson had to take another train which also had to be stopped due to rebel activity. His time in Laggards Burrow proved to be what he needed especially in stopping the goals of the Order of Death even if only temporarily.

The legendary battle of Laggards Burrow bought humanity ten years. In that time Nelson became a regional director of the IBI and ruthlessly persecuted or contained the occult down in Mexico. Since the events over a month ago Nelson has gone rogue, and after promising his family he would be back he has gone on a solemn trek to Oklahoma City. Nelson believes the various occultic buzzings around that area are no coincidence and intends to set the record right. He no longer intends on delaying the end for humanity but instead setting things right by enacting the true end.


RP EXAMPLE: Being the OP has its benefits.

[Biscaria]

Nelson sounds interesting... so he wants to end the world but he doesn't want the occult to be the ones to do it?

[Benuty]

Nelson sounds interesting... so he wants to end the world but he doesn't want the occult to be the ones to do it?

He doesn't want the occult to end the world in part because they only have their interests in mind. The Order of Death merely want to create a new god to make them immortal, and "enlightened" so they can rule over the remains of humanity reforged in their vision. To Nelson this is unacceptable, and he would rather awaken the creator of the universe (who is keeping the universe intact by sleeping). This means that the creator would awaken, and the universe will reset into something new i.e none of the things that happened will have actually happened. He believes it to be better this way in avoiding humanities enslavement to uncaring entities.

TLDR: He wants humanity to end it on their own terms rather than gain a form of immortality that may or may not render them slaves to some all-powerful cosmic horror.

[Flarbinia]

Name: Sean Rockwell
Age: 40
Occupation: Gunslinger
Appearance: Looks like Clint Eastwood in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Nationality: Great Plains
Belongings: Colt Single Action Revolver
Cowboy Hat
Poncho

Strengths, and Skills: Marksman with handguns. Quick reaction time
Weaknesses: Stubborn

Personality: Self-reliant. Stubborn. He will not show mercy or compassion to anyone who means him harm.
Likes: Booze Cigars
Dislikes: Rapists. Loan sharks. Slavery
Goals: Killing the man he was hired to kill
Fears: Dying in bed

Biography: Born in the Black Hills, Sean Rockwell grew up listening to his grandfather's tales about the Old West, imagining himself killing baddies in shootouts. However, the closest he can get to living that dream in 1936 was doing jobs for the Irish Mob, sometimes getting into fights with posses sent to capture runaway slaves. His time working for the Irish Mob ended when he did one last job: kill a loan shark that was skimming money off the top and threatened to turn state's witness if the local boss tried anything. He then headed to Oklahoma City, knowing that there would be plenty of work for him, the various gangs fighting over who gets the biggest slice of the pie.

Recently, he received a message from the Esoteric Order of Dagon: kill Nelson Andrews and we will pay you fifty thousand in gold. Not one to turn down the chance to earn a big payday or die trying, he began digging and discovered that the rogue agent was heading to Oklahoma City. With his grandfather's old revolver loaded, he headed into the city to search for Nelson.
RP EXAMPLE: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=450227&p=34885380&hilit=white+lightning#p34885380

[Benuty]

Name: Sean Rockwell
Age: 40
Occupation: Gunslinger
Appearance: Looks like Clint Eastwood in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Nationality: Great Plains
Belongings: Colt Single Action Revolver
Cowboy Hat
Poncho

Strengths, and Skills: Marksman with handguns. Quick reaction time
Weaknesses: Stubborn

Personality: Self-reliant. Stubborn. He will not show mercy or compassion to anyone who means him harm.
Likes: Booze Cigars
Dislikes: Rapists. Loan sharks. Slavery
Goals: Killing the man he was hired to kill
Fears: Dying in bed

Biography: Born in the Black Hills, Sean Rockwell grew up listening to his grandfather's tales about the Old West, imagining himself killing baddies in shootouts. However, the closest he can get to living that dream in 1936 was doing jobs for the Irish Mob, sometimes getting into fights with posses sent to capture runaway slaves. His time working for the Irish Mob ended when he did one last job: kill a loan shark that was skimming money off the top and threatened to turn state's witness if the local boss tried anything. He then headed to Oklahoma City, knowing that there would be plenty of work for him, the various gangs fighting over who gets the biggest slice of the pie.

Recently, he received a message from the Esoteric Order of Dagon: kill Nelson Andrews and we will pay you fifty thousand in gold. Not one to turn down the chance to earn a big payday or die trying, he began digging and discovered that the rogue agent was heading to Oklahoma City. With his grandfather's old revolver loaded, he headed into the city to search for Nelson.
RP EXAMPLE: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=450227&p=34885380&hilit=white+lightning#p34885380

You are accepted.

[Benuty]

Roster officially updated in regards to Flarbinia's first application.

[Flarbinia]

Roster officially updated in regards to Flarbinia's first application.

Thank you.

[Benuty]

Roster officially updated in regards to Flarbinia's first application.

Thank you.

Indeed.

[Dalria]

Name: Jack O'Connolly
Age: 36
Occupation: Mercenary
Appearance:

Nationality: Irish
Belongings:
- Webley .455 revolver
- Lee-Enfield Rifle
- $300 Columbian Dollars
- 1 Homemade Pipe bomb
- Picture of a young woman

Strengths, and Skills: Growing up in an IRA controlled neighborhood in Dublin, Jack grew up quickly into a hardened fighter, often having to fight other boys for a scrap of food. He became a veteran warrior through his tours with the IRA and continued work as a mercenary soon after. He knows a rifle like the back of his hand and could apply a tourniquet in the most dire of circumstances. Although lacking a formal education, he has taken up the works of Sun Tzu and other tacticians.

Weaknesses: Jack is a short-tempered alcoholic who uses alcohol to cope with his past. He isn't very intelligent when it comes to anything but battlefield tactics and history. Also has picked up a heroin habit to dull the pain.

Personality: Jack comes off as insensitive, cynical, and rude. He isn't a man to be trifled with and often loses his temper, leading to numerous altercations with individuals that end with a knife in the gullet. Jack tends to be extremely loyal to his employer, completing his contracts without a question asked. He tries his best to not get close to anyone, with the fear of being vulnerable.

Likes: Jack is an avid consumer of alcohol, whiskey being his favorite. He often indulges himself in the pleasures of "oldest profession". When is isn't killing someone, drinking himself to death, or whoring himself out, he often likes to sit and read about military history.

Goals: Jack has lost himself, he doesn't even know what he is chasing anymore. He has gotten to use to fighting to ever give it up, it's the only thing he knows how to do properly. Lacking a formal goal, the pursuit of profit does put a twinkle in his eye.

Fears: Being vulnerable is Jack's biggest fear. He prides himself on detaching his feelings, making him a blood thirsty killer.


Biography:

Jack was born December 18th, 1926 and from the instant he was born, he was dealt a poor hand. His mother Mary-Ann died during childbirth, leaving Jack in the hands of his older brother Michael and his father Éamon. The family had virtually no wealth, Éamon being a simple factory worker and Michael picking up short-labor jobs wherever he could. Éamon was a vile man and despicable drunkard, after Mary-Ann's death, he blamed young Jack for it and often neglected young Jack's needs. Michael did what he could to protect his younger brother from their father's wrath but it was virtually impossible. At age five, Éamon once broke Jack's arm in a fit of pure drunk rage. The only thing that Éamon was ever passionate about was the Irish Republican Army, he was a full and ardent supporter.

In 1936, young Jack began to help the IRA cause as well. He wanted to make his father proud and follow in the footsteps of his older brother who became a well-renowned soldier at only the age of seventeen. On May 21st, things drastically changed for the O'Connolly's. Michael got caught up in a gunfight with local constables and was killed in action. Éamon in a fit of rage, left the family farmstead with his shotgun and shot the Head Constable Major and his pregnant wife in bed. He shortly hung himself in the constables residence after a short standoff. Jack was left without family; an orphan. Jack was put into the Clark Street Orphanage and began attending a catholic school. He was a troubled boy, often getting into schoolyard fights. Soon after the death of his family, a woman named Alexa Conner, took Jack into her home. Alexa was the wife of an IRA officer who was close to Jack's father, they decided it was the least they could do for the boy.

He was expelled from his primary school for a multitude of events: extorting students for their lunch money, physical altercations, possession of cigarettes, and gambling. The local nuns urged Alexa to send the boy to a monastery so he wouldn't, "be condemned to an eternity in hell" but they refused. Jack urged he wanted to go back and reenlist in the IRA. Soon he found himself clinging to his brother's old Webley .455 and was one of the numerous young boys fighting for Irish independence.

For years he fought for the IRA and became nearly legendary within the organization for his skill with a rifle and his utter ruthlessness. Yet he soon lost his passion for the cause and began working as a hired gun in England. He would pick up jobs where he could: bouncing pubs, protecting warehouses, collecting debts, and even murdering several men for cold cash. After one job on a steamship, a mining corporation hired him to protect mining efforts in Western Africa, which he obliged. After his tour of Africa, he took up arms in the Anglo-Soviet conflict. He was contracted by the British government, who offered a lump sum and full pardon for his work with the IRA, to destroy Soviet supply lines to Germany. Jack led a team of hired guns to pave the way for an Angelo victory but after the fall at Smolensk, the team fled when payment looked grim. With all the chaos in the world, he new that there would be plenty of cash opportunities for men of his skill set in America. He was right, with the ongoing apocalypse, the rich would pay a high dime for those who could protect their assets.

He met a woman named Claire while in Montgomery, the two instantly fell in love and eloped. Jack began to rethink everything in his life, that woman became the most important thing to him. Claire was the daughter of a pastor, you know how that goes, and all she wanted to do was save the world. She ran shelters and soup kitchens all around the area, Jack often supervising for protection. Right when Jack found peace, it was ripped away from him just as quickly as he got it. The recently impregnated Claire had her throat ripped out by a ghoul at one of her clinics, Claire nor her baby survived. When word reached Jack he nearly lost it, a piece of him was gone. Years later he found himself right where he started fighting another war, this time for the Imperial States of Columbia in the Pacific Northwest theater. After the conflict ended, he drifted around and found himself in a dump of an apartment, looking for his next score.

RP EXAMPLE:
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=432821
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=433971
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=370537

[Benuty]

Name: Jack O'Connolly
Age: 36
Occupation: Mercenary
Appearance:

(Image)

Nationality: Irish
Belongings:
- Webley .455 revolver
- Lee-Enfield Rifle
- $300 Columbian Dollars
- 1 Homemade Pipe bomb
- Picture of a young woman

Strengths, and Skills: Growing up in an IRA controlled neighborhood in Dublin, Jack grew up quickly into a hardened fighter, often having to fight other boys for a scrap of food. He became a veteran warrior through his tours with the IRA and continued work as a mercenary soon after. He knows a rifle like the back of his hand and could apply a tourniquet in the most dire of circumstances. Although lacking a formal education, he has taken up the works of Sun Tzu and other tacticians.

Weaknesses: Jack is a short-tempered alcoholic who uses alcohol to cope with his past. He isn't very intelligent when it comes to anything but battlefield tactics and history. Also has picked up a heroin habit to dull the pain.

Personality: Jack comes off as insensitive, cynical, and rude. He isn't a man to be trifled with and often loses his temper, leading to numerous altercations with individuals that end with a knife in the gullet. Jack tends to be extremely loyal to his employer, completing his contracts without a question asked. He tries his best to not get close to anyone, with the fear of being vulnerable.

Likes: Jack is an avid consumer of alcohol, whiskey being his favorite. He often indulges himself in the pleasures of "oldest profession". When is isn't killing someone, drinking himself to death, or whoring himself out, he often likes to sit and read about military history.

Goals: Jack has lost himself, he doesn't even know what he is chasing anymore. He has gotten to use to fighting to ever give it up, it's the only thing he knows how to do properly. Lacking a formal goal, the pursuit of profit does put a twinkle in his eye.

Fears: Being vulnerable is Jack's biggest fear. He prides himself on detaching his feelings, making him a blood thirsty killer.


Biography:

Jack was born December 18th, 1926 and from the instant he was born, he was dealt a poor hand. His mother Mary-Ann died during childbirth, leaving Jack in the hands of his older brother Michael and his father Éamon. The family had virtually no wealth, Éamon being a simple factory worker and Michael picking up short-labor jobs wherever he could. Éamon was a vile man and despicable drunkard, after Mary-Ann's death, he blamed young Jack for it and often neglected young Jack's needs. Michael did what he could to protect his younger brother from their father's wrath but it was virtually impossible. At age five, Éamon once broke Jack's arm in a fit of pure drunk rage. The only thing that Éamon was ever passionate about was the Irish Republican Army, he was a full and ardent supporter.

In 1936, young Jack began to help the IRA cause as well. He wanted to make his father proud and follow in the footsteps of his older brother who became a well-renowned soldier at only the age of seventeen. On May 21st, things drastically changed for the O'Connolly's. Michael got caught up in a gunfight with local constables and was killed in action. Éamon in a fit of rage, left the family farmstead with his shotgun and shot the Head Constable Major and his pregnant wife in bed. He shortly hung himself in the constables residence after a short standoff. Jack was left without family; an orphan. Jack was put into the Clark Street Orphanage and began attending a catholic school. He was a troubled boy, often getting into schoolyard fights. Soon after the death of his family, a woman named Alexa Conner, took Jack into her home. Alexa was the wife of an IRA officer who was close to Jack's father, they decided it was the least they could do for the boy.

He was expelled from his primary school for a multitude of events: extorting students for their lunch money, physical altercations, possession of cigarettes, and gambling. The local nuns urged Alexa to send the boy to a monastery so he wouldn't, "be condemned to an eternity in hell" but they refused. Jack urged he wanted to go back and reenlist in the IRA. Soon he found himself clinging to his brother's old Webley .455 and was one of the numerous young boys fighting for Irish independence.

For years he fought for the IRA and became nearly legendary within the organization for his skill with a rifle and his utter ruthlessness. Yet he soon lost his passion for the cause and began working as a hired gun in England. He would pick up jobs where he could: bouncing pubs, protecting warehouses, collecting debts, and even murdering several men for cold cash. After one job on a steamship, a mining corporation hired him to protect mining efforts in Western Africa, which he obliged. After his tour of Africa, he took up arms in the Anglo-Soviet conflict. He was contracted by the British government, who offered a lump sum and full pardon for his work with the IRA, to destroy Soviet supply lines to Germany. Jack led a team of hired guns to pave the way for an Angelo victory but after the fall at Smolensk, the team fled when payment looked grim. With all the chaos in the world, he new that there would be plenty of cash opportunities for men of his skill set in America. He was right, with the ongoing apocalypse, the rich would pay a high dime for those who could protect their assets.

He met a woman named Claire while in Montgomery, the two instantly fell in love and eloped. Jack began to rethink everything in his life, that woman became the most important thing to him. Claire was the daughter of a pastor, you know how that goes, and all she wanted to do was save the world. She ran shelters and soup kitchens all around the area, Jack often supervising for protection. Right when Jack found peace, it was ripped away from him just as quickly as he got it. The recently impregnated Claire had her throat ripped out by a ghoul at one of her clinics, Claire nor her baby survived. When word reached Jack he nearly lost it, a piece of him was gone. Years later he found himself right where he started fighting another war, this time for the Imperial States of Columbia in the Pacific Northwest theater. After the conflict ended, he drifted around and found himself in a dump of an apartment, looking for his next score.

RP EXAMPLE:
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=432821
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=433971
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=370537

You are accepted, and with that I will begin working on an IC for everyone.

[Dalria]

And here we have my second character...


Name: Daniel McCoy

Age: 53

Occupation: Congressman representing the House of the Nobility

Appearance:

Nationality: Southern Columbian

Belongings:
- $4,000 Columbian Dollars
- Clockwork Pocket Pistol
- Government I.D.

Strengths, and Skills: Daniel is one of the most charismatic figures you could ever meet. His gift of gab and irresistible southern charm has gained him the nickname "The Silver Tongued". Not only is Daniel a man of words but a clever one at that, often devising schemes to benefit himself.

Weaknesses: Daniel isn't a formidable man nor physically intimidating. He couldn't survive a day in the wild on his own, relying on his position of power to keep him safe.

Personality: Daniel comes off as hospitable and eccentrically friendly but in reality is manipulative and conniving. Every inching moment, he is looking for ways to benefit himself as your expense, hiding under the guise of his sweet grin. He cares truly for no one but himself and could be considered one of the most corrupt men in the Imperial States.

Likes: Daniel is a lover of social gatherings such as galas, as he enjoys being the center of attention. He has a firm love for fine brandy and young woman; often getting caught with the new secretary.

Dislikes: Daniel hates having to interact with peasantry and those of the lower class. He also dislikes when he cannot control a situation, if it seems out of his grasp he will often throw a tantrum.

Goals: Daniel's end goal is to become the President of the Imperial States. He will do anything to achieve this... even if it meant selling his soul.

Fears: Failure. Since a young age, Daniel has never failed. A prodigy in school; anything he couldn't figure out himself he'd cheat his way through.


Biography:

Daniel was born into a prominent family. The McCoy's were very powerful people within the early Confederacy and were some of the first landowners to support Louis Philippe of Orleans after the death of President Davis. With this being said, once Louis came to reign, Jefferson McCoy become essential in the creation of the new General Assembly and the "establishment of a system of nobility, economic nationalization of valuable assets, and a theory of political division by racialism".

The McCoy's continued to be ardent supporters of the new government and continued voices in the House of Nobility. Daniel took reign as the heir to the McCoy fortune and estates, he received the best schooling that was available in the state of Columbia. He was a child prodigy; he tested through the roof for his IQ. Soon after he reached the age of fourteen, his father who was a current congressman, was assassinated by a supposed member of The Night Binders.

With the families fortune, love from his local community, and support from many government bureaucrats, Daniel McCoy ended up winning his father's seat in congress back shortly after he reached the age of twenty-two. He continued to be a powerful voice within congress and often was whispering in the ear of Jean the 1st towards the end of his reign and soon became a close friend to Henri. Although much loved by many people of the Imperial States, Daniel has been rocked with many controversies such as multiple affairs. Although never formally accused, he also has been tied to the death of various officials within the government. The evacuation of Montgomery was quick; the government and its officials were rapidly split up for the continuation of the government. McCoy was sent to Oklahoma City and awaiting a meeting with the bureaucrats in charge of Outpost-12.

[Benuty]

And here we have my second character...


Name: Daniel McCoy

Age: 53

Occupation: Congressman representing the House of the Nobility

Appearance:

(Image)

Nationality: Southern Columbian

Belongings:
- $4,000 Columbian Dollars
- Clockwork Pocket Pistol
- Government I.D.

Strengths, and Skills: Daniel is one of the most charismatic figures you could ever meet. His gift of gab and irresistible southern charm has gained him the nickname "The Silver Tongued". Not only is Daniel a man of words but a clever one at that, often devising schemes to benefit himself.

Weaknesses: Daniel isn't a formidable man nor physically intimidating. He couldn't survive a day in the wild on his own, relying on his position of power to keep him safe.

Personality: Daniel comes off as hospitable and eccentrically friendly but in reality is manipulative and conniving. Every inching moment, he is looking for ways to benefit himself as your expense, hiding under the guise of his sweet grin. He cares truly for no one but himself and could be considered one of the most corrupt men in the Imperial States.

Likes: Daniel is a lover of social gatherings such as galas, as he enjoys being the center of attention. He has a firm love for fine brandy and young woman; often getting caught with the new secretary.

Dislikes: Daniel hates having to interact with peasantry and those of the lower class. He also dislikes when he cannot control a situation, if it seems out of his grasp he will often throw a tantrum.

Goals: Daniel's end goal is to become the President of the Imperial States. He will do anything to achieve this... even if it meant selling his soul.

Fears: Failure. Since a young age, Daniel has never failed. A prodigy in school; anything he couldn't figure out himself he'd cheat his way through.


Biography:

Daniel was born into a prominent family. The McCoy's were very powerful people within the early Confederacy and were some of the first landowners to support Louis Philippe of Orleans after the death of President Davis. With this being said, once Louis came to reign, Jefferson McCoy become essential in the creation of the new General Assembly and the "establishment of a system of nobility, economic nationalization of valuable assets, and a theory of political division by racialism".

The McCoy's continued to be ardent supporters of the new government and continued voices in the House of Nobility. Daniel took reign as the heir to the McCoy fortune and estates, he received the best schooling that was available in the state of Columbia. He was a child prodigy; he tested through the roof for his IQ. Soon after he reached the age of fourteen, his father who was a current congressman, was assassinated by a supposed member of The Night Binders.

With the families fortune, love from his local community, and support from many government bureaucrats, Daniel McCoy ended up winning his father's seat in Congress back shortly after he reached the age of twenty-two. He continued to be a powerful voice within congress and often was whispering in the ear of Jean the 1st towards the end of his reign and soon became a close friend to Henri. Although much loved by many people of the Imperial States, Daniel has been rocked with many controversies such as multiple affairs. Although never formally accused, he also has been tied to the death of various officials within the government. The evacuation of Montgomery was quick; the government and its officials were rapidly split up for the continuation of the government. McCoy was sent to Oklahoma City and awaiting a meeting with the bureaucrats in charge of Outpost-12.

Accepted, and I will find time sometime later today to set up an IC.

[Benuty]

The IC is up for everyone whose character is on the roster.

[Benuty]

I forgot to mention that the roster is updated for Daria's second character.

[Biscaria]

Question: For protection from the ghouls, did the military move everyone in the city to these refugee districts?

[Benuty]

Question: For protection from the ghouls, did the military move everyone in the city to these refugee districts?

For the time being due to the stress of overpopulation by refugees who are burdening the city you most likely won't have a choice, but to live in the refugee districts. Since your characters are foreigners living in another country the military command most likely appropriated your consulate for use in building a defense network, and your house has probably been given to a "needy" Columbian family or turned into makeshift officer barracks. That said you will likely be able to reclaim your house once the military effort has failed, and the last soldiers with any sense retreat to the fall back points they have set up. The city is going to fall pretty soon, and you will be thankful that apartment is pretty much a fortress as ghouls swarm the city (among other things).

Basically, the city is being occupied by a military force practicing selective discrimination and attempting to maintain a facade of normality regardless of how fake it is.

[Biscaria]

I can't find the IC link on this thread, keep having to go through the forums.

[Benuty]

I can't find the IC link on this thread, keep having to go through the forums.

viewtopic.php?f=31&t=454207

I will rectify this within a few minutes.

[Benuty]

IC link put on the first post of the roleplay for convenience of everyone looking.

[Benuty]

Definitely liked what I saw within that first post you put up Biscaria.

[Biscaria]

Definitely liked what I saw within that first post you put up Biscaria.

Thanks, I'm glad you think so. The Choates are at the apartments, but they aren't happy about it. Nell knows what she wants, and right now she wants to give those in charge a piece of her mind! They have work to do, after all! Nell's also not willing to let the supposed "end of the world" get her down. Not now, anyway.

[Flarbinia]

After careful consideration, I have decided that my next character is going to be a mobster.

[Benuty]

After careful consideration, I have decided that my next character is going to be a mobster.

Given the need for black market goods especially after the city falls that is probably a wise choice.