Character Descriptions

 Mike “Mac” Gunhus is a twenty-three year-old white man.  He stands six feet tall and has a wiry build.  He is an athletic man with average looks.  When pressed, he has been able to display extraordinary endurance, even for a well-built man.  He has shoulder-length blond hair that is slightly unkempt and a wild beard to match.  He is almost always found wearing casual or work clothes.

He is of average intelligence, but is often thought of as slow due to his low level of education.  He has a fiery temper when under stress (which has gotten him into trouble in the past).  His social skills are noticeably weak.

Mac grew up on a farm in a tight knit community in Illinois.  He joined the Army right out of High School and has recently returned home to the family farm. His parents still live on the farm, as do his two older brothers who work it.  He also has a younger sister who is just graduating High School with honors and is bound for college in Chicago.

Mac doesn’t feel that he belongs anywhere.  If he stays on the farm he has to work it farm for free. If he wants money of his own he would have to find a job as well. His family guilts him into helping out, even though they don’t really need him there to farm (it just takes some of the work load off of the others). So he wants to leave town quickly. He is considering re-enlisting, although he didn’t like the military.  He has access to the GI bill, but college doesn’t really interest him.

In the Army Mac learned firearms and survival skills. He was trained as a medic and has a pretty good ‘first aid’ ability. He has considered the idea of going to school to be a paramedic/first responder. Outside of the military he is really into running, biking and swimming in that order. He wants to compete in triathlons and is interested in improving his swimming skills.  Mac is a good person willing to help people in need.

 

Larry Warren is a smart guy who fell into trouble when trying to put himself thru school. He was just a short way from graduating with a degree in engineering, but is now deciding on how to move forward. 

He is 22, strait, single, 5′11″, of average build, and lives in a blue collar suburb of Chicago (Evergreen Park). He has a younger half brother that is looking like he is going to be an athlete. He sees his family, but is reminded that his behavior probably comes from his mother’s side. He almost graduated college with honors, but after his arrest hasn’t gone back to school.  As a child Larry had a hobby of looking up dangerous things and ignoring the “do not try this at home” warnings. During most of his youth he wanted to be a scientist but after falling in with a bad crowd he now has a taste for danger.

The most important event in his life so far happened two years ago. With his family being poor he was forced to work as a janitor while the rich kids at his school could go off partying. This seemed like the way it would go until he met Brieanna and Garrot; a brother and sister from the right side of the tracks.  They acted at first like they wanted to be his friend. Brie would even hit on him pretending that she could be interested in him, but what they wanted was a way to make money that their parents could not control. They used his skills with a computer and his keys being a janitor to get into the chemistry lab and started making party drugs. Things went well for a while with even Larry making money, but Garrot was using too much and Brie wanted more and more money. This led them to sell drugs beyond the small college environment and into the city. This crossed one of the gangs in the city who ambushed them while they were making a deal. Brie was shot and while they were hiding from the law and the gang Garrot overdosed and is still in a coma.  Larry had to turn himself in. Being poor Larry took a lot of the blame, but since most of what they did would implicate the other two he only had to serve 90 days.  Larry knows that if he stays on the straight and narrow he will be able to go back to school, but he can’t help but miss the excitement of before and wonders if a desk job is really his future.

Just by using the internet Larry learned some skills in chemistry including bomb and drug making. He has good computer skills for both schooling and personal practice. He was on the streets for some time and learned a little about defending himself and some firearm practice.  He is smart he has always had a natural ability with his mind. His will is above normal, as that is what kept him from becoming hooked on drugs. He is above most nerds physically (but not by a lot) and has average social skills.

Larry has always had an interest in dangerous science from bombs, drugs or hacking Larry has always had an affinity for knowing how to do bad things. On the opposite side of the coin, his knowledge has lead him to the wrong side of the law.  He has a criminal record and a taste for danger.

Now that Larry is stuck working in a warehouse he dresses like the rest of the blue collar workers. His dark hair still has the remnants of a green dye job. He also has a tattoo of a charm against the evil eye over his heart and the diagram of a transistor on his back.

These look awesome, guys!  Any last changes before we start?