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onceinblueBio
Name: Michael St. James
Alias: Gabriel, "moonblood"
Age: 33
History: Michael was born to a 'clan' - what his family jokingly called the collection of relatives that lived in a small town in Oregon. He was the youngest of four. When he was six, his parents sent him to live with his well-to-do aunt and uncle in Los Angeles, California for better 'education'. Growing up, Michael felt resentful and had the notion he had been sent away, and tried several methods of rebellion - drugs, alcohol, girls.
When Michael was sixteen, he started noticing strange things about the people around him. The shadows of people sometimes didn't match their shape. Sometimes when he stared at statues, they seemed to be staring back. He thought he heard things no one else seem to hear, smell things no one else. He thought it was the drugs, so being sixteen, he took more.
At seventeen, he dropped out of school and considered joining a gang. Instead, he managed to stumble into a Buddhist temple, and decided converting would irritate his distant parents more. He eventually got serious enough to study the religion, and attend the rehab program his aunt and uncle were pressuring him to enter.
At nineteen, he got his GED and enrolled in a community college, intending to move onto studying psychology. The day he turned twenty, he came home to find that his relatives had been murdered, town to pieces by something inhuman.
A few days later, he met a man named Brisbane, and learned the joke about his family being a clan wasn't a joke after all.
For the last several years of his life he has operated as a Hunter, working for quite some time with the Catholic Church and other religious organizations. Eventually he got tired of solving violence with violence, and became a freelancer.
Most of the real jobs he takes now have to do with negotiation rather than Hunting. Sometimes he has the job of tracking Harvestman's ass down from whatever scumhole he's disappeared into. Usually, though, he can be found babysitting Tatiana and exploring the options the Nexus has to offer.
It's peaceful and enjoyable so far.
Strengths and Weaknesses: Enhanced senses in sight and smell. Any other ability, such as reaction time and strength, is baseline human. As such, he can be hurt like anyone else can, injuries take a normal time to recover from, etc.
Type: Gabriel was born to a shapeshifting family (in his world, commonly called weres and separated by clans, most of which are engaged in rivalries and fighting), but he was born 'normal' - unable to shift. His parents sent him to live with relatives in an attempt to give him a chance at a normal life.
He retains the ability to sense certain things; inhuman creatures or weres often have a misshapen shadow in his eyes. He identifies fellow weres fairly easily and has been trained to recognize inhuman elements in others.
Appearance: Gabriel stands at about 6'2", tends to wear weapon-concealing clothes (trenchcoats required), wears his long hair in dreadlocks, and has bright green eyes.
Personality: Gabriel is calm and generally upbeat, good with easy conversation and approaches things with an open mind. He is usually friendly unless dealing with an outright threat, including dealing with those he often Hunts.
PB: Gary Dourdan.
Name: Michael St. James
Alias: Gabriel, "moonblood"
Age: 33
History: Michael was born to a 'clan' - what his family jokingly called the collection of relatives that lived in a small town in Oregon. He was the youngest of four. When he was six, his parents sent him to live with his well-to-do aunt and uncle in Los Angeles, California for better 'education'. Growing up, Michael felt resentful and had the notion he had been sent away, and tried several methods of rebellion - drugs, alcohol, girls.
When Michael was sixteen, he started noticing strange things about the people around him. The shadows of people sometimes didn't match their shape. Sometimes when he stared at statues, they seemed to be staring back. He thought he heard things no one else seem to hear, smell things no one else. He thought it was the drugs, so being sixteen, he took more.
At seventeen, he dropped out of school and considered joining a gang. Instead, he managed to stumble into a Buddhist temple, and decided converting would irritate his distant parents more. He eventually got serious enough to study the religion, and attend the rehab program his aunt and uncle were pressuring him to enter.
At nineteen, he got his GED and enrolled in a community college, intending to move onto studying psychology. The day he turned twenty, he came home to find that his relatives had been murdered, town to pieces by something inhuman.
A few days later, he met a man named Brisbane, and learned the joke about his family being a clan wasn't a joke after all.
For the last several years of his life he has operated as a Hunter, working for quite some time with the Catholic Church and other religious organizations. Eventually he got tired of solving violence with violence, and became a freelancer.
Most of the real jobs he takes now have to do with negotiation rather than Hunting. Sometimes he has the job of tracking Harvestman's ass down from whatever scumhole he's disappeared into. Usually, though, he can be found babysitting Tatiana and exploring the options the Nexus has to offer.
It's peaceful and enjoyable so far.
Strengths and Weaknesses: Enhanced senses in sight and smell. Any other ability, such as reaction time and strength, is baseline human. As such, he can be hurt like anyone else can, injuries take a normal time to recover from, etc.
Type: Gabriel was born to a shapeshifting family (in his world, commonly called weres and separated by clans, most of which are engaged in rivalries and fighting), but he was born 'normal' - unable to shift. His parents sent him to live with relatives in an attempt to give him a chance at a normal life.
He retains the ability to sense certain things; inhuman creatures or weres often have a misshapen shadow in his eyes. He identifies fellow weres fairly easily and has been trained to recognize inhuman elements in others.
Appearance: Gabriel stands at about 6'2", tends to wear weapon-concealing clothes (trenchcoats required), wears his long hair in dreadlocks, and has bright green eyes.
Personality: Gabriel is calm and generally upbeat, good with easy conversation and approaches things with an open mind. He is usually friendly unless dealing with an outright threat, including dealing with those he often Hunts.
PB: Gary Dourdan.
