Ross Wolfe D3
Aug 28, 2012 17:40:19 GMT -5
Post by Eastern Orange on Aug 28, 2012 17:40:19 GMT -5
A P P E A R A N C E
Ross is a very intimidating, rough looking individual, on top of being extremely good-looking. He has a very masculine face, with a hard, angular jaw dusted with perpetual scruff. His brow is prominent, casting his light blue eyes in a dark, menacing shadow. His nose is straight, but a little on the pudgy side, but it sits above a perfect pair of pillow-y lips. He has short, dark brown hair that is usually messy because 1) he doesn’t like styling it and 2) it helps hide the fact that he is developing a widow’s peak.
Because of his life style, Ross has had to maintain a certain level of fitness. His upper body is rather nice to look at: his arms are very muscled, and well defined, his chest is broad, and his stomach, flat and cut. His legs are also toned from the many quick escapes he had to pull off at various crime scenes. He stands at six feet, two inches, and weighs a hundred and sixty poundish. He prefers to dress in dark clothing, a habit from his old days from when he went skulking around in the night.
P E R S O N A L I T Y
Ross is the strong, silent type. You know the type; he stands in the back of the room glaring at everyone, only speaking when he has to, never smiling. He shows no weaknesses. He shows no emotion. Does this mean he is a bad person? Certainly not. The icy outer countenance is a byproduct from his days running with a rough crowd, where showing emotion got you killed. Ross isn’t a douchebag, or thug. He simply is very guarded, and doesn’t know how to look anything but menacing.
Ross was forced into a life of crime; he didn’t seek it out like his peers. He had a conscience; he felt guilt when he stole and committed other crimes. Over time, Ross learned to disconnect himself from the situation. He began to think of himself as a different person when he was out doing jobs. He was not Ross who didn’t have the guts to hold people at knife-point, and felt bad breaking into houses; He was a nameless thug who could do those things and more without hesitation. Unfortunately, he is so used to being a thug, he has taken to being this ruthless, cold person even when doesn’t necessarily want to be, or need to be.
Actions speak louder than words in Ross’s world. He doesn’t like words; he mistrusts them, and anyone who uses them excessively. They are empty, meaningless things. Of course, words are necessary. They are needed to say simple things like ‘I need to pee’, or ‘ross, we need the money, I have to sell my body.’ But, but, for things that matter, really matter, he prefers to show, not tell. If he is your friend, you'll never hear him explicitly say 'I'm you friend'; those are cheap, generic words that do not convey what he properly wants to say. Instead, you'll see that he treats you with respect, is less menacing around you, and maybe trusts you with a few pieces of information about his life. It can get very difficult to decipher what his opinions about you are; or it can be very easy, especially if he hates you.
Ross doesn’t give out his trust easily, and when he does, it’s very tentative. He never blindly trusts someone. If a person does anything to break that trust, like lie, then it’s gone forever. Ross does not give second chances. He thinks that if someone is going to betray him like that once, then they will certainly do it again.
H I S T O R Y
Ross’s mom was just 16 when she had him. His dad was 29, and a gross degenerate prev. Fortunately, (or rather unfortunately) he didn’t ditch this girl like he had so many others before him, and chose to help ‘raise’ the baby. Growing up with a young mother and a sleaze ball dad is just as terrible as it sounds. His dad did not left a finger, while his teen mother struggled to find work to feed the two boys. Ross grew up in little more than a shack. Eventually, inevitably, his mother had to start whoring herself out.
When Ross was 12, his father finally decided to take an interest in him. He introduced Ross to some ‘friends’ which turned out to be loan sharks that his father had borrowed money from, and could not repay. Ross had to work off his father’s dept. He did all sorts of things for those men; planted and gathered evidence, pick pocketed, broke into houses, shops, etc. When Ross did not meet the money quota for the week he was beaten, and his father too, for goo measure (when they figured out he did not care for his father, they started to beat his mom).
Ross learned to do whatever it took to get money. Eventually the money was paid, the debt was gone, but he couldn't simply walk out of that life. He had seen the kind of money he could bring in, and since he didn't have to give it all away... he'd keep all that money for himself. His mother wouldn't need to walk the streets anymore servicing anyone she could find. Ross worked harder than ever before, until Peacekeepers ran him out of town one day. Ross suspected that they were bribed to do so by his former leader because he was getting too good, making too many friends, and becoming too much of a threat to his leadership.
Ross's mom came with him of course, but his dad did not. Ross decided that it was time to turn over a new leaf and stay out of trouble for his mom's sake, and she promised him that she'd stop hooking and try to find a real job. He wanted to believe her, and the new life they were trying to start. He tried hard to forget about the things he did, and the things he was capable of... He wanted to be a different person now.
odair