[b]Name[/b]: Shawn Burnham

[b]Gender[/b]: Male

[b]Age[/b]: Twenty-six

[b]Appearance[/b]: Shawn generally gives the impression that appearances is the last thing on his mind. His chestnut brown hair is grown out long past his neck, which he keep tied up in a ponytail with his hair pushed back from his forehead. He has a rather poorly shaven beard as well, with random patches of his chin merely showing signs of stubble while others have obviously just been outright forgotten. His has a triangular face with a wide forehead and a pointed chin, with gray-blue eyes that often seem to lazily wonder the room, with straight eyebrows, all of which seem to give the perpetual appearance of utter nonchalance. Stands up tilted and rather slouched at around 6 foot tall, with a lean, athletic and physically fit body. He has a few piercing on both his ears, and a stylized blade like tattoo covering almost the entirety of his left arm, and unbeknownst to many, several others on covered parts of his body, such as a scorpion on the right side of his back, and a python wearing a crown on the left side of his chest.

[b]Strengths and Weaknesses, Quirks and Traits[/b]: Shawn is, more or less, of above average intelligence with a reasonable amount of insight into most situations at hand, but this is often hampered by his lackadaisical attitude towards anything that he himself has not chosen to do, and will usually attempt to pass off responsibility to someone else when forced to do something that he doesn’t particularly enjoy. He will attempt to be polite and friendly to most people, and can be a fairly witty conversationalist under the right circumstances. But most of his relationships are often diminished by his extreme amounts of stubbornness and self-centeredness – but most of the time he’ll just go by the philosophy that as long as he doesn’t get involved with someone, then they’ll just leave him alone, and rarely goes out of his way to be actively mean-spirited. But when forced to cooperate with someone against his wishes, then Shawn can be something of an asshole when his initial politeness breaks down, and will often show himself to be very immature and condescendingly sarcastic, and never really quite ‘got’ the concept that someone might want to manipulate him for their own gains, nor that he might have to do the same.

He is, however, fairly athletic and physically fit, and often enjoyed going on long runs or hiking in mountains, giving him a high amount of endurance, meaning he can deal with long periods of walking or running without tiring. His jobs have also meant that he can handle other physically strenuous activities. But aside from that, he’s fairly average, with regular eyesight and hearing, although he always prided himself on his sense of smell.

[b]A Brief History[/b]: Growing up as the younger brother of a complete fuck-up, Shawn’s parents were determined to not have him turn out the way his brother did – a drug addict with a hair-trigger temper who eventually killed himself. Thus, Shawn was spoiled quite a bit as a child and teenager, often getting what he wanted with little complaint. All of this only served to give him a sense of entitlement, over-blown self-worth and far too much confidence, and thus, went through the world only ever caring about anything that he set himself to do – meaning he slacked off in school despite being more than intelligent enough to pass.

It was only after school finished did he find how wrong he was. He never got the grades necessary to enter any college, and suddenly found himself cut off from his parents – as they had also realized that they hadn’t done the greatest of jobs with their second son either. Thus, the transition between lazy school student and struggling working man was a brutal one, and the excessively quick changes, moving from middle class house to crappy apartment, suddenly having only free time to working full-time, support from his parents disappearing -- lead to a period of depression. He somehow managed to find some jobs after searching for a while, and in eight, he worked as a window cleaner, then a furniture mover, a then managed to managed to land as a construction worker. It was only really at this point that his life actually began to turn back up, managing to make a few friends at his job who he would often go drinking with. He was never quite successful in romantic relationships, breaking up with two girlfriends and one boyfriend, but he was still starting to enjoy the direction his life was heading, as he had adapted fairly well, all things considered.

Then he made the mistake of entering Divinations and Tribulations while walking through the streets when on his break.