Character Name/Alias: Moris “Moe” Valberg
Gender: Male.
Age: 24
Lineage: Half Swedish, half Filipino. Human.
Fate: 3 Fate Points.
Relationship Status: Single.
Occupational Status: Moe is currently employed as a server at a casual restaurant. Though it's not exactly what he’d want to do, a decent pay and a lack of other opportunities have kept him working there.
Previous Occupations: Moe has had many previous jobs, never managing to keep one for long (despite his good education), primarily due to his lack of motivation and a general dissatisfaction with his life. After college, he worked first worked in IT, but eventually left after becoming frustrated with the job itself. Since then, he has worked a variety of jobs, including serving (at multiple different restaurants), tech support, and retail.
Physical Description: Moe is for the most part, fairly average looking; he doesn't stand out in a crowd. Moe has straight, lighter brown hair, that he wears cut relatively short, and he has dark brown eyes. Moe has a skin tone that is relatively light, though not very much so (though a largely interior-dwelling lifestyle has caused him to become somewhat pale). Moe is somewhat short height-wise, at around 5’7” (around 1.7 m), and, while not extremely underweight, is still quite a bit lighter than he should be for his height. Moe isn't athletic, and cigarette use has certainly taken its toll on his body and build; he isn't muscular, and he is quite lacking in strength and endurance.
Moe often appears to be weary or irritable at first glance; he isn't particularly attractive, though this may well be due to his relative laxity towards his appearance. On a day-to-day basis, Moe is often clean-shaven; as for clothing choice, Moe can normally be found in his work uniform—a white button-down dress shirt and black dress pants—even when he isn't actually at work. Otherwise, he usually values comfort over actual fashion, with a variety of fleeces, loose jeans, and assorted t-shirts; not particularly wanting to stand out, Moe often wears a various shades of blue, gray, and brown, though of course it all depends on his mood. Overall, though he does care about what others will think of him, Moe isn't especially vain and won't sacrifice much comfort for the sake of looking good.
Psychological Profile: Moe isn't exactly an exemplary human being. At first, Moe usually appears composed and quiet, but on the inside he’s very different. He is often quite judgmental of others, even considering his own personal troubles. He has an air of indifference around him, but this too is a facade, as in reality Moe is insecure and unsatisfied with his life and what he’s done with it. Though his ambition would logically lead him to aspire for greater, in reality Moe is quite lazy, and does not actively pursue larger things; in the end, he’s looking to the future with no plans on actually how to get there. Moe can also be irritable; he attempts to be calmer, but he does have a relatively short temper, though he's not particularly confrontational. These attributes are accentuated when he suffers from withdrawal.
Behind his composed persona, however, Moe carries a considerable amount of guilt, for all his mistakes, all of the time he's wasted, all of the times he should have done something but didn't. He's been a leech on his parents and his sister, hasn't really amounted to anything, and Moe carries that knowledge around with him—though of course, given his personality, of course he doesn't let that get to him too much. Rather than being concerned with what happened in the past, or even what's happening now, Moe's much more concerned with what's to come in the future.
When placed in a situation where he has to interact with others, Moe is quite different. Although he is normally quiet, he doesn't mind talking to others, and Moe does enjoy being around other people, regardless of however awkward he ends up being. Taking into consideration all of his judgment and preconceptions about people, Moe is also remarkably tactful. While normally reserved, Moe can be quite vocal and even outgoing given the right circumstances. Yes, Moe does have his fair share of good traits, really—he can be sympathetic, loyal, relatively sociable, and all that—but he’s still not exactly what one would call a good person.
Vices: Moe is a smoker. Although he’s tried to quit several times in the past, ultimately he hasn't been able to break the habit. Both a source and a result of the stress of his daily life, his smoking habit has affected him not only physically; it has been a large detriment to his financial situation, and has also somewhat affected his relationship with his family members.
Background: Moe's time growing up wasn't very difficult; had he been more motivated his whole life could have turned out quite a bit better. He was originally from the Midwest, with two different family backgrounds; his father was from a Swedish-American family long entrenched in the US, while his mother is from a more recently immigrated Filipino family. Coming from the upper middle class, Moe received a good education at a good school, never facing any particularly difficult challenges. The largest issue he ever faced growing up was not being able to fit in quite well enough, in his family or in his peers, given his family backgrounds, but still, he didn't have much to complain about. He did well in school, made some good friends, and ultimately attended college at the University of Minnesota, where he received a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
For his family and for himself, it seemed like Moe's future was set, but following college, a lack of passion forced him into a state of inactivity. Perhaps the signs for it were already there: Moe had started smoking halfway through college, succumbing to both peer and academic pressure. Though he was successful, he lacked the passion to really go far with his education, and so Moe's lack of productivity began. Moe also became alienated from his parents in his third year of college, who disapproved of his failure, and since then he hasn't exactly had the best relationship with them. The only of member he remained in contact with was his sister, four years older, whom he had long admired and loved. After Moe quit his last IT job, she found him a few jobs in retail, and so there he was.
Recent History: Estranged from his parents and not well-off financially, Moe lives in a small apartment in Clear Springs, Utah, where he's moved to be closer to his sister, who lives relatively nearby in Salt Lake City. Moe relies on her quite a bit, both financially and as a way to vent; though he's worried about becoming a leech, she's assured him that he won't be. He got his current serving job a few months back, after being unemployed for some amount of time, and has sustained himself since. Moe has made a few friends around town, though he's not very close to them and he doesn't regularly keep in touch with them nearly as often as he’d like to, given work.
For now, Moe is in a relatively stable position, although he still doesn't quite seem satisfied. He has his own fair share of personal luxuries—cigarettes, a decent computer, and a few good books. For now, though, he’d prefer to look ahead for better times, when he can hopefully fix things to his liking. Moe currently works at a casual family-type restaurant as a server, where he's acquired somewhat of a reputation among his fellow waitstaff for his constant smoke breaks and laziness, though customers seem to like him well enough.
Additional Information: Moe’s primary outlet for his emotions is music; he’s fairly indiscriminate when it comes to artists, bands, or genres, and he likes to attend whatever concerts he’s able to. Moe is also curious about new genres and enjoys listening to new music. Moe learned to play the French horn in high school, but he's sold his instrument for the money, and in any case, given the crowded nature of city life, he'd be unable to play anything.
Synopsis: Yet to be determined.
