[OOC] The Griffin Insurrection

[AtlasRedfox]

Do I see a clique forming? XD

@Obscene Symphony

-LOLS :P

Tossing around a few new ideas in my head, hopefully will have a C.S a little later.

[smarty0114]

@Avanhelsing@Nevix Both are accepted. Feel free to move them over :)

[Experiment 249]

Gah my sheet is almost done, making the skills is kinda hard since humans aren't really the freedom to chase their passions, so mine are gonna be kinda vague. But I did find a bunch of gifs and stuff so that's nice.

[Avanhelsing]

Time to get to work on my relationship sheet.

[Nevix]

I'll throw Cal into th Char tab when I get home. I'll also fill out a realationship ship sheet

[Experiment 249]

GAH I just need to write the bio and personality and I'm done but my sleep schedule is so bad, it's going to be done in they next 12 hours though I promise!

[Nevix]

Anyone wanna have their characters be friends (or enemies) with Cal from the beginning?

@smarty0114 Charlie seems like the sort of guy he'd pal around with

[Obscene Symphony]

Alright, I have arrived in Quebec and I have wifi! Time to finish my near-complete sheet!

[Nevix]

@Obscene Symphony You were in Archon, right? Or was it something else? Either way, terribly excited to work with you again, excited to see that sheet.

[Obscene Symphony]

@Obscene Symphony You were in Archon, right? Or was it something else? Either way, terribly excited to work with you again, excited to see that sheet.

@Nevix

Thank you! I was actually one of the original Archon players. I'm sad to see it go, we've always had trouble getting it to take off :/

I'm excited to work with you as well, I remember really enjoying your writing. ^_^

[Affili]

The posse is getting bigger!

[smarty0114]

@Nevix Yeah I could see them hanging around together :)

[Nevix]

Callum McCormac

"You don't live for an idealogy, or a religions, and only fools think they can live for themselves. You live for the people around you."

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Charlie Lancaster

"Charlie? Yeah, he's like the kid brother I never had. I try to keep him out of trouble, but goddamnit he's like a magnet for it."

Callum and Charlie get along great, with Callum happy to play a sort of paternal role in the younger boy's life. Callum admires Charlie's strength, but disagrees with the devotion of his life to the Griffin's cause.

Taxian Furthlowe

"Taxian's a scary dude. The kind of guy I'm glad's on our side."

Callum rarely talks to Taxian, but respects him nonetheless.

Dakota Zhan

"Remember how I said that Charlie's like my little brother? Well, Dakota's my little sister. She's a handful, but I wouldn't have it any other way."

Callum has a sort of pseudo-paternal relationship with Dakota, and they constantly screw with each other. Despite the playful disdain they show for each other, Callum cares deeply for her and generally looks out for her safety.

C H A R A C T E R N A M E

"What will your character say out loud about them? Write it here."

Write a bit more in depth about their relationship here.

[smarty0114]

Doing up a CS for Charlie's mom and another council member right now. I'm gonna try to have all the NPC's done by Friday night.

[Obscene Symphony]

I am so close to finishing my sheet! all my WIPs are in my Scratchpad thread if any of y'all feel like getting a sneak peek

[MonkeyBusiness]

Almost done with my sheet. Hopefully will be done by tonight!!!!

[Nevix]

@Obscene Symphony Checked out the scratchpad for your character. Pretty A1 sheet, mind if she's friends with ol' Cal?

[Obscene Symphony]

@smarty0114 I'd like to cordially apologize for the length of this sheet XD

Dakota Zahn

”Don't worry about me. I'm not dying until every goddamn person on earth knows my name.”
“I've seen that kid stare down sorcerers twice her size and power without so much as a blink. All I know is, I'm glad she's on our side.”

The Basics

Name

Dakota Anne Zahn

Nicknames

Gearhead - Used jokingly and sparingly by those who frequent her workshop or often use her services as a mechanic/handyman. Also a jab at the literal meaning of her last name, being "cog".
Dakota - Her first name is usually what she goes by.

Birthday

May 7, 1998

Age

17

Gender

Female

Sexuality

Pansexual until proven otherwise

Appearance

General Appearance (unfortunately, no face claim)

Dakota stands about 5'5 and weighs roughly 135lbs, denser than she looks from the layer of wiry muscle that covers her body. Her build is lithe yet strong, bulkier around the arms and upper body. Her skin is light and riddled with moles. Her hair is a brassy blonde worn short, with the sides a near-shave and the top a tad longer and choppy. She's taken it upon herself to dye the tips red. Her eyes are large and flat grey.

Due to her haircut and near-flat chest, Dakota is practically androgynous at first glance; her working clothing only adds to the effect, generally consisting of work clothes such as bulky coveralls, thick work gloves, heavy boots and eye protection. While she's not working, she opts for less heavy clothing such as green cargo pants/kapris, old lace-up boots and an oversized tan jacket, once her father's. One article she never goes without is an old army-green hat with the logo of a Canadian oil company sewn onto the front.
Noticeable traits include a permanent notch in her left eyebrow and a small barcode tattooed behind her right ear. (More on these in History)

Skills

Skills/Traits

• Reverse engineering - If given a foreign object (a salvaged enemy weapon, device, etc.) Dakota can analyze its composition and determine its uses and properties.
• Boisterous - Dakota is confident and blunt, making her an excellent negotiator (she's kind of intimidating and comes across like she knows what she's talking about, even if she doesn't).
• Mechanic - Dakota works as a mechanic and weaponsmith for the Griffins, repairing equipment and weapons, engineering needed upgrades, and reverse-engineering enemy technology. It has made her an invaluable part of the Griffins.
• Capable - Dakota can do just about anything assigned to her and dutifully follows orders.
• Fighter - Dakota knows how to fight, and capably holds her own. She's often underestimated for her size, which normally works out to her advantage. Due to a history of manual labour, she's a lot stronger than she looks.
• Connected - If you need something, Dakota is your guy. She can trade or gamble for just about anything, and makes a good negotiator.
• Hard working - Dakota tends to go on days-long streaks of non-stop working, often forsaking food and sleep in favour of finishing her project.

Digging Deeper

Likes

• Working with her hands
• Figuring things out
• Solving problems
• The sound of weapons cocking
• The feeling of shooting
• All-nighters
• Winning
• Cursing
• Gambling

Dislikes

• Water
• Losing
• Being unable to figure something out
• Distractions
• Mornings
• Mentalists
• People who can't keep up with her
• Tough customers (people who won't haggle/negotiate)

Habits

• Picking at her fingers (her fingertips are often bloody or bandaged)
• Rubbing her tattoo
• Shaking her leg
• Pacing

Hobbies

• Tinkering
• Crafting (she likes to make things out of waste material)
• Collecting parts (she insists that one day she might need them)
• Sketching
• Gambling

Fears

• Drowning
• Losing her freedom
• Going blind
• Losing her mind
• Being forgotten

Personality

The first thing one would notice about Dakota is energy. She's a firecracker in every sense of the word, and combined with her undiagnosed ADHD, she seems to practically vibrate with energy. She can't sit still and avoids sleep as much as she can, claiming it a waste of valuable time. For her, multitasking is a necessity, and organized chaos somewhat of an art.
Her temperament is similar to her overall buzzing demeanour; she doesn't half-ass anything, be it work or emotion. She feels every emotion deeply, be it bursting with joy, seething with anger, or giddy with happiness. One emotion she rarely gives into is despair, preferring to convert her sadness into anger. Often, she replaces unshed tears with angry grumblings and violent outbursts - although, the victims of these outbursts are rarely anything other than foliage. Or enemies. Or stubborn projects. More often than not, however, she channels her more negative emotions into her work, as her father taught her.
Fiercely loyal and straightforward, Dakota takes no shit. Her blood boils when people are treated unequally, and despises nothing more than being controlled or limited. She'll stand her ground against an army if she has to, and having such a hard time backing down has often become trouble for her. She's the type to rebel against the gun to her head, regardless of how much smarter it would be to cooperate.

History

Some Info on Canada

Contrary to Canada's pre-SWO reputation as a more socialist and inclusive country, the implementation of the SWO changed the country in droves. With the help of a proxy ruler installed by Lucille Laurent (a hateful, spiteful woman by the name of Stephenie Harp, who takes all of Laurent's orders to the extreme) Canada became even more segregated than the US in many ways. There normal humans, called Mundanes, were entirely segregated from the sorcerer community. They were moved to exclusively Mundane towns situated around factories and power plants which they were then forced to operate. Mundanes born in Canada were (and still are) marked with a permanent notch in the left eyebrow, so that their identity as Mundanes would be obvious if they were to venture into sorcerer-only areas. Mundanes assigned to factories (many often born into them and working as soon as they were capable enough to hold a mop) were tattooed with barcodes, which could be scanned for factory assignment and position.
Mundane neighbourhoods suffer frequent losses of commodities such as electricity and clean water, tightly patrolled by police and held under a strict 10pm curfew. Mundane workers often receive little to no pay and poor treatment. It isn't rare for injuries and death to occur on factory grounds, and many establishments are outfitted with suicide preventative measures.

TL;DR Canada sucks now. :(

Dakota was born in Newfoundland, situated in a town built around an oil refinery. Her father was a mechanic for the refinery, one of many charged with the nigh-impossible task of keeping the old machinery in working order. Her mother died in childbirth. Luckily, after her mother's death, Dakota's father did not become distant, but instead embraced her and adored her, both as a beloved child and a living remnant of his wife. From the time Dakota was first able to wield a wrench, she was working with her father. She was one of many child workers, popular with the mechanics for their ability to fit into small spaces and for running tools and equipment back and forth. This was when Dakota began wearing her hair short, having learned the hard way that long hair and active machinery don't mix.
In their precious spare time, Dakota and her father worked on small inventions; tiny robots, low energy lights, often little commodities to make life in the Mundane ghettos a little more fun for a child. This tradition continued on throughout Dakota's adolescent years, but as she got older, Dakota became increasingly aware of some of her father's other habits.
In order to maintain a better quality of life for his daughter, Dakota's father had been systematically stealing from the refinery and selling the stolen items on the black market; it was never much, just some parts here, some crude oil byproduct there (used in homemade ammunition by small rebellion forces), occasionally even housing smuggled goods for a profit. He never wanted to get Dakota involved, but she had no love for their 'employers' and insisted on helping whether he liked it or not.
Eventually, the company got wise to the small yet steady losses and, although they were stealing what was already trash, had Dakota's father arrested. They would have taken Dakota as well, but her father insisted she had nothing to do with it. The last she saw of her father was him being hauled away in a police van, and to this day, she doesn't know what became of him.
After the loss of her father, Dakota fled the refinery, took her father's savings and bribed an oil rig shuttle boat for passage into Maine. From there, now a wanted escapee, she bribed and snuck her way to the west coast, hoping that the rumours that flew about Griffins and revolution were true. She was fifteen when she ended up in the Redwoods, and since has proven herself a valuable member of the Griffins for her mechanical skills and knack for smuggling, trading, and negotiating.

Other Stuff

Theme Song

Lone Digger - Caravan Palace
_{Let's end your time to lay low
Your knees are bending, so
It's time to get up and let go}

@Nevix Yeah! Judging by your sheet, I feel like they'd form a patronizing type of psuedo-paternal friendship. You know, like family that constantly picks on each other. Does that sound plausible?

[Nevix]

@Obscene Symphony Definitely sounds good, I'll add her to his relationships.

inb4 Callum becomes the universal mother of the younger griffins.

[Nevix]

@Avanhelsing Added Nate to the relationships sheet. You cool with what I wrote?