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Name: Marcus Cryan
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Appearance: Marcus is a rather thin looking man, more wiry than skinny and standing at a flat 6'0". He bears no scars, and his skin is soft and smooth, an obvious sign of his higher birth, though recent events have begun to leave him rather bedraggled, marred by dirt and grime, and leaving him rather tired looking. Even so, he bears a handsome sort of face, with green eyes that stare out brightly, tussled red hair that just seems to fall into place naturally, and a soft smile that just makes someone want to trust him.
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Rank: PFC
Class: Lancer

Weapons and Equipment: EW1-Era Officer’s Revoler, EW1-Era Combat Knife

Personality: Marcus was, once, a rather excitable young child, with his head in the clouds, full of dreams to follow in his father’s footsteps as a soldier within Gallia’s military. That couldn’t be any further from the truth now, after the death of his father, he is a coward at heart. With the war going on, survival is perhaps the single largest priority on Marcus’ mind, and the stress of his family, the war, and numerous other things have left him rather high-strung. He views himself as rather contemptible for his cowardice, but he does little to try and change himself.

Bio: The Cryan family has a long lineage of military service, dating back to the start of the family’s rise to nobility, as a low born elevated to a higher status for their notable service in battle. Raised in a family with such a tradition, Marcus was expected to serve in Gallia’s military just like his older brother and father, who served as an officer during the First Europan War. Marcus grew up listening to storybook heroes and tales of the war from his father, and young Marcus longed to follow in his father’s footsteps. 

His father would pass onto him at a young age his old officer’s revolver, and Marcus would often practice firing it under his father’s tutelage, becoming a rather decent shot in the process. His brother, meanwhile, would often pull a few strings to allow Marcus to visit military bases he was stationed at and watch the soldiers practice at the firing range, where he grew to fall in love with the Lance, and he even got to fire one once or twice. The combination of long lost heroes that the Lance evoked images of, and the knightly image together with the massive explosions made a weapon that no child could hate, and this favoritism was noted.

Marcus had only just turned eighteen when he learned of his father’s death, defending Gallia in one of the initial Imperial attacks. Rather than instill a drive for revenge or hatred, his father’s death instead shattered the illusion that his father had been invincible. After hearing so many war stories, and tales of heroes facing down impossible odds, Marcus had built his father up to be something beyond human, and his death hit him hard. Marcus instead grew to be afraid, fearing the death that so easily claimed his father. With combat drawing nearer and nearer to his home, Marcus would eventually flee, running off into some dark night, the only reason why he hadn’t been a member of the military already was due to the fact that he had been preparing to head off to some military academy to become an officer like his father.

Marcus ran, and ran, and ran, leaving his home far behind, and has been on the road for quite a while now, traveling with numerous other refugees and keeping his name as secret as he could, knowing that what he had done was close to desertion. It would eventually reach his ears that his home had indeed fallen, and it was unknown what members of his family had survived, if any. He only hopes that, if he is recognized, he will simply be considered a survivor of the attack, and that he never has to see a family member ever again, both for fear of his life, and for the shame he feels.

RP Sample: Just a paragraph or two about a day in the normal pre-war life of your character, nothing fancy.

Other: Jann Walker’s a pretty cool dude.
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Character's done except for RP Sample. I'll get that done soon enough, just figured I'd post the character itself up first.